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Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, 
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3 1 IK greatest of English historians, MACAULAY,and one of the most brilliant writers of 
the present century, has said: "Tlie history of a country is best told in a record of the 
lives of its people." In conformity with this idea tlie Pohtuait and Biographicai. 
Record of this county has been prepared. Instead of going to musty records, and 
taking therefrom dry statistical matter that can be appreciated by but few, our 
corps of writers have gone to the people, the men and women who have, by their 
enterprise and industry, brought the county to rank second to none among those 
comprising this great and nol)le State, and from their lips have the story of their life 
struggles. No more interesting or instructive matter could be presented to an intelli- 
gent public. In this volume will be found a record of many whose lives are worthy the 
imitation of coming generations. It tells how some, commencing life in poverty, by 
industry and economy have accumulated wealth. It tells how others, with limited 
aihantages for securing an education, have become learned men and women, with an 
inllueuce extending throughout the length and breadth of the land. It tells of men who 
have risen from the lower walks of life to eminence as statesmen, and whose names have 
become famous. It tells of those in every walk in life who have striven to succeed, and 
records how that success has usually crowned their efforts. It tells also of many, very 
manj-, who, not seeking the applause of the world, have pursued "the even tenor of their way," content 
to have it said of them as Christ said of the woman performing a deed of mercy — "they have done what 
they could." It tells how that many in the pride and strength of young manhood left the plow and the 
anvil, the lawyer's office and the counting-room, left every trade and profession, and at their country's 
call went forth valiantly "to do or die," and how through their efforts the Union was restored and peace 
once more reigned in the land. In the life of every man and of every woman is a lesson that should not 
be lost upon those who follow after. 

Coming generations will appreciate this volume and preserve it as a sacred treasure, from the fact 
that it contains so much that would never find its way into public records, and which would otherwise be 
inaccessible. Great care has been taken in the compilation of the work and every opportunity possible 
given to those represented to insure correctness in what has been written, and the publishers flatter them- 
selves that they give to their readers a work with few errors of consequence. In addition to the biograph- 
ical sketches, portraits of a number of representative citizens are given. 

The faces of some, and biographical sketches of many, will be missed in this volume. For this the 
publishers are not to blame. Not having a proper conception of the work, some refused to give the 
information necessary to compile a sketch, while others were indifferent. Occasionally some member of 
the family would oppose the enterprise, and on account of such opposition the support of the interested 
one would be withheld. In a few instances men could never be found, though repeated calls were made 
at their residence or place of business. 

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HE Father of our Country was 
born in Westmorland Co., Va., 
'Feb. 22, 1732. His parents 
were Augustine and Mary 
(Ball) Washington. The family 
to which he belonged has not 
been satisfactorily traced in 
England. His great-grand- 
father, John Washington, em- 
igrated to Virginia about 1657, 
and became a prosperous 
planter. He had two sons, 
Lawrence and John. The 
former married Mildred Warner 
and had three children, John, 
Augustine and Mildred. Augus- 
tine, the father of George, fiist 
married Jane Butler, who bore 
him four children, two of whom, 
Lawrence and Augustine, reached 
maturity. Of six children by his 
second marriage, George was the 
eldest, the others being Betty, 
Samuel, John Augustine, Charles 
and Mildred. 
Augustine Washington, the father of George, died 
in 1743, leaving a Large landed property. To his 
eldest son, Lawrence, he bequeathed an estate on 
the Patomac, afterwards known as Mount Vernon, 
and to George he left the parental residence. George 
received only such education as the neighborhood 
schools afforded, save for a short time after he left 
school, when he received private instruction in 
niathemarrs. His spellinii was rather defertiv? 



Remarkable stories are told of his great physical 
strength and development at an early age. He wan 
an. acknowledged leader among his companions, and 
was early noted for that nobleness of character, fair- 
ness and veracity which characterized his whole life. 

When George was 14 years old hehad a desire to go to 
sea, and a midshipman's warrant was secured for him. 
but through the opposition of his mother the idea was 
abandoned. Two years later he was appointed 
surveyor to the immense estate of Lord Fairfax. In 
this business he spent three years in a rough frontier 
life, gaining experience which afterwards proved very 
essential to him. In 175 t, though only ig years of 
age, he was ai)pointed adjutant with the rank o( 
major in the Virginia militia, then being trained fot 
active service against the French and Indians. Soon 
after this he sailed to the West Indies with his brother 
Lawrence, who went there to restore his health. They 
soon returned, and in the summer of 1752 Lawrence 
died, leaving a large fortune to an infant daughter 
who did not long survive him. On her demise the 
estate of Mount Vernon was given to George. 

Upon the arrival of Robert Dinwiddie, as Lieuten- 
ant-Governor of Virginia, in 1752, the militia was 
reorganized, and the province divided into four mili- 
tary districts, of which the northern was assigned to 
Washington as adjutant general. Shortly after this 
a very perilous mission was assigned him and ac- . 
cepted, which others had refused. This was to pro- 
ceed to the French post near Lake Erie in North- 
western Pennsylvania. The distance to be traversed 
was between 500 and 600 miles. Winter was at hand, 
and the journey was to be made ■.yithout militnrv 
escort, through a territory occupied by Indians. Thv 



GEORGE WASHINGTON. 



irip was a perilous one, and several limes he came near 
losuig his life, yet he returned in safety and furnished 
a full and useful report of his expedition. A regiment 
of 300 men was raised in Virginia and put in com- 
mand of Col. Joshua Fry, and Major Washington was 
commissioned lieutenant-colonel. Active war was 
then begun against the French and Indians, in which 
Washington took a most imiwrtant part. In the 
memorable event of July 9, 1755, known as Brad- 
dock's defeat, Washington was almost the only officer 
of distinction wlio escaped from the calamities of the 
day with life and honor. The other aids of Braddock 
ivere disabled early in the action, and Washington 
alone was left in that capacity on the field. In a letter 
to his brother he says: "I had four bullets through 
my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped 
unhurt, though death was levelin" my companions 
on every sid£." An Indian sharpshooter said he was 
not born to be killed by a bullet, for he had taken 
direct aim at him seventeen times, and failed to hit 
him. 

After having been five years in the military service, 
and vainly sought promotion in the royal army, he 
look advantage of the fall of Fort Duquesne and the 
expulsion of the French from the valley of the Ohio, 
lo resign his commission. Soon after he entered the 
Legislature, where, although not a leader, he took an 
active and im|X)rtant part. January 17, 1759, he 
married Mrs. Martha (l)andridge) Custis, the wealthy 
widow of John Parke Custis. 

When the British Parliament had closed the port 
-)f Boston, the cry went up throughout the provinces 
that "The cause of Boston is the cause of us all." 
It was then, at the suggestion of Virginia, that a Con- 
gress of all the colonies was called to meet at Phila- 
delphia.Sept. 5, 1774, to secure their common liberties, 
peaceably if possible. To this Congress Col. Wash- 
ington was sent as a delegate. On May 10, 1775, the 
Congress re-assembled, when the hostile intentions of 
[England were plainly apparent. The battles of Con- 
cord and Lexington had been fought. .'Xmong the 
■first acts of this Congi'^ss was the election of a com- 
mander-in-chief of the colonial forces. This high and 
resix)nsible office was conferred upon Washington, 
who was still a member of the Congress. He accepted 
it. on June 19, but upon the express condition that he 
receive no salary. He would keep an exact account 
of expenses and expect Congress lo pay them and 
nothing more. It is not the object of this sketch to 
trace the military acts of Washington, to whom the 
fortunes and liberties of the people of this country 
were so long confided. The war was conducted by 
him under ever) possible disadvantage, and while his 
forces often met with reverses, yet lie overcame every 
obstacle, and after seven years of heroic devotion 
and matchless skill he gained liberty for the greatest 
nation of earth. On Dec. 23, 1783, Washington, in 
a paiting address of surpassing beauty, lesigned his 



commission as commander-in-chief of the army lo 
to the Continental Congress sitting at Annapolis. He 
retired immediately to Mount Vernon and resumed 
his occupation as a farmer and planter, shunning all 
connection with public life. 

In February, 1 7 89, Washington was unanimously 
elected President. In his presidential career he was 
subject to the peculiar trials incidental to a new 
government ; trials from lack of confidence on the part 
of otlier governments; trials from want of harmony 
between the different sections of our own country; 
trials from the impoverished condition of the country, 
owing to the war and want of credit; trials from the 
beginnings of party strife. He was no partisan. His 
clear judgment could discern the golden mean; and 
while perhaps this alone kept our government from 
sinking at the veiy outset, it left him exposed to 
attacks from both sides, which were often bitter and 
very annoying. 

At the expiration of his first term he was unani- 
mously re-elected. At the end of this temi many 
were anxious that he be re-elected, but he absolutely 
refused a third nomination. On the fourth of March, 
1797, at the expiraton of his second term as Presi- 
dent, he returned to his home, ho|>ing to pass there 
his few remaining yeais free from the annoyances of 
public life. Later in the year, however, liis re[)Ose 
seemed likely to be interrupted by war with France- 
.\t the prospect of such a war he was again urged to 
take command of the armies. He chose his sub- 
ordinate officers and left to them the charge of mat- 
ters in the field, which he superintended from his 
home. In accepting the command he made the 
reservation that he was not to be in the field until 
it was necessary. In the midst of these preparations 
his life was suddenly cut off. December 12, he took 
a seveie cold from a ride in the rain, which, settling 
in Irs throat, produced inflammation, and terminated 
fatally on the night of the fourteenth. On the eigh- 
teenth his body was borne wi'h military honors to its 
final resting place, and interred in the family vault at 
Mount Vernon. 

Of the character of Washington it is impossible to 
speak but in terms of the highest respect and ad- 
miration. The more we see of the operations of 
our government, and the more deeply we feel the 
difficulty of uniting all oi)inions in a common interest, 
the more highly we must estimate the force of his tal- 
ent and character, which have be-^n alile to challenge 
the reveren<e of all parties, and principles, and na- 
tions, and to win a fame as extended as the limits 
of the globe, and which we cannot but believe will 
be as lasting as the existence of man. 

The iierson of Washington was unusally tan, erect 
and well proportioned. His muscular strength was 
great. His features were of a beautiful symmetry. 
He commanded respect without any appearance of 
haughtiness, and ever serious without l^ipgdull. 




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OHN ADAMS, the second 
. President and the first Vice- 
President of the United Slates, 
was born in Braintree ( now 
Quincy ),Mass., and about ten 
miles from Boston, Oct. 19, 
1735. His great-grandfather, Henry 
Adams, emigrated from England 
about 1 640, with a family of eight 
sons, and settled at Braintree. The 
parents of John were John and 
Susannah (Boylston) Adams. His 
father was a farmer of limited 
means, to which he added the bus- 
iness of shoemaking. He gave his 
eldest son, John, a classical educa- 
tion at Harvard College. John 
graduated in 1755, and at once took charge of the 
school in Worcester, Mass. This he found but a 
'sci.ool of affliction," from which \\t endeavored to 
gain ielief by devoting himself, in addition, to the 
study of law. For this purpose he placed himself 
under the tuition of the only lawyer in the town. He 
had tlio'-ight seriously of the clerical profession 
but seems to have been turned from this liy wlir.t he 
termed " the frightful engines of ecclesiastical coun- 
jils, of diabolical malice, and Calvanistic good nature,'" 
of tl'.e operations of which he had been a witness in 
his native town. He was well fitted for the legal 
profession, possessing a clear, sonorous voice, being 
ready and fluent of speech, and having quick percep- 
tive powers. He gradually gained practice, and in 
1764 married Abigail Smith, a daughter of a minister, 
and a lady of superior intelligence. Shortly after his 
marriage, (i7f>5), the attempt of Parliamentary taxa- 
tion turned him from law to politics. He took initial 
steps toward huldin^ a town meeting, and the resolu- 



tions he offered on the subject became very populai 
throughout the Provmce, and were adopted word for 
word by over forty different towns. He moved to Bos 
ton in 1768, and became one of the most courageous 
and prominent advocatesof the popular cause, and 
was chosen a member of the General Court (the Leg- 
lislature) in 1770. 

Mr. Adams was chosen one of the first delegate.^ 
from Massachusetts to the first Continental Congress, 
which met in 1774. Here he distinguished himselt 
by his capacity fur business and for debate, and ad- 
vocated the movement for independence against tb; 
majority of the members. In May, 1776, he moved 
and carried a resolution in Congress that the Colonies 
should assume the duties of self-government. He 
was a prominent member of the committee of nve 
appointed June ri, to prepare a declaration of inde- 
pendence. This article was drawn by Jefferson, but 
on Adams devolved the task of battling it through 
Congress in a tliree days debate. 

On the day after the Declaration of Independence 
was passed, while his soul was yet warm with th^ 
glow of excited feeling, he wrote a letter to his wife 
which, as we read it now, seems to have been dictate.'' 
by the spirit of prophecy. "Yesterday," he says, "tlie 
greatest question was decided that ever was debated 
in America; and greater, perhaps, never was or wil 
be decided among men. A resolution \\ as passed 
without one dissenting colony, ' that these United 
States are, and of right ought to be, free and inde- 
pendent states.' The day is passed. The fourth of 
July, 1776, will be a memorable e[;och in the history 
of America. I am apt to believe it will be celebrated 
by succeeding generations, as the great ariniversary 
festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day o*^ 
deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to Almiehtv 
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JOHN ADAMS. 



(jamcs, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations 
from one end of the continent to the other, from this 
time forward for ever. You will think me transported 
with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of 
the toil, and blood and treasure, that it will cost to 
maintain this declaration, and support and defend 
these States; yet, through all the gloom, I can see the 
rays of hght and glory. 1 can see that the end is 
worth more than all the means; and that posterity 
will triumph, although you and I may rue, which I 
hope we shall not." 

In November, 1777, Mr. Adams was appointed a 
delegate to France and to co-operate with Benijamin 
Franklin and Arthur Lee, who were then in Paris, in 
the endeavor to obtain assistance in arms ^nd money 
from the French Government. 'I'his was a severe trial 
to his patriotism, as it separated him from his home, 
compelled him to cross the ocean in winter, and ex- 
posed him to great peril of capture by the British cruis- 
ers, who were seeking hinu He left France June 17, 
1779. In September of the same year he was again 
cliosen to go to Paris, and tliere hold himself in readi- 
ness to negotiate a treaty of peace and of commerce 
with Great Britian, as soon as the British Cabinet 
might be found willing to listen to such pioposels. He 
sailed for France in November, from there he went to 
Holland, where he negotiated imiiorlant loans and 
formed important commercial treaties 

Finally a treaty of peace with England was signed 
Jan. 21, 1783. The re-action from the excitement, 
toil and anxiety through which Mr. .\dams had passed 
threw him into a fever. After suffering from a con- 
tinued fever and becoming feeble and emaciated he 
was advised to go to England to drink the waters of 
Bath. \Vhile in England, still droopinganddes|)on(l- 
ing, he received dispatches from his own government 
urging the necessity of his going to Amsterdam to 
negotiate another loan. It was winter, his health was 
delicate, yet he immediately set out, and through 
storm, on sea, on horseback and foot.hemade thetri[). 

February 24, 1785. Congress'appointed Mr. Adams 
envoy to the Court of St. James. Here he met face 
to face the King of England, who had so long re- 
garded him as a traitor. .\s England did not 
condescend to appoint a minister to the United 
States, and as Mr. Adams felt that he was accom- 
plishing but little, he sought permission to return to 
;iis own country, where he arrived in June, 1788. 

When Washington was first chosen President, John 
Adams, rendered illustiious by his signal services at 
home and abroad, was chosen Vice President, .\gain 
at the second election of Washington as President, 
Adams was chosen Vice President. In 1796, Wash- 
ington retired from public life, and Mr. Adams was 
elected President,though not without much ojiposition. 
Serving in this office four years, he was succeeded liy 
\\\. Jefferson, his opponent in politics. 

While Mr. Adams was Vice President the grea^ 



French Revolution shook the continent of Europe, 
and it was upon this point which he was at issue with 
the majority of his countrymen led by Mr. Jefferson. 
Mr. Adams felt no sympathy with the French people 
in their struggle, for he had no confidence in their 
jx)wer of self-government, and he utterly abhored the 
classof atheist philosophers who he claimed caused it. 
On the other hand Jefferson's sympathies were strongly 
enlisted in behalf of the French people. Hence or- 
iginated the alienation between these distinguished 
men, and two powerful parties were thus soon orgar.- 
ijed, Adams at the head of the one whose sympathies 
were with England and Jefferson led the other in 
sympathy with France. 

The worid has seldom seen a spectacle of more 
moral beauty and grandeur, than was presented by the 
old age of Mr, Adams. The violence of party feeling 
had died away, and he had begun to receive that just 
appreciation which, to most men, is not accorded till 
after death. No one could look upon his venerable 
form, and think of what he had done and suffered, 
and huw he had given up all the prime and strength 
of his life to the public good, without the deepest 
emotion of gratitude and respect. It was his peculiar 
good fortune to witness the complete success of the 
institution which he had been so active in creating and 
supporting. In 1824, his cup of hap])iness was filled 
to the brim, by seeing his son elevated to the highest 
station in the gift of the people. 

The fourth of July, 1826, which completed the halt 
century since the sigjiing of the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence, arrived, and there were but three of the 
signers of that immortal instrument left upon the 
earth to hail its morning light. And, as it is 
well known, on that day two of these finished thea 
earthly pilgrimfge, a coincidence so remarkable as 
to seem miraculous. For a few days before Mr. 
Adams had been rapidly failing, and on the morning 
of the fourth he found himself too weak to rise from 
his bed. On being reciuested to name a toast for the 
customary celebration of the day, he exclaimed " In- 
DEPENDKNCE FOREVER." When the day was ushered 
in, by the ringing of bells and the firing of cannons, 
he was asked liy one of his t:ttend..nts if he knew 
what day it was? He replied, "O vcs; it is the glor- 
ious founh of July — God bless it— ^iod bless yon all." 
In the course of the day he said, "It is a great and 
glorious day." The last words he uttered were, 
"Jefferson survives." But he had, at one o'clock, re- 
signed his spiiit into the hands of his God. 

The personal appearance and manners of Mr. 
.\dams were not particularly prepossessing. His face, 
as his portrait manifests,was intellectual ard expres- 
sive, but his figure was low and ungraceful, and \v\ 
manners were frequently abrupt and uncourteous 
He had neither the lofty dignity of ^\'ashington, net 
the engaging elegance and gracefulness which marked 
the manners and address of Jefferson. 



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HOMAS JEFFERSON was 

burn April 2, 1743, at Shad- 
well, Albermarle county, Va. 

His parents were Peter and 
Jane ( Randolph) Jefferson, 
the former a native of Wales, 
and tlie latter born in Lon- 
don. To them were born six 
daughters and two sons, of 
whom 'riionias was the elder. 
When 14 years of age his 
father died. He received a 
most liberal education, hav- 
ing been kejit diligently at school 
from the time he was five years of 
age. In 1760 he entered William 
end Mary College. - Williamsburg was then the seal 
of the Colonial Court, and it was the oljodeof fashion 
a.id splendor. Young Jefferson, who was' then 17 
years old, lived somewhat e>pensively, keeping fine 
horses, and much caressed by gay society, yel he 
was earnestly devoted to his studies, and irreiiroacha- 
able in his morals. It is strange, ■ however, under 
such influences, that he was not ruined. In the sec- 
ond year of his college course, moved by some un- 
explained inward impulse, he. discarded his horses, 
society, and even his favorite violin, to which he had 
previously given much time. He often devoted fifteen 
liouvs a day to hard study, allowing himself for ex- 
ercise only a run in the evening twilight of a mile out 
of the city and back again. He thus attained very, 
higli intellectual culture, alike excellence in philoso- 
phy and the languages. The most difficult Latin and 
Greek authors he read with facility. A more finished 
ggbolftr has seldom gone forth from cpHege halls; and 



there was not to be found, perhaps, in all Virginia, a 
more pureminded, upright, gentlemanly young man. 

Immediately upon leaving college he began the 
study of law. For the short time lie continued in the 
practice of his profession he rose rapidly and distin- 
guished himself by his energy and accuteuess as a 
lawyer. But the times called for greater action. 
The policy of England had awakened the spirit of 
resistance of the American Colonies, and the enlarged 
views which Jefferson had ever entertained, soon led 
him into active political life. In 1769 he was choser 
a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. !n 
1772 he married Mrs. Martha Skelton, a very oeauti- 
ful, wealthy and highly accomplished young widow 

Upon Mr. Jefferson's large estate at .Shadwell, th^re 
was a majestic swell of land, called Monlicello, which 
commanded a prospect of wonderful extent and 
beauty. This spot Mr. Jefferson selected for his new 
home; and here he reared a mansion of modest ye* 
elegant architecture, which, next to Mount Vernon 
became the most distinguished resort in our land. 

In 1775 he was sent to the Cclonial Congress, 
where, though a silent member, liis abilities as a 
writer and a reasoner soon become known, and he 
was placed upon a number of important committees, 
and was chairman of the one appointed for the draw- 
ing up of a declaration of independence. This com- 
mittee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams. 
Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. 
Livingston. Jefferson, as chairman, was appointed 
to draw up the paper. Franklin and Adams suggested 
a few verbal changes before it was submitted to Con- 
gress. On June 28, a few slight changes were made 
in it by Congress, and it was passed and signed July 
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man — what the emotions that swelled his breast — 
who was charged with the preparation of that Dec- 
laration, which, while it made known the wrongs of 
America, .vas also to pubUsh her to liie world, free, 
sovcrign and independent. It is one of the most re- 
markable pajiers ever written ; and did no other effort 
uftiiemindof its author exist, that alone would be 
sufficient to stamp his name with immortality. 

In 1779 Mr. Jefferson was elected successor to 
Patrick Henry, i.s Governor of Virginia. At one time 
the British officer, Tarleton, sent a secret expedition to 
Monticello, to caiJture the Clovernor. Scarcely five 
minutes elai)sed after the hurried escape of Mr. Jef- 
ferson and his family, ere his mansion was in posses- 
sion of the British troops. His wife's health, never 
very good, was much injured by this excitement, and 
in the summer of 1782 she died. 

Mr. Jefferson was elected to Congress in 1783. 
Two yeirs later he was appointed Minister Plenipo- 
tentiary to France. Returning to the United States 
in September, 1789, he became Secretary of State 
in Washington's cabinet. This position he resigned 
Jan. I, 1794. In 1797, he was chosen Vice Presi- 
dent, and four years later was elected President over 
Mr. Adams, with Aaron Burr as Vice President. In 
1804 he was re-elected with wonderful unanimity, 
and George Clinton, Vice President. 

The eariy [uirt of Mr. Jefferson's second adminstra- 
•ion was disturbed by an event which threatened the 
trancpiility and peace of the Unior. ; this was the con- 
spiracy of Aaron Burr. Defeated in the late election 
10 the Vice Presidency, and led on by an unprincipled 
aml)ition, this extraordinary man formed the plan of a 
military expedition into the Spanish territories on our 
iouthwestern frontier, for the purpose of torming there 
a new republic. This has been i;enerally sup|)osed 
was a mere pretext ; and although it has not been 
generally known what his real plans were, there is no 
doubt that they were of a far more dangerous 
character. 

In 1809, at the expiration of the second term for 
which Mr. Jefferson had been elected, he determined 
to retire from political life. For a period of nearly 
forty years, he had been continually before the pub- 
.ic, and all that time had been employed in offices of 
the greatest trust and resi)onsibility. Having thus de- 
voted the best part of his life to the service of his 
country, he now felt desirous of that rest which his 
declining years re(iuired, and upon the organization of 
the new administration, in March, 1809, he b'd fare- 
well forever to public life, and retired to Monticello. 

Mr. Jefferson was profuse in his hospitality. Whole 
families came in their coaches with their horses, — 
fathers and mothers, boys and girls, babies and 
nurses, — and remained three and even six months. 
Life at Monticello, for years, resembled that at a 
f.Tshionable watering-place. 

Trie fourth of July, 1826, being the fiftieth anniver- 



sary of the Declaration of American Independence; 
great preparations were made in every pait of ih. 
Union for its celebration, as the nation's jubilee, an(i 
the citizens of Washington, to add to the solemnity 
ot the occasion, invited Mr. Jefferson, as the framer 
and one of the few surviving signers of the Declara- 
tion, lo participate in their festivities. But an ill- 
ness, which had been of several weeks duration, and 
had been continually increasing, compelled him to 
decline the invitation. 

On the second of July, the disease under which 
he was laboring left him, but in such a reduced 
state that his medical attendants, entertained nc 
hope of his recovery. From this time he was perfectly 
sensible that his last hour was at hand. On the next 
d:iy, which was Monday, he asked of those around 
him, the day of the month, and on being told it was 
the third of July, he expressed the earnest wish tha. 
he might be permitted lo breathe the air of the fiftietl: 
anniversary. His prayer was heard — that day, whose 
dawn was hailed with such rapture through our land, 
burst upon his eyes, and then they were closed for- 
ever. And what a noble consummation of a noble 
life! To die on that day, — the birthday of a nation,- - 
the day which his own name and his own act had 
rendered glorious; to die amidst the rejoicings and 
festivities of a whole nation, who looked up to him, 
as the author, under God, of their greatest blessings, 
was all that was wanting to fill up the record his life. 

Almost at the same hour of his death, the kin- 
dred spirit of the venerable Adams, as if to bear 
him company, left the scene of his earthly honors. 
Hand in hand they had stood forth, the champions of 
freedom ; hand in hand, during the dark and desper- 
ate struggle of the Revolution, they had cheered and 
animated their desponding countrymen; for half a 
century they had labored together for tne good of 
the country; and now hand in hand they depart. 
In their lives they had been united in the same great 
cause of liberty, and in their deaths they were not 
divided. 

In person Mr. Jefferson was tall and thin, rather 
aliove six feet in height, but well formed; his eyes 
were light, his hair originally red, in after life became 
white and silvery ; his com]ilexion was f;iir, his fore- 
head broad, and his whole cour'enance intelligent and 
thoughtful. He possessed great fortitude of mind as 
well as personal courage; and ?.ls command of tem- 
per was such that his oldest and most intimate friends 
never recollected to have seen him in a passion. 
His manners, though dignified, were simple and un- 
affected, and his hospitality was so unbounded that 
all found at his house a ready welcome. In conver- 
sation he was fluent, eloquent and enthusiastic; and 
his language was remarkably pure and correct. He 
was a finished classic;d scholar, and hi his writings is 
discernable the care with which he formed his style 
upon the best models of antiquity. 




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AMES MADISON, "Father 
of the Constitution," and fourth 
W President of the United States, 
was born March 16, 1757, and 
died at his home in Virginia, 
June 28, 1836. The name of 
James Madison is inseparably con- 
nected with most of the important 
events in that heroic period of our 
country during which the founda- 
tions of tliis great republic were 
laid. He was the last of the founders 
of the Constitution of the United 
States to l-ie called to his eternal 
reward. 

The Madison family were among 
the early emigrants to the New World, 
landing upon the shores of the Chesa- 
peake but 15 years after the settle- 
ment of Jamestown. The father of 
James Madison was an opulent 
planter, residing upon a very fine es- 
tate called "Montpelier," Orange Co., 
Va. The mansion was situated in 
the midst of scenery highly pictur- 
esque and romantic, on the west side 
of South-west Mountain, at the foot of 
It was but 25 miles from the home of 
Jefferson at Monticello. The closest jsersonal and 
political attachment existed between these illustrious 
men, from their early youth until death. 

The early education of Mr. Madison was conductetl 
mostly at home under a private tutor. At the age of 
18 he was sent to Princeton College, in New Jersey. 
^ere he applied himself to study with the most irfj- 



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prudent zeal; allowing himLelf, for months, but three 
hours' sleep out of the 24. His health thus became so 
seriously impaired that he never recovered any vigor 
of constitution. He graduated in 177 i. with a feeble 
body, with a character of utmost purity, and with a 
mind highly disciplined and richly stored with learning 
which embeliisiied and gave proliciency to his subsr" 
(juent career. 

Returning to Virginia, he commenced the study of 
law and a course of extensive and systematic reading. 
This educational course, the spirit of the times in 
which he lived, and tlie society with which he asso- 
ciated, all combined to insiiire him with a strong 
love of liberty, and to train him for his life-work o! 
a statesman. Being naturally of a religious turn of 
mind, and his frail liealth leading him to think that 
his life was not to be long, he directed especial atten- 
tion to theological studies. Endowed with a mmd 
singularly free from passion and jirejudice, and with 
almost unequalled powers of reasoning, he weighed 
all the arguments for and against revealed religion, 
until his faith became so established as never to 
be shaken. 

In the spring of 1776, when 26 years of age, he 
was elected a member of the Virginia Convention, to 
frame the constitution of the State. The next year 
(1777), he was a candidate for the General .\ssembly. 
He refused to treat the whisky-loving voters, and 
consequently lost his election ; but those who had 
witnessed the talent, energy and public spirit of the 
modest young man, enlisted themselves in his behalf, 
and he was appointed to the Executive Council. 

Both Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson were 
Governors of Virginia while Mr. Madison remained 
member of the Cpiincil ; and their appreciation of lii^ 



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intellectual, social and moral worth, contributed not 
a little to his subseiiuent eminence. In the year 
1780, he was elected a member of the Continental 
Congress. Here lie met the most illustrioMs men in 
our land, ar.d he was immediately assigned to one of 
The most conspicuous positions among them. 

For three years Mr. Madison continued in Con- 
gress, one of its most active and inlluential members. 
In the year 1784, his term having expired, he was 
elected a member of the Virginia Legislature. 

No man felt more deeply than Mr. Madison the 
utter inelticiency of the old confederacy, with no na- 
tional government, with no power to form treaties 
which would be binding, or to enforce law. There 
was not any State more prominent than Virginia in 
the declaration, that an etificient national government 
must be formed. In January, 1786, Mr. Madison 
carried a resolution through the General Assembly of 
Virginia, inviting the other Stales to apiioint commis- 
sioners to meet in convention at Annapolis to discuss 
this subject. Five States only were re[)resented. The 
convention, however, issued another call, drawn up 
by Mr. Madison, urging all the States to send their 
delegates to Philadelphia, in May, 1787, to draft 
a Constitution for the United States, to take the place 
of tnat Confederate League. The delegates met at 
ihe time ai)pointed. Kvery State but Rhode Island 
was represented. George Washington was chosen 
uresident of the convention; and the present Consti- 
tution of the United Slates was then and there formed. 
There was, perhaps, no mind and no pen more ac- 
tive in framing this immortal document than the mind 
and the pen of James Madison. 

The Constitution, adopted by a vote 81 to 79, was 
to be presented to the several States for acceptance. 
But grave solicitude was felt. Should it be rejected 
we should be left but a conglomeration of independent 
States, with but litlle power at home and little lespect 
abroad. Mr. Madison was selected by tne conven- 
tion to draw up an address to the people of the United 
States, expounding tl.e princi|ilcs of the Constitution, 
and urging its adoption. There was great opposition 
to it at first, but it at length triumphed over all, and 
went into effect in 1789. 

Mr. Madison was elected to the House of Repre- 
sentatives in the first Congress, and soon became the 
avowed leader of the Republican party. While in 
New York attending Congress, he met Mrs Todd, a 
young widow of remarkable ]X)wer of fascination, 
whom he married. She was in person and character 
(jueenly, and ])rol)al)ly no lady has thus far occupied 
so prominent a position in the very peculiar society 
which has constituted our republican court as Mrs. 
M ulison. 

Mr. Madison served as Secretary of State under 
Jefferson, and at the close of his administration 
was chosen President. At this time the encroach- 
ments of England had lirought us to the verge of war. , 



British orders in council destioyed our commerce, ai.d 
our llag was ex|)Osed to constant insidt. Mr. Madi.son 
was a man of peace. Scholarly in his taste, reliiing 
in his disposition, war had no charms for him. But llie 
meekest spirit can be roused. It makes ones blued 
boil, even now, to think of an American slii[) brought 
to, upon the ocean, by the guns of an Englihh cruiser. 
A young lieutenant steps on board and orders tlie 
crcw to be paraded before him. With great nonchal- 
ance he selects any number whom he may please to 
designate as British subjects; orders them down the 
ship's side into his boat; and places them on the gun- 
deck of his inan-of-war, to fight, by compulsion, the 
battles of England. This right of search and im- 
pressment, no efforts of our Government could induce 
the British cabinet to relinquish. 

On the 1 8th of June, iSi 2, President Madison gave 
his appioval to an act of Congress declaring war 
against Great Britain. Notwithstanding the bitter 
hostility of the Federal jjarty to the war, the country 
in general approved; and JVIr. Madison, on the 4th 
of March, 18 13, was re-elected by a large in.ijority, 
and entered upon his second term of offi e. This is 
not the place to describe the various adventures of 
this war on the land and on the water. Our infan. 
navy then laid the foundations of its renown in grap- 
pling v.'iih the most formidable power which ever 
swept the seas. The contest commenced in earnest 
by the apjiearance of a British fleet, early in February, 
1813, in Cliesapeake Bay, declaring nearly the whole 
coast of the United States under blockade. 

The Emperor of Russia offered his services as me 
dilator. America accepted ; England refused. A Brit- 
ish iorce of five thousand men landed on the banks 
of the Patu.xet River, near its entrance into Chesa- 
])eake Bay, and marched rapidly, by way of Bladens- 
burg, upon Washington. 

The straggling little city of Washington was thrown 
into consternation. The cannon of the brief conflict 
at Bladensburg echoed through the streets of the 
metropolis. The whole population fled from the city. 
The President, leaving Mrs. Madison in the White 
House, with her carriage drawn up at the doer to 
await his speedy return, hurried to meet the officers 
in a council of war He met our troops utterly routed, 
and he could not go back without danger of being 
captured. But few hours elapsed ere the Presidential 
Mansion, the Capitol, and all the public buildings in 
Washington were in flames. 

The war closed after two years of fighting, and on 
Feb. 13, 1815, the treaty of peace was signed at Ghent. 

On the 4th of March, 1817, his second term of 
office expired, and he resigned the Presidential chair 
to his friend, James Monroe. He retired to his beau- 
tiful home at Montpelier, and there jiassed the re- 
mainder of his days. On June 28, 1836, then at the 
age of 85 years, he fell asleep in death, Mrs. Madi- 
son died July 12, 184^. 




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t PIIIES niOIJItOE. 




AMES MONROE, the fifth 
.Presidentof The United States, 
was born in Westmoreland Co., 
Va., April 28, 1758. His early 
life was passed at the place of 
nativity. His ancestors had for 
many years resided in the prov- 
ince in which he was born. When, 
at 17 years of age, in the process 
of completing his education at 
William and Mary College, the Co- 
lonial Congress assembled at Phila- 
delphia to deliberate upon the un- 
just and manifold oppressions of 
Great Britian, declared the separa- 
tion of the Colonies, and promul- 
gated the Declaration of Indepen- 
dence. Had he been born ten years before it is highly 
probable that he would have been one of the signers 
of that celebrated instrument. At this time he left 
school and enlisted among the patriots. 

He joined the army when everything looked hope- 
less and gloomy. The number of deserters increased 
from day to day. The invading armies came pouring 
in ; and the tories not only favored the cause of the 
mother country, but disheartened the new recruits, 
who were sufficiently terrified at the prospect of con- 
tending with an enemy whom they had been taught 
to deem invincible. To such brave spirits as James 
Monroe, who went right onward, undismayed through 
difficulty and danger, the United States owe their 
political emancipation. The young cadet joined the 
ranks, and espoused the cause of his injured country, 
witb a firm determination to live or die with her strife 



for liberty. Firmly yet sadly he shared in the mel- 
ancholy retreat from Harleam Heights and White 
Plains, and accompanied the dispirited army as it flee' 
before its foes through New Jersey. In four monthf 
after the Declaration of Independence, the patriots 
had been beaten in seven battles. At the battle of 
Trenton he led the vanguard, and, in the act of charg- 
ing upon the enemy he received a wound in the left 
shoulder. 

As a reward for his bravery, Mr. Monroe was \sxo- 
moted a captain of infantry ; and, having recovered 
from his wound, he rejoined the army. He, however, 
receded from the line of promotion, by becoming an 
officer in the staff of Lord Sterling. During the cam- 
paigns of 1777 and 1778, in the actions of Brandy 
wine, Germantown and Monmouth, he continued 
aid-de-camp; but becoming desirous to regain his 
position in the army, he exerted himself to collect a 
regiment for the Virginia line. This scheme failed 
owing to the exhausted condition of the State. Upon 
this fiiiluTe he entered the office of Mr. Jefferson, at 
that period Governor, and pursued, with considerable 
ardor, the study of common law. He did not, however, 
entirely lay aside the knapsack for the green bag; 
but on tlie invasions of the enemy, served as avolun 
teer, during the two years of his legal pursuits. 

In 17S2, he was elected from King George county, 
a member of the Leglislature of Virginia, and by tha'. 
body he was elevated to a seat in the Executive 
Council. He was thus honored with tlie confidence 
of his fellow citizens at 23 years of age; and having 
at this early period displayed some of that abiiiiy 
and ai)titude for legislation, which were afterward-; 
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JAMES MONROE. 



lie was in the succeeding year chosen a member of 
ihe Congress of the United States. 
IJeeplyas Mr. MonvoefcU the imperfectionsof theold 
Co.itederacy, lie was opposed totlienew Constitution, 
•,hi. iking, with many others of 'he Republican parly, 
'.hat it gave too much power to the Central Government, 
and not enough to the individual States. Still he re- 
tained the esteem of his friends who were its warm 
supporters, and who, notwithstanding his opposition 
secured its adoption. In 1789, he became a member 
of the United States Senate; which office he held for 
four years. Every month the line of distinction be- 
tween the two great parties which divided the nation, 
the Federal and the Reiniblican, was growing more 
distinct. The two prominent iaeas which now sep- 
arated them were, that the Republican party was in 
sympathy with France, and also in favor of such a 
strict construction of the Constitution as to give the 
Central Government as little power, and the State 
Governments as much [lower, as the Constitution would 
warrant. The Federalists sympathized with England, 
and were in favor of a liberal construction of the Con- 
stitution, which would give as much power to the 
Central Government as that document could possibly 
authorize. 

The leading Federalists and Republicans were 
alike noble men, consecrating all their energies to the 
good of the nation. Two more honest men or more 
jnire patriots than John Adams the Federalist, and 
James Monroe the Republican, never breathed. In 
building up this majestic nation, which is destined 
to eclipse all Grecian and Assyrian greatness, the com- 
bination of their antagonism was needed to create the 
light equilibrium. And yet each in his day was de- 
nounced as almost a demon. 

Washington was then President. England had es- 
poused the cause of the Bourbons against the princi- 
ples of the French Revolution. All Europe was drawn 
into the conflict. We were feeble and far away. 
Washington issued a proclamation of neutrality be- 
tween these contending powers. France had helped 
i;s in the struggle for our liberties. All the despotisms 
of Europe were now coinbined to prevent the French 
from escaping from a tyranny a thousand-fold worse 
than that which we had endured Col. Monroe, more 
magnanimous than prudent, was anxious that, at 
whatever hazard, we should help our old allies in 
their extremity. It was the impulse of a generous 
and noble nature. He violently opposed the Pres- 
ident's proclamation as ungrateful and wanting in 
magnanimity. 

Washington, who could appreciate such a character, 
developed his calm, serene, almost divine greatness, 
by appointing that very James Monroe, who was de- 
nouncing the policy of the Government, as the minister 
of that Government to the Republic of France. Mr. 
Monroe was welcomed by the National Convention 
ill France with the most enthusiastic demonstrations. 



Shortly after his return to this countrv, Mr. Mon- 
roe was elected Governor of Virginia, and held the 
office for three yeais. He was again sent to France tu 
co-operate with Chancellor Livingston in obtaining 
the vast territory then known as the Province of 
Louisiana, which France had but shortly before ob- 
tained from Spain. Tneir united efforts were suc- 
cessful. For the comparatively small sum of fifteen 
millions of dollars, the entire territory of Orleans and 
district of Louisiana were added to the United States. 
This was probably the largest transfcrof real estate 
which was ever made in all the history of the world. 

From France Mr. Monroe went to England to ob- 
tain from that country some recognition of out 
rights as neutrals, and to remonstrate against those 
odious impressments of our seamen. but Eng- 
land was unrelenting. He again returned to Eng- 
land on the same mission, but could receive no 
redress. He returned to his home and was again 
chosen Governor of Virginia. This he soon resigned 
to accept the position of Secretary of State under 
Madison. While in this office war with England was 
declared, the Secretary of War resigned, and during 
these trying times, the duties of the War Departmen; 
were also put upon him. He was truly the armor- 
bearer of President Madison, and the most efficient 
business man in his cabinet. Upon the return oi 
peace he resigned the Department of War, but con- 
tinued in the office of Secretary of State until the ex- 
pir.ition of Mr. Madison's adniinstration. At the elec 
tion held the previous autumn Mr. Monroe himself had 
been chosen President with but little opposition, and 
upon March 4, 18(7, was inaugurated. Four years 
later he was elected for a second term. 

Among the imiiortant measures of his Presidency 
were the cession of Florida to the United States; the 
Missouri Compromise, and the "Monroe doctrine.' 

This famous doctrine, since known as the " Monroe 
doctrine," was enunciated by him in 1823. At that 
time the United States had recognized the independ- 
ence of the South American states, and did not wish 
to have European powers longer attempting to sub- 
due [jortions of the American Continent. The doctrine 
is as follows: "That we should consider any attempt 
on the part of European powers to extend their sys- 
tem to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous 
to our peace and safety," and "that we could not 
view any interposition for the purpose of oppressing 
or controlling American governments or provinces in 
any other light than as a manifestation by Ein'oiiean 
powers of an unfriendly disposition toward the United 
States." This doctrine immediately affected the course 
of foreign governments, and has become the apjiroved 
sentiment of the LTnited States. 

At the end of his fecond term Mr. Monroe retired 
to his home in Virginia, where he lived until 1830 
when he went to New York to live with his son-in- 
law. \x\ that city he died on the 4th of July, 1S31 




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JO5I] QUI1]6Y ^D^IIQS. 





OHN QUINCY ADAMS, the 
&} sixth President of the United 
'States, was born in the rural 
home of his honored father, 
Jolin Adams, in Quincy, Mass., 
f^^ on the I ith cf July, 1767. His 
mother, a woman of exalted 
worth, watched over his childhood 
during the ahnost constant ab- 
sence of his father. When but 
eight years of age, he stood with 
his mother on an eminence, listen- 
ing to the booming of the great bat- 
tle on Bunker's Hill, and gazing on 
upon the smoke and flames billow- 
ing up from the conflagration of 
Charlestown. 

When but eleven years old he 
took a tearful adieu of his mother, 
to sail with his fattier for Europe, 
through a fleet ot hostile British cruisers. The bright, 
animated boy spent a year and a half in Paris, where 
his father was associated with Franklin and Lee as 
minister pleiiipotentiary. His intelligence attracted 
the notice of these distinguished men, and he received 
from them flattering marks of attention. 

Mr. John Adams had scarcely returned to this 
cou.'.try, in 1779, ere he was againsentabroad. Again 
I'oi.A Quincy accompanied his father. At Paris he 
applied himself with great diligence, for six months, 
to :.tudy; then accompained his father to Holland, 
v;here he entered, first a school in .\msterdam, then 
the University at Leyden. About a year from this 
time, in 1781, when the manly boy was but fourteen 
yea-") of age, he was selected b)' Mr. Dana, our min- 
ister to the Russian court, as his private secretary. 

Tn this school of incessant labor and of enobling 
culture he spent fourteen months, and then returned 
to Holland through Sweden, Denmark, Hamburg and 
Bremen. This long journey he took alone, in the 
winter, when in his sixteenth year. Again he resumed 
nis studies, under a pn-'nte tutor, at Hague. Thence, 



in the spring of 1782, ho accompanied his father i. 
Paris, traveling leisurely, and forming acquaintanct 
with the most distinguished men on the Connnent 
examining arcliitectural remains, galleries of paintings 
and all renowned works of art. At Paris he agair, 
became associated with the most illustrious men oi 
all lands in the contemplations of the loftiest temporal 
themes which can engross the human mind. Afte' 
a short visit to England he returned to Paris, ana 
consecrated all his energies to study until May, 1785, 
when he returned to America. To a brilliant young 
man of eighteen, v,ho had seen much of the world, 
and who was familiar with the etiquette of courts, a 
residence with his father in London, under such cir- 
cumstances, must have been extremely attractive 
but with judgment very rare in one of his age, he pre- 
ferred to return to America to complete his education 
in an American college. He wished then to study 
law, that with an honorable profession, he might be 
able to obtain an independent support. 

Upon leaving Harvard College, at the age of twenty 
he studied law for three years. In June, 1794, be- 
ing then but tvifenty-seven years of age, he was ap- 
ixiinted by Washington, resident minister at the 
Netherlands. Sailing from Boston in July, he reacheo 
London in October, where he was immediately admit- 
ted to the deliberations of Messrs. Jay and Pinckney 
assisting them in negotiating a commercial treaty with 
Gieat Briiian. After thus spending a fortnight h 
London, he proceeded to the Hague. 

In July, 1797, he left the Hague to go to Portuga' as 
minister plenipotentiary. On his way to Portugal 
upon arriving in London, he met with despatches 
directing him to the court of Beiiin, but requesting 
him to remain in London until he should receive his 
instructions. While waiting lie was married to ar 
American lady to whom he had been jireviously en- 
gaged, — Miss Louisa Catherine Johnson, daughte 
of Mr. Joshua Johnson, American con5ul in I ondon 
a lady endownd with that beauty and those accom- 
plishment which eminently fitted her to u:ove in ('.j 
elevated sphere for which slie w« t'«*'ki:e4 



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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 



He reached Berlin with his wife in November, 1797 ; 
where he remained until Jnly, 1799, when, liavingful- 
filled all the piirix)ses of his mission, lie solicited his 
recall. 

Soon after his return, in 1802, he was chosen to 
I he Senate of Massachusetts, from Boston, and then 
was elected Senator of the United States for six years, 
from the 4th of March, 1804. His reputation, his 
ability and his experience, placed him immediately 
among the most prominent and influential members 
of that body. Especially did he sustain the Govern- 
ment in its measures of resistance to the encroach- 
ments of England, destroying our commerce and in- 
sulting our flag. There was no man in America more 
familiar with the arrogance of the British court upon 
these points, and no one more resolved to present 
a firm resistance. 

In 1809, Madison succeeded Jefferson in the Pres- 
idential chair, and he immediately nominated John 
Qnincy Adams minister to St. Petersburg. Resign- 
ing his professorship in Harvard College, he embarked 
at Boston, in August, 1809. 

While in Russia, Mr. Adams was an intense stu- 
dent. He devoted his attention to the language and 
history of Russia; to the Chinese trade; to the 
European system of weights, measures, and coins; to 
the climate and astronomical observations ; while he 
kept up a familiar acquaintance with the Greek and 
Latin classics. In all the universities of Euro|)e, a 
more accomplished scholar could scarcely be found. 
All through life the Bible constituted an imijortai t 
part of his studies. It was his rule to read five 
chapters every day. 

On the 4th of March, 1817, Mr. Monroe took the 
Presidential chair, and immediately appointed Mr. 
Adams Secretary of State. Taking leave of his num- 
erous friends in public and private life in Europe, he 
sailed in June, 1819, for the United States. On the 
18th of August, he again crossed the threshold of his 
home in Quincy. During the eight years of Mr. Mon- 
roe's administration, Mr. Adams continued Secretary 
of State. 

Some time before ihe close of Mr. Monroe's second 
term of office, new candidates began to be presented 
foi the Presidency. The friends of Mr. Adains brought 
forward his name. It was an exciting campaign. 
Party spirit was never more bitter. Two hundred and 
sixty electoral votes were cast. Andrew Jackson re- 
ceived ninety-nine; John Quincy Adams, eighty-four; 
William H. Crawford, forty-one; Henry Clay, thirty- 
se/en. As there was no choice by the people, the 
question went to the House of Rei^resentatives. Mr. 
Clay gave the vote of Kentucky to Mr. Adams, and 
he was elected. 

The friends of all the disappointed candidates now 
:ombined in a venomous and persistent assault upon 
Mr. .\dams. There is nothing more disgraceful in 
»i>« past Instory of our country than the abuse which 



was poured in one uninterrupted stream, upon this 
high-minded, upright; patriotic man. There never was 
an administration more pure in principles, more con- 
scientiously devoted to the best interests of the coun- 
try, than that of John Quincy Adams; and never, per- 
haps, was there an administration more unscrupu- 
lously and outrageously assailed. 

Mr. Adains was, to a very remarkable degree, ab- 
stemious and temperate in his habits; always rising 
early, and taking much exercise, ^\'hen at his b.omein 
Quincy, he has been known to walk, before breakfast, 
seven miles to Boston. In Washington, it was said 
that he was the first man up in the city, lighting his 
own fire and applying himself to work in his library 
often long before dawn. 

On the 4th of March, 1820, Mr. Adams retired 
from the Presidency, and was succeeded by Andrew 
Jackson. John C. Calhoun was elected Vice Presi- 
dent. The slavery question now began to assume 
lx)rtentous magnitude. Mr. Adams returned to 
Quincy and to his studies, v.hich he pursued with un- 
abated zeal. But he was not long permitted to re- 
main in retirement. In November, 1830, he was 
elected representative to Congress. For seventeen 
years, until his death, he occupied the post as repre- 
sentative, towering above all his peers, ever ready to 
do brave battle' for freedoin, and winning the title of 
"the old man eloquent." Upon taking his seat in 
tlie House, he announced that he should hold him- 
self bound to no party. Probably there never was a 
member more devoted to his duties. He was usually 
the first in his place in the morning, and the last to 
leave his seat iir the evening. Not a measure could 
be brought forward and escape his scrutiny. 'Ihe 
battle which i\Ir. Adams fought, almost singly, agains"; 
the i)ro3lavery party in the Government, was sublime 
in Its moral dating and heroism. For persisting in 
presenting petitions for the abolition of slavery, he 
was threatened with indictment by the grand jury 
with expulsion from the House, with assassination , 
but no threats could intimidate him, and his final 
triumph was complete. 

It has been said of President Adams, that when his 
body was bent and his hair silvered by the lapse of 
fourscore years, yielding to the simple faith of a little 
child, he was accustomed to repeat every night, before 
he slept, the prayer which his mother taught him in 
his infant years. 

On the 2 1 St of February, 1848, he rose on the floor 
of Congress, with a paper in his hand, to address the 
speaker. Suddenly he fell, again stricken by ])araly- 
sis, and was caught in the arms of those around liim. 
For a time he was senseless, as he was conveyed to 
the sofa in the rotunda. With reviving conscious- 
ness, he opened his eyes, looked calmly around and 
said " This is Ihe end of earth "ihtn after a moment's 
pause he added, "/ a»i cojitcnt" These were the 
hist words of the grand "Old Man Eloquent," 




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NDREVV JACKSON, the 
seventh President of the 
' United States, was born in 
Waxhaw settlement, N. C, 
March 15, 1767, a few days 
after his father's death. His 
parents were poor emigrants 
from Ireland, and took up 
their abode in Waxhaw set- 
tlement, where they lived in 
deepest poverty. 
Andrew, or Andy, as he was 
universally called, grew up a very 
rough, rude, turbulent boy. His 
features were coarse, his form un- 
gainly; and there was but very 
little in his character, made visible, which was at- 
t:ai:live. 

When only thirteen years old he joined the volun- 
teers of Carolina against the British invasion. In 
1781, he and his brother Robert were captured and 
imprisoned for a time at Camden. A British officer 
ordered him to brush his miid-spattered boots. " I am 
a prisoner of war, not your servant," was the reply of 
the dauntless boy. 

The brute drew his sword, and aimed a desperate 
Dlow at the head of the helpless young prisoner. 
Andrew raised his hand, and thus received two fear- 
ful gashes, — one on the hand and the other upon the 
head. The officer then turned to his brother Robert 
with the same demand. He also refused, and re- 
ceived a blow from the keen-edged sabre, which quite 
disabled him, and which probably soon after caused 
his death. They suffered much other ill-treatment, and 
were finally stricken with the small-pox. Their 
mother was successful u- 'I'.jlaining their exchange, 



and took her sick boys home. After a long illnjss. 
Andrew recovered, and the death of his mother soon 
left him entirely friendless, 

Andrew supported himself in various ways,s i;h as 
working at the saddler's trade, teaching school and 
clerking in a general store, until 1784, when he 
entered a law office at Salisbury, N. C. He, however, 
gave more attention to the wild amusements of the 
times than to his studies. In 1788, he was appointed 
solicitor for the western district of North Carolina, of 
which Tennessee was then a part. This involved 
many long and tedious journeys amid dangers of 
every kind, but Andrew Jackson never knew fear, 
and the Indians had no desire to repeat a skirmisi? 
witti the Sharp Knife. 

In 1791, Mr. Jackson was married to a woman who 
supposed herself divorced from her former husband. 
Great was the surprise of both parties, two years later, 
to find that the conditions of the divorce had just been 
definitely settled by the first husband. The marriage 
ceremony was performed a second time, but the occur- 
rence was often used by his enemies to bring Mr. 
Jackson into disfavor. 

During these years lie worked hard at his profes 
sion, and frequently had one or more duels on hand, 
one of which, when he killed Dickenson, was espec- 
ially disgraceful. 

In January, 1796, the Territory of Tennessee then 
containing nearly eighty thausand inhabitants, the 
people met in convention at Knowille to frame a con- 
stitution. Five were sent from, each of the eleven 
counties. Andrew Jackson was une of the delegates. 
The new State was entitled to but one member i'^ 
the National House of Representatives. Andrew Jac'i;- 
son was chosen that member. Mounting his horse he 
rode to Philedelphia, where Congress then held its 



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ANDREW JACKSON. 



j'jsiij.is, — a dUiance of about eight hundred miles. 

Jackson was an earnest advocate of tlie Deuio- 
cratic party. Jefferson vVas his idol. fie admired 
liouaparle, loved France and hated England. As Mr. 
Jaikson took his seat, Gen. Washington, whose 
second term of office was then expiring, delivered his 
last speech to Congress. A committee drew up a 
complimentary address in reply. Andrew Jackson 
did not aiJjjrove of the address, and was one of the 
twelve who voted against it. He was not willing to 
.say that Gen. Washington's adminslration had been 
" wise, fnni and patriotic" 

Mr. Jackson was elected to the United .States 
Senate in 1797, l)ut soon resigned and returned home. 
Soon after he was chosen Judge of tlie Supreme Court 
of his .State, which position he held f^r si.x years. 

When the war of 1812 with Great Biitian com- 
menced, Madison occupied the Presidential chair. 
Aaron Hurr sent word to the President that there was 
an unknown man in the West, Andrew Jackson, who 
would do credit to a commission if one were con- 
ferred ujjon him. Just at that time Gen. Jackson 
jffeied his services and those of twenty-five hundred 
volunteers. His offer was acce|)ted, and the troops 
were assembled at Nashville. 

As the Kritish were hourly expected to make an at- 
tack I'.pon New Orleans, where Gen. Wilkinson was 
in command, he was ordered to descend the river 
with fifteen himdred troops to aid Wilkinson. The 
expedition reached Natchez; and after a delay of sev 
eral weeks there, without accomplishing anything, 
the men were ordered back to their homes. But the 
energy Gen. Jackson had displayed, and his entire 
devotion to the comrfort of his soldiers, won him 
golden oi)inions; and he became the most popular 
man in the Stale. It was in this exjjedition that his 
toughness gave him the nickname of "Old Hickory. ' 

Soon after this, while attemi)ting to horsewhip Col. 
Thomas H. Benton, for a remark that gentleman 
made about his taking a part as second in a duel, in 
which a younger brother of Benton's was engaged, 
he received two severe pistol wounds. While he was 
lingering upon a bed of suffering news came that the 
Indians, who had combined under Tecumseh from 
Florida to the Lakes, to exterminate the white set- 
tlers, were committing the most av\fid ravages. De- 
cisive action became necessary. Gen. Jackson, with 
his fractured bone just beginning to heal, his arm in 
a sling, and unable to mount his horse without assis- 
tance, gave his amazing energies to tlie raising of an 
army to rendezvous at Fayettesville, Alabama. 

The Creek Indians had established a strong fori on 
one of the bends of theTallaooosa River, near the cen- 
ter of Alabama, about fifty miles below Fort ,Strotlier. 
With an army of two thousand men, (len, Jackson 
traversed the jiathlcss wilderness in a march of eleven 
(lavs. He reached their fort, called Tohojieka or 
Horse-shoe, on the 27th of March. 1814. The bend 



of the river enclosed nearly one iianared acres of 
tangled forest and wild ra\ine. Acr<jss the narrow 
neck the Indians had constructed a formidable brea:>t- 
wt>rk of logs and brush. Here nine hundred warriors, 
with an ample suplyof arms were assembled. 

The fort was stormed. The fight was utterly des- 
perate. Not an Indian would accept of quarter. When 
bleeding and dying, they would fight those who en- 
deavored to spare their lives. From ten in the morn- 
ing until dark, the battle raged. The carnage was 
awful and revolting. .Some threw themselves into the 
river; but the unerring bullet struck their heads as 
they swam. Nearly everyone of the nine hundred war- 
rios were killed A few probably, in the night, swam 
the river and escaped. This ended the war. The 
ixjwer of tlie C'reeks was broken forever. This bold 
plunge into the wilderness, with itsterrifhc slaughter, 
so appalled the savages, that the haggard remnants 
of the bands came to the camp, begging for peace. 

This closing of the Creek war enabled us to con- 
centrate all our militia upon the British, who were the 
allies of the Indians No man of less resolute will 
than Gen. Jackson could have conducted this Indian 
campaign to ^o successful an issue Immediately he 
was ap[iointed major-general. 

Late in .August, with an army of two thousand 
men, on a rusliiug march, Gen. Jackson came to 
Mobile. A British lleet came from Pensacola, landed 
a force upon the beach, anchored near the little fori, 
and from both ship and shore commenced a furious 
assault The battle w^s long and doubtful. At lengili 
one of the s'nijjs was blown up and the rest retired. 

Garrisoning Mobile, where he had taken his little 
army, he moved his troops to New Orleans, 
And the battle of New Orleans which soon ensued, 
was in reality a very arduous campaign. This wor. 
for Gen. Jackson an imperishable name. Here his 
troops, which numbered alK)ut four thousand men, 
won a signal victory over the Briiish army of about 
nine thousand. His loss was but thirteen, while the 
loss of the British was two thousand six hundred. 

The name of (ien. Jackson soon began to be men- 
tioned in connection with the Presidency, but,in. 1824, 
he was defeated by Mr. Adams. He was, however, 
successful in the election of 1828, and was re-elected 
for a second term in 1832. In 1829, just before he 
assumed the reins of the government, he met with 
the most terrible affliclion of his life in the death of 
his wife, whom he had loved witli a devotion which has 
perhaps never been surpassed. From the shock of 
her death he never recovered. 

His administration was one of the most mcmcnTVile 
in the annals of our country; a-jVpiaude'' oyone party, 
condemned by the other. No man had more bitter 
enemies or wanner friends. At the expiration of his 
two terms of office he retired to the Hermitage, where 
he died June 8, 1845. The last years of Mr. Jack- 
son's life were that of a devoted Christian man. 




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EIGHTH PRESIDENT. 








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ARTIN VAN BUREN, the 
eighth President of the 
United States, was born at 
Kinderhook, N. Y., Dec. 5, 
1782. He died at tlie same 
place, July 24, 1862. His 
body rests in the cemetery 
at Kinderhook. Above it is 
a plain granite shaft fifteen feet 
high, bearing a simple inscription 
about half way up on one face. 
The lot is unfenced, unbordered 
or unbounded by shrub or flower. 

There is but little in the life of Martin Van Buren 
of romantic interest. He fought no battles, engaged 
in no wild adventures. Though his life was stormy in 
political and intellectual conflicts, and he gained many 
signal victories, his days passed uneventful in those 
incidents which give zest to biography. His an- 
cestors, as his name indicates, were of Dutch origin, 
and were among the earliest emigrants from Holland 
to the banks of the Hudson. His father was a farmer, 
residing in the old town of Kinderhook. His mother, 
also of Dutch lineage, was a woman of superior intel- 
ligence and exemplary piety. 

.■fe was decidedly a precocious boy, developing un- 
usual activity, vigor and strength of mind. At the 
age of fourteen, he had finished his academic studies 
in his native village, and commenced the study of 
law. As he had not a collegiate education, seven 
years of study in a law-office were required of him 
^lefore he could be admitted to the bar. Inspired with 
d lofty ambition, and conscious of his powers, he pur- 
sued his studies with indefatigable industry. After 
spending si.K years in an office in '"is native village. 



he went to the city of New York, and prosecuted hii 
studies for the seventh year. 

In 1803, Mr. Van Buren, then twenty-one years oil 
age, commenced the practice of law in his native vil- 
lage. The great conflict between the Federal and 
Republican party was then at its height. Mr. Van. 
Buren was from the beginning a politician. He had, 
perhaps, imbibed that spirit while listening to the 
many discussions which had been carried on in his 
father's hotel. He was in cordial sympathy with 
Jefferson, and earnestly and eloquently espoused the 
cause of State Rights ; though at thai time the Fed- 
eral ])arty lield the supremacy both in his town 
and State. 

His success and increasing ruputation led jiim 
after six years of practice, to remove to Hudson, th< 
county seat of his county. Here he spent seven years , 
constantly gaining strength by contending in tht 
courts with some of the ablest men who have adorned 
the bar of his State. 

Just before leaving Kinderhook for Hudson, i\Ii. 
Van Buren married a lady alike distinguished for 
beauty and accomplishments. After twelve short 
years she sank into the grave, the victim of consump- 
tion, leaving her husband and four sons to weep ovei 
her loss. For twenty-five years, Mr. Van Buren was 
an earnest, successful, assiduous lawyer. The record 
of those years is barren in items of public interest. 
In t8i 2, when thirty years of age, he was chosen lo 
the State Senate, and i;ave his strenuous support to 
Mr. Madison's adniinstracion. In 1S15, he was ap- 
pointed Attorney-General, and the next year moved 
to Albany, the capital of the State. 

While he was acknoVbdged :is one of the most 
p ominent leaders of ths Democratic party, he had 



MARTJN VAN Jib REN. 



iha moral courage to avow that true democracy did 
nut require th.il ' universa'. suffrage" which admits 
the vile, the degraded, the ignorant, to the right of 
goverr.ing the State. In true consistency with his 
iL-mocratic principles, he contended that, while the 
j:dth leading to the privilege of voting should be open 
to every man without distinction, no one should be 
invested with that sacred prerogative, unless he were 
in some degree qualified for it by intelligence, virtue 
ind some property interests in the welfare of tlie 
State. 

1 In 182 1 he was elected ; member of the United 
'states Senate; and in the same year, he took a seat 
in the convention to revise the constitution of his 
native State. His course in this convention secured 
the approval of men of all parties. No one could 
doubt the singleness of his endeavors to promote the 
interests of all classes in the community. In the 
Senate of the United States, he rose at once to a 
conspicuous TX)sition as an active and useful legislator. 

In 1827, John Quincy Adams beirg then in the 
Presidential chair. Mr. Van Buren was re-elected to 
.he Senate. He had been from the beginning a de- 
rermined opposer of the Administration, adopting the 
'State Rights" view in opposition to what was 
deemed the Federal proclivities of Mr. Adams. 

Soon after this, in 1828, he was chosen Governorof 
the State of New York, and accordingly resigned his 
seat in the Senate. Probably no one in the United 
States contributed so much towards ejecting John Q. 
Adams from the Presidential chair, and placing in it 
Andrew Jackson, as did Martin Van Buren. Whether 
entitled to the reputation or not, he certainly was re- 
garded throughout the United States as one of the 
most skillful, sagacious and cunning of politicians. 
It was supposed that no one knew so well as he how 
;o touch the secret springs of action; how to pull all 
the wires to put his machinery in motion; and how to 
organize a political army which would, secreily and 
step'thily accomplish the most gigantic results. By 
these powers it is said that he outv/itted Mr. Adams, 
Mr. Clay, Mr. Webster, and secured results which 
few thought then could be accomplished. 

When Andrew Jackson was elected President he 
.apix.inted Mr. Van Buren Secretary of Stale. This 
position' he resigned in 1831, and was immediately 
appointed Minister to England, where he went the 
same autumn. The Senate, however, when it met, 
refused to ratify the nomination, and he returned 



home, apparently untroubled; was nominated Vice 
President in the place of Callioun, at the re-election 
of President Jackson ; and with smiles for all and 
fiowns for none, he took his place at the head of thai 
Senate which hdd refused to confirm his noinination 
as ambassador. 

His rejection by the Senate roused all the zeal of 
President Jackson in behalf of his repudiated favor- 
ite ; and this, probably more than any other cause, 
secured his elevation to the chair of the Chief Execu 
tive. On the 20th of May, 1836, Mr. Van Buren re- 
ceived the Democratic nomination to succeed Gen. 
Jackson as President of the United States. He was 
elected by a handsome majority, to the delight of the 
retiring President. " Leaving New York out of the 
canvass," says Mr. Parton, "the election of Mr. Van 
Buren to the Presidency was as much the act of Gen. 
Jackson as though the Constitution had conferred 
upon him the power to appoint a successor. ' 

His administration was filled with exciting events. 
The insurrection in Canada, which threatened to in 
volve tliis country in war with England, the agitation 
of the slavery question, and finally the great commer- 
cial panic which spread over the country, all were 
trials to his wisdom. The financial distress was at- 
tributed to the management of the Democratic party, 
and brought the President into such disfavor tliat he 
failed of re-election. 

With the exception of being nominated for the 
Presidency by the "Free Soil" Democrats, in 1848, 
Mr. Van Buren lived quietly upon his estate until 
his death. 

He had ever been a prudent man, of frugal habits, 
and living within his'income, had now fortunately a 
competence for his declining years. His unblemished 
character, his commanding abilities, his unquestioned 
patriotism, and the distinguished positions which he 
had occupied in the government of our country, se- 
cured to him not only the homage of his party, but 
the respect ot the whole community. It was on the 
4th of March, 1841, that Mr. Van Buren retired from 
the presidency. From his fine estate at Lindenwald. 
he still exerted a powerful influence upon the politics 
of the country. From this time until his deatl; on 
the 24th of July, 1862, at the age of eighty years, he 
resided at Lindenwald, a gentleman of leisure, ct 
culture and of wealth; enjoying in a healtliy old 
age, probably far more happiness than he had before 
experienced amid the stormy scenes of his active life 




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NINTH PRESIDENT. 



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WL son, the ninth President of 
the United States, was horn 
at Berkeley, Va., Feb. 9, 1773. 
His father, Benjamin Harri- 
son, was in comparatively op- 
ulent circumstances, and was 
one of the most distinguished 
men of his day. He was an 
intimate friend of George 
Washington, w as early elected 
a member of the Continental 
Congress, and was conspicuous 
among the patriots of Virginia in 
resisting the encroachments of the 
British crown. In the celebrated 
Congress of 1775, Benjamin Har- 
rison and John Hancock were 
both candidates for the office of 
speaker. 

Mr Harrison was subsequently 
chosen Governor of Virginia, and 
was twice re-elected. His son, 
William Henry, of course enjoyed 
in childhood all the advantages which wealth and 
intellectual and cultivated society could give. Hav- 
ing received a thorough common-school education, he 
entered Hampden Sidney College, where he graduated 
with honor soor. r.fter the death of his father. He 
then repaired to Philadelphia to study medicine under 
the instructions of Dr. Rush and the guardianship of 
lObert Morri:-, both of whom were, with his father, 
signers of the Declaration of Independence. 

Upon the outbreak of the Indian troubles, and not- 
withstanding the 'emonsttances of his friends, he 
abandoned his medical studies and entered the army, 
saving obtained a commission of Ensign from Pvesi- 




dent Wabhington. He was then but 19 years old. 
From that time he passed gradually upward in rank 
unlil he became aid to General Wayne, after whose 
death he resigned his commission. He was then ap- 
pointed .Secretary of the North-western Territory. This 
Territory .vas then entitled to but one member in 
Congress and Capt. Harrison was chosen to fill that 
position. 

In the spring of 1800 the North-western Territory 
was divided by Congress into two portions. The 
eastern portion, comprising the region now embraced 
in the State of Ohio, was called " The Territory 
north-west of the Ohio." The western portion, which 
included what is now called Indiana, Illinois and 
Wisconsin, was called the "Indiana Territory." Wil. 
liam Henry Harrison, then 27 years of age, was ap 
pointed by John Adams, Governor of the Indiana 
Territory, and immediately after, also Governor of 
Upper Louisiana. He was thus ruler over almost as 
extensive a realm as any sovereign upon the globe. He 
was Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and was in- 
vested with powers nearly dictatorial over the now 
rapidly increasing white population. The ability arid 
fidelity with which he discharged these responsiLle 
duties may be inferred from the fact that he was four 
times appointed to this office — first by John Adams, 
twice by Thomas Jefferson and afterwards by Presi- 
dent Madison. 

When he began his adminstration there were but 
three white settlementsin that almost boundless region, 
now crowded with cities and resounding with all the 
tumult of wealth and traffic. One of these settlements 
was on the C)hio, nearly opposite Louisville; one at 
Vincennes, on the Wabash, and the third a French 
settlement. 

The vast wilderness over which Gov. Harrisoii 
reigned was filled with many tribes of Indian.s. Abo.>' 



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WILLIAM JiEyRY HARRISON. 



ihe year 1806, two extraordinary mer, twin brothers, 
uf the Shawnese tribe, rose anioag tlicni. Or.e ot 
iliese was called Tccuniseh, or "The Crouching 
I'anther;" the otlier, Olliwaclieca, or " The Prophet." 
Fecunibeh was not only an Indian warrior, but a man 
of great sagacity, far-reaching foresight and indomit- 
able perseverance in any enterprise m which he might 
engage. He was inspired with the highest enthusiasm, 
and had long regarded with dread and with hatred 
the encroachment of the wliiies upon the hunting- 
grounds of his fathers. His lirother, the Prophet, was 
anorator, who could sway the feelings of the untutored 
Indian as the gale tossed the tree-tops beneath which 
they dwelt. 

But tlie Prophet was not merely an orator : he was, 
i 1 the superstitious minds of the Indians, invested 
with the superhuman dignity of a medicine-man or a 
magician. Witli an enthusiasm unsurpassed by Peter 
the Hermit rousing Europe to the crusades, he went 
from tribe to tribe, assuming tliat he was specially sent 
Ijy the Great Spirit. 

Gov. Harrison made many attempts to conciliate 
the Indians, Init at last the war came, and at Tiiipe- 
canoe the Indians were routed with great slaughter. 
October 28, 1812, his army began its march. When 
near the Prophet's town three Indians of rank made 
their appearance and incpiired why Gov. Harrison was 
approaching them in so hostile an attitude. After a 
short conference, arrangements were made for a meet- 
ing the next day, to agree upon terms of peace. 

But Gov. Harrison was too well acquainted with 
the Indian character to be deceived by such protes- 
tations Selecting a favorable spot for his night's en- 
campment, he took every precaution against surprise 
His troops were jwsted in a liollow square, and slept 
upon their arms. 

The troops threw themselves upon the ground for 
rest; but every man had his accourtrements on, his 
loaded musket by his side,and his bayonet fixed. The 
wakeful Governor, between three and four o'clock in 
the morning, had risen, and was sitting in conversa- 
tion with his aids by the embers of a waning fire. It 
was a chill, cloudy morning with a drizzling rain. In 
the darkness, the Indians had crept as near as possi- 
ble, and j'ist theii, with a savage yell, rushed, with all 
the desperation which suiierstilion and passion most 
highly inflamed could give, upon the left flank of tlie 
Httle army. The savages had l)een amply provided 
with guns and ammunition by the English. Their 
war-whoop was accompained by a shower of bullets. 

The camp-fires were instantly extinguished, as the 
light aided the Indians in their aim. With hide- 
^us yells, the Indian luands rushed on, not doubting a 
speedy and an entire victory. Hut Gen. Harrison's 
troops stood as immovable as the rocks around them 
until day dawned : they then made a simultaneous 
charge with the bayonet, and swept every thing be- 
fore them, and completely routing the foe. 



Gov. Harrison now had all his energies tasked 
to the utmost. The British descending from theCan- 
adas, were ot themselves a very lormidabie force ; but 
with their savage allies, rushing like wolves from the 
forest, sear-liing out every remote farm-house, burn- 
ing, i)lu.>dering, scalpi.ig, torturing, the wide frontier 
was plunged into a state of consternation which even 
the most vivid imagination can but faintly conceive. 
The war-whoop was resounding everywhere in the 
forest. The horizon was illuminated with the conflagra- 
tion of tlie cabins of the settlers. Gen Hull had made 
the ignominious surrender of his forces at Detroit. 
Under tliesc despairing circumstances. Gov. Harrison 
was appointed by President Madison commander-in- 
chief of the North-western army, with orders to retake 
Detroit, and to protect the frontiers. 

It would be difficult to place a man in a situation 
demanding more energy, sagacity and courage; but 
General Harrison was found equal to the position, 
and nobly and triumphantly did he meet all the re 
sponsibilities. 

He won the love of his soldiers by always sharing 
with tlieni their fatigue. His whole baggage, while 
pursuing the foe up the Thames, was carried in a 
valise; and his bedding consisted of a single blanket 
lashed over his saddle Thirty-five British officers, 
his prisoners of war, siqaped with him after the battle. 
The oiily fare lie could give them was beet roasted 
l>efore the lire, without bread or salt. 

In i8i6. Gen. Harrison was chosen a n, ember ol 
the National House of Representatives, tc rejjresent 
the District of Ohio. In Congress he proved an 
active member; and whenever he spoke, it was with 
force of reason and power of eloquence, which arrested 
the attention of all the members. 

In 1S19. Harrison was elected to the Senate of 
Ohio; and in 1824, as one of the presidential electors 
of that State, he gave his vote for Henry Clay. The 
same year he was chosen to the United States Senate. 

In 1836, the friends of Gen. Harrison brought him 
forward as a candidate for the Presidency against 
Van Buren, but he was defeated. At the close of 
Mr. Van Buren's term, he was re-nominated by his 
party, and Mr. Harrison was unanimously nominated 
by the Whigs, with John Tyler lor the Vice Presidency. 
The contest was very animated. Gen J^i'^kson gave 
all his influence to prevent Harrison's election ; but 
his triumph was signal. 

The cabinet which he formed, with Daniel Webstei 
at its head as Secretary of State, was one of the most 
brilliant with which any President had ever been 
surrounded. Never were the prospects of an admin- 
istration more flattering, or the hopes of the coirntry 
more sanguine. In the midst of these briglit and 
joyous prospects. Gen. Harrison was seized by a 
pleurisv-fever and after a few days of violent sick- 
ness, died on the 4th of Apnl; just one month after 
his inauguration as President of the United States. 



TENTH PRESIDENT. 



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n^il OHN TYLER, the tenth 
1|a Presidentof the United States. 
He was born in Cliarles-city 
Co., Va., March 29, 1790. He 
was the favored child of af- 
fluence and high social po- 
sition. At the early age of 
twelve, John entered \Villiam 
and Mary College and grad- 
uated witli much honor when 
but seventeen years old. After 
graduating, he devoted him- 
self with great assiduity to the 
study of law, partly with his 
father and pirtly witli Edmund 
Randolph, one of the most distin- 
guished lawyers of Virginia. 

At nineteen years of age, ne 
commenced the practice of law. 
His success was rapid and aston- 
ishing. It is said that three 
months had not elapsed ere there 
was scarcely a case on the dock- 
et of the court in which he was 
1. )t retained. When but twenty-one years of age, he 
was almost unanimously e'ected to a seat in the State 
Legislature. He connected himself with the Demo- 
cratic party, and warmly advocated the measures of 
Tetferson and Madison. For five successive years he 
was elected to the Legislature, receiving nearly the 
unanimous vote or his county. 

When but twenty-six years of age, he was tlecled 
a member of Congress. Here he acted earnestly and 
ably with the Democratic party, opposing a national 
bank, internal improvements by the General ^^xcvc'-n- 



mept, a protective tariff, and advocatmg a strict con- 
struction of the Constitution, and the most careful 
vigilance over Stale rights. His labors in Congress 
were so arduous that before the close of his second 
term h.' fo md it necessary to resign and retire to his 
estate in Charles-city Co., to recruit his health. He, 
however, soon after consented to take his seat in the 
State Legislature, where his influence was powerful 
in promoting public works of great utility. With a 
reputation thus canstantly increasing, he was chosen 
by a very large majority of votes. Governor of his 
native State. His administration was signally a suc- 
cessful one. His popularity secured his re-election. 

John Randolph, a brilliant, erratic, half-crazed 
man, then represented Virginia in the Senate of the 
United States. A portion of the Democratic party 
was displeased with Mr. Randolph's wayward course, 
and brought forward John Tyler as his opponent, 
considering him the only man in Virginia of sutificient 
popularity to succeed against the renowned orator of 
Roanoke. Mr. Tyler was the victor. 

In accordance with his professions, upon taking his 
seat in tlie Senate, he joined the ranks of the opposi- 
tion. He opposed the tariff; he spoke against and 
voted against the bank as unconstitutional ; he stren- 
uously opposed all restrictions upon slavery, resist- 
ing all projects of internal improvements by the Gen- 
eral Government, and avowed his sympathy with Mr. 
Calhoun's view of nullification ; he declared that Gen. 
Jackson, by his opposition to the nullifiers, had 
abandoned the piinciples of the Democratic party. 
Such was Mr. Tyler's record in Congress, — a record 
in perfect accordance with the principles wliich he 
had always avowed. 

Returning to Virginia, he resumed the practice of 
li!s profession. There was a cplii in the Democniiu 



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JOHN TYLER. 



^iarty. His friends still regarded him as a true Jef- 
I'ersonian, gave him a dinner, and showered compli- 
ments upon hiai. He had now attained the age of 
forty-six. His career had been very brilliant. In con- 
sequence of his devotion to public business, his pri- 
vate affairs had fallen into some disorder; and it was 
not without satisfaction that he resumed the practice 
of law, and devoted himself to the culture of his plan- 
tation. Soon after this he remc.ed to Williamsburg, 
for the better education of his children ; and he again 
look his seat in the Legislature of Virginia. 

By the Southern Whigs, he was sent to the national 
convention at Harrisburg to nominate a President in 
'839. The majority of votes were given to Gen. Har- 
rison, a genuine Whig, much to the disappointment of 
the South, who wished for Henry Clay. To concili- 
ate the Southern Whigs and to secure their vote, the 
convention then nominated John Tyler for Vice Pres- 
ident. It was well known that he was not in sympa- 
thy with the Whig party in the No:th: but the Vice 
President has but very little [wwer in the Govern- 
ment, his main and almost only duty being to pre- 
side over the meetings of the Senate. Thus it hap- 
pened that a Whig President, and, in reality, a 
Democratic Vice President were chosen. 

In 1841, Mr. Tyler was inaugurated Vice Presi- 
dent of the United States. \w one short month from 
that time, President Harrison died, and Mr. Tyler 
thus -cund himself, to his own surprise and that of 
the whole Nation, an occupant of the Presidential 
chair. This was a new test of the stability of our 
institutions, as it was the first time in the history of our 
country that such an event had occured. Mr. Tyler 
was at home in Williamsburg when he received the 
unexpected tidings of the death of President Harri- 
son. He hastened to Washington, and on the 6th of 
/."ril was inaugurated to the high and responsible 
orfice. He was placed in a position of exceeding 
delicacy and difficulty. All his long life he had been 
opposed tc the main principles of the party which had 
brought him into power. He had ever been a con- 
sistent, honcrt man, with an unblemished record. 
Gen. Harrison had selected a Whig cabinet. Should 
he retain them, and thus suiround himself with coun- 
sellors whose views were antagonistic to his own? or, 
on the other hand, should he turn against the party 
which had elected him and select a cabinet in har- 
ir.ony with himself, and which would oppose all those 
vfiews which the Whigs deemed essential to the pub- 
lic welfare? This was his fearful dilemma. He in- 
vited the cabinet which President Harrison had 
selected to retain their seats. He reccomm;.'nded a 
day of fasting and prayer, that God would guide and 
bless us. 

The Whigs carried through Congress a bill for the 
incorixjration of a fiscal bank of the United States. 
The President, after ten days' delay, returned it with 
his veto. He liugaested, however, that he >vould 



approve of a bill drawn up upon such a plan as he 
proposed. Such a bill was accordingly prepared, and 
privately submitted to him. He gave it his approval. 
It '.vas passed without alteration, and he sent it back 
with his veto. Here commenced the open rupture, 
lets said that Mr. Tyler was provoked to this meas- 
ure by a published letter from the Hon. John M. 
Botts, a distinguished Virginia Whig, who severely 
touched the pride of the President. 

The opposition now exultingly received the Presi- 
dent into their arms. The party which elected him 
denounced him bitterly. k\\ the members of his 
cabinet, excepting Mr. Webster, resigned. The Whigs 
of Congress, both the Senate and the House, held a 
meeting and issued an addiess to the people of the 
United States, proclaiming that all political alliance 
between the Whigs and President Tyler were at 
an end. 

Still the President attempted to conciliate. He 
appointed a new cabinet of distinguished Whigs and 
Conservatives, carefully leaving out all strong party 
men. Mr. Webster soon found it necessary to resign, 
forced out by the pressure of his Whig friends. Thus 
the four years of Mr. Tyler's unfortunate administra- 
tion passed sadly away. No one was satisfied. The 
land was filled with murmurs and vituperation. Whigs 
and Democrats alike assailed him. IVlore and more, 
however, he brought himself into sympathy with his 
old friends, the Democrats, until at the close of his term, 
he gave his whole intlaence to the support of Mr. 
Polk, the Democratie candidate for his successor. 

On the 4th of March, 1845, he retired from the 
harassments of office, tothe regret of neitherparty, and 
probably to his own unsjjeakable lelief. His first wife. 
Miss Letitia Christian, died in Washington, in 1842; 
and in June, 1844, President Tyler was again married, 
at New York, to Miss Julia Gardiner, a young lady of 
many personal and intellectual accomplishments. 

The remainder of his days Mr. Tyler passed mainly 
in retirement at his beautiful home, — Sherwood For- 
est, Charles city Co., Va. A polished gentleman in 
his manners, richly furnished with information from 
books and experience in the world, and possessing 
brilliant powers of conversation, his family circle was 
the scene of unusual attractions. With sufficient 
means for the exercise of a generous hospitality, he 
might have enjoyed a serene old age with the few 
friends who gathered around him, were it not for the 
storms of civil war which his own principles and 
policy had helped to introduce. 

When the great Rebellion rose, which the State-, 
rights and nullifying doctrines of Mr. John C. Cal- 
houn had inaugurated. President Tjler renounced his 
allegiance to the United States, and joined the Confed- 
erates. He was chosen a member of their Congress; 
and while engaged in active measures lo destroy, by 
force of amis, the Government over which he had 
once presided, he was taken sick and soon died. 





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ELE VEN TH PRESIDENT. 



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AMES K. POLK, the eleventh 

^^President of the United States, 

was born in Mecklenburg Co., 

N. C,Nov. 2, 1795. His par- 

.■-^^' ents were Samuel and Jane 

(Knox) Polk, the former a son 

of Col. Thomas Polk,'who located 

at the above place, as one of the 

first pioneers, in 1735. 

In the year 1006, with his wife 
and children, ai.d soon after fol- 
lowed by most of the members of 
the Polk fainly, Samuel Polk emi- 
grated some two or three hundred 
miles farther west, to the rich valley 
of the Duck River. Here in the 
midst of the wilderness, in a region 
wliich was subsequently called Mau- 
ry Co., they reared their loa huts, 
and established their homes. In tl e 
hard toil of a new farm in the wil- 
derness, James K. Polk spent the 
early years of his childhood and 
youth. His father, adding the pur- 
suit cf a surveyor to that of a farmer, 
' gradually increased in wealth until 

he became one of the leading men of the region. His 
mother was a superior woman, of strong common 
sense and earnest piety. 

Very early in life, James developed a taste for 
reading and expressed the strongest desire to obtain 
a liberal education. His mother's training had made 
iiim methodical in his habits, had taught him punct- 
uality and industry, and had inspired him with lofty 
principles of morality. His health was frail ; and his 
^ther, fearing that he might not be able to endure a 



sedentary life, got a situation for him behind the 
counter, hoping to fit him for commercial pursuits. 

This was to James a bitter disappointment. He 
had no taste for these duties, and his daily tasks 
were irksome in the extreme. He remained in this 
uncongenial occupation but a few weeks, when at his 
earnest solicitation his father removed him, and made 
arrangements for him to prosecute his studies. Soon 
after he sent him to Murfreesboro Academy. ^Vith 
ardor which could scarcely be surpassed, he pressed 
forward in his studies, and in less than two and a half 
years, in the autumn of 1815, entered the sophomore 
class in the University of North Carolina, at Chapel 
Hill. Here he was one of the most exemplary of 
scholars, punctual in every exercise, never allowing 
himself to be absent from a recitation or a religious 
service. 

He graduated in 1818, with the highest honors, be* 
ing deemed the best scholar of his class, both in 
mathematics and the classics. He was then twenty- 
three )ears of age. Mr. Polk's health was at this 
time much impaired by the assiduity with which he 
had prosecuted his studies. After a short season of 
relaxation he went to Nashville, and entered the 
office of Felix Grundy, to study law. Here Mr. Polk 
renewed his acquaintance with Andrew Jackson, who 
resided on his plantation, the Hermitage, but a few 
miles from Nashville. They had probably been 
slightly acquainted before. 

Mr. Polk's father was a Jeffersonian Republican, 
and James K. Polk ever adhered to the same politi- 
cal faith. He was a popular public speaker, and was 
constantly called upon to address the meetings of his 
party friends. His skill as a speaker was such that 
he was popularly called the Napoleon of the stump. 
He was a man of unblemished morals, genial and 



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/AMES K. POLK. 



:ourterus in his bearing, and with that sympathetic 
nature in the jo) s and griefs of others which ever gave 
him troops of friends. In 1823, Mr. Polk was elected 
to the Legislature of Tennessee. Here he gave his 
strong influji'.ce towards the election of his friend, 
Mr. Jacksd.j, to the Presidency of the United States. 

In January, 1824, Mr. Polk married Miss Sarah 
Childress, of Rutherford Co., Tenn. His bride was 
altogether worthy of him, — a lady of beauty and cul- 
ture. In the fall of 1825, Mr. Polk was chosen a 
member of Congress. The satisfaction which he gave 
to liis constituents may be inferred from the tact, that 
for fourteen successive years, until 1839, he was con- 
tinuec- in that office. He then voluntarily withdrew, 
only that he might accept the Gubernatorial chair 
of Tennessee. In Congress he was a laborious 
meipber, a frequent and a popular speaker. He was 
alwpys in his seat, always courteous ; and whenever 
he spoke it was always to the point, and without any 
ambitious rhetorical display. 

During five sessions of Congress, Mr. Polk was 
Speaker of the House Strong passions were roused, 
and stormy scenes were witnessed ; but Mr Polk per- 
formed his arduous duties to a very general satisfac- 
tion, and a unanimous vote of tlianks to him was 
passed by the House as he withdrew on the 4th of 
March, 1839. 

In accordance with Southern usage, Mr. Polk, as a 
candidate for Governor, canvassed the State. He was 
elected by a large majority, and on the 14th of Octo- 
ber, 1839, took the oath of office at Nashville. In 1841, 
his term of office expired, and he was again the can- 
didate of the Democratic party, but was defeated. 

On the 4th of March, 1845, Mr. Polk was inaugur- 
ated President of the United States. The verdict of 
the country in favor of the annexation of Texas, exerted 
its inlluenct upon Congress; and the last act of the 
administration of President Tyler was to affix his sig- 
nature to a joint resolution of Congress, passed on the 
3d of March, approving of the annexation of Texas to 
the American Union. As Mexico still claimed Texas 
as one of her provinces, the Mexican minister, 
Almonte, immediately demanded his passports and 
left the country, declaring the act of the annexation 
to be an act hostile to Mexico. 

!n his first message. President Polk urged that 
Texas should immediately, by act of Congress, be re- 
ceived into the Union on the same footing with the 
other States, In the meantime, Gen. Taylor was sent 



with an army into Texas to hold the country. He v.is 
sent first to Nueces, which the Mexicans said was the 
western boundary of Texas. Then he was sent nearly 
two hundred miles further west, to the Rio Grande, 
where he erected batteries which commandi;d the 
Mexican city of Matamoras, which was situated 01: 
the western banks. 

The anticipated collision soon took place, and wa: 
was declared against Mexico by President Polk. The 
war was pushed forward by Mr. Polk's administration 
with great vigor. Gen. Taylor, whose army was first 
called one of "observation," then of "occupation," 
then of " invasion, "was sent forward to Monterey. The 
feeble Mexicans, in every encounter, were hopelessly 
and awfully slaughtered. The day of judgement 
alone can reveal the misery which this war caused. 
It v/as by the ingenuity of Mr. Polk's administration 
that the war was brought on. 

'To the victors belong the spoils." Mexico was 
prostrate before us. Her capital was in our hands. 
We now consented to peace upon the condition that 
Mexico should surrender to us, in addition to Texas, 
all of New Mexico, and all of Upper and Lower Cal- 
ifornia. This new demand embraced, exclusive of 
Texas, eight hundred thousand square miles. This 
was an extent of territory equal to nine States of the 
size of New York. Thus slavery was securing eighteen 
majestic States to be added to the Union. There were 
some Americans who thought it all right : there were 
others who thought it all wrong. In the prosecution 
of this war, we expended twenty thousand lives and 
more than a himdred million of dollars. Of this 
money fifteen millions were paid to Mexico. 

On the 3d of March, 1849, Mr. Polk retired from 
office, having served one term. The next day was 
Sunday. On the 5th, Gen. Taylor was inaugurated 
as his successor, Mr Polk rode to the Capitol in the 
same carriage with Gen. Taylor; and the same even- 
ing, with Mrs. Polk, he commenced his return to 
Tennessee. He was then but fifty-four years of age. 
He had ever been strictly temperate in all his habits, 
and his health was good. With an ample fortune, 
a choice library, a cultivated mind, and domestic ties 
of the dearest nature, it seemed as though long years 
of tranquility and happiness were before him. But the 
cholera — that fearful scourge — was then sweeping ui) 
the Valley of the Mississippi. This he contracted, 
and died on the 15th of June, 1849, in the fiflv-fourth 
) ear of his age, greatly mourned by his couiurymen. 




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TWELFTH PRESIDENT. 



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ACHARY TAYLOR, twelfth 
_, President of the United States, 
Jj|^vvas born on the 24th of Nov., 
1784, in Orange Co., Va. His 
z^a father. Colonel Taylor, was 
a Virginian of note, and a dis- 
tinguished patriot and soldier of 
the Revolution. When Zachary 
was an infant, his father with his 
wife and two children, emigrated 
to Kentucky, where he settled in 
the pathless wilderness, a few 
miles from Louisville. \\\ this front- 
ier home, away from civilization and 
all its refinements, yjung Zachary 
could enjoy but few social and educational advan- 
tages. When six years of age he attended a common 
school, and was then regarded as a bright, active boy, 
rather remarkable for bluntness and decision of char- 
acter He was strong, feailess and self-reliant, and 
iianifested a strong desire to enter tlie army to fight 
the Lidians who were ravaging the frontiers. There 
is little to be recorded of the uneventful years of his 
cliildhood 11:1 his father's large but lonely plantation. 
\\\ iSoS, his father succeeded in obtaining for him 
the commission of lieutenant in the United States 
army ; and he joined ine troops whicii were stationed 
at New Orleans under Gen. Wilkinson. Soon after 
this he married Miss Margaret Smith, a )'oung lady 
from one of the first families of Maryland. 

Immediately after the declaration of war with Eng- 
land, in 1S12, Capt. Taylor (for he had then been 
promoted to that rank) was jnit in command of Fort 
Harrison, on the Wabash, about fifty miles above 
Vincennes. Tliis fort had been built in the wilder- 
ness by Gen. Harrison. on his march to Tippecanoe. 
It was one of the first points of attack by the Indians, 
";ed by Tecumseh. Its garrison consisted of a broken 



company of infantry numbering fifty men, many of 
whom were sick. 

Early in the autumn of 1812, the Indians, stealthily, 
and in large numbers, moved upon the fort. 'I'he.r 
approach was first indicated by the murder of two 
soldiers just outside of the stockade. Capt. Taylor 
made every possible preparation to meet the antici- 
pated assault. On the 4th of September, a band of 
forty painted and plumed savages came to the fort, 
waving a white flag, and informed Capt. Taylor that 
in the morning their chief would come to have a talk 
with him. It was evident that their object was merely 
to ascertain the state of things at the fort, and Capt. 
Taylor, well versed in the wiles of the savages, kept 
them at a distance. 

The sun went down; the savages disappeared, the 
garrison slept upon their arms. One hour before 
midnight the war whoop burst from a thousand lips 
in the forest around, followed by the discharge of 
musketry, and the rusii of the foe. Every man, sick 
and well, sprang to his post. Every man knew that 
defeat was not merely death, but in the case of cap- 
ture, death by the most agonizing and prolonged tor- 
ture. No pen can describe, no immagination can 
conceive the scenes which ensued. The savages suc- 
ceeded in setting lire to One of the block-houses- 
Until si.x o'clock in the morning, this awful conflict 
continued. The savages then, bafified at every point, 
and gnashing their teeth with rage, retired. Capt. 
Taylor, for this gallant defence, was promoted to the 
rank of major by brevet. 

Until the close of the war, MajorTaylor was placed 
in such situations that he saw but little more of active 
service. He was sent far away into the depths of the 
uilderness, to Fort Crawford, on Fox River, which 
empties into Cireen Bay. Here there was but little 
to be done- but to wear away the tedious hours as one 
best cotild. There were no books, no society, no in- 



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ZACHARY TAYLOR 



tellectaai stimulus. Thus with him the uneventful 
years rolled on Gradually he rose to the rank of 
colonel. In the Black Hawk war, which resulted in 
the capture of that renowned chieftain, Col Taylor 
took a subordinate but a brave and efficient part. 

For twenty four years Col. Taylor was engaged in 
the defence of the frontiers, in scenes so remote, and in 
employments so obscure, that his name was unknown 
beyond the limits of his own immediate acquaintance. 
In the year 1836, he was seut to Florida to com])el 
the Seminole Indians to vacate that region and re- 
tire beyond the Mississippi, as their chiefs by treaty, 
iiac' promised they should do. The services rendered 
hec secured for Col. Taylor the high appreciation of 
the Government; and as a reward, he was elevated 
tc .he rank of brigadier-general by brevet , and soon 
after, in May, 1838, was appointed to the chief com- 
mand of the United States troops in Florida, 

After two years of such wearisome employment 
timidst the everglades of the peninsula. Gen. Taylor 
obtained, at his own request, a change of command, 
and was stationed over the Department of the South- 
west. This field embraced Louisiana, Mississippi, 
Alabama and Cieorgia. Establishing his headquarters 
at Fort Jessup, in Louisiana, he removed his family 
to a plantation which he purchased, near Baton Rogue. 
Here he remained for five years, buried, as it were, 
from the world, but faithfully discharging every duty 
:m[)osed upon him. 

In 1846, Gen. Taylor was sent to guard the land 
between the Nueces and Rio Grande, the latter river 
being the boundary of Texas, which was then claimed 
by the United States. Soon the war with Me.xico 
was brought oa, and at Palo Alto and Resaca de la 
Palma, Gen. Taylor won brilliant victories over the 
Mexicans. The rank of major-general by brevet 
was then conferred upon Gen. Taylor, and his name 
Was received with enthusiasm almost everywhere in 
the Nation. Then came the battles of Monterey and 
Buena Vista in which he won signal victories over 
forces much larger than he commanded. 

His careless habits of dress and his unaffected 
-iiuplicity, secured for Gen. Taylor among his troops, 
\\\e sobriquet of "Old Rough and Ready.' 

Tne tidings of the brilliant victory of Buena Vista 
spread the wildest enthusiasm over the country. The 
name of Gen. Taylor was on every one's lips. The 
Whig party decided to take advantage of this wonder- 
ful popularity in bringing forward the unpolished, un- 
"■■ed, honest soldier as their candidate for the 
rresidency. Gen. Taylor "was astonished at the an- 
nouncement, and for a time would not listen to it; de- 
claring that he was not at al! qualified for such an 
office. So little interest had he taken in politics that, 
for forty years, he had not cast a vote. It was not 
without chagrin that several distinguished statesmen 
who had been long years m the public service found 
•l.iir claims set aside in behalf of one whose name 



had never been heard of, save in connection with Palo 
Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey and Buena 
Vista. It is said that Daniel Webster, in his haste re- 
marked, " It is a nomination not fit to be made." 

Gen. Taylor was not an eloquent speaker nor a fine 
writer His friends took possession of him, and pre- 
pared such few communications as it was needful 
should be presented to the public. The popularity of 
the successful warrior swept the land. He was tri- 
umphantly elected over two opposing candidates, — 
Gen. Cass and Ex-President Martin Van Buren. 
Though he selected an excellent cabinet, the good 
old man found himself in a very uncongenial position, 
and was, al times, sorely perple.\ed and harassed. 
His mental sufferings were very severe, and probably 
tended to hasten his death. The pro-slavery party 
was pushing its claims with tireless energy, expedi- 
tions were fitting out to capture Cuba ; California was 
pleading for admission to the Union, while slavery 
stood at the door to bar her out. Gen. Taylor found 
the political conflicts in Washington to be far more 
trying to the nerves than battles with Mexicans or 
Indians 

In the midst of all these troubles. Gen. Taylor, 
after he had occupied the Presidential chair but little 
over a year, took cold, and after a brief sickness of 
but little over five days, died on the Qlh of July, 1850. 
His last woids were,'" I am not afraid to die. I am 
ready. I have endeavored to do my duty." He died 
universally respected and beloved. An honest, un- 
pretending man, he had been steadily growing in the 
affections of the people; and the Nation bitterly la- 
mented his death. 

Gen. Scott, who was thoioughly acquainted with 
Gen, Taylor, gave the following graphic and truthful 
description of his character: — " With a good store of 
common sense, Gen. Taylor's mind had not been en- 
larged and refreshed by reading, or much converse 
with the world. Rigidity of ideas was the conse- 
quence. The frontiers and small military posts had 
been his home. Hence he was quite ignorant for his 
rank, and quite bigoted in his ignorance. His sim- 
plicity was child-like, and with innumerable preju- 
dices, amusing and incorrigible, well suited to the 
tender age. Thus, if a man, however respectable, 
chanced to wear a coat of an unusual color, or his hat 
a little on one side of his head; or an officer to leave 
a corner of his handkerchief dangling from an out- 
side jiocket, — in any such case, this critic held the 
offv'uder to be a coxcomb (jierhaps something worse), 
whom he would not, to use his oft repeated phrase, 
'touch with a pair of tongs.' 

"Any allusion to literature beyond good old Dil- 
worth's spelling-book, on the part of one wearing a 
sword, was evidence, with the same judge, of utter 
unfitness for heavy marchings and combats. Inshori- 
few men have ever had a more comfortar'"" ^-"-■■-.i, 
saving contempt for learnirg of every kind.' 




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THIRTEENTH PRESIDENT. 



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^"MILLflHn FILLfflnHE.>4 











ILLARD FILLMORE, thu- 
If^ teentli Presidentof the United 

(5^ States, was born at Summer 
Hill, Cayuga Co., N. Y ., on 
the 7th of January, 1800. His 
'*=' father was a farmer, and ow- 
ing to misfortune, in humble cir- 



cumstances. Of his mother, the 
daughter of Dr. Abiathar Millard, 
\ of Pittsfield, Mass., it has been 
said that she possessed an intellect 
of very high order, united with much 
personal loveliness, sweetness of dis- 
position, graceful manners and ex- 
quisite sensibilities. She died in 
1831 ; havmg lived to see her son a 
young man of distinguished prom- 
rte, ihough she was not permitted to witness the high 
dignity which he finally attained. 

In consequence of the secluded home and limited 
means of his father, Millard enjoyed but slender ad- 
vantages for education in his early years. The com- 
mon schools, which he occasionally attended were 
very imperfect institutions; and books were scarce 
end expensive. There was nothing then in his char- 
acter to indicate the brilliant career upon which he 
was about to enter. He was a plain farmer's boy ; 
intelligent, good-looking, kind-hearted. The sacred 
influences of home had taught him to revere the Bible, 
and had laid the foundations of an upright character. 
When fourteen years of age, his father sent him 
some hundred miles from-^home, to the then wilds of 
Livingston County, to learn the trade of a clothier. 
Neai the mill there was a small villiage, where some 



enterprising man had commenced the collection of a 
village library. This proved an inestimable blessing 
to young Fillmore. His -evenings were spent in read- 
ing Soon every leisure moment was occupied with 
books. His thirst fur knowledge became insatiate 
and the selections which he made were continually 
more elevating and instructive. He read history, 
biography, oratory, and thus gradually there was en- 
kindled in his heart a desire to be something more 
than a mere worker with his hands; and he was be- 
coming, almost unknown to himself, a well-informed, 
educated man. 

The young clothier had now attained the age of 
nineteen years, and was of fine personal appearance 
and cf gentlemanly demeanor. It so happened tha'. 
there was a gentleman in the neighborhood of ample 
pecuniary means and of benevolence, — Judge Walter 
Wood,— who Was struck with the prepossessing ap- 
pearance of young Fillmore. He made his acquaint- 
ance, and was so much impressed with his ability and 
attainments that he advised him to abandon his 
trade and devote himself to the study of the law. The 
young man replied, that he had no means of his own, 
i-.o friends to help him and that his previous educa- 
tion had been very imperfect. But Judge Wood had 
so much confidence in him that he kindly offered to 
take him into his own office, and to loan him such 
money as he needed. Most gratefully the generous 
offer was accepted. 

There is in many minds a strange delusion about 
a collegiate education, k young man is supposed to 
be liberally educated if he has gr.iduated at some col- 
lege. But many a boy loiters through university hal' ■ 
ind then enters a law office, who is by no means jiJ 



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MILLARD FILLMORE. 



well prepared to prosecute his legal studies as was 
Millard Fillmore when he graduated at the clothing- 
mill at the end of four years of manual labor, during 
which every leisure moment had been devoted to in- 
tense mental culture. 

In 1823, when twenty-three years of age, he was 
admitted to the Court of Common Pleas. He then 
went to the village of Aurora, and commenced the 
practice of law. In this secluded, peaceful region, 
his practice of course was limited, and there was no 
opportunity for a sudden rise in foitune or in fame. 
Here, in the year 1826, he married a lady of great 
moral worth, and one capable of adorning any station 
she might be called to fill, — -Miss Abigail Powers. 

His elevation of character, his untiring industry, 
his legal acquirements, and his skill as an advocate, 
gradually attracted attention ; and he was invited to 
enter into partnership under highly advantageous 
circumstances, with an elder member of the bar in 
Piuffaio. Just before removing to Buffalo, in 1829, 
he took his seat in the House of Assembly, of the 
State of New York, as a representative from Erie 
County. Though he had never taken a very active 
part in politics, his vote and his sympathies were witli 
the Whig party. The State was then Democratic, 
and he found himself in a helpless minority in the 
Legislature , still the testimony comes from all parties, 
that his courtesy, ability and integrity, won, to a very 
unusual degne the respect of his associates. 

In the autumn of 1832, he was elected to a seat in 
ihe United States Congress. He entered that troubled 
irena in some of the most tumultuous hours of our 
national history. The great conflict respecting the 
national bank and the removal of the deposits, was 
then raging. 

His term of two years closed ; and he returned to 
his profession, which he pursued with increasing rep- 
utation and success. After a lapse of two years 
he again became a candidate for Congress; was re- 
elected, and took his seat in 1837. His past expe 
rience as a representative gave hmi stiength and 
confidence. The first term of service in Congress to 
any man can be but little more than an introduction. 
He was now prepared for active duty. All his ener- 
gies were brought to bear upon the public good. Every 
measure received his impress. 

Mr. Fillmore was now a man of wide repute, and 
his popularity filled the State, and in the year 1847, 
he was elected Comptroller of the Stat^. 



Mr. Fillmore had attained the age of forty-seven 
years. His laijors at the bar, in the Legislature, in 
Congress and as Comptroller, had given him very con- 
siderable fame. The Whigs were casting about to 
find suitable candidates for President and Vice-Presi- 
dent at the approaching election. Far away, on the 
waters of the Rio Grande, there was a rough old 
soldier, who had fought one or two successful battles 
with the Mexicans, whicli had caused his name to be 
proclaimed in tiumpet-tones all over the land. But 
it was necessary to associate with him on the same 
ticket some man of reputation as a statesman. 

Under the influence of these considerations, the 
naniesofZachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore became 
the rallying-cry of the Whigs, as their candidates for 
President and Vice-Peesident. The Whig ticket was 
signally triumphant. On tiie 4th of March, 1849, 
Gen. Taylor was inaugurated President, and Millard 
Fillmore Vice-President, of the United States. 

On the 9th of July, 1850, President Taylor, but 
about one year and lour months after his inaugura 
tion, was suddenly taken sick and died. By the Con- 
stitution, Vice-President Fillmore thus became Presi- 
dent. He appointed a very able cabinet, of which 
the illustrious Daniel Webster was Secretary of State. 

Mr. Fillniore had very serious difficulties to contend 
with, since the opposition had a majority in both 
Houses. He did everything in his power tocon< iliate 
tiie Soulii; but the pro-slavery party in the South felt 
the inadequacy of all measuresof transient conciliation. 
The population of the free States was so rapidly in- 
creasing over that of the slave States that it was in- 
evitable that the power of the Government should 
soon pass into the hands of the free States. The 
famous compromise measures were adopted under Mr. 
Fillmcre's adminstration, and the Japan Expedition 
was sent out. On the 4th of March, 1853, Mr. Fill- 
more, having served one term, retired. 

In 1856, Mr. Fillmore was nominated for the Pres- 
idency by the " Know Notliing " party, but was beaten 
by Mr. Buchanan. After that Mr. Fillmore lived in 
retirement. During the terrible conflict of civil war, 
he was mostly silent. It was generally supposed that 
his sympathies were rather with those who were en- 
deavoring to overthrow our institutions. President 
Fillmore kept aloof from the conflict, without any 
cordial words of cheer to the one party or Ihe other. 
He was thus forgotten by both. He lived to a ripe 
old age, and died in Bufl"alo. N. Y., March 8, 1S74. 



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1(7 RANKLIN PIERCE, the 
fourteenth President of the 
' United States, was born in 
Hillsborough, N. H., Nov. 
23, 1804. His father was a 
Revolutionary soldier, who, 
with his own strong arm, 
hewed out a home in the 
wilderness. He was a man 
of inflexible integrity; of 
strong, though uncultivated 
mind, and an uncompromis- 
ing Democrat. The mother of 
Franklin Pierce was all that a son 
could desire, — an intelligent, pru- 
dent, affectionate. Christian wom- 
an. Franklin was the sixth of eight children. 

Franklin was a very bright and handsome boy, gen- 
erous, warm-hearted and brave. He won alike the 
love of old and young. The boys on the play ground 
loved him. His teachers loved him. The neighbors 
looked upon him with pride and affection. He was 
by instinct a gentleman; always speaking kind words, 
doing kind deeds, with a peculiar unstudied tact 
which taught him what was agreeable. Without de- 
veloping any precocity of genius, or any unnatural 
devotion to books, he was a good scholar; in body, 
in mind, in affections, a finely-developed boy. 

When sixteen years of age, in the year 1820, he 
entered Bowdoin College, at Brunswick, Me He was 
one of the most popular young men in the college. 
The purity cf his moral character, the unvarying 
courtesy of his demeanor, his rank as a scholar, and 



genial nature, rendered him a universal favorite. 
There was something very peculiarly winning in his 
address, and it was evidently not in the slightest de-' 
gree studied: it was the simple outgushing of his 
own magnanimous and loving nature. 

Upon graduating, in the year 1824, Franklin Pierce 
commenced the study of law in the office of Judge 
Woodbury, one of the most distinguished lawyers of 
the State, and a man of great . private worth. The 
emhient social qualities of the young lawyer, his 
father's prominence as a public man, and the brilliant 
political career into which Judge Woodbury was en- 
tering, all tended to entice Mr. Pierce into the faci- 
nating yet perilous path of political life. With all 
the ardor of his nature he espoused the cause of Gen. 
Jackson for the Presidency. He commenced the 
practice of law in Hillsborough, and was soon elected 
to represent the town in the State Legislature. Here 
he served for four yeais. The last two years he was 
chosen speaker of the house by a very large vote. 

In 1833, at the age of twenty-nine, he was elected 
a member of Congress. Without taking an active 
part in debates, he was faithful and laborious in duty 
and ever rising in the estimation of those with whom 
he was associatad. 

In 1837, being then but thirty-three years of age, 
he was elected to the Senate of the United States; 
taking his seat just as Mr. Van Baren commenced 
his administration. He was the youngest member in 
the Senate. In the year 1834, he mairied Miss Jane 
Means Appleton, a lady of rare beauty and accom- 
plishments, and one admirably fitted to adorn every 
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three sons who were born to them, all now sleep with 
their parents in the grave. 

In the year 1838, Mr. Pierce, with growing fame 
and increasing business as a lawyer, took up his 
residence in Concord, the capital of New Hampshire. 
President Polk, upon his accession to office, appointed 
Mr. Pierce attorney-general of the United States; but 
the offer was dechned, in consequence of numerous 
professional engagements at home, and the precariuos 
state of Mrs. Pierce's health. He also, about the 
same time declined the nomination for governor by the 
Democratic party. The war with Mexico called Mr. 
Pierce in the army. Receiving the appointment of 
brigadier-general, he embarked, with a portion of his 
troops, at Newport, R. I., on the 27th of May, 1847. 
He took an important part in this war, proving him- 
self a brave and true soldier. 

• When Gen. Pierce reached his home in his native 
State, he was received enthusiastically by the advo- 
cates of the Mexican war, and coldly by his oppo- 
nents. He resumed the practice of his profession, 
very frequently taking an active part in political ques- 
tions, giving his cordial support to the pro-slavery 
wing of the Democratic party. The compromise 
measures met cordially with his approval; and he 
strenuously advocated the enforcement of the infa- 
mous fugitive-slave law, which so shocked the religious 
sensibilities of the North. He thus became distin- 
guished as a "Northern man with Southern principles.'' 
The strong partisans of slavery in the .South conse- 
quently regarded him as a man whom they could 
iafely trust in office to carry out their plans. 

On the I 2th of June, 1852, the Democratic conven- 
tion met in Baltimore to nominate a candidate for the 
Presidency. For four days they continued in session, 
.-nd in thirty-five ballotings no one had obtained a 
two-thirds vote. Not a vote thus far had been thrown 
for Gen. Pierce. Then the Virginia delegation 
brought forward his name. There were fourteen 
more ballotings, during which Gen. Pierce constantly 
gained strength, until, at the forty-ninth ballot, he 
received two hundred and eighty-two votes, and all 
other candidates eleven. Gen. Winfield Scott was 
the Whig candidate. Gen. Pierce was chosen with 
great unanimity. Only four States — Vermont, Mas- 
sachusetts, Kentucky and Tennessee — cast their 
electoral votes against him Gen. Franklin Pieice 
was therefore Inaugurated President of the United 
9tates on the 4th of March, 1853. 



His administration proved one of the most stormy our 
country had ever experienced. The controversy Le 
tween slaveiy and freedom was then approaching its 
culminating point It became evident that there was 
an "irrepressible conflict" between them, and that 
this Nation covild not long exist " half slave and half 
free." President Pierce, during the whole of his ad- 
ministration, did every thing he could to conciliate 
the South ; but it was all in vain. The conflict every 
year grew more violent, and threats of the dissolution 
of the Union were borne to the North on every South- 
ern breeze. 

Such was the condition of affairs when President 
Pierce approached the close of his four-years' term 
of office. The North had become thoroughly alien- 
ated from him. The anti-slavery sentin.er.t, goaded 
by great outrages, had ' been rapidly increasing; all 
the intellectual ability and social worth of President 
Pierce were forgotten in deep reprehension of his ad- 
ministrative acts. The slaveholders of the South, also, 
unmindful of the fidelity with which he had advo- 
cated those measures of Government which they ajv 
proved, and perhaps, also, feeling tliat he h:id 
rendered himself so unpojiular as no longer to be 
able acceptably to serve them, ungratefully dropped 
him, and nominated James Buchanan to succeed him. 

On tne 4th of March, 1857, President Pierce re- 
tired to his home in Concord. Of three children, two 
had died, and his only surviving child had been 
killed before his eyes by a railroad accident , and bis 
wife, one of the most estimable and accomplished of 
ladies, was rapidly sinking in consumption. The 
hour of dreadful gloom soon came, and he was left 
alone in the world, without wife or child. 

When the terrible Rebellion burst forth, whirh di- 
vided our country into two parties, and two only, Mr. 
Pierce remained steadfast \\\ the principles which he 
had always cherished, and gave his sympathies to 
that pro-slavery party with which he had ever been 
allied. He declined to do anything,, either by voice 
or pen, to strengthen the hand of the National Gov- 
ernment. He continued to reside in Concord until 
the time of his death, which occurred in October, 
1869. He was one of the most genial and social of 
men, an honored communicant of the Pli)iscopai 
Church, and one of the kindest of neighbors. Gen- 
erous to a fault, he contributed liberally for the al- 
leviation of suffering and want, and many of his towns- 
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AMES BUCHANAN, the fif- 
teenth President of the United 
States, was born in a small 
frontier town, at the fool of the 
eastern ridge of the Allegha- 
nies, in Franklin Co., Penn., on 
the 23d of April, 1791. The place 
where the humble cabin of his 
father stood was called Stony 
Batter. It was a wild and ro- 
mantic spot in a gorge of the moun- 
tains, with towering summits rising 
grandly all around. His father 
was a native of the north of Ireland ; 
a poor man, who had emigrated in 
1783, with little property save his 
own strong arms. Five years afterwards he married 
Elizabeth Spear, the daughter of a respectable farmer, 
and, with his young bride, plunged into the wilder- 
ness, staked his claim, reared his log-hut, opened a 
clearing with his axe, and settled down there to per- 
form his obscure part in the drama of life. In this se- 
cluded home, where James was born, he remained 
for eight years, enjoying but few social or intellectual 
advantages. When James was eigiit years of age, his 
father removed to the village of Mercersbnrg, where 
his son was placed at school, and commenced a 
course of study rn English, Latin and Greek. His 
jjrogress was rapid, and at the age of fourteen, he 
entered Dickinson College, at Carlisle. Here he de- 
veloped remarkable talent, and took his stand among 
the first scholars in the institution. His application 
to study was intense, and yet his native powers en- 



abled him to master the most abstruse subjects Wi 
facility. 

In the year 1809, he graduated with the highes; 
honors of his clas^. He was then eighteen years ct 
age; tall and graceful, vigorous in lieaith, tond of 
athletic sport, an unerring shot, and enlivened with 
an e.xuberant flow of animal spirits. He immediately 
commenced the study of luvv' in the city of Lancaster, 
and was admitted to tlie bar in 1812, when he was 
but twenty-one )ears of age. Very rapidly he rose 
in his piofession, and at once took undisputed stand 
with the ablest law)ers of the State. When but 
twenty-si.\ years of age, unaided by counsel, he suc- 
cessfully defended before the State Senate ore of tiie 
judges of the State, wlio was tried upon articles of 
impeachment. At the age of thirty it was generally 
admitted that he stood at the head of the bar; ai.d 
there was no lawyer in the State who had a more lu- 
crative practice. 

In 1820, he reluctantly consented to run as a 
candidate for Congress. He was elected, and foi 
ten years he remained a member of the Lower House. 
During the vacations of Congress, he occasionally 
tried some important case. In 1831, he retired 
altogether from the toils of his profession, having ac- 
quired an ample fortune. 

Gen. Jackson, upon his elevation to ihe Presidency, 
appointed Mr. Buchanan minister to Russia. T he 
duties of his mission he performed with ability, whicl; 
gave satisfaction to all parties. Upon his return, ir. 
1833, he was elected to a seat in the United States 
Senate. He there met, as his associates, Webster. 
Clay, Wright and Calhoun. He advocated t!^e meas- 
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sal-i against France, to enforce the payment of our 
tl.ums against th:it country ; and defended the course 
of the Fre,-)iJent in his unprecedented and wholesale 
reiujval from office of those wlio were not the sup- 
porters of his administration. Upon this (piestion he 
was brought into direct collision with He.iry Clay. 
He also, with voice and vote, advocated e.Kpunging 
from the journal of the Senate the vote of censure 
against Gen. Jackson for removing the de[)Osits. 
Earnestly he opposed the abolition of slavery in the 
District of Columbia, and urged the prohibition of the 
circulation of anti-slavery documents by the United 
States mails. 

As to petitions on the subject of slavery, he advo- 
cated that they should be respectfully received; and 
that the re[)ly should be returned, tliat Congress had 
no power to legislate upon the subject. ' Congress," 
said he, "miglit as well undertake to interfere with 
slavery under a foreign government as in any of the 
States where it now exists." 

Upon Mr. Polk's accession to the Presidency, Mr. 
Buchanan became Secretary of State, and as such, 
took his share of the resiwnsibility in the conduct of 
the Mexican War. Mr. Polk assumed that crossing 
the Nueces by the American troops into the disputed 
territory was not wrong, but fortlie Mexicans to cross 
the Rio Grande into that territory was a declaration 
of war. No candid man can read with pleasure the 
account of tlie course our Government pursued in that 
movement 

Mr. Buchanan identified himself thoroughly with 
the party devoted to the perpetuation and extension 
of slavery, and brought all the energies of his mind 
to bear agdinst the Wilmot Proviso. He gave his 
cordial approval to the compromise measures of 1050, 
which included the fugitive-slave law. Mr. Pierce, 
upon his election to the Presidoicy, honored Mr. 
Buchanan with the mission to England. 

In the year 1856, a national Democratic conven- 
tion nominated Mr. Buchanan for the Presidency. The 
political conflict was one of the most severe in which 
our country has ever engaged. All the friends of 
slavery were on one side; all the advocates of its re- 
striction and final abolition, on the other. Mr. Fre- 
mont, the candidate of the enemies of slavery, re- 
reived 114 electoral votes. Mr. Buchanan received 
17 4, and was elected. The popular vote stood 
T, 340, 618, for Fremont, 1,224,750 for Buchanan. On 
March 4th. 1857, Mr. Buchanan was inaugurated. 

Mr. Buchanan was far advanced in life. Only four 
vears were wanting to fill up his threescore years and 
ten. His own friends, those with whom he had been 
allied in political principles and action for years, were 
seeking the destruction of the Government, that they 
might rear upon the ruins of our free institutions a 
nation whose corner-stone should be human slavery. 
In this emergency, Mr. Buchanan was hopelessly be- 
wildered He could not, with his long-avowed prin- 



ciples, consistently oppose the State-rights party in 
their assumptions. As President of the United Stales, 
bound by his oath faithfully to administer the laws 
he could not, without perjury of the grossest kind, 
unite with those endeavoring to overthrow the repub- 
lic. He therefore did nothing. 

The opiwncnts of Mr. Buchanan's administration 
nominaied Abraham Lincoln as their standard bearer 
in tlie next Presidential canvass. The pro-slaverv 
party declared, that if he were elected, and the con- 
trol of the Government were thus taken from their 
hands, they would secede from the Union, taking 
with them, as they retired, the National Capitol at 
Washington, and the lion's share of the territory of 
the United States. 

Mr. Buchanan's sympathy with the pro-slavery 
party was such, that he had been willing to offerthem 
far more than they had ventured to claim. All the 
South had professed to ask of the North was non- 
intervention upon the subject of slavery. Mr. Bu- 
chanan had been ready to offer them the active co- 
operation of the Government to defend and extend 
the institution. 

As the storm increased in violence, the slaveholders 
claiming the right to secede, and Mr. Buchanan avow- 
ing that Congress had no power to prevent it, one o( 
the most pitiable exhibitions of governmental im- 
becility was exhibited the world has ever seen. He 
declared that Congress had no power to enforce il^ 
laws in any .State which had withdrawn, or whi( h 
was attempting to withdraw from the Union. 'J'l.i? 
was not the doctrine of Andrew Jackson, when, will, 
his hand upon his sword-hilt, he exclaimed. " Tl'.c 
Union must and shall be preserved!" 

South Carolina seceded in December, i860; nearly 
three months before the- inauguration of President 
Lincoln. Mr. Biichanan looked on in listless despair. 
The rebel flag was raised in Charleston; Fort Sumpter 
was besieged ; our forts, navy-yards and arsenals 
were seized ; our depots of military stoies were plun- 
dered ; and our custom-houses and post-offices were 
appropriated by the rebels. 

The energy of the rebels, and the imbecility of our 
Executive, were alike marvelous. The Nation looked 
on in agony, waiting for the slow weeks to glide away, 
and close the administration, so terriLile in its weak- 
ness At length the long-looked-for hour of deliver- 
ance came, when Abraham Lincoln was to receive the 
scepter. 

The administration of President Buchanan was 
certainly the most calamitous our country has ex- 
perienced. His best friends cannot recall it with 
pleasure. And still more deplorable it is for his fame, 
that in that dreadful conflict wlii( h rolled its billows 
of flame and blood over our whole land, no word came 
from his lips to indicate his wish that our country's 
banner should triumph over the flag of the rebellioi; 
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i8og. Aliout the year 1780, a 
man by the name of Abraham 
Lincohi left Virginia with liis 
r.nnily and moved into the then 
wilds of Kentucky. Only two years 
after this emigration, still a young 
man, while working one day in a 
field, was stealthily appro-ched by 
an Indian and shot dead. His widow 
was left in extreme poverty with five 
little children, three boys and two 
girls. Thomas, the youngest of the 
boys, was four years of age at his 
father's death. Tliis Thomas was 
the father of Abraham Lincoln, the 
President of the United States 
whose name must henceforth fo^-ever be enrolled 
with the mcjst prominent in the annals of our world. 
Of course no record has been kept of the life 
of one so lowly as Thomas Lincoln. He was among 
the poorest of the |)Oor. His home was a wretched 
log-cabin ; his food the coarsest and the meanest. 
Education he had none; he could never eitlier rend 
or write. As soon as he was able to do anything for 
himself, he was compelled to leave the cabin of his 
starving mother, and push out into the world, a friend- 
.ess, wandering boy, seeking work. He hired him- 
self out, and thus spent the whole of his youth as a 
.^iborer in the fields of others. 

When twenty-eight years of age he buili a log- 
cabin of his own, and married Nancy Hanks, the 
daughter of another family of poor Kentucky emi- 
grants, who had also come from Virginia. Their 
second child was Abraham Line oln, the subject of 
this sketch. The mother of Abraham was a noble 
'voman, gentle, loving, pensive, created to adorn 
a palace, doomed to toil and pine, and die in a hovel. 
" All that I am, or hope to be," exclaims the grate- 
ful son " I owe to my angel-mother. 

When he was eight years of age, his father sold his 



cabin and small farm, and moved 10 Indiana Whei- 
two years later his mother died. 

Abraham soon became the scribe of the uneducated 
community around him. He could not have had it 
better school than this to teach him to put thought" 
into words. He also became an eager reader. The 
books he could obtain were few ; but these he enfl 
and re-read until they were almost committf '• K 
memory. 

As the years rolled on, the lot of this lowly fan.il" 
was the usual lot of humanity Thrre were joys aid 
griefs, weddings and funerals. Abraham's sistt < 
Sarah, to whom he was tenderly attached, was niai 
ried when a child of but fourteen years of age, anc 
soon died. The family was gradually scattered. Mr 
Thomas Lincoln sold out his squatter's claim in 1S30 
and emigrated to i\'Iacon Co., 111. 

Abraham Lincoln was then twenty-one years of age. 
With vigorous hands he aided his father in rearing 
another log-cabin. Abraham worked diligently at this 
until he saw the t'amily comfortably settled, and thei' 
small lot of enclosed prairie planted with corn, whe:i 
he announced to his father his intention to leave 
home, and to go out into the world and seek his for- 
tune. Little did he or his friends imagine how bril- 
liant that fortune was to be. He saw the value o! 
education and was intensely earnest to improve hi^ 
mind to the utmost of his power He saw the ruin 
which aident spirits were causing, and bei ame 
strictly temperate; refusing to allow a drop of intoxi- 
cating liquor to pass his lips. And he had read ir. 
God's word, " Thou shalt r.ot take the name of th." 
Lord thy God in vain ;" and a profane expression he 
was never heard to utter. Religion he revered. Hii 
morals were pure, and he was uncontaminated by a 
single vice. 

Young Abraham woiked for a time a? a hired labores 
among the farmers. Then he went to Springfield, 
where he was employed in 1 uilding a large flat-boat 
In this he took a herd of swine, floated them dowi. 
the Sangamon to the Illinois, and thence by the Mis 
sissippi to New Orleans. Whatever Abraham Lin- 
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tiire his employers were so well pL-aseJ, that upon 
liis return tiiey placed a store and uiill under his care. 

Ill 1832, at the outbreak of the Black Hawk war, he 
enlisted and was chosen captain of a company. He 
returned to Sa.iyanion County, and although only 23 
years of age, was a candidate for the Legislature, but 
was defeated. He soon after received from Andrew 
Jackson the appointmentof Postmaster of New Salem, 
His only post-otiice was his hat. All the letters he 
received he carried there ready to deliver to those 
he chanced to meet. He studied surveying, and soon 
made this his business. In 1834 he again became a 
candidate for tlie Legislature, and was elected Mr. 
Stuart, of Springfield, advised him to study law. He 
walked from New Salem to Springfield, borrowed of 
Mr. Stuart a bad of books, carried them back and 
began his legal studies. When tiie Legislature as- 
seml)led he trudged on foot with his pack on his back 
one hundred miles to Vandalia, then the capital. In 
1836 he was re-elected to the Legislature. Here it 
was he first met Stephen A. Douglas. In 1839 he re- 
moved to Springfield and began the practice of law. 
His success with the jury was so great that he was 
coon engaged in almost every noted case in the circuit. 

In 1854 Ihe great discussion began between Mr. 
Lincoln and Mr Douglas, on the slavery tiuestion. 
In the organization of the Republican party in Illinois, 
in 1856, he took an active part, and at once became 
one of tl;e leaders in that party. Mr. Lincoln's 
speeches in opposition to Senator Douglas in the con- 
test in 1858 for a seat in the Senate, form a most 
notable part of his history. The issue was on the 
slavery (jueition, and he took the broad ground of 
.he Declaration of Independence, that all men arc 
created equal. Mr. Lincoln was defeated in this con- 
test, but won a far higher prize. 

The great Republican Convention met at Chicago 
on the i6th of June, i860. The delegates and 
strangers who crowded the city amounted to twenty- 
five thousand. .\n immense building called "The 
Wigwam," was reared to accommodate the Conven- 
tion. There were eleven candidates for whom votes 
were thrown. William H. Seward, a man whose fame 
as a statesman had long filled the land, was the most 
nrominent. It was generally supposed he would be 
the nominee. Abraham Lincoln, however, received 
the nomination on the third ballot. Little did he then 
dream of the weary years of toil and care, a.id the 
bloody death, to which that nomination doomed him: 
and aslittledid he dream that he was to render services 
to his country, which would fi.K upon him the eyes of 
the whole civilized world, and which would give him 
ajjlacein the affections nf his countrymen, second 
only, if second, to that of Washington. 

Election day came and Mr. Lincoln received 180 
electoral votes out of 203 cast, and was, therefore, 
(;onstitutionally elected President of the United States. 
The tirade of abuse that was poured upon this good 



and merciful man, especially by tlie slaveholders, was 
greater than upon any other man ever elected to this 
high position. In February, i86i, Mr. Lincoln started 
for Washington, stopidng in all the large cities on his 
way making speeches. The wiiole journey was frought 
with much danger. Many of the Southern States had 
already seceded, and several attempts at assassination 
were .afterwards brought to light. A gang in Balti- 
more had arranged, upon his arrival to"get uj) a row," 
and in the confusion to make sure of his death with 
revolvers and hand-grenades. A detective unravelled 
the plot. A secret and special train was provided to 
take him from HarrisL'urg, through Baltimore, at ar 
unexpected hour of the night. Tiie train started ai 
half-past ten ; and to prevent ai.y possible communi- 
cation on the part ot the Secessionists with their Cor.- 
federate gang in Baltimore, as soon as the train hao 
started the telegraph-wires were cut. Mr. Lincoln 
reached Washington in safety and was inaugurated, 
although great an.xiety was felt by all loyal people 

\\\ tlie selection of his cabinet Mr. Lincoln gave 
to Mr Seward the Department of State, and to other 
prominent opponents before the convention he gave 
important positions. 

During no other administration ha\e tiie duties 
devolving upon the President been so manifold, and 
the responsil)ilities so great, as those which fell to 
the lot of President Lincoln. Knowing this, and 
feeling liis own weakness and inability to meet, and in 
his own strength to cope with, tlie difficulties, he 
learned early to seek Divine wisdom and guidance in 
determining his plans, and Divine comfort in all his 
trials, bo'h personal and national Contrary !o his 
own estimate of himself. Mr. Lincoln was one of the 
most courageous of men. He went directly into the 
rebel capital just as the retreating foe was leaving, 
witli no guard Liut a few sailors. From the time he 
had left .Springfield, in 1861, however, plans had been 
made for his assassination, and he at last fell a victim 
to one of them. April 14, 1865, he, with Gen. Grant, 
was urgently invited to attend Fords' Theater, It 
was announced that they would l.e jnesent. Gen. 
Grant, however, left the city. President Lincoln, feel- 
ing, witli his characteristic kindliness of heart, that 
it would be a disappointment if lie should fail them, 
very reluctantly consented to go. W'hile listening to 
the i)lay an actor by the name of Johit Wilkes Booth 
entered the box where the President and family were 
seated, and fired a bullet into his brains. He died the 
ne.xt morning at seven o'clock. 

Never before, in the history of the world was a nation 
plunged into such deej) grief by the death of its ruler. 
Strong rnen met in the streets and wept in sjieechless 
anguish. It is not too much to say that a nation was 
in tears. His was a life which will fitly become a 
model. His name as the savior of his country "••11 
live with that of Washington's, its father; his country- 
men being unable to decide which is tl^e areatet. 





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NDREW JOHNSON, seven^ 
teenth President of the United 
^=() States. The early life of 
Andrew Johnson contains but 
^ the record of poverty, destitu- 
tion and friendlessness. He 
was born December 29, 1808, 
in Raleigh, N. C. His parents, 
belonging to the class of the 
■'poor whites " of the South, -were 
in such circumstances, that they 
could not confrr ..en the slight- 
est advantages of education upon 
their child. When Andrew was five 
years of age, his father accidentally 
lost nis life while herorically endeavoring to save a 
friend froni drowning, '^''nili ten years of age, Andrew 
was a ragged boy abour the streets, supported by the 
iabor of his mother, who obtained her living with 
her own hands. 

He then, having never attended a school one day, 
and being unable either to read or write, was ap- 
prenticed to a tailor in his native town. A gentleman 
ivas in the habit of going to the tailor's shop occasion- 
ally, and reading to the boys at work there. He often 
read from the speeches of distinguished British states- 
men. Andrew, who was endowed with a mind of more 
than ordinary native ability, became much interested 
in these speeches ; his ambition was roused, and he 
was inspired with a strong desire to leain to read. 

He accordingly applied himself to the alphabet, and 
with the assistance of some of his fellow-wotkmen, 
iearned his letters. He then called upon the gentle- 
man to borrow the book of speeches. The owner. 



pleased with his zeal, not only gave him the booic 
but assisted him in learning to combine the letters 
into words. Under such difficulties he pressed o\. 
ward laboriously, spending usually ten or twelve hours 
at work in the shop, and then robbing himself of rest 
and recreatior to devote such time as he could to 
reading. 

He went to Tennessee in 1826, and located at 
Greenville, where he married a young lady who pos 
sessed some education. Under her instructions he 
learned to write and cipher. He became prominent 
in the village debating society, and a favorite with 
the students of Greenville College. In 1828, he or- 
ganized a working man's party, which elected him 
alderman, and in 1830 elected him mayor, which 
position he held three years. 

He now began to take a lively interest in political 
affairs ; identifying himself with the working-classes, 
to which he belonged. In 1835, he was elected a 
member of the House of Representatives of Tennes- 
see. He was then just twenty-seven years of age. 
He became a very active member of the legislature 
gave his adhesion to the Democratic party, and tn 
1840 "stumped the State," advocating Martin Tan 
Buren's claims to the Presidency, in opposition to thcSv 
of Gen. Harrison. In this campaign he acquired much 
readiness as a speaker, and extended and increased 
his reputation. 

li\ 1841, he was elected State Senator; in 1S43, ht 
was elected a member of Congress, and by successive 
elections, held that important post for ten years. In 
1853, he was elected Governor of Tennessee, and 
was re-elected in 1855. In all these responsible posi 
tions, he discharged his duties with distinguished abi. 



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ity, and ))roved himself the warm friend of tlie work- 
ing classes. In 1857, Mr. Johnson was elected 
United States Senator. 

Years before, in 1S45, he had warmly advocated 
the annexation of Texas, stating however, as his 
reason, that he thought this annexation would prob- 
ably prove " to be the gateway out of which the sable 
sons of Africa are to pass from bondage to freedom, 
;ind become merged in a population congenial to 
themselves." In 1850, he also supported the com- 
promise measures, the two essential features of which 
were, that the white people of the Territories should 
be permitted to decide for themselves whether they 
would enslave tiie colored people or not, and that 
the *'ree States of the North should return to the 
SouLh persons who attempted to escape from slavery. 

Mr. Johnson was never ashamed of his lowly origin: 
on the contrary, he often took pride in avowing that 
he owed his distinction to his own exertions. "Sir," 
said he on the floor of the Senate, " I do not forget 
that I am a mechanic ; neither do I forget that Adam 
was a tailor and sewed fig-leaves, and that our Sav- 
ior was the son of a carpenter." 

In the Charleston- Baltimore convention of i8uj, ne 
i»7as the choice of the Tennessee Democrats for the 
Presidency. In 1861, when the purpose of the South- 
irn Democracy became apparent, he took a decided 
stand in favor of the Union, and held that "slavery 
must be held subordinate to the Union at whatever 
cost." He returned to Tennessee, and repeatedly 
imperiled his own life to protect the Unionists of 
Tennesee. Tennessee having seceded from the 
Union, President Lincoln, on Marcli 4th, 1862, ap- 
pointed him Military Governor of the State, and he 
established the most stringent military rule. His 
numerous proclamations attracted wide attention. In 

1864, he was elected Vice-President of the United 
States, and upon the death of Mr. Lincoln, Aiiril 15, 

1865, became President. In a speech two days later 
he said, " The .\merican people must be taught, if 
fhey do not already feci, that treason is a crime and 
must be i:unished ; that the Government will not 
always beat with its enemies ; that it is strong not 
only to protect, but to punish. * * The people 
must understand that it (treason) is the blackest of 
crimes, and will surely be punished." Yet his whole 
administration, the history of which is so well known, 
was in utter iiwonsistency with, and the most violent 



opposition to, the principles laid down in that speech. 
In his loose policy of reconstruction and general 
amnesty, he was opposed by Congress ; and he char- 
acterized Congress as a new rebellion, and lawlessly 
defied ii, in everythnig possible, to the utmost. In 
the beginniiig of 1868, on account of "high crimes 
and misdemeanors," the principal of which was the 
removal of Secretary Stanton, in violation of the Ten- 
ure of Office Act, articles of impeachment were pre- 
ferred against him, and the trial began March 23. 
It was very tedious, continuing for nearly three 
months. A test article of the impeachment was at 
length submitted to the court for its action. It was 
certain that as the court voted upon that article so 
would it vote upon all. Thirty-four voices pronounced 
the President guilty. As a two-thirds vote was n'ices- 
sary to his condemnation, he was pronounced ac- 
quitted, notwithstanding the great majority against 
him. The change of one vote from the not guilty 
side would have sustained the impeachment. 

The President, for the remainder of his term, was 
but little regarded. He continued, though impotent'; 
his conflict vi'ith Congress. His own party did not 
think it expedient to renominate him for the Presi- 
dency. The Nation rallied, with enthusiasm unpar- 
alleled since the days of Washington, around the name 
of Gen. Grant. Andrew Johnson was forgotten. 
The bullet of the assassin introduced him to the 
President's chair. Notwithstanding tliis, never was 
there presented to a man a better opportunity to im- 
mortalize his name, and to win the gratitude of a 
nation. He failed utterly. He retired to his home 
in Greenville, Tenn., taking no very active part in 
politics until 1875 On Jan. 26, after an exciting 
struggle, he was chosen by the Legislature of Ten- 
nessee, United States Senator in the forty-fourth Con- 
gress, and took his seat in that body, at the speciai 
session convened by President Grant, on the 5th of 
March. On the 27th of July, 1875, the ex-President 
made a visit to his daughter's home, near Carter 
Station, Tenn. When he started on his journey, he was 
apparently in his usual vigorous health, but on reach- 
ing the residence of his child the following day, was 
stricken with paralysis, rendering him unconscious. 
He rallied occasirnally, but finally passed away at 
2 A.M., July 31, aged sixty-seven years. His fun- 
eral was attended at Geenville, on the 3d of August, 
with every demonstration of respect. 




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LYSSES S. GRANT, the 

eit,hteenth President of the 
United States, was born on 
the 29th of April, 1822, of 
Christian parents, in a humble 
home, at Point Pleasant, on the 
banks of the Ohio. Shortly after 
his father moved to George- 
town, Brown Co., O. In this re- 
mote frontier hamlet, Ulysses 
received a common-school edu- 
cation. At the age of seven- 
teen, in the year 1839, he entered 
the Miliiary Academy at West 
Point. Here he was regarded as a 
joiid, sensible joung man of fair abilities, and of 
sturdy, honest character. He took respectable rank 
as a scholar. In June, 1843, he graduated, about the 
middle in his class, and was sent as lieutenant of in- 
fantry to one of the distant miliiary posts in the Mis- 
souri Territory. Two years he past in these dreary 
solitudes, watching the vagabond and exasperating 
-udians. 

The war with Mexico came. Lieut. Grant was 
sent with his regiment to Corpus Christ!. His first 
battle was at Palo Alto. There was no chance here 
for the exliibition of either skill or heroism, nor at 
Resaca de la Palma, his second battle. At the battle 
of Monterey, his tliird engagement, it is said that 
ne performed a signal service of daring and skillful 
horsemanship. His brigade had exhausted its am- 
munition. A messenger must be sent for more, along 
a route exposed to the bullets of the foe. Lieut. 
Grant, adopting an expedient learned of the Ii.dians, 
grasped the mane of his horse, and hanging upon one 
side of the anip^nl, ran the gauntlet in entire safety. 



From Monterey he was sent, with the fourth infantry, 
10 aid Gen. Scott, at the siege of Vera Cruz. In 
preparation for the march to the city of Mexico, he 
was appointed quartermaster of his regiment. At the 
battle of Molino del Rey, he was promoted to a 
first lieutenancy, and was brevetted captain at Cha- 
pultepec. 

At the close of the Mexican War, Capt. Grant re- 
turned with his regiment to New York, and was again 
sent to one of the military posts on the frontier. The 
discovery of gold in California causing an immense 
tide of emigration to flow to the Pacific shores, Capt. 
Grant was sent with a battalion to Fort Dallas, in 
Oregon, for the protection of the interests of the im- 
migraiVs. Life was wearisome in those wilds. Capt. 
Grant resigned his commission and returned to the 
States; and having married, entered upon the cultiva- 
tion of a small farm near St. Louis, Mo. He had but 
little skill as a farmer. Finding his toil not re- 
munerative, he turned to mercantile life, entering into 
the leather business, with a younger brother, at Ga- 
lena, 111. This was in the year i860. As the tidings 
of the rebels firing on Fort Sumpter reached the ears 
of Capt. Grant in his counting-room, he said, — 
"Uncle Sam has educated me for the avmv: though 
I have served him through one war, I do not fe<e', that 
I have yet repaid the debt. I am still ready to discl'iarge 
my obligations. I shall therefore buckle on my 6\vord 
and see Uncle Sam through this war too." 

He went into the streets, raised a company of vol- 
unteers, and led them as their captain to Springfield, 
the capital of the State, where their services were 
offered to Gov. Yates. The Governor, impressed by 
the zeal and straightforward executive ability of Capt. 
Grant, gave him a desk in his office, to assist in the 
volunteer organization that was being formed in the 
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June, t86i, Capt. Grant received a commission as 
Colonel of the Twenty-first Regiment of Illinois Vol- 
unteers. His merits as a West Point graduate, who 
had served for 15 years in the regular army, were such 
that he was soon promoted to the rank of Brigadier- 
General and was placed in command at Cairo. The 
rebels raised their banner at Paducali, near the mouth 
of the Tennessee River. Scarcely had its folds ap- 
peared in the breeze ere Gen. Grant was there. The 
rebels fled. Their banner fell, and the star and 
stripes were unfurled in its stead. 

He entered the service with great determination 
and immediately began active duty. This was the be- 
ginning, and until the surrender of Lee at Richmond 
he was ever pushing the enemy with great vigor and 
effectiveness. At Belmont, a few days later, he sur- 
prised and routed the rebels, then at Fort Henry 
won another victory. Then came the brilliant fight 
at Fort Donelson. The nation was electrified by the 
victory, and the brave leader of the boys in blue was 
immediately made a M.njor-General, and the military 
listrict of Tennessee was assigned to him. 

Like all great captains, Gen. Grant knew well how 
to secure the results of victory. He immediately 
pushed on to the enemies' lines. Then came the 
terrible battles of Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, ryid the 
siege of Vicksburg, where Gen. Pemberton made an 
unconditional surrender of the city with over thirty 
thousand men and one-hundred and seventy-two can- 
non. The fall of Vicksburg was by far the most 
severe blow which the rebels had thus far encountered, 
and opened up the Mississippi from Cairo to the Gulf. 

Gen. Grant was next ordered to co-operate with 
Gen. Banks in a movement upon Texas, and pro- 
ceeded to New Orleans, where he was thrown from 
his horse, and received severe injuries, from which he 
was laid up for months. He then rushed to the aid 
of Gens. Rosecrans and Thomas at Chattanooga, and 
by a wonderful series of strategic and technical meas- 
ures put the Union Army in fightingcondiiion. Then 
followed the bioody battles at Chattanooga, Lookout 
Mountain and Missionary Ridge, in wliich the rebels 
were routed with great loss. This won for him un- 
bounded praise in the North. On the 4th of Febru- 
ary, 1864, Congress revived the grade of lieutenant- 
general, and the rank was conferred on Gen. Grant. 
He repaired to Washington to receive his credentials 
and enter upon '.'■"=■ duties of his new office 



Gen. Grant decided as soon as he took charge of 
the army to concentrate the widely-dispersed National 
troops for an attack upon Richmond, the nominal 
capital of the Rebellion, and endeavor there to de- 
stroy the rebel armies which would be promptly as- 
sembled from all quarters for its defence. The whole 
continent seemed to tremble under the tramp of these 
majestic armies, rushing to the decisive battle field. 
Steamers were crowded with troops. Railway trains 
were burdened ■>\'ith closely packed thousands. His 
plans were comprehensive and involved a series of 
campaigns, which were executed with remarkable en- 
ergy and ability, and were consummated at the sur- 
render of Lee, April 9, 1865. 

The war was ended. The Union was saved. The 
almost unanimous voice of the Nation declared Gen. 
Grant to be the most prominent instrument in its sal- 
vation. The eminent services he had thus rendered 
the (.ountry brought him conspicuously forward as the 
Republican candidate for the Presidential chair. 

At the Republican Convention held at Chicago. 
May 21, 186S, he was unanimously nominated for the 
Presidency, and at the autumn election received a 
majority of the popular vote, and 214 out of 294 
electoral votes. 

The National Convention of the Republican party 
which met at Philadelphia on the 5th of June, 1872, 
placed Gen. Grant in nomination for a second term 
by a unanimous vote. The selection was emphati- 
cally indorsed by the people five months later, 292 
electoral votes being cast for him. 

Soon after the close of his second term, Gen. Grant 
started upon his famous trip around the world. He 
visited almost every country of the civilized world, 
and was everywlierc received with such ovations 
and demonstrations of resjiect and honor, private 
as well as public and official, as were never before 
bestowed upon any citizen of the United States. 

He was the most prominent candidate before the 
Republican National Convention in 1880 for a re- 
nomination for President. He went to New York and 
embarked in the brokerage business under the firm 
nanieof Grant & Ward. The latter proved a villain, 
wrecked Grant's fortune, and for larceny was sent to 
the penitentiary. Tlie General was attacked with 
cancer in the throat, but suffered in his stoic-like 
manner, never complaining. He was re-instated as 
General of the Army and retired by Congress. The 
cancer soon finished its deadly work, and July 23, 
1S85, the nation went in mourning over the death of 
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^1 UTHERFORD B. HAYES, 
. the nineteentli President of 
'^"' the United States, was born \\\ 
Delaware, O., Oct. 4, 1822, al- 
most three months after the 
death of his father, Rutherford 
Hayes. His ancestry on both 
the paternal and maternal sides, 
was of the most honorable char- 
acter. It can be traced, it is said, 
as farbackas 1280, when Hayes and 
Rutherford were two Scottish chief- 
tains, fighting side by side with 
Baliol, William Wallace and Robert 
Bruce. Both families belonged to the 
nobility, owned extensive estates, 
and had a large following. Misfor- 
iane cvvuaking the family, George Hayes left Scot- 
.and in 1600, and settled in Windsor, Conn. His son 
George was_ born in Windsor, and remained there 
during his liJe. Daniel Hayes, son of the latter, mar- 
ried Sarah L;e, and lived from the time of his mar- 
riage until h^s death in Simsbury, Conn. Ezekiel, 
son of Daniel, was born in 1724, and was a manufac- 
turer of scythes at Bradford, Conn. Rutherford Hayes, 
son of Ezekiel ai.d grandfather of President Hayes, was 
born in New Haven, in August, 1756. He was a farmer, 
blacksmith and tavern-keeper. He emigrated to 
Vermont at an uriknown date, settling in Erattleboro, 
where he established a hotel. Here his son Ruth- 
erford Jiayes the father of Presiderit Hayes, was 



born. He was married, in September, 1813, to Sophia 
Birchard, of Wilmington, Vt., whose ancestors emi- 
grated thither from Connecticut, they having been 
among the wealthiest and best famlies of Norwich. 
Her ancestry on the male side are traced back to 
1635, to John Birchard, one of the principal founders 
of Norwich. Both of her grandfathers were soldiers 
in the Revolutionary War. 

The father of-President Hayes was an industrious 
frugal and opened-hearted man. He was of a me- 
chanical turn, and could mend a plow, knit a stock- 
ing, or do almost anything else that he choose to 
undertake. He was a member of the Church, active 
in all the benevolent enterprises of the town, and con- 
ducted his business on Christian principles. After 
the close of the war of 1812, for reasons inexplicable 
to his neighbors, he resolved to emigrate to Ohio. 

The journey from Vermont to Ohio in that day 
when there were no canals, steamers, not railways, 
was a very serious affair. A tour of inspection was 
first made, occupying four months. Mr. Hayes deter 
mined to move to Delaware, where the family arrived 
in 1817. He died July 22, r822, a victim of malarial 
fever, less than three months before the birth of the 
son, of whom we now write. Mrs. Hayes, in her sore be- 
reavement, found the support she so much needed in 
her brother Sardis, who had been a member of the 
household from the day of its departure from Ver- 
mont, and in an orphan girl whom she had adopted 
some time before as an act of charity. 

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subject of tills sketch was so feeble at birth that he 
was not expected tj live beyond a month or two at 
most. As the months went by he grew weaker and 
weaker, so th.it the neighbors were in the liaLit of in- 
qainngfrom time to ti.ne '' if Mrs. Hayes' baby died 
last night. ' O.i one occasion a neiglibor, wlio was on 
famiharter.ns with tlie family, afie. alluding to the 
iioy's big head, and the motlier's assiduous care of 
niin, said in a bantering way, '• That's right! Stick to 
him. Yo.i have got him along so lar, and I shouldn't 
ivonder if he wo ild re.illy come to something yet." 

" You reed not laugh," said Mrs. Hayes. "You 
"ait and see. You can't tell but I shall make him 
iVe^ident of the United States yet." The boy lived, 
in s|iite of the universal predictions of his speedy 
death; and when, in 1825, his older bnither was 
droivned, he became, if possible, still dearer to his 
mother. 

The boy was seven yeais old before he went to 
schcol. His education, however, was not neglected. 
He probal)ly learned as much Irom his mother and 
f'.ster as he would have done at school. His sports 
were al uost wholly within doors, his playmates being 
his sister a id her associates. These circumstances 
tended, no doubt, to foster that gentleness of dispo- 
sition, and that delicate consideration for the feelings 
of others, which are marked traits of his character. 

His uncle Saidis Birchard took the deepest interest 
i'\i his education ; and as the boy's health had im- 
proved, and he was making good progress in his 
studies, he proposed to send him to college. His pre- 
;)aration commenced with a tutor at home; bit he 
was afterwards sent for one year to a professor in the 
Wesleyan University, in Middletown, Conn. He en- 
tered Kenyon College in 1838, at the age of sixteen, 
and was graduated at the head of his class in 1842. 

Immediately after his graduation he began the 
study ol law in the office of Thomas Sparrow, Escp, 
in Columbus. Finding his opportunities for study in 
Columbus somewhat limited, he determined to enter 
the Law School at Cambridge, Mass., where he re- 
mained two years. 

In 1845, after graduating at the Law .School, he was 
admitted to the bar at Marietta, Ohio, and shortly 
afterward went into practice as an attorney-at-law 
with Ralph P. Buckland, of Fremont. Here he re- 
mained three years, acquiring but a limited practice, 
and api)arently unambitious of distinction in his pro- 
fession. 

\n 1849 he moved to Cincinnati, where his ambi- 
tion found a new stimulus. For several years, how- 
ever, his progress was slow. Two events, occurring at 
this period, had a powerful influence upon his subse- 
<;uent 'ife. One of these was his niarr.ige with Miss 
Lucy Ware Webb, daughter of Dr. James Webb, of 
Chilicothe; the othei was his introduction to the (Cin- 
cinnati Literary Club, a body embracing among its 
meinbers such men as'^hief Justice Salmon P.Chase, 



Gen. John Pope, Gov. Edward F. Noyes, and many 
others hardly less distinguished in afterlife. The 
marriage was a fortunate one in every respect, as 
ever) body knows. Not one of all the wives of our 
Presidents was more universally admired, reverenced 
and beloved than was Mis. Hayes, and no one did 
more than she to reflect honor upon American woman 
hood. The Liteiary Cluu brought Mr. Haye3 :'nto 
constant association with young men of high char- 
acter and noble aims, and lured him to display the 
(jualities so long hidden by his bashfuliieis and 
modesty. 

In 1856 he was nominated to the office of Judg; of 
the Court of Common Pleas; but he declined to ac- 
cept the nominaiion. Two years later, the office o! 
city solicitor becoming vacant, the City Co'^nci^ 
elected him for the unexpired term. 

In 1 86 1, when the Rebellion iiroke out, he was ar 
tlie zenith of his profession?.! VI.. His lank at the 
bar was among the the first. But the news of the 
attack on Fort Sumpter found him eager to take 'iD 
arms for the defense of his coiinlry. 

His military record was bright ard illustrious. In 
October, 1861, he was made Lieutenant-Colonel, and 
in August, 1862, promoted Colonel of the 79th Ohio 
regiment, but he refused to leave his old comrades 
and go among strangers. Subsequently, however, he 
was made Colonel of his old regiment. At the battle 
of South Mountain he received a wound, and while 
faint and bleeding dis|)layed courage zx\A fortitude 
that won admiration from all. 

Col. Hayes was detached from his regiment, after 
his recovery, to act as Brigadier-General, and placed 
in command of the celebrated Kanawha division, 
and for gallant and meritorious setvices in the battles 
of Winchester, Fi-sher's Hill and Cedar Creek, he was 
promoted Brigadier-General. He was also brevetled 
Major-General, "forcallant and distirgiiislitd ftrvices 
during the campaigns of 1864. in West Virginia." In 
the course of his arduous services, four horses were 
shot from under him, and he was wounded four times. 

In 1864, Gen. Hayes was elected to Congress, from 
the Second Ohio District, which had long been Dem- 
ocratic. He was not present during the campaign, 
and after his election was importuned to resign his 
commission in the army ; but lie finally declared, "I 
shall never coine to Washington until I can come by 
the way of Richmond." He was re-elected in 1866. 

r,-! 1867, Gen Hayes was elected Governor of Ohio, 
over Hon. Allen G. Thuniian, a populni Democrat. 
In 1869 was re-elected over George H. Pendleton. 
He was elected Governor for the third term in 1875. 

In 1876 he was the standard l-saier of the Repub- 
lican P.irty in tne Presidential contest, and al'ter a 
hard long contest was chosen President; and was in 
ani^ur:ited Monday, March 5, 1875. He served his 
full term, not, h wever, with satisfaction to his party, 
but his adminvstration was an average ot\^ 



TWENTIETH PRESIDENT. 





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AMES A. GARi'IELD, twen- 
tieth President of the United 
States, was born Nov. 19, 
1S31, in the woods of Orange, 
Cuyahoga Co., O His par- 
ents were Abrar.i and Ehza 
(Ballou) Garfield, both of New 
England ancestry and from fami- 
,n lies well known m the early his- 
fl tory of that section of our coun- 
try, but had moved to the Western 
Reserve, in Ohio, early in its settle- 
ment. 

The house in which James A. was 
born was not unlike the houses of 
poor Ohio farmers of that day. It 
.iG about 20x30 feet, builtof logs, with the spaces be-^ 
.ween the logs filled with day. His father was a 
•mrd working farmer, and he soon had his fields 
^leared, an orchard planted, and a log barn built 
The household comprised the father and inother and 
dieir four children— Mehetabel, Thomas, Mary and 
Tames. In May, 1823, the father, from a cold con- 
tracted in helping to put out a forest fire died. At 
this time James was about eighteen months old, and 
Thomas about ten years old. No one, i^rnaps, can 
tell how much James was indebted to his biothevs 
toil and self-sacrifice during the twenty years suc- 
ceeding his father's death, but undoubtedly very 
much. He now lives in Michigan, and the two sis- 
ters live in Solon, O., near their birthplace. 

The early educational advantages young Garlield 
enjoyed were very limited, yet he made the most of 
them. He labored at farm work for others did car- 
penter work, chopped wood, or did anything tha 
would bring in a few dollars to aid his >..dowed 
mother in he- struggles to keep the little family to- 



pether Nor was Gen. Garfield ever ashamed of his 
origin, and he never forgot the friends of h's strug- 
chmr childhood, youth and manhood, neither did they 
ever°forget him. When m the highest seats of honor 
the humblest f.iend of his boyhood was as kindly 
greeted as ever. The poorest laborer was sure of the 
sympathy of one who had known all the bitterness 
of want and the sweetness of bread earned by the 
sweat of the brow. He was ever the simple plain, 
modest gendeman. 

The highest ambition of young Garfield until hi 
was about sixieen years old was to be a captain oj 
a vessel on Lake Erie. He was anxious to go aboard 
k vessel, which his mother strongly opposed. She 
finally consented to his going to Cleveland, with the 
understanding, however, that he should try to obtair 
some other kind of employment. He waked all the 
way to Cleveland. This was his first visit to the city 
Af.er making many applications for work, and trying 
to get aboard a lake vessel, and not meeting with 
success, he engaged as a dri-'er for h.s cousin, Amos 
Letcher, on the Ohio & Pennsylvania Canal. Heie- 
mained at this work but a short time when he wen 
home, and attended the seminary at Chester fa 
about three vears, when he entered Hiram and he 
Eclectic Institute, teaching a few terms ot school 11 
the meantime, and doing other work. T his schoo 
was started by the Disciples of Christ ^^/fSo. of 
which church he was then a member. He became 
janitor and bell-ringer in order to help P^^X li'^^J^; 
He then became both teacher and pupil. He_ soon 
" exhausted Hiram " and needed more ; hence, in he 
fall of 18^4, heenteied Williams College, from wh, b 
h graduated in ,856, taking one of the ^f^f^^;^ 
ors of his class. He afterwards leuirned 10 Hiram 
College as its President _ As ^^^^^ ''f^^iy^J^\ 
united with the Christian or Duiples Cnurch at 
Hiram and was ever after a devoted, zealous mem- 
ler often preaching in i,s pulpit and P^''"?/^;^:^^^, 
he iianpened to be. Dr. Noah Porter, Presider. of 
Yale College, says of him in reference .0 his rehgior, : 



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" President Garfield was more than a man of 
strong moral and religious convictions. His whole 
history, from boyhood to the last, siiows that duty to 
man and to God, and devotion to Christ and life and 
faith and spiritual commission were controlling springs 
of his being, and to a more than usual degree. In 
my judgment there is no more interesting feature of 
his character than his loyal allegiance to th.e body of 
Christians in which he was trained, and the fervent 
sympathy which he ever showed in their Christian 
communion. Not many of the few 'wise and mighty 
and noble who are called' show a similar loyalty to 
the less stately and cultured Christian communions 
in which they have been reared. Too often it is true 
that as they step upward in social and political sig- 
nificance they step upward from one degree to 
another in some of the many types of fashionable 
Christianity. President Garfield adhered to the 
:hurch of his mother, the church in which he was 
trained, and in which he served as a pillar and an 
evangelist, and yet with the largest and most unsec- 
'arian charity ior all 'wlio loveoiir Lord in sincerity.'" 

Mr. G-irficId was united in marriage with Miss 
Lu;:retia Rudolph, Nov. ii, 1858, who proved herself 
worthy as the wife of one whom all the world loved and 
mourned. To them were born seven children, five of 
whom are still living, four boys and one girl. 

Mr. Garfield made his first political speeches in 1S56, 
n Hiram and tlie neighboring villages, and three 
years later he began to speak at county mass-meet- 
ings, and became the favorite speaker wherever he 
was. During this year he was elected to the Ohio 
Senate. He also began to study law at Cleveland, 
and in 186 1 was admitted to the bar. The great 
Rebellion broke out in the early part of this year, 
and Mr. Garfield at once resolved to fight as he had 
talked, and enlisted to defend the old flag. He re- 
ceived his commission as Lieut. -Colonel of the Forty- 
second Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Aug. 
14,1861. He was immediately put into active ser- 
vice, and before he hadeverseen agun fired inaction, 
was placed in command of four regiments of infantry 
and eight companies of cavalry, charged with the 
work of driving out of his native State the officer 
'Huinphrey Mirshall) reputed to be the ablest of 
those, not educated to war whom Kentucky had given 
to the Rebellion. This work was bravely and speed- 
ily accomplished, altliough against great odds. Pres- 
ident Lincoln, on his success commissioned him 
Brigadier-General, Jan. 10, 1862; and as "he had 
been the youngest man in the Ohio Senate two years 
before, so now he was the youngest General in the 
army." He was with Gen. Buell's army at Shiloh, 
in it.'-; operations around Corinth and its march through 
Alabama. He was then detailed as a member of the 
General Court-Martial for the trial of Gen. Fitz-John 
Porter. He was then ordered to report to Gen. Rose- 
crans, and was assigned to the " Chief of Staff." 

The military history of Gen. Garfield clQsed with 



his brilliant services at Chickamauga, where he won 
the stars of the Major-General. 

Without an effort on his part Get; Garfield was' 
elected to Congress in the fall of 1862 from the 
Nineteenth District of Ohio. This section of Ohio 
had been represented in Congiess for si.xty years 
mainly by two men — Elisha Whittlesey and Joshua 
R. Giddings. It was not without a struggle that he 
resigned his place in the army. At the time he en- 
tered Congress he was the youngest member in that 
body. Ther-i he remained by successive re- 
elections until he was elected President in 1880. 
Of his labors in Congress Senator Hoar says : " Since 
the year 1864 you cannot think of a question whici. 
has been debated in Congress, or discussed before u 
tribunel of the American people, in regard to whict 
you will not find, if you wish instruction, the argu- 
ment on one side stated, in almost every instance 
better than by anybody else, in some speech made in 
the House of Representatives or on the hustings by 
Mr. Garfield." 

Upon Jan. 14. 1880, Gen. Garfield was elected to 
the U. S. Senate, and on the eigliih of June, of the 
same year, was nominated as the candidate of his 
party for President at the great Chicago Convention. 
He was elected in the following November, and on 
March 4, 1881, was inaugurated. Probably no ad- 
ministration ever opened its existence under brighter 
auspices than that of President Garfield, and every 
day it grew in favo." with the people, and by the first 
of July he had completed all the initiatory and pre- 
liminary work of his administration and was prepar- 
ing to leave the city to meet his friends at Williams 
College, While on his way and at the depot, in com- 
pany with Secretary Blaine, a man stepi^ed behind 
him, drew a revolver, and fired directly at his back. 
Tlie President tottered and fell, and as he did so the 
assassin fired a second shot, the bullet cutting the 
left coat sleeve of his victim, but in.licting no further 
injury. It has been very truthfully said that this was 
" the shot that was heard round the world " Never 
before in the history of the Nation had anything oc- 
curred wliich so nearly froze the blood of the peop?? 
for the moment, as this awful deed. He was smit- 
ten on the brightest, gladdest day of all his life, and 
was at the summit of his power and hope. For eighty 
days, all during the hot months of July and August, 
he lingered and suffered. He, however, remained 
master of himself till the last, and by his magnificent 
bearing was teaching the country and the world the 
noblest of human lessons — how to live grandly in the 
very clutch of death. Great in life, he was surjjass- 
ingiy great in death. He passed serenely away Sept. 
t9, 1883, at Elberon, N. J , on the very bank of the 
ocean, where he had been taken shortly previous. The 
world wept at his death, as it never had done on the 
death of any other man who had ever lived upon it. 
The murderer was duly tried, found guilty and exe- 
cuted, in one year after he comniitt'-d the foul deeQ. 



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,J) twenty-first Presi'^.^iu of 
^y' United States was born 



HESTER A. ARTHUR, 

;lie 

in 

Franklin Courty, Vermont, on 

._ ,_^ ^ :3« thefifthofOc'ober, 1830, andis 

\3u" . ': V) the oldest of a family of two 
\^^ss5^,'' sons and five daughters. His 
father was the Rev. Dr. William 
Arthur, a Baptist c' ,rgyman, who 
emigrated to tl?.s country from 
the county Ant;im, Ireland, in 
his i8th year, and died in 1875, in 
Newtonville, neai Albany, after a 
long and successful ministry- 
Young Arthur was educated at 
Union College, S< henectady, where 
he excelled in all his studies. Af- 
ter his graduation^ he taught school 
in Vermont for two years, and at 
the expiration of that time came to 
New York, with $500 in his pocket, 
and entered the office of ex-Judge 
E. D. Culver as student. After 
I being admitted to the bar he formed 
^ partnership with his intimate friend and room-mate, 
ffenry D. Gardiner, with the intention of practicing 
in the West, and for three months they roamed about 
in the Western States in search of an eligible site, 
but in the end returned to New York, where they 
hung out their shingle, and entered upon a success- 
ful career almost from the start. General Arthur 
soon afterward niarp'^d the daughter of Lieutenant 



Herndon, of the United States Navy, who was lost at 
sea. Congress voted a gold medal to his widow in 
recognition of the bravery he displayed on that occa- 
sion. Mrs. Arthur died shortly before Mr. Arthur s 
nommation to the Vice Presidency, leaving two 
children. 

Gen. Arthur obtained considerable legal celebrity 
in his first great case, the famous Lemmon suit, 
brought to recover possession of eight slaves who had 
been declared free by Judge Paine, of the Superior 
Court of New York City. It was in 1852 that Jon-i 
athan Lemmon, of Virginia, went to New York with 
his slaves, intending to ship them to Texas, when 
they were discovered and freed. The Judge decided 
that they could not be held by the 'owner under the 
Fugitive Slave Law. A howl of rage went up from 
the South, and the Virginia Legislature authorized the 
Attorney General of that State to assist in an appeal. 
Wm. M. Evarts and Chester A. Arthur were employed 
to represent the People, and they won their case, 
which then went to the Supreme Court of the United 
States. Charles O'Conor here es;x)used the cause 
of the slave-holders, but he too was beaten by Messrs 
Evarts and Arthur, and a long step was taken toward 
the emancipation of the black race. 

Another great service was rendered by General 
Arthur in the same cause in 1856. Lizzie Jennings, 
a respectable colored woman, was put off a Fourth 
Avenue car with violence after she had paid her fare. 
General Arthur sued on her behalf, and secured a 
verdict of $500 damages. The next day the compa- 
ny issued an order to admit colored persons to ride 
on their cars, and the other car companies cjuickly 



CHESTER A. ARTHUR. 



followed their example. Before that the Sixth Ave- 
nue Company ran a few special cars for colored per- 
sons and the other lines refused to let them ride at all. 

General Arthur was a delegate to the Convention 
at Saratoga that founded the Republican party. 
Previous to the war he was Judge-.\dvocate of the 
Second Brigade of the State of New York, and Gov- 
ernor Morgan, of that State, appointed hun Engineer- 
in-Chief of his staff. In 1861, he was made Inspec- 
tor General, and soon afterward became Quartermas- 
ter-General. In each of these offices he rendered 
great service to the Government during the war. At 
the end of Governor Morgan's term he resumed the 
practice of the law, forming a partnership with Mr. 
Ransom, and then Mr. Phelps, the District Attorney 
of New Yoik, was added to the firm. The legal prac- 
tice of this well-known firm was very large and lucra- 
tive, each of the gentlemen composing it were able 
lawyers, and possessed a splendid local reputation, if 
not indeed one of national extent. 

He always took a leading part in State and city 
politics. He was appointed Collector of the Port of 
New York by President Grant, Nov. 21 1872, to suc- 
ceed Thomas Murphy, and held the office until July, 
■JO, 1878, when he was succeeded by Collector Merritt. 

Mr. Arthur was nominated on the Presidential 
ticket, with Gen. James A. Garfield, at the famous 
National Republican Convention held at Chicago in 
June, 1880. This was perhaps the greatest political 
convention that ever assembled on thecontinent. It 
was composed of the 'wading politicians of the Re- 
publican party, alt able men, and each stood firm and 
fought vigorously and with signal tenacity for their 
respective candidates that were before the conven- 
tion for the nomination. Finally Gen. Garfield re- 
ceived the nomination for President and Gen. Arthur 
for Vice-President. The campaign which followed 
was one of the most animated known in the history of 
our country. Gen. Hancock, the standard-bearer of 
the Democratic party, was a popular man, and his 
party made a valiant fight for his election. 

Finally the election came and the country's choice 
vvas Garfield and Arthur. They were inaugurated 
vvlavch 4, 1881, as President and Vice-President. 
K few months only had passed ere the newly chosen 
President was the victim of the assassin's bullet. Then 
came terrible weeks of suffering, — those moments of 
jjjpfjous suspense, when the hearts of all civilized na- 



tions were throbbing in unison, longing for the re 
covery of the noble, the good President. The remark- 
able patience that he manifested during those hours 
and weeks, and even months, of the most t'irrible suf- 
fering man lias often been called upon to endure, was 
seemingly more than human. It was certainly God- 
like. During all this period of deepest anxiety Mr. 
Arthur's every move was watched, and be it said to his 
credit thai his every action displayed only an earnest 
desire that the suffering Ciarfield might recover, to 
serve the remainder of the term he had so auspi- 
ciously begun. Not a selfish feeling was manifested 
in deed or look of this man, even though the most 
honored jjosition in the world .vas at any moment 
likely to fall to him. 

At last God in his mercy relieved President Gar- 
field from further suffering, and the world, as never 
before in its history over the death of any other 
man, wept at his bier. Then it became the duty of 
the Vice President to assume the responsibilities of 
the high office, and he took the oath in New York. 
Sept. 20, 1881. The position was an embarrassing 
one to liim, made doubly so from the facts that all 
eyes were, on him, anxious to know what he would do, 
what policy he would pursue, and who he would se- 
lect as advisers. The duties of the office had been 
greatly neglected during the President's long illness, 
and many important measures were to be immediately 
decided by him ; and still farther to embarrass him he 
did not fail to realize under what circumstances he 
became President, and knew the feelings of many on 
this point. Under these trying circumstances President 
Arthur took the reins of the Government in his own 
hands ; and, as embarrassing as were the condition of 
affairs, he hap[)ily surprised the nation, acting sc 
wisely that but few criticised his administration. 
He served the nation well and faitl'fully, until the 
close of his administration, March 4, 1885, and was 
a popular candidate before his party for a second 
term. His name was ably presented before the con- 
vention at Chicago, and was received with great 
favor, and doubtless but for the personal popularity 
of one of the opposing candidates, he would have 
been selected as the standaid-bearer of his party 
for another campaign. He retired to private life car- 
rying with him the best wishes of the American peo- 
ple, whom he had served in a manner satisfactory 
to them and with credit to himself. 





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TEPHEN GROVER CLEVE- 
LAND, thetvventy-second Pres- 
ident of the United States, was 
born in 1837, in the obscure 
town of Caldwell, Essex Co., 
"" N. J., and in a little two-and-a- 

half-story white house which is still 
standing, characteristically to mark 
the luunble birth-place of one of 
America's great men in striking con- 
trast with the Old World, where all 
men high in office must be high in 
origin and born in the cradle of 
wealth. When the subject of this 
sketch was three years of age, his 
father, who was a Presbyterian min- 
ister, with a large family and a small salary,- moved, 
by way g: the Hudson River and Erie Canal, to 
Fayetteville, in search of an increased income and a 
'arger field of work. Fayetteville was then the most 
itraggling of country villages, about five miles from 
Pompey Hill, where Governor Seymour was born. 

At the last mentioned place young Grover com- 
menced going to school in the "good, old-fashioned 
way," and presumably distinguished himself after the 
manner of all village boys, in doing the things he 
ought not to do. Such is the distinguishing trait of 
all geniuses and independent thinkers. When he 
arrived at the age of 14 years, he had outgrown the 
rapacity of the village school and expressed a most 



emphatic desire to be sent to an academy. To this 
his father decidedly objected. Academies in those 
days cost money; besides, his father wanted him to 
become self-supporting by the quickest possible 
means, and this at that time in Fayette/ille seemed 
to be a position in a country store, where his father 
and the large family on his hands had considerable 
in flue ace. Grover was to be paid $50 for his services 
the first year, and if he proved trustworthy he was to 
receive $100 the second year. Here the lad cora- 
meiiced his career as salesman, and in two years he 
had earned so good a reputation for trustworthiness 
that his employers desired to retain him for an in- 
definite length of time. Otherwise he did not ex- 
hibit as yet any particular " flashes of genius " or 
eccentricities of talent. He was simply a good boy. 
But instead of remaining with this firm in Fayette- 
ville, he went with the family in their removal to 
Clinton, where he had an opportunity of attending a 
high school. Here he industriously pursued his 
studies until the family removed with him to a point 
on Black River known as the " Holland Patent," a 
village of 500 or 600 people, 15 miles north of Utica, 
N. Y. At this place his father died, after preaching 
but three Sundays. This event broke up the family, 
and Grover set out for New York City to accept, at a 
small salary, the position of '■ under-teacher " in an 
asylum for the blind. He taught faithfully for two 
years, and although he obtained a good reputation in 
this capacity, he concluded that teaching was no( hisj 



S. GROVE R CLEVELAND. 



calling for life, and, reversing the traditional order, 
ne left the city to seek his fortune, instead of going 
to a city. He first thought of Cleveland, Ohio, as 
there was some charm in that name for him; but 
before proceeding to that place he went to Buffalo to 
isk the advice of his uncle, Lewis F. Allan, a noted 
stock-breeder of tiiat place. The latter did not 
fp.-;ak enthusiastically. '' What is it you want to do, 
my boy?" he asked. "Well, sir, I want to study 
!a\''," was the reply. "Good gracious!" remarked 
■ h« old gentleman ; " do you, indeed .■* What ever put 
that into your head? How much money have you 
got/ "' ■' Well, sir, to tell the truth, I haven't got 
any." 

After a long consultation, his uncle oflfered him a 
place temporarily as assistant herd-keeper, at $50 a 
year, while iie could " look around." One day soon 
afterward he boldly walked into the office of Rogers, 
Bowen & Rogers, of Buffalo, and told Ihem what he 
wanted. A number of young men were already en- 
gaged in the office, but Grover's persistency won, and 
ne was finally permitted to come as an office boy and 
■lave the use of the law library, for tlie nominal sum 
of $3 or $4 a week. Out of this he had to pay for 
his board and washing. The walk to and from his 
uncle's was a long and rugged one; and, although 
the first winter was a memorably severe one, his 
shoes were out of repair and his overcoat — he had 
none — yet he was nevertheless prompt and regular. 
On the fust day of his service here, his senior em- 
ployer threw down a copy of Blackstone before him 
with a bang that made the dust fly, saying " That's 
v.here they all begin." A titter ran around the little 
circle of clerks and students, as they thought that 
was enough to scare young Grover out of his plans ; 
Dut indue time he mastered that cumbersome volume. 
Then, as ever afterward, however, Mr. Cleveland 
exhibited a talent for e.xecutiveness rather than for 
chasing principles through all their metaphysical 
iiossibil'ties. " Let us quit talking and go and do 
't," was practically his motto. 

The first public office to which Mr. Cleveland was 
eiected was tliat of Sheriff of Erie Co., N. Y., in 
which Buffalo is situated ; and in such capacity it fell 
lO his duty to infiict capital pf'.ishment upon two 
criminals. \n 1881 he was elected Mayor of the 
City of BufTalo, on the Democratic ticket, with es- 
ppcial rsferente to the bringing about certain reforms 



in the administration of the municipal affairs of that 
city. In this office, as well as that of Sheriff, his 
performance of duty has generally been considered 
fair, with possibly a few exceptions which were fer- 
reted out and magnified during the last Presidential 
campaign. As a specimen of his plain language in 
a veto message, we quote from one vetoing an iniqui- 
tous street-cleaning contract: "This is a time foj 
plain speech, and my objection to your action shall 
be plainly stated. I regard it as the culmination of 
a mos bare-faced, impudent and shameless scheme 
to betray the interests of the people, and to worse 
than squander the people's money/' The New York 
Sun afterward very highly commended Mr. Cleve- 
land's administration as Mayor of Buffalo, and there- 
upon recommended him for Governor of the Empire 
State. To the latter office he was elected in 1882; 
and his administration of the affairs of State was 
generally satisfactory. The mistakes he made, if 
any, were made very public throughout the nation 
after he was nominated for President of the United 
States. For this high office he was nominated July 
II, 18S4, by the National Democratic Convention af 
Chicago, when other competitors vi^ere Thomas F. 
Bayard, Roswell P. Flower, Thomas A. Hendricks, 
Benjamin F. Butler, Allen G. Thurman, etc.; and he 
was elected by the people, by a majority of about a 
thousand, over the brilliant and long-tried Repub- 
lican statesman, James G. Blaine. President Cleve- 
land resigned his office as Governor of New York in 
January, 18S5, in order to prepare for his duties as 
the Cliief Executive of ihe United States, in which 
capacity his term commenced at noon on the 4th ot 
March, 1885. For his Cabinet officers he selected 
the following gentlemen: For Secretary of State, 
Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware ; Secretary of the 
Treasury, Daniel Manning, of New York; Secretary 
of War, William C. Endicott, of Massachusetts; 
Secretary of the Navy, William C. Whitney, of New 
York ; Secretary of the Literior, L. Q. C. Lamar, of 
Mississippi; Postrnaster-General, William F. Vilas, 
of Wisconsin ; Attorney-General, A. H. Garland, of 
Arkansas. 

The silver question precipitated a controver'y be- 
tween those who were in favor of the continuance of 
silver coinage and those who were opposed, Mr. 
Cleveland answering for the latter, even before liij 
inauguration, 







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ENJAMIN HARRISON, the 
Lwenty-third rreskleiit, is 
the descendant of one of the 
historical families of this 
country. The head of the 
^ppfc family was a Major General 
J^S|^b Harrison, one of Oliver 
Cromwell's trusted foUow- 
Eind fighters. In the zenith of Crom- 
wcii's power it became the duty of this 
Harrison to participate in the trial of 
Charles I. and afterward to sign the 
dcaih warrant of the king. He subse- 
quently paid for this with his life, being 
hung Oct. 13, 16G0. His descendants 
came to America, and the next of the 
family that appears in history is Benja- 
r,:in "larrison, of Virginia, great-grand- 
father of the subject of this sketch, and 
iftev wbom he was named. Benjamin Harrison 
was a member of the Continental Congress during 
the years iTTi-o-G, and was one of the original 
signers of the Declaration of Independence. He 
wic three times elected Governor of Virginia. 
Gen William Henry Harrison, the son of the 



distinguished patriot of the Revolution, afterasuo- 
cessful career as a soldier during the War of 1812, 
and with -a clean record as Governor of the North- 
western Territory, was elected President of the 
United States in 1840. His career was cut short 
by death within one month after ais inauguration. 
President Harrison wae born at North Bend, 
Hamilton Co., Ohio, Aug. --^O, 1833. His life up to 
tlic time of his graduation by the Miami University, 
at Oxford, Ohio, was the uneventful one of a coun- 
try lad of a family of small means. His father was 
able to give him a good education, and nothing 
more. He became engaged while at college to ths 
daughter of Dr. Scott, Principal of a female schoa 
at Oxford. After graduating he determined to en, 
ter upon the study of the law. He went to Cin 
cinnati and then read law for two years. At the 
expiration of that time young Harrison receiv; d ths 
only inheritance of his life; his aunt dying left him 
a lot valued at $800. He regarded this legacy as a 
fortune, and decided to get married at once, taks 
this money and go to some Eastern town an ; oe- 
gin the practice of law. He sold his lot, and with 
the money in his pocket, he started out wita his 
young wife to fight for a place in the world. Ke 



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BEXJAMIX HARRISON. 



■lecided to go to Indianapolis, which was even at 
i.li;it time a town of piomise. He met with slight 
encouragement at first, making scarcely anytbmg 
the first year. He worlced diligently, applying him° 
self closely to his calling, built up an extensive 
practice and took a leading lank in the legal pro- 
fession. He is the father of two children. 

In 186C Mr. Harrison was nominated for tiie 
position of Supreme Court Reporter, and then be- 
gan his experience as a stump speake- He can- 
vassed the State thoroughly, and was elected by a 
handsome majority. In 18U2 he raised the 17th 
Indiana Infantry, and was chosen its Colonel. His 
regiment was composed of the rawest of material, 
out Col. Harrison employed all his time at first 
mastering military tactics and drilling his men, I 
when he therefore came to move toward the East | 
with Sherman his regiment was one of the best 
-irilled and organized in the army. At Resaca he 
especially distinguished himself, and for his bravery 
".t Peachtree Creek he was made a Brigadier Gen- 
ual, Gen. Hooker speaking of him in the most 
complimentary terms. 

During the absence of Gen. Harrison in the field 
lie Supreme Court declared the office of the Su- 
preme Court Reporter vacant, and another i^erson 
was elected to the position. From the time of leav- 
irg Indiana with his regiment until the fall of 1864 
he had taken no leave of absence, but having been 
nominated that year for the same office, he^got a 
thirty-day leave of absence, and during that^time 
made a brilliant canvass of the State, and was elected 
for another terra. He then started to rejoin Sher- 
man, but on the way was stricken down with scarlet 
.ever, and after a most trying siege made his way 
to the front in time to participate in the closing 
ccidents of the war. 

In 1868 Gen. Harrison declined re-election as 
eporter, and resumed the practice of law. In 187G 
ie was a candidate for Governor. Although de- 
eated, the brilliant campaign he made won .or him 
1 National reputation, and he was much sought, es- 
peciaLyin the East, to make speeches. In 1880, 
us usual, he took an active part in the campaign,' 
.--nd wr.- elected to the United States Senate. Here' 
ue served six years, and -'as known as one or' the 
»blest men, best lawyer- und strongest debaters in 



that body. With tne expiration of his Senaioii.-,.' 
term he returned to the practice of liis profession, 
becoming the head of one of tlie strongest firms :r 

the State. 

The political campaign of 1888 was one of the 
most memorable in the history of our countr.v. The 
convention which assembled in Chicago in June an(; 
named Mr. Harrison as the chief standard bearei 
of the Republican party, was great in every partic- 
ular, and on this account, and the attitude it as- 
sumed upon the vital questions of the day, chief 
among which was the tariff, awol-e a deep interest 
in the campaign throughout the Jsaticn. Shortly 
after the nomination delegations began to visit Mr. 
Harrison at Indianapolis, his home. This move- 
ment became popular, and from all sections of the 
country societies, clubs and delegations journeyed 
thither to pay their respects to the distinguished 
statesman. The popularity of these was greatly 
increased on account of tlie remarkable speeches 
made by Mr. Harrison. He spoke daily all through 
the summer and autumn to these visiting delega- 
tions, and so varied, masterly and eloqirent were 
his speeches that they at once placed him in th- 
foremostrankof American orators and statesmen 
On account of his eloquence as a speaker and h:: 
power as n, debater, he was called upon at an ur- 
commonly early age to take part in the disoussioi 
of the great questions that then began (j agitate 
the country. He was an iincomproraising°ant; 
slavery man, and was matched against sonie°of lie 
most eminent Democratic speakers of his State. 
Xo man who felt the touch of his blade de -red t( 
be pitted with him again. With all his eloq-ence 
as an orator he never spoke for oratorica; e.fect. 
but his words always went like bullets to tlie mark' 
He is purely American in his ideas and is a spier 
did t.vpe of the American statesman. Gifted wit;, 
quick perception, alogical mind and a readv tongue! 
he is one of the most distinguishe.l imprczujitu 
speakers in the Nation. Many of these soeeche* 
sparkled with the rarest of eloquence and contained 
arguments of greatest weight. Many of his ter«e 
statements have already become aphorisms. Orio-i 
nal in thought, precise i.i logic, terse in statement 
yet withal faultless in el^_^uence, he is recognized as 
tlie sound statesman and bnHian orato/ c U. day 




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TEPHEN T. MASON, ihc 
first Govurnovof Michigan, was 
" a son of Gen. John T. Mason, 
of Kentucky, but was born in 
Virginia, in 18 12. At the age 
of 19 he was appointed Secre- 
tary of Micliigan Territory, and 
served in that capacity daring the 
administration of Gov. George B. 
Porter. Upon the death of Gov. 
Porter, which occurred on the 6th of 
July, 1834, Mr. Mason became Act- 
ing Governor. In October, 1835, he 
was elected Governor under the St ate 
organization, and immediately en- 
tered upon the performance of the 
duties of the office, although the 
State was not yet admitted into the Union. After 
the State was admitted into the Union, Governor 
Mason was re-elected to the position, and served with 
credit to himself and to the advantage of the State. 
He died Jan. 4, 1843. The principal event during 
Governor Mason's official career, was that arising from 
the disputed southern boundary of the State. 

Michigan claimed for her southern boundary aline 
running east across the peninsula from the e.xtreme 
southern point of Lake Michigan, extending through 
Lake Erie, to the Pennsylvania line. This she 
claimed as a vested right — a right accruing to her by 
compact. This compact was the ordinance of 17S7, 
;he parties to which were the original 13 States, and 
the territory northwest of the Ohio ; and, by the suc- 
cession of parties under statutory amendments to the 
ordinance and laws of Congress— the United States on 
the one part, and each Territory northwest of the 
Ohio, as far as affected by their provisions, on the 



other. Michigan, therefore, claimed it under the jirioi 
grant, or assignation of boundary, 

Ohio, on the other hand, claimed that the ordinance 
had been superseded by the Constitution of the 
United States, and that Congress had a right to regu- 
late the boundary. It was also claimed that the 
Constitution of the State of Ohio having described a 
different line, and Congress having admitted the State 
under that Constitution, without mentioning the sub- 
ject of the line in dispute. Congress had thereby given 
its consent to the line as laid down by the Constitu- 
tion of Ohio. This claim was urged by Ohio at 
some periods of the controversy, but atotiiersshe ap- 
peared to regard the question unsettled, l>y the fact 
that she insisted upon Congress taking action in re- 
gard to the boundary. Accordingly, we find that, in 
1 8 12, Congress authorized the Surveyor-General to 
survey a line, agreeably to the act, to enable the people 
of Ohio to form a Constitution and State government. 
Owing to Indian hostilities, however, the line was not 
run till i8i8. In 1820, the question in dispute 
underwent a rigid examination by the Committee on 
Public Lands. The claim of Ohio was strenuously 
urged by her delegation, and as ably opposed by Mr. 
Woodbridge, the then delegate from Michigan. The 
result was that the committee decided unanimously 
in favor of Michigan; but, in the hurry of business, 
no action was taken by Congress, and the questio'- 
remained open till Michigan organized her State gov- 
ernment. 

The Territory in dispute is about five miles in 
width at the west end, and about eight miles in width 
at the east end, and e.xtends along the whole north- 
ern line of Ohio, west of Lake Erie. The line claimed 
by Michigan was known as tl've " Fulton line," and 
that claimed by Ohio was known as the" Harris line,' 



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iioir the names of the surveyors. The territory was 
valuable for its rich agricultural lands; but tlie chief 
value consisted in the fact that the harbor on the 
Maumee River, where now stands the flourishing city 
of Toledo, was included withitv its limits The town 
originally bore the name of Swan Creek, afterwards 
Port Lawrence, then Vestula, and then Toledo. 

In February, 1835, the Legislature of Ohio passed 
an act extending the jurisdiction of the State over 
the territory in question; erected townships and 
directed them to hold elections in April following. It 
also directed Governor Lucus to apixiint three com- 
missioners to survey and re-mark the Harris line ; and 
named the first of April as the day to commence the 
;iurvey. Acting Governor Mason, however, anticipated 
this action on the part of the Ohio Legislature, sent 
a special message to the Legislative Council, appris- 
ing it of Governor Lucas' message, and advised imme- 
diate action by that body to anticipate and counteract 
the proceedings of Ohio. Accordingly, on the 12th 
of February, the council passed an act making it a 
crimmal offence, punishable by a heavy fine, or im- 
prisonment, for any one to attempt to exercise any 
official functions, or accept any office within the juris- 
diction of Michigan, under or by virture of any au- 
thority not derived from the Territory, or the Lhiited 
States. On the 9th of March, Governor Mason wrote 
General Brown, then in command of the Michigan 
militia, directing him to hold himself in readiness to 
meet the enemy in the field in case any attempt was 
made on the part of Ohio to carry out the provisions 
of that act of the LegislaturL'. On the 31st of March, 
Governor Lucus, with his commissioners, arrived at 
Perrysburgh, on their way to commence re-surveying 
the Harris line. He was acconii)anied by General 
Bell and staff, of the Ohio Militia, who proceeded to 
muster a volunteer force of about 600 men. This 
was soon accomplished, and tlic force fully armed and 
equii)ped. The force then went into camp at Fort 
Miami, to await the Governor's orders. 

In the meantime, Governor Mason, with General 
Brown and staff, had raised a force 800 to 1200 
strong, and were in possession of Toledo. General 
Brown's Staff consisted of Captain Henry Smith, of 
Monroe, Inspector; Major J- J- Ullinan, of Con- 
stantine. Quartermaster; William E. Broadman, of 
Detroit, and Alpheus Fekh,of Monroe, Aids-de- 
camo. When Governor Lucas observed the deter- 
mined bearing of the Michigan braves, and took note 



of their number, he found it convenient to content 
himself for a time with " watching over the border.'' 
Several days were passed in this exhilarating employ- 
ment, and just as Governor Lucas had made up his 
mind to do something rash, two commissioners ar- 
rived from Washington on a mission of peace. They 
remonstrated with Gov. Lucus, and reminded him of 
the consequences to himself and his State if he per- 
sisted in his attempt to gain possession of the disputed 
territory by force. After several conferences with 
both governors, the connuissioners submitted proposi- 
tions for their consideration. 

Governor Lucas at once accepted the propositions, 
and disbanded his forces. Governor Mason, on the 
other hand, refused to accede to the arrangement, and 
declined to compromise the rights of his people by a 
surrender of possession and jurisdiction. When Gov- 
ernor Lucus disbanded his forces, however. Governor 
Mason partially followed suit, but still held himself 
in rexdiness to meet any emergency that might arise. 

Governor Lucus now supposed that his way was 
clear, and that he could re-mark the Harris hne with- 
out being molested, and ordered the commissioners 
to proceed with their work. 

In the meantime. Governor Mason kept a watch- 
ful eye upon the proceedings. General Brown sent 
scouts through the woods to watch tlieir movements, 
and report when operations were commenced. When 
the surveying party got within the county of Lena- 
wee, the under-sheriff of that county, armed with a 
warrant, and accompanied by a posse, suddenly made 
his appearance, and succeeded in arresting a portion 
of the party. The rest, including the commissioners, 
took to their heels, and were soon beyond the dis- 
puted territory. They reached Perrysburgh the fol- 
lowing day in a highly demoralized condition, and 
reported they had been attacked by an overwhelm- 
ing force of Michigan malitia, under command of 
General Brown. 

This summary breaking up of the surveying party 
produced the most tremendous excitement throughout 
Ohio. Governor Lucas called an extra session of the 
Legislature. But little remains to be said in reference 
to the " war." The question continued for some time 
to agitate the minds of the opposing parties; and the 
action of Congress was impatiently awaited. Michigan 
was admitted into the L^nion on the condition that 
she give to Ohio the disputed territory, and accept 
in return the Northern Peninsula, which she did. 







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ILLIAM WOODBRIDGE, 
'ksecond Governor of Michigan, 
was born at Norwich, Conn., 
Aug. 20, 1780, and died at 
Detroit Oct. 20, 1861. He 



'«t'oC^5--: >''4 ^"^^^ °'" a- family of three brotliers 

"■ ■ ''f and two sisters. His father, 

I Dudley VVoodbridge, removed to 
I Marietta, Ohio, about 1790. The 
I life of Wm. Woodbridge, by Chas. 
>«} Lauman, from which this sketch 
is largely compiled, mentions noth- 
ing concerning his early education 
beyond the fact that it was such as 
was afforded by the average school 
of the time, except a year with the 
French colonists at GallipoHs, 
where he acquired a knowledge of 
the French language. It should 
be borne in mind, however, that 
home education at that time was 
an indispensable feature in the 
training of the young. To this and 
and to a few studies well mastered, 
is due that strong mental discipline which has served 
as a basis for many of the grand intellects that have 
adorned and iielped to make our National history. 
Mr. Woodbridge studied law at Marietta, having 
as a fellow student an intimate personal friend, a 
young man subseijuently distinguished, but known 
at that time simply as Lewis Cass. He graduated at 
the law school in Connecticut, after a course there of 
nearly three years, and began to practice at Marietta 
in 1806. In June, 1806, he married, at Hartford, Con- 
necticut, "i-'f-inna, daughter of John Trumbell, a 
distingu'Si e 1 author and judg-?; and author ef ^h". 



peom McFingal, which, during a dark period of the 
Revolution, wrought such a magic change upon the 
spirits of the colonists. He was happy in his domes • 
tic relations untilthe death of Mrs. W., Feb. 2,19, i860. 

( )ur written biographies necessarily speak more 
tully of men, because of their active participation in 
public affairs, but human actions are stamped upon 
the page of time and when the scroll shall be unrolled 
the influence of good women upon the history of the 
world will be read side by side with the deeds of men. 
How much success and renown in life many men owe 
to their wives is probably little known. Mrs. W. en- 
joyed the best means of early education that the 
country afforded, and her intellectual genius enabled 
her to improve her advantages. During her life, side 
by side with the highest type of domestic and social 
graces, she manifested a keen intellectuality that 
formed the crown of a faultless chaiacter. She was 
a natural poet, and wrote quite a large number of fine 
verses, some of wliich are preserved in a printed 
memorial essay written upon the occasion of her 
death. In this essay, it is said of her "to contribute 
even in matters of minor importance, to elevate the 
reputation and add to the well being of her husband 
in the various stations he was called upon to fill, gave 
her the highest satisfaction " She was an invalid 
during the latter portion of lier life, but was patient 
and cheerful to the end. 

In 1807, Mr. \V. was chosen a representative to the 
General Assembly of Ohio, and in 1S09 was elected to 
the Senate, continuing a member by re-election until 
his removal from the State. He also held, by ap- 
pointment, during the time the office of Prosecuting 
Attorney for his county. He took a leading part in 
the Legislature, and in 18 12 drew up a declaration and 
reFol'itions, which passed the two houses unaniitiously 



WILLIAM WOODBRIDGE. 



aiid attracted great attention, endorsing, in strongest 
a.'.d must emplialic terms, the war measures of Presi- 
dent Madison. During the period fiom 1804 to 1814 
the two law students, Woodbridge and Cass, liad be- 
come widely separated. 'I'he latter was Governor of 
the Territory of Michigan under i he historic "Governor 
and Judges" plan, with the indis|)ensable requisite of a 
Secretary of the Terriiorry. This latter pos tion was, 
in 1814, without solicitation on his part, tendered to 
Mr. \V. He accepted the position with some hesita- 
tion, and entered upon its duties as soon as he coidd 
make the necessary arrangements for leaving Ohio. 
Tne olifije of Secretary involved also the duties of 
ciiliectorof customsat the port of Detroit, and during 
t'le frequent absences of tlie Governor, tiiedischargeof 
of Iris diilies, also including tiiose of Superintendent 
of Indian Affairs. Mr. \V. officiated as Governor for 
about two years out of the eight years that he held the 
office of Secretary Under the adn.inisiraiioi;Ot"Gov- 
ernor and Judges," which the people of the Territory 
preferred for economical reasons, \o continue some lime 
after their numbers entitled them to a more popular 
re[)resentative system, they were allowed no delf;gate 
in Congress. Mr W., as a sort of informal agent of 
the i>e jple, by correspondence and also by a visit to 
the National capita^ so dearly set forth the demand 
for re])resentation by a delegate, that an act was 
passedin Congre^sin iSipaulliorizingone tobechosen. 
Under this act Mr. \s . was elected liy the concurrence 
of all jiarties. His first action inCongress was to secure 
'.he ])assage of a bill recognizing and confirming the 
old French land titles in the Territory according to 
the terms of the treaty of peace with Great Britain 
at the close of the Revolution ; and another for the 
construction of a Government road through ihe "black 
swamps" from the Miami River to Detroit, thus open- 
ing a means of land transit between Ohio and Mich- 
igan. He was influential in securing the passage of 
bills for the construction of Government roads from 
Detroit to Chicago, and Detroit to Fort Gratiot, and 
for the improvement of La Plaisance Bay. The ex- 
pedition for the exploration of the country around 
Lake Superior and in the valley of the Upper Mis- 
sisstp|)i, projected by Governor Cass, was set on foot 
by means of representations made to the head of ilie 
department by Mr W. While in Congress he stren- 
uously maintained the right of Michigan to the strip 
of territory now forming the northern boundary of 
Ohio, which formed the subject of such grave dispute 
between Ohio and Michigan at the time of the ad- 
mission of the latter into the Union. He served 
but one term as delegate to Congress, de- 
clining further service on account of personal and 
family considerations. Mr. W. continued to discharge 
the duties of Secretary of the Territory up to the time 
its Government passed into the "second grade." 

In 1824, ne was appointed one of a board of 
commissioners for adjusting private land claims in 



the Territory, and was engaged also in the practice of 
his profession, having the best law library in the Ter- 
ritory. In 1828, upon the recommendation of the 
Governor, Judges and others, he was appointed by the 
President, J. Q Adams, to succeed Hon. James Wiih- 
erell, who had resigned as a Judgeof what is conven- 
tionally called the "Supreme Court" of the Teriittrv. 
This court was a[)parent.y a continuation of the Terri- 
torial t'ourt, undei the "first grade" or "Governor and 
Judges" system. Although it was supreme in its ju- 
dicial functions within the Territory, its powers and 
duties were of a very general character. 

In 1832, the term of his appointment as Judge ex- 
piring, President Jackson appointed a successor, it is 
supposed on political grour.ds,nui( h lo the disappoint- 
ment of the public and the b.xr of the Territory. The 
paitisan feeling of the time extended into the Terri- 
tory, and its people began to think of assuming the 
dignity of a State government. Party lines becom- 
ing very shaiply drawn, he identified himself with 
the Whigs and was elected a member of the Conven- 
tion of 1835, which formed the first State Constitution. 
In 1837 he was elected ameml)erof t' e Slate Senate. 

This sketch has pur|)osely dealt somewhat in detail 
with what may be called Judge W's. earlier career, 
because it is closelv identified with the early his- 
tory of the State, and the development of its politi- 
cal system. Since the organization of the State Gov- 
ernment the history of Michigan is more familiar, and 
hence no review of Judge W's career as Governor 
and Senator will be attempted. He was elected Gov- 
ernor in 1839, under a popular impression that the 
affairs of the State had not been prudently adminis- 
tered by the Democrats. He served as Governor but 
little more than a year, when he was elected to the 
Senate of the United States. 

Hii term in the Senate practically closed his polit- 
ical life, although he was strongly urged by many 
prominent men for the Whig nomination for Vice 
President in 1848. 

Soon after his appointment as Judge in 182S, Gov- 
ernor W. took up his residence on a tract of land 
which he owned in the township of Spring ^\'ells, a 
short distance below what was then the corporate lim- 
its of Detroit, where he resided during the remainder 
of his life. Both in his public papers and private 
communications. Governor W. shows himself a mas- 
ter of language; he is fruitful in simile and illustra- 
tion, logical in arrangement, happy in the choice and 
treatment of topics, and terse and vigorous in exjjres- 
sion. Judge W. was aC!ongregationalist. His opinions 
on all subjects were decided; he was earnest and 
energetic, courteous and dignified, and at times ex- 
hibited a vein of fine humor that was the more at- 
tractive because not too often allowed to come to the 
surface. His letters and addresses show a deep and 
earnest affection not only for his ancestral home, but 
the home of his adoption and for friends and family. 



GO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN. 



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OHN STEWARD BARRY, 

Governor of Michigan from 
Jan. 3, 1S42, to Jan. 5, 1846, 
and from Jan. 7, 1850, to Jan. 
I, 1852, was born at Amherst, 
N. H., Jan. 29, 1802. His par- 
nts, John and Ellen (Steward) 



Carry, early removed to Rocking- 
ham, Vt., where he remained until 
\t he became of age, working on his 
father's farm, and pursuing his 
studies at the same time. He mar- 
ried Mary Kidder, of Grafton, Vt., 
and in 1824 went to Georgia, Vt., 
where he h;id charge of an academy 
for two years, meanwhile studying 
law. He afterward practiced law in 
that State. While he was in Georgia he was for some 
time a member of the Governor's staff, with the title 
of Governor's Aid, and at a somewhat earlier period 
was Captain of a company of State militia. In 183 r 
he removed to Michigan, and settled at White Pigeon, 
where he engaged in mercantile business with I. W. 
WiUard. 

Four years after, 1834, Mr. Barry removed to Con- 



stantine and continued his mercantile pursuits. He 
became Justice of the Peace at White Pigeon, Mich., 
in 1S31, and held the office until the year 1835 
Mr. Barry's first public office was that of a member 
of the first constitutional convention, which assembled 
and flamed the constitution upon wiiich Michigan 
was admitted into the Union. Pie took an important 
and prominent part in the proceedings of that body, 
and shewed himself to be a man of far more than 
ordinary ability. 

Upon Michignn being admitted into the Union, 
Mr. Barry was chosen State Senator, and so favorably 
were his associates impressed with his abilities at the 
first session of ihe Legislature that they looked to him 
as a party leader, and that he should head the State 
ticket at the following election. Accordingly he re- 
ceived the nomination for Governor at the hands 
of his party assembled in convention. He was 
elected, and so pofralar was his administration that, in 
1842, he was again elected. During these years 
Michigan was embarrassed by great financial diffi- 
culties, and it was through his wisdom and sound judg- 
ment that the State was finally placed upon a solid 
financial basis. 

During the first year of Gov. Barry's first term, the 
University at Ann Arbor was opened for the reception 



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JOHN STEWARD BARRY. 



of students. The Michigan Central and Michigan 
Southern railroads were being rapidly constructed, and 
general progress was eveiy where noticeable. In 1842, 
the number of pupils reported as attending the public 
schools was nearly fifty-eight thousand. In 1843, a 
State land office was established at Marshall, which 
was invested with the charge and disposition of all 
the lands belonging to the State In 1844, the tax- 
able property of tiie State was found to be over 
twenty-eight millions of dollars, the lax being at the 
rate of two mills on the dollar. The expenses of the 
State were only seventy thousand dollars, while the 
income from the railroads was nearly tlnee hundred 
thousand dollars. At this lime the University of 
Michigan had become so prosperous that its income 
was ample to pay the interest on the University debt ; 
and the amount of money which the State was able 
to loan the several progressing railroads was one 
hundred and twenty thousand dollars. Efforts were 
made to increase the efficiency of the common schools 
with good results In 1845, when Gov: Barry's sec- 
ond terui expired, the population of the State was 
more than three hundred thousand. 

The constitution of the State forbade more than two 
consecutive terms, but he vi'as called upon to fill the 
position again in 1850 — the only instance of the kind 
in the history of the State. He was a member of the 
Territoiial Legislature, of the Constitutional Conven- 
tion, and afterward of the State House of Represent- 
atives. 

During Mr. Barry s third term as Governor the Nor- 
mal School was established at Ypsilanti, which was 
endowed with lands and placed in charge of a board 
of education consisting of six persons. A new con- 
stitution for the government of the State was also 
adopted and the "(ireat Railway Conspiracy Case ' 
was tried. This grew out of a series of lawless acts 
which had been committed upon tlic property of the 
Michigan Central Railroad Coni[)any, along tlie line 
of their road, and finally the burning of tlie depot 
at Detroit, in 1850. 

At a setting of the grand jury of Wayne County, 
April 24, 1851, 37 men of the 50 under arrest for this 
crime were indicted. May 20, following, ilie accused 
parties apjieared at the Circuit Court of Wayne, of 
which Warner Wing was resident judge. The Rail- 
road Company employed ten eminent lawyers, in- 
cluding David Stuart, John Van Arman, James A. 
Van Dyke, Jacob M. Howard, Alex. D. Fraser, Dan- 
iel Goodwin and William Gray. Tlie defendants were 
represented by six members of the State bar, led by 
William H. Seward, of New York. The trial occupied 
four months, during which time the plaintiffs exam- 
ined 246 witnesses in 27 days, and the defendants 
249 iu 40 days. Mr. Van Dyke addressed the jury 
for the prosecution ; William H. Seward for the 
defense. 

The great lawyer was convinged of the innocence 



of his clients, nor did the verdict of that jury and the 
sentence of that judge remove his firm belief that his 
clients were the victims of purchased treachery, 
rather than so many sacrifices to justice. 

The verdict of " guilty " was rendered at 9 o'clock 
r. M., Sept. 25, 1851. Gn the 26th the prisoners were 
put forward to receive sentence, when many of them 
l)rotested their entire innocence, after which the pre- 
siding judge condemned I 2 of the number to the fol- 
lowing terms of imprisonment, with hard labor, within 
the State's prison, situate in their county : Ammi 
Filley, ten years; Orlando L. Williams, ten years; 
.■\aron Mount, eight years; Andrew J. Freeland, eight 
years; Eben Farnham, eight years; William Corvin, 
eight years ; Richard Price, eight years; Evan Price, 
eight years; Lyman Champlin, five years; Willard 
W. Champlin, five years; Erastus Champlin, five 
years; Erastus Smith, five years, 

In 1840, (}ov. Barry became deeply interested in 
the cultivation of the sugar beet, and visited Europe 
lo obtain information in reference to its culture. 

He was twice Presidential Elector, and his last 
public service was that of a delegate to the National 
Democratic Convention held in Chicago in 1864. 

He was a man who, throughout life, maintained a 
liigh character for integrity and fidelity to the trusts 
bestowed upon him, whether of a public or a private 
nature, and he is acknowledged by all to have been 
one of the most efficient and popular Governors the 
State has ever had. 

Gov. Barry was a man of incorruptible integrity. 
His opinions, which he reached by tlic most thorough 
investigation, he lield tenaciously. His strong con- 
victions and outs|)oken honesty made it impossible for 
him to take an undefined position wlien a princi|>le 
was involved. His attachments and prejudices were 
strong, yet he was neve' accused of favoritism in his 
administration of public affairs. .\s a speaker he was 
not remarkable. Solidity, rather tliaii l)rilliancy, char- 
acterized liis oratory, which is described as argument- 
ative and instructive, but cold, hard, and entirely 
wanting in rhetorical ornament. He was never elo- 
quent, seldom humorous or sarcastic, and in manner 
rather awkward. 

.■\lthough Mr. Barry's educational advantages were 
so limited, he was a life-long student. He mastered 
both ancient and modern languages, and acquired a 
thorough knowledge of history. No man owed less 
to political intrigue as a means of gaining posi- 
tion. He was a true statesman, and gained public es- 
teem by his solid worth. His political connections 
were always with the Democratic party, and his opin- 
ions were usually extreme. 

Mr. Barry retired tn private life after the beginning 
of the ascendency of the Repulilican party, and car- 
ried on his mercantile business at Constantine. He 
died Jan. 14, 1870, his wife's death having occurred a 
year pevious, March 30, iS6q. They left no children. 



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LPHEUS FELCH, the thi-rd 
Governor of Michigan, was 
born in Limerick, Maine, Sep- 
tember 28, 1806. Hisgrand- 
father, Abijah Felch, was a sol- 
^' dier in the Revolution ; and 
when a young man, having with 
others obtained a grant of land be- 
tween the Great and Little Ossipee 
Rivers, in Maine, moved to that re- 
gion when it was yet a wilderness. 
The father of Mr. Felch embarked in 
mercantile life at Limerick. He was 
the first to engage in that business in 
that section, and continued it until 
V his death. The death of the father, 
' followed within a year by the death of 
the mother, left the subject of this sketch, then three 
years old, to the care of relatives, and he found a 
home with his paternal grandfather, where he re- 
mained until his death. Mr Felch received his early 
education in the district school and a neighboring 
academy. In 182 1 he became a student at Phillips 
Exter Academy, and, subsequently, entered Bowdoin 
College, graduated with the class of 1827. He at 
once began the study of law and was admitted to 
practice at Bangor, Me., in 1830. 

He began the practice of his profession at Houlton, 
Me., where he remained until [833. The severity 
of the climate impaired his health, never very good, 
and he found it necessary to seek a change of climate. 
He disposed of his library and started to seek 
a new home, His intention was to join his friend, 



Sargent S. Prentiss, at Vicksburg, Miss., but on his 
arrival at Cincinnati, Mr. Felch was attacked by 
cholera, and when he had lecovered sufficiently to 
permit of his traveling, found that the danger of the 
disease was too great to permit a journey down the 
river. He therefore determined to come to Michi- 
gan. He first began to practice in this State at Mon- 
roe, where he contmued until 1S43, when he removed 
to Ann Arbor. He was elected to ihe State Legisla- 
ture in 1835, and continued a member of that body 
during the years 1836 and 1837. While he held this 
office, the general banking law of the Stale was enact- 
ed, and went into o[)eration. After mature delibera- 
tion, he became convinced that the proposed system 
of banking could not prove beneficial to the public 
interests ; and that, instead of relieving the people 
from the pecuniary difficulties under which they were 
laboring, it would result in still further embarrass- 
ment. He, therefore, opposed the bill, and pointed 
out to the House the disasters which, in his opinion, 
were sure to follow its passage. The public mind, 
however, was so favorably impressed by the measure 
that no other member, in either liranch of the Legisla- 
ture, raised a dissenting voice, and but two voted with 
him in opposition to the bill. Early in 1838, he was 
appointed one of the Bank Commissioners of the 
State, and held that office for mote than a year. Dur- 
ing this time, the new banking law had given birth to 
that numerous progeny known as "wild-cat" banks. 
Almost every village had its bank. The country was 
flooded with depressed "wild-cat" nioney. The ex- 
aminations of the Bank Commissioners brought to 
light frauds at every point, which were fearlessly re- 



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ported to the Legislature, and were followed by crim- 
inal prosecutions of the guilty parties, and the closing 
of many of their institutions. The duties of the of- 
fice were most laborious, and in 1839 Mr. Felch re- 
signed. The chartered right of almost every hank 
had, in the meantime, been declared forfeited and 
the law repealed. It was subsequently decided to 
be constitutional by the Supreme Court of the State. 
In the year 1842 Governor Felch was appointed 
to the office of Auditor General of the State; but 
after holding the office only a few weeks, was com- 
missioned by the Governor as one of the Judges of the 
Supreme Court, to fill a vacancy caused by the resig- 
nation of Judge Fletcher. In January, 1843, he was 
elected to the United States Senate for an unexpired 
term. In 1845 he was elected Governor of Michigan, 
and entered upon his duties at the commencement of 
llie ne.Kl year. In 1847 he was elected a Senator 
in Congress for six years; and at once retired from 
the office of Governor, by resignation, which took 
effect March 4, 1847, when his Senatorial term com- 
menced. While a member of the Senate he acted on 
the Committee on Public Lands, and for four years 
was its Chairman. He filled the honorable position 
of Senator with becoming dignity, and with great 
credit to the State of Michigan. 

During Governor Felch 's administration the two 
railroads belonging to the State were sold to private 
corporations, — the Central for $2,000,000, and tlie 
Southern for $500,000. The exports of the State 
amounted in 1846 to $4,647,608. The total capacity 
of vessels enrolled in the collection district at Detroit 
wa^ 26,928 tons, the steam vessels having 8,400 and 
the sailing vessels 18,528 tons, the whole giving em- 
ployment to 18,000 seamen. In 1847, there were 39 
counties in the State, containing 435 townships ; and 
275 of these townships were supplied with good libra- 
ries, containing an aggregate of 37,000 volumes. 

hX the close of his Senatorial term, in March, 1853, 
Mr. Felch was appointed, by President Pierce, one of 
the Commissioners to adjust and settle the Spanish 



and Mexican land claims in California, under the 

treaty of Gaiidalu[)e Hidalgo, and an act of Congress 
passed for that purpose. He went to California in 
May, 1853, and was made President of the Commis- 
sion. Tlie duties of tliis office were of the most im- 
portant and delicate character. The interest of the 
new State, and the fortunes of many of its citizens, 
both the native Mexican population and the recent 
American immigration ; the right of the Pueblos to 
their common lands, and of the Catholic Church to 
the lands of the Missions, — the most valuable of the 
State, — wereinvolved in the adjudicationsof this Com- 
mission. In March, r856, their labors were brought 
to a close by the final disposition of all the claims 
which were i)resented. The record of their proceed- 
ings, — the testimony which was given in each case, 
and the decision of the Commissioners thereon, — 
consisting of some forty large volumes, was deposited 
in the Department of the Interior at Washington. 

In June of that year, Governor Felch returned to 
Ann .Vrbor, where he has since been engaged piinci- 
IJdlly in legal business. Since his return he has 
been nominated for Governor and also for U. S. Sen- 
ator, and twice for Judge of the Supreme Court. But 
the Democratic party, to which he has always been 
attached, being in the minority, he failed of an elec- 
tion. In 1873 he withdrew from the active practice 
of law, and, with the exception of a tour in Europe, 
in 1875 has since led a life of retirement at his home 
in Ann Arbor. In 1877 the University of Michigan 
conferred upon him tlie degree of LL. D. For 
many years he was one of the Regents of Michigan 
University, and in the spring of 1879 was appointed 
Ta]jpan Professor of Law in tlie same. Mr. Felch is 
the oldest surviving member of the Legislature from 
Monroe Co., the oldest and only surviving Bank Com- 
missioner of the State, the oldest surviving Auditor 
General of the State, the oldest surviving Governor of 
the State, the oldest surviving Judge of the Suprem.e 
Court of Michigan, and the oldest surviving United 
States Senator from the State nf Michigan, 



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jmGovernor of Michigan for the 
year 1847, was born at Hamil- 
ton, Madison Co., N. Y., Sept. 
18,1813. He graduated at Un- 
ion College, Schenectady, in 
1831, studied law and was ad- 
^ milted to the bar in 1834. In 
1836, having removed to Michi- 
gan, he settled in Adrian, where 
he has since resided. The year 
following his arrival in Michigan 
he was elected State Senator and 
served in that capacity until 1839. 
In 1845 he was elected Lieut. Gov- 
'hj ernor and became acting Governor 
l/y the resignation of Gov. Felch, 
who was elected to the United 
LSja States Senate. 
1 The war with Mexico was brought 

to a successful termination during Gov. Greenly 's 
administration. We regret to say that there are only 
few records extant of the action of Michigan troops 
in the Mexican war. That many went there and 
fought well are points concsded ; but their names and 
nativity ,are hidden away in United States archives 



and where it is almost impossible to find them. 

The soldiers of this State deserve much of th^ 
credit of the memorable achievements of Co. K, 3d 
Dragoons, and Cos. A, E, and G of the U. S. Inf. 
The two former of these companies, recruited in this 
State, were reduced to one-third their original num- 
ber. 

In May, 1846, the Governor of Michigan was noti- 
fied by the War Department of the United States to 
enroll a regiment of volunteers, to be held in readi- 
ness for service whenever demanded. At his sum- 
mons 13 independent volunteer companies, 1 1 of 
infantry and two of cavalry, at once fell into line. Of 
the infantry four companies were from Detroit, bear- 
ing the honored names of Montgomery, Lafayette, 
Scott and Brady upon their banners. Of the re- 
mainder Monroe tendered two, Lenawee County three, 
St. Clair, Berrien and Hillsdale each one, and Wayne 
County an additional company. Of these alone the 
veteran Bradys were accepted and ordered into ser- 
vice. In addition to them ten companies, making the 
First Regiment of Michigan Volunteers, springint', 
from various parts of the State, but embodying to a 
great degree the material of which the first volunteer? 
was formed, were not called for until October follow- 
ing. This regiment was soon in readiness and pro- 
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HE HON. EPAPHRODI- 
TUS RANSOM, the Seventh 
Governor of Michigan, was a 
native of Massachusetts. In 
that State he received a col- 
legiate education, studied law, 
and was admitted to the bar. 
Removing to Michigan about 
the time of its admission to the 
\^ Union, he took up his residence 
at Kalamazoo. 

Mr. Ransom served with marked 
ability for a number of years in the 
State Legislature, and in 1837 he was appointed As- 
sociate Justice of the Supreme Court. In 1843 ^^ 
was promoted to Chief Justice, which office he re- 
tained until 1845, when he resigned. 

Shortly afterwards he became deeply interested in 
the building of plank roads in the western portion of 
the State, and in this business lost the greater portion 
of the property which he had accumulated by years 
of toil and industry, 

Mr. Ransom became Governor of the State of 
Michigan in the fall of 1847, and served during one 
term, performing the duties of the office in a truly 
statesmanlike manner. He subsequently became 
President of the Michigan Agricultural Society, in 
which position he displayed the same ab'')*y that 



shone forth so prominently in his acts as Governor. 
He held the office of Regent of the Michigan Univer- 
sity several times, and ever advocated a liberal policy 
in its management. 

Subsequently he was appointed receiver of the 
land office in one of the districts in Kansas, by Pres- 
ident Buchanan, to which State he had removed, and 
where he died before the expiration of his ttrm of 
office. 

We sum up the events and affairs of the State un- 
der Gov. Ransom's administration as follows: The 
Asylum for the Insane was establised, as also the 
Asylum for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind. Both of 
these institutes were liberally endowed with lands, 
and each of them placed in charge of a board of five 
trustees. The appropriation in 1849 for the deaf and 
dumb and blind amounted to $81,500. On the first 
of March, 1848, the first telegraph line was com- 
pleted from New York to Detroit, and the first dis- 
patch transmitted on that day. The foUowmg figures 
show the progress in agriculture : The land reported 
as under cultivation in 1848 was 1,437,460 acres; of 
wheat there were produced 4,749,300 bushels; other 
grains, 8,197,767 bushels; wool, 1,645,756 pounds; 
maple sugar, 1,774,369 pounds; horses, 52,305; cat- 
tle, 210,268; swine, 152,541; sheep, 610,534; while 
the flour mills numbered 228, and the lumber mills 
amounted to 730. 1847, an act was passed removing 
the Legislature from Detroit to Lansing, and tempo- 
rary buildings for the use of the Legislature were im- 
mediately erected, at a cost of $12,450, 



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OBERT McClelland, 

fgCrovernor of Michigan from 
Jan. 1, 185 2, to March 8, 1853, 
was born at Greencastle, Frank- 
lin Co., Penn., Aug. i, 1807, 
Among his ancestors were several 
officers of rank in the Revolution- 
ary war, and some of his family con- 
nections were distinguished in the 
war of i8r2, and that with Mexico. 
His father was an eminent physician 
and surgeon who studied under Dr. 
Benj Rush, of Philadelphia, and 
practiced his profession successfully 
until six months before his death, at 
the age of 84 years. Although Mr. 
McClelland's family had been in good circum- 
stances, when he was 17 years old he was throvvn 
r,pon his own resources. After taking the usual pre- 
li:r.mary studies, and teaching school to obtain the 
means, he entered Dickinson College, at Carlisle, 
Penn., from which he graduated among the first in 
his class, in 1829. He then resumed teaching, and 
having completed the course of study for the legal 
l)vofession, was admitted to the bar at Chambersburg, 
Penn., in 1831. Soon afterward he removed to the 
city of Pittsburgh, where he practiced for almost a 
year. 

In 1833, Mr. McClelland removed to Monroe, in 



the Territory of Michigan, where, after a severe ex- 
amination, he became a member of the bar of Michi- 
gan, and engaged in practice witli bright prospect of 
success. In 1835, a convention was called to frame 
a constitution for the proposed State of Michigan, of 
which Mr. McClelland was elected a member. He 
took a prominent part in its deliberations and ranked 
among its ablest debaters. He was appointed the 
first Bank Commissioner of the State, by Gov. Mason, 
and received an offer of the Attorney Generalshiii, but 
declined both of these offices in order to attend to his 
professional duties. 

In 1838, Mr. McClelland was elected to the State 
Legislature, in whicji he soon became distinguished 
as the head of several important committees, Speaker 
pro tempore., and as an active, zealous and efficient 
member. In 1840, Gen. Harrison, as a candidate for 
the Presidency, swept the country with an overwhelm- 
ing majority, and at the same time the State of Michi- 
gan was carried by the Whigs under tlie popular cry 
of " Woodbridge and reform " against the Democratic 
party. At this time Mr. McClelland stood among the 
acknowledged leaders of the latter organization ; was 
elected a member of the State House of Representa- 
tives, and with others adopted a plan to regain a lost 
autliority and jirestige. 

This party soon came again into power in the State, 
and having been returned to the State Legislature M.-. 
McClelland's leadership was acknowledged by his 
election as Speaker of the House of Representatives 



ROBERT McClelland, 



in 1S43. Down to lliis time Michigan had coubli- 
tutcd one congressional district. The late Hon. Jacob 
.M. Howard had been elected against Hon. Alpheus 
Kelch by a strong majority , but, in 1 843, so thoroaghly 
nad the Democratic party recovered irom its defeat 
of 1840 that Mr. McClelland as a candidate forCon- 
gre-f?, carried DetroU district by a majority of sbcut 
•>,S(.o. Mr. McClelland soon toc'v a prominent pc^:i 
tiop. in Congress among the veterans of that body 
During his first term he was placed on Committee on 
Co,ri-.ieice, and organized and carried through what 
>veri known as the " Harbor bills." The continued 
confidence of his constituency was manifested in his 
election to the 29th Congress. At the opening of this 
session he had acquired a National reputation, and so 
if-Torably was lie known as a parlimentarian that his 
name was nsntioned for Speaker of the House of Rep- 
resentatives He declined t'e offer in favor of J. W. 
Davis, of Ir.diana, who was elected. During this term 
he became Chairman of Committee on Commerce, in 
which position his leports and advocacy of important 
measures at once attracted public attention. The 
members of this committee, as an evidence of the es- 
teem in which they held his services and of their 
personal regard for him, presented him with a cane 
vhich he retains as a souvenir of the donors, and of 
his iabors in Congress. 

In 1847, Mr. McClelland was re-elected to Con- 
i.,ress, and at the opening of the 3olh Congress be- 
rame a member of the Committee on Foreign Rela- 
cions. While acting in this capacity, what was known 
.-.? t,re ' French Spoliation Bill" came under his spe- 
cial charge, and his management of the same was such 
as to command universal approbation. While in 
Congress, Mr, McClelland was an advocate of the 
v'.ght of petition as maintained by John Q Adams, 
•vl-'er the petition, was clothed in decorous language 
..id presented in the proper manner. This he re- 
t arded as the citizens'constitutional right which should 
not be impaired by any doctrines of temporary expe- 
diency. He also voted for the adoption of Mr. Gid- 
aings s bill for the abolishing of slavery in the District 
of CoV.imbiv Mr. McClelland was one of tlie few 
^emocrrts associated with David Wilmot, of Penn- 
■ylvariia in bringing forward the celebrated "Wilmot 
Proviso, ' with a view to prevent further extension of 
slavery ir. new territory which might be acquired by 
.he United States. He and Mr. Wilmot were to- 
gether at the time in Washington, and on intimate 
.^nd confidential terms. Mi. McClelland was in sev 
era! National conventions and in the Baltimore con- 
■ention, which nominated Gen. Cass for President, 

: 184.8. doing valiant service that year for t>e elec- 
tion cf that distinguished statesman. On leaving 
Congress, in 1848, Mr. McClelland retuined to the 
practice of his profession at Monroe. In 1850 a 
convention of the State of Michigan was called to 
ie"ise the State constitution He was elected a 



member and was regarded therein as among the ablest 
and most experienced leaders. His clear judgment 
and wise moderation were conspicuous, both in the 
committee room and on the floor, in debate. In 1850, 
he was President cf the Democratic State convention 
which adopted resolutions in support of Henry Clay'j 
famous compromise measures, cf which Mr McClel 
land was a strong advocate. .H!e was a member of 
the Democratic National convsiition in 1852, and in 
that year, in company with Gen Cass and Governoi 
Felch„ he made a thorough canvass of th? State 
He continued earnestly to advocate ihe Cay com- 
promise measures, and took an active part in the 
canvass which resulted in the election of Gen. Pierce 
to the Presidency. 

In 185 t, the new Stat3 constitution took effect and 
it was necessary that a Governoi siwuld be elected 
for one year in order to V'revent an interregnum; and 
to bring the State Government .'nto operatrr \ jndei 
the new constitution Mr. McCleUand was elected 
Governor, and in the fall of 1852 was re-elected fo' 
a term of two years, from Jan, r, 1853, His admin- 
istration was regarded as wise, prudent and concilia- 
tory, and was as popular as could be expected at a 
time when party spirit ran high. There was really 
no opposition, and when he resigned, in March, 1853, 
the State Treasury was well filled, and the State 
otherwise prosperous. So widelv and favorably haa 
Mr. McClelland become knosvn as a statesman that or. 
the organization of the cabinet by Pr- zident Pierce, in 
March, 1853, he was made Secretary cf tlie Interior.iri 
which capacity he served most creditably during fou. 
years of the Pierce administration. He thoroughly 
re-orgp r.ized his department and reduced theexpend- 
itureo He adopted a course with tb.e Indians which 
relieved them from the impositions and annoyances 
of the traders, and produced harmony and civilization 
among them. During his administration there was 
neither complaint from the tribes nor corruption among 
agents, and he left the department in perfect ordei 
and system In 1867, Michigan again called a con 
vention to revise the State constitution. Mr. McClel- 
land was a member and here again his long experi- 
ence made him conspicuous as a prudent adviser, a 
sagacious parliamentary leader. As a lawyer he was 
terse and pointed in argument, clear, candid and im 
pressive in his addresses to the jury. His sincerity 
and earnestness, with which was occasionally mingled 
a ])leasant humor, made him an able and effective 
advocate. In speaking before the people on political 
subjects he was especially forcible and happy. In 
1870 he made the tour of Europe, which, through nis 
extensive personal acquaintance with European dip- 
lomateS; he was enabled to enjoy much more i.'ian 
most travelers. 

Mr. McClelland married, in 1S37, Miss Sarah 
E. Sabin, of Williamstown, Mass. They have had 
siv children two of whom now survive. 



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NDREW PARSONS, Gover- 
nor of Micliigan from March 

mi:WrnS\mif^' '^^^ '° -^'"'- 3' '^^s. was 

"^ i4^J '^S/'Vy^ '/f born in the town of Hoosick, 
County of Rensselaer, and 
'**=' Slate of New York, on the 2 2d 
day of July, 1817, and died June 
6, 1855, at the early age of 38 
years. He was the son of John 
Parsons, boin at Newburyport, 
(Mass., Oct. 2, 1782, and who was the 
sonof Andrew Parsons, a Revolutionary 
soldier, who was the son of Phineas 
Parsons, the son of Samuel Parsons, 
a descendant of Walter Parsons, born 
in Ireland in 1290. 
Of this name and family, some one hundred and 
tliirty years ago, Bishop Gilson remarked in his edi- 
tion of Camden's Britannia: "The honorable family 
of Parsons have been advanced to the dignity of 
Viscounts and more lately Earls of Ross." 

The following are descendants of these families ; 
Sir John Parsons, born 1 481, was Mayor of Hereford; 
Robert Parsons, born in 1546, lived near Bridgewater, 
England. He was educated at Ballial College, Ox- 
ford, and was a noted writer and defender of the 
Romish faith. He established an English College at 
Rome and another at Valladolia. Frances Parsons, 
born in 1556, was Vicar of Rothwell, in Notingham; 
Bartholomew Parsons, born in 161 8, was another 
noted member of the family. In 1634, Thomas Parsons 
-was knighted by Charles i. Joseph and Benjamin, 
brothers, were born in Great Torrington, England, 



and accompanied their father and others to New 
England about 1630. Samuel Parsons, born at Salis- 
bury, Mass., in 1707, graduated at Harvard College in 
1730, ordained at Rye, N. H.,Nov. 3, 1736, married 
Mary Jones, daughter of Sarfiuel Jones, of Bostor, 
Oct. 9, 1739, died Jan. 4, 1789, at the age of 82, in 
the 53rd year of his ministry. The grandfather of Maty 
Jones was Capt. John Adams, of Boston, grandson 
of Henry, of Braintree, who was among the first set- 
tlers of Massachusetts, and from whom a numerous 
race of the name are descended, including two Presi- 
dents of the United States. The Parsons have be- 
come very numerous and are found throughout New 
England, and many of the descedants are scattered 
in all parts of the United States, and especially in 
the Middle and Western States. Governor Andrew 
Parsons came to Michigan in 1835, at the age of 17 
years, and sj^ent the first summer at Lower Ann 
Arbor, where for a few months he taught school which 
he was compelled to abandon from ill health 

He was one of the large number of men of sterling 
worth, who came from the East to Michigan when it 
was an infant State, or, even prior to its assuming 
• the dignity of a State, and wlio, by their wisdom, 
enterprise and energy, have developed its wonderful 
natural resources, until to-day it ranks with the proud- 
est States of the Union. These brave men came lo 
Michigan with nothing to aid them in the conquesi 
of the wilderness save courageous hearts and strong 
and willing hands. They gloriously conquered, how- 
ever, and to them is due all honor for the labors 
so nobly performed, for the solid and sure foundation 
which they laid of a great Commonwealth. 



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1p. the fall of 1835, he explored the (jiand River 
Valley in a frail canoe, the whole length of the river, 
f:oni Jackson to Lake Michigan, and spent the following 
uiiiier as clerk in a store at Prairie Creek, in Ionia, 
Coanty, and in the spring went to Marshall, where he 
resided with his brother, the Hon. Luke H. Parsons, 
i.lso now deceased, until fall, when he went to Shia- 
wasseCounty,then with Clinton County, and an almost 
unbroken wilderness and constituting one organized 
township. In 1S37 this territory was organized into 
a county and, at the age of only 19 years, he (An- 
drew) was elected County Clerk. In 1S40, he was 
elected Register of Deeds, re-elected in 1S42, and 
also in 1844. In 1846, he was elected to the State 
Senate, was ap[)ointed Prosecuting Attorney in 1848, 
and elected Regent of the University in 1851, and 
Lieute;iant Governor, and became acting Governor, 
in 1853, elected again to the Legislature in 1854, and, 
overcome by debilitated health, hard labor and the 
responsibilities of his office and cares of his business, 
retired to his farm, where he died soon after. 

He Was a fluent and persuasive speaker and well 
calculated to make friends of his acquantances. He 
was always true to his trust, and the whole world 
could not persuade nor drive him to do what he con- 
ceived to be wrong. When Governor, a most power- 
ful railroad inlluerxe was brought to bear upon him, 
to induce him to call an extra session of the Legisla- 
ture. Meetings were held in all parts of the State 
for that purpose. In some sections the resolutions 
were of a laudatory nature, intending to make him do 
their bidding by resort to friendly and flattering words. 
In other places the resolutions were of a demanding 
nature, while in others they were threatening 1 eyond 
measure. Fearing that all these influences might 
fail to induce him to call the e.\tra session, a la'ge 
sum of money was sent him, and liberal offers ten- 
dered him if he would gratify the railroad interest of 
the State and call the extra session, but, immovable, 
he returned the money and refused to receive 
any favois, whether from any party who would at- 
tempt to coiru'-t Him by laudations, liberal offers, or 



by threats, and in a short letter to the people, after 
giving overwhelming reasons that no sensible man 
could dispute, showing the circumstances were not 
"extraordinary," he refused to call the extra session. 
This brought down the wrath of various parties upon 
his head, but they were soon forced to acknowledge 
the wisdom and the justice of his course. One of 
his greatest enemies said, after a long acquaintance : 
"though not always coinciding with his views I never 
doubted his honesty of purpose. He at all times 
sought to perform his duties in strict accordance, 
with the dictates of his conscience, and the behests 
of his oath." The foUowingeulogium from a [lolitcal op- 
ponent is just in its conception and creditable to its 
author: "Gov. Parsons was a politician of the Dem- 
ocratic school, a man of pure moral character, fixed 
and exemplary hnbits, and entirely blameless in every 
public and private relation of life. As a politician he 
was candid, frank and free from bitterness, as an ex- 
ecutive officer firm, constant and reliable." The 
highest commendations we can pay the deceased i; 
to give his j 1st record, — that of being an honest man. 
In the spring of 1854, during the administration of 
Governor Parsons, the Republican party, at least 
as a State organization, was first formed in the United 
States " under the oaks" at Jackson, by anti-slavery 
men of both the old parlies. Great excitement pre- 
vailed at this time, occasioned by the settling of 
Kansas, and the issue thereby brought up, whether 
slavery should exist there. For the inirpoNeol permit- 
ting slavery there, the "Missouri compromise" (whic"i 
limited slavery to the south of 36° 30') was re- 
repealed, under the leadership of Stephen A, Douglas. 
This was repealed by a bill admitting Kansas ar,d 
Nebraska into the Union, as Territories, and those who 
were opposed to this repeal measure were in short 
called "anti-Nebraska"' men. The epithets, "Ne- 
braska" and "anti-Nebraska," were temporally em- 
ployed to designate the slavery and anti-slavery 
parties, pending the desolution of the old Democratic 
and Whig parties ;ind the organization of the neu- 
Di':'.;0(.ratic and Republican parties of the preseiU. 



GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN. 



IS7 





KiNSLRY S. BiNQHAM. W 





INSLEY , S. lilNGHAM, 
Governor of Michigan from 
1855 to 1859, and United 
States Senator, was born in 
Camillu^, Onondaga County, 
N. Y., Dec. 16, 1S08. His 
father was a farmer, and his own 
early hfe was consequently de- 
voted to agricultural pursuits, but 
notwithstanding the disadvan- 



1^ tagcs related to the acquisition 
of knowledge in the life of a farmer 
he managed to secure a good aca- 
demic education in his native State 
and studied law in the office of 
Gen. James R. Lawrence, now of 
Syracuse, N. Y. In tlie spring of 
1833, he married an estimable lady 
who had recently arrived from Scot- 
land, and obeying the impulse of a 
naturally enterprising disiiosition, 
he emigrated to Michigan and 
purchased a new farm in company 
with his brother-in-law, Mr. Robert 
^Vorden, in Green Oak, Livingston County. Here, on 
the border of civilization, buried in the primeval for- 
est, our late student commenced the ardsous task of 
preparing a future home, clearing and fencing, put- 
ting iir> buildings, etc., at such a rate that tlie land 



chosen was soon reduced to a high state of cultivation. 

Becoming deservedly prominent, Mr. Bingham was 
elected to the office of Justice of the Peace and Post- 
master under the Territorial government, and was the 
first Probate Judge in the county. Li the year 1836. 
when Michigan I ecame a State, he was elected to the 
I first Legislature. He was four times re-elected, and 
Speaker of the House of Representatives three years. 
In 1846 he was elected on the Democratic ticket, Rei> 
resentative to Congress, and was the only practical 
farmer in that body. He was never forgetful of the 
interest of agiiculture, and was in particular opposed 
to the introduction of " Wood's Patent Cast Iron 
Plow " which he completely prevented. He was re- 
elected to Congress in 1848, during which time he 
strongly opposed the extension of slavery in the 
territory of the United Sta'es and was committed to 
and voted for the Wilmot Proviso. 

In 1854, at the first organization of the Republican 
I)arty, in consequence of his record in Congress as a 
Free Soil Democrat, Mr. Bingham was nominated 
and elected Governor of the State, and re-elected in 
T856. Still faithful to the memory of his own formei 
occupation, he did not forget the farmers during his 
administration, and among other profits of his zeal in 
their behalf, he became mainly instrumental in the 
establibhment of the Agricultural College atLansiiig 

In r859, Governor Bingham was elected Senator in 
Congress and took an active part in the stormy cam- 
pii-n in the election of Abraham Lincoln. He wit- 



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KINSLEY S. BINGHAM. 



nessed the commencement of the civil war while a 
member of the United States Senate. After a coni- 
p^iativelv short life of remarkable promise and pub- 
lic activity he was attacked with appoplexy and died 
suddenly at his residence, in Cjreen Oak, Oct. 5, 186 1. 

The most noticable event in Governor Bingham's 
first term was the completion of the ship canal, at the 
Falls of St. Mary. In 1852, Angust 26, an act of 
Congress was approved, granting to the State of Mich- 
igan seven hundred and fifty thousand acres of land 
lor the purpose of constructing a ship canal between 
Lakes Huron and Superior. In 1853, the Legislature 
accepted '.he grant, and provided tor the appointment 
of commissioners to select the donated lands, and to 
arrange for bailding the canal. A company of enter- 
prising men was formed, and a contract was entered 
into by which it was arranged that the canal should 
be finished in two years, and the work was pushed 
rapidly forward. Every article of consumption, ma- 
chinery, working implements and materials, timber 
for the gates, stones for the locks, as well as men and 
supplies, had to be transported to the site of the canal 
from Detroit, Cleveland, and other lake ports. The 
rapids which had to be surmounted have a fall of 
seventeen feet and are about one mile long. The 
length ot the canal is less than one mile, its width one 
hundred feel, depth twelve feet and it has two locks 
of solid masonary. In May, 1855, the work was com- 
pleted, accepted by the commissioners, and formally 
delivered to the State authorities. 

The disbursements on account of the construction 
of the canal and selecting the lands amounted to one 
million of dollars; while the lands which were as- 
signed to the company, and selected through the 
agency at the Sault, as well as certain lands in the 
Upper and Lower Peninsulas, filled to an acre the 
Government grant. The opening of the canal was 
an ini|)ortant event in the history of the improvement 
of the State. It was a valuable link in the chain of 
lake commerce, and particularly important to the 
interests of the Upper Peninsula. 

There were several educational, charitable and re- 
formatory institutions inaugurated and opened during 
Gov. Bingham's administrations. The Michigan Ag- 
ricultural College owes its establishment 10 a provision 
of the State Constitution of 1850. Article 13 says, 
" The Legislature shall, as soon as practicable, |)ro- 
vide for the establishment of an agricultural school." 
For the purpose of carying into practice this provision, 
legislation was commenced in 1S55, and the act re- 
quired that the school should be within ten miles of 
Lansing, and that not more than $15 an acre should 
be paid for the farm and college grounds. The col- 
lege was opened to students in May, 1857, the firstof 
existing argricultural colleges in the United States 
Until the spring of i86r,it was under the control 
of the State Board of Education; since that time it 
has been under the management of the State Board 



of Agriculture, which was created for that purpose. 

Li Its essential features, of combining study and 
labor, and of uniting general and professional studies 
in its course, the college has remained virtually un- 
changed Ironi the first. It has a steady growth in 
number of students, in means of illustration and 
efficiency of instruction. 

The Agricultural College is tliree miles east of 
Lansing, comprising several fine buildings; and there 
are also very beautiful, substantial residences for tlie 
professors. There are also an extensive, well-lilled 
green-house, a very large and well-equipped chemical 
laboratory, one of the most scientific apiaries in the 
United Stales, a general museum, a meseum of me- 
chanical inventions, another of vegetable products, 
extensive barns, piggeries, etc., etc., in fine trim for 
the purposes designed. The farm consists of 676 
acres, of which about 300 are under cultivation in a 
systematic rotation of crops. 

Adrian College was established by the Wesleyan 
Methodists in 1859, now under the control of the 
Methodist Church. The grounds contain about 20 
acres. There are four buildings, capable of accom- 
modating about 225 students. Attendance in 1875 
was 179; total number of graduates ior previous year, 
121 ; ten professors and teachers are employed. Ex- 
clusive of the endowment fund ($80,000), the assets 
of the institution, including grounds, buildings, furni- 
ture, apparatus, musical instruments, outlying lands, 
etc., amount to more than $137,000. 

Hillsdale College was established in 1855 by the 
Free Baptists. The Michigan Central College, at 
Spring Arbor, was incorporated in 1845 It was kept 
in operation until it was merged into the present 
Hillsdale College. The site comprises 25 acres, 
beautifully situated on an eminence in the western 
part of the city of Hillsdale. The large and impos- 
ing building first erected was nearly destroyed by fire 
ill 1874, and in its place five buildings of a more 
modern style have been erected. They are of brick, 
three stories with basement, arranged on three sides 
of a quadrangle. The size is, respectively, 80 by 80, 
48 by 7 2, 48 by 7 2, 80 by 60, 5 2 by 7 2, and they con- 
tain one-half more room than the original building. 
The State Reform School. This was established 
at Lansing in 1855, in the northeastern ]X)rlion of the 
city, as the House of Correction for Juvenile Of- 
fenders, having about it many of the features of a 
prison. In 1859 the name was changed to the Stale 
Reform School. The government and dicipliiie, have 
undergone many and radical changes, until all the 
prison features have been removed except those that 
remain in the walls of the original structure, and 
which remain only as monuments of instructive his- 
tory. No bolts, bars or guards are employed. The 
inmates are necessaiily kept under the surveillance of 
officers, but the attempts at escape are much fewer 
than under the more rigid regime of former days. 




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GO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN. 



141 





OSES WISNER. Governor of 
_^Michigan from 185910 1861, 
:>j"^was born in Springport, Cayu- 
ga Co.. N Y., June 3, 1815. 
His early education was only 
"*^''' what could he obtained at a 
sconimon school. Agricultural labor 
and frugality of his parents gave 
hiui a physical constitution of unus- 
\' ual strength and endurance, which 
(was ever preserved by temperate hab- 
its. In 1837 he emigrated to Michi- 
gan and purchased a farm in Lapeer 
County It was new land and he at 
once set to woik to clear it and plant 
crops. He labored diligently at his 
' task for two years, when he gave up 
the idea of being a farmer, and removed to Pontiac, 
Oakland Co. Here he commenced the study of law 
in the office of his brother, George W. Wisner, and 
Rufus Hosmer. !n 18.41 he was admitted to the bar 
and established himself in his new vocation at the 
village of Lapeer. While there he was apppointed 
by Gov. Woodbridge Prosecuting Attorney for that 
county, in which capacity he acquitted himself well 
and gave promise of that eminence he afterward at- 
tained in the profession. He remained at Lapeer but 
a siiort time, removing to Pontiac, where he became 
a member of a firm and entered fully upon the 
practice. 

In politics he was like his talented brother, a Whig 
c.\ rhe Hi;nry Clay stamp, but with a decided anti- 
slaver) bias. His practice becoming extensive, he 



took little part in politics until after the election of 
IVIr. Pierce to the Presidency in 1852, when he took an 
active part against slavery. As a lawyer he was a 
man of great ability, but relied less upon mere book 
learning than upon his native good sense. Liberal 
and courteous, was he yet devoted to the interest of 
his client, and no facts escaped his attention or his 
memory whicli bore upon the case. He was no friend 
of trickery or artifice in conducting a case As an ad- 
vocate he had few equals. When fully aroused by the 
merits of his subject his eloquence was at once grace- 
ful and powerful. His fancies supplied the most 
original, the most pointed illustrationsj and his logic 
became a battling giant under whose lieavy blows the 
adversary shrank and withered. Nature had be- 
stowed upon him rare qualities, and his powers as a 
popular orator were of a high order. 

On the passage of the Kansas.-Nebraska Act of 
1854, repealing the Missouri compromise and opening 
the Territories to slavery, he was among the foremost 
in Michigan to denounce the shamfu! scheme. He 
actively participated in organizing and consolidating 
the elements opposed to it in that State, and was a 
member of the popular gathering at Jackson, in July, 
1854, which was the first formal Republican Conven- 
tion held in the United States. At this meeting the 
name " Republican " was adopted as a designation of 
the new party consisting of Anti-slavery, Whigs, 
Liberty men. Free Soil Democrats and all others op- 
posed to the extension of slavery and favorable to its 
expulsion from the Territories and the District of 
Columbia. At this convention Mr. W. was urged to 
accept the nomination for Attorney Genera! of the 



Id.2 



MOSES WISNRR. 



State, but declined. An entire btate ticket was nom- 
inated and at the annual election in Novembvr was 
elected by an average majority of nearly 10,000. 
Mr. W. was enthusiastic in tlie cause and brought to 
its support all his personal influence and talents. In 
his views he was bold and radical. He believed frorii 
the beginning that tiie political power of the slave- 
holders would have to be overthrown before quiet 
could be secured to the country. In the Presidential 
canvass of 1856 he supported the Fremont, or Re- 
publican, ticket. At the session of the Legislature of 
1857 he was a candidate for United States Senator, 
and as such received a very handsome support. 

In 1858, lie was nominated for Governor of the 
State by the Republican convention that met at De- 
troit, and at the subsequent November election was 
chosen by a very large majority. Before tlie day of 
the election he had addressed the people of almost 
every county and his majority was greater even than 
that of his popular predecessor, Hon. K. S. Bingham. 
He served as Governor two years, from Jan. i, 1859, 
lo Jan. I, 1861. His first message to the Legislature 
was an able and statesman-like production, and was 
read -vith usual favor. It showed that he was awake 
to all the interests of the State and set forth an en- 
lightened State policy, that had its view of the rapid 
settlement of our uuvultivated lands and the devel- 
opment of our immense agricultural and mineral re- 
sources. It was a document that reflected the highest 
credit upon the author. 

His term liaving expired Jan. i, i86t, he returned 
;o his home in Pontiac, and to the pracHce of his 
profession. There were those in the State who 
counselled the sending of delegates to the peace con- 
ference at Washington, but Mr. W. was opposed to all 
such temporizing expedients. His counsel was to 
send no delegate, but to prepare to fight. 

After Congress had met and passed the necessary 
.egislation he resohed to take part In the war. In 
the spring and summer of 1862 he set to work to 
raise a regiment of infantry, chiefly in Oakland 
County, where he resided. His regiment, the 22d 
Michigan, was armed and equipped and ready to 
march in September, a regiment whose solid quali- 
ties were afterwards proven on many a bloody field. 
Col. Ws. commission bore the date of Sept. 8, 1862. 
Before parting with his family he made his will. His 
regiment was sent to Kentucky and quartered at 



Camp Wallace. He had at the breaking out of the 
Wiir turned his attention to military studies and be- 
came proficient in the ordinary rules and discipline. 
His entire attention was now devoted to his duties. 
His treatment of his men was kind, though his disci- 
pline was rigid. He possessed in an eminent degree 
the spirit of command, and li;id he lived he would 
no doubt have distinguished himself as a good 
officer. He was impatient of delay and chafed at 
being kept in Kentucky where there was so little 
prospect of getting at the enemy. But life in camp, 
so different from the one he had been leading, ano 
his incessant labors, cou])led with that impatience 
which was so natural and so general among the vol- 
unteers in the early part of the war, soon made their 
influence felt upon his health. He was seized with 
typhoid fever and removed to a private house near 
Lexington. Every care which medical skill or the 
hand of friendship could bestow was rendered him. 
In the delirious wanderings of his mind he was dis- 
ciplining his men and urging them to be prepared fcr 
an encounter with the enemy, enlarging upon the jus- 
tice of their cause and the necessity of their crush- 
ing the Rebellion. But the source of his most poig- 
nant gnet was the prospect of not being able to come 
to a hand-to-hand encounter with the "chivalry." 
He was proud of his regiment, and felt that if it could 
find the enemy it would cover itself with glory, — a 
distinction it afterward obtained, but not until Col W. 
was no more. The malady baffled all medical treat- 
ment, and on the 5th day of Jan., 1863, he breathed 
his last. His remains were removed to Michigan and 
interred in the cemetery at Pontiac, wliere they rest 
by the side of the brave Gen. Richardson, who re- 
ceived his mortal wound at the battle of Antietam. 
Col. W was no adventurer, altlnough he was doubtless 
ambitious of military renown and would have striven 
for it with characteristic energy. He went to the war 
to defend and uphold the principles he had so much 
at heart. Few men were more familiar than he with 
the causes and the underlying principles that led to 
the contest. He left a wife, who was a daughter of 
Cien. C. C. Hascall, of Flint, and four children to 
mourn his loss. Toward them he ever showed the 
tenderest regard. ' Next to his duty their love and 
welfare engrossed his thoughts. He was kind, gen- 
erous and brave, and like thousands of otneis lie 
sleeps the sleep of the martyr for his country. 



GO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN. 



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USTIN BLAIR, Governor 
of Micliigan from Jan. 2, 
i86i, to Jan. 4, 1S65, and 
kown as the War Governor, is 
and illustration of the benifi- 
cent influence of republican in- 
^ stitutions, having inherited neith- 
er fortune nor fame. He was born 
f^A in a log cabin at Caroline, Tomp- 
kins Co, N. Y., Feb. 8, 1818. 
His ancestors came from Scot- 
^ land in the time of George I, and 
for many generations foUovi'ed the 
tVjI' pursuit of agriculture. His father, 
George Blair, settled in Tompkins 
County in iSog, and felled the trees and erected the 
first cabin in the county. The last 60 of the four- 
score and four years of his life were spent on that 
spot. He married RhodaBlackman, who now sleeps 
with him in the soil of theold homestead. Thefirst 
17 years of his life were spent there, rendering his 
father what aid he could upon the farm. He then 
silent a year and a half in Cazenovia Seminary ]3re- 
paring for college; entered Hamilton College, in 
Clinton, prosecuted his studies until the middle of 
the junior year, when, attracted by the fame of Dr. 
Nott, he changed to Union College, from which he 
graduated in the class of 1S39. U[)on leaving col- 
.ege Mr. Blair read law two years in the office of Sweet 
& Davis, Owego, N Y., and was admitted to practice 
\u 1641, and the same year moved to Michigan, locat- 



ing in Jackson. During a temporary residence in 
Eaton Rapids, in 1S42, he was elected Clerk of Eaton 
County. At the close of the official term he returned to 
Jackson, and as a Whig, zealously espoused the cause 
of Henry Clay in the campaign of i S44. He was chosen 
Representative to the Legislature in 1845, at which 
session, as a member of the Judiciary Committee, he 
rendered valualile service in the revision of the gen- 
eral statutes; also made an able report in fi.vor c( 
abolishing the color distinction in relation to the elec- 
tive franchise, and at the same session was active in 
securing the abolition of capital punishment In i8.:;8 
Mr. Blair refused longer to affiliate with the Whig 
party, because of its icfusial to endorse in convention 
any anti-slavery sentiment. He joined ihe Ficc-Miil 
movement, and was a delegate to their conveiitiin 
which nominated Van Binen for President that yeai 
Upon the birth of the Rejiublican i)arty at Jackson., 
in 1854, by the coalition of the Whig and Free-' oil 
elements, Mr. Blair was in full sympathy with the 
movement, and acted as a member of tlie Committee 
on Platform. He was elected Prosecuting Attorney 
of Jackson County in 1852 ; was chosen State Senator 
two years later, taking his seat with the incoming Re- 
publican administration of 1S55, and holding the 
position of parliamentary leader in tne Senate. He 
was a delegate to the National Convention whicli 
nominated .Abraham Lincoln in i860. Mr. Eiair 
was elected Governor of Michigan in 18C0, and re- 
elected in 1862, faithfully and honorably dischargi'-ii 
thg .arduous dutias of the office during that mp^ireo- 



146 



AUSTIN BLAIR. 



mentous and stormy period of the Nation's life. Gov. 
Blair i)Ossessed a clear comprehension of the perilous 
situation from the inception of the Rebellion, and liis 
inaugural address foreshadowed the prompt executive 
policy and the administrative ability which charac- 
terized his gubernatorial career. 

Never perhaps in the history of a nation has a 
brighter example been liid down, or a greater sacri- 
fice been made, than that which distinguished Mich- 
igan during the civil war. All, from the " War Gov- 
ernor," down to the poorest citizen of the State, were 
animated with a patriotic ardor at once magnificiently 
sublime and wisely directed. 

Very early in 1861 tlie coming struggle cast its 
shadow over the Nation. Governor Blair, in his mes- 
sage to the Legislature in January of that year, dwelt 
very forcibly upon the sad prospects of civil war; and 
as forcibly pledged the State to support the principles 
of the Republic. After a review of the conditions 
of the State, he passed on to a consideration of the 
relations between the free and slave Stales of the 
Republic, saying: " While we arecitizensof the State 
of Michigan, and as such deeply devoted to her in- 
terests and honor, we have a still prouder title. We 
are also citizeas of the United States of America. By 
this title we are known among the nations of the earth. 
In remote quarters of the globe, where the names of 
the States are unknown, the flag of the great Republic, 
the banner of the stars and stripes, honor and protect 
her citizens. In whatever concerns the honor, the 
prosperity and the perpetuity of this great Govern- 
ment, we are deeply interested. The people of Mich- 
igan are loyal to that Government — faithful to its con- 
stitution and its laws. Under it they have had peace 
and prosperity; and under it they mean to abide to 
the end. Feeling a just pride in the glorious history 
of the past, they will not renounce the equally glo- 
rious hopes of the future. But they will rally around 
the standards of the Nation and defend its integrity 
and its constitution, with fidelity." The final para- 
graph being: 
" I recommend you at ^n early day to make niani- | 



fest to the gentlemen who represent this State in the 
two Houses of Congress, and to the country, that 
Michigan is loyal to the Union, the Constitution, and 
the laws and will defend them to llie uttermost; and 
to proffer to the President of the United States, the 
whole military power of the State for that purpose. 
Oh, for the firm, steady hand of a Washington, or a 
Jackson, to guide the ship of State in this perilous 
storm ! Let us hope that we will find him on the 4th 
of March. Meantime, let us abide in the faith of our 
fathers — 'Liberty and Union, one and inseparable, 
now and forever.' " 

How this stirring appeal was responded to by the 
people of Michigan will be seen by the statement 
that the State furnished 88, 1 11 men during the war. 
Money, men, clothing and food were freely and abun- 
dantly supplied by this State during all these years of 
darkness and blood shed. No State won a brighter 
record for her devotion to our country than the Pen- 
insula State, and to Gov. Blair, more than to any 
other individual is due the credit for its untiring zeal 
and labors in the Nation's behalf, and for the heroism 
manifested in its defense. 

Gov. Blair was elected Representative to tlie 
Fortieth Congress, and twice re-elected, to the Forty- 
first and Forty-second Congress, from the Third Dis- 
trict of Michigan. While a member of that body he 
was a strong supporter of reconstruction measures, 
and sternly opposed every form of repudiation. His 
speech upon the national finances, delivered on the 
floor of the House March 21, 1868, was a clear and 
convincing argument. Since his retirement from Con- 
gress, Mr. Blair has been busily occupied with his ex- 
tensive law practice. Mr. Blair married Sarah L. 
Ford, of Seneca Coiinty N. Y., in February, 1849. 

Their family consists of 4 sons — George H., a posta\ 
clerk in the railway mail service; Charles A., partner 
with his father; Fred. J. and Austin T., at home. 

Governor Blair's religion is of the broad type, and 
centers in the "Golden Rule." In 1883, Gov. Blair 
was nominated for Justice of the Supreme Court 
of the State by the Republican party, but was defeated. 



GO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN. 



Ug 







KENRT K. CRAPQ. 







ENRY HOWLANDCRAPO, 
Governor of Michigan from 
^"1865 to 1869, was born May 
24, 1804, at Dartmouth, Bris- 
tol Co., Mass., and died at 
Flint, Mich., July 22, 1869. 
He was the eldest son of Jesse 
and Phoebe (Howland) Crapo. 
His father was of French descent 
and was very poor, sustaining liis 
)family l)y the cultivation of a farm in 
Dartmouth township, which yielded 
I nothing beyond a mere livelihood. 
His early life was consequently one 
of toil and devoid of advantages for 
intellectual culture, but his desire for 
an education seemed to know no bounds. The in- 
cessant toil for a mere subsistence upon a compara- 
tively sterile farm, had no charm for him ; and, longing 
for greater usefulness and better things, he looked for 
ihem in an education. His struggles to secure this 
end necessitated sacrifices and hardships that would 
have discouraged any but the most courageous and 
persevering. He became an ardent student and 
worker from his boyhood, though the means of carry- 
iiig on his studies were exceedingly limited. He 
sorely felt the need of a dictionary; and, neither having 
money wlierewith to purchase it, nor being able to 
j)rocure one in his neighborhood, he set out to compile 
one for himself. In order to acquire a knowledge of 
the English language, he copied into a book every 
word whose meaning he did not comprehend, and 
ui)on meeting the same word again in the newspapers 
aiid bjoks, which came into his hands, from the 



context, would then record the definition. Whenever 
unable otherwise to oLitain the signification of a word 
in wliich he had become interested he would walk 
from Dartmouth to New Bedford for that purpose 
alone, and after referring to tlie books at the library 
and satisfynig himself thoroughly as to itsdeiinition, 
would walk back, a distance of about seven miles 
the same night. This was no unusual circumstance. 
Under such difficulties and in this manner he com- 
piled cpiite an extensive dictionary in manuscrip' 
which is believed to be still in existence. 

Ever in pursuit of knowledge, he obtained posse3- 
sion of a book upon surveying, and applying himself 
diligently to its study became familiar with this art. 
which he soon had an opportunity to practice. The 
services of a land surveyor were wanted, and he was 
called upon, but had no compass and no money with 
which to purchase one. A compass, however, he 
must and would have, and going to a blacksmith shop 
near at hand, upon the forge, with such tools as \v. 
could find in the shop, while the smith was at dinner, 
he constructed the compass and commenced life as a 
surveyor. Still continuing his studies, he fitted him- 
self for teaching, and took charge of the village schoi.l 
at Dartmouth. When, in the course of time and un- 
der the pressure of law, a high school was to be 
opened, he passed a successful examination for its 
principalship and received the appointment To do 
this was no small task. The law required a rigid 
examination in various subjects, which necessitated 
days and nights of study. One evenmg, after con- 
cluding his day's labor of teaciiing, he traveled on foot 
to New Bedford, some seven or eight miles, called 
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a severe examination. Receiving a certificate that 
he was qualified, he walked back to his home the 
same night, highly elated in being possessed of the 
acquirements and requirements of a master of the 
high school. 

In 1S32, at the age of 28 years, lie left his native 
town and went to reside at New Bedford, where he 
followed tlie occupation of land surveyor, and oc- 
casionally acted as an auctioneer. Soon after becom- 
ing a citizen of this place, he was elected Town Clerk, 
Treasurer, and Collector of ta.xes, which office he held 
until the municipal government was changed, — about 
fifteen years, — when, upon the inauguration of the city 
government, he was elected Treasurer and Collector 
of taxes, a position which he held two or three years. 
He was also Justice of the Peace for many years 
He was elected Alderman of New Bedford; was 
Chairman of Council Committee on Education, and 
as such prepared a report upon wiiich was based the 
order for tlie establishment of the free Public Library 
of New Bedford. On its organization, Mr. Crapo was 
chosen a member of the Board of Trustees. This 
was the first free public library in Massachusetts, if 
not in the world. The Boston Free Library was es- 
tablislicd, however, soon afterwards. While a resident 
ia New Bedford, he was much interested in horticul- 
ture, and to obtain the land necessary for carrying out 
his ideas he drained and reclaimed several acres of 
rocky and swampy land adjoining his garden. Here 
he started a nursery, which he filled with almost every 
description of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, 
flowers, etc. In this he was very successful and took 
great pride. He was a regular contributorto the New 
England Horticultural Journal, a position he filled 
as long as he lived in Massachusetts. As an indica- 
tion of tlie wide reputation he acquired in that field 
of labor, it may be mentioned that- after his death an 
affecting eulogy to his memory was pronounced by the 
President of tl.e National Horticultural Society at its 
meeting in Piiiladelphia, in 1869. During his resi- 
dence in New Bedford, Mr. Crapo was also engaged 
in the whaling l)usiness. A fine barque built at Dart- 
mouth, of whicli he was part owner, was named the 
"H. H. Crapo" in compliment to him. 

Mr. C. also took part in the State Militia, and for 
several years held a commission as Colonel of one of 
the regiments. He was President of the Bristol 
County Mutual Fire Insurance Co., and Secretary of 
the Bedford Commercial Insurance Company in New 
Bedford; and while an officer of the municipal gov- 
ernmenthecompiled and imblished, between the years 
!S_^6 and 1845, five numbers of the New Bedford 
Directory the first work of the kind ever published 
there. 

Mr. (". removed to Michigan in 1856, having been 
induced to do so by investments made principallv in 
pine lands, first in 1837 and subsequently in 1856. 
He took up his residence in the city of Flint, and en- 



gaged largely in the manufacture and sale of lumber 
at Flint, Fentonville, Holly and Detroit, becoming 
one of the largest and most successful business men 
of tlie State. He was, mainly instrumental in the 
construction of the Flint & HoUv R R., and was 
President of that corporation nniil its consolidation 
with the Flint & Pere Marquette R. R. Company. 
He wa^ elected Mayor of that city after he had been 
a resident of the place only five cr six years. In 
1862 he was elected State Senator. In the fall of 
1864 he received the nomination on the Republican 
ticket for Governor of the State, and was elected by a 
large mnjority. He was re- elected in 1866, holding 
tlie office two terms, and retiring in January, 1869, 
having given the greatest satisfaction to all parties. 

\Vliile serving his last term he was attacked with a 
disease which terminated his life within one year 
afterwards. During much of this time he was an in- 
tense sufferer, yet often while in great pain gave his 
attention to public matters. A few weeks previous 
to his death a successful surgical operation was per- 
formed which seemed rapidly to restore him, but he 
overestimated his strength, and by too much exertion 
in business matters and State affairs suffered a relapse 
from which there was no rebound, and he died July 
12,^ 1869. 

In the early part of his life, Gov. Crapo affiliated 
with the Whig party in politics, but became an active 
member of the Republican party after its organization. 
He was a member of the Christian (sometimes called 
the Disciples') Church, and took great interest in its 
welfare and prosperity. 

Mr. C. married, June 9, 1825, Mary A. Slocum. 
of Dartmouth. His marriage took place soon after 
he had attained his majority, and before his struggles 
with fortune had been rewarded with any great meas- 
ure of success. But his wife was a woman of great 
strength of character and possessed of courage, hope- 
fulness and devotion, qualities which sustained and 
encouraged her husband in the various pursuits of 
Ills early years. For several years after his marriage 
he was engaged in teaching school, his wife living 
with her parents at the time, at whose home his two 
older children were born. While thus situated he 
was accustomed to walk home on Saturday to see 
his family, returning on Sunday in order to be ready 
for school Monday morning. As the walk for a good 
part of the time was 20 miles each way, it is evident 
that at that period of his life no common obstacles 
deterred him from performing what he regarded 
as a duty. His wife was none the less consci- 
entious in her sphere, and with added responsibilities 
and increasing requirements she labored faithfully 
in the iierfo'mance of all her duties. They had 
ten children, one son and nine daughters. His son, 
Hon. Wm. W*. Crapo, of New Bedford, is now an 
honored Representative to Congress from the First 
Congressional District of Massachusetts, 




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lineal descendant of Nathan- 
si® iel Baldwin, a Puritan, of Buck- 
inghamshire, England, who set- 
tled at Milford, Conn., in 1639. 
His father was John Baldwin, 
a graduate of Dartmouth Col- 
lege. He died at North Provi- 
dence, R. I., in 1826. His 
paternal grandfather was Rev. 
Moses Baldwin, a graduate of 
Princeton College, in 1757, and the 
first who received collegiate hon- 
ors at that ancient and honored institution. He died 
at Parma, Mass., in 18:3, where for more than 50 
years he had been pastor of the Presbyterian Church. 
On his mother's side Governor B. is descended from 
Robert Williams, also a Puritan, who settled in Rox- 
bury, Mass., about 1638. His mother was a daughter 
of Rev. Neheniiah Williams, a graduate of Harvard 
College, wiio died at Brimfield, Mass., in 1796, where 
lor 21 years he was pastor of the Congregationalist 
Church. The subject of this sketch was born at 
Coventry, R. 1., Feb. 22, 1814. He received a New 
England common-school education until the age of 
12 years, when, both his parents having died, he be- 
came a clerk in a mercantile establishment. He re- 
mained there, employing his leisure hours in study, 
until 20 years of age. 

At this early period Mr. B. engaged in business on 
his own account. He made a visit to the West, in 
r837, which resulted in his removal to Detroit in the 
4)n;ig of i8:?8. Here he established a mercantile 
louse which has been successfully conducted until 
the present time. Although he successfully conducted 



a large business, he has ever taken a deep interest in 
all things affecting the prosperity of the city and 
State of his adoption. He was for several years a 
Director and President of the Detroit Young Men's 
Society, an institution with a large library designed 
for the benefit of young men and citizens generally. 
An Episcopalian in religious belief, he has been 
prominent in home matters connected with that de- 
nomination. The large and flourishing parish of St. 
John, Detroit, originated with Governor Baldwin, who 
gave the lot on which the parish edifice stands, and 
also contributed the larger share of the cost of their 
erection. Governor B. was one of the foremost in 
the establishment of St. Luke's Hospital, and has 
always been a liberal contributor to moral and relig- 
ious enterprises whether connected with his own 
Church or not. There have been, in fact, but few 
public and social improvements of Detroit during the 
past 40 years with which Governor B.'s name is not 
in some way connected. He was a director in the 
Michigan State Bank until the e.xpiration of its char- 
ter, and has been President of the Second Naiional 
Bank since its organization. 

In i860, Mr. Baldwin was elected to the State 
Senate, of Michigan ; during the years of tS6r-'2 he 
was made Chairman of the Finance Committee :i 
member of Committee on Banks and Incorporation 
Chairman of the Select Joint Committee of the iw 1 
Houses for the investigation of the Treasury Depar 
ment and the official acts of the Treasurer, and <i. 
the letting of the contract for the improvemeia .1 
Sault St. Marie Ship Canal. He* was first elcciel 
Governor in 1868 and was re-elected in 1S70, servi:iL; 
from 1869 to 1872, inclusive. It is no undeserved 
eulogy to say that Governor B.'s happy faculty of es- 
timating the necessary means to an end — the kr.ovviuH, 
of how much effort or attention to bestow u|)on the 
tiling in hand, has been the secret of the uniform 



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s"ccess that has attended his efforts in all relations 
of life. The same industry and accuracy that dis- 
tinguishe'd him prior to this term as Governor was 
manifest i.. his career as the chief magistrate of the 
State, and wiiile his influence appears in all things 
with which lie has had to do, it is more noticeable in 
the most i)roniinent position to which he was called. 
Willi rare exireptions tlie important commendations 
of Governor B. received the sanction of the Legislat- 
ure. During his administration marked improve- 
ments were made in tlie charitable, penal and reforma- 
tory institutions of the State. The State Public School 
for dependent children was founded and a permanent 
commission for tlie supervision of the several State 
institutions. The initiatory steps toward building the 
Eastern Asylum for the Insane, the State House of 
Correction, and the establishment of the State Board 
of Health were recommended by Governor B. in his 
messa.e of 1873. The new State Capitol also owes 
its oiigen to him. The appropriation for its erection 
was made upon his recommendation, and the contract 
for the entire work let under this administration. 
Governor B. also appointed the commissioners under 
whose faithful supervision the building was erected in 
a manner most satisfactory to the people of the State. 
He advised and earnestly urged at different times 
such amendments of the constitution as would per- 
mit a liiore equitable compensation to State officers 
and judges. Thelau- of 1S69, and prior also, permitting 
municipahties to vote aid toward the construc- 
'ion of luilroids was, in 1870, declared unconstitu- 
tional by the Supreme Court. Many of the munici- 
palities having in the meantime issued and sold their 
bonds in good faith. Governor B. felt that the honor 
and credit of the State were in jeopardy. His sense 
of justice impelled him to call an extra session of the 
Legislature to propose the submission to the people a 
constitutional amendment, authorizing the payment 
of such bonds as were already in tiie hands of bona- 
fitfc holders. In his special message he says : "The 
credit of no State stands liighcr than that of Michigan, 
and the people can not afford, and I trust will not 
consent, to have her good name tarnished by the repu- 
diation of either legal or moral obligations." A spe- 
cial session was called in March, 1872, principally for 
"he division of the State into congressional districts. 
\ number of other important suggestions were made, 
however, ard as an evidence of the Governor's la- 
l)orious and thoughtful care for the financial condition 



of the State, a series of tables was prepared and sub- 
mitted by him showing, in detail, estimates of receipts. 
e.\penditures and appropriations for the years 1S72 to 
1878, inclusive. Memorable of Governor B.'s admin- 
istration were the devastating fires which swept over 
many portions of the Northwest in the fall of 187: 
A large part of the city of Chicago having been re- 
duced to ashes. Governor B. promptly issued a proc- 
lamation calling upon the people of Michigan for 
liberal aid in behalf of the afflicted city. Scarcely had 
this been issued when several counties in his State 
were laid waste by the same destroying element. 
.\ second call was made asking assistance for the suf- 
fering people of Michigan. The contributions for 
these objects were prompt and most liberal, more than 
1^700,006 having been received in money and supplies 
for the relief of Michigan alone. So ample were 
these contributions during the short period of abou' 
3 months, that the Governor issued a proclamation 
e.xpressing in behalf of the people of the State grate- 
ful acknowldgment, and announcing that further 
aid was unnecessary. 

Governor B. has traveled e.xtensively in his own 
country and has also made several visits to Europe 
and other portions of the Old World. He was a i)as- 
senger on the Steamer Arill, which was captured and 
bonded in the Carribean Sea, in December, 1862, by 
Capt. Semmes, and wrote a full and interesting ac- 
count of the transaction. The following estimate of 
Governor B. on his retirement from office, by a leading 
newspaper, is not overdrawn: "The retiiing message 
of Governor B., will be read with interest. It is 
a characteristic document and possespes thelixid 
statement, strong, and clear practical sense, which 
have been marked features of all preceding documents 
from the same source. Governor B. retired to private 
life after four years of unusually successful adminis- 
tration amid plaudits that are universal throughout the 
State. For many years eminent and capable men 
have filled the e.\ecutive chair of this State, but in 
[)iinstaking vigilance, in stern good sense, ingei:uine 
public spirit, in thorough integrity and in practica. 
capacity, Henry P. Baldwin has shown himself to be 
the peer of any or all of them. The .State has been un- 
usually prosperous during his two terms, and the Stale 
administration has fully kept pace with the needs oi 
the times. The retiring Governor has fully earned 
the public gratitude and confidence which he to-day 
possesses to such remarkable degree. ' 





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i^\| OHN JUDSON BAGLEY, 
(jovernor of Michigan from 
1 87 3 to 1877, was born in 
Medina, Orleans Co., N. Y., 
July 24, 1 832. His father, John 
Bagley, was a native of New 
Hampshire, his mother, Mary M. 
Bagley, of Connecticut. He at- 
tended the district school of Lock- 
port, N. Y., until he was eight years 
old, M which time his father moved 
^# to Constantine, Mich., and he at- 
tended the common schools of that 



/illage. His early experience was 
like that of many country boys whose 

^. parents removed from Eastern States 
to the newer portion of tlie West. 

Sj' His father being in very poor circum- 

'^ 1 stances, Mr. B. was obliged to work 
as soon as he was able to do so. 
Leaving school when 13 years of age 

?>} he entered a country store in Constan- 
tine as clerk. His father then re- 



e again 



feui' moved to Owosso, Mich., and h 



engaged as cleik in a store. From 
early youth Mr. B. was extravagantly fond of reading 
and devoted every leisure moment to the perusal of 
such books, papers and periodicals as came within 
his reach. In 1847, he removed to Detroit, where he 
secured employment in a tobacco manufactory and 
remained in tliis position for about five years. 

Li 1853, he began business for himself in the man- 
ufacturing of tobacco, His establishment has become 



one of tlie largest of the kind in the West. Mr. B. 
has also been greatly interested in other manufactur- 
ing enterprises, as well as in mining, banking and in- 
surance corporations. He was President of the 
Detroit Safe Company for several years. He was one 
of the organizers of the Michigan Mutual Life Lisur- 
ance Company of Detroit, and was its President from 
1867 to 1872. He was a director of the Amer- 
ican National Bank for many years, and a stock- 
holder and director in various other corporations. 
Mr. B. was a member of the Board of Education two 
years, and of the Detroit Common Council the same 
length of time. Li 1865 he was appointed by Gover- 
nor Crapo one of the first commissioners of the 
Metropolitian police force of the city of Detroit, serv- 
ing six years. In November, 1872, he was elected 
Governor of Michigan, and two years later was re- 
elected to the same office, retiring in January, 1877. 
He was an active workerin the Republican party, and 
for many years was Chairman of the Re|)ublican 
State Central committee. 

Governor Bagley was quite liberal in his religious 
views and was an attendant of the Unitarian Cliiirch. 
He aimed to be able to hear and consider any new 
thought, from whatever source itmay come, but was not 
bound by any religious creed or formula. He held 
in respect all religious opinions, believing that nootie 
can be injured by a firm adherence to a faith or de- 
nomination. He was married at Dubuque, Iowa, Jan. 
16, 1855, to Frances E. Newberry, daugliter of Rev. 
Samuel Newberry, a pioneer missionary of Michigan, 
who took an active part in the early educational mat- 
ters of the State and in the establishment of its ex- 
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I '.rough his exertions that the State University was 
founded. Mr. B.'s family consists of seven children. 

As Governor his administration was charac- 
terii;ed by several iiuix)rtant features, chief among 
which were his efforts to improve and make popular 
the educational agencies of the Slate by increasing 
the faculty of the University for more thorough in- 
struction in technical studies, by strengthening the hold 
of the Agricultural College upon the public good will 
and making the general change which has manifested 
itself in many scattered primary districts. Among 
others were an almost complete revolution in the 
management of the penal and charitable institutions 
of the State; the passage of the liquor-tax law, taking 
the place of the dead letter of prohibition; the estab- 
lishing of the system of dealing with juvenile offend- 
ers through county agents, which has proved of great 
good in turning the young back from crime and plac- 
ing the State in the attitude of a moral agent ; in se- 
curing for the militia the first time in tlie history of 
Michigan a systematized organization upon a service- 
able footing. It was upon the suggestion of Gov. B. 
in the earlier part of his administration that the law- 
creating the State Board of Health, and also the law 
creating a fish commission in the inland waters of the 
State, were passed, both of which have proved of great - 
benefit to the Slate. The successful representation 
of Micliigan at tlie Centennial Exhibition is also an 
honorable part of the record of Gov. B.'s adminis- 
tration. 

As Governor, he felt that he represented the State 
— not in a narrow, egotistical way, but' in the same 
sense that a faithful, trusted, confidential agent rep- 
resents his employer, and as the Executive of the 
State he was her " attorney in fact." And his intelli- 
gent, thoughtful care will long continue the pride of 
the people he so much loved. He was ambitious — 
ambitious for place and power, as every noble mind 
is ambitious, because these give opportunity. How- 
ever strong the mind and powerful the w-ill, if there 
be no ambition, life is a failu.e. He was not blind to 
the fact that the more we have the more is required 
cf us. He accepted it in its fullest meaning. He 
had great hopes for his State and his countr)-. He had 
his ideas of what they should be. With a heart as 
broad as humanity itself; with an intelligent, able and 
CL'ltured brain, the will and the power to do, he 
a.ikcd his fi.-'low citizen to give him the opportunity to 
labor for them. Self entered not into the calculation, 



His whole life was a battle for others; and he entered 
tlie conflict eagerly and hopefully. 

His State papeis were models of compact, buii- 
ness-like statements, bold, original, and brimful of 
practical suggestions, and his administrations will long 
be considered as among the ablest in this or any 
other State. 

His noble, generous nature made his innumerable 
benefactions a source of continuous pleasure. Liter- 
ally, to him it was " more blessed to give than to 
receive." 

His greatest enjoyment was in witnessing the com- 
fort and happiness of otliers. Not a tithe of his char- 
ities were known to his most intimate friends, or even 
to his family. Many a needy one has been the recipi- 
ent of aid at an o[iportune moment, whc> never knew 
the hand tliat gave. 

At one time a fiiend had witnessed his ready re- 
sponse to some charitable request, and said to him: 
"Governor, you give away a large sum of money ; abouL 
liovv much does your charities amount to in a year?' 
He turned at once and said: "I do not know, sir; I 
do not allow myself to know. I hope I gave more 
this year than I did last, and hope I shall give more 
next year than I have this." This expressed his idea 
of charity, that the giving should at all tim^s be free 
and spontaneous. 

During his leasure hours from early life, and espe 
cially during the last few years, he devoted much time 
to becoming acquainted with the best authors. Biog- 
raphy was his delight; the last he read was the "Life 
and Woik of John Adams," in ten volumes. 

In all questions of business or public affairs l.e 
seemed to have the power of getting at the kernel of 
;lie nut in the least possible time. In reading he 
would spend scarcely more time with a volume than 
most persons would devote to a chapter. After what 
seemed a cursory glance, he would have all of value 
the book contained. Rarely do we see a business 
man so familiar with the best English authors. He 
was a generous and intelligent patron of the arts, and 
liis elegant home was a study and a pleasure 
to his many friends, who always found there a 
hearty welcome. At Christmas lime he would spend 
days doing the work of Santa Claus. Every Christmas 
eve he gathered his children about him and, taking 
the youngest on his lap, told some Christmas story, 
closing tiie enter'ainnient with "The Night Before 
Christmas," or Dickens's "Christmas Carol," 







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HARLES M. CROSWELL, 

^]^Governor of Michigan from 
j''Jan. 3, 1877 to Jan. i, 1S81, 
was born at Newburg, Orange 
County, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1825. 
He is the only son of John and 
Sallie (Hicks) Croswell. His 
father, who was of Scotch-Irish 
extraction, was a paper-maker, 
and carried on business in New 
York City. His ancestors on 
his mother's side were of Knicker- 
bocker descent. The Croswell 
family may be found connected 
with prominent events, in New York 
\\i and Connecticut, in the eaily exis- 
j /| tenceof the Repuulic. Harry Cros- 
\^ well, during the administration of 
President Jefferson, published a pa- 
per called the Balance, and was 
prosecuted for libeling the President 
under the obnoxious Sedition Law. 
He was defended by the celebrated 
Alexauder Hamilton, and the decis- 
'\o\. jf the case establised the imporuint ruling that 
thfc truth might be shown in cases of libel. Another 
member of the family was Edwin Croswell, the fam- 
ous editor of the Albany Argi/s ; also. Rev. William 
Croswell, noted as a divine and poet. 

When Charles M. Croswell was seven years of age, 
his father was accidentally drowned in the Hudson 
River, at Newburg ; and, within three months preced- 
ing that event, his mother and only sister had died, — 
thus leaving him the sole surviving member of the 
family, without fortune or means. Upon the death 



of his father he went to live with an uncle, who, in 
1837, emigrated with him to Adrain, Michigan. At 
sixteen years of age, he commenced to learn the car- 
penter's trade, and worked at it very diligently for 
four years, maintaining himself, and devoting his spare 
lime to reading and the acquirement of knowledge. 
In 1S46, he began the study of law, and was ap- 
pointed Deputy Clerk of Lenawee County. The du- 
ties of this office he perfo;med four years, when he 
was elected Register of Deeds, and was re-elected 
in 1852. In 1854, he took part in the first movements 
tor the formation of the Republican party, and was a 
member and Secretary of the convetion held at Jack- 
son in that year, which put in the field the first Re- 
publican State ticket in Michigan. In 1855, he 
formed a law partnership with the present Chief-Jus- 
tice Cooley, which continued until the remov.il of 
Judge Cooley to Ann Arbor. 

In 1862, Mr. Croswell was appointed Chy Attorney 
of Adrian. He was also elected Mayor of the city 
in the spring of the same year ; and in the fall was 
chosen to represent Lenawee County in the State 
Senate. He was re-elected to the Senate in 1864, 
and again in 1866, during each term filling the posi- 
tions above mentioned. Among various reiwrts made 
by him, one adverse to the rc-estal)lisliment of the 
death penalty, and another against a proposition tj 
pay the salaries of State officers and judges in coin, 
which then commanded a very large premium, may 
be mentioned. He also drafted the act ratifying the 
Thirteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution, 
for the abolishment of slavery, it befng the first 
amendment to the instrument ratified by Michigan 
In 1863, from his seat in the State Senate, he de- 
livered an elaborate speech :n fa'/or of the Proclama- 



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CHARLES M. CROSWELL 



\\).\ ot Emancipation issued by President Lincoln, 
a:iJ of h.is general |)olicy in the prosecution of the 
uar. This, at the request of his Republican associ- 
ates, was afterwards published. In 1867, he was 
elected a meniber of tlie Constitutional Convention, 
and chosen its presiding officer. This convention 
WIS composed of an able body of men ; and though, 
in the general distrust of constitutional changes 
wiiich for some years had been taking possession of 
the people, their labors were not accepted by the pop- 
ular vote, it was always conceded that the constitu- 
tion they proposed had been prepared with great care 
and skill. 

In 1S68, Mr. Croswell was chosen an Elector on 
the Repablican Presidential ticket; in 1872, was 
elected a Representative to the State Legislature 
from Lenawee County, and was chosen Speaker of 
the House of Representatives. At the close of the 
session of that body his abilities as a parliamentarian, 
and the fairness of his rulings were freely and form- 
ally acknowledged by his associates ; and he was pre- 
sented with a superb collection of their portraits 
handsomely framed. He was, also, for several years. 
Secretary of the State Board for the general supervis- 
ion of the charitable and penal institutions of Michi ■ 
gan ; in whicli pDsition, his i)ropositions for the amel- 
ioration of the condition of the unfortunate, and the 
reformation of the criminal classes, signalize the be- 
nevolence of his nature, and the piartical character 
of his mind. 

In 1876, the general voice of the Republicans of 
the State indicted Mr. Croswell as their choice for 
Governor; and, at the State Convention of the party 
in August of tlie same year, he was put in nomination 
by acclamation, without the formality of a ballot. At 
the election in November following, he vv-as chosen to 
the high position for which he had been nominated, 
by a very large majority over all opposing candidates. 
His inaugural message was received with general 
favor; and his career as Governor was marked with 
the same qualities of head and heart that hive ever 
distinguished him, both as a citizen and statesman. 



Governor Groswell has always prepared his ad 
dresses with care; and, as his diction is terse, clear, 
and strong, without excess of ornament, and his de- 
livery impressive, he is a jjopular s|)eaker; and many 
of his speeches have attracted favorable comment in 
tlie public prints, and have a permanent value. Ke 
has always manifested a deep interest in educational 
matters, and was foryears a member and Secretary of 
the Board of Education of Adrain. At the formal 
opening of the Central School building in that cit\', 
on the 24tli day of April, 1869, he gave, in a public 
address, an " Historical Sketch of the Adrian Public 
Schools." 

In his private life. Governor Croswell has been as 
exemplary as in his public career he has been suc- 
cessful and useful. In February, 1852, he was mar- 
ried to a daughter of Morton Eddy, Lucy M. Eddy, 
a lady of many amiable and sunny qualities. Slie 
suddenly died, March ig, 1868, leaving two daugh- 
ters and a son. Governor Croswell is not a member 
of any religious body, but generally attendstlie Pres- 
byterian Church. He pursues the profession of law, 
but of late has been occupied mainly in the care of his 
own interests, and the quiet duties of advice in 
business difficulties, for which his unfailing p:u- 
dence and sound judgment (.minenlh' fit him. tiov- 
ernor Croswell is truly popular, not only with tlios*;c)f 
like political faith with liimselt, but with those who 
differ frcm him in this regard. 

During Gov. Croswell's administration the public 
debt was greatly reduced; a iiolicy ado[;tcd ic(|uirii.g 
the State institutions to keep witliin tlie limit of ap- 
propriations; laws enacted to provide more effectually 
for the punishment of corruption and hribreiy in elec- 
tions; the State House of Correction at lor.ia and the 
Eastern Asylum for the Insane at Pontiac were opened 
and the new capital at Lansing was completed and 
occupied. The first act of his second term was to pre- 
side at the dedication of this buildii g The great riot 
at Jackson occured during his administration, ar.d it 
was only bv his promptness that great distruclion of 
bolli life and properly was prevented at tha' time. 



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DAVID H. JEROME, Gover- 
ns, nor of from Jan. I, i88r, to 
Jan. I, 1883, was born at De- 
troit, Midi., Nov. 17, 1829. 
His parents emigrated to 
Michigan from Trumansburg, 
Tompkins Co., N. Y., in 1828, 
locating at Detroit. His father 
died March 30, 1831, leaving 
nine children. He had been 
twice married, and four of the 
children living at the time of his 
death were grown up sons, the off- 
spring of his first union. Of the 
five children by his second marriage, David H. was 
the youngest. Shortly after Mr. Jerome's death, his 
widow moved back to New York and settled in 
O.'.ondaga County near Syracuse, where they remained 
until the fall of 1834, the four tons by the first wife 
continuing their residence in Michigan. In the fall 
of T834, Mrs. Jerome came once more to Michigan, 
locating on a farm in St. Clair County. Here the 
Governor formed those habits of industry and ster- 
.ing integrity that have been so characteristic of the 
iiian in the active duties of life. He was sent to the 
district scliocl, and in the acquisition of tlie funda- 
n.ental branches of learning he displayed a p-'ecocily 
and an a[)pIication which won for him the admiration 
of his teacheis, and always placed him at the head 
of hii classes. In the meantime he did chores on 
the farm, and was always ready with a cheerful heart 
and willing hand to assist his widowed mother. The 
heavy labor of the farm was carried on l;y his two 



older brothers, Timothy and George, and when 13 
years of age David received his mother's permission to 
attend school ;i t the St. Clair Academy. While attend- 
ing there he lived with Marcus H. Miles, now de- 
ceased, doing chores for his board, and the following 
winter performed the same service for James Ogden, 
also deceased. The next summer Mrs. Jerome 
moved into the village of St. Clair, for the purpose of 
continuing her son in school. While attending said 
academy one of his associate students was Sena- 
tor Thomas W. Palmer, of Detroit, a rival candidate 
before the gubernatorial convention in 1880. He 
completed his education in the fall of his iCith year, 
and the following winter assisted his brother Timothy 
in hauling logs in the pire woods. The next summer 
he rafted logs down the St. Clair River to Algonac. 

In 1847, M. H. Miles being Clerk in St. Clair Coun- 
ty, and Volney A. Ripley Register of Deeds, David 
H. Jerome was appointed Deputy to each, lemaining 
as such during 1848-49, and receiving mu( h praise 
from his employers and the people in general for the 
ability displayed in the discharge of his duties. He 
spent his summer vacation at clerical work on board 
the lake vessels. 

In 1849-50, he abandoned office work, and for the 
proper development of his physical system spent 
several months hauling logs. In the spring of 1850, 
his brother "Tiff" and himself chattered the steamer 
"Chautauqua," and "Young Dave" became her mas- 
ter. -A. portion of the season the boat was engaged 
in the passenger and freight traffic between Port 
Huron and Detroit, but during the l.itter part was 
used as a tow boat. At that time there was a serious 
obstruction to navigation, known as the "St. Clair 
Flats," between Lakes Huron and Erie, over which 



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• essels could carry only about 10,000 bushels of grain. 
Mr. Jerome conceived the idea of towing vessels 
from one lake to tlie other, and put his plan into 
O|)eration. Through the influence of practical men, — 
iiiiiong them the subject of this sketch, — Congress 
removed the obstruction above referred to, and now 
vessels can pass them laden with 60,000 or 80,000 
bushels of grain. 

During the season, the two brothers succeeded 
in making a neat little sum of money by the sum- 
mer's work, but subsequently lost it all on a contract 
lo raise the "(len. Scott," a vesoel that had sunk in 
Lake St. Clair. David H. came out free from debt, 
but possessed of hardly a dollar of capital. In the 
spring of 185 i, he was clerk and acting master of the 
steamers "Franklin Moore" and "Ruby," plying be- 
t\\een Detroit and Port Huron and Goderich. The 
following year he was clerk of the propeller "Prince- 
ton," running between Detroit and Buffalo. 

In January, 1853, Mr. Jerome went to California, 
oy way of the Isthmus, and enjoyed e.xtraordinary 
success in selling goods in a new place of his selec- 
tiov, among the mountains near Marysville He re- 
mained there during the summer, and located the 
Live Yankee Tunnel Mine, which has since yielded 
millions to its owners, and is still a paying investment. 
He planned and put a tuni.el 600 feet into the mine, 
but when the water supply began to fail with the dry 
season, sold out his interest. He left in the fall of 
1853, and in December sailed from San Francisco fur 
New York, arriving at his home in St. Clair County, 
about a year after his departure. During his absence 
his l)rother "Tiff" had located at Saginaw, ana in 
1854 Mr. Jerome joined him in his lumber operations 
in the valley. In 1S55 the brothers bought Black- 
mer & Eaton's hardware and general supply stores, 
at Saginaw, and David H. assumed the management 
of the business. From 1S55 to 1873 he was also ex- 
tensively engaged in lumbering operations. 

Soon after locating at Saginaw he was nominated 
for Alderman against Stewart B. Williams, a rising 
young man, of strong Democratic principles. The 
ward was largely Democratic, but Mr. Jerome was 
elected by a handsome majority. When the Repub- 
lican party was born at Jackson, Mich., David H. 
Jerome was, though not a delegate to the convention, 
one of its "charter members." I n 1862, he was c im- 
missioned by Gov. Austii. B'ai! te raise one of the 



six regiments apportioned to the State of Michigan. 
Mr. Jerome immediately went to work and held 
meetings at various points. The zeal and enthusiasm 
displayed by this advocate of the Union awakened a 
feeling of patriotic interest in the breasts of many 
brave men, and in a short space of time the 23d 
Regiment of Michigan Volunteer Infantry was placed 
in the field, and subsequently gained for itself a bril- 
liant record. 

In the fall of 1862, Mr. Jerome was nominated by 
the Republican party for State Senator from the 26th 
district, Appleton Stevens, of Bay City, being his op- 
ponent. The contest was very exciting, and resulted 
in the triumphant election of Mr. Jerome. He was 
twice renominated and elected both times by in- 
creased majorities, defeating George Lord, of Bay 
City, and Dr. Cheseman, of Gratiot County. On tak- 
ing his seat in the Senate, he was appointed Chair- 
man of the Committee on State Affairs, and was ac- 
tive in raising means and troops to carry on the war. 
He held the same position during his three terms of 
service, and introduced the bill creating the Soldiers' 
Home at Harper Hospital, Detroit. 

He was selected by Gov. Crapo as a military aid, 
and in 1865 was appointed a member of the State 
Military Board, and served as its President for eight 
conseciilive years. In 1S73, he was apjiointed by 
Gov. Bagley a member of the convention to prejiare 
a new State Constitution, and was Chairman of the 
Committee on. Finance. 

In 1875, Mr. Jerome was appointed a memberof 
the Board of Indian Commissioners. In I876 he was 
Chairman of a coi.imission to visit Chief Joseph, the 
Nez Perce Indian, to arrange an amicable settlement 
of all existing difficulties. The commission went to 
Portland, Oregon, thence to Ihe Blue Hills, in Idaho, 
a distance of 600 miles up the Columbia River. 

At the Republican State Convention, convened at 
Jackson iir August, 1880, Mr. Jerome was placed in 
the field for nomination, and on the 5th day of the 
month received the highest honor the convention 
could confer on any one. His opponent was Freder- 
ick M. HoUoway of Hillsdale County, wlv was sio- 
ported by the Democratic and Greenba(k parlies 
The State was thoroughly canvassed by bcth parties, 
and wiien the polls were closed on the evening of 
election day, it was found that David H. Jerome h id 
been selected by the voters of the Wolverine State W, 
ocrupy the highest position wnhin the:-, gift 




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OSIAH W. BEGOLE, the 
)resent (1883), Governor of 
"Michigan was born in Living- 
ston, County, N. Y., Jan. 20, 
1815. His ancestors were of 
French descent, and settled at 
an early period in the State of 
Maiyland. His grandfather, Capt. 
Bolles, of that State, was an offi- 
cer in the American army during 
the war of the Revolution. About 
the beginning of the present cent- 
ury both his grandparents, having 
become dissatisfied with the insti- 
tution of slavery, although slave- 
holders themselves, emigrated to 
Livingston County, N. Y., then 
a new country, taking with them a 
number of their former slaves, who 
volunteered to accompany them. 
His father was an officer in the 
American army, and served during 
the war of 18 12. 
Mi. B. received his early education in a log school- 
house, and subsequently attended the Temple Hill 
Academy, at Geneseo, N. Y. Being the eldest of a 
f iraily of ten children, whose parents were in moder- 
ate though comfortable circumstances, he was early 
taught habits of industry, and when 21 years of age, 
being ambitious to better his condition in life, he re- 
solved to seek his fortune in the far West, as it was 



then called. In August, 1836, he left the parental 
roof to seek a home in the Territory of Michigan , 
then an almost unbroken wilderness. He settled in 
Genesee County, and aided with his own hands in 
building some of the early residences in what is now 
known as the city of Flint. There were but four or 
five houses where this flourishing city now stands 
when he selected it as his home. 

\\\ the spring of 1839 he married Miss Harriet A. 
Miles. The marriage proved a most fortunate one, 
and to the faithful wife of his youth, who lives to en- 
joy with Trim the comforts of an honestly earned com- 
petence, Mr. Begole ascribes largely his success in 
life. Immediately after his marriage he commenced 
work on an unimproved farm, where, by his perse- 
verance and energy, he soon established a good home, 
and at the end of eighteen years was the owner of a 
well improved farm of five hundred acres. 

Mr. Begole being an anti-slavery man, became a 
member of the Republican party at its organization. 
He served his townsmen in various offices, and was_ 
in 1856, elected County Treasurer, which office he 
held for eight years. 

At the breaking out of the Rebellion he did not 
carry a musket to the front, but his many friends will 
bear witness that he took an active part in recruiting 
and furnishing supplies for the army, and in looking 
after the interests of soldiers' families at home. The 
death of his eldest son near Atlanta, Ga., by a Confed- 
rate bullet, in 1864, was the greatest sorrow of his life. 
When a few years Ltter he was a member in Congress 



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Oov. Begole voted and worked for the soldiers' 
bounty equalization bill, an act doing justice to the 
soldier who bore the burden and heat of the day, and 
who should fare equally with him who came in at the 
eleventh hour. That bill was defeated in the House 
on account of the large appropriation that would be 
required to pay the same. 

In 1870, Gov. Begole was nominated by acclama- 
tion for the office of State Senator, and elected by a 
large majority. In that body he served on the Com- 
mittees of Finance and Railroads, and was Chairman 
of the Committee on the Institute for the Deaf and 
Dumb and Blind. He took a liberal and public- 
spirited view of the importance of a new capitol 
building worthy of the State, and was an active mem- 
ber of the Committee that drafted the bill for the 
same He was a delegate to the National Republi- 
can Convention held at Philadelphia in 1872, and 
was the chosen member of that delegation to go to 
Washington and inform Gen. Grant and Senator 
Wilson of their nominations. It was while at that 
convention that, by the express wish of his many 
friends, he was induced to offer himself a can- 
didate for the nomination of member to the 43d Con- 
gress, in which he was successful, after competing for 
the nomination with several of the most worthy, alile 
and experienced men in the Sixth Congressional Dis- 
trict, and was elected by a very large majority. In 
Congress, he was a member of the Committee on 
Agricultural and Public P^xpenditures. Being one of 
the 17 farmers in that Congress, he took an active 
part in the Committee of Agriculture, and was ap- 
pointed by that committee to draft the most impor- 
tant rejjort made by that committee, and upon the 
only subject recommended by the President in his 
message, which he did and the report was printed in 
records of Congress ; he took an efficient though an 
unobtrusive part in all its proceedings. 

He voted for the currency bill, remonetization of 
silver, and other financial measures, many of which, 
though defeated then, have since become the settled 
[XDlicy of the country. Owing to the position which 
Mr. Begole occupied on these questions, he became a 
"Greenbacker." 

In the Gubernatorial election of 1882, Mr. Begole 
was the candidate of both the Greenback and Dem- 
ocratic parlies, and was elected by a. vote of 154,269, 
the Republican candidate, Hon. David H. Jerome, 



receiving 149,697 votes. Mr. Begole, in entering 
upon his duties as Governor, has manifested a spirit 
that has already won him many friends, and bids fair 
to make his administration both successful and pop- 
ular. 

The very best indications of what a man is, is wliat 
his own townsmen think of him. We give the fol- 
lowing extract from the Flint Globe, the leading Re- 
publican paper in Gov. Begole's own county, and it, 
too, written during the heat of a political campaign, 
which certainly is a flattering testimonial of his ster- 
ling worth : 

" So far, however, as Mr. Begole, the head of the 
ticket, is concerned, there is nothing detrimental to 
his character that can be alleged against him. He 
has sometimes changed his mind in politics, but for 
sincerity of his beliefs and the earnestness of his pur- 
pose nobody who knows him entertains a doubt. He 
is incapable of bearing malice, even against his bit- 
terest jxjlitical enemies. He has a warm, generous 
nature, and a larger, kinder heart does not beat in 
tiie bosom of any man in Michigan. He is not much 
given to making speeches, but deeds are more signif- 
icant of a man's character than words There are 
many scores of men in all parts of the State where 
Mr. Begole is acquainted, who have had practical 
demonstrations of these facts, and who are liable to 
step outside of i)arty lines to show that they do not 
forget his kindness, and who, no doubt, wish that he 
was a leader in what would not necessarily prove a 
forlorn hope. But the Republican party in Michigan 
is too strong to be beaten by a combination of Demo- 
crats and Greenbackers, even if it is marshaled by so 
good a man as Mr. Begole." 

This sketch would be imperfect without referring 
to the action of Mr. B. at the time of the great calamity 
that in 1881 overtook the people of Northeastern 
Michigan, in a few hours desolating whole counties 
by fire and destroying the results and accumulations 
of such hard work as only falls to the lot of pioneers. 
While the Port Huron and Detroit committees were 
quarreling over the distribution of funds, Mr. Begole 
wrote to an agent in the "jburnt district " a letter, from 
which we make an extract of but a single sentence : 
"Until the differences between the two committees 
are adjusted and you receive your regular supplies 
from them, draw on me. Let no man suffer while I 
have money." This displays his true character. 





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USSELL A.ALGER,Govern()i- 
of Micliigan fui- the term coni- 
iiiencing Jan. 1, 1885, was 
born ill Lafayette Township, 
Medina Co., Ohio, Feb. 27, 
183G. Having lived a tem- 
o perate life, he is a (.'oniparative 
young man in appearance, and pos- 
sesses those mental faculties that are 
the distinguishing characteristics or 
rolnist, mature and educated man- 
liood. Wlieii 1 1 years of age both 
his parents died, leaving him witlia 
younger brother and sister to sup- 
port and without any of the substan- 
tial means of existence. Laclving tlie opportunity of 
belter employment, ho worked on a farir. in Richfield, 
Ohio, for the greater part of eacli of the succeeding 
seven years, saving money enougli to defray his ex- 
penses at Richfield Academy during the winter 
terms. He obtained a very good English education, 
and was enabled to teach school for several subse- 
quent winters. In 1 857 he commenced tlie study of 
law in the olllces of AVolcott & Upson at Akron, re- 
maining until March, 1859, when he was admitted 
to the bar by tlie Ohio Supreme Court. He then 
removed to Cleveland, and entered the law office of 
Otis & Coffiubury, where he remained several 
months. Here he continneil his studies with in- 
creased zeal, and did much general reading. Hard 
study and close confinement to office work, however, 
began to tell on his constitution, and failing health 
warned him that ho must seek other occupation. 



lie therefore reluctantly abandoned the law and re- 
moved to Grand Rapids, Mich., to engage in the 
lumber business. 

When Michigan was called upon to furnish troops 
for the war, Mr. Alger enlisted in tlie .Second Mich. 
Cav. and was mustered into the service of the 
United States as Captain of Co. C. His record as 
a cavalry officer was brilliant and honorable to 
himself and his compan}'. He participated in some 
of the fiercest contests of the rebellion and wa.' 
twice wounded. His first injury was received ir 
the battle of Boone ville. Miss., July 2, 1862. 
His conduct in this engagement was so distin- 
guished that he was promoted to the rank ot 
Major. On the same occasion his Colonel, the 
gallant Phil. Sheridan, was advanced to the rank 
of Brigadier General. A few months later, on the 
IGth of October, Major Alger became Lieutenant- 
Colonel of the Sixth Mich. Cav., and was ordered 
with his regiment to the Army of the Potomac. 
After marked service in the early campaign of 1 803, 
he was again advanced, and on June 2 received his 
commission as Colonel of the Fifth Jlich. Cav. His 
regiment at this time was in Custer's famous Michi- 
gan cavalry brigade. On the 6th of July occurred 
the battle of Boonesboro, Md. In this conflict he 
was again wounded. His health received a more 
than temporary impairment, and in October, 1864, 
he was obliged to retire from the service. His 
career .is a soldier included many of the most cele- 
brated contests of the war. He was an active charac- 
ter ill all the battles fought by the Army of tho 



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Potomac, from the lime of the invasion of Mary- 
land b}' Gen. Leo in 18G3, up to the date of his 
retirement, with the exception of those engagements 
whicli occurred wiiile he was absent from dut}- on 
account of wounds. In all he took part in GO bat- 
tles and skirmishes. At the close he was breveted 
Brigadier General and Major General for "gallant 
and meritorious services in the field." 

Aside from regular dut}', Gen. Alger was on 
private service during the winter of 1863-4, receiv- 
ing orders personally from President Lincoln and 
visiting nearly all the armies in the field. 

Gen. Alger came to Detroit in 1865, and since 
that time has been extensively engaged in the pine 
timber business and in dealing in pine lands. He 
was a member of the well-known firm of Moore & 
Alger until its dissolution, when he became head of 
the firm of R. A. Alger & Co., the most extensive 
pine timber operators in the West. Gen. Alger is 
now president of the corporation of Alger, Smith & 
Co., which succeeded II. A. Alger et Co. lie is also 
president of the Manistique Lumbering Company 
and president of the Detroit, Bay City & Alpena 
Railroad Company, besides being a stockholder and 
<lirector of the Detroit National Bank, the Peninsu- 
lar Car Company and several other large corpor- 
ations. 

While always an active and influential Republi- 
can, Gen. Alger has never sought nor held a sal- 
aried office. lie was a delegate from the First Dis- 
trict to the last Republican National Convention, 
but aside from this his connection with polities has 
not extended beyond the duties of ever}' good cit- 
izen to his party and his country". 

Gen. Alger is now forty-nine years of age, an 
active, handsome gentleman six feet tail, living 
the life of a busy man of affairs. His military 
bearing at once indicates his army life, and although 
slenderly built, his square shoulders and erect 
carriage give the casual observer the impression 
that his weight is fully 180 pounds. He is a firm, 
3-et a most decidedly pleasant-apjiearing man, with 
a fine forehead, rather a prominent nose, an iron- 
gray moustache and chin whiskers and a full head 
of black hair sprinkled with gray. He is usually 
attired in the prevailing style of business suits. His 
favorite dress has been a high buttpned cutaway 



frock coat, with the predominating cut of vest and 
trousers, made of firm gray suiting. A high collar, 
small cravat, easy shoes and wliite plug hat com- 
plete his personal apparel. lie is very particular 
as to his appearance, and always wears nc.nt clothes 
of the best goods, but slums any displ.ay of jewehy 
or extravagant embellishment. He is one of the 
most appro.achablc men imaginable. No matter 
how busy he may be, he alwaj's leaves his desk to 
extend a cordial welcome to every visitor, be lie of 
high or low situation. His affable manners delight 
his guests, while his pleasing face and bright, dark 
eyes always animate his hearers. 

Gen. Alger is a hard worker. He is always at his 
office promptly in the morning and stays as long as 
anything remains that demands his attention. In 
l)usiness m.atters he is always decided, and is never 
shaken or disturbed by any reverses. He has the 
confidence of his associates to a high degree, and al. 
his business relations are tempered with those little 
kindnesses that relieve the tedium of routine oOicc 
life. Although deeply engrossed in various busi- 
ness pursuits. Gen. Alger has 3'et found time for 
general culture. He owns a large library and his 
stock of general information is as complete as it is 
reliable. His collection of paintings has been se- 
lected with rare good taste, and contains some of 
the finest productions of modern artists. His team 
of bays are pei'haps the handsomest that grace the 
roads of Detroit, and usually lead the other outfits 
when their owner holds the reins. 

Gen. Alger has an interesting family. His wife 
was Annette II. Ilenr}-, the daughter of W. G 
Henry, of Grand Rapids, to whom he was marriei' 
April 2, 18C1. She is a slender woman of fair com- ■ 
plexion, bright and attractive, and a charming host- 
ess. She is gifted with many accomplishments and 
appears quite young. There are six children. Fay. 
a lively brunette, and Caroline A., who is rather tah 
and resembles her mother, have completed r, course 
at an Eastern seminnry, and during the past jeai 
traveled in Europe. The remaining members of 
the family are Frances, aged 13; Russell A., Jr., 
aged 11 ; Fred, aged 9, and Allan, aged 3. All are 
bright iuid promising children. Gen. Alger makes 
his home at his handsome and large new residence on 
Fort street, at the corner of First street, Detroit. 



GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN. 





YRUS GRAY LUCE, the 
present Governor of Miclii- 
gan, combines in his charac- 
ter the substantial traits of 
the Xew England ancestry 
of his father, and the chival- 
rous and hospitable elements 
peculiar to the Southerners, which 
came to him from his mother's side of 
the house. The New Englanders, aet- 
£^^-^wL '^''^ i" the cause of American liberty, 
^^...■isStVK after this desired result was accom- 
[)lished, turned their attention to tlie 
growth and development of tiie 
country which their noble daring ha<l 
constitutea independent of foreign rule. The pri- 
vations they endured and the struggles from which 
they had achieved victory built up in them tliose 
qualities which in tlie very nature of events could 
not be otherwise than transmitted to their posterity, 
and this postei-ity comprises a large number of the 
men who to-daj', like the subject of this history, 
are making a record of which their descendants will 
be equally proud. 

Gov. Luce was horn in Windsor, Ashtabula Co., 
Oliio, July 2, 1824. His father was a native of 
Tolland. Conn., served as a soldier in the War of 
1812, and soon after its close emigrated from New 
England and settled on the Western Reserve in 
Northern Ohio. His mother, who in her girlhood 
was INIiss Mary Gray, was born in Wineiicster, Va. 
Her father, tinctured with Abolitionism, found his 
home in tlie Old Dominion becoming uncomforta- 
ble .as an abiding-place at tliat time, and accord- 
ingly, with his wife and family of young children. 



he also migrated, in 1815, to the wilds of Northern 
Ohio. Tiu're the parents of our subject, in ]81!i, 
were united in marriage, and continued residents of 
Ashtabula County until 1830. Tliere also were 
born to them six sons, Cyrus G. of this sketch being 
the second. 

Tlie incidents in the early life of Gov. Luce were 
not materially different from those of other boys 
living on the farms in that new countr}'. He was 
tauglit to work at anything necessary for him to do 
and to make himself useful around tlie pioneer 
lioniestead. When twelve years of age his parents 
removed further West, tliis time locating in Steu- 
ben County, Lid. This section of counti'y was still 
newer and more tiiinly settled, and without recount- 
ing the particular hardships and privations which the 
family experienced, it is sufficient to say that but few 
enjoyed or suffered a greater variety. Markets were 
distant and diffleiilt of access, the comforts of life 
scarce, and sickness universal. Young Luce, in com- 
mon with other boys, attended scliool winters in the 
stereotyped log school-house, and in summer as- 
sisted in dealing away the forests, fencing the 
fields and raising crops after the land was improved. 
He attended three terms an academy located at On- 
tario, Lid., and his habit of reading and ol;servation 
added essentially to his limited school privileges. 

When seventeen years of age the father of our 
subject erected a cloth-dressing and wool-carding 
establishment, where Cyrus (r. acquired a full 
knowledge of this business and subsequently had 
charge of the factory for a period of seven years. 
Li the meantime he had become interested in local 
politics, in which he displayed rare judgment and 
sound common sense, and on account of which, in 
1848, he was nominated by the Whigs in a district 
composed of the counties of DeKalb and Steuben 
for Representative in the State Legislature. He 
made a vigorous canvass but was defeated by eleven 
majority. This incident was but a transient bub- 
ble on the stream of bis life, and that same year 



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CYRUS GRAY LUCE. 



Mr. Luce purchased eighty acres of wild land near 
Oilead, Branch Co., ]Mich., the improvement of 
nliich ho at once entered upon, clearing' aw.ay the 
trees and otherwise making arrangements for the 
establirshment of a homestead. In August, 1849, he 
was united in marriage with Miss Julia A. Dickinson, 
of Gilead, and the young people immediately com- 
menced housekeeping in a modest dwelling on the 
new farm. Here the^' resided mitil the death of the 
wife, which took place in August, 1882. Mrs. 
Luce was the daughter of Ohed and Experience 
Dickinson, well-to-do and highly respected residents 
of Gilead. Of her union witli our subject there 
were born five children, one now deceased. 

In November, 188.3, Gov. Luce contracted a sec- 
ond marriage, with Mrs. Mary Thompson, of Brou- 
son, this State. lie continued on the same farm, 
which, however, liy subsequent purchase had been 
considerably extended, until after his election to the 
office of which he is now the incumbent. In the 
meantime he has iiad a wide and varied experience 
in public life. In 1 8.")2 he was elected to represent his 
township in the C'ounlj^ Board of Supervisors, and 
two years later, in 18a t, was elected Representative to 
the first Republican Legislature convened in the State 
of Jlichigan. He served his tov/nship altogether 
eleven j-ears as a member of the Board of Supervisoi's. 
In 18.58 he was elected County Treasurer of Branch 
County' and re-elected in 18C0. In 18G4 he was 
given a seat in the State Senate and re-elected in 
186G. In the spring of 1867 he was made a member of 
the Constitutional Convention to revise the Consti- 
tution of tiie State of Michigan, and in all of the 
positions to which he has been calleil has evidenced 
a realization of the solter responsibilities ci^mmitted 
to his care. To the duties of each he gave the most 
conscientious care, and has great reason to feel pride 
and sitisfaction in the fact that during his service 
in both Houses of the Legislature his name appears 
u|)on ever}' roll-call, he never having been absent 
from his post a daj'. 

In July, 1879, Mr. Luce was appointed State Oil 
Inspector by Gov. Croswell, and re-appointed by 
Gov. Jerome in 1881, serving in this capacity three 
and one-half years. In the management of the 
duties of this office he is entitled to great credit. 
The office was not sought b}- him, but the Governor 



urged him to accept it, claiming that the ollice \\:\: 
the most difficult he had to fill, and was one which 
required lirst-class executive ability. He organized 
the State into districts, appointed an adequate force 
of deputies and no more, secured a reducti(jn of the 
fees by nearly one-half, and in every w.ay managed 
the affairs of the office so efficientl}- and satisfac- 
torily that above all expenses he was enabled to 
pay into the State Treasury during his management 
$.32,000.49. 

In August of the year 188G Mr. Luce was nom- 
inated by the Republicans in convention assembled 
at Grand Rapids, for the office of Governor O- 
Michigan by acclamation, and on the 2d of Novem- 
ber following w.as elected by a majority of 7,4-32 
over his chief competitor, George L. Yaple. In 
1874 he became an active membci- of the farm- 
ers' organization known as the Grange. Believing 
as he does that agriculture furnishes the basis of 
National j)rosperit3',he was anxious to contribute to 
the educatio'i ai:d elevation of the farming com- 
munity, and thus availed himself of the opportuni- 
ties offered by this organization to aid in accom- 
plishing this result. For a period of seven years lie 
was Master of the State Grange but resigned the 
position last November. Fidelity to convictions, 
close application to business, whether agricultural or 
affairs of State, coupled with untiring industry, are 
his chief characteristics. As a farmer, legislator 
executive officer, and manager of county as well as 
State affairs, as a private as well as a public citizen 
his career has all along been marked with success 
No one can point to a spot rellecting discredit ir 
his pulilic career or private life. He is a man of 
the peo[)le, and self-made in the strictest sense. His 
whole life has been among tiie people, in full sym- 
path}' with them, and in their special confidence and 
esteem. 

Personally, Gov. C3'rus G. Luce is high-minde;l, 
intellectual and affable, the object of raanj- 
and warm friendships, and a man iu all respects 
above reproach. To the duties of his high position 
he has brought a fitting dignity, and in all the re- 
lations of life that conscientious regard to dutj' of 
which we often read but which is too seldom seen, 
especially among those having within their hands 
the interests of State and Nation, 



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GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN. 



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EDWIN B. WINANS, 

ho began his duties as 

Governor of Michigan, 

anuary 1, 1891, is a son 

of the Empire State, of 

which his parents also were 



e\(O^GyQ natives. From German ancestry on 
the father's side, he derives the in- 
(sC^^^yQ stincts of frugality and careful con- 
sideration of ways and means, and 
these are strengthened by the sub- 
stantial traits of the Puritan fore- 
fathers of his motiier. Both lines 
have transmitted to hina the love 
of country and home that has led 
'thousands into untrodden wilds where they might 
secure that which would be for the future good of 
themselves and posterity. 

John and Eliza (Way) Winans removed from 
New York to this State in 1834, and settled on a 
farm in Livingston County, where the boyhood of 
{tov. Winans was passed. He was about eight 
years old at the time of the removal, having been 
bcrn rt Avon, Livingston County, N. Y., May 16, 
1826. Up to the age of eighteen years he attended 
the district school, and he then entered Albion 
College, from which he was graduated in 1850. 
The excitement attendant upon the discovery of 




gold in California had not died out, and young 
Winans felt a strong desire to visit the coast and 
try his fortune in the mines. He decided in favor 
of the overland route, crossed the plains in safety, 
and spent the ensuing eight years in seeking the 
precious metal — a quest that was fairly successful. 

Returning to Livingston Count3', this State, Mr. 
Winans bought land and engaged in general farm- 
ing. He has retained the farm as his home through 
all the changes various official positions have 
brought him, and joyfully returned to it whenever 
his faithful discharge of public duty would allow. 
His estate now includes four hundred acres of land 
under a high state of cultivation and improved 
with buildings of the best construction and modern 
design. In connection with general farming Gov. 
Winans has given considerable attention to raising 
stock of high grades, and his understanding of 
agriculture in its various departments is broad and 
deep. He believes that his success in political life 
is largely due to his thorough identiQcation with 
the agricultural interests of the State and no doubt 
he is right. 

The public career of Gov. Winans began in 1860, 
when he was elected to represent his county in the 
State Legislature. He served two consecutive 
terms, covering the period from 1860 to 1865. In 
1867 he was a member of the Constitutional Con- 



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EDWIN B WINANS. 



vention of the State, and in 1876 he was elected 
Probate Judge of Livingston Count}' for a term 
of four j'cars. Tlie next important iiosilion occu- 
pied b}' Gov. Winans was that of Congressman dur- 
ing tiie Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses, 
representing the Sixth District. It was always his 
lot to be nominated for otfice when the Democratic 
party was decidcdl}' in tiie minority, but such v.'crc 
ills personal characteristics and his reputation as 
one interested in the welfare of that great class, 
the farmers, that in every case lie made a successful 
race. When he was put up for Congress the oppo- 
sition had a majority in the district of three thou- 
sand votes, but he was elected by a plurality of 
thirty. While in Congress he took an active part 
in all measures tending to the public good and 
served on the Committees on Agriculture and Pen- 
sions. In the fall of 1891 his name headed the 
Democratic ticket and he was elected Governor of 
the Stale. 

In his private life Gov. Winans has been as ox- 
emi)lar3' as in his public career he has been useful 
and influential. He is a consistent member of tlie 
Episcfipnl Church and in his religious faith and 
practice has the close sympathy of his wife, who 
belongs to the same society. His marriage was 
solemnized in Hamburg, Livingston County, in 
1855, his bride being Miss Elizabeth Galloway, who 



was born and reared on the farm she still calif, liome. 
as it was bought of her father by Gov. Winans. 
She is a daughter of George and Susan (Haighti 
Galloway, who are numbered among the early 
settlers of Livingston County, whither they came 
from New York. She is an educated, refined woman, 
whose mental attainments and social qualities fit 
her for the position which she occupies as hostess 
of the Gubernatorial mansion. Governor an(' Mrs. 
Winans have two sons, George G , who is now act- 
ing as his father's private secretary, and Edw'n B., 
Jr., a graduate of West Point. 

Gov. Winans has in former years shown hirasolf 
capable of close application to the duties which laj' 
before iiim, and his judicious decisions and wise 
course when attempting to bring about a worthy 
object, are well known to those who are acqu.-ainted 
with the history of the State. Although it is iften 
said that it is scarcely safe to judge of a man until 
his career is closed, j'et Gov. Winans has acted his 
part so well thus far in life that he is confid'^ntly 
expected to add to the credit that already belongs 
to the great commonwealth uf Michigan, and w'\ich 
to a certain extent lies in the hands of those who 
have been and are its chief executives. Among his 
liersonal characteristics are those of a love of truth, 
justice and progress, and a cordial, kindly spii*. 
whifii makes warm friends and stanch adherents. 





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5 HE time has arrived when it 
becomes the duty of the 
people of this county to per- 
petuate the names of their 
pioneers, to furnish a record 
of their early settlement, 
and relate the story of their 
progress. The civilization of our 
day, the enlightenment of the age 
and the duty that men of the pres- 
ent time owe to their ancestors, to 
themselves and to their posterity, 
demand that a record of their lives 
and deeds should be made. In bio- 
graphical history is found a power 
to instruct man by precedent, to 
*WVqW<*' enliven the mental faculties, and 
^ "^ to waft down the river of time a 

safe vessel in which the names and actions of the 
people who contributed to raise this country from its 
primitive state may be preserved. Surely and rapidly 
the great and aged men, who in their ]mme entered 
the wilderness and claimed the virgin soil as their 
heritage, are passing to their graves. The number re- 
maining who can relate the incidents of tlie first days 
if settlement is becoming small indeed, so that an 
actual necessity e.\ists for the collection and preser- 
vation of events without delay, before all the early 
settlers are cut down by the scythe of Time. 

To be forgotten has been the great dread of mankind 
from remotest ages. All will be forgotten soon enough, 
in spite of their best works and the most earnest 
efforts of their friends to perserve the memory of 
their lives. The means employed to prevent oblivion 
and to perpetuate their memory has l)een in propor- 
tion to the amount of intelligence they possessed. 
'I'h ; pyramids of Egypt were built to perpetuate the 
names and deeds of their great rulers.- The exhu- 
mations made by the archeologists of Egypt from 
buried Memphis indicate a desire of those people 



to perpetuate the memory of their achievements 
The erection of the great obelisks were for tl;e same 
purpose. Coming down to a later period, we find the 
Greeks and Romans erecting mausoleums and monu- 
ments, and carving out statues to chronicle their 
great achievements and carry them down the ages. 
It is also evident that the Mound-builders, in piling 
up their great mounds of earth, liad but this idea — 
to leave something to show that they had lived. All 
these works, though many of them costly in the ex- 
treme, give but a faint idea of the lives and charac- 
ters of those whose memory they were intended to 
perpetuate, and scarcely anything of the masses of 
the people that then lived. The great pyramids and 
some of the obelisks remain objects only of curiosity; 
the mausoleums, monuments and statues are crum- 
bling into dust. 

It was left to modern ages to establish an intelli- 
gent, undecaying, immutable method of perpetuating 
a full history — immutable in that it is almost un- 
limited in e.xtent and perpetual in its action ; and 
this is through the art of printing. 

To the present generation, however, we are in- 
debted for the introduction of the admirable system 
of local biography. By this system every man, thougl 
he has not achieved what the world calls greatness, 
has the means to perpetuate his life, his history, 
through the coming ages. 

The scythe of Time cuts down all ; nothing of the 
physical man is left. The monument which his chil- 
dren or friends may erect to his memory in the ceme- 
tery will crumble into dust and pass away; but his 
life, his achievements, the work he has accomplished, 
which otherwise would be forgotten, is perpetuated 
by a record of this kind. 

To preserve the lineaments of our companions we 
engrave their portraits, for the same reason we col- 
lect the attainable facts of their history. Nor do we 
thir.k it necessary, as we speak only truth of them, to 
wait until they are dead, or until those who know 
them are gone: to do this we are ashamed only to 
publish to the world the history of those whrjse live? 
are unworthy of ijublic record. 



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WlLJ.IAiAI L. VVEHBKR 
of Saginaw, was born at 
Ogden, Monroe Clonnty, 
N. Y., .July l!l, 1825. His 
father, James S. Webber, 
was born at T5elfast. Me., 
iw? in 18(»(),and married riiielie Smith, 
C^ of Lansing, Tompkins County, j 
e-'^@cj/Q N. Y. In 1824 the family lemoved 
to Ogden, and remained there until 
IS.'U), when they emigrated to ! 
Michigan and settled upon a farm 
purchased from the (iovernment 
in Ilartland, Livingston County. 
Young Weliber, then a lad of eleven ■ 
years, assisted his father in clearing up the laiul 
and reducing it to a state of cultivation and en- 
dured all the privations and hardshijis of pioneer 
life during the years of his boyhood. 

Being fond of books our subject made good use 
of his limited oi)portunities for study and in the 
winter attended the district .schools as much of the 
time as he could be spared from the farm. His mind 
naturally selected those studies of a matshemalical 
and |)hilosophical character, and these lie pursued 
mainly alone, as the schools of the neighliorliood 
afforded little aid lieyond the rudimental brandies 
of learning. At the age of nineteen he commenced 
teaching a school in the neighlioi-hood of his fa- 
ther's farm, which he continued with interruptions 
during the next two years. His mother died in 
1845, and his father afterward married Delia M. 



Harroun, of Ogden, K. Y. The elder Mr. Webber 
removed to East Saginaw in 1853, where he died 
in 1882. 

After the death of the mother the family became 
separated and young Webber left his father's roof 
and started out in the world on his own account. 
He decided to study medicine, and for that pur- 
pose entered the otlice of Foote & Mowry, at Mil- 
ford, Mich., where he studied for two years. Be- 
coming satisfied that his mind was naturally 
adapted to a different kind of employment he de- 
cided to abandon medicine for the practice of law. 
From 1847 to 1851 his time was spent in teaching 
schools in tlie neighborhood, his spare hours being 
devoted to the study of his newly chosen profes- 
sion, and in the latter year he was admitted to 
practice and C)pened an office in Jlilford. Two 
years i)rior t<j that event he married Miss Nanc3' 
M. Whithington, of Springwater, Livingston 
County, N. Y. Two years' practice at Milford 
convinced the young lawyer that it was desiralile 
for him to select a larger Held, and for this pur- 
pose he visited the little village of East Saginaw, 
then just starting in the lumber region. He was 
very favorably impressed with the natural advan- 
tages of the place, and concluded to adopt it as his 
future home, scarcely realizing, however, that 
thirty-eight years' growth would so wonderfully 
develop the Hourishingcity of Saginaw. He opened 
his law office on March 15, 1853, and has made the 
place his home ever since. 

Mr. Webiter iiad not been in East Saginaw over 



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six months before he had all the husiness lie could 
attend to. fonsideiiiiLr hi.s aueand exiieiiciice. Hut 
the law busines.-; then was not ^uttieiellt to keep 
the lawyers oeeuined all their time and most of 
them added some other class of business to liel]) 
pay expenses. Air. Weliber acted as insurance 
agent in connection with his law practice for a 
time, and also made collections of accounts. San- 
ford M. (ireen. now of Hay City, was the Judge of 
the Saginaw Circuit Court at tiiat time, and the 
court was held at .Saginaw Court House. .Judge 
Green wa# one of the most able jurists of Michi- 
gan, and was for a time one of the Judges of the 
Supreme Court. He w.as then just in the i)rime of 
life, and transacted the business of the court with 
great dispatch. Jabez G. Sutherland, afterward 
Circuit Judge, and later author of "Sutherland on 
Damages." ' John Moore, of .Saginaw, afterward 
Circuit Judge, and Mr. Webber were the most 
prominent members of the Saginaw County bar. 
j\k>.ses Wisner, of Pontiac (afterward (iovcrnor ol 
Michigan), and William M. Kenton, of Flint (at 
one time Lieutenaiit-(;overnor of Micliigan), also 
came to S.aginaw frequently to try cases before 
Judge (ireen, in which .Mr. Webber was engaged. 
Court opened in the morning at eight o'clock. an 
hour's recess was taken for dinner, and another 
hour for tea. and the business of the da\- closed at 
any time from ten o'clock to midnight. .VU the 
cases on the docket were on call at twelve o'clock 
on the first day of the term. With such methods 
of business the eases weri' rapidly disposed of. and 
a large amount of work was done in a short time. 
The litigation arose principally ovi r lumbering 
contracts, the running of logs in streams, ri|)arian 
rights, etc.. in all of which Mr. Webln-r limk an 
active part. In .luiie. ls(,")7. he foniieil .m 1,i\v pnt- 
ncrship with .lohn .1. \\'h('i'ler. under (lie lirin name 
of Webber A- Wlieeli'i-, which continued until I )e- 
eember31. isiim. In l«l)I .Mr. Weliber became the 
senior member of the law firm of Weblier, Thomp- 
son i\: Gage, which continued, however, only about 
six months. Chauncey II. Gage, the junior mem- 
ber of the linn, is now Circuit Jiidgt of .Saginaw 
County, and Hiadley !\I. Thompsdn. the other mem- 
ber, was at one time Mayor of Ivisl .Saginaw, and 
later Professor of Law !it Ann .Vrlior. In 1862 



Irving M. Smith, a cousin of Mr. Webber, came 
from Romeo. Mich., and entered Mr. Webbei''s office 
on salary, and continued until July 1, 18():^, when 
the two formed a law partnership under the firm 
name of Webber iV Smith. This partnership lasted 
until lati'J, when Mr. Webber retired from general 
law practice, to act only as counsel. 

The Flint cV Pere Marquette Railw.ay Company 
was organized in 1857, and soon after its organiza- 
tion Mr. Webber commenced acting as Attorney 
and Counsel for the company, and this relation 
continued until March 1, 1870, when he was en- 
gaged on salary by the company to act as its Land 
Commissioner and (General Solicitor. The com- 
pany had a land grant extending along the line of 
its road across the State of Michigan, comprising 
something over five hundred thousand acres, and 
this large property was intrusted to the care and 
management of Mr. AVebber. He held the office of 
Land Commissioner until Jiuie 1, 188;'). During 
the fifteen years he was in charge of this projierty. 
he sold three hundred and twenty-nine thou.sand 
three hundred and eight acres of land, at an aver- 
age price of ¥ll..")3|)er acre. The total amount 
received on sales of l.-ind and timber was ii4,041,- 
H.'i!».24. and the total amount collected for princi- 
l)al and interest amounted to *4,44(l,()4;j.60, while 
the expenses of the land department during the 
term averaged only about four and one-half per 
cent of the collections made. The greater portion 
of the land covered by the grant having been sold, 
and it Iteing deemed necessary' to reduce expenses, 
Mr. Webber resigned the office of Land Commis- 
sioner, as above stated, to take effect June 1. 1885. 
Ill his letter of resignation, Mr. Webber said: ''It 
i> a souiic of great satisfaction to all connected 
with the department, not only that the business 
has been done economically, but thai it has been 
done in such a manner as not in any way to preju- 
dice the comiiany with the community, and that 
during the entire period there has not been *1 lost 
to the department by speculation, or otherwise, so 
far .as has yet been discovered." Mr. Webber has 
been a Director in the Flint iV Pere Marquette 
Company since I8()4.aiid remained its Solicitor and 
tieneral Legal Counsel until his resignation, Janu- 
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Jesse Ho3't, late of New York, now deceased, 
probably did more for the business development of 
Saginaw than any other man. In 1856 he invested 
largely in lands, and became the (iroprietor of the 
original plat of the village of East Saginaw. Un- 
til 1870 Mr. Weblior acted as his attornt'y and 
counsel in the management of his large liiisiuess 
interests, and after becoming solicitor for the Flint 
&: Fere Marquette, he was iMr. Ilo.yt's friendly ad 
viscr. In 1875 IMi'. Iloyt was elected President of 
the Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad Company. 
The company was reorganized in 1880, and Mr. 
Hoyt was also made President of the new com- 
pany. He held a large amount of its stock, and 
continued its President until his death in 1882. 
When the company was re-organized, Mr. Webber 
acted as solicitor and counsel for the bondholders 
of the road, foreclosed the securities and bid in the 
propeity, and drew up the articles of association 
for the new company. 

Jesse Hoyt died in August, 1882, leaving a will 
in which Mr. Webber was named an executor and 
trustee of all his property in the Lower Peninsula 
of Michigan, an estate worth nearl3' -$-1,000,000, 
consisting of real estate in Saginaw, pine lands, 
railroad and other corporation stocks, etc. This 
estate was intrusted to Mr. Webber's care and man- 
agement without requiring bonds to be given, and 
as trustee he was empowered to continue the vari- 
ous business enterprises which Mr. Hoyt had com- 
menced, and in time close them out in such man- 
ner as to Mr. Webber might seem best. 

The following quotations from the will of Mr. 
Hoyt, show the confidence he reposed in Mr. Web- 
ber's integrity, sound business judgment and 
ability: 

"Thirteenth. — I hereby apiwint my friend Will- 
iam L. Webber, Esq., of East Saginaw, in the State 
of Michigan executor of this my will in relation 
to all*^!}' estate, real and personal, and effects and 
interests in the Lower Peninsula of the Stale of 
Jlichigan." 

"And I hereby give, devise, and bequeath, and 
vest in him the title and custody and control of 
all my estate, real and personal, and effects and 
personal interests within the limits of the said 
Lower Peninsula of Michigan, as such executor, 
and as trustee, and confer upon him the manage- 
ment thereof." 



"And it is further my desire that my said exec- 
utor shall not be reciuired to give bonds for the 
administration of his trust on letters testamentary 
gi-aiited to him." 

"Fourteenth. — And I herel)y :uithorize and em- 
power my said iMicliigan executor to carry out and 
continue all my Inisiness enterprises within the 
limits of said Lower Peninsula of Michigan which 
shall be in progress at the time of my decease, until 
such time as in his judgment they or anj' of them 
can be advantageously closed." 

Although the greater portion of this estate has 
been disposed of, a large part of it yet remains un- 
der Mr. AA''ebber's care and management. The vari- 
ous business enterprises commenced by Mr. Ho.yt 
have been promoted in the same broad s])irit in 
which they were commenced, and have had a large 
influence in m.aking Saginaw the railroad and busi- 
ness center of Northern Michigan. Among these 
enterprises none is of more importance than the 
Saginaw, Tuscola & Huron Railroad, extending 
from Saginaw northeasterly forty-six miles to Bay 
Port, in Huron County, and thence easterly twenty- 
one miles to Bad Axe, the county seat of Huron 
County. The construction of this road w.as com- 
pleted as far.as Sebewaing (tliirt_v -seven miles) dur- 
ing Mr. Hoyt's lifetime, but he being in poor 
health and residing in New York. Mr. Webber as- 
sumed the immediate charge of the construction, 
let the contracts, purchased the materials, etc. The 
line between Sebewaing and Bay Port was built by 
Mr. Webber in 1884, including a portion of the 
line to Bad Axe, which latter was built to reach the 
valuable stone quarries, now operated by the rail- 
road company, some three miles east of Bay Port. 
The remainder of the line to Bad Axe was con- 
structed in 188(3. Mr. Webber has been President 
of the company since 1882. The importance of this 
railroad to Saginaw can scarcely be overestimated, 
as it runs through an exceedingly rich and fertile 
country, and brings a large amount of trade and 
general business to the city, which would otherwise 
have gone elsewhere. 

The stone quarries near Bay Port afford an ex- 
cellent quality of stone and lime for building i)ur- 
poses, at about half the price which formerly pre- 
vailed in the Saginaw Valley. These quarries have 
been developed by Mr. Webber, and the materials 
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and disadvantages whicli attend the introduction of 
a new article of me^cllandise,b^ltno^v that their mer- 
its are itnown. the eoinpany has no trouble in find- 
ing a ready market for them. The sales of stone 
during the year 1H87 amounted to three thousand 
cords, while the lime jiroduct dining the same 
period reached forty tiiousand liarrds, and has con- 
tinued in increasing ratio since. .Vs an adjunct to 
the railroad Mr. Webber has erected a very fine 
summer hotel at Hay Poit. on the shore of Wild 
Fowl Bay, and laid out a plat of lots for the erec- 
tion of cottages. The hotel was opened to the 
public in June, 1«86, and the patronage for two 
seasons proved so large that it was found necessary 
to build an annex, more than doubling the capa- 
city of the hotel. Wdd Fowl Kay is a beautiful 
sheet of water, being part of Saginaw Bay, and is 
one of the finest sailing courses upon the Great 
J>akes. 

Another of the imijortant enterprises of Mr. 
lloyt was the construction of the Saginaw A* Mt. 
Pleasant IJailroad. nnming from C'i)ieiiiaii on tlic 
Flint iS! I'ere Martpiette Hailroad to Mt. Pleasant, 
a distance of lifteen miles. Mr. Webber was for a 
time President of the c()ni|ian\- fmined to build 
this line. The road has since liccn pui( liased liy 
the Flint A- Pere Marquette. 

Mr. Webber look a iirominent part in thi' devel- 
opment of the .silt industry of the Saginaw \'alley. 
From the earliest time there had been a sort of 
tradition that there were valuable salt deposits un- 
derlying the territory, and as far back as 1842, Dr. 
Houghton, State geologist, had bored some ex- 
perimental wells near Saginaw, which were aban- 
doned, however, witnout anv definite results. In 
IHait a bill was introduced in the Legislalurc b\ 
(hand Rapids parties to donate ¥10,(I(I(I aid to a 
C()nipan\- formed there to bore for salt. A meeting 
of the i)iumiiient citizens of the Saginaw N'alley 
was called to take .action to prociiiv a similar 
bounty for experiments in that locality, and Mr. 
\Vel)ber was present and took jiart in the delibera- 
tions, rpon consultation it was thought that the 
State could hardly be induced to p.ay another ^1(1,- 
11(10, as tin' State Treasury in those days w.as not 
overrt^>wing, and knowing that the Legislature 
would be glad to .seize upon a pretext to defeat the 



Grand Rapids bill, it was decided to introduce as a 
substitute a bill providing that the State should 
pay a bounty of ten cents a barrel on all salt that 
should be made from brine found in Michigan, and 
also exempting all ])roperty engaged in the manu- 
facture of salt from taxation. Mr. Webber was 
appointed one of a committee to lay this substitute 
before the Legislature. He drew up the bill, and 
it was introduced by Hon. James IJirney, State 
.Senator at that time for Saginaw County, When 
the l)ill was introduced it created considei'able mer- 
riment and was accepted bv the members of the 
Legislature as a huge joke, so slight was the faith 
then existing that salt in paying quantities could 
be found. One of the members, humorously in- 
clined, moved to amend the bill by making the 
bonntj' ten cents a bushel instead of ten cents a 
barrel, five times .as much as was asked for, and 
this amendment was adopted, and the bill was 
passed, February 1.5, 18.Til, much to the chagrin of 
(iiand Rapids parties. 

As soon as the bill was jjassed Mr. Webber drew 
up a subscription paper and devoted severat days 
in canvassing for subsciibers to the stock of the 
East Saginaw Salt Manuf.acturing Company, which 
was organized for the purpose of making the ex- 
peiiments. 'I'll is was the first compviny that was 
organized to bore for salt in the Saginaw Valley, 
and the company that demonstrated the existenceof 
brine in Michigan in paving (juantities. .Te.sse Hoyt 
set apart ten acres of land, upon which he gave the 
comjjany an option, on condition that if the com- 
pany found salt it should have the land for llOO 
an acre, and if the experiment w.as a failure, he 
woulil retain the land and make no charge for its 
use. "Sir. Hoyt aiid Mr. Webber were both sub- 
scrilieis to the stock of the company. Mr. Webber 
iliew up the articles of .association for the company 
and was its .Secretary and kept its l)ooks and re- 
cords for a time while the experiments were going 
on. The boring was commenced in August, 18,59, 
and in May, 18(i(), the brine was reached and an- 
alyzed and found to be of first quality. The re- 
sult produced a wonderful effect upon values of 
land in .Saginaw ^■alley, and the excitement for a 
time ran high. The company immediately com- 
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1860, made the first salt tliat was ever made for 
market in the Saginaw Valley. Nothwithstanding 
the brilliant success of the experiment, the subse- 
quent career of the company was a series of disas- 
ters to the stocliholders. Fverything was new and 
liad to he learned by costly experiments, and much 
time and money was spent in discovering the best 
methods of manufacture. The company had not yet 
learned the method, which was afterward adopted, 
of evaporating the brine by means of the exluaust 
steam from the sawmills. The experiment was tried 
of making the salt in kettles, as was the pr.actice at 
Syracuse, but without success. The result was that 
the company spent all its money in experimenting, 
and lost its investment. But the discoveries made 
by the company were the foundation upon which 
the vast salt industry of Michigan has been built, 
an industry now sending forth nearly four million 
barrels of salt annually, valued at over $2,000,000. 

When the State authorities found that the dis- 
covery of salt was no joke, the bounty bill was 
hastily n^pealed. The East Saginaw Salt Manufac- 
turing Company only received about 3,0(10 bounty 
from the State, and that was not secured until a 
mandamus was issued by the Supreme Court com- 
pelling the payment. Other companies were soon 
formed and the manufacture of salt has since proven 
to be <)»■■ of the nio-<t imporlant industries of Mio 
Saginaw X'alley. 

Politically, Mr. Webber has always been a Dcin 
ocrat, and although not a politician, in the common 
acceptation of that word, he stands as one of the 
leading representative standard-bearers of the 
Democratic party in Michigan. He has held sev- 
eral public offices, the first l)3ing that of Circuit 
Court Commissioner from 1854 to 1850. He was 
afterward Fro^ie^nitiiig Attorney for Saginaw Coun- 
ty. In the sirring of 187 4 he was elected Mayor 
of East Saginaw, and in this capacity won the 
highest esteem of his conslituents .as a faithful, 
efficient and vigorous executive oflicer. As JNIayor 
he was a membei- of the Board of Police Commis- 
sioners, which was organized at that time. East 
Saginaw had long been a resort for rough charac- 
ters of both sexes, such as usually infest frontier 
cities, and it was no small undertaking to enforce 
the laws. A first-class police force was organized. 



stringent rules were adopted for the preservation 
of order, which were enfoi-eed in a quiet, persis- 
tent and effective manner, with very little noise or 
demonstration. During the year twelve convicts 
were sent to the State prison, over one hundred 
and twenty to the house of correction and thirty 
to the (^ount jail. At least two-thirds of the dis- 
reputable houses were closed and the inmatis 
forced to leave the city. 

In November, 1874, Mr. Webber was elected 
State Senator, .and did excellent work in the Legis- 
lature. He voted for the repeal of the prohilitory 
liquor law and for the pass.age of a high tax bill. 
The prohibitory law had been a dead letter upon 
the statute books of Michigan for twenty years, 
and the sale of into.xicating liquors had been pr.ac- 
tically free and without control. At this session 
it became necessary to elect a United States Sena- 
ator in place of Zachariah Chandler, whose term of 
office was about to expire. Mr. Chandler was a 
candidate for re-election and presented a very for- 
midalde strength in the Repuolican party, which 
had a good working majority on joint ballot. A 
strong feeling of opposition had grown up against 
Mr. Chandler on account of his domineering man- 
ner, as he had for years practicall\' controlh d the 
Republican ranks in Michigan to suit his own fancy. 
Several of the members of his own party positively 
refused to support him, but such was Mr. Chand- 
ler's influence that it was feared these would be 
brought over in course of time. The Democrats 
had no hope of electing one of their own i)nrty, 
and their principal desire was to defeat Chandler. 
Sixty-seven votes were necessary to elect a Sena- 
tor and the Democrats had only sixty. Their 
chief objection to Chandler Lay in the fact that he 
had warmly supported the Republican "bayonet" 
policy in Louisiana, and it was thought that if he 
could be defeated the downfall of Senator Carpen- 
ter of Wisconsin, and Senator Ramsey of Minne- 
sota, who were also to come up for re-election soon 
after, would be assured, and thus the administra- 
tion would he rebuked for the policy in which 
these Senators had sympathized so strongly. 

The anti-Chandler sentiment in the Rcpubliian 
ranks in the Legislature finally reduced itself to six 
unconiproniisiug members, and these wiih the sixty 



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Democrats and one Independent made up the ne- 
cessary sixty-seven votes. Secret meetings were 
lield by the Demoerfits and the .inti-Chandler Re- 
Ijublicans separately, to devise a plan of campaign 
and to select some candidate upon which he sixty- 
seven could unite. This was no easy task. It was 
thought best to choo.se one of the Judges of the 
Supreme Court, and from among these Isaac 1'. 
Christiancy was proposed by the anti-Chandler Re- 
publicans. .Judge Christiancy before the rebellion 
was a Democrat, but went over to the RepuVilicans 
on the slavery question, and was generally regarded 
as a Republican. He was an able Judge, and stood 
high in the estimation of tlie people. When Judge 
Christiancy was proposed the Democrats held a 
secret conference, and it w.as decided to send ^Ir. 
Webber to interview him and find out how he stood 
politically. Mr. Webber called upon .Judge Christ- 
iancy and had a long interview with him, in which 
the .Judge reviewed his past political experiences, 
s.aying that aside from the slavery question he was 
.as much a Democrat in principle as before the war, 
and that as the slavery (juestion was now settled 
he saw no grounds of difference. A.s an .assurance 
to the Democrats he gave Mr. Webber a statement 
in writing eml)odying tiie views brought in the 
interview, whicli Mr. Webber presented to his n>l- 
le.ague.s. 

The result w.as tiiat the Democrats iinnnunously 
decided to accept the offer made by liie anti-Chand- 
ler Republicans to unite upon .ludgc Christiancy 
and elect him as an Independent, and this infor- 
mation was conveyed to thcmby a committee of 
wliicli Mr. Webber w.as a member. The vote which 
followed a few days later gave .ludge Christiancy 
the sixty-seven votes .according to the programme 
which iiad been so skillfully planned, and when 
the vote was concluded and it was announced tliat 
Chandler was defeated, hundreds of hats went u]) 
into the air amid shouts of enthusiai]!. Tlie back- 
lione of tlie Chandler power was Ijroken and the 
defeat of Carpenter and Ramsey soon followed. 

In 1876 Mr. Webber was sent as a delegate to 
tiie National Democratic Convention at St. I^ouis, 
and was chosen chairman of the Jlichigan delcg.a- 
tion. lie introduced tiie resolution which was 
adopted by the coiiveiition recommending lo the 



various .State Conventions the abolition of the 
"two-thirds" rule. In the autumn of the same 
year he was unanimously nominated for Governor 
of Michigan. As the State was strongly Repub- 
lican there was considerable doubt of his election, 
yet he refused to resort to those political methods 
of inlluencing voters, which have become so com- 
mon in the ordinary campaigns. He believed that 
It was improper to solicit votes for himself, and 
preferred defeat rather than to take that course. 
In accepting the nomination Mr. Webber said upon 
this point: 

*'I do not regard such acceptance as imposing 
any obligation upon me to labor for my own elec- 
tion, and consequently, shall hold myself bound to 
lal)or in tlie political field only the same as any 
other citizen. I still hold to the opinion heretofore 
expressed, that the good of the country would be 
subserved if cuididates would work more efficiently 
for the people after election, rather than devote 
their time and strength in laboring for themselves 
before election."' He expressed similar views two 
years before when he was nominated for State Sen- 
ator, saying that he believed in the doctrine of the 
earlier days of the Republic when it was thought 
indalioate for tiie political c.mdidata to labor for his 
own election. During both of these campaigns 
Ml. Webber followed out these principles, and made 
no effort from the platform to gain votes. Although 
he wrt- defeated for (Tovernor he received nearly 
two thousand more votes than Mr. Tilden received 
for President, and more than any other Democrat 
has ever received for governor of Michigan. 

JMr. Webber became a member of .Saginaw Lodge 
of Free and Accepted Masons, of East Saginaw, in 
1855, tiie year of its organization, lieing the third 
meinlier initiated. As the two who had preceded 
him liave passed away, lie is now the oldest living 
Mason made in that lodge. He was made a Royal 
Arch INIason in Washington Chapter, at Flint, and 
in IHIU was a charter member of S.aginaw Valley 
Chapter ;^1, organized at East S.aginaw. He served 
.as High Priest for three years, and in 1869 was 
elected (Jraiid High Priest of the Grand Chapter 
of IMichigan. In 1874 he liecaine (irand M.astcr of 
the (iraiid Lodge of Free .and Accepted Masons of 
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Commander V No. 16, K. T., and was eminent (.•oin- 
mander for one year. He united with Ibe Inde- 
pendent Order of Odd Fellows in 1847. 

The interest whicli Mr. Webber has always taken 
in matters relating to agriculture, is one of the 
most important features of his life-work. Me has 
devoted mucii attention and study to the farming 
interests of Northern Mifhigan, and written con- 
siderably for the press on that subject. He was 
for a time President of the Michigan State Agri- 
cultural Society, and was chosen in 1886 to i)repare 
the paper on Agriculture to be read at the Stale 
semi-centennial celebration at Lansing. He has 
several fine farms. He is also President of the 
East Saginaw Gas Company, and of the Academy 
of Music Company of Saginaw. 

One of the important public measures for which 
Mr. Webber was long a strong and al)le advocate, 
has lately been realized — that is, the consolidation 
of Saginaw into one city. 

Mr. Webber is a man of bruad liberal views and 
strong personal chai act-eristics. In Imsiness he is 
prompt and eneigetic and [Possesses rare executive 
ability, lieing particularly mindful as to correctness 
of details, notwithstanding the lai'ge annnml of 
business intrusted to his care and supervision. As 
a lawyer he stands eciual to the best in the State 
of Michigr.i. He reasons his cases from general 
fundauiL'nlal princijiles rather than from ]iartieular 
decisions found in the reports, and his mind thus 
readily grasp-; the correct solution of new cl.asses 
of legal questions as they arise. Many of the lend- 
ing decision:> of the Supreme Court of Michigan 
bear the stamiic)f his logical reasoning before that 
tribunal. lie cares little for mere technicalities. 
and always prefers an open contest with fair |)lay 
on both side.^ in the conduct of litigation. In 
politics the same spirit of fairness and considera- 
tion for the honest views of his opp<jnents has 
marked his career. And altlumgh adhering strictly 
to the fundamental doctrines of the Democratic 
party, he has not hesitated to criticise any dep.art- 
ure from correct i)rinci[)les among the members of 
his own party. He is regarded most highly by 
those who know him Ijest, and especially by that 
large body of younger men employed in the v.ari- 
ous business enterprises o\er which he has direc- 



tion. They all feel thai in liim they have a true, 
straightf(n'\vard, reli'ible friend. Although scrupu- 
lously exacting in matters involving care, accuracy 
and attention to business, yet he is quick to for- 
give a mistake in mere matter of judgment where 
he is satisfied that ])roper consideration was given 
to the matter in hand. 

As was said in a recent article in one of the 
magazines: -'Mr. Webber is one of the most a|)- 
|)roachable of men, and the stranger or poor man 
has as ready access to his presence or advice ,is the 
rich and great. Me has proved himself a man of 
the highest calibre and genuine worth in every re- 
lation of life, and the success and honor he is now 
enjoying are but the rii)e fruits ol many years of 
useful and generous sowing." 

The attention of the reader is invited to the 
portrait of Mr. Webber which is presented on page 
190. 



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/ESSE IIOVT. Among tliose who, .at an 
early dale, had full faith that investment 
in the Saginaw \'alley would prove protit 
able, no name stands more prominent than 
that of Jesse Hoyt. He was born in the city of 
New York iMaieh 12, 1815, engaged early in C(_>m- 
mercial ))ursuits, and in 1849 and 18r)0 was asso- 
ciated with his father, under the firm name of 
James M. Hoyt it Son. in the grain and produce 
trade, liefore 18r)() this firm had business rela- 
tions with Norman Little. ]Mr. Little had been 
a re-iident a,t Saginaw since 18.'i(), and was one 
of those who had faith in the natural resources of 
the \'allev. Through this business acquaintance 
]Mr. lloyt's attention was drawn to Saginaw, and. 
on examination of its natural advantages, he was 
of opinion that by the judicious expenditure of 
liberal means ivv the develo|)mcnt of the natural 
advantages of the locality a rich return might be 
had. 

In the year 18 111 that pi.irlion <.if the i)re>ent 
city (jf Saginaw which lies upon the east side 
of the rivci- was a forest, excepting only a 
small clearing near where the present City Hall is 
located, on Bristol Sti-eet. at whicli place Harvey 



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Williams harl erected a sawmill in 1837, but the 
mill had long been idle. In 184il and 1850 :\rr. 
iloyt ])urclia.sed several thousand acres of land 
upon the east side of the river, including the 
James Riley Reserve, and platted a village site, 
calling it "East Saginaw." There was at this time 
quite a village on the west side of the river, 
known as "Saginaw Citv," which was the count}; 
seat. Mr. Iloyt demonstrated his faith in bis en- 
terprise, and at the same time took the best steps 
necessary to make the same a success by immedi- 
ately clearing off the site of the village, erecting a 
wareliouse and a store building on the bank of 
the river, just south of Genesee Avenue; next he 
erecteil a flouring-mill upon the site of the pres- 
ent Ma\'tlower INIills, erected a large three-story 
hotel called the Irving House, which was located 
upon the southeast corner of Tilden Street and 
(Tcnesee Avenue, secured a charter for the .Sagi- 
naw and Genesee Plank Road Company, extend- 
ing to the village of Flint, thirty-four miles, and 
l)i;oceeded at once to make a good plank road be- 
tween the places. I'ntil this was comii+eted there 
was no road leading from civilization to Saginaw, 
which could he traveled with any comfort except 
during the frozen weather of winter. This plank 
road was cf)nstructed from the Saginaw River 
southerly ui)on the line of the present Genesee 
.\ venue, and thence, by the way of Ri'idgeport, to 
Flint. 

Mr. Hoyt's liberal expenditures for these pur- 
poses attracted wide attention, and his sales of 
village lots were numerous and at remunerative 
prices. He also constructed a sawmill, located on 
the bank of the river at what is now the foot of 
(iermania Avenue, where lumber could be made 
for use in the construction of the buildings re- 
(piired. He also starte<l a a ship-yard and con- 
structed .several sailing-vessels and steamboats — ■ 
the former for the grain trade in the lakes and 
the latter principally for use on the river. I n 
18.54 the Irving House was burned, and Mr. Hoyt 
at once set on foot plans for the construction of 
another hotel upon a larger and more permanent 
basis. The Bancroft House was built [and fur- 
nished by him and opened in 18.09. Prior to this 
time he had formed a co-partnership with W. 1.. 



P. Little, under the firm name of W. L. P. Little 
ik Co., which firm transacted a very large mercan- 
tile business for several years, when their busi- 
ness was changed to banking — the firm of W. L. 
P. Little ifr Co. being the first private bankers in 
Saginaw. This banking house continued success- 
fully until the National Hanking Law was passed, 
when the Merchants' National Bank was formed 
and became the successor. Mr. Hoyt was the 
principal stockholder in tiiis bank and was its 
President at the time of his death. 

By means of the vessels built liy Mr. Hoyt and 
others chartered for that purpose, he handled a 
large amount of grain upon the lakes, and for 
several years, before the agricultural resources of 
the Valley were developed to an extent sufficient 
to supply its needs, these vessels brought large 
quantities of grain from Chicago and Milwaukee 
to Saginaw, where the .same was manufactured into 
tlour and feed at the Mayflower Mills to supply 
the demand for lumbering purposes. In 1854 he 
erected upon the site formerly occupied by the 
Irving House the three-story block now standing 
at the southeast corner of (Jenesee Avenue and 
Tilden .Street — the first brick building erected in 
what was then East Saginaw, though not yet in- 
corporated as a village. The village incorporation 
came in 1855. and in 185'.l the incorporation as a 
city followed. 

5Ir. Hoyt's faith in tlu' future was demon- 
strated by the permanency of the buildings he 
erected. Several brick blocks were constructed 
by him subsequently, among them the block on the 
river front known as the "Power Block," designed 
to furnish power to small manufacturers, for the 
use of mechanics who had not sufficient capital 
for that purpose. His particular ()l)ject in this 
was to furnish means for mechanics to earn their 
own living and develop manufacturing industries. 

The Flint A- Pere Marquette Railroad was the 
lirst one constructed in the A'alley, and in its 
construction and its development Mr Hoyt tc>ok 
great interest. The grounds occupied by the Pot- 
ter Street Station and the shops of that company 
were donated by him. He aided the com|iany 
largely by subscription, was early a director, and 
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continued sucli until liis deatli. lie made exten- 
sive purchases of pine lands upon the trihutaiies 
of the Saginaw, which added largely to his fortune. 

Mr. Iloyt was a large-hearted, liberal man. who 
believed that he best helped others by iiclping 
them to earn their own living, and enabling them 
to preserve their independence. This trait of his 
character was well illustrated by a remark make by 
him upon his last visit to Saginaw. A friend com- 
plimenting him upon the erection of the Power 
Block .ind the good thereby accomplished by fur- 
nishing opportunities to those without means, 
Mr. Hoyt remarked: "I would build a dozen such 
if it were not that my cares are already liurden- 
some to me, and every additional building is an 
additional care." This same trait of character was 
exemplified by his uniform practice in the early 
days of .Saginaw to put vessels upon the stocks 
every fall in order that employment might be fur- 
nished for laborers during the wniter. 

Mr. Hoyt was eminently a modest man, care- 
fully avoiding notoriety. When the Bancroft 
House was completed and ready to be named, he 
authorized a committee of citizens to select a name 
for the house, with only one restriction that his 
name should not be connected with it. Quiet 
and unostentatious, helpful to all with whom he 
came in contact, strictly honorable in his dealings, 
he made friends of all who knew him. 

The limits allotted to this sketch will not per- 
mit of a more extended statement. He died 
August 14, 1882, at his home in the city of New 
York, and the esteem in which he was held by his 
business associates who had known bim from their 
boyhood is shown bj' the resolutions and the re- 
marks supporting the same at the meeting of the 
Produce Exchange called August 15, 1882, upon 
the occasion of his death, which were as follows: 

NEW YORK PRODUCE EXCHANGE. 



EXTRACTS FROM MINUTES OF MEETIXO IIEI.D 

August 15, 1882. 
Mr. Leonard Hazeltine: 
Mr. President and Gentlemen: From long asso- 
ciation with Mr. Hoyt, to whose memory' we meet 
to pay our respect, the duty has been placed upon 



me to prepare a minute giving somewhat a his- 
tory of his life and character for permanent record 
upon the books of our Exchange. With yf)ur per- 
mission I will read it: 

Whei-eas: It has pleased God in his wisdom to 
remove from us our friend and associate, Mr. .lesse 
Hoyt, we desire to place on reeord the following 
minute of our appreciation of his life and char- 
acter. 

Mr. .Tesse Hoyt was born in this city on the 
12th of March, 1815. At the age of seventeen he 
commenced his business life as a clerk in the 
Wholesale Grocery House of C. i L. Dennison (t 
Co.. then a very prominent firm in Day Street. 
His industry, activity and faithfulness was re- 
warded by his admission to the firm. On reaching 
his majority, he continued in the grocery business 
until 1838, when he retired to enter the tlour and 
grain commission business with his father, James 
Hoyt (who had recently retired from the firm of 
Eiii Hart & Co.) under the firm name of James JI. 
Hoyt & Son. He continued in this firm until the 
death of his father in 1854, when he re-organized 
it under the name of Jesse Hoyt & Co., and contin- 
ued in active business until May, 1881, when 
Messrs. Jesse and Alfred M. Hoyt retired, leaving 
the business to their junior partners. 

He took a deep interest in all matters connected 
with the grain trade of New York, having been 
actively' engaged in it from its very commence- 
ment, and its rapid .and immense growth was in no 
small degree attributable to his energy and fore- 
sight. He early appreciated the growing impor- 
tance of the great Western States and took an 
active part in their development. 

His first investment in the West was made in 
the year 1850. when he bought large tia.ts of 
timber lands in the Saginaw Valley, in the State 
of Michigan, appreciating that the immense oak 
and pine forests with which it was wooded would 
ultimately' be of great value. He entered into the 
work of developing this investment with great 
energy and that section of this country is to-day 
one of the richest of the West in its timber and 
agricultural wealth, and in its salt deposits, and 
these, together with Plast Saginaw built on his 
lands, with its 25,000 inhabitants and its immense 
business resources, bear testimony to the wisdom 
of his plans in its development and growth. In 
connection with his Michigan interests, he w.as 
largely interested in the building of the Flint ct 
Pere Marquette Railroad, which by his energy 
was completed to Ludington on Lake Michigan 
(opposite Milwaukee), forming a direct line from 
Toledo to that point, and by connection with other 
roads through the Northwest. He was President 



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of tliis road at the time of liis death. He has also 
been connected with other large railroad interests 
in the Western country, and associated with others 
ho built tiie first East and West railroad in the 
State of Minnesota, the Winona & St. Peter Rail- 
road, which after its completion was sold to Its 
present owners — the Chicago ifc Xorlli western Rail- 
road. 

He was also instriinieiit.il in Idiildiiii;- tlie Mil- 
waukee it Northern Railroad, tlie Wisconsin & 
Micliigan, and Ontonagon it Brule River Railroad 
from Milwaukee up to Lake Superior, running 
througli vast iron, copper and timber lands, in 
which lie was largely interested. He was also at 
the time of his death a director in the Ciiesapeake 
& Ohio Railroad, in which he became interested 
on its reorganization. 

Mr. Ibiyt, in connection with Mr. jVngus Smith, 
of Milwaukee, built the first railroad elevator in 
]\Iilwaukee for the Ciiicago, Milwaukee Ar St. Paul 
Railroad, later increasing the number to three, 
and some years since sold them to that road, who 
operate them now themselves. He afterw-ard built 
three large elevators at Milwaukee for the Chi- 
cago & Northwestern Railroad Company, and also 
some years ago became largely interested in the 
elevator;- at Chicago in connection with the St. 
Paul it Nortlnvestern Railroads. Two years ago 
he built tlie large elevator in .Jersey City for the 
handling of grain received over the Erie Railroad. 
He always appreciated the fact that much of his 
accumulated fortune was due to the labors of 
others, and through his wiiole life shared liberally 
with them the advantages of his operations. 

He was an active director in the Merchants' Ex- 
change National Bank, New York Elevated Rail- 
road and the Home and Commercial Insurance 
Companies, (jf this city, but refused to act in such 
capacity in many corporations of similar character 
from the lai k of time to give their interests his 
personal attention. During iiis entire business life 
he was fixed in the determination never to allow 
liis name to be connected with any office of trust 
or responsibility to which he could not give such 
attention and labor as the stockholders had a 
right to expect of liini. From the aliove sum- 
mary of a long, active and prosperous life we can- 
not refrain from giving prominence on our rec- 
ords to the underlying principles which ever 
governed his actions, and which were the founda- 
tion of his success. 

He believed in character above reputation, was 
modest and retiring in manner, mild and gentle 
in lisposition, kind and thoughtful for the inter- 
ests of others, 3 et ahVays strong as adamant for 
the right. He believed in honesty, not because 
it is the best policy, but from the high moral and 



religious standard that it is right. His business 
enterprises were a pleasure to him, .and those were 
dearest to his heart that by their development and 
growth brought corresjionding blessings to the 
surrounding community. After five months' con- 
finement in his sick room, montiis rich in exem- 
plification of kindness, patience and Christian for- 
titude, he has laid aside his armor and is at rest. 
From East to West in thousands of homes, among 
the rich and poor, there is heartfelt sorrow to day 
for the loss of one vvlioni tliey respected and loved, 
and in those homes wijl long remain for good the 
influence of his pure life and nolile example. Our 
Exciiange will long miss his pleasant face and his 
able counsels, our young men will mourn the loss 
of a kind and judicious adviser, and those whose 
privilege it was to meet him in the more private 
walks of life will miss the intellectual and accom- 
])lished Christian gentleman. 

JIu. Ai.KXANDi'.i! E. Oku said: 

Gentlemen: I come here to speak of the appre- 
ciation which the merchants of New York have 
had of our late associfite, Mr. Hoyt; and more es- 
pecially to say to the young men who are here 
that the evidences of his life, beginning as he did 
in the very opening of youth, and ending, as he 
has, with the honors and benefits of a life given 
to upright, honest mercantile pursuits, .should ho 
to them an incentive of encouragement equalled 
by no evidences of a like nature that have been 
presented to them on tlie floor of this Exchange. 
.Just and equitable as the foundations upon which 
we lay our building, such were his foundations at 
the outstart. and just and equitalile in everything 
that he did up till he heard tlie last summons, is 
the record, the g' 'ious record to uliich we, as )iis 
associates, and his family, who were more closely 
connected with him can point, (iontlemen, this 
is a sad thing that we have to place upon our rec- 
ord.s — the decease of one of the oldest merchants 
iu the grain trade; a man who, early appreciating 
the possibilities of this nipgniflcent opening for 
American commerce, did not stay in New York to 
reap the benefit of what others migiit do for us, 
but he readied out to the confines of civilization 
aud was almost always to be found in the incipi- 
ency of the growth of this trade, manfully, cour- 
ageously investing that which he had himself and 
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magnificent proportions of to-day the grain trade 
of the United States. 

Mk. Davh) Bingham said : 

Gentlemen, Mr. Hoyt presented himself to .le 
in a somewhat different light from m3' friend, Mr. 
Orr. We have heard from Mr. Hazeltine of tliose 
who were associated with him in his family; we 
Lave heard from those who were associated with 
him as his competitors in business; now, I would 
like to spe. k from another point of view, as one 
who has had dealings with him, for if anything 
will bring a man's character out more readily 
than another it will be when you come to trade 
with him. If there is any meanness there, you 
will sure to find it out when you buy goods from 
him and have them delivered. Almost my earliest 
experience in this country was with Mr. Iloyt and 
with those who stood with him in the grain trade 
at that day, and I have been accustomed to say, 
and say now, that for honesty of dealings, for de 
pendence upon their word, there is not in this 
world a body of merchants as trustworthy as the 
merchants of New York. I say this because I am 
not born here, I come from abroad. It was to 
that high standard that Mr. Hoj't so largely eon- 
tributed by his uprightness of dealings. There are 
others left with us, I am glad to say, upon whose 
word we could depend as well as his; but when a 
verbal trade was made with him you could de- 
pend upon it just as much, perhaps a little more, 
than if it was written down in black and white. 
We have seen a tall tree in the forest towering 
high above all the rest. AVhen such a tree goes 
down we miss it from its place. A thousand of 
us might go down and no considerable space 
would be made; we would hardly be missed. But 
when one of these monarchs goes down he is 
missed. We have heard of the lessons of his life. 
There is one of them I want to bring out, and 
that Mr. Ho3't's money was made by steady and 
careful perseverance alid not by what we call spec- 
ulation. He did speculate in a large way by see- 
ing far ahead and holding for an ultimate advance. 
That was all right. But to-day we are apt to de- 
sire to make money too rapidly. He waited his 
time, went on quietly, he was not ruffled, did not 



get excited, and his money gradually' accumulated, 
and in that respect was a great success."^ Let 'us 
learn a lesson from that. We are all apt to get 
excited and think we are doing better than our 
forefathers. I don't think we can improve upon 
them. Let us emulate their example, and as each 
one of these old men go away see that the son 
shall equal the sire, and that the name of the New 
York merchant shall stand where it does now as a 
standard for just and honest dealings. 
Mil. J. II. Hf.hkick said: 
Gentlemen, it is well indeed that when we are 
called upon to pay the last tribute to our departed 
associate and friend to think there is nothing to 
suppress in the life of this man. He has gone in 
and amongst us for more than thirty years; we 
have known him well in all the departments of 
business life, and we have never f(mnd anything 
but the equable, even disposition which is so pleas- 
ing, and if we were called upon to name the attri- 
butes for which this character was celebrated they 
would be wisdom and justice and integrity, and 
if in the various extensive operations of life he 
has been so well served by the associates which he 
has called around him it was because there was in 
his heart and in his character that justice which 
could appreciate the efforts of others; for 1 am 
told that in all his vast operations in the West no 
man has been more faithfully served and no man 
could select agents with greater wisdom to carry 
out the boundless projects which he had in liand. 
And if it is true, as we admit, that the stream can- 
not rise higher than the fountain, so, I think, wc 
will admit that as justice and integrity was a part 
of his character, so he knew how to mark it in his 
associates and subordinates, and received from 
them that service which can only be given where 
one seeks and loves the employer. There was 
also about him that kindly disposition, that anx- 
iety to hear and to give the benefit of his wisdom 
to any one who should come to him for advice. 
And there are those within the sound of my voice 
to-day, young men whose hearts are too full of sym- 
pathy and sorrow for his decease to be .able to give 
expression to their feelings; remembering, as they 
do, his many efforts, his kind words and counsel 
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A just man. Does not ju.stice cover almost 
every attribute that you think of in the human 
character when it is comliined with kindness and 
integrity? And when we honor these traits in 
our departed friend and associate, we honor not 
only ourselves, for he was our associate. l)Ut wc 
honor all human nature that presents to us the 
development of these causes from wiiich we 
can gather so much, and from which our own 
course in life can be sustained and advanced. 

It is very wise to enter this minute upon our 
record, and I trust that when the last sad lionors 
have been paid that we shall carry into our daily 
life the memorj- of what he was to his friends, the 
memory of what he was to business, and in years 
hence, when we look back upon the names of the 
members of this trade, not amonff the least will be 
the name of Mr. Jesse Hoyt. 

The resolutions were unanimously adopted. 



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OHN A. LEINBERGER, who resides on sec- 
tion 1, Frankcnlust Township. Bay County, 
I was born \n Bavaria, Germany, July 19, 
' 18:30. and is the son of Frederick and Cath- 
erine Leinberger. He passed his youth in the Fa- 
therland, whence in 1847 he emigrated to America 
in company with his brother, Adam. After land- 
in New York City, they proceeded Westward to 
Detroit and from there came overland by team to 
Frankenmuth Townslup, Saginaw County, the trip 
occupying one week. After remaining there one 
winter, Mr. Leinberger removed to the city of Sagi- 
naw in the spring of 1848, and one yearlatei- came 
to Frankcnlust. 

I'pon coming to this township Mr. Leinberger at 
first l)ought twenty acres of (iovernment land. 
Shortly after lie came to this country, his mother, 
who wished to join her children in the Ignited 
States, left her home in Germany, took i)assage on 
a steamer bound for New York, but on the ocean 
.she was taken sick and died before land was 
reached. The father of our subject died in Ger- 
many in 183."), when the latter was a child of only 
five years. The union of our subject and Miss 
Maria Catharina Drusstein was celebrated Jul}' 8, 



1849. Tlie bride, whose birth occurred June 24, 
1828, was a lady of noble character and genial dis- 
jiosition, devoted to her husliand and children. 

There were born to ^Ir. mid Mrs. Leinberger 
nine children, namel.y: Adam, liorn October 14, 
I8.")2; Elizal)eth, who married John Roedel and re- 
sides. in Bay City; Maria Barbara, the wife of Au- 
gust Kleinard. and a resident of Portsmouth Town- 
ship, this county, Anna Catherine died in 1882; 
George Stephen lives in Monitor Township; Anna 
Margaretha. now Mrs. George .Arnold, lives in 
Monitor Tf)wnsliip; Adam Leonard died in infancy; 
Adam Conrad, a teacher in a Lutheran school in 
Chicago, and John Tobias, who makes his home in 
Fiankenlust Townsliip. 

In his political views Mr. Leinberger is a stanch 
Democrat and cast his first Presidential vote for 
Buchanan. The first office to which he was elected 
was that of Township Treasurer, which he held for 
thirteen years; later he w.as chosen Clerk of Frank- 
enlu.st Township, filling that position etliciently 
for five years. When Frankenlust Township was 
a jjart of Saginaw County, he served as its repre- 
sentative on the County Board of Supervisors for 
two years and retained this position for four years 
after it belonged to Bay County. He belonged to 
the committee which was sent to Lansing to advo- 
cate the measure of having Frankenlust Township 
taken from Saginaw County and annexed to Bay 
County, and together with the others who were 
alike with him interested in the measure he suc- 
ceeded in getting the change made after he had 
remained in Lansing ninety-one days. From 1870 
until 1880 he served as Postmaster in Frankenlust 
and has held numerous offices of minor importance 
within the gift of his fellow-citizens. 

Having now retired from active farming pur- 
suits, Mr. Leinberger has divided up his two hun- 
dred and seventy acres among his sons and retained 
for himself only eighteen acres, upon which he and 
his wife reside. A member of the Lutheran Church 
he was for nine years Trustee and for four years 
A'orsteher of the church, and has always been held 
in high respect in the community. His first wife 
died March 10, 1880. and in .Tanuary, 1883, he was 
married to Anna Maria Meier, a native of Illinois 
and a most estimable lady. 



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In 1851-r)2 IMr. Leiiiberger canied the mail hc- 
tween Sa<jiiiaw and I5ay City. On one of tliosi^ 
trips he met the late James Fraser who said to hiin. 
"John, why do you go on foot? Why don't you 
get a horse?" To which Mr. Leinbersier replied,"! 
am too poor t<i Imy ahorse." "D — n it, man." said ! 
Mr. Fraser. "go to my stable and get a horse." The ! 
orders were obeyed and a few weeks after, meeting 
Mr. Fraser in the woods he asked him how mneli 
he must pay liini for the liorse. "Well, .Tolui," 
Mr. Fraser said, "If you ever get able you may pay 
nie ^50 and if you never get able, keep him, any 
way." This little incident serves to illustrate that 
generosity of character which made Mr. Fraser one 
of the most popular men in the whole county. He 
subseipient ly paid Mr. Fraser for the horse. 






i^ HARLE.S K. EDDY. Tiie linn of ('. K. 
Eddy it Son, manufacturers of lumlier and 

_^' salt at Saginaw, have one of the best and 
most extensive plants in the Saginaw ^'alley. 
Especial |)roininence attaches to their business on 
account of the vast extent of their trade, the 
superior qualities of their facilities and the voluine 
of their output. The founder of the Imsiiiess, 
diaries K. Eddy, whose portrait appears on tlico[) 
jiosite i)age, is a native of Maine, and was liorn in 
Penobscot ('ouiity. Decemlier 211, 182(1. 

In regard to the genealogy of the family we 
note the following with reference to Col. .lonathan 
Eddv. the great-gi andfather of our subject: He was 
liorn in 1 72(i. to Eleazer and Elizabeth (Colib) Edily 
and on May 4. 174it, was married to Miss IMary, 
daughter of Dr. William Ware. In IT.'iH he enlisted 
a company of troops for the French and Indian War 
and the following extract is made from his com- 
mission : 

"PlJoVIM K OK MassACIII SKIIS HA^. 

"Sy his Exi-i'lli-iii-ij, till' Gurcninr. 

"1 do hereby authorize and eiiipowei' (apt. .hma- 

than Edd\ to beat his drums anywhere witliin the 

province for enlisting volunteers for his Majesty's 

service, in a regiment of foot, to be forthwith 

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raised and put under the coiiiniand of oilicers be- 
longing to this province for a general invasion of 
Canadn, in conjunction with the King's. 

"IJritish troo])s, under tlie suiireme command of 
his Majesty's commander-in-chief f)f America, .and 
the Colonels with the other ofiieers of regiments 
within this province, are hereliy commanded not 
to give the .said .Jonathan Eddy any olislructionor 
.i.olestation herein, but to offer him all necessary 
encouragement and assistance. 

"Given under my hand at Hoston, the 27tli 
day of March, I7')8, in the thirty-first year 
of his M.ajesty's reign." 

Col. .lonathan Eddy lived to a good old age, and 
passed awaj- in August, IHOt, in the town of Ed- 
dingt(m. Me. The tract of land constituting Ed- 
dington was granted to iiira by the (Government of 
Massiichusetts for services rendered bv him during 
the Revolutionary War. 

"The grandfather of our subject. William Eddy, 
was born in Mansfield, Mass., August I (i, 1752, and 
in his early manhood married Olive Morse. He 
was Lieutenant in a Mass,acliu.setts regiment, and 
was killed by a shot from a Uritish frigate in an 
open gun-boat near Eii-stport, Me., ]\Iay 3, 1778, 
during the War of the Revolution. '^Plie father of 
our subject, William Eddy, .Ir.. was born in the 
Province of New Urunswick. .luly I, 177;"), and was 
one in a family of two sons and one daughter. On 
November 17, 171)(;, he was united in marriage 
with Rachel 1*. Kna|i|), an estimable lady who 
traced her ancestry to England. 

Charles K., who was the youngest in a family of 
eight children, pa.ssed his early boyhood and school 
days m his native county, taking the advantages 
of the common school and afterward attending the 
academies at Cliarkston and Corinth, Me. B'or 
some tune he engaged as a school teacher, and later 
became a Surveyor and Civil Engineer, in which 
capacity for about eighteen years he was employed 
by the State of ^Maine <n\ its public surveys. In 
18r)8 he removed to Canada and engaged in lum- 
bering for several years. Thence he came to Mich- 
igan in 18^5 and followed the lumber business 
until 188(1. when he purchased the Chicago Mill, 
the oldest in the X'alley, which had been erected 
in 18r)3 by Fred Babcock. Mr. Eddy greatly im- 



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proverl the property and has since oanied it on 
under tiie firm name ol' C. K. Eddy it Son. 

We quote from "The Industries of the Sagiuuws" 
the following;- description of the works of this firm: 
"The sawmill is a two-story structure, l(»lx200 feel 
in dimensions, with seven large boilers 5x16 feet, 
feedinsj two powerful engines of three iiundredand 
one hundred horse-power respectively; four small 
pumping engines in connection with the salt wells; 
a Wicks Hros. new im|)roved gang miil;_and two 
band sawmills. The perfect mechanism of this 
l)lant makes it one of the most complete in the 
country. Tiie logs are taken from the booms by 
an endless chain of broad links with picks or teetii 
every two feet, the lower pulley of this chain be- 
ing under the water in the boom. 

"The logs are pushed <jver the chain and cauglit 
by the teeth and a steady stream of logs goes up 
tl)e incline at a rapid rate, where they are faced:,. id 
sent rapidly to tiie gang-mill near liy, which .saws 
four logs into two-inch planks at once, mid can re- 
duce to lumber twelve hundred logs jier day. The 
lumber is run along revolving rollers to trimming 
tables, from which the slalis are run tin rollers 
against three small circular .saws, and cut into equal 
lengths, dropped into an aiiton.atic shoot and 
whirled away to storage liiiis. There they are 
drojjped into large wagons and carted into slab 
piles. 

"The lumber rolls along revolving rollers to 
sizing tables where it runs against saws, cutting 
into equal lengths, and then drojis onto trucks mid 
is carried away along a tramway to the piling 
grounds. Railroad tracks run throughout the 
premises, and the piling grounds have first-class 
water frontage; the firm thus enjoys unexcelled 
facilities for ship|iiiig their product which amounts 
3-early to eighteen millitin feet of himher, three 
million laths, the same number of staves, and sev- 
enty-live thousand sets of heading per year. On 
the premises are four salt wells and a salt block, 
and the .salt products of the linn aniouiits to about 
fifty thousand barrels per year." 

July 31, 18.V3, Mr. Eddy was married to Miss 
Albina, daughter of Col. John Dunning, of Cliarles- 
ton.Me.,in which |)lace she had lieeu born and reared. 
Mr. and Mrs. Ed<ly had a family of four children, 



namely: Walter S.; Arthur D., wli<i married Laura 
Seminaii. of thiscity; Charles K., Jr., and Lila. The 
three sons are in business with theirfather. and the 
unmarried children are at himie. their residence 
lieing an elegant iirick structure at No. 636 North 
Jefferson Street. 

Mrs. Eddy died March 3(1, 1811(1. She was a 
woman of sweet disposition and large executive 
ability, and gave the best years of her life to the 
training and development of the minds and hearts 
of her children. All that they are to-day. they 
very largely owe to her care and skill in the train- 
ing they received from her. Thoroughly domestic 
in her tastes, her home in the society of her hus- 
band and cliildien was to her the most sacred spot 
on earth. In i)olitics Jlr. Eddy and his sons are 
stanch Kepublicans. Hesides the varied interests 
already mentioned, he is President of the Dairy 
Salt Company, and iirojirietor of the Iloyt Block. 
one of the finest Imildings in the city. 



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^SCAR F. FORSYTH. This prominent busi- 
ness man of Bay City was formerly a hard- 
ware merchant here, but is now engaged in 
handling real estate and has a loan and collecting 
agency. He is highly esteemed and thoroughly 
liked not only for his sterling business qualities but 
also for his gdiial and kindly nature. He was born 
at Iloneoye Falls, N. Y., and is a son of Azor For- 
s\ 111, who was born in Connecticut. He took part 
ill the War of 1 81 2, and .settled in New York in 
his early manhood, but removed to Washtenaw 
County, this State, ill 18-28. and located the place 
now known as Lowell, where he built and operated 
the Ibst saw and grist mill, finding good water power 
there. lU' also lived for some time at Schoolcraft, 
Kahiinazoo County, where he engaged in fancy 
caliinet making, which was his trade. 

In 1818. Azor Forsyth removed to Niles, Mich., 
liiit later returned to this part of the State and set- 
tled ill Fliul, where he died at the age of seventy- 
six. He was of Scotch descent. His good wife, 
Hannah Wilcox, was born in New York, and died 
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Episcopal Cliurcli, and of her cliildren four grew 
to maturity, our suljject lieinsj the youngest of 
the family. He was born ]\Iay 25. 1827. and came 
to IMiohigan in his mother's arms in the fall of the 
next year. They traveled liy teams in Canada and 
crossed the Detroit l»iver on tlie iee. and althougli 
so young, he remembers this journey distinctly. 
During his stay at Lowell, whieii continued until 
he was seven years old, he attended school only 
one day, but .it Schoolcraft he enjoyed the advan. 
tages of the village schools until he reached the 
age of fifteen. 

This young man then went to Broekport, N. Y., 
where he engaged as a clerk in a general merchan- 
dise store at #50 a year. Two years later he re- 
turned to Michigan, where he clerked at ^larshall. 
which was then the terminus of the Michigan Cen- 
tral Railroad. At that time he did not have enough 
money to buy a supper, so heat once went to work 
to secure a job. in which he succeeded within 
twenty minutes. After fifteen months he went to 
Niles to which point the railroad had been ex- 
tendeii and there secured employment at ^SiW a 
j'ear; and two years later became an agent for the 
Michigan Central Railroad. 

Mr. Forsyth was married at Broekport, X. V., in 
1849, to Miss Elizabeth Beardsley, and it was in 
1852 that he located in Flint, buying an interest in 
the general iron works, and becoming a member of 
the firm of King it Forsyth. This foundry and 
iron works furnished the iron for the Saginaw Val- 
ley. Some three years later he took up the mercan- 
tile business, liuying out the hardware stock and 
trade of E. H. Hazeltcm, and proceeding to build 
two stores. This hardware firm bore the title of For- 
syth iV Stewart for three years, after which our 
subject sold out his interest therein, and built his 
own store, engaging in an independent hardware 
business. In 1873 he sold out this concern, and 
located in Detroit, where he remained for two years 
as a member of the wholesale haidware tirn of 
Prentice. W(iod ik Co. 

It was in 1875 that this merchant disposed of 
his business in Detroit and engaged in the retail 
hardware trade in Bay City. Here he also carried 
a fine stock of agricutural implements, and two 
j'ears later took into his firm as a partner, Mr. 



Pierson; together they continued until Ihey sold 
in 1887 to Holcorab Bros. Although Mr. Forsyth 
had disposed of his business with the intention of 
retiring to private life, he found that he was not 
s.itastied to be entirely out of the rush of the busy 
world, and therefore began dealing in real estate. 
His fine property comprises the Forsyth Block, the 
block occupied by Holcorab Bros., a brick Ijlock on 
Washington Avenue and a store on Center Ave- 
nue. He was at one time a stockholder in the 
Detroit it Bay City Railroad, now the Michigan 
Central, and also of the Port Huron Road, now 
the Grand Trunk Railroad. 

Mr. and Mrs. Forsjth have been blessed by the 
birth of four children, namely: Kate. Sadie, Jessie 
and Edward. The third daughter is now Mrs. 
Kline, of Bay City, and the son, who is editor and 
proprietor of the Chebt)ygan Demoonl. is making a 
great success of that (japer. Our subject has seen 
wonderful changes since he began life in Michigan, 
and even since he became a business man; in those 
old times he used to sell nails at a shilling a pound 
at retail. He is a Democrat in his political opin- 
ions, and while a resident of Flint, was a member 
of the Aldermauic Board. In his social relations 
he is a member of the F"ree and Accepted Masons. 



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IKE H. COOPER, M. D. We are pleased 
(^ to present the life sketch of this profes- 

^^ '1 sional gentleman, who has made his mark 
and estal)lished his reputation in Bay County. He 
is the oldest physician in the city and is now liv- 
ing in (piiet retirement from the active practice of 
his i)rofession at his beautiful home on the corner 
of Ann and State Streets. Bay City. 

I)i'. Cooper is a native of County Wicklow, Ire- 
land, having lieen born there September 13, 1830. 
He studied his profession in his native land and 
took his degree at the College of Surgeons in Dub- 
lin, in 1852. after which he spent five years in hos- 
pital work. When leaving his native land, in 
1857, our subject went to Canada, and upon the 
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and was c-ommissioned Surgeon of tlie SevcnteiMitli 
Michigan Infantry. He also rendered great service 
in aiding surgeons of otiier regiments. He was on 
the battlefield during the entire time of his remain- 
ing witii his regiment, receiving his discharge on 
account of physical disability, and was mustered 
out with the rank of Assistant Surgeon. Wlien 
leaving the army our subject decided to make his 
home in ]^ny City, and coming hither has been 
engaged in the practice of his profession ever since. 
His health, however, has never been what it was 
before he endured the hardships of life on the bat- 
tlefield. 

Dr. Cooper was married to Miss Sarah Murphy, 
of I 'n ion town, this State, May U, 18fi6. Mrs. 
Cooper is a l.<idy of refinement and culture, aid 
greatly beloved by all her acquaintances. Relig- 
iously, Doctor and Mrs. Cooper are memliers of the 
Episcopal and Pre.sb^-terian Churches, respectively. 
Socially our subject was a member of the V. S. 
Grant Post, No. 67, G. A. R., of which body he was 
Surgeon. 

As has already been said. Dr. Cooper is a iiioncer 
in his profes>ion, not only in the city, but in the 
State; he has climbed to the ridge of life, andfn n 
the eminence at which he stands, can look Ivu k 
proudly over a past spent in usefulness. 



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11,-., ENRY LINDNER. Our subject is one of 
r jl the older Prosecuting Attorneys of Bay 
County, and also does a large real-estate 
business. Mr. Lindner was born in Han- 
over, Germany, in the town of Hanilen, May 2.5, 
1841. He is a son of George A. and Dorotliy 
(Ruemekorf) Lindner. His father was a brewer, 
which business he followed until his decease, which 
occurred iu 1863. Our subject's maternal grand- 
sire had the magnificent experience of a soldici 
serving under Napoleon Bonaparte. He was a 
stockman by calling and at the time of his death 
was ninety-seven years old. 

The home of our subject was ricli in Ijoys, for 
the family numliered seven that gathered about the 
board and fireside. Of these Henr^- was the second 



in order of birth. He was reared in his native 
city which is a Government post on the Weser 
River, twelve miles from Hanover. He attended 
the common schools of the country until he was 
thirteen and a half years old and he was then sent 
to a seaman's school at Bremen, and w.as soon sent 
out as a cadet on a merchant vessel. He sailed for 
eighteen months on the old sailing ves.sel "A'on- 
stein" and made three trips to New York. On his 
last voyage hither, in 1856, he determined to stay 
in America, and in .accordance with this determi- 
nation ran away from the ship. 

Getting as far from the seaboard as possible our 
subject proceeded to Michigan, and .luly 8 of the 
same year came to Bay City. He was first engaged 
on a farm for about four months and later went 
into the employ of Peter McMurray at Sebewaing. 
The Latter w.as a fisiier and had extensive fisheries 
on S.aginaw Bay and Lake Huron. Our subject 
began for himself in 1859, and followed fishing 
until 1876, h'lv'.ng a market at Bay City .and other 
points from which he wholesaled his goods. 

In July, 1861, Mr. Lindner enlisted in Company 
K, Fifth Michigan Infiintry. He was mustered in 
at Ft. Wayne, Detroit. He was engaged in building 
Ft. Lyons until the spring of 1862 and was then 
sent on tlie Peninsular Campaign and took part in 
the engagements in Pennsylvania. He was at 
Georgetown, Williamsburg and Fair Oaks, and in 
1863 was detailed !is Hospital Steward at Anna])olis 
in the naval academy where he remained until his 
time expired. In August, 1864, our subject was 
sent to Washington and placed in the War Depart- 
ment as clerk until he was finally mustered out in 
November, 1864. 

On returning to Michigan ;Mr. Lindner .again 
located in Sebewaing, Huron County, where he en- 
gaged in fishing until 1876. Meanwhile he had 
been studying law and had even practiced at 
Sebewaing and was highly regarded as a man of 
excellent judgment and common sense b}' all his 
patrons. For four years he served as Townshij) 
Treasurer. 

True ambition is merely undaunted effort. Al- 
though his advantages were late coming to him. 
our subject was so determined to be a finished 
law3-er that in 1876 he entered the law department 



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of the l"nivci-sitv of Midiigan :\u(\ graduated in 
1878. with the degree of LL. 15. He at once lo- 
cated in Bay City and entered into partnorjiiii) 
witli E. W. Porter, and tliat linn is still in exist- 
ence. In 1882 he was nominated and elected 
Prosecuting .Vttorney for two years on the D?:no- 
cratic ticket and tlic sauu' year tin' linn im-liidiil 
Mr. Hatfey. 

Mr. Lindner owns ;i farm of eighty .•u-rcs at 
Portsmouth, wliicli he has gre.atly iniprovetl and 
where he raises some fine stocl<. He has resided 
there since 1889, having k)cated at that distance 
from the city because of ill healtli. Our subject 
was maried in Sebewaing, February 23, 18G5, to 
Miss Lydia Shilling, a native of Ann Arbor. They 
are the parents of five children — .\nnie; Mary, 
Mrs. Myres; Hugo, George and Willie. Socially 
Mr. Lindner is a Mason, having been so since 18()3. 
He keeps up his as.sociation with his countrymen 
through the (icrnian Arbeiter Society. He also 
belongs to the Arion Society, and V. S. Grant Post, 
(i. A. R. at Ray C'ity. lie is a strong Democrat 
and always works for the advantage of his party. 



ff/_^ ON. .TAiNlES SHEARER. The lumber in- 
jjl terests being predominant in the Saginaw 

i^ Valley, any association for the protection 
oi' advancement of those interests cannot 
but be important to the locality. Our subject has 
the honor of having lieen the lirsl I'resident of the 
Lumliei man's Association of the Saginaw A'alley, 
at a time wlien the members used to meet at the 
Bancroft House in the city of Saginaw. He was at 
that time al.so a large mill owner, his establislnncnt 
in Bay City being run under the name of .lames 
Shearer cV Co. It was built on the site now occu- 
pied by tlie . Michigan Central Railroad Freight 
Office. 

The property above spoken of was purcha.sed by 
Mr. Shearer in 1863, and was then known as the 
Raymond Mill. It was enlarged from time to 
time until it was possible for him to turn 
out ten million feet of lumlier annuallv. which 



was a very large amount for that time. His in- 
terests in that direction continued until about 
1873, and he was at the same time largely inter- 
ested in pine lands. His brother, George 11., who 
is still a resident of IJay City, was one of his |)rin- 
ci|)al partners. 

Ill in. .Lames Shearer, of Bay City, whose portrait 
ap|)ears on the opposite iiage, was born in Albany, 
N. Y., .Inly 12, 1823. Many citizens of our coun- 
try, who have become identified with its growth 
and prosperity, and have been hjyal to its institu- 
tions, te.achings, and principles, have emigrated 
hither from other lands, or have been of direct 
foreign descent. Mi-. Shearer's immediate ances- 
tors came to America, the father in 1817 and the 
mother in 1 82(1, from ScotL'ind. His father's njime 
was George, and his mother was Agnes Buchanan. 
They were honest, intelligent, and industrious peo- 
ple liy nature, acijuirements, and habits, and gave 
to their children the same traits of character. The 
Shearers in Scotland were well-to-do farmers, and 
the two later generations were master masons. 
There seems to have been a kind of sturdiness and 
substantiality about tliem, derived, perhaps, from 
their surroundings and fixedness of habits; for they 
are .said to have occupied and cultivated the same 
land for fourteen generations. 

In his earlier mature years George Shearer ac- 
cumulated property sufficient to place him Ijeyond 
the reach of want, with the exercise of prudence 
and economy in tlie ordinary eour.se of events; but 
his generous and sympathetic nature led him to 
render .assistance to friends and acquaintances by 
indorsing their papers, which he linally had to take 
care of. Added to this, a little later, a disastrous 
and sweeping fire destroyed nearly all of what re- 
mained. This not only rendered him |)oor, l)ut 
frustrated many plans which he had intended 
l)utting in operation and carrying out for the lien- 
clit of his childri'n. But he rightly considered 
that wealth, and the po.sition resulting because of 
it, often deprived the young of the incentive to 
I self-reliance and education which in this country 
prepares for usefulness and success. He therefore 
decided to give his children an education, and thus 
put them in a position to help themselves to a stand- 
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.Tames .Shearer was therefore early sent to scliool, 
and Impressed with the iieeessity and importance 
of making thorougli and valualiie iinpiovenu'nt of 
time in this direetion. Il is evident Ihal lie did 
this, for in IX^U lie entered a store in Ailiany. and 
was found a capable lad. I'.nl this ocrupation. al- 
though not entirely distasteful to tiie young man, 
was nevertheless not (luitetongenial. As phrenolo- 
gists would say. the organs of size, weight, calcu- 
lation, and the perceptive faculties, seemed to be 
prominent. In other words, he seemed to have a 
mechanical head, and to be of a practical turn. 
Accordingly, after two years' service in the store, 
he came to Michigan, feeling that the West, then 
comparatively new, ofifered better opportunities for 
a young man who had his own resources alone to 
depend upon. He reached Detroit in May. 18:38. 
and at once set himself about carrying out plans in 
the line of his natural proclivities. Tlie first step 
to that end was to apprentice liiinself for six years 
to a buildci-. Dining the last four- yc:us of such 
life he devoted his evenings and such other spare 
lime as he could cuinmand to the study of yeonietrv 
and architecture. All of tliisexacted and received 
tlie most studious .•ind se\(rc :ipplir:itioii. ;ind 
called for an exercise of will-p(iw( i and dctciiiiina- 
ti(m of no t-oninioii order, liul p:iticnll\. plod- 
dingly, and thorougldy m love with his cnuisc. did 
the young man proceed. 

At the expiration of the six ycurs Mi-. Shearer 
reluilicd lo .\lli;ni\' Mild clitrrecl tlic .\ lliaii \- .Vcad- 
eniy for the pur|ios<' of taking up the higher 
mathematics and pur.-iiing still furlhci' llic >Uid\' 
of architecture. Completing this course, he re- 
turned to Detroit, but did not remain there long. 
Two things deci<led him in this — he wanteil to .see 
more of this country tli.in he h.-id yet xcii. :iiid 
study its architecture, not as an idle tr.'iveler; .•iiiil 
during his travels he wanted lo make practical u.m' 
of the knowledge lie had ac(|uired from study and 
a|i))renticeshi[). Tlie autumn of 181(1 found hi'ii 
in Montgomery. Ala Tlint State was building its 
capitol. and the young m.-in's aptne.ss, affability, 
!iiid energy gained liiiii ready I'inployinent and 
favor. His thorough knowledge of :\\( liitecture. 
and marked ability and skill. herc.;it the lirst prom- 
inent opportunity of putting them to the te.-t. soon 



discovered to those peoi)le what manner of man he 
w.as: and within a short time he w.as placed in i 
charge and had complete superintendence of the f 
work to its jiracticil completion. For a young 
man only twenty-three \ ears old, this w.as a very 
rcsiionsible and proud position, and does not re- 
([uire added words to indicate his merit and abil- 
ity. This opened abumlant opportunity for em- 
ployment in the .South, had he chosen to avail 
himself of it. But his home, friends, and acquaint- 
ances were in the North, and he returned to De- 
troit in 1848, where he remained until 1862 in 
business for himself, which became of great pro- 
portions, both as an architect and builder. In 
fact, of such magnitude was it, that for the latter 
nine ye.irs of this period, he found it necessary to 
confine himself strictly to contracting and erecting 
buildings. Many of the finest architectural and 
substantial structures of the time in that city are 
the work of his genius. 

Not aloiii'a-a builder, however, was Mr. Shearer 
regarded with favor, lnil he also served the city 
in variou- cxpicitif- with etti,-iencv. He was one 
of the first Hoard of .Sewer Commissioners, and in 
18;)1) w.i- a member of the coiiiinittee to select a 
design for the new City Hall. (Jii account of the 
war the building was delayed until 1866, when 
the suliject was revived, plans ni.ide. contracts let, 
excavations made, and the corner-stone laid, 
August, 1868. It w.is lini'hed in .Itino, 1871, at a 
cost of is!6()t),(ill(i. [t IS a magnificent piei-e of work, 
creditable to all cDimected therewith, and In manv 
respects h:is no superior as a municipal hall any- 
where in the country. Mr. Shearer carried on with 
great success and profit his Inniness in Dc'troit un- 
til 18 i2. wIkmi he retire(l. This he did becaii.se his 
health Iriil liec:i .somewhat impaired, and also that 
lie iiiinlit giveactive attention lo matters connected 
with the war. It Is worthy of remark, before 
dropping Mr. .Shearer and his llusines^ in Detroit, 
that his works were of honest construction, and 
that he was also strictly reliable in character- and 
judgment. Indeed, it is said thai iiiaii\ lari;e con- 
tracts were taken b\- him for the erection of build- 
ings simply on a mere verbal agreement. He had 
a warm side for humanity and a just sense of right. 
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1857 he kept large niimhei-sof mechanics em pi oyer] 
when work and Itread were needed and a|)preri- 
ated. 

Mr. Shearer has baen rather averse to holdiiijx 
public otli.-e. and lias psrsistently r?fii<:?i to do ^o. 
escei)l l>y unsolicited app'>iii' nmit. and in ca-c- 
where there was little oi' no salary attached. Mucli 
time has been ijiveii to the public, but it has heeu 
with a view t<.) it> benciit. and nut for his [lecuni- 
ary gain. In IHGl he wa< elected Alderman IVmn 
the Sixth Ward of the city of Detroit for a two 
years' term, when he [iroved himself one of the 
most valuable and useful members of that bodv; 
and that city owes to him many of its improve- 
ments and much of it-; progress in various wavs. 
It is probable that Mr. Shearer could have had al- 
most any office within the gift of the State, had 
he but signified his vvillingness to accept. It is 
well known that he lias been prominently men- 
tioned in connection with its cliief magistracy, but 
he woidd not allow such candidacy to receive 
.serious consideration. 

Mr. Shearer is not only a philanthropist, but a 
patriot as well. During the late war he did not 
shoulder his musket and march to tlie front, but no 
soldier who wore the blue was even more true and 
loyal. While he remained at home, he was active 
night and day in the prosecution of the war, and 
performed a service as patriotic, as necessary, and 
more valuable than if he had gone to the front; 
for without such men as Mr. Shearer, there would 
soon have been no Union to protect and save. In 
July, 1863, he was sent by the State as one of its 
agents to Gettysburg to relieve the Michigan 
wounded. In this position, as well as in manj- 
others during the war, he spent quite large amounts 
of mone}', and practically aliandoned all his busi- 
ness so long as the State and his country needed 
his services. He was active in helping to raise the 
State's quota, and did much towards securing local 
bounties and preventing the draft of men. 

In 1865 Mr. Siiearer removed to Bay C'it\-. in 
which city he had located some interests a year or 
two previous. From his lirst liecoming a resident 
of that place he naturally assumed and held a lead- 
ing place and position in prominent business con- 
nections and jiublic enterprises. He engaged in 



lumbering, real estate, and banking, and met with 
success in whatever he undertook. This was due to 
his excellent judgment and varied experiences in 
life, his energy, perseverance, and continuity of 
purpose, .\dded to all this was strength and 
solidity of character and a liroad, universal fellow- 
ship. H? w,as President of tlie First National 
B:uik of Bay City, from 1867 to 1881, when he re- 
signed because of impaired health. He needed rest 
and relaxation from business cares and responsi- 
liililics, and now came the opportunity which he 
had long sought, viz., extended foreign travel. He 
first visited the western portions of his own coun- 
try and then sailed for Europe. Returning with 
renewed youth and vigor, he resumed his business 
associations. 

Since coming to Bay City Mr. Shearer was chief 
in organizing the city water-works, and was the 
first President of its Board; was appointed one of 
the State Building Commissioners for the capitol 
in 1871, and served until its completion; was elected 
one of the Board of Regents of the University of 
Michigan in 1880, and served a full term of eight 
years; has been Trustee of the Public Library of 
Bay City, from its organization in 1874; a member 
of the Semi-Centeunial Commission of Michigan 
May, 1885; w.as for fifteen years one of the Trus- 
tees of the First Presbyterian Church, and the 
first President of the Lumberman's A.ssociation for 
the Saginaw Valley. 

The remark of an acquaintance illustrates his 
active busines-; life: "He has been prominent in 
most of the enterprises of Detroit from 1850 to 
1865, .and of Bay City from 1865 to the present 
time." In May, 1850, he married Margaret J. 
Hutchison, of Detroit, eldest daughter of Henry 
Hutchison, of that jilace. To them have been born 
four children, three of whom are still living. They 
are by name (4eorge Henry, James Buchanan and 
Chauncy Hurlburt. The eldest son is now a mem- 
ber of the water works .and fire commissions, Vice- 
President of the B.ay County Savings Bank, and 
interested in real estate in company with his 
younger brother. James B. Chauncy is now em- 
ployed in the Bay County Savings Bank as Teller. * 
The family are attend.ants at and suiiporters of the 
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Our ^iul)ject lias hcen a nieniliei- nf the liido|n'ii- 
ileiit Oi'derof Odil Fellows for many years, but his 
private business lias exacted so much time and at- 
tention that he has had small opportunities to at- 
tend lodges. After locating: here Mr. .Shearer's 
(list residence was at the corner of Water and 
Fourth Streets. lie later removed to Washinutcm 
and Center Avenue, and in \HH\ he built an ele- 
gant mansion at the corner of Monroe and (enter 
Streets on a large and beautifully-located lot. The 
house is a three-story Inick struetiue with stone 
trimmings, and is finished and furnished most 
completely with all the comforts and many of the 
luxuries of our modern style of living. Bay City 
justly regards Mr. .Shearer as one of its most sub- 
stantial and Useful citizens, public-spirited, liberal, 
and progressive, and of the highest honor and re- 
s])ectability. His services in its behalf have lieen 
invaluable, and his name is iiisepaialily and iniper- 
ishably connected with its iiislitiit ions and in- 
dustries, and his x'irtues are cherished i ii the hearts 
of all its people. 



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^^HIFF LP'-WIS. who is one of the ohiest 
III |__ printers now in Inisine.ss in l>ay City and 

\^^! has l>een for live years a member of the 
]}oard of Alderiiieii. was born in Kalani.azon. Mich., 
and is a son of .1. 1{. Lewis, ;\ nati\e of Pennsyl- 
vania. The grandfather, the Kev. (Iriltin Lewis, 
was a I'.aptist iniiiistei-. and he and his brother-in- 
law, .hinali Rogers, were the iirst pi(nieers in the 
ministry in the Wyoming N'alley. Pa. This brother- 
in-l:iw was ca]itiireil with others by the Indians .'it 
the tin e of the massacre, but ni.ade his esc-ip,'. 

The father of our subject w;is n shoe dealer .•ind 
came to Kalamazoo in 1><.'!1. becoming one of llii' 
tirst settlers there, and in 1H.')."> he established him- 
self in business in Kattle Creek, .and continued 
there until his death in INIarch. 1S!HI. when he was 
.se ve 11 ly-tive years old. lie was a ,Se\( nth-Day 
•Vdventist and (uie of the most active in the State, 
being a leader and exhnrtcr. The iiiotlier's maiden 
name was Caroline IC Uogardus. and she was born 
in Pennsylvania and was a daughter of .lacob I. 



Bogardus, a prominent citizen and Sheriff of 
Wilkesbarre. Ilei'ame to .Michigan about 1H40 
and after living in Kalamazoo for some years re- 
moved to Sandusky. Ohio. The family is descended 
in one of it- branches from .John Uogers, who was 
burned at the stake in Kngland. 

()ur subject was born March 22, 1H42. and was 
educated in Kalamazoo and l.attle Creek until he 
reached the age of Hfteen when he was apprenticed 
to the printer's trade in the office of the Be rimr aud 
HerriM. and after that attended school for a year 
and then entered the office of the Journal under 
W. W. Woolnough, who is now the oldest editor in 
:\Iich. 

In August. 1862, the young man enlisted in the 
Sixteenth L'nited States Infantry Band, of Chicago, 
and took part in the encounters at IMiufrcesboro. 
Chickaniauga, Lookout Mountain and Mission 
Ridge. lie caine near starving during that time 
of peril at Chattanooga, when the soldiers were re- 
duced to iati(His of three hardtack crackers a da\'. 
He says he was hungry all the time and only slept 
to dream of being at home and eating of ever\ - 
thing that a home table supplied. .\t the siege of 
.Vtlanta 'ind the inarch to the .sea all the bands 
were sent back and this young man remained at 
Oswego. N. v.. and .S.aekett's Harbor until the close 
of the war when he was mustered out. after three 
years' service. 

Ret inning to Battle Creek Mr. Lewis lesuined 
his business there, and in the spring of IStii; joined 
Ilaverly's Minstrels and traveled with thciii for tme 
year. From a boy up lie li;id played the b.'iritone 
trombone, and lie afterward joined the baud 
of the Dan Costello circus. .Vfter his return to 
Battle ( 'riH'k he started the < 'tiiiatitttllnii and I'liioii 
with his partner, .Mr. Pease, but the following year 
sold out his interest there .and coming to Bay City 
worked at his tr.ade. He was one of the organizers 
of the Knight Templar l>and, which remained in 
existence aiioiit lifteen \ears. and he played in tlii' 
opera house aboiil t wen ty-t wo years. 

In IMTlIour subject started the daily Tri/niiir 
with Harding. ( ulbert. and Kroeiicke, ami took 
the position of foreman, which he held until l«>^2. 
when he sold out his interest and took t'harge of a 
job office. which was located at No. (!18 Water Street. 








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Hsrc \w liasa steam printing estahlisliiiicii' ;uul dix^s 
job work of all kinds, makiu"' a specialty of legal 
prinlinj>. IIo still keups up iiis imisical interest 
and is liaritone in tlie Third Regiment Band. 

The social oi'ders with which onr siihjcet is con- 
nected are the Knights Templar, Michigan Sover- 
eign Consi.storv, the Mystic Shrine, and the (irand 
.Vrniv of the Republic. Of the latter he is a charter 
nieniher and was one of a committee of four to .it- 
tend to the decoration of (-ien. Grant's grave at 
Riverside. Their offering was a magnificent one 
costing $(i(IO, and required ten men to lift it into 
position, and was esteemed the finest one presented 
on that occasion. 

The marriage of Mr. Lewis t(wk place in Muir, 
Ionia County, this State, in 1868, and he was then 
united with !Miss Lucinda. daughter of Artemus 
lieach, of wiiom the reader will find a fuller record 
in the sketch of F. L. IJeach. Their two children 
art LiUie. who is a graduate of the High School of 
the Class of 'id, and Fred, who isnow fifteen years 
old and |il;\ys the cornet in the orchestra. Mr. 
jjcwis is a genial and warm hearted man who is 
ti'uh' popular among his fellow-citizens; as a Re-_ 
publican lie is a leader and a fi'iMpient delegate to 
State Conventions, besides licing a mciiibcr of liotii 
ward and citv committees. 



OBEHT W. ERWIN. 15. S.. M. 1). With the 
laige number of inhabitants that are en- 
aged in such hazardous employments as 



City in the luinlier districts, on the )io;i1s. in the 
mills and foundries, and with accidents constantly 
occurring, Kay City has need of many skilled [ihy- 
sicians and surgeons. One of the oldest active 
physicians of the place, and probably fully .as i)ro- 
gressive as any man in the county, is he whose por- 
trait appears on the oppo-site p.age. lie has resided 
in Hay City since 1873. and has here .-i line office 
fitted with the latest appliances. 

Dr. Krwin was liorn in Laceyville, Harrison 
County, Ohio, Mav21. I«f2. He isason of Hubert 




and Rebecca (Law) Krwin. both of Scotch descent. 
His father's ancestors were Scotch Presbyterians, 
and emigrated to .\nierica before the Revolution- 
ary War. On the mother's side the clerical profes- 
sion was well represented in the Church of En- 
gland, and among the followers of Wesley. The 
father of young Roliert was a farniei-. and believecl 
in the early bird and the moistened l)row, and the 
Doctor attributes a large part of liis success to the 
training received at this time. Through the sum- 
mer he assisted his father, going to the district 
school in winter. 

When seventeen years old, after five montiis in 
an academy, and three in the Hoi)edale (Ohio). 
Normal School, our subject liegan teaching a coun- 
try school. This was continued each winter sea- 
son until his enlistment in the One Hundred 
and Seventieth Ohio Regiment, in the War of the 
Rebellion. l'i)on his di.scliarge he entered the Ohio 
University located at Athens, Ohio, as a student. 
,\fter completing the full course, he was graduated 
in the Class of '()8, taking the degree of Bachelor 
of Science. Even then he had begun the study of 
medicine, and on finishing his college cour.se, he 
went to New li'ork City and took the course of 
medical lectures at Bellevne, graduating with the 
CUass of '70. During this period he occupied the 
Chair of geometiN' in Cooper Institute. 

The Doctor lirst began to practice his profession 
in Athens. Ohio. He remained there for more 
than three years, and then came to Bay City, 
where he soon established a large and lucrative 
practice, and has since lieen continuously occupied 
with a large patronage. He is a inember of tiie 
State Medical Society, and an lionoraiy member of 
the (.)liit) State Medical Societ\-. He also affiliates 
with the ^Medical .\ssociatioiis of Bay County and 
the Saginaw X'alley. .V believer in the progress of 
the medical and healing science beyond all things, 
he loses no opportunity to keep abreast of the 
latest advancements in his profession, and spent 
the winter of 1878 in New York in the further 
pursuit of medical knowledge. When less occu- 
pied with professional cares than at present, he 
was an occasional contributor to current medical 
literature. 

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riage with Miss Julia K., daughter of E. O. Car- 
penter, M. D.. of Alliens. Oliio. Dr. and Mrs. Er- 
win have two children, whose names are Mary- 
Louise and Roberta .lulia. The Doctor has never 
sought political preference or honors, his profes- 
sion being more to him than emoluments of offices. 
P'or four years he wiis a member of the Board of 
Health. He and his wife are members of the Meth- 
odist Episcopal Church, of which he is a Trustee. 
His home, which is located at the corner of Sixth 
and Monroe Streets, is a beautiful residence, and 
well adapted to the needs of the family. On first 
coming here he located at the corner of Fifth and 
Adams Streets, where he still li.as his office. 



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RANK ENGLISH. A progressive agricul- 
^> turist in Buena Vista Township, Saginaw 
County, our subject is the proprietor of a 
line farm on section 1.'?. It comprises eighty acres 
of Land, which is a model in the way of cultivation 
and general appointments. Mr. English was born 
on Canadian shores, May 5, 1835. The parents of 
our subject removed to the northern part of Maine 
when he was an infant of a year, and he remained 
in that State until he was eighteen years of age, 
being engaged in logging on the Penobscot River. 
In lH(j3 he wished to explore the Western States. 
and came to Michigan. 

After locating in the Wolverine State, Mr. En- 
glish was employed in lumbering on the White 
River in the western part of the Statu, having for 
his employers the late Joseph Head and John 
Walsh. In the spring of 1873 he again changed 
his location and came to Saginaw, and made the 
city his residence until his location on the farm, 
where he at present makes his home, the date of 
removal there being in 1888. As above stated, his 
farm consists of eighty acres of arable land, and in 
addition to this he owns valuable property in Sag- 
inaw. 

Mr. English was united in marriage in Novem- 
ber. 1883, to Miss Mary Hagen, the place of whose 
birth was Detroit, and the date thereof December 
21. 18,"j3, the same year, it will be rememliered. in 



which our subject was born. Mr. and Mrs. English 
have become the parents of two children, who bear 
the names respectively of Lottie and Katie. Since 
locating upon his farm, our subject has given his 
attention almost entirely to agricultuial pursuits, 
and is making a splendid success in his calling. 
Although he prefers to devote himself to his fann- 
ing interests, yet he is a popular man and may be 
called a public-spirited and enterprising citizen. 



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^^ENNIS GALLA(;HER. There is probably 
not one of the farmers of lIain[)toii Town- 
ship, Bay County, who is more thor- 
oughly representative of the best class of 
substantial, enterprising agriculturists than Mr. 
(Gallagher. He wiis bom in the North of Ireland, 
in 183G, and there he lived until he reached ma- 
ture years. In 1860 he came to America, locating 
in Michigan, where he has since made his home. 

Although the wife of our subject was also a iia- 
, tive of Ireland, it was not until some twelve years 
after Mr. ti.allagher came to this country, that they 
were united in marri.ige. Her maiden name w.as 
Ellen Maher, and she hiid come to this country 
with her parents about the year 1850 and had been 
living in Michigan. Three of tlie six children who 
were granted to this worthy couple are still in this 
life — Jamt's, Francis J. and Dennis ^I. 

There were two brothers of our subject who 
came to America at about the same time that he 
made his journey hither, and they both took part 
in the War of the Rebellion, and have now passed 
aw.ay. Michael w.as killed during his term of ser- 
vice near Ft. Douelsoii. and the other lirotlier, 
Charles, died in Oakl.and County, Mich., several 
years later. A brother. John, is now a resident of 
that county, and one of its substantial farmers; 
another brother, James, lives in Williamston, Bay 
County. 

The beautiful farm belonging to Mr. Gall.agher 
comprises some fifty acres and is advantageously 
located near Bay City. Its fine condition attests 
the thoroughness and enterprise of our subject, 
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qualities enable him to luiilil iqi nnt only a sue- 
eessf 111 hii.siness hut atso to make liim>ell' thoroughly 
respeeted and esteemed liy his fellow-townsmen, 
Ilis genial nature makes hijn hosts ol' friends and 
his integrity gives him the confidence of all with 
whom he has dealings. In his leligious belief he 
if a Roman Catholic, and in public matters he allies 
himself with the Democratic party. Yet he is not 
active either in public nialtei's or in business, as he 
has to a great extent retired from his former pur- 
suits. Mr. Gallagher was again married, February 
1, 1887, his bride being Mrs. John Toohcy, a resi- 
dent of West Bay City. 



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ii^Z'LORENTlN II. .1. ^■AN EMSTER. Proli- 
l|^(S)) alily the most practical, as well as skillful, 
'1\ ^ chemist in the Saginaw Valley is he whose 
name appears above. His drug house, which is 
advantageously located at No. 30() Twelftli Street 
and fronting on Washington Avenue,contaius a full 
stock of the liest and i)urest drugs known to the 
pharmacopia. Mr. \'an Enister was a member of 
the first State Hoard of Pharmacy, and has contril)- 
uted considerably to raise the business to an ac- 
knowledged standing. His whole business has been 
persoiuil oversight, and tliis is no small matter, for 
he has under him a force of expert apothecaries 
and the largest trade of the vicinity. 

Our subject was boin in Xanteii, in the Province 
of the Rhine. (Jermany, .lune 2(!, 1810. lie is a 
son of lleinrich and Henrietta (Klusen) \'an Km- 
ster, botii natives of Xanten. The father was edu- 
cated in the luiversity of lierliu and fitted him- 
self for tlie ministry; he died in Xanten in 1848, 
while still a young man. Our sulijcct's paternal 
graudsire was a wholesale merchant and a man of 
wealth and prominence in his native city. After 
her husband's death the mother of our subject re- 
moved to Bonn, thinking to give her children bet- 
ter educational advantages there. She reared her 
family and after bestowing upon them all tlie lov- 
ing care of a mf)tlier passed away in 187(5. 

Of the six children comprising the family of 
whicli oiir subject is one. he is the fourth m order 



of birth. He was gi-aduated in tlie Latin school 
in Bonn in IKoll. At the liniversity at Bonn he 
had ( xce|)tional educational advantages in the 
study of chemistry, phi lusophy .'in d the sciences and 
t(jok great pleasure in pursuing his course for several 
years, then entered the University of Berlin and 
later that of Goettingen, where he studied under 
Prof. Woehler and there finished the course in 1 «()2. 

The subject which is now attracting so much 
attention in certain portions of America, of pro- 
ducing a cheap and first-class sugar from the lieet, 
was then agitating Germany, and after finishing 
his college course our subject went to Silesia as 
inspector of a beet sugar factory. He was there 
for one year and became conversant with the 
methods employed in directing large numbers of 
men. for there were twelve hundred employed in 
the factory. He then went to the Rhine Province 
as ail analytical chemist in Xeunkircheii iron works 
and remained there for two years. He was then 
persuaded to come to America on the assurance of 
a friend that he had secured for him a position. 

In November, 18(;o, our subject left- Bremen by 
•steamer and landed in New York. He went from 
there to Philadelphia, Pa., where he served as clerk 
in a drug-store for one year, thence going to Pitts- 
liiirg, where he taught (German in a private school 
for one year. He proceeded thence to Cincinnati, 
Ohio.where he o|)ened a pharmacy. In 1872 he came 
U> Michigan and located in Zilwaukie. Saginaw 
County, and there opened a drug house, luit it 
proved not to be a propitious location for him, and 
in 1877 he came to Bay City, where he conducted 
a drug business on Broadway for one year. In 
.lanuarv, 1878. he liiiilt a small store on the site of 
his present building, and jiutting in a first-class 
stock of goods has continued here ever since. In 
18Ky he rebuilt his place an<l now has a block that 
is .50x5(1 feet in dimensions. The store is 22x.'j0 
feet and is a two-story and basement structure. 
The stock it contains is most complete and from it 
can be compounded any remedy. He also carries 
fluid extracts, wines and liquors for medical pur- 
poses, druggists' supplies and sundries, toilet goods 
and perfumes usual to the business, of the liest 
make and in great variety. He devotes the base- 
ment to the storaiic of his diiigs and the manufac- 



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ture of his remedies. He gives his personal super- 
vision to the manufaeture of fluid extracts, and 
also to some of his cliemieals. His specialty in 
addition to the purity of his stock is compounding 
of prescriptions. In the exercise of this accom- 
l)lishnient he brings experienced ability and care to 
his aid and employs only the choicest chemicals. 

Mr. Van Emster was married in this city, July 
26, 1883, to iSIiss IJertha Suedekum, who was born 
in Newport, Ky., but reared in Hay City. Their 
family comprises three children, whose names are 
Bertha, Hilda and Linda. l\Ir. Xan Emster is an 
active -member of the State Pharmacists' Associa- 
tion. Socially, he belongs to the Royal Arcanum 
and to the Ancient Order of United Workmen, 
Royal League and Druids. Politically, he is inde- 
pendent, voting for |)rinciple rather than party. 







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XDKEW 1). WYMAN is the Truant OMicer 
for Hay City, he having been Hist ap- 
pointed when the Ac-t took effect and has 
^^g/' since been the incumbent ol that ollice, 

gi\ing it his entire attention during the winter 
nionths. lie is also Sanitary (Ulicer for Hay Citv, 
to which position he was appointed in 1887. licing 
ail active member of the Sanitary Hoard and ju-ac- 
tieally the only one who has charge of the truant 
children, by which term is included all neglected 
children by either |)nreiits, or guardians, alsi) chil- 
dren who are uncontrollable or who have unfit and 
and improper giuii'dians. There has been more 
done under this law since Mr. Wyman has had 
charge of the business than at any other time, and 
this county i>ays more attention to it than do 
others in the State. He is now acting with the 
Judge of the Probate Court. The position of 
Intelligence ( lllicer is his and he does the good 
work of securing homes for friendless cliild- 
I'eii He gives his earnest labor in looking after 
the poor and re|)orting tlieni to the Superintendent 
of the Poor, who usually does according to his 
wise counsel. As an example of what may be done 
by an energetic and determineil man we point to 
.Ml'. Wynian who is well-known for his earnestness 



and undaunted integrity, and who unostentatiously 
commands the respect of all his neighbors and 
many friends. 

Mr. Wyman was boj-n iu Clarence Townshi)). 
Erie County. X. Y.. to Florian and Clara (Kothen- 
berg) Wyman. the father being a fanner and car- 
penter. Our subject spent his early boyhood on 
the farm and learned the trade with his father. 
lie received a limited education in the district 
schools. He never attended college but being of 
studious habits and a close ob.server he obtained a 
|)ractical knowledge that has served him to good 
purpose. Coming to Michigan and settling in Mt. 
Morris where he worked on a farm for six months, 
Mr. Wyman then went to Evansville, I II., where 
he worked at his trade for one year and then re- 
turned to hi- home remaining there until 1881. 
He then came to Hay City, entering the employ of 
the Flint iV' Pere Marquette Uailroad as night bag- 
gageman. Subsequently he was with the Jlicliigan 
! Central road as a brakeman on the Northern l^ivi- 
sion. 

After leaving the railroad, Mr. Wyman made 
application for a |)Osilion on tlie [jolice force and 
was accepted in May. 188:!, acting as Sergant for 
seven months when a man who had been injured 
was given the place and Mr. Wyman took a 
beat. He wa> detailed until 1881, when he was 
given the position of Sanitary Otticer and two 
years later he \vas asked to look after the truants 
who had bi'en re|)()rted, lint linding this did not 
coN'cr the wild field that it is, he became a most 
concientious and earnest wc)rker in its behalf, and 
since his incumbency thei-e has been a wonderful 
imiirovemeut in the sanitar\- condition of the city. 
The Hoard of Health of Hay City should have a 
great deal of credit for llicy li;i\c undonbtedlv 
dono much, for the cleanliness of the city and 
still look after the healthy conditions of the place. 
This board established the l'"crtili/.ing Woi'ks be- 
tween Hay City and Saginaw City for the disposi- 
tion of carcasses and it was under the inrtuence of 
our subject that this was accomplished. 

Ill 18',)!. Mr. Wyman lia<l iiitidduccd in the leg- 
islature following: Section I "That any girl lietween 
the age of ten and seventeen years, or any boy be- 
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frequent saloons or other places wlicre iiitoxiiai 
ing liquors are sold or kept for sale, or shall fre- 
quent lunch rooms or restaurants where the same 
is operated in connection with a saloon or liai, or 
shall lie found lounging around the same or shall 
be found lounging around railway stations or 
steamboat landings without having legitimate bus- 
iness there, shall be deemed a truant and disordorl_y 
person." His experience being that girls get their 
first ste]) downward in or around such places, he 
thinks the law should have power to prevent it if 
the parents will not. The amendnv.Mit did not 
pass but he will bring it up again in flu next 
meeting of the Legislature. He also introduced a 
bill to make the parents amenable in failure to 
obey the compulsory educational law, which would 
impose a fine or imprisonment or 1 oth in the discre- 
tion of the court. He intends to get a bill through 
that will compel a child to have a license to allow 
it to work. This is to avoid the parents denying 
the age, as many of the foreign element now do. 
Bay City also has a home for children which 
was established two years ago, and Mr. Wynian has 
given considerable attention to this, placing such 
children in it as need better opportunities to become 
good men and women or those needing supfiort. 

The worthy subject of this sketch was united in 
marriage with Miss Sarah E. C'onroy of Bay City. 
The wedding was celebrated August 26, 1884, and 
they have become the happy parents of two bright 
children — Arthur ( ). and .\ndrew .1. He and his 
estimable wife are members of the Catholic Church 
and also of the Catholic Mutual Benefit A.ssociation. 
They have a pleasant home at No. 1309 Jefferson 
Street, where they have resided foi' the past 
four years. 



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"{ I AMES A. MUNC4ER, M. D., who is theoldi si 
physician of Tittabawassee Township, re- 
sides in Freeland. Bay County. He is a son of 
Daniel and Lucy (Agard) Munger, whose 
native home was in Saratoga County, N. Y., while 
the Doctor was born in Monroe Count}', that State, 
October 6, 1825. The bo}' was reared to manhood 



upon his father's farm and received a thorough 
district school education, remaining beneath the 
parental roof until he reached his majority. 

The parents of our subject came to Michigan in 
the fall of 1852, and located in (lenesie County, 
and their son followed them the following spring, 
making his stopping place in Saginaw County, 
where he took up Government land and engaged 
in the double vocation of farming and lumbering, 
remaining thus employed until 1868, when he took 
up the business of merchandise in the village of 
Freeland and carried it on successfully until 188(1, 
when he disposed of the business tolas son-in-law, 
Edward F. Gould. 

In his youth this gentleman had conceived the 
idea that his ideal in life would be met if he could 
study and prepare himself foi-'practicing the healing 
art, and in 1854 he began reading on professional 
lines and in 1861 began his professional work and 
has built up an extensive practice. About a year ago 
he went to Bay City, thinking that he would there 
establish himself in his profession, but his old 
friends in Tittaliawassee Township prevailed upon 
him to return to his old lield. He finds the old 
saying to be eminently true that old friends are 
))est and that "a little field well tilled", like "a lit- 
tle wife well willed", is something quite desirable. 

In 1847 this gentleman was happily united in 
marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Crispen, 
who came from Jefferson Count}', Pa., and to the 
Doctor and his wife have been granted seven 
bright and interesting children, six of whom are 
living and all but one of whom have established 
homes of their own. They are all filling positions 
of usefulness in life and are a credit and source of 
happiness to their parents. 

The oldest child, Harriet, is now Mrs. E. F. 
Gould and resides in Freeland; Lucius married 
Dellia Benson and made his home in Tittabawassee; 
John took to wife Nellie Worden and lives in Sag- 
inaw; Adaline married Frank Letterman, and 
makes her home in Bridgeport, this county, upon 
a farm; Emma married William Mills and resides 
in Freeland; and C^lara, who still makes her home 
with her parents, has for six years been following 
the profession of a teacher. In politics the Doctor 
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are attached to the church of the Seventh Day 
Advcntistf;. When tlie Doctor came to this sec- 
tion it was practically a wilderness and lie did 
much thorouali pioneering and by his indefatigable 
industry he has gained a handsome propeily. 










ILP^RED E. SEE. The Saginaw Valley has 
in the jiast furnished many proofs of the 
'^y^^ fact that industry, energy and enterprise, 
combined with the exercise of sound business 
judgment, tind here a fitting arena for their devel- 
opment, and bring compensatitm in prosperity and 
ofttimes wealth. Among those who in Bay Cilvare 
successfully carrying on large enterprises is Mr. 
See, senior member and manager of the fiim of 
W. E. See it Co., dealers in cnickery, glassware, 
wall pa|)er. etc. The firm conducts a wholesale and 
retail liLisiness,the most complete of its kind in tlie 
Valley, and occupies a fine building 12.5x30, and 
;}(lx30.the wholesale department beinar in the base- 
ment and storeroom. 

In their crockery department the firm carries 
everything from the most common ware to the 
very finest china, also bric-a-brac, lamps and glass- 
ware of the most beautiful designs. The business 
is an old one, having been established twenty-five 
years ago and was purchased by the present firm 
from Albert Oris wold, in March, 1891. From its 
inception the business has steadily- increased in 
volume from year to year, while the accurate and 
relialile methods of the members of the firm, and 
their constant endeavors to give satisfaction to 
their customers have combined to give the estal)- 
lisliment a popularity not exceeded by that of any 
firm in the Saginaw ^■alley. Mr. See uses great care 
in the selection of his stock so as to obtain at all 
times the best and latest wares, and his devotion 
to business h.as justly brought him merited success. 
As above indicated. Mr. See is one of the young- 
est business men in Bay City. He was born IMaicli 
31, 1861, in Montreal, Canada, and passed his 
childhood years in his native city, receiving the 
rudiments of his education. .\t the .age of nuir 



years he accompanied his parents in their reuKival 
from Montreal and with them located in Bay City. 
Here his father, .luhn C,. whose vocation was that 
i>f a contractor, died in 1873. Tlie mother still 
survives and makes her home in Bay City. Wilfred 
E. completed his education in the High School of 
this citj' and afterward engaged as book-keeper 
for Cooke it Co., merchants, with wliiini lie re- 
mained eight years. In 1881) he embarked in bus- 
iness with C. H. Ueberroth, the firm name being 
Neberotli it See, and the partnership continued 
until Mr. See commenced his present business. 

Mr. See is also a member of the firm of Harper, 
Heisner it Co., extensive furniture dealers of Bay 
City. In his social relations he is a member of Bay 
City Lodge. F.it A.M. September 9, 1883, he was 
united in marriage with Miss Amelia Degraw. of 
Bay City. In their religious sentiments yiv. and 
Mrs. See are consistent members of the Presbyte- 
rian Church and are liberal supporters of charita- 
ble measures. They have established a pleasant 
home in Bay City and are well known for their 
genial social i|ualities and kindliness of heart. 






EV. .JACOB II. LEWIS, who resides upon a 
farm on section 21. Tittabawassee Town- 
ship, Saginaw County, is a son of Uershom 
and Hannah (Van ^■radenburg) Lewis, who 
were both natives of Dutchess County, N. V. The 
father was of Welsh descent and the mother came 
from German stock. Their son, Jacol). w.as bfirn 
in Dutchess County, N. Y.,on the 3()th of Septem- 
ber, 1827. He was brought up upon a farm, and 
at the age of nine years his parents came to (iene- 
see County, Mich., in March, 183(). He remem- 
brrs the privations and ditHculties attending this 
trip as they traveled from Detroit by ox-team. 

The father of our subject upon reaching this 
part of Michigan took up one hundred and twenty 
acres of (Government land, and upon this farm the 
boy grew and learned the practical work of a pio- 
neer lad, and many an old tree was felled by him 
and many a tough stump was extracted from the 
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cational advantages were limited to the branches 
taught in the common scliools, but by close appli- 
cation to titud3' the young man was prepared to 
teach at the age of nineteen, and followed that pur- 
suit for fifteen terms, spending his winters in the 
sclioolroom and his summers in farm work. 

The subject of this sketch came to Saginaw 
t'ounty in 1855, and took up one hundred and 
sixty acres of (ioverument land under the 'li'adu- 
ation Act at twenty-tive cents per acre. While 
still a \'Outh he became deeply interested in re- 
ligious trutlis, and in 1857 professed Christianity 
and became an Elder in the church September 27, 
1863, receiving at that time his ordination and li- 
cense to preach. Since that time he has been as- 
signed to circuits liy the Wesleyan Metliodist 
Conference and is at present the pastor in charge 
of the Congregational Church in Freeland, where 
he is supervising the building of a new house of 
worship. 

The Rev. Mr. Lewis was first married December 
17, 1848, to Maiv L., daughter of William and 
Phffibe Surryhne, both natives of tlie Empire 
Slate. Mrs. Mar\- Lewis became the mother of 
four ciiildren, and died in jSLiicli, 18(54. Her chil- 
dren are: Mary A., who married Herbert Allen, a 
Midland farmer; William IL, who married Cora 
Parker and is a teacher in the Saginaw schools; 
Watson A., who took to wife Katie Allen and re- 
sides in Tittabawassee Township; and Florence 
Estell, who liecame the wife of John K. Simons 
and died in April, 18',)0. leaving one son. Earl 
Lewis. 

The present Mrs. Lewis bore in her maidenhood 
the name of Aurora Jaquith, and she became the 
wife of our subject June 15, 18(55. Her parents, 
Jefferson and Sarah (Wood) Jaquith, were natives 
of Vermont and New Hampshire respectively and 
pioneers of Jlichigan in Tittabawassee Tovvnslii]), 
The Jaquiths comprised one of the three first fam- 
ilies that Settled in wlial is now this township, 
coming here in Marcli. 18.'5f). 

In political life Mr. Lewis has ever held t( tlie 
principles and policy outlined by the Republican 
party, and has been Supervisor and Clerk for a 
number of 3'ears of Tittabawassee Township. LTpon 
the School Board he has been efficient and active, 



as his experience and intelligence] as well as his 
standing as a man and a minister, have abundantly 
fitted him to he. The inembers of his family are 
now connected with ^the^ Congregational Church. 
Before coming to this county Mr. Lewis bought a 
tract of eighty acres in Genesee County, and 
cleared it fc>r cultivation, but since his last mar- 
riage he has made his home upon the farm on 
which Mrs. Lewis was born March 19, 1843. This 
farm comprises some ninety-five acres of tine land 
all improved, and he there carries on mixed farm- 
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|jy>V\ R^- GEORGE W^\L1)BAUER. Tiiis sensi- 
ble and successful liusiness woman deserves 
great credit for her thorough management 
■^ of the l)usiness which, at her husband's 

death, came into her liands covered with debt and 
still in embryo. She toc>k up tlie scattered' threads 
and with a steady hand and clear brain eyer fertile 
in resources and untiring in effort she has by deter- 
mination and perseverance built uj) a remarkably 
successful and creditable business. By giving 
strict attention to every essential detail she has 
led the van in all that tends to advance the interest 
of horticulture and much of the present highly 
cultivated sentiment of Saginaw peojile, in regard, 
to matters of taste and the cultivation of choice 
flowers and foliage plants, is due to her. It is a 
common saying tiiat "she has been no deadhead in 
the enterprise." 

This estimable lady was known in her maiden- 
hood as Barbara, daughter of John and Anna 
(Mather) Lindner, who settled in Saginaw at an 
early day some forty \ears ago. She was born 
upon her father's farm aliout three miles nortii of 
Saginaw, July 1(5. 1853. and was united in mar- 
riage with George Waldbauer, September 4, 1878. 
To them were born three daughters, Julia Cliar- 
lotte, Anna Elenora, .and Anna Maria C'atherine. 

George Waldbauer was born near Heidelberg, 
Germany, Jan uaiy 1, 1851, and died November 19, 
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Louis W!il<ll);uu'i-, to Saginaw when only I'lohi ur 
ten years old, liavinsjf emijiiatcil to this country at 
the age of four, lie estahlislied tlie present Inisi- 
ness in 1885 and the green liouses now cover about 
three blocks, and about four lots are covered with 
beds during the niariict gardening season, as early 
vegetables are a specialty. 

The business is running satisfactorily and ^Nlrs. 
Waldbauer who took it up at her husband's death 
keeps it up with the help of one florist and a \cg 
clalilc gai'dener. She has S(;nie *-l(l.()()(l invested 
and herliusiness is esteemed one of tl^e most flour- 
ishing in Saginaw. With two other florists she 
gave some time ago an exhiliition of chrysanthe- 
mums and had about one thousand plants of ditfcreni 
varieties in the show. She is a faithful and de- 
voted member of the Lutheran Chur<'li Miid Iims 
the respect and esteem of her neighbors. 

ON. HIRAM W. ROBINSON, of Bridgeport, 
Saginaw County, is now representing the 
Third District of his county in the Lower 
House of the State Leaislature. lie is one 
of the most pr(miinent and influential citizens of 
the county and one of the most sturd.y and uiicom- 
proiuising defenders of Democratic doctrines. He 
i,~ a native of llhica, N. Y., and was boru January 
.H, l.s;V.i. His parents, Charles and Catherine 
(White) Robinson, were natives of the Empire 
State, and of Xcw England extraction. His grand- 
father White was a soldier in the War of 1812. and 
one of his tincles was a soldier under AVasliiiigton 
during the Revolutionary War. 

Charles Robinson, the father of <iui- subject, was 
one of the pioneer lumbermen of Saginaw County, 
and operated here late in the "lOs. although he still 
made his home at Buffalo, N. V., and it was not 
until 186fi that he transferred his residence to 
Michigan, making his home in Elint, where he died 
in 1871. His son llirani was reared to man's es- 
tate in his native home and from early youth was 
engaged in lumbering and it was not until later in 
life that he took up the calling of a farmer and 
eugaged in the handling of real estate. 




The higlier cducaliou of our sulijcct was received 
in Ithica Academy, and Hamilton College, at Clin- 
ton, N. Y.. from whicli latter institution he giadu- 
ated in lH.")!t. after which lie engaged ff)r a short 
time in teaching. In im58 he came West making 
his first home in Saginaw, where he settled on the 
east side of the river and engaged in handling 
lumber, acting also as inspector. He subsequently 
remf)ved to Bridgeijorl, where for years he has 
been engaged in lumbering and in dealing in tim- 
ber lands. 

The first election of .Mr. Robinson to the State 
Legislature took place in 1889, and the following- 
year he was re-elected to the same po.sition. One 
measure of great imi)ortante in regard to real es- 
tate was originated and pushed through the legis- 
lature by this gentleman. It was a bill wliicli read 
something as follows: "Any lien on real estates 
should ex])ire n-ithin five years from date." The 
author of this bill has received many words of 
commendation for his work in pushing forward 
this measure which is believed to be of value to 
owners of real estate. 

T!\e marriage of the Honorable Mr. Robinson 
with Miss Caroline Smith took place October 3(1, 
I860. This lady is a daughter of one of the early 
pioneers of the county, and she w.as born within 
its boundaries. Her mother who belonged tf) the 
well-known family of Ilodgemans, was a native of 
X'ermont. To Mr. and Mrs. Robinson have been 
granted three children. Sarah. Henry and Charles, 
to whole they gave every opportunity for attain- 
ing a thorough education. The doctrines of the 
Democratic party are tlio.se which this gentleman 
believes to be sound and well fitted for attaining 
true prosperity in this Republic, .and as to the 
social orders, he is a member of the Knights of the 
Maccabees at Bridgeport, being one of the Chai tei 
members of that Tent, and is also connected with 
the Knights of Honor and at ijresent has a clerk- 
ship in Washington. D. C. 

Mr. and Mrs. Robinson are active and prized 
members of society and this lady i,- a native of 
Saginaw ('iniiit\, where she wa~ born .Iiih' 1.'). 
1811, and is a daughter of Thomas and Sanih ,\. 
(Hdgeman) Smith, early settlers in that [ art of 
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'30s, when Saginaw was only a military station and 
small village, iler iiaients are deceased, her fa- 
tiier having died in 1846 and her mother in 18711. 
She is a member of the Congregational Church nnd 
active in all henevolent and religious niovemeuts. 



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1T^ AMES A. WEAVER. On the opposite page 
appears a portrait of this gentleman, who 
was identified witli tlie business interests of 
Saginaw for a quarter of a century. After 
a protracted illness he pa.ssed from life on the 12th 
of April 1890. lie was born at Vernon, N. Y., 
March 21, 1830, and his parents were Zaehariah 
and Maria (Truax) AVeaver, botli natives of New 
York State and of old Holland ancestry. The 
father was born Novemlier 25, 1 78(5, a nd tlie mother 
July 1.^), 1790. 

At Rochester our subject learned the car(ienter's 
trade at an earl\- age, and was only eighteen years 
of age wlien he came West. His first work in 
Michigan was done in the car shops of the Miclii- 
gau Central Railway at Detroit, and in a short 
time he was promoted to superintending tlie supply 
department in Iniilding, which place he held up to 
the time of his coming to Saginaw in 186.5, a period 
of fifteen or sixteen years. In that trusted [losition 
of responsibility lie was considered by his emph>yers 
to Ije one of the best men they have ever had. 

When Mr. Weaver came to Saginaw he engaged 
witli his nephew, Charles II. AVilkins, in the boot 
and shoe business and later formed a partnership 
in the same line with Jacob Seligman, the firm 
name being Weaver k Seligman. Meanwhile the 
senior member of the firm was the proprietor of a 
furniture house and, until iiis factory was destroyed 
by fire, gave employment to a large number of 
men. The boot and shoe business was closed in 
188;"), but the furniture establishment was con- 
ducted until 1888. Thoroughly practical in his 
transactions and understanding every department 
of his business, he l)uilt up a prosperity commen- 
surate with the merits of his goods and tlie supe- 
rior facilities he enjoyed. 
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A conservative and successful business man, Mr. 
Weaver never met with failure during his entire 
business careei'. His store was located at No. 220 
Grenesee Avenue, where the Peojile's Savings Bank 
is now situated, and the property is still in the 
hands of the family. He became a one-fourth 
owner of the Everett House Block in 1877. Eight 
years after his health commenced to fail and he was 
obliged to abandon liis business. Previous to his 
illness he was a man of fine physique, tall and 
stately. In his political views he was in sympathy 
with the Republican party but never devoted his 
attention to politics, as his time and strength were 
all absorbed by his private business. 

The family mansion at No. 325 South Jefferson 
Street, was erected in 1875, at a cost of not less 
than $12,000, and is finished in elegant style, with 
hard wood trimmings. The marriage of Mr. Wea- 
ver took place September 25, 1 856, at Oneida, N. Y.. 
and he was then united with Miss Nancy M., 
daughter of Solomon and Lena Ann (Elanders) 
Klock. Mr. Klock is still living at the age of 
eightj'-eight years. ■ The family, wliicji has lived 
for generations at Albany, is of old Dutch stock 
and Grandfather Flanders was active in the AYar 
of 1812. ]Mr. and BIrs. Weaver were blessed by 
the birth of two daughters: Emma A., who is now 
Mrs. P. J. Doyle of Chicago; and Agnes C, who 
is a graduate of the Class of '84, of the Literary 
Department of the State ITniversity of Michigan, 
and in 1890 took her degree in the Mfidical De- 
partment of the same institution. She is now en- 
gaged in hospital work in Boston, where she spent 
one year at the New England Hospital for Women 
and Children, and will, during 1892-93, spend a 
year abroad in study. The death of Mr. Weaver 
was deeply felt in Saginaw, although he had been 
for several years withdrawn from active partici- 
pation in affairs of business. 



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lr^//RANCIS McMANN. 



We are gratified to 
() be able to present to the consideration of 
our readers the life narrative of one of the 
well-to-do farmers of Saginaw Township, Saginaw 
County, whose beautiful home is the fitting abode 



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for a family of siirh intelligence and cliaracter. 
Mr. MeMaiin was liorn in Roc-liester, N. Y.. April 
3, 1840, and is a son of John McMann. who was 
horn on the Isle of Man. After coming to this 
country he followed dravingin Rochester and died 
at the age of sixty years. He was intelligent in 
regard to matters of tins conntry and had joined 
himself to the Democratic ranks. His wife, who 
died at the age of fifty-five, was a native of Scot- 
land and bore the maiden name of Mary Ashard. 

Our subject was the only child of his parents 
and was left an orplian at the age of ten years, 
after winch he worked about in various places 
attending school when he could and when a little 
older did teaming for two years, and for two j'ears 
was engaged in the hotel business at the head of 
Canandaigna Lake. He enlisted Augu?t 28, 18G2. 
in Company F, One Hundred and Fortieth New 
York Zouaves, and served until the close of the 
war. never missing an encounter in which his reg- 
iment was engaged. He was in the Fifth Corps of 
the Army of the Potomac and was raised in rank 
to the positions successively of Corijoral, Sergeant 
and Orderly Sergeant. He took i)art in the follow- 
ing battles: Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Oet- 
tysburg, Uai)i)aliannock. Mine Run. the Wilderness, 
Spottsylvania, North Adams, Canal Harbor, Peters- 
burg, Weldon Railroad, Chapel House, Harper's 
Run, Boyle's Crossroads, Five Forks, and Puliles' 
Farm, yet never was stiuck by a ball. His health 
was seriously and permanently injured by exposure 
and hardships and he receives a jiension of *12 
a month. 

Soon after being mustered out of .service in 
1865, Mr. McMann came to Saginaw Township 
and bought forty acres of land where he now lives 
and at once set to work to reduce it from a wilder- 
ness to a cultivated farm. The following year he 
was married to Elizabeth Hart, l)y whom he had 
one child, Mary, who is at home witli her father. 
The mother died in \XH\. 

The present Mrs. McMann, l)ccame the wife of 
our subject in 1883. She is a native of Massachu- 
setts and bore the maiden name of IMinnie Stoker. 
Her three sons, William, Frank and Elmer M. are 
beino' trained in the faith and practices of the 
Christian religion and tlieir mother is a devout 



nicmlier of the Presbyterian Church. The delight- 
ful home of this family was built in 1867, and has 
been remodeled several times since. Both house 
and barns aie kejjt in good condition and 
handsomely painted, and the sixty acres of 
land aie largely devoted to gaidening and the 
raising of fruit and vegetables, although Mi-. INIc- 
Maun raises some stock and markets consideialile 
butter. 

The political i)rinciples which control the bal- 
lot of Jlr. McMann are in accordVith the doctrines 
of the Democratic party and he is a leader f>f 
thought in his township. His fellow-citizens have 
been glad to place him for the past fourteen years 
in the position of .School Director and he lias occu- 
pied the ofHce of Highway Commissioner for one 
year. For the past thirteen years he has been one 
of the three Superintendents of the County Poor 
Farm, and the construction of the fine, large, new 
btiilding just comjileted has been under his ])cr- 
sonal supervision. 



\f OSEPll DELL, one of the earliest settlers of 
Bay County, or Saginaw Count}', as it was 
then known, has resided in the Valley since 
^ 18;").'). He owns quite a good deal of city 
real estate. He was born in Simcoe, Norfolk 
County, Canada, August 19, 1834, to Benjamin 
and Tamson (Smith) Dell. The father w.as a native 
of New England but early removed to Norfolk 
County, Canada, where he carried on farming and 
died in 1830, at the earl}' age of thirty-two. The 
grandfather was William Dell, who was Iiorn in 
Pennsylvania and carried on farming in Canada. 
He fought in the War of 1812, and died at the 
advanced age of ninety-one years. He was of 
(iernian descent. Our subject's maternal grand- 
father was Je.sse Smith, and his great-grandfathei', 
Jonathan Smitli, was a native of Catskill, N. Y., 
and a farnu-r, who died when past eighty years 
old. After the death of her husband the mother 
was a second lime married. She became the mother 
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ject and six hv her second marriage, our subject 
beinsj^ tlie only ()ne|livinii' of tlic first marrinoc. 
Three lirothers of the'second union were drowned 
wliile tisliiiig' and sailiny' in l^ake Mieliigan. 

Our subject was Imf \\vo yeni's of age when 
his father died, and lie went to live with an 
uncle. Fred Sniilh, on the farm. He had hut a 
liniitcfl ed\ication, and when fourteen years old 
began work for himself, running the engine 
in the mill for one season at ^8 a month and 
lK>ai'd, and subsequently worked on various farms 
until his seventeenth year. In the spring of 1851 
he came to Kahunazoo County, tliis State, and 
worked at the cai'pentering l)usiness at School- 
craft for three and one-half yeai-s. lie then re- 
turned to Canada and worked at farming until he 
had enough to buy eighty acres, and in December, 
18.').5. he came to Saginaw County, this State, and 
bought eighty acres in Williams Township. The 
land was wild and covered with timber, and at 
that time he had no neighbors. He erected a 
hewed log house of the most jirimitive style, with 
hut one door and one window. This crude dwell- 
ing is still standing. He cleared and improved 
this land with the help of an ox-team and made 
of it a fertile and arable estate. In 1864 Mr. 
Dell homesteaded eighty acres on Midland Road 
in Monitor T<jwnship, and .again settled in the 
woods. He hewed out and operated this farm in 
connection with the one first purchased. This 
latter place is known .as the "Elm Grove Farm," 
and is now one of the most beautiful pieces of land 
in the country roundabout, aiul he has lirought it 
to the tinest state of cultivation and improvement. 

This gentleman erected a line residence on the 
"Elm Grove Farm," but it was destroyed by fire 
in 1881, at which time be and his family removed 
to Bay City. This farm is now one of the tinest 
in the county, and has one of the best orchards 
in the Saginaw N'allev. In 1878 he traded his Hrst 
farm for Hay City propeity. When farming he 
was a dealer in grain and stock, and made hay 
and fruit a special part of his Inisine.ss. He has 
.sold hay at ^40 a ton and f)ftcn at $22. He now 
engages quite extensively in real estate. He built 
the line residence in which the family resides at 
No. fjlG Adams Street, which is graciously pre- 



sided over by his wife, who was Miss Mary I. 
Tee[)le, a daughter of L. C. Teeple, to whom he 
was united September 22, 18,")8. His father, Peter, 
a native of the Pine Tree State, enlisted in the 
iJritisli Army when sixteen years of age and 
fought in the Revolution. He served seven years 
and became a C^)loncl. Fie located in Oxfoid 
County, Canada, liought large tracts of land and 
owned a large grist and saw mill. He also fought 
in the War of 1812 .as an (»tticer. The office of 
Magistrate was held by him over a large district 
in Canada, and he lived to be eighty-seven years 
old. Politically he was a Reformer and belonged 
to the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a 
man of six feet and four inches in stature. 

The father of the wife of our subject w.as a 
farmer near Woodstock, Canada, and died when 
fifty-three. He held several of the township of- 
fices. The mother was Mary G. Tisdale. of On- 
tario, and the grandfather was a native of New 
Brunswick. The wife of oiu' subject is one of ten 
children. She was born in Canada, June 10, 18.34, 
and was educated there in the common jind city 
schools. She engaged in teaching at the age of 
twenty and continued for four years. In 18.08 
she came to Genesee County, Mich., and taught 
for one term in Forest Township. She taught in 
different places until her marriage with oui' subject. 
By this union they have had born to them five 
children: Dora M., Mrs. Alexander Dingman, of 
this city; Emma I., Mrs. Joseph H. Belknap, of 
Omer, Mich.; Teeple B. died when five years old; 
Mary E. and Ida M. both at home. In addition to 
these, they brought up a girl by name of Eliza 
Jane Connor, who is pleasantly located in a home 
of her own, her husband being S. A. Fuller, and 
now they are rearing a boy and a girl named re- 
spectively Lyman T. Teeple (a nephew of Mrs. 
Dell) and Ella ^'auglin. 

Mr. Dell helped to organize the township of 
AVillianis and .also Monitor Township. He held a 
number of oflicial positions in the latter-named 
township such as Township Clerk, two terms; 
School Superintendent, two terms; School Inspec- 
tor; Justice of the Peace for one term; School Di- 
rector over ten years; all of which he has held 
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helped to build the fii-st schoolhouses in both town- 
ships, lie was instrumental in organizing Bay 

County and is always first to ai)i)rove anything 
for the eniiancenient of his towusliip or county. 
He is a through and tlirough Republican in his po- 
litical views and never swerves from his partly 
principles. He has served as delegate to county 
conventiops. His estimable wife is a believer in 
woman suffr.ige. and she and her husband are ver}^ 
intelligent and are held in the highest respect bj' 
their large circle of friends and acquaintances. 

This gentleman owns four very attractive and 
convenient houses in 15ay City — one located on 
Lincoln Street, one on Jackson Street, and one on 
Eleventh Street, and two residences in West Bay 
City on Jenny Street. These he rents to tenants 
and he keeps them in tiie best of repairs. 



] JEIIU D. MUNGER, whose fine farm of eighty 
acres is situated on section 20, Tittabawas- 
see Tiiwnsliip. Saginaw Count}, is tlie son 
of Charles and Rachel (Cutler) .Munger. tiie 
former being a native of Monroe County, X. Y.. 
and the latter a Canadian liy birth. Their earl\- 
married life was passed in Livingston County, N. 
Y.. where the subject of this sketch was born Seji- 
tember 30. 1836. M the age of seven years he re- 
moved with his parents to Jefferson County, Pa., 
which became his home. They remained there upon 
a farm until .luly 1, 18.')7, when they removed to 
Michigan and located on the farm owned b}' tlie 
subject of sketch, taking up fort}- acres of Govern- 
ment land. 

At that lime this region was all a vast wilder- 
ness, and the only way in which these settlers could 
take a trip to Saginaw was by a canoe down the 
Tittabawassee River, and they thought themselves 
fortunate to be so situated as to be able to make 
this trip so easily. The father used to take shingles 
which he and the son had manufactured to trade 
at Saginaw for provisions, and even in that w.ay 
they were allowed only *1.2.5 i)er thousand, and at 
times pork was as high as twi'nty-two cents a 



pound. 



Our subject was happily married April 24, 1870, 
to Lorania C, daughter of Charles and Lydia 
(Sturgis) Whitaker, who were both natives of 
Michigan, and their daughter was also born in the 
Wolverine State, having her nativity in Genesee 
Connty, June 7, 1853. Ilcr parents were pioneers 
of that county, and her grandfather was one of its 
first settlers. To our subject and his estimable wife 
have been granted five children: their oldest, Roy, 
was born July 21, 1871, and died upon the day that 
he was two years old; Alta C. was born July 1, 
1873, and married Samuel Acker, of this township; 
Henry A., born March 3(1, 1876; -Ida M., July 12, 
1878; and Mary M., April 29, 188.'). are all at home 
with their parents. 

The ])ulitical views of Mr. Munger have made 
him rather independent of party ties, but during 
the war he was a w-arm ui^holder of the administra- 
tion. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company 
E, Twenty-third Michigan Infantry, and served in 
the Army of tlie Cumberland, Init being overcome 
during the forced march in the month of October, 
he contracted inflammation of the lungs from the 
effects of vvliith he has never entirely recovered. 
His honorable discharge was granted him on ac- 
count of physical disability, February 14, 1863, anil 
he now draws a well deserved pension of ¥24 a 
month. 

!Mr. Munger has all his life been a public-spirited 
citizen, and a jout five years ago he aided in build- 
ing a gristmill at Freeland. which property in 
the spring of 18in he found it necessary to pur- 
chase in order to protect his own interests. Here- 
fitted it and now has it running in first-class order. 
During his residence liere he has been Pathmaster 
and member of the School Board, and in both capa- 
cities has proved of great benefit to the people of 
the township. 

When Mr. ^Munger first came to this township; 
he had only fifty cents in his pocket, and his beau- 
tiful home and excellent property are the result of 
his own industry, integrity and enterprise. He at 
first found work in the lumber woods, and the first 
potatoes which he had he was obliged to bring on 
his back from a neighbor's, about three and one-half 
miles distant. In the early days of the Flint & 
Fere Marquette Railroad he helped clear the track 





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and in other ways helping to construct the new roarl. 
His fatiier was a drummer in the War of 1812, and 
lived to see the year 1861. His faithful wife, who was 
the mother of twelve children, is still living at the 
advanced age of eighty-eight, and is in possession 
of all her mental f.acultie-i. The mothei- of Airs. 
Hunger is stilMiving and ni.ikes her home at St. 
Louis, Mich. Mrs. Hunger's father was a gallant 
soldier during the Rehellion, and has tiie gloriou.s 
record of having fought in tliirty l);ittU's, many of 
them being among the hardest of tiie war. He died', 
of disabilities received during the wai', and was 
loved and honored liy all who knew him. 



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T/ OTON H. EASTMAN. East Saginaw lost 
one of its best citizens in every sense of the 
term, when Loton H. Eastman died in that 
city in 1879. His life had been rei)lete witii use- 
ful deeds — deeds which have benefited his fellow- 
men and materially added to the wealth and great- 
ness of the city in which he felt such a reasonal)le 
pride; and, .as he was still relatively a young man, 
it was fondly ho})ed that he would live many more 
years and enjoy the fruits of his coll^tant daily 
labors. There was a still deeper thouglit in the 
minds of many, and that was the necessity which 
existed for the exerci.se of his s|)lendid' organizing 
qualities, and excellent judgment, in liehalf of the 
entire community of which he formed so important 
a part, but it was willed otherwise. 

Accompanying this sketch the reader will notice 
a lithographic portrait of Mr. Eastman. Born in 
181.5, in a little Vermont village, with no fac- 
titious aids for advancement, he became inured 
at an early .age to habits of industry and frugality. 
He learned, too, that there is no royal road to wealth 
in America, l>ut he had the advantage of becom- 
ing imbued with the pregn.ant thought that men 
can become the architects of their own fortunes. 
With such an incentive to success, he left his 
native State when lie was but twenty-one years of 
age, and resolved to see what could be .accom- 
plished by a Yankee l)oy in a AVeslern State. He 
settled in Ht. Clemens, Mich., which had attracted 



the attention of William Warner, the man with 
whom he afterward became associated in business, 
and remained in ]5artneisliii) for upw.ards of a 
(luarter of a century. 

Our subject did not remain long in Mt. Clemens, 
however, but soon removed to Detroit, where he 
became interested with Lemuel Hill in a mercan- 
tile venture. He visited East Saginaw in a busi- 
ness way. in 1854, and resolved to cast in his lot 
with her citizen.s. It wiis a wise movement and 
resulted in great good to himself and others. Soon 
afterward he.joined William Warner in the attempt 
to found a machine shop in East Saginaw, and the 
result was sucee.ssful. The firm name of Warner 
it Eastman became like household M'ords through- 
out the entire Saginaw Valley. In 1867, after 
continuing this industry for some fourteen years, 
developing and improving it to the extent of their 
united ability, they .sold the plant to A. F. Bart- 
lett & Co., under which latter title it is still in ac- 
tive operation. The value of such an enterprise 
to a tliriving young city cannot well be over esti- 
m.ated. 

A numlier oi years previous to tiie sale of their 
m.achine works Warner it Eastman established a 
steam saw-mill, with its adjacent salt-blocks in 
East Saginaw, and to that industry tliey now de- 
termined to give their undivided attention, which 
the.y did with success. The saw-mill and salt-blocks 
which they Iniilt were for many years in active 
operation, and the title of Warner it Eastman is 
still a valuable, living name. Mr. Eastman was 
not a plodder in life's journey, and although he 
possessed traits of sterling steadfastness the3 were 
employed in connection with active stirring habits. 
He was the happiest and really at his best when 
planning public improvements of a ))ractical nature, 
and was actuated l)y a seeming spirit of pro[)hecy 
in regard to the future development of tiie re- 
sources of the Saginaws. He wm> n()t only ener- 
getic, but liberal, and his hand followed the dic- 
tates of a generous nature. 

If the inside history of the Saginaw ^'alley & 
St. Louis Railroad could be truthfully written, the 
knowledge thus gained by the piil)lic would prove 
a fitting tribute to Mr. E.astm.an's indefatigable 
zeal and enrnest s|)irit. He was the lirst President 



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of the road mentioned, and tlie duties and sacri- 
fiees; eoulil not linve hecn intrusted to a better fit- 
ted man. Aji.-iiiist discouragements innumerable 
lie iieiseveied, never faltering, never yielding, 
never aekiiowledgmg the i)ossibility of defeali. 
.Man\ a strong man would luive succumbed, but he 
pei-severed unto tiie end; and lie liad the satisfac- 
tion (jf seeing the successful results of his work. 
He experienced the greatest jjride of his whole ca- 
reer when hcs;i\v (lie trains in motion on the iron 
road to which lie liad given so much of his life. 

.Mr. Hastman was happy in his home, a loving 
wife and six affectionate children forming the 
houseliold circle to whicii he could always turn 
for sympathy and relief from tlie load of husine.ss 
l)Ul'dens under whicii lie struggled: and this ex- 
jierienee w':is a great help to a man of such (piick 
sympathies as he po.ssessed. He was ever ready to 
respond ti> llic call of iiis fcllow-iiu'u. in any 
way in which lie could be of public or per- 
sonal help, lie was liberal ton f;iiilt. Friendship, 
to liini. was s(jiiietliiiig iiioic tli;iii a ii:niic. Was 
liis aid needed, it wa- but to .'iscertaiii wherein 
it could be made tlie most effective, and then it 
was granted, fully and without stiiil. 

Mrs. Kastman. who became the wife of our sub. 
ject in IKt.'i, wa- formerly Miss Klizabeth 'I'ajtliu. 
and w:is biirii .-it Coriutli. \'t.. Se|iteiiibcr 21. \H\'.\. 
Ih'r parent-. Kliotl and .Sarah ( Loi'ke) Taplin. were 
New Knglaiid<'rs liy birth, the father being lioru 
ill Massaeliiiselt> mihI llie mother in N'eriiioiit. 
The children who were granted to our subject and 
his worthy wife are as follows: .Myra I-'., wife of 
.lames S. ( 'oni well, of Saginaw: Clarence L.. wlio 
is a liook-keeper; i'llliott ().; Kdwin ('.: Sidney 1... 
who. with his lirother l^lliott. belongs to tlie Mini 
of Ka'^tiii.'in I'.ros. i^- Co.: and Smi'.-iIi !•'... who iii;ir- 
rieil luigi'lie Cliapel. book-keeper and liiaii:iger 
witli C. K. l-;ddy. 

In his political \iews. our subject was a Repuli- 
lican and w:is idenlilied with all public improve- 
nu-nts. In building up St. I,ouis. ^[ich.. he was 
i;reatl\ iiilcrc-ted ami did iiiiich for its prosperity^ 
The bc.'iutirul home in which his widow I'esides 
was crecti'd b\- him soon .-iftcr the war. and is one 
of the most dc-iralilc on the Aveniie. This locality 
was .Mr. Ivistm.'in 's lioiiic from the time he caiiieto 



the city untiljiis death. In social life he was a 
genial comi)anioii.a warm friend and an lionest and 
careful advisor. For moi'e^than a"year before his 
dealli he was a great sufferer, but_in the midst of 
severe pain he maintained a most cheerful, hopeful 
spirit and never desponded. His death took place 
September 26, 1879. The local journal which con- 
tained an obituary of him stated that "his life has 
been without a stain." AVIiat higher eulogium 
could be rendered as a tribute to any man, living 
or dead, than is contained in those few words to 
the mcmoi'y of L. H. Eastman — -His life has been 
without a stain." 



r^T7 H.VNK .S. CIUHCII. agent of the Standard 
Oil Company at West Hay City, has charge 
of the works here and carries on their busi- 
ness at Tenth .Street and ilichigan Central Depot. 
.Mr. Chinch was born December 2lS. l.sill.in Itica. 
tliis State, and is the son of Ilaswell ••iiid Mary A. 
(Davis) Church. The father was one of the early 
pioneers of this locality and was born in \'ermont. 
The mother was a native of this Stale, having been 
born in Slielby, three miles north of ['tiea. 

Ilaswell ('hiircli followed the occupation of a 
millwright until l^UKi, when he began building 
mills during the summer in the lumber district.s of 
M iciiigaii. and carried on fMiiiiiiig In coiiiiection 
with his trade of a iiiillwrlght until 1«(!1. at wliich 
time he was elected Sheriff of Alaconib County by 
the soldier's x'ote but was not c|ii:ililied on oceonnt 
of the vote being declared nneonstltutional by the 
Supreme Court decision. He then stepped down 
.■iiid out. gi\ ing the iil;ici> tii his 1 )ciiiocr;itie oppo- 
nent, lie. however, was elected to till that office 
later lor the county of Alaconib. perforniing the 
duties of Slier iff to t he entire satisfaction of all and 
with <lue credit to hinisi^lf for two terms, when he 
retired to the ))eaceful life on the f;irni. wiiere he 
rcin.'iined until his death, whicii occiirrcil in ISfST. 
The geiitlem;in of whom we write was reared 
npiui his f.ather's farm .'ind was sent to Ml. Clem- 
ens to complete his education in the High School. 
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poiiitt'd hisi (U'putv ami aided liiin in the perform- 
ance of his duties until tlie expiration of iiis term 
of ottiee, after wliicli he wa< oeeupied in various 
ways until l>i73, wiien he engaued in the oil bus- 
iness with i\r. V. Bentley. reniaininii' with that iren- 
tleman until he retired from luisiness. aftej- whieh 
he lieeanie identilied with Ini;alls A' Co.. whieh was 
virtually the Standard Oil Company, and has been 
engaged in that line of business since that time, 
lu 188S he eanie to We-it Iiay City and areepted a 
position with the Standard Oil Company and has 
the entire charge of their business here. 

Mr. Ciiurdi was united in marriage, in .(uue. 
1870, to M:ss Milicent, daughter of llarley Carter, 
residents of Mt. Clemens. To our subject and his 
wife have been granted a family ()f three sons and 
two daughters, namely: Arthur, who is engaged 
with his father in business; Helle, Flossie, Frank 
and riarley. INIr. Church is a member of the Knights 
of the Maccabees, also of the Palestine Lodge, No. 
357, F. & A. M., of Detroit. The family of Mr. 
Church deserve .and have the best wishes and kind- 
est regards of those who associate with them upon 
the intimate terms of neighbors. Mr. Church com- 
mands the confidence and respect of all who know 
him, and in business matters his word is as good as 
his bond. 






AMES W. CEARK. Among the able mem- 
liers of the legal profession of Saginaw is 
included our subject, whose office is located 
_^ at No. 404 Court Street. He was born in 
New York City and is a son of the Uev. Willi.am 
A., I). D., and .lacintha ( Ansp.ach ) Clark; the former 
was an Episcopal clergyman in All Saints Church 
in New York City for thirty years. His father lived 
in (reneva, but was a native of New Brunswick, 
and our subject's maternal gr.audsire was an attor- 
ney and was born in (Jermany. On coming to 
America he served ,as a member of Oen. Washing- 
ton's staff. He married an Englishwoman. and his 
family were early settlers in (Jermantown, Pa. 

The Rev. AVilliam A. Clark, D. ])., having in- 
veste(l in Michigan lands about IS.'ii;, remo\-ed lo 



this State and located at Brighton; he also owned 
land near Ann Arlior. The locality in which he 
settled wa^ very new and undeveloped, there be- 
ing only three houses in IJrighton. He removed 
to Livingston County, four and a half miles north- 
we4 of Brighton, and there he devoted himself 
principally to farming, Init also built mills at 
IJiighton. He died at that pl.ace at the age of fifty- 
seven vears. Aside from his conunercial career he 
pursued his ministeiial work, conducting services 
all through that country and being one of the earl- 
iest ministers there. 

This devoted pioneer had a family of nine chil- 
dren. Of these B. T. O. Clark is an attorney at Brigh- 
t>n; .John W. was a minister at Cleveland, Ohio; 
on his death he was interred on his father's old 
place at Brighton; AVilliam A. is an attorney at 
Saginaw, and of the five daughters one only is liv- 
ing. Two of these daughters, Mary H. .and Chloe 
A. conducted a ladies' school at Ann Arbor for 
over thirty years. They were highly- educated 
ladies and had an extended reputation in New^'ork 
as teachers before coming to this State. 

Our subject remained on the home farm near 
Brighton until about seventeen years of age, and 
then spent two years in a preparatoiy school at 
Ann Arbor. The following nine years were spent 
in cities of the South, including Cincinnati and 
Louisville. On his return home he began to study 
law under the guidance of Judge Harmon of Howell, 
and in 1863 was admitted to the bar and at once 
located in Saginaw. His brother, William A. Clark, 
who w.as State Senator from Livingston County, 
also came to Saginaw in the winter of 1864. He 
had a most successful business in Livingston 
County, but through the intervention of Judge 
Baldwin.of Pontiac, he was prevailed upon to open 
an office with Judge Sutherland, a brother of John 
Sutherland, and for a number of years they were 
the leading members of the bar. 

Our subject came to this city armed with letters 
to Father Xaw Der Ilayden and Mr. Fuller, rectors 
of the Episcopal Church. The business of the cit_y 
was then all done on the wharves and mainly 
by vessel. In 1868 Mr. Clark was elected Justice 
of the Peace and served four or five years. He was 
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been largely amoiio' the German people, as lie 
speaks the language fluently. He is a Democrat in 
politics and for years has done a great deal of po- 
litical work. In connection with his general prac- 
tice he had done a large pension liasiness, and 
while .Justice of the Peace tried many novel eases. 

Our sulijcft was married March 2."), 18(58, to Mrs. 
.Vmelia Kampfert Hitter, widow of Andrew Ritter, 
an early settler in Saginaw. This lad}' was the 
mother of two daughters .and one son; the last 
named died of consumption in 1890. One daughter 
is Mrs. Emil Aschard. Mrs. Clark is a native of Ger- 
many; she returned to her native land in 18()0, 
having come to .\merica in 183.J with her father. 
She has lived in Saginaw nearly all her life. One 
child. .Tohn W., who is now twenty-two years of 
age, is employed in Aschard's hardware store, 
where he is a salesman. The neat and pleasant 
residence of the family is located at No. 1402 Van 
Buren Strt'ct. The family are members of the 
Episcopal Chincli. Our sul)ject has been a Masqn 
since IStid ;ui(l has lu'cu constant to his lodge work. 
He is a facile and aMe writer and frequently con- 
tributes articles uu p ipular Mil)jeets to the journals 
of this city. 

A few words will lie in place here regarding llie 
early history (if a imrtion of llii- eDuntry, in wlueli 
our subjerlV iiKileiiial ancestors ligurcd. I'eter 
Aiispaeli and two brotliers came to the I'liiled 
States ill 172SI and were among the thirty thousaml 
Protestant emigraiin who made the exodus from 
their counti'v between I72!l and 1 7.i."), uiicler the 
protection of llie I'jigli.^li ( ioverniiieiit a^ a result 
of the treaty of I'ti'ceht, in which a part of the 
Palitanate, of which Aiispach was a principality, 
was appropriated by the English (iovcrinnent, the 
settlers being given in exchange lor their land 
territory ill the Mohawk ^'jilley and llirougli I'eiui- 
.sylvania where the direct descendants of the three 
Anspacli brothers now reside, especially at Worms- 
doi-f. 

Peter .\n>paeli and others were granted land in 
tlie .Mohawk N'alley , but beiiiii' dissatisfied with the 
grant they left that valley and cut their way through 
the foiivsts to the colony of li 'ik- County, Pa., locat- 
ing at W'orMisdorl'.wliei'e his descendants still reside. 
Sonic of llie^e people lia\e in their [lossessioii iii- 



teresting'^heirlooms, especially in dres.ses and ap- 
parel that was worn at the reception of King Kred- 
erick William, father of Freijerick the (Jreat. One 
of these costumes is so rich with gold and silver 
embroidery , that the fabric will stand alone by its 
own weight. The -son of this Peter Anspaeh, named 
after the father, served as a soldier in the Kevolu- 
tionary War, and was breveted Captain. He be- 
came a member of the Society of Cincinnati, organ- 
ized byAVashington. He was a lawyer and practiced 
his profession after the war in New York City. He 
was the father of Jacintha Anspaeh, who was the 
mother of William A. Clark, our subject's father. 
Peter Anspaeh 's wife was prior to her marriage 
Miss Mary Hetherington, an Englishwoman and a 
direct descendant of the ancient Saxons of that 
ii.'inie who fell at the battle of Hastings. 



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'I OHN M. FEINArElJ. llayern. ( kMinany, is 
the native home of the subject of this sketch 
who is now a resident of M(mitor Town- 
slii|), Bay County. He w;is born in 182;") 
and came to this country in 18 18, when lu' was 
1 weiity-tln-ee \cars old. Upon lir.st coming to 
.Michigan he workeil in the sawmills at Saginaw 
foi' einht years, and a year and a half after his ai- 
ii\al in tills State he Mas nianied. in I 8;") ."5, to Mar- 
garet llarbara .Sexlinger, wlio--e home was in what 
was t hen c.ilh'il LoWi'r Saginaw, and whose parents 
weie fidin llayern. 

It w.-is mIidiiI the year 18."i7 that Mi-, and .Mrs. 
I'\'inaner moved onto the [ilaee where they now live. 
The lii,~l eighty acres he had piircha.seil from the 
(l.ivt'rnmeiit, and the addition.-d forty he bought 
of the r.ailro.-id eomp.iiiy,and it was .all eoN-ered b\' 
a deiisi' forest, which he cut awa\ and having 
cleared the land nia<le it into a tirst-elass farm, 
Nearlv one hnndii'd acres of it are under <Milli\-;i- 
tion. 

()ur subject and his wife have had leu eliildren, 
all of wlnnii are now living, naniely: .loliii (ieorge, 
.lohn Amliew, ( ieorge ^I., .lohn C, Christina Bar- 
bara, Louisa Willielmiua, Mary Barbara, .Viiiia 
Maggie. .lohn Leonard and Alary Maggie. Chris- 




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tina is the wife of Andrew Shwab; Louisa married 
Charles Engelliart; Mary is the wife of Fred 
.Schmidt, and Anna and Maggie hjth live at liome. 
Mr. Feinauer lias been Treasurer of tlie township 
and .Tustiee of tlie Peace, to whieh latter otiiee he 
has been re-elected and is now serving a four 
years' terra. He is a devout member of the l^u- 
ther.an Chureh, as are also the members of his fam- 
ily. When he first eame liere bears <ind Indians 
abounded, and he has done genuine pioneer work. 
He built his present residence some eighteen years 
ago and made an addition to it about four years 
since. General farming and stock-raising employ 
his time and thought, and he has some fine Holstein 
cattle. He h.as helped in all puljlic improvements 
which have lieen put in in tlie neighborhood, and 
is a man whose earnest desire is to have the jiros- 
perityof the townslii|) increase from year to year. 



i LFHKO ALLEN DUNK. In tlie deatii of 
this gentleman Saginaw lost (me of its 
most enterprising business men and one 
wild had done much to estalilisli the repu- 
tation of thecity, being in himself the exponent of 
the ])o\veis of a sti'ong will and an upright char- 
acter as f.'ictors of success. This brief record of his 
life and the portrait on the opposite page will per- 
petuate for c()niiiig generations the biograiihy and 
lineaments of an honored citizen and upright man. 
In regard to the genealogy of the Dunk family 
we make the following quotation: "The coat of 
arms used by our family is the same as that used 
by Sir Thomas Dunk, wliobecpieathed certain lands 
for the establishment and maintenance of certain 
charities, particulars of which with memorial 
tablets and memorial bi'uriiigs are suspended in 
Hawkiiuisl, Sussex Parish Church. We are descen- 
dants of that family. The descendants of Sir 
Thomas Dunk, then known as \'on Dunk, came 
over from lIoU: nd in the interest of one of the 
King Henrys of iMigland. Von Dunk was a com- 
mon name in Holland, but the prefix "Von" was 
left off soon aftrr settlement was made in Eng- 
land." 




Alfred Dunk, father of our subject, was born in 
liurwash, Sussex Ctninty, England, and married 
Maiy Allen Ballard, a native of Tenderson, Kent 
County, Enoland. Alfred A., our subject, was the 
eldest of four children and was born in S^'racuse, 
N. Y., February 20, 1846. He received his educa- 
tion in his native place and after leaving school, 
entered a drug store and learned the business with 
the firm of Brownell & Stocking. In 1865 he came 
to Saginaw and purchased the stock of L. Simonean, 
a druggist. He devoted his entire time and atten- 
tion to his establishment, carrying a heavy stock 
and doing a large wholesale and retail business, 
until he had the n.isfortune to be burned out and 
thus lost a stock of goods valued at about $25,000. 

With true western enterprise Mr. Dunk did not 
for a moment allow this calamity to overwhelm 
him. but immediately rented a building, secured a 
small quantity of goods, and the day after the fire 
.announced tv his customers that he was ready for 
business. He afterward removed into what was 
then known as the Hoyt Block, and now as the 
Eddy Block, where he fitted iij) the model drug 
store of the city. Neatness, order and precision 
were >een in every department, while in its variety 
and quality of stock, and completeness in all its 
equipments, it was not only a credit to the city but 
ranked as one of the best drug stores west of New 
York. 

iMr. Dunk was a hard worker, attending closely 
to his business until his health gave way, "and he 
departed this life December 10, 187il. He was truly 
a .self-made man, being dependent from youth on 
his own exertions, and the record of his industrious 
weli-s|)ent life is a pi'ecious legacy to his f.ainily,to 
whom he was devotedly attached and with whom 
he spent every hour not necessarily employed in 
business. In politics he was a Reiiublican. 

January 11, 1871, Mr. Dunk was united in mar- 
riage with Miss Marie E. Owen, the eldest daugh- 
ter of the Hon. John G. Owen, one of Saginaw's 
most honored citizens. Mrs. Dunk was born in 
Clarkston, Mich., and her school days were mostly 
spent in Detroit. She is a woman of much intelli- 
gence and ability, and highly esteemed in social 
circles. Since her husband's death she has managed 
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ner and in IHS'G liiiilt what is known :>.< tlie Dunk 
Block, a three-story brick structure. containing five 
stores, which are rented to various trades. Mrs. 
Dunk is the mother of two cliildren, Alfred Owen, 
a cadet in the Michisjan Jlilitary Academy and 
Mary R.. who is a student in the High School of 
Saginaw. The family occupy a large and attractive 
residence at No. ."iSl .lefferson .\ venue, in Saginaw. 



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RANZ C. MOLL. There is no higher praise 
f\) than to s.HV of a man "he has helped both 
himself and others in journeying through 
the passing years." And this remark implies un- 
doubtedly to him whose name heads our sketch. 
iSIr. .AIoll is a iiromiiu'iit and successful agricultur- 
ist, residing on section SO, Blumfield Township, 
Saginaw County, and stands high in business and 
social circles, having the esteem and contideuce of 
the community. 

The native home of our subject ivas Mecklenliurg, 
(ieiniany, and was born in that country March IS, 
1844. He received a lair education in his native 
tongue an<l picked up the English language after 
coining to .America. He reads and writes with ease 
in both English and German. He remained in iii^ 
native country until reaching the age of twent\ 
years, when he emliarked on a sailing vessel for 
America, .\fter a voyage of ten weeks and three 
days he landed on American shores and came di- 
rectly to the Wolverine State, making (Jrand Haven 
his destination, lie remained tiiere two years en- 
gaged in fishing. 

When leaving (Jiaiid Haven our subject came to 
Saginaw, wheic lie remained one winter and tlien 
decided to make i)ermnneiit settlement in 15! um- 
field Townslii|), where he worked out at farm labor 
for about a twelvemonth. Taking unto himself a 
wife and helpmate in the person of Miss INLarga- 
retta (;ansz, Seplember '27, IISOG, Mr. Moll settled 
upon the fann wlicre he has since made his home 
and which is located on section ■U). He is the ])ro- 
jjrietor of one liundre<l and twenty-three acres of 
rich and productive land, which has bueii bronglil 
toils present line coiiilit ioii by the energy and 



jjerseverance of Mr. Moll. His farm is made vahi 
able and attractive by being embellished with good 
and substantial buildings, and indeed everything 
about the premises presents the appearance of hav- 
ing a painstaking and dilgent overseer. 

Our subject and his wife have become the par- 
ents of eight children, who liear the respective 
names of Henry, IMinnie, Anna, Louisa, Ernest, 
( i( orge, Fred and Katie. Our subject is a thor- 
oughly upright, honest man, always dealing fairly 
and S(piarely by all, and his estimable character, as 
well .as his capability, has given him an important 
place among the civic officials of this towTiship, 
He has been .Justice of the Peace for sevei'al years, 
proving himself well ([iialified for that position by 
the abh' wa\ in which he discharges the duties of 
his otlice. He is inteiesled in the cause of education, 
and as School Director for seven years lias promoted 
it in every way (lossiblc. He has also been High- 
way Coininissiouer.and is at the i)resent time ( IS'.ll ) 
President of the Saginaw and ^'assar Plank Koad, 
and has held that ottice since ISHS. He is one of 
the stockholders, and is salesman for the Franken- 
trost Cheese Factory. The company turn out about 
twenty-li\e liuiidied cheeses Miiiiually. The Kepub- 
lican party finds in Jlr. Moll a faithlul supporter. 
He and his good wife are greatly respected .and 
heartilv aid in everv tfood work. 



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us. CATIIKKINF F. ISFACll is the wi<low 
of Horat'e S. I5each, a good and true man, 
who has been calltd to his long home. 
Mrs. I'.each is a daughter of .1. .1. and 
Mary ( Lonerigan ) Maiden, natives of Fiiglaiid 
and Ireland respectively. Our subject was born 
on the Isle of Newfoundland, Septemlier 1;'), \H\X. 
Her father was a sea captain and for twenty-two 
years was lighthouse- keeper on Thunder Hay Island, 
-Mich. Her parents came to the States about 1832, 
and loeate<l in tlu' citv of lioston. 

Mrs. Heach c;iiiie to Saginaw County at the age 
of lifteen ye.ars. It was then wild indeed and 
aceu-lniiu'd, as she liad lii'en. to the nioi'e thickly- 
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seemed hinelv euoiijj'h to the young girl. Feb- 
ruary 1, 1810, .-^he was marrierl to Horace S. Beach, 
a native of New York. Tliis union was blessed by 
the advent into the family of nine children, four 
of wiiom survive at the present time. The chil- 
dren were in order of birtli as follows: Mary, who 
died at the age of twelve years; Kate, who died 
at the age of three months; Effle, wdio died when 
two years of age; Minnie F., who was taken away 
at the age of nineteen with that dread disease — 
consumption; Maiden, who married Mary Smaulk 
and resides in Isabella County, this State; Charles, 
who resides in Cleveland; Frederick, who died at 
the age of twelve years; Theodore J., who married 
Lizzie Major and resides in Midland County, this 
State; Horace F., who married Jennie Davis, a 
daugiiter of George Davis, a native of New York 
State. Horace now resides on his mother's home- 
stead of ninety -one acres. 

Horace S. Beach, our subject's husband, died 
October 31, 1882. He was a good citizen, a promi- 
nent Mild caicful liusiness man and a tender lin.s- 
liaud and father, and was regretted in his demise 
not only liy llie immediate members of his family, 
Init l>y all his fellow-citizens. His widow now re- 
sides on the homestead, which is known by the 
eiipli(iiii(ius name of "Rosedale." She and her 
family are all devoted members of the Roman 
Catholic Church, to whicli she is a generous con- 
tributor. 

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'^'OSEPH lUERD. No inau in CarroUton is 
more thoroughly representative of that 
j ttourishing village or a more substantial 
^^^ citizen than lie of w lioiii we wi'itc. Not 
only 111 clmractcr and enterprise, but also in phys- 
i(|ne, he is |ire-einincnt, and at once attracts the 
attention of any student of hniiiaii nature who 
visits CarroUton. He is the foreman of C. M. 
Hill's mills and yards, which he cari'ies on with 
great success, .-(iiil in the pui'suit of his work be 
has succeeded in acipiiring a handsome compe- 
tency, which is all the result of his own enterjirise, 
as he began without means. 

Ml'. Hierd was bni-n in New York. March 17 



18.56, and is the son of Archibald Bierd, a native 
of Ireland, who came to Canada at the age of six- 
teen, and located for two years near Toronto. 
After this he lived for some three years in New 
Y'ork, and came to Michigan in 1861. He here 
undertook the jobbing work and continued to re- 
side in this vicinity until his death at the age of 
sixty-one years. In his political views he was de- 
cidedly independent, preferring to follow his own 
judgment rather than the dictum of party leaders. 

Miss Jane Ward, a native of England, became 
the wife of Archibald Bierd and the mother of our 
subject. She has reared to maturity seven sons 
and one daughter, and now, although past the al- 
lotted limit of man's life, is active and useful both 
in the family and in the Methodist Episcopal 
Church to which .>lie belongs, .loseph liieid came 
to this county when a boy, and here olitained his 
education. There was no school near his home, 
and he went to Zilwaukie to attend school. In 
tlio.se days there was but one mill and five or si.x 
houses where now the city of Saginaw stands, 
and he has seen most of the city of East Saginaw 
and all of the village of CarroUton grow out of 
the wilderness. Ever .since he was old enough to 
undertake independent work he has been con- 
nected with mills .and salt works, and h.as worked 
for ,1. P. Allison, 11. A. N'alentine. A. F. Bliss, and 
Sandburn A Bliss. In the latter lirm he became a 
partner under the linn n.ame of Sandburn, Hill it 
Bierd, continuing therein for live years, at the 
end of which time he .sold out his interest and 
retired from business, preferring to be in the em- 
plo\- of the ('(Miipany with wlioni he is now en- 
gaged. 

Mr. llicrd was, in 18(17, united in marriage with 
Margaret Roach, who was born in Stratford, Can- 
ada. To them have been granted three sons and 
one daughter, namely: .loseph, William, .Tames 
and Margaret. The mother of these children is 
an earnest and devoted member of the Roman 
Catholic Church. The two older sons are now in 
their course of study at the Michigan I'niversity, 
at Ann Arlior, .and are preparing for the legal jiro- 
fe.ssi(m. Previous to taking this course of study 
their father gave tlieni tlie opportunity of study- 
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Colleges, here, and in those institutions they ac- 
([uired a thorouijli business training. Our subject 
has a farm of one liuudred and forty-five acres 
in Williams Township, Bay County, which he has 
idaeed in charge of a brother-in-law. His polit- 
ical views bring him into alliance with the Re- 
publican party, but he does not dabble in politics 
as he prefers to devote himself entirely to busi- 
ness, and in this he has proved himself wise, as 
his abundant success attests. 



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IDWIN PELTIER, one of the prominent 
business men of Bay City, is the ijroijrietor 
if: of a large livery stable and also engages in 
breaking colts and horses, which he does with a 
great deal of success. He is the son of Andrew 
and Catherine (Ft)bert) Peltier, both Ijeing natives 
of Kent County, Ontario. The father held sev- 
eral official positions, such as Magistrate, Collector, 
Assessor and Alderman. He came of an old French 
family in Canada and died in 187'2, at the age of 
seventy-four. 'I'iie motiier of our subject passed 
from this life in l.ssdat the .ige of seventy-six 
years. 

In 18yM Mr. Peltier established his large and 
commodio\is barn, located on Twelfth Street at the 
foot of IJower^' Street, and has all the conveniences 
for taking good care of animals. He has been un- 
usually successful and carries on the largest bus- 
iness in his line in the city. He is one of the lead- 
ing members of the Modern Woodmen, and is a 
Democrat in i)olitics. 



^^^ .VMIEL 1). RHODES, M. D. This promi- 
nent physician and surgeon, and old sol- 
dier of the Civil War, was bom in Seneca 
Falls, N. v.. and is a son of Loyal and 
grandson of Samuel Rhodes, natives of New Yf)rk 
and Vermont respectively. The latter took i)art 
ill the War (.>f 1812. and died in Wavne ('ouiit\-. 



N. Y. The father was a speculator, first at Seneca 
Falls and later in Wayne County, N. Y., where he 
built boats and engaged in the real-estate business, 
and during the war was in charge of his own 
barges, with he carried on a successful business. 
]n 1884 he located at Bellevue, Eaton Count}-, 
where he is now living a retired life. His good 
wife, who died in 1877, bore the maiden name of 
Family Hull, and was born in Locke, N. Y. She 
was a daughter of David Hull, a soldier in the War 
of 1812, who was wounded and t.aken {iri.soncr by 
the Indians. 

Our subject is the eldest of two children, and 
was liorn December 2, 1841. He was reared in New- 
ark, and attended the common schools until the 
age of sixteen when he took a three years' course 
in the .\insterdam Academy. Jn 181)0 he began his 
medical studies witli Dr. C. O. I'ompiev, of Newark, 
and ill 18(i;i he went to Columbia College, to learn 
surgery, and later maile application and was ap- 
pointed as medical cadet, and at once enlisted in 
the spring of ISC J in the Twenty-second New York 
Ca\aliy, Com[)aiiy 11. 

The young sohlier took part in the battles of the 
Wilderness, Cold Harbor. Frederiekslmrg, IJowling 
Oreen, White Oak, and the Wilson Raid, after 
which he was taken sick and sent to the hospital. 
Later he was detailed on the flag of truce steamer, 
"New York," as hospital steward, and was on the 
.lames River and the Chesapeake Hay. In 18G;j he 
returned to liis regiment, which was stationed near 
Wiiulicster, and received his lioiunalile discharge 
upon the 1st of .\ugust. 

After returning home Dr. Rhodes spent t)ne 
winter in the oil regions of Pennsylvania, and in 
thespringof 18(iG located near Hillsdale, tliisState, 
where for eighteen nioiiths he engaged in farm- 
ing, and in 18()8 went to .Alartinsburg, Mo., and 
there for two years carried on stock-raising and 
farming upon a splendid farm of three hundred 
and twenty acres. During all this time he was 
pursuing his medical studies by himself, and after 
his return to Newark read with Dr. Pomjirey and 
in 1871 entered the College of Physicians and Sur- 
geons in New York City, where he was graduated 
in 187;5. 

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tario, Wayne County, N. Y., and Seneca Falls, and 
later took a trip through the South, sul).sequentiy 
studying for twenty months under Dr. II. D.Hull, 
of Bellevue, Eaton County, Mieli., and being' his 
assistant in praetiee. In 1S89 he beeanie a partner 
with Dr. Nottingham in Bay City, liut later prac- 
ticed alone, using both schools of practice hut con- 
Hning himself mostly to homeopathy. 

Dr. Rhodes was married in Newark, in 1866, to 
Carrie Wilbur, who died in Seneca Falls, leaving 
two children — Nancy L. and Emma. The Doctor's 
second marriage took place in Seneca Falls, and 
his bride was .lenny Berry. This gentleman is 
prominently connected with various medical soci- 
eties, being a member of those of Seneca County, 
Wayne County, New York Central, New York 
State, and is a member of the Board of Health of 
Bay City, besides having been one of the examin- 
ing Board for Insanity in Seneca County, N. Y. 
He is a (xrand Army man and a Knight of Pythias, 
and is a Democrat in his political views. 



■^f AMES M. TROMBLEY. Those who now 
reside in Ba3' C'ity and enjoy its splendid 
advantages are greatly indebted to tlie pio- 
'^l) neers wIkj braved dangers from an unknown 
foe and hewed the patli for the coming civilization. 
Few of those earl^' settlers now remain to relate 
the story of their adventures, but their memory is 
revered in the hearts of their descendants to whom 
they have bequeathed the priceless legacy of their 
integrity and courage. There are those, however, 
who still survive and whose earliest years were 
passed in the Saginaw Valley amid .scenes at once 
wild and fascinating, and of that goodly company 
none enjoy to a fuller extent the respect of their 
fellow-citizens than the gentleman with whose 
name wc introduce this sketch. 

Tlie distinction belongs to Mr. Trombley of being- 
one of the oldest surviving resident settlers of 
Banks. He is the second in a family of five living 
children born to Joseph and So|)hia Trombley; his 
brothers David, Theodore and Joseph M. are rep- 
resented by sketclies elsewhere in this volume, as 



is also his father, who was one of the earliest set- 
tlers of Bay City. Our subject ^was^ born in the 
Old Center House, on the corner of Twenty-fourth 
and Water Streets, Bay City, February 25, 1841. 
At the age of six years he was taken by his parents 
to Banks where he was reared amid primitive sur- 
roundings. The country around was sparsely set- 
tled hy white people, while Indians were numerous 
and wild animals abounded in the dense forests. 

As might naturally be supposed the school ad- 
vantages offered our subject were very meager, and 
from his childhood he was compelled to work for 
himself. He found employment on a farm during 
the summer seasons and at the age of thirteen be- 
gan fishing for his father. He remained at home 
until he was twenty-two when he commenced to 
tish in partnership with his father at East Saginaw. 
He was married in Banks to Miss Mary Millikin, a 
native of Canada, and their family was gradually 
increased liy the birth of seven children, as follows: 
Viola and Frances, both deceased; David, Prellia, 
James, George and Burt. The family residence is 
an attractive one, and is located on the corner of 
Sophia and Elm Streets in West Ba3- City. 

Mr. Trombley Iniilt the sailboat "Orphaned Boy," 
thirty-five feet, with a capacity of seven tons, and 
later began in business as a butcher, conducting a 
shop for ten years. His success would have been 
greater m that business had he not through his 
generous dis]iosition given credit to such an extent 
that the profits of the business were destroyed. He 
continued fishing for about thirty years, but in 
1887 entered into business as a flour and feed and 
produce merchant. His business establishment is 
located on the corner of Sophia and Washington 
Streets, and through the exercise of sound common 
sense he bids fair to attain to prosperity if not 
wealth. He sold his boat in 1890, and has trans- 
fered his interests entirely to the land. 

.A man of fine mental endowments and a clear 
intellect, Mr. Trombley is a pleasant companion and 
possesses unusual colloquial powers. He speaks 
French and understands some of the Indian dia- 
lects which he was accustomed to hear in boyhood. 
Many years ago when game was plentiful he ob- 
tained considerable local fame as an unerring shot 
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tlie finest game. I'liblic affairs engage very little 
of his attention, hut lie lielieves the principles of 
the Hepuhliean party will beist subserve the inter- 
ests of the (iovernment and accordingly easts his 
ballot for the cnnrfidntes of that i)Hrty. 



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^^) ARLOS E. ROOT is one of the live business 
[1(^1, men of Bay City and has his ijlace of busi- 
^^f' ness located at No. 213 Jefferson Street, 
where he is carrying on a thriving wholesale cigar 
trade and also manufactures carbonated drinks. 
He is the son of Charles ^Y. and Cyntliia (Way) 
Root, the father a native of Connecticut, and 
comes f)f a good old English family. 

The fatlier of Carlos E. Root went to 
Lewis County. N. V., when only sixteen years of 
age, and located a tr.act of two hundred acres of 
new lanil on which he made all the improvements 
which stamped it one of the he?t in the county. 
He was married while residing on that farm and 
remained there until the death of his wife, whose 
decease occurred in November, I.siil. In 1876 lie 
came West and spent tlie last ten years of his life 
with our subject, dying in October, 1891, when 
eighty-five years of age. The mother of our sub- 
ject was a native of the Empire .State and was 
forty-eight 3'ears old at the time of her deceas(^. 
The parental family included five children, three 
of whom are living. Frank, James and .Seymc)ur 
were in the Civil Wai'. Frank was a Captain of a 
Company in Fourteenth Heavy Artillery and is 
now deceased. 

Carlos E. Root was reared on tlie farm and re- 
ceived his education in the district schools, supple- 
menting the knowledge gained therein 1),\' attend- 
ance at the Lowville Academy in Lewis County, 
X. Y.. continuing his stu<lies there for three years. 
When eighteen years of age he began teaching and 
followed tlie life of a pedagogue for four years, 
when he aliandomd it to engage in the gn eery 
business at Turrin. wlieie he remained, however, 
b\it a tweivemontli. W'liile at Turrin he raised a 
company over wliicli lie was made Cai^tain. Itut 
was never mustered into service uwing to his 



mother's desire for liim tn remain with her. as he 
li.'id three brothers then in the service. 

In the si)ring of IJsd.') dur Miliject came to Bay 
County and as his health was poor engaged in the 
lighter business, and as the lake breeze was very 
beneficial he lat^r purchased a lighter and ran as 
its Captain. After six months or» Umj lakes his 
health w.as fully restored and he dispo.sed of his 
boat and built ice houses on Drake Mill property 
in West Bay City and engaged in the wholesale 
and retail ice business, which he cairied on success- 
fully for eleven years and in 1881 sold out. and 
formed his present partnership. The newly- 
formed fiini bought out 15eebe iVr Braddock, pop 
manufacturers, and consolidated with H. Deidrich 
Bottling Works and they now carry on busine.ss 
under the firm name of Root. Williston iV Co. 
Our subject was eng.aged in the manufacture of 
cigars up to 1890, since which time he has done 
the largest wholesale business in the .Saginaw Val- 
ley. Their tine store on Jefferst>n Street hears all 
the improvements necessary for the successful 
pr(jsecution of their business. The firm are also 
agents for the Finley Brewing Company of Toledo, 
Ohio. 

The gentleman whose name stands at the head 
of this sketch was married. .Vugust 28. 18(;:5. to 
Miss Lottie Willist<m, a native of tlie Empire 
State, having been born in New York in 1842. 
Mr. Root was Alderman of the .Second Ward of 
West Bay City for five years and has been a dele- 
gate to county and State conventions on the 
Democratic ticket. lie is a man of broad views 
and full of enterprise and is bound to make a suc- 
cess of life. 



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Ip^jEV. CHRI.STOPHKR LlDWHl FBER- 
IW HARDT is the President of the Evangel, 
ic.'il Lutlu-ran Si'ininarv and pastor of St. 
l'aur> Evangelical Liillieiaii Chuich at 
S.aginaw. lie was born .lune .i, 18;il. at Lauffen, 
Wurtembei'g on the Neckar, a branch of the Rhine. 
His father, who lioie the same name, gave to 
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afterward a four years' course in the Industrial 
School. He then worked at home until he was of 
age and entered tlie Mission Seminary at Hasle, 
Switzerland, iiraduatino; therefrom- in June, 1860, 
being- ordained August ;j, of the same year by 
Decan llamui in company with Stephen Klingmann 
who was the late pastor of a leading- church near 
Ann Arbor. 

At the solicitation of the Rev. Frederick Schmidt 
of Ann Arbor, Chairman of the Conference, 
Mr. Eberhardt was induced to come to Michigan , 
in the year ISGii. The conference then consisted of 
only six preachers and with Mr. Klingmann and ' 
our subject, who came together, they organized 
the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Michigan at 
Detroit, December 9 and 10, 18fiU, and of that 
number our subject is the only one now surviv- 
ing. 

The mission wf)rk of this earnest young man 
commenced at Hopkins, Allegan County, and he 
organized churches at sixteen places throughout 
Allegan, VanBuien, (Ottawa, Muskegon, Clinton 
and Shiawassee Counties, embracing points cover- 
ing three hun<lred and sixty miles of territory in 
circumference and preached at e.ach place once 
in three weeks, traveling mostly on foot. In 
June, 18(;i he visited the Lake Superior region 
and was the means of having a missitniary sent 
there, and after his i-eturn from that part of the 
State he was called to the Saginaw Church, which 
was then a mission, although it had been in exis- 
tence for ten years and liad a membership of about 
thirty. 

The Re\'. Mr. Schmidt's original intention had 
bean to place Mr. Eberhardt at Saginaw, and he 
was now glad to have him locate here permanently 
and begin what has proved to be a most successful 
life work, lie entered heartily into the duties of 
the ])lace, instilled life into the i)eople, and the 
young pastor's enthusiasm stirred those who had 
been indifferent so that the church entered upon 
a period of growth and prosperity. He had a fair 
knowledge of music, and at once organized a male 
choir of which he acted as instructor, training 
them to a true appreciation of the worship of God 
in melody. This was a revelation to the people 
and was heartily' adopted b^' them. Much of his 



time was also spent in visiting his former mission 
field and planning for his sujiply with regular 
preaching. He organized a iittle scliool with 
eleven pupils and taught it for over fourteen years 
when it had grown to such proportions as to re- 
(luire at one time three competent instructors and 
it now has an attendance of one hundred and 
eighty. 

A review of the Rev. Mr. Eberhardt's pastoral 
work includes much history closely interwoven 
with the interests of Saginaw and Michigan. His 
church has now nearly- one thousand communi- 
cants and lie is the spiritual guide of more than two 
hundred families. The property covers almost 
half a l)lock and is valued at not less than $20,000. 
Several branch churches have now become strong 
and independent such as the Matthias church at 
Tittabawassee, the St. Peter, at CarroUton, and the 
St. John's in the city, and all of these have had in 
their early period of jtrogress the watchful care 
and supervision of this good pastor. 

Outside responsibilities weigh heavily upon this 
sturdy and enthusiastic worker. For nearly ten 
j'ears he has been the presiding otticer of the .Synod 
of Michigan. At an early date he realized the 
needs of the church for a numerous and able min- 
istry and began to move toward the establishment 
of a theological school and in 1887 had the satis- 
faction of seeing the Theological Seminary ready 
for its students. He was made President of the 
same and it has constantly grown and flourished 
under his direct supervision. He tills the chairs 
of Theology and Ethics, besides devoting much 
time and thought to the general conduct of the 
institution. His success in the class room is 
marked and no educator in Michigan has a warmer 
place in the hearts of his students and in fad 
with all with whom he comes in contact. He is a 
close student of Bible history in the original 
(^reek and Hebrew and such profound theologians 
as Luther are his daily companions. He believes 
in Paul's doctrine to "prove all things. Hold 
fast that which is good." His experience and 
thoughtfulness have eminently fitted him for his 
incumbency of the pedagogical department. 

Not only the church but the State of Michigan 
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and support of lliis nolile institution nf k-arninii'. 
The hiindsonie editice on Court Street erected at a 
eost of *12,0{)0 is on land donated l)y this arenth^- 
man and tlie school is under the immediate suiier- 
vison of Prof. F. lluber, as Director. In the pul- 
pit or upon tlie rostrum Pastor Elierhardt is a 
forcible, pleasant and interesting speaker. His 
sermons are carefully prepared and have a deptli 
of thought and independent spirit of research. 
His people are deeply devoted to him and no man 
commands their confidence and esteem in an ai>- 
proximate degree. His greatest monument will lie 
the loving remembrance of thousands wiio have 
known him and have been benefited by his guid- 
ance. He po.ssess to a great degree the missionary 
spirit and has ever stood ready to undertake hard- 
ships and endure privations if he could but feel 
sure he was doing his ^Master's will. Witli all 
these noble qualities he has the true spirit of Ciirist- 
ian humility and gives praise to Him to whose 
favor he ascribes all the succe.ss of his life. He 
was married April 16. 18(;;5 to J^iary Reimold, of 
Lodi, Washtenaw County, this State. She was 
born in Scio, that county; and her mother has 
resided with them since 1H74. No children have 
blessed this home, whose spiritual children are 
in many lands. 



' OSEPH E. LOfTAN, who is in Inisiness as a 
grocer on tlie corner of Williams andJenny 
Streets, is a prominent and popular citizen 
^_ of West Hay City and a leading Swede. 
The family name was changed by him from Ixifgren 
to Logan for convenience sake, .and his influence 
among people erf his own nationality is very ap- 
parent, while he is highly respected by his fellow- 
citizens irrespective of race. His jnesent business 
was established when he was less than twenty-one 
years old and has grown t > its fine proportions 
solely through his constant attention and tireless 
energy. He transacts Iiusiness as a general grocer 
and makes a specialty of handling anchovies and 
other varieties of fish. 

Rev. Peter Lofgren, father of our subject, w.as 



bdin ill Kalstad,A'ermland, and was reared to farm- 
ing pursuits, although he received a good educa- 
tion which lie hiter utilized .as a te.achcr. In 18!S() 
he emigrated from Sweden to this country .and 
(jroceeding directly to (irand Rapids, this State, 
was for one year engaged as the assistant minister 
in the Swedish Lutheran Church. Thence he re- 
moved to Swedona. 111., and w.is ordained a minis- 
ter in Rock Island. In IHH.'i lie located in Norway, 
tills State, where he was pastor of the Swedish 
Lutheran Ciiurch for two years, and in 1884 he 
came to West I5ay City, where he remained as pas- 
tor of the church until 1890. He is now pastor of 
the church in Longmont, Col. His life is a useful 
one, devfiting to the uplifting of the masses spirit- 
ually, and the poor and destilutc lia\c neve r a))- 
jicaled to his charity in vain. In I he Swedish 
Lutheran Church he is very prominent and is well 
known among those of his nationality throughout 
the I'nited States. Politically lie is a tirni Ke])ub- 
lican. 

The mother of our subject w.as born in \'ispy, 
Gotland, and her maiden name was ]\Iar\' (iamborg. 
Three children were born to Peter and .Mary Lof- 
gren. (>ni- subject being the eldest. The others are 
David Lofgren. who is attending college in Rock 
Island, III., and ,\aron, who is in Colorado. .losejih 
E.. was born .Inly 14. 18(i(>. in (ironshult, Sweden, 
and there remained until he was thirteen years old. 
April 13. 1880, he sailed from Sweden by steamer 
to Hull, where he landed Aj.ril 19. On the 21st 
he left Liverpool on the ste.amer "City of Berlin" 
and after a voyage of one week landed in New 
York May 2, 1880. From there he proceeded to 
(4rand Rapids in coin]«xiiy with his parents and 
the morning after his arrival entered the common 
school of that city. In the spring of 1881 he re- 
moved with his father to Illinois, where he attended 
school a portion of the lime and was employed as 
clerk in a grocery store. 

In 1882 Mr. Logan came to Norway, this State, 
where he was employed in a furniture and under- 
t.aker's establishinent until the fall of li^Hl. At 
that time he came to West Bay City and attended 
the academy here during the winter following his 
arrival. In the spring of 18K.) he entered the em- 
ploy of Mr. .lohnson with whom he remained a 



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short time, lie embarked in his pn'seiit liiisiiiess 
in December, 188(5, when lie built the stoic where* 
he now is located and coiitiiuied in partnership 
witli his brother David until 1889, since which time 
he has been alone. 

Mr. Logan was married in 18811 to Miss Anna 
Matson, who was born in Finland and reared to 
womanliood in Sweden. Two children have been 
born to i\Ir. and JMrs. Logan — Marion A. and Al- 
bert Emanuel. In his social connections Mr. Logan 
is identified with the Ancient Order of United 
Workmen, and the Scandinavian Benevolent So- 
eiet}', in wdiich he has held official positions. 
Politicallj- he is a Republican and in his reli- 
gious belief is a member of the Swedish Luth- 
eran Church. He makes a hobby of the collection 
of coins, and has many rare pieces of money in his 
possession. 



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/p^EORGE F. WILLIAMS, Vice President of 
if <^ ^'^® *^'™ ^^ ^' ^^ ■ ^^ '^^''Isrct Co., large shiii- 
^gi^ builders, has been a resident of West Bay 
Cit3^ for the past six j'ears. He was born in Caze- 
novia, N. Y., September 27, 1835, and is the son of 
Joseph and Mary (Tripp) Williams. The father was 
a cooper in moderate circumstances, but was enabled 
to give his son good educational advantages, and 
lie spent ten years at school in Rochester. 

Our subject first began his trade as a ship car- 
penter in 1851, in Buffalo, N. Y., making a thor- 
ough study of his work and becoming familiar with 
every department of ship-building, both practical 
and theoretical. He remained in Buffalo until 
January, 1886, having been promoted, in recogni- 
tion of his industry and efficiency, to the position 
of Assistant Superintendent of the I^nion Dry 
Docks. At the above-mentioned date he came to 
West Bay City and engaged in business with F. W. 
Wiieeler, remaining his partner until the formation 
of tlie stock company, and at the same time acted 
as Superintendent of the yards. 

The company of which our subject is a stock- 
holder, was incorporated in 1888, with F. W. 
Wlieelcr, President; George F. Williams, Vice 
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President and General Superintendent; F. L. Gil- 
bert, Secretary; and John R. Goodfellow. Treas- 
urer. The capital stock has been increased from 
time to time until it now aggregates 1600,000, and 
tli^ company gives constant employment to five or 
six hundred men. They have employed as many 
as twelve hundred men during busy seasons, at 
which times their pay-roll h.as been increased to 
$9,000 per week. 

At the present time (.laiuiaiy, 1892), the com- 
pany is building four Government light ships, one 
large steel freighter, one large wooden freighter, 
and several steamers, besides making extensive re- 
pairs. They have a large floating dry-dock in con- 
nection with their yard, which enables them to 
repair vessels in a very short time. 

Mr. Williams was united in marriage with Miss 
Jane Tripp, of Rochester, N. Y., November 23, 
1863. Mrs. Williams was born -June 2, 1827, and 
is the daughter of James and Hannah (Brown) 
Tripp. To our subject and his wife one child has 
been born, a son, George F., who is now emploj-ed 
in the steel department of F. W. Wheeler & Co. 

Although Mr. Williams has never aspired to po- 
litical ottice, his interest in school matters led him 
to accept the position of President of the School 
Board of West Bay City, in which capacity he is 
serving at the present time, and he is also a mem- 
ber of the Water Board. His beautiful home is at 
No. 211 King Street, where the doors are alwaj's 
open to a large and admiring circle of friends. So- 
cialh^ he is a member of Demola Lodge, No. 498, F. 
& A. M., of Buffalo, N. Y. The family are all at- 
tendants at the Presbyterian Church, to the sup- 
port of which he is a liberal contributor. 

In connection with this brief biographical notice 
the reader will find a lithographic portrait of Mr. 
Williams. 



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APT. ALLAN C. McLEAN. There is prob- 
ably no man who has done more and is 
'' doing more to promote the success of a 
complete water suppl\- for the citj- of Saginaw, 
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at Saginaw twenty-eiglit ye:ii'.s ago coining here 
f)c't()l)er 22, 1868, and lie was born at Manilla, 
Canada, sixty miles northeast of Toronto, J.animry 
1. 1811. His father. Hector A. McLean, and his 
mother, wh-jse maiden name was Sarah C'ainpliell, 
were natives of Scotland who came to .Vnieriea 
aliout the year 18.'5(i, settling near Manilla, where 
the lather still resides at the very advanced age of 
eighty-six years and where the mother pa.ssed 
away in 1871). 

This worth\' eonple had ten children, one dangli- 
tcr and nine Mms. and the Captaiii was the seventh 
.son in an unliroken line. All luit two of this 
f.'imily are now living and two are living in 
C;inada, one being a drover and one a lumberman 
at Toronto. One brother, Duncan, carries on mer- 
chandising at Saginaw. 

C'apt. McLean remaineil at home until he was 
fifteen years of age, an<l then clerked lor his 
lirother in Toronto in the wholesale clothing busi- 
ness, and in 18(!:? he went on the lakes as a sailoi- 
making histri[)s between Chicago and llulTalo, and 
came to Saginaw in 18(!.'5. His first work here was 
as captain of a tug boat in the liver in the summer 
season, continuing in the woik until 1872 and 
scaling log.s in the winter. 

About that time this genlleman became agent 
for .1. M. \'alentine & Co.,and continued with them 
until 1877 when he securecl three barges and 
freight boats ami undertook the transportation of 
freight in i)artnershi[) with W. II. Bridges under 
the firm name of McLean cV" Bridges. They have 
two tugs and seven lighters, two steam barges and 
three lows and arc; also interested in a Large num- 
ber of boats. 

About half the trade from Saginaw is carried in 
vessels belonging to this firm and our subject gives 
])er.sonal attention to his business at the office. He 
is now a prosiierous man altlKUigh he had no means 
when lie came to Saginaw, and his efforts are 
always willingly given to helping build u|) the 
city and its interests. 

Oin- subject was married December 2, 1872 to 
Miss Bernice P.a.ssage, of Saginaw, whose father, 
Andrew, was an old settler here and for many 
years a lumber dealer. Their cliildicn aie Andrew 
A., .lessie Alberta, and .lean, who ;iic all at home. 



One child, tlie eldest boy, Andrew I)., died at the 
.age jf six years. Cajit. McLean is a Ueiniblican 
in his political views and attends the Baptist 
Church. He is actively identified with the Inde- 
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, with the Knights 
of Pythias and with the Knights of the Maci'abees 
and in most of the lodges has acted as Treasurer. 
He is the President of the Saginaw Lighting Com- 
pany, which is pursuing an accommodating aiid 
enterprising coiu'se in relation to furnishing gas to 
the people. 



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•TT^jEX. LCCirs W. CHAl'.M.VN, a retired 
[i^ minister of the Presbyterian Chui'ch in 
J-MV which he has been active for the p<ast fifty 
''^^ years, was born in Franklin County, Mass., 
.January 7, 1820. He is a son of I.saac Chapman, 
one of the Saybrook, Conn.. stcK'k. who w:is 
lirought up in Xoithern New IIam])shirc. He 
was a mechanic by triidi' and lived at Whatley for 
about sixty years. He <lied in Conway, the ad- 
joining town. His wife bore the maiden name of 
Hannah Wait, of tlu' same ))lace as her husband 
and lived there until death called her away. 

The parents of our subject had the following 
children: Alva R., now deceas(Kl; Leanlha, wife 
of Barnard lioyden; our subject; and Harriet de- 
ceased. Our subject was educated mainly in Mass- 
tichusetts; he studied theology in Pennsylvania 
as a [uivatc stu<ly, beginning to prepare himself 
for the ministry when fifteen years old, and was 
ordained at Punxatawny,Pa.. his first charge being 
in Indiana County, I'a., where he sei\('d for six or 
eight years when he went to Sunburg, P;i., where 
he resided for .some time. He w.as married to Miss 
Martha A. Cunningham, cf near I'ittsburg, Pa., 
December 1, 18,'i8. He had different charges in 
Pennsylvania for about eighteen years before going 
out of the State at all. He then came West to 
Beaver Dam. Wis., which was an important ))laee 
when he left, he having gone there in 18;')7. 
He built u)) a chui\-h there and sub.sccpiently went 
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them lieing at Rit'hmoiid, Iiul., nuv of llie l)ost 
charges he ever liad aiifl where he remaiiieil six 
years, and more tliau douliling the elnirch wliik^ 
there. 

The Rev. Mr. Chapman eanie to the State of Mich- 
igan in 1H7(I and became a minister at Ijansing, re- 
maining there for about a yearaftei- which he came 
to Bay City, talving cliarge of a congregation of 
only twenty-two memlters. l)ntnow it is one of the 
largest in tlie region, having four hunih'ed mem- 
bers. Mr. Cliapman remained with tliis body for 
nine or ten years. He then went to Caro, Mich., 
remaining at that place for nearly two years Init 
on aecount of his home l)eing here he would not 
stay longer. He has not done any regular work 
since that time. The home of 1 his gentleman has 
been at No. 203 Washington Street since 1«74, and 
was one of the first houses built in that part of 
town. He now engages in the insurance business 
and has built up a splendid business in that line, 
representing at the fii-esent time nine different 
companies. He is a prominent member of the Ma- 
sonic fraternity at Richmond, hid., and is also con- 
nected with the Independent ( »rder of ( )tld Fellows. 
He and his estimable wife have reared five chil- 
dren, Joseph R., deceased; Anna, wife of V. \. 
Peek of this city: Alva R. of Albany, Ore., who is 
married and has one boy; Ilerdie. a resident of 
this city; and Mattie, wife of the Hon. W. .1. Mar- 
tin. 



^^^LFREl) BROU(!HTON. The genial pas- 
(@/lI| senger agent for the Flint A Pere Mar- 
quette Railroad, and who is established at 
Bay City, liaving his oflice in the Crapo 
lilock, has undoubtedly the finest railroad office in 
the Slate as well as the most desirable location in 
the city. Mr. Broughton is one of the old emphjyes 
of the road, and the company Cannot but recognize 
his ability and energy in the position which he 
holds. 

Our subject was born in JNIacomb County, this 
State, January 13, 18.56. He Is a son of Joseph and 
Bridget (l)onolon) Bi'ougliloii. The fornici' w.'is 



born in P.ramley, England, near J^eeds, and the lat- 
ter in Sllvci' Minos, County Tipperary, Ireland. 
Joseph Broughton was a son of .b)Iin iiroughton, 
a veterinary surgeon in England, who on coming 
to -Vmerica, in October, 1848, carried on his 
professitm at Buffalo, N. Y., and in 1851 caine 
.Macomb County, where he combined farming with 
veterinary surgery; he died in 1884 at the age of 
seventy-six years. Oursuliject's father was twenty- 
one years of age the day he landed in America. 
He was first engaged in the onnul)us Inisiness and 
then took up farming and was an early settler in 
Macomb County. There he improved a large tract 
and then removed to Flint, before the Flint it Pere 
Marquette Road was built. 

.Iose|)li liroughton liegan teaniingm Flint and had 
cliarge of a freiglit line wliicli was carried by team. 
He kept twenty teams traveling between Fenton 
and Flint and was very successful in business until 
the railroad was completed and mono|iolized his 
trade. He then located in East Saginaw, first fol- 
lowing teaming and later engaging in the retail and 
grocery- Ijusiuess on Washington Street. His wife, 
to whom he was married August 21, 1851, had come 
to America with an aunt who li\cd in lUiffalo. Her 
father owned a line of boats that [ilicd between the 
West Indies and the British Isles. 

Our subject wa> the third in order of birth of a 
family of four l>oys and one girl. He was reared 
in Clinton and Saginaw. lie was early sent to 
the public schools and when fourteen j'ears of 
age was engaged as a grocery clerk in a store in 
Saginaw, remaining there until he was eighteen. 
He then began the study of telegraphy in the F'lint 
& Pere Alarquette deiiot, and in eight months re- 
ceived an appointment in South Saginaw, at that 
time East Saginaw. He was operator therefor four 
months and was then sent to the freight office of 
Ivast Saginaw, where he was engaged as freight 
clerk for three or four years. 

Mr. Broughton was then advanced to a position 
at Wayne Junction and Holly, and in November, 
1879, he came to Bay City and took a position 
here as ticket agent, holding it for three years, and 
then became agent proper. His employ with the 
company has been of the longest standing of any 
man here. lie has a line residence at No. 1212 



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Fifth Avenue. His home is presided over by his 
wife, to whom lie w:is iii;iiiio(l May 18. 1X86. She 
was Mrs. Addie Muri)liy, a dnughtei- of Elbridj^e 
Norris, and was born in Damaiiseotta, Me. Tiiey 
liave one child, a daughter, whose name is Nina. 
Our subject is a Knight Templar and belongs to 
the Consistory in Detroit. He has attained to the 
Mystic Shrine; he is Secretary of the Scottish Rites 
in I'ay Cit\-, and has attained to the thirty-seccnd 
degree. He belongs to Hlanehard Chaptei , R. A. M. 
and to the Royal Arcanum. In politics he is a 
Republican of the triu'-blue type, and in his church 
relations is an Kjiiscopalian. 

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,^pssi^ A]\IUI<:L MEISTKR, who IS the m.anager of 
^^^ the firm f>f R. .Meistcr iV' Son, is carrying 
Ift/^Jl) on a line business which was established by 
his father in 187i». The}' are dealers in 
iron, steel and metals of all kinds, as well as ma- 
chinei-y. They have recently added to their [ilant 
a large machine shop for the manufacture of boilers 
and engines, filling orders for plants and machin- 
ery, not only throughout this State but to distant 
parts of the country. Their plant covers three 
blocks and they have two otiices in Bay City. 

Hichard Meistor, the father of our subject, was 
born in Kenipen, Prussia, (ierniany, in 1822, and 
there received his education and engaged in the 
mercantile business. In 1802 he came to the United 
States, bringing his wife, Rachel, and his eight 
children, who had been l)orn there, and came to 
Ray City in 18(i(!. The only sons now living are 
our subject and William, who is also in l)usiness m 
liay Cit\-. 

The father began business hci'c in clothing and 
gentlemen's furnishing goods, and remained in that 
line of trade until hi' established his present lius- 
iness. lie was .a member of the Congregational 
Chuich. and a memliei- of the I. O. B. P>. At the 
time of his death, which took place May 24, 1887, 
his wife assumed his sliare of the business, which 
she still carries on. 

Our siiliject w.as born October ;!, 18(;i, and was 
a child when his father came to this city. He re- 



ceived his education in the i)ublic and private 

schools here, and then took private lessons. lie 
was early as.sociated with his father in the clothing 
business, but while still young began to give his 
attention to machinery, and in 1877 sold out his 
his interest in the clothing line aiid established the 
present works, beginning in a small way and grad- 
ually increasing it to its present dimensions. At 
first he employed only one man but now has thirty 
men in his employ, most of whom are skilled me- 
chanics. He has never been .active in politics as 
he has too much business to attend to to handle 
outside matters. 

Mr. Meister is a member of the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows and of the Ancient Order of 
United Workmen. He also belongs to the Re- 
formed Temple of Bay Cil}-. His business associ- 
ates speak of him in tie highest terms as to both 
character and al)ility. His sisters are Rosa, wife of 
William Meister; Ilattie. who married M. Romaii; 
Esther, who is Mrs. A. Jacobson, of Reed City, and 
Bertha, wife of Israel Ilamberger, of Luddington. 




JLLIAM M. KELLEY, who is one of the 
settlers in Bay City, came here in the 
of 1803, and made his permanent 
home in this city the following year. He was born 
in Kcnnitty, County ivings, Ireland, Feliruary 28, 
18.31, and received his education in his native land. 
He came to America alone before he was nineteen 
years old, locating at Buffalo, N. Y., and engaging 
as a .sailor on the lakes, beginning as a cabin bo_y, 
and rising to wheelsman second mate, mate and 
master, and sailing for some time in the latter ca- 
pac^ity even after coming tj Bay City. 

Some four or five years subsequent to his settle- 
ment here, Capt. Kelley concluded to leave the 
water, although he vvas then owner of a propeller, 
and two tow barges, and while keeping an over- 
sight over that branch of his business, he eng.aged 
in the gioceiy trade. He was elected by the Re- 
l)ublican» to the otlice of County Clerk in which he 
continued for three terras of two years each, after 




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which he was nominated for Sheriff, but was not 
c'leftc'd. Later lie acted as Secretary f oi- the Chani- 
her of Commerce and afterward took tlie position 
of ( )il 1 iis[)ector for some fifteen montlis. 

The present home of Air. Kelli y, wliicli is situ- 
ated on tlie northeast ciinier (if Ninth and IJncoin 
Streets, is pre.-i(h'il dXH'r jiraciinisly by the lady wh<i 
became his wife, in Scpteml)er, IMOD. She was 
Sarah .\.. daughter of II. .\. \Vaite, <if tiie well- 
known Ihifl'alo !Cx[)i'ess Cdnipany. of Clapj) iV 
U'aite. They have f(.iur children — (u'orgina E., 
William W., Arthur 1>. and (ieneveve S. The relig- 
ious training of our subject was in the Episcopal 
Church. lie is a jirominent ftlason, having taken 
the thirty second degree iu that order, and l)e- 
longing to the Bay City Lodge, the Blanchard 
Chapter, and the Consistory of Detroit, and also to 
the Kav Citv Commanderv No. 26, K. T. 



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ON.(;EOR(iE II. SHEARER. Tlie portrait 
I on the accomiianying page ))resents the 
lineaments of one of tiie most prominent, 
(|^) as well as one of the earliest settlei'S of Bay 
City. Since coming here in February, 18(!3, Mr. 
Siiearer has been closely connected with the devel- 
opment of the county, and is numbered among its 
most highly-esteemed citizens. He was born in 
Albany, X. Y., .July ',), 1825, andisa .son of (ieorge 
and Agnes (Buchauan) Shearer. The father w.as 
a miller and superintendent of tlouring-mills, and 
a man of considerable importance in the neighbor- 
hood. 

Our subject gained tlie rudiments of his edu- 
cation iu .\lbany and completed it in Schenectady, 
whithei the family removed in 183(1. In 184.") the 
youth came alone to Detroit wliere he learned the 
trade of a carpenter and joiner, and after working 
at that for some time started a sash factory under 
the firm name of Shearer & Dewey. Subsequently 
he sold his interest with that company and entered 
the firm of James .Siiearer it Bro., contractors and 
builders. During one year this new firm put up 
fifty-two Imildings, including stores and iiouscs, 
and only eight of these were frame structures. 



The young men now sold out their business in 
Detroit and in 186:5 came to Bay City where they 
started a stave mill and during the year after their 
ai'rival embarked in the lumber business. For that 
purpose they alteicd the mill which tlicy were 
using an<l whit'h stood where the Alichigan Central 
freight house is now situated. During the time 
that they carried on the business they manufac- 
tured eleven million feet of lumlier per year. 

In 1875 the firm disi)osed of its lumber l)usiness 
.and (i. H. Shearer entered the milling Inisiness with 
,T. M. McDonald under the style of McDonald & 
Shearer. They carried on an extensive business, 
raising the mill from a capacity of .seventy-five to 
one hundred and seventy-five barrels and chang- 
ing it at the tlie same time to a full roller process, 
with best machinery. They also introduced the 
standard "Gold Dust" Hour, which was then the 
best that was known in Northern Michigan. 

In 1888 our subject retired from the flour mill- 
ing business and for two years was engaged in other 
work. In 1891 he with others established the Bay 
City Brick and Tile Company, which was incorpor- 
ated in 1891 and was the successor to the Bay City 
Brick, Tile and Terr.a-cotta Manufacturing C'om- 
pany. Of this ilr. Shearer liecame Secretary and 
Superintendent. In November, 1889, he established 
a fine jewelry store with his son, Frank II., .and 
the firm is known as F. H. Shearer it Co., jewelers. 
The two years' vacation which Mr. Shearer took 
previous to his liecoining interested in the tile 
works was spent in travel. He visited .Southern 
California and the "Western Coast; made a trip to 
Colorado and other parts of the country. He has 
been a member of the Board of Aldermen for three 
years and the Board of Education for eleven years, 
being its President during part of that time. In 
1886 he was elected Mayor of the city and held 
that honorable positi(ni for two years, during 
which time the city passed through a series of 
strikes, but the good judgment and decision of the 
Mayor were effective in quelling the excitement. 
Our subject issuperintendingthebrick yardsand 
tile business, and he emiiloys a large force of men. 
He has been a member of the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows ff>r forty live years, has passed through 
all the olfices of the (^rand Encampment and now 



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POliTHAIT A^D lilOGIiArillCAL RPXORD. 



holds the second his^hest office in the Orand Lodge, 
that of State l)i'|)uty (iiand Master. He lias lie- 
loliUCfl Id llic (irdcr of Masonry since lS(iS and is 
now a incniliec of l'>ay City Lndyv Xo. 211. F. iV A. 
iNI.; lilancliai'd (lia|ilei'. and liay City Council and 
ConiniaiKlery. also till' Dclioit Consi>toi\-. as well 
as the Mystic Shrine whfi-i' he has taken the thirty- 
second desiiee. 

Mr. Shearer was niaiiied. in lf<.")ll. to Miss Maria 
K. llerluit. of Detroit, wlio died leaving one 
daughter — Carrie .\. 'I'he second marriage of Mr. 
.Shearer was to Laura A. llerbiit.a sister of his lirst 
wife. Of this union was born one son — Frank IL, 
who is one of the prominent men of the city. The 
wife and daughter of our subject belong to the' 
Baptist Church, of which he is a liberal sujiporter. 
A natural mechanic, he has invented a log turner 
for handling logs in a sawmills, and also a gang 
lathniill. N'lw bueUli'. and other inipia\i'nienl> in 
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el,AI{i:NCF. i;. CHArFIHLI). of Hay City, 
was born in l)r\(li'n. Tonnikins Count\'. X. 
^ .. December l.i, iJ^.'il. I lis parents were 
David A. and Klizabeth (lliowu) t hatlicld. David 
.\. Chatlield was the oldt'st son of \\'illiam .-ind 
Ascenith Ch.'itlirld, who removed to Dryden fiom 
liallston. X. '^'.. in IS.'l.'l. At that time llic new 
('ountr\' to whii'ii llicy c'lnie w.'is nearly in its 
primitive or wilderness st.'ite. .'ilthougli some 
portions of the country had been settled many 
vears before. esp(>cially along the line of the public 
road built by .losepli Chaplin in I T'.l l-li^-l'.'!. 
This was known as (h.-iplin's Uoad. and it bec'inic 
the great liighway for immigralion in tliat p.'iit of 
the .Stati'. Along the highway canii' families from 
Xew haiglanil. .'iinong them the (hatllelds. \\\\i> 
were probably nati\('s of Connecticnt. in which 
State there w<'re si'veral families of the name as 
early as l(i;il)-lii. 

David Cliatlield settled in the midst of a pine 
forest, working in which was his employment dur- 
ing the summer season lor inan\' years. I^ike very 
man\' men of his lime, he had onh' the commonest 



advantages for olitaining an education. In fact, 
it is mentioned with just pride by his descendants. 
th;it his education was obtained I'liielly by the 
light of pine-knots during evenings at his own 
humble home after hard labor during the day in 
the pine-woods. .Vnd unfavoiable as were his 
opportunities, yet he made such acquirements 
from books that he was fully competent to teach 
scliool. His services were much sought, and he 
was thought such an able and thorough instructor 
that he was thus occupied for many winters. This 
added quite materially to the income of the family, 
and was put to good use. It was likewise a pleas- 
ant and agreeable change from the severe manual 
laboi'. It I'ested the l)ody and strengthened the 
mind and stored it with much usef\il and iiractical 
knowledge. 

.Vmong the p\ipils of D.'nid Chatlield. in Lansing, 
X. Y., whei'c he taught, was Miss Klizabeth Brown, 
whom he married in IHIM. They had live children, 
four of whom are now lix'ing. Claience IJ. was the 
eldest, and was born in a log house among the tall 
l)ines. it iss:iid that physical or material surround- 
ings have much to do with shaping and developing 
of the physical .'iiid mental growth. At any rate, 
this son. Clarence, grew t;ill and strong in bodyand 

mind. (|u;ililies which si 1 him in good need in 

.•ifter life. He li.'id but few t)pportunities for ob- 
t.'iining ,')n education when young, the hard, labor- 
ious life.'iiid circumsl.'uices of his father making it 
neccss.'iry for the son to aid by work in sni)porting 
the f.'iinily. It followed, therefore, that he attended 
school only during the wintt'r months, accept two 
terms at Dr\(len Academy. 

Willi the education thus obtained Mr. Chatlield 
taught disliici schools during four winters, and 
worked on his father's farm suminers. These were 
interesting and useful ye.'irs and experiences to the 
young m.'iii. If lie did not make rapid ]irogress, 
he iiexertheless l.'iid deep foundations, and built 
strongly and seciiri'ly. While farming w.'is not 
especially disl.'islefiil to liiiii. lie had more of a 
leaning toward mercantile life. In other words he 
felt that he could .'iccoiiiplish more in the woild. 
and rise to a position more in harmony witli his 
taste.-i and inclinations by his head rather tliMi his 
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small country store in Drydon. There was nothin": 
of the go easy or supcrticinl in liis nature, and he 
soon liecanie t'uiMiiiccil tlial in order to he t Ik )i'- 
ongh and sueeessfiil in a niereantile eareer il was 
necessary to have a e ).n!n',^r,-ial education. 

Therefore in Man-li. IS7.'i. .\Ir. Cliatliehl went to 
I'oughkeei>sie and entered ivistnian's ISusiness 
College. He uas studious, and ui:i(h' very gratify- 
ing progress, standing liigli in school, and gi\'ing 
evidence of |)os>essing aliiiitie^ essential to a suc- 
eessfnland useful liusiness life. I'redictions were 
made of a promising future, and so well thought 
of was lie that while yet in seMool, before graduat- 
ing, lie was offered a situation as book-keeper in 
the large general store of .John Mc(>raw dc Co., of 
Portsmouth, Mieh. This he aeeei)ted, .and entered 
u\Hn\ the duties of the |iosition June 11, lK7;j. 
There he remained until October, 1K77, giving 
complete satisfaction lo the tirm, and receiving 
unbounded conlidence in return, when he accepted 
a somewhat more desirable offer to keep tlie books 
of Carter iV iMaltby, jobbers of produce and 
provisions, which linn was soon succeeded liy 
IMaltby, lirotherton A Co., wholesale grocers, lie 
liad now liecome entirely familiar with the busi- 
ness in its details from carrying on the business 
at Dryden. and had had four years' experience in 
keeping books. 

The training which JMr. Cliattield had recei\ed, 
beginning in his youth and resulting from his be- 
ing oliliged to depend upon his own resources sis a 
boy .and young man — farming, going to school 
winters, studying winter evenings, later teaching 
school, and then coming in contact in various ca- 
pacities with businessmen, all had been of value to 
him and had prepared him for wider and more 
responsible fields of operation, and in June, 1879, 
lie commenced luisiness for liimself. He formed a 
partnership with E. A. Spear in the retail gro- 
cery trade, at No. 808 Center Street. The tirm 
was successful from the first and built up a large 
trade which was carried on until the spring of 
1882, when Mr. Cliattield retired from the concern 
and in April of that year pnrcliased a half interest 
of S. (x. M. (4ates in the Central Flouring ^lills. 
He assumed the entire charge of the business, and 
so well >vas it guarded and so abl v managed that the 



demand for tlieir goods .soon outgrew the* capacity 
of the mills to supiily, and in the winter of 1884 
it became necessary to vei'v inateriMlly enlarge their 
facilities, and to ado[it the ''rolier system." Al- 
most unparalleled prosperity had followed their 
I'fforts. when, in Xoxcnibcr, 18.S(i, the mills and 
elevator were totally destroyed by (ire. But, as 
Ml. ( hattield remarked, "tlie ashes were not yet 
cold when plans were made and a contract signed 
for a new mill of nearly double the size of, the 
burned structure," and in June following the new 
I'hienix Mills were again turning out the celebrated 
"Purity" Hour, 'i'hey are ik)w in successful oper- 
ation, and are aiiumg the prominent industries of 
Pay City. In this particular branch of in.anufac 
tnre Mr. Chatlield's mills are classed alongside the 
best in any portion of the country. 

Mr. Chatlield has applied himself closely and 
assiduousiy to business, and occupies a leading posi- 
tion among the business men of the Valley. AVhile 
his success in business enteriaises has l)een marked, 
almost phenomenal, no [lart of it is due in the 
least degree to \vhat is sometimes termed 'duck," 
but is the result of the very best })ractical sense and 
excellent good judgment, rpiick and ready com 
prehension, and direct and forcible application; 
and b.ack of it all, he h:is alw.ays exhibited an hon- 
esty and integrity of purpose and n|)rightiiess of 
character that have been felt in the communily, 
which has shf)wn in very many w.ays its apprecia- 
tion of his worth and merit. 

Mr. Ch.atfield w.as for four years President of 
the Bay County .\gricultural Society, an organiz- 
ation which had suffered decadence, liut which 
.seemed to receive new life and energy .as soon as 
it came under his management, until it is now 
upon a solid and substantial basis and of etlicient 
usefulness, with new and commodious grounds, 
substantial buildings etc. lie is a Director in the 
Commercial ISank, in which latter organization his 
opinions and advice have great weight, perhaps lo 
as great an extent as that of any other man, 
although he is much younger in years than many 
of his associates, and President of the Mutual 
Building and Loan Association of Bay County, a 
corporation recently (uganized with a capital of 
t!2,lKIII,()0ll. lie is also Pi-esideut of (he Vouru' 



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Men's Christian Association of the Bay Cities. 

His personal p<)i>iilaritv, suece-ssfiil career and 
intiiiisic merit liave often hi-ouirht him imnniiientlv 
liefoi-e tlie piililic mind as a lit person fur iii,!j;h otfi- 
v\a\ iionurs and p<>siti(ms, Imt he lias persistently 
refused all solicitation and entreaty, with the one 
exception of hceoniin<; a member of tlie Common 
Council of Bay Cit\ . Ik has lieen a numlier of 
years a memlier of tlie First Preshyteiian Cliuich 
of Bay City, is a member of its Board of Trustees 
and is active in its welfare and liberal in its sup- 
port. In politics he is an eainest and influential 
Republican. 

F'ebruary 11, 1879, Mr. Chatlield uianied Miss 
Charlotte P. Russell of Memphis, Mich. She comes 
of a very worthy family, her father having been a 
Congregational minister, in which denomination 
he held the oldest pastorate in Michigan, iiaving 
been settled over one charge for tliirty-one years. 
Her mother was Elizabeth Prall. of Prallville, N. J., 
one of the oldest families in the State and of high 
respect and ability. Mr. Chatlield has a family of 
five children, four sons and ;i daughter. Although 
yet a young man ln' seems to lia\c made cverv 
step and stroke count. lie lixcdon a tarm. work- 
ing hard until twciit\ years of age. and Hie tiist 
money lie e\er earned was from teaching school, 
and this he used in getting a business education. 
Securing tlii>. he looked out into life's future with 

1 isgivini;s .and came to iNlichigan with but a 

bare ¥100 in his pock<'t. lie has iiexei received 
pecuniary assistance from any one, and owes his 
present [losition in the world and standing in 
the community entirely to his own effoi'ts and 
abilities. 



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,^,'irrHlK iiOWKRS, the Saginaw Valley 
^Oi view artist, who is located at No. 20.') 
ll IK North Monroe Street, Bay City, is, in the 
QfJ opinion of many, the finest artist in that 

line ill the valley, and he has made a specialty of 
the work .-111(1 is very siiecessfiil therein. He was 
l>orii at I'ort lioyal. County Norfolk, Canada, No- 
vember 7. 1856. and his lather, Henry Bowers, was 



born in Pennsylvania, in 1792, and was a soldier in 
the War of 1812, belonging in theCanadian Army. 
He had a farm in Norfolk of three hundred acres, 
and died there in 1875. He was a Baptist in his 
religion and an earnest reformer. The mother of 
our subject bore the maiden name of Rachel Smith 
and was born in County Norfolk. Canada. She 
was a daughter of William Smith, a farmer there 
and died in INlichigan at the home of our subject 
in 1882. The father was twice married and had 
six children by each union, and of this family our 
subject is the youngest. 

Arthur Bowers was reared on the farm and at- 
tended the common and grammar schools in the vi- 
cinity of his home. At the age of fifteen he left home 
and lived with his brother-in-law for two years. He 
spent one year in learning the business of photo- 
graphy, and at the age of eighteen opened a gal- 
lery in Tdsonburg, where he carried on business 
for four years. In 1881 he came to Michigan and 
located at Pinconning, remaining there for about 
a year .and in the spring of 1882 opened a studio 
on Water .Street in Bay City. He remodeled his 
rooms and making many im))rovements, entered 
into partnersliii) under the firm name of Culver it 
Co., which connection hasted less th.an a year, when 
liesold out his interest to his partner and estab- 
lished himself as a view artist. 

Mr. Bowers is the oldest view artist in the .S;igi- 
iiaw ^'a^ev .and has provided himself with every 
facility to secure liist-class work, taking views of 
a size from 5x7 inches to 11x11 inches. He carries 
on an extensive and snccesstul business, making a 
siiecialty of both exterior and interior work and 
p.ays his entire attention to this branch of [ihoto- 
gra])liy. 

The marriage of our subject took place in De- 
troit. December 2:5, I8«l. his liride being Mary L., 
daughter of l);ivid I'horpe. Mr. Thorpe w.as born 
in England, and after his father's death, which oc- 
curred when he was only five years old, the mother 
brought this only son with her to Can.-ida where he 
grew up to the life of a farmer, and where he now 
resides at the age of sixty-seven years. Me is a 
memlier of the Meth<!(list I'".piseopal Churcli, and a 
Refoiiiier. His wife's maiden name w.as Alice L. 
Wilkinson. She w.as born in Canada, of English 





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parentage and died in Woodstock, January 1, 1889, 
at the !\ge of flfty-niiie years. Mrs. Bowers was 
one of eleven children, ten of whom grew to ma- 
turity and six are now living. She was boru in 
Dorchester, Canada, and was reared and educated 
in Woodstock. She has one daughter, Nona May. 
upon whom these fond iiarents bestow much pa- 
rental care and training. Mi'. IJowers is a member 
of the Knights of the Maccaliees, and in his politi- 
cal views espouses the docrines of the Democratic 
party. He is also active as one of the Knights of 
Pythias. Mrs. Bowers is a lady of more than or- 
dinary intelligence and character, and as she un- 
derstands the business of photography, is of great 
assistance to her husband. 



»/,^ OX. OEORXit: POMROY COBB. The pre- 
lljji siding .Judge of the Eighteentli .ludicial 
Circuit of Michigan, which comprises Ba}',. 
Arenac and Gladwin Counties is thi gent 
tkiinan whose name is quoted above, and whose 
portrait is iiresented on the opjjosite page, lie was 
elected to this i)ositioii in the spring of li^cST, his 
term of ollice beginning .lanuary 1, IH81S. A na- 
tive of Voik 'IViwnsliij), Li\'ing,>ton County, N. Y., 
he wa-! b;)rn April 13. 1H41, and is the only son of 
Elijah X. and Lucy II. (Pomroy) Cobb. His father 
who was a teacher, was born in Central New York 
of New ICiigland parentage. 

In 1842 Elijah V. Cobb and family removed to 
Rochester, N.Y., where they lived until 185"). After 
he was old enough to begin his studies our subject 
enjoyed public-school advantages, .and at the date 
above menlloued accompanied his father to the 
noithern |)art(f Lenawee County, this Slate, where 
he remained on a farm five years. During that 
time he spent one winter in the Ypsilanti Semin- 
ariy, meantime carrying on an extended course of 
study under hi 5 father's supervision at home. Later 
he removed with his parents to the University 
City of Ann Ar'jor, where he attended High School 
and also had private instruction. 

In the fall of 1H(;0 Mr. C'obb began teaching and 
continued in the work until 186a, having charge of 



schools in Macon, Lenawee County, in the city and 
township of Ann .\rbor, filso in Salem, Superior 
and Pittsfield. Early in tiie year of 1865 he en- 
listed in the Eifth Michigan Cavalry, and was 
transferred from that to the Seventh Michigan 
Cavalry, and again to the First Michigan Veteran 
Cavalry. After serving in Virginia he went AYest, 
marching from Leavenworth, Kan., by way of Ft. 
Kearney and .Tulesburg to Ft.C-ollins,Colo., tlience 
to Ft. Bridger and Salt Lake City, where he re- 
ceived his discharge, February 16, 1866. 

On his return to this State Mr. Cobb entered the 
Law Department of the University of Michigan in 
the fall of 1866 and was graduated therefrom with 
the Class of '68. In September, the same j-ear, he 
came to Bay City, opening an office soon after, and 
in July, 1870, became a member of the firm of 
Grier, McDonell &. Cobb. T. C. Grier became Cir- 
cuit Judge in 1871 and died in 1872, after which 
the firm continued as McDonell it Cobb until 1871. 
Judge Cobb was engaged in |)raetice with the Hon. 
J. W. McMathfrom the spring of 187i) until Janu- 
ary 1, 1888. 

In 1873 Judge Cobb was elected Supervisor for 
the Third Ward of Bay City. In 1880 he was 
elected Re[)resentattvein the Legislature and served 
through the term of 1881-82, there having been 
two sessions within that time. He served on the 
Committees on Insurance, Ways and Means, and 
special committee appointed to investigate the 
charges of misconduct against the management of 
the State Reformatory at Ionia. In 1881 he was 
appointed one of the visitors of the Albion Col- 
lege. He has had no amtiition to ligure in local 
offices, feeling that many men whose local interests 
were at stake more largely than his own could rep- 
resent these interests to greater advantage than 
could he. 

Socially, Judge ('obb was the (irand Regent of 
the Royal Arcanum of Michigan for 1884, and was 
Vice Grand Regent in 1883. He belongs to the 
U. S. Grant Post, No. 67, G. A. R., being a charter 
member and First Chaplain, and has held the office 
of (Quartermaster, .\djutant Chaplain, Commander 
and Trustee. He was a delegate from the department 
to theNational Encapment held in Boston in 1890. 
He is also a member of the National Union. Both 



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.TiidiTC nnd !Mi'.-. Colih l)elong to the First Presbyter- 
ian Churc'li of l?.\v City, of wliicli he was secretary 
for ten years, and has also acted as its treasurer. 

.Judge Cohh was married, Xovemlier 1. 1H71, to 
Miss Laur.i, daughter of A. S. Munger. of Uay City, 
an old and prominent citizen, and one of the first 
settlers and active |)roniotersof its various interests. 
Mr Munger was one of the organizers of the East 
Saginaw and Bay City (now the Flint ik Pere Mar- 
(juette) Hailroad; was also Mayor of the city. County 
Treasurer and Supervisor. He has alw.ays been an 
active worker for ever^vthing that tends to the ad- 
vancement of the interests of tlie city and locality. 
His daughter, Mrs. Cobb, was born in Cass County, 
this State, lier parents removing to Bay Cit}' when 
she was a child, and here she received her educa- 
tion and rearing. .Judge and Mrs. Cobb becan;e 
the jjarents of two children, but one is deceased. 
Their son, George Arthur, is now a student in the 
city schools. 



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(^ felLIJAM GALAHNO. Our subject is pro- 

\/yi l"'''"^'"' ^^ '''"' '*'^->' ^'^^y "^'"'"inP Ways," 
^^' wliich is located at the foot of G.alarno St., 
on the Saginaw River. He w.as born in Windsor, 
Canada. .lune 14. 1K.')1, and isa son of Thomas and 
Lucy (Petramoulx) (Jalarno. At the time of our 
subject's birth the family was living in Windsor, 
Canada, remaining there for one year, a d in 18.55 
they came to the .Saginaw Valley, .settling first in 
Salzburg, now the Fifth Ward of AVest Bay City, 
their jilace of residence being on tlie old Camjiau 
farm. 

In IM5(! Thom.'is Galarno builta home on Wood- 
side -Vveniie. one of the first in that locality, and 
the only one of tiiose early places which is still 
standing. He bought considerable proi)erty in the 
vicinity, which he still owns and has made a sub- 
division which has brought him a handsome profit. 
lb' is a millwright by trade, ami is a skilled work- 
man. He still lives and is engaged with McEwan 
Bros. 

( )iii ■^nbj(•l•I was graduated froin llic IS.'iy City 
Jliuh School al the age of sixteen M'MI-s. He then 



learned the carpenter's trade under his father, and 
also the millwright business, continuing with him 
until 187'.l. He then engaged in the grocery busi- 
ness at the corner of Woodside .\ venue and Be- 
linda Street and w.as greatly prosiicred there, car- 
rying a full and well-selected stock of goods and 
having a good trade. He sold it, liowever. in 18H4, 
and since then has been variously engaged in busi- 
ness. 

Mr. (ialarno w.a-: married Xovemlier 14, 187H, to 
Miss Ellen .McBride. of (ioderich, Ontario. Canada. 
After disposing of his grocery, our subject bought 
a tract of sixteen acres of land in the city, and 
made what is known as the William (ialarno Ad- 
dition to B.ay City. For some time he was engaged 
in disposing of this and other real estate in the 
city, having also dealt considerably for other jieo- 
ple. 

Convinced that the port here demanded a better 
docking facility, .and believing he saw a good piece 
of property for this purpose, he purchased in .June, 
18!lb. It has a frontage of one hundre<l and eight 
feet, is six hundred feet deep and conveniently lo- 
cated. This he fitted up with a tine marine \f;\y. 
which consists of four railroad tracts on heavy tim- 
bers extending three hundred and ten feet into the 
water, and three hundred feet out on an inclined 
plane, having a grade of three-quarters of an inch 
to the foot, thus giving a de|ith of track in the 
water of sixteen feet. On this is placed a heavy 
truck with heavy .axles, weighing in all over sixty 
tons. This is run under the boat in the water, the 
boat being drawn upon it by steam-power, and 
thus out ui)on dry land by heavy machinery. The 
firm are able at the pre-ent time to haul a large 
boat out of the water in one lioiii- and ten minutes, 
which is a much easier and less expen.sive way than 
in the old-fashioned and laborious dry-docking. 

In addition to the jnoperty above mentionetl. 
our subject owns some most desirable property on 
the corner of Woodside Avenue and Belinda 
Street. Upon it he has built a fine brick block 
which was completed in 1884. His home is located 
in his own .Vddition, and is placed on two lots at 
\o. 2135 Woodside .\venue. It is a modern and 
altr.active residence. 

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volent Society, also of the Knights of the Macca- 
bees. His famil.y comprises four children, whose 
names are Frank, (iertrude. (^^orije and (irace. all 
of whom will be given as extended educational 
advantages as tliey will take. Our subject's father 
is a native of (Quebec. lie removed to Windsor. 
Canada, in 1853. Of his family of five children. 
William is the eldest; Lucy is the wife of I'hilii) 
Barney; Sophia is the wife of Louis LaRouche; 
.Joseph, who is iu Chicago, is a well-borer; and 
Henry still lives with his father. 

William Galarno was Supervisor for the old First 
Ward before it was divided into the First and Tenth 
Wards. He represented that division of the city' 
for two terms. He has also been a member of the 
School Board for two terms, serving until he re- 
moved from the First into the Tenth Ward. He 
casts his vote with the Democratic paity. 




KXRY C. THOMPSON, Civil Kniiiiieer. is 
one of the oldest settlers of West Bay City, 
and a man who has for a series of years 
tilled wisely,judiciously and con.sciiuitiously 
many ullices which h sis resulted in greatly iienefit- 
ing the community. For one term he served .as 
Schodl inspector of Wenoiia and was then a|)- 
poinled to Mil tlie otlices of County Surveyor and 
Deputy County Treasurer. In 1883 he was ap- 
pointed to till the latter otHce under Magill and in 
1889-itO was made City Engineer. He h.as also 
been Drainage Commissionei- for the last ten years 
and in all the po.--itions has given the most perfect 
satisfaction, pi it'onuing all the duties pci'taining 
thereto in an intelligent nml (■onsciciition> man- 
ner. 

Miildlelicld, (Jea'.ign County. t)liio, was the birth 
place of the gentleman of whom tliis sketch is 
written, he having lieen Ixirn there April 4, 18.5."). 
Augustus Thompson, his fntiicr. was also born in 
the Huckeye St;ite and his grandfatlier was a native 
of Connecticut. The latter gentleman was a i)ioneer 
of Western Reserve. ()hio. was a fanner liy calling 
and fought bravely in the War of 1812. He died 
at Middletield, ( )hio, in 1885. The great-grandfather 



of our subject lived in Connecticut and took part 
in the Revolutionary War. 

The father of our subject followed the eombinecl 
occupations of farmer and blacksmith in Middle- 
field, and later in Ashtabula County, Ohio. In 
1862 he came West to Saginaw Valley and located 
in Bay City where lie waseng.aged in teaming, car- 
rying on a large l)usiness in that line. Later, in 
1864, lie purchased one acre of ground in Lake 
City, now West Bay City, on which he resided and 
farmed on a small scale. In 1876 he took a trip 
through the Southern States and on his return lo- 
cated at Yellow Springs, Ohio, where he is at pres- 
ent residing on a farm. 

Mrs. Ravilla L. (.lohnson) Thompson, the mother 
of our subject, was born in the Catskill ^Mountains, 
X. Y., December 5, 1834, and died in 1889, at 
West Bay City. She was the daughter of Erastus 
•Johnson, a native of Lexingtf)n, Green County, 
I N. Y'., who .settled in an early day in Xew York 
and later went to Ohio where he passed from this 
life. The mother's name was Sabrah Stanton, first 
cousin of Secretary Stanton, a native of New York 
born in 1806 and is now residing in Ashtaliula 
1 County. Ohio. The [larental family included two 
children — our suliject .and Frank C., who makes 
his home in B.ay City. 

(Jur suliject was brought by his parents to West 
Bay City in November, 1862, wiiere he attended 
the d'Ommon school and acquired a good education. 
He remembers the first brick Iniilding ever erected 
in the city <aud at that period there were no bridges 
even though it was not very early in the city's 
history. When fourteen years of age he learned 
the trade of a painter which he followed during 
the summers for alioiit two years and taught school 
winters. He began work as a civil engineer in 
1874. carrying tlie chain for J. M. Johnston. He 
remained with him for four years when he started 
into the same liusiness for himself, having his 
otHce in Bay City. Since then lie has been associ- 
ated with (reorge 'I'urner for ten years, from 1881 
to 18ill. He was City JMigineer of West Bay City 
from 188'.) to 1890, and during that time built sewers 
to the amount of >!liio,uii(i. Fi'oiii 1878 to 1879 Mr. 
Thompson wa< County Surveyor and during the 
same year was Deputy County Treasurer for two 



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years underMcKuight, and in 1883 was the incum- 
bent of the same office under Macgill. 

Mr. Thompson of this sketch is now in the em- 
l>loy of the Au Sable & Northwestern Railroad as 
their chief engineer, having laid out sixty miles of 
liranch road On the Au Sable River. He has beeu 
assistant engineer with Turner of the Baj' C'ity, 
Caro it Port Huron railroad in the preliminary 
work. In the last two years he has laid over two 
hundred miles of logging railroad. In 1886 he 
was appt)inted to get up a map of Hay County. He 
laid out six additions to West Bay City during 
1891. The Iteautiful residence of IMr. Thompson 
is located on the corner of Midland Street and 
Park Avenue in West Bay City. 

Mr. Thompson was married January 2.3. 1884, in 
Cham|)aign, III., to Miss Kate M. daughter of 
fJeorge R. .nnd Frances A. (Niras) Whitmore. Mrs. 
Thompson was born in Rutland County.^'t., Decem- 
ber 13, 18j(i. Her father was burn ^Nlarch 1, 1834, in 
Winhall, in the Green Mountains where he fol- 
lowed the occupation of a teacher, having received 
a fine education in tlic (irandvillc Seminary, (xrand- 
ville, N. Y. Her motlier was born at Ft. Anne, 
Washington County, X. Y., and was also a teacher 
liy [(rofcssion. In 187'2 her parents came to AVest 
Hay City where Jlr. Whitmore was Principal of 
the city schools for two .\ears. Later he went to 
Champaign, 111., where he was engaged in the in- 
surance business. He now makes his home in Ca|)e 
tiirardeau County, .Mo., where he follows the 
above named-business. 

The gentlem.an of whom we write, by his mar- 
ri.age with Mi.'ss Wliitmore has become the father 
of two children — Hay and .Jessie. In 1880 he was 
made City Recorder foi' one year and in 1886 was 
made School Director. While in Wenona and when 
lie was only twenty years of .age he w.as School 
Inspector and since I88"2has been County Drainage 
Commissioner, appointed by tlie Board of Super- 
visors. At tliat time there was no drainage in the 
city or county, but in the last ten years he has 
^l)ent ^3011,(11)11 for drainage purposes. 

Our subject is connected with numerous social 
orders, among whicli aic the Free and Accei)ted 
M.asons, he lieing Master of Wenona Lodge, No. 
2;jG; the Odd Fellows, of whicli order he was Treas- 



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urer for six years; the Royal Arch Masons, in Bay 
City and is a member of the Consistory at Detroit. 
He is also a member of the Masonic Temple .\sso- 
ciation and the Ancient Order of United AYorkineii 
of which he is Treasurer. He is a member of the 
Michigan Engineer .Society and in politics is a 
stanch Repul)lican, having represented his parly 
as a delegate to county and State conventions. 
He is a member of the City Republican Committee 
of which body he has been Secretary for a number 
of years. He is Lieutenant Colonel of the Michigan 
division of the Sons of Veterans. 



GREGORY ADAMS, deceased. This former 
esteemed citizen of Saginaw City, who died 
.^_,^ Sepieinlier 3, 1887. was born at Monroe, 
Micii., ISIaich 27, 1838, and w.as a son of Ephraim 
and Mary (Paddock) Adams. His father was a 
physician at Monroe and had a family of ten chil- 
dren, seven of whom are now living. 

Our subject was educated in the city schools at 
Monroe and at eighteen years of age he left lioine, 
going South and traveling through many of the 
Southern States and also through the .Southwest, 
and returned to the North in 1863 or 1864. At 
that time lie came to .S.aginaw and engaged in busi- 
ness with ills brother, James F., who was carrying 
on a grocery trade. They continued together for 
two years and then after a few months spent at 
Monroe our sulijcct resumed the grocery business 
and joined in partnership with Mr. North for two 
years. He then took charge of the business alone 
and before long disposed of it and a few months 
later w.as made City Marshal and served in that 
capacity for aliout six years. He again engaged 
m the grocery business for five or si.x years and 
during the last five years of his life was interested 
in the wholesale liquor business. 

Mr. Adams had a long sickness before his death 
which resulted in an abscess on tiie brain, which 
terminated his career. He was a Democrat in his 
politics and an .active worker in the interests of the 
party and was |)i(>mineiitly identified with the Ma- 
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His religious belief brought him within the com- 
munion of the Catholic Church and he was buried 
from that church. As a business man he was more 
than ordinarily successful and was active and en- 
terprising. 

The marriage of our subject with Miss Elizabeth, 
daughter of Ariel and .Tulia (Morse) Frazec, took 
place November 25, 1866, and the ceremonj- was 
performed l)j' the Rev. JMr. Leach, an Episcopal 
minister. Mrs. Adams is a sister of the well-known 
funeral director, Walter Frazee. and was liorn at 
Rome, N. Y., December 2, 1839. The only child 
who blessed this union is Charles Francis, who is 
now in his twent\-lirst year and is. with O. F- 
Seymour. He has been a student in the High 
School and is a j'oung man of good abilities. This 
family is connected with the famous Adams family 
of Massachusetts. ISIrs. Adams is a social, genial 
lady, and an attendant at the Methodist Episcoi)al 
Churcli, and she is highly resiiected in tlie com- 
munity. 



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ON. .1 AMES W. GRAHAM. Tlie interests of 
the liftoon townsliips, which coini)rise 
the fourth district of Saginaw County are be- 
ing ably supported in tlie State Legislature 
by Mr. Graham, who was elected to represent this 
district in the fall of 1890. Already his keen in- 
sight into public affairs is being used for the pro- 
motion of the welfare of his constituency and lie 
takes an active part in the general legislation per- 
taining to Saginaw County. He has served in the 
session of 1891, during which he was Chairman of 
the Committee on Horticulture, and a member of 
tlie Committee on Michigan Asylums, and the 
Committee on Engrossment and Enrollment. 

Notwithstanding his varied otHcial duties, Mr. 
Graham finds time to superintend his farm, which 
comprises one hundred twenty acres on section "23, 
Fremont Township. He is of Irish birth and was 
born March 28, 1843, in County Monaghan, Ire- 
land. His father, John, was also a native of that 
county, as was his mother, Elizabeth (Wylie) Gra- 
ham. Our subject was only one year old when he 



was brought by his parents to America in 1844. 
they settling in the Province of Quebec, Canada. 
There thc3' established a home and remained until 
December, 1868, when, selling their farm, tliey re- 
moved to the ITnited States, and coming to Mich- 
igan settled on section 22, Fremont Township, 
this county. There the parents passed their re- 
maining years, lie dying .January 9, 18K4, and she 
September 23, 1891. 

The parental family comprised four children; our 
subject, Richard, Samuel W. and Ann, who died in 
April, 1885; the brothers all reside in Fremont 
Township. James W. received a common-school 
education in the Province of Quebec and having 
been reared on a farm, he early gained a practical 
knowledge of agriculture. After leaving home 
he came to Michigan and settled on his present 
farm in the spring of 1872. Four years prior to 
coming hither he was married, August 27, 1868, to 
Jane Graham, who was born June 13, 1851, in Hal- 
ton County, Ontario, Canada. Her father, .Tames 
Graham, is now a resident of Fremont Township. 
Mr. and Mrs. Graham were the parents of five child- 
ren, three still living, viz; Mattie, who was liorn 
September 26, 1869, is married and has one child; 
Bessie, born .luly 3(1, 1877, and James, March 13, 
1887. 

When ]Mr. (Traliam settled upon his present farm 
it was in almost its primitive condition and upon 
the eighty acres scarcely a furrow had been turned. 
He has since added to it, .and has cultivated eighty 
acres of the place. His first residence was a rude 
log house, which was replaced in 1886 by a neat 
dwelling erected at a cost of $700 besides his per- 
sonal work. In the rear may be noticed the barn, 
38x64 feet and the other outb.iildings necessary 
for the proper carrying on of the farm work. Se\-- 
eral years ago an orchard was planted, which is 
now in good bearing condition, while the estate is 
mostly devoted to general farming. His stock are 
of good grades and he is especially interested in 
coarse wool sheep. 

In his political belief Mr. Graham has always 
been a stanch Democrat, and has served his fellow- 
citizens efficiently in various public positions. He 
has been delegate to almost every county conven- 
tion held eighteen years, has been Highway Commis- 



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sioiH'r Cor two yi"'!''*- 'I"i't'''>!^"i'i'i' "I Kri'iiiont 'I'own- 
slup two yi'iU's and SiiiKMvisor Wvc years. In 1X7;! 
lie aided in urganizing his school disti'ict and has 
been Treasuicr of the same ever since. Neither he 
nor his wile has ever been identitied with any 
c'nucli but they are kind and jjenerous penple, whose 
|il:icc in the community is an envialilc nuv. In 
his social relations. Mr. (irahani is a member of 
Masonic order at St. Charles, in wliicii he has held 
many of the Chairs, and he is also idcntilicd with 
the I'atrons of Industry, havinsj' served as Presi- 
dent of the local orijanization. 



|[- AOP.KUT J. CAMPISKLL. A river port has 
many industry's that arc iLot known to an 
inland city, .among' these is that of dry- 
docking. Jn IJay City a i)Mrt owner of one 
of the finest dry docks here is our sul)joct. Their 
dock is at the foot of Atlantic Street on the Sagi- 
naw River. It was estalilished in 1«72, lirst as .-i 
Hoating dock. On Mr. Campbell's becoming con- 
nected w ith it, in 187.5-7(;, he made of it a grounil 
dock. It is three hundred and six feet long, lifty- 
five feet wide at the bottom and eighty feet wide 
at the top, with a sixteen-inch centrifugal pump 
which will empty the dock wlu'n occupied by a big- 
boat in about two hours. 

The business has continued for the p;ist twelve 
years without interruption, the linn being com- 
posed of Mrs. Margaret WittliMUcr. as silent part- 
ner, and our .subject a»s active partner. Mr. Camp- 
Ik'11 was born in Alden Township, Erie Count\'. 
N. v., April 22, isa2. lie is a son of I.eander S. 
and Mary (Paddock) Campbell. The former is a 
brother of .ludge S. S. Campbell, late of IJay City. 
Leander Campbell was a farmei' by cMlling. Ixobert 
lirst attended the district school in the vitinily of 
his home anil later the village school. lie remained 
on the farm until twenty-one years of age, and 
then apprenticed him.self to le.arn the cari)enter's 
tr.ade, which he workcil at until coming to I!ay 
City, October 12, l.s(;2. 

On first locating in this i)l;u-e our subject en- 
gaiicil for some time at his tr.'ulrand 'hen was cm- 



pio\'cd as shipping clerk for the Saginaw ;ind Hay 
City S.alt Company. lie was then engaged by 
private parlies in making bridges, docks, hooms, 
etc., and finally became intere.sted in the dry dock 
business. The firm own the only gromid dock this 
side of Port Huron. They have extended the dock 
recently .'ind liave made of it a very fine alTair. 
They are now able to dock lioats tliat are three 
hundred feet in length. 

Since coming to this city .Mr. ( anipiiell has been 
.\ldeiinan for two years and served iis Supervisor 
from the First Ward sixteen years, lie was Treas- 
ui'er of the city foi' one tei'ni and before the town- 
ship of Hampton was added to the city, served as 
its Treasur( r for one year. Eor one year he was 
Chief of the Fire I)e|)artmeut. Since reaching 
voting age Mr. ('am[)bell has been a stanch Demo- 
crat, never scratching his ticket excepting on one 
occasion, and that was to vote for a neighbor who 
stood hiu'li in his estimation personallv. 



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ACOI? H. BECKER, who is looked uptni as 
one of the pioneers of liridgeport Town- 
ship, Saginaw County, was born in Ken- 
s.selaer County, N. Y., May 28, 1.S22. lie is 
a son of (iarardus and Saiah (Finne) Meeker, who 
were natives of New York and emigrated to Upper 
Canada when their son was about three years old. 
There they resided until 1833 when they i-eturned 
to New York and settling in Niagara County, re- 
mained there for twenty years. 

The removal of this family to ^Michigan took 
place in IKS-"! and they then .settled in Bridgeport 
Township and undertook farming. To this calling 
our subject had been trained throughout his life 
and he had become practical and efficient in c\ciy 
detail of the work. ()wing to the circumstances 
sui'i'ounding the family his education had been 
limited but he has ever aimed to imjirovi' liim.self 
by reading and observation, and hjis gained intel- 
ligence and breadth of view in that way. 

Lois L. Staple was the maiden name of the lady 
who liccanic the wife of our subject In New ^'ork. 



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April 23, 1840. She was born in Upper Canada, 
October 13, 1822, and is a daughter of .lohn D. 
and FJKebe Staple who were natives of tiiat Prov- 
ince. Mr. and Mrs. Becker iiave lieen the parents 
of eight children, four of whom are livin.tf, namely: 
Jesse, .Jacob, (leori;e and Frederick, and the four 
who have passed away are Sarah L.. Cyrus, (Jarar- 
dus and .Tolin. The two last named were soldiers 
l)elonging to Company B, Twenty-third ]\Iichigan 
Infantry and gave their lives to their country dur- 
ing that conflict. 

When the family came West in IHoS they trav- 
eled through Canada with a one-horse wagon and 
a colt, and the family at that time comprised Mr. 
and Mrs. Becker, and five children. After arriving 
here they located ui)on the farm wiiere tin y now 
reside, and their one iumdred and twenty acres of 
land was then c(im|)letely covered by a primitive 
forest, which had tn be cleared away Itcfore the 
land could be cultivated. 

In this work and in all the trials and pcrph'xi- 
ties of pioneer life, .Mr. Becker was sustained and 
aided by the sympathy, wise counsel .and active 
co-operation of tiiat true helpmate and counselor, 
his wife. Togethei- they liavc seen the country 
grow from a forest primeval t*)a region covered by 
smiling farms and prosperous towns and vil- 
lages. 

Mr. Becker is an ohl fashioned .Jacksonian Dem- 
ocrat and a citizen of [)ublic spirit and enterprise. 
He is a splendid representative of the typical Mich- 
igan |)ioneer, a man with flue phy.si(pie, and well 
informed on topics of general interest. He and 
his valuable wife have hosts of friends who esteem 
them most iiiglily for the good tliey have done and 
wh<^ rejoice heartily in their prosperity. 

ARTIN F. SCHICK, M. D. The i)rofession 
which represents tlie beneficent healing art 
has many noble members wiiose lives are 
filled with acts of goodness, and whose 
most strenuous effort is to attain that skill which 
is necessary in saving life and restoring health. We 
are therefore gratified to introduce to our leaders 




a physician who has won for liimM-lf a high place 
in tlie profession in Saginaw County. Dr. Shick. 
of Frankenniuth, is one of the most )iroMiiiu'nt 
physicians and druggists of the county, and has an 
extensive practice and patronage. 

Our subject was born in Chicago. III.. .May 2'>. 
1861. He, however, passed tjie greater poition of 
his life, until reaching the age of seventeen years, 
in Ft. Wayne, Ind. He attended the conuiion 
schools at Ft. Wayne and then entered the Con- 
cordia College in that city where he pursued his 
studies for five yeai's. Then deciding to become a 
l)hysician he began the study of medicine, fullow- 
ing the same for one year in Ft. Wayne and two 
years in New York City, entering the medical de- 
partment of the University of the city of New 
York. From this institution he was graduated 
March 7, 1882. He first engaged in the practice of 
his chosen iirofession in Chicag'(_>, wheic he rcuiaincd 
only six months, going thciice to New York City, 
remaining there also but a few months. After 
making these several lemovals our subject came 
to Frankenmuth, Saginaw County, where he has 
since been engaged in the practice of medicine. 

Dr. Shiek is the leading physician of this s(>ction 
of country and enjoys a fine practice. He was a|>- 
pointed Postmaster during the administration of 
President Arthur and has lieen the incumbent of 
that office since his appointment. He has also 
been Health Otliccr of Frankenmuth Townshi[), 
having held the position for many years and is 
also the present incumbent. 

Our subject was imited in marriage April 1(1, 
1884, in Ft. W.ayne. )nd.. his bride lieing .Miss 
.\nna C. Bruns. Mrs. Schick was liorn in Ft. Wayne, 
and has borne her luisband three children, namely: 
Myrtle, Nina, who died when two years old. and 
Lottie. The father of Dr. Sciiick is Prof. (Tcorge 
Schick, a teacher of (ireck, Latin and .Vncient 
llistorv in the Concordia College at Ft. Wayne, 
for some thirty-six years. The mother of our 
subject bore the maiden name of Wilhelmina Zim- 
merman. 

Dr. .Schick has taken special ccnwsesof instruction 
in operative surgery in New York City and I'liy- 
sical diagnosis and microscoiu', also a special 
course in urinary .Mnalysis. lie holds :i certificate 



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from the Unlversit}- of New York State at Albany 
for passing a satisfactory examination in classical 
studies. Our subject has not been so engrossed ii 
his studies and practice but wliat he li.as found 
time to devote to other interests, and among tliem 
he has been Notary Public fm eight years, l^r. 
Schick is a fine druggist ami carries on the only 
establishment of that kind in Frankenmuth. Tlie 
political views of our subject have brought him 
into sympathy with the movements of the Repub- 
lican party, and religiously lie is a member of the 
tierman Lutheran Church. Dr. Schick has been 
witlely intluential in shaping tlie educational and 
social progress of Frankenmuth, liis influence being 
far-reaching and helpful in every way. 




ICIIAEL HAGARTY, who is one of llie 
oldest settlers of West Bay City, has a 
successful factory for the manufacture of 
hoops at Kawkawlin. His partner is ('. J 
Smith and the firm title is M. Hagarty & Co. Our 
subject has resided in the valley since September, 
1H()4, and there are not a half dozen citizens here 
now wiio were here when he came to West Bal- 
dly. He has done much to promote the upbuild- 
ing of this town, and his most successful business 
venture was the plotting of Hagarty 's Addition to 
West Bay City, and although ilie lots were sold at 
a very low figure the transaction netted him a 
handsome profit. 

Our subject was born in the city of J.,imcrick, 
Ireland, .luly 11, 1831, and his father, Patrick, was 
ill the employ of a wholesale dry goods house there. 
In 1843 he brought to America his family, con- 
sisting of his wife and five children, making his 
lirst lioiiu' ill Kingston, where he remained until 
alioul 18;') 1. Thence ho removed to Peterboro, 
wiiere he was grain buyer and |)ork packer during 
the remainder of his days. His death was caused 
by a railroad accident, he being run over by a lo- 
comotive wiiicii cut off both his lower limbs. His 
wife, Margaret Bristol, was born in L'eland and 
still makes her home in Peterboro. Of her si.x 
children five grew to maturity and are still living. 



Until he was nine years old Michael Hagarty 
attended .school in Liiiieiiik Miid it was in the 
sin-ing of 1843 that the family emigrated to this 
country. Tiiey were wrecked on the coa.-<t of the 
island of Anticosti and they remained upon its 
shore for ten days when tliey were able to get the 
vessel off the shoals .and went on to Ouebec, whence 
tliey journeyed to Kingston. At the age of four- 
teen the youth was made an apprentice to the cab- 
inetmaker's trade, at Kingston and after four years 
he removed to Peterboro and later went into a mill 
at Bottom, cutting slabs for lath.and in this estab- 
lishment he worked up gradually and four j'ears 
later was in charge of the mill, which was a large 
establishment with four gang saws and for four 
years he was its superintendent. 

In 1864 Mr. Hagarty became a niillwiiglit and 
helped to build the Sage & Mc(iraw mill. For 
several years he superintended mills for various 
parties and finally came back to Sage cV- McGraw, 
having charge of their mill for four years. Before 
returning to Saginaw ho was employed by .1. (i. 
Emery for five years. About the year 187;) lie 
went North and tliere engaged in the lumber luisi- 
ness buying a half interest in a mill at (ireenwoods, 
Point Edwards, and operated that mill for two 
years. He afterwards took charge of the mill be- 
longing to Wright, Wells & Co., at Bradford Lake, 
and jobbed out tlie manufacturing for them for 
some four years. After that he entered into part- 
nership with Thomas Toohy under tiie firm name 
of Toohy & Hagarty and carried on logging and 
jobbing for different firms here t'oi two years. 
During the p.ast year he has built eight miles of 
railroad in B.ay County. Hi one year he cut and 
loaded on the cars thirty-two million feet of lum- 
ber tor McGraw and twenty-two million for Sage 
it Co. and kept a large force in the woods employ- 
ing some five hundred men and over one hundred 
and fifty teams, tlie outfit being wortli over 
$30,00(1. 

Mr. Hagarty has dealt largely in real estate and 
started in his [iresent business in 188,"). He em- 
ploys steam power and has a capacity for lifly 
thousand lioojis a day, and emiiloys forty-five 
hands. He sui)erinteiids tiie woi-k himself and 
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lias sent to the South of FraiK-i'. He was an oi- 
oanizer and is a direetor in tlip IJny C'ountv Kicc- 
tiic Company and is a direetor in the l'eoi)k^"s 
Saving Bank, lie owns wild lands in Michitjan 
and has one lumdied and forly-four acres in one 
liloek. 

Mr. llagerty was married in I'eterlioro, Canada, 
.lannarv 'il, 18(>2, to Mi.ss Johanna Dailev, whose 
father, Andrew, was a native of Ireland, and a 
jMoneer in Canada. He still resides in Peterlioro 
and is now eighty-five years old, hnt was liereavud 
in 189(1 liy the death of his wife, who was also a 
native of Ireland, and whose maiden name was 
KUen Power. The five ehildren of onr sulijeet were 
Minnie, .John and Margaret, deeeased, and Frances 
and Nellie, who are htith graduates of tlie St. ^'in- 
cent's Academy at Cincinnati, Ohio. 

(Jnr subject is an earnest and devoted memlier of 
St. Mary's Catholic Church, of which he is a 
Trustee, and is a stanch Uepubliean. lie east his 
first liallot for"old Alie." and has been a consistent 
member of the Kepulilican party from that day to 
this. He is on the city committee and is frequently 
a delegate to uounty conventions. His otHcial 
work in West Bay City includes two terms as Al- 
derman, one term on the ^^'ater Works Board and 
one term on the School Board. The Ancient Or- 
der of Hibernians is the social order with which he 
is connected. His beautiful home is attractive in 
its exteriorand delightfully linisliedand furnished, 
and his wife and daughters arc ladies of education 
and more than ordinary accomplishments. 






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^/^ HENRY SHEARER. The oldest and most 
If — - jirominent real-estate firm in Bay C'ity is 
V^Ji^J that of Sheaier Bros., which consists of the 
gentleman whose portrait is presented cm the ojipo- 
site page, and his tirother, James B. The original 
firm name was James Shearer it Son, and for a 
more complete account of the organization of this 
s\icceesful business enterprise, the reader is re- 
ferred to the biography of , lames .Shearer, which 
appears in another portion of the Ri;( ouu. The 
subject of this notice was boi-n in Detroit, Janu- 
12 



ary 3. IS.").'?, and lemiived to Bay City in April, 
1H(!;"). 

The early cducation.al .•uhanlages which wei'e 
enjoyed by Mr. Shearer included oiu> year spent 
in the Bay City High School, a three-year course 
in the Phiio M. Patterson School, a private in- 
stitution of high grade in Detroit, and an atten- 
dance of one year in a military .acaderriy at 
Ciu'ster. Pa. After completing his education he 
returned to Bay City, and entered the employ of 
the hniiber firm of James Shearer ct Co., beginning 
as a laborer in the yards, and continuing until by 
a series of promotions he became book-keejier. For 
five years he devoted his exclusive attention to 
that line of liusiness until 1877, when he began 
operations in real estate with his fatiier, and has 
continued in that business uufil the present. 

In 1880 the title of tlie firm was changed to 
Shearei- Bros, by the admission of James B. Shearer. 
They have very large interests m Bay City, hand- 
ling business property exclusively, and their office 
is in the Shearer Bros. Block at No. 81111 Adams 
Street, which they own. They handle all of the 
extensive interests of their father, besides those 
of ;i large nunilier of non-residents, and carry 
on the insurance business in c(mnection with real 
estate. They are doing by far the lai-gest real- 
estate busine-ss of .any firm in the cit\'. 

( )ur subject is Secretary of the Elm Lawn Ceme- 
tery Company, President of the Bay C'ountv Land 
Company, Limited, Vice-President of the Bay 
County Savings Bank and I'residentof the Shearer 
Bros. Laud Company, all of which are incorjjor- 
ated companies. For nine years he has 'leen on 
the Board of Water Commissioners for the city, 
and has also been one of the Fire Commissioners 
since the organization of that branch of the city 
service. He is one of the Directors of the Les 
Chencaux Island Association, which is a summer 
resort near Mackinaw Island. 

In the social (orders ^Ir. Shearer is |>roniinent. He 
is a member of the Masonic fraternity, where he 
has reached the thiitv-second degree, and belongs 
to the Bay City Commandery, the Detroit Consis- 
tory and the Mystic Shrine. His marriage, which 
was solemnized August 22, 187fi, united him with 
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one of the prominent lumbermen of this city. 
Both Mr. !in<l Mis. Shearer are |)r()iiiiiH'nt mem- 
bers of th<^ Presliyteriau Chureli of Ihis city, and 
find in it a liroad lield of iisefiilnes.s and influence. 
In politics Mr. .Shearer is au active and influen- 
tial I\ei>ulilican, but does not permit liis name to 
lie used foi' an election. 



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y»;AI>TER D. YOlINCi, one of the most in- 
/ rtuential Inisiness men of Bay City, is 
W^ Treasurer oC the Michigan Log Towing 
Company. ^■ice-President of the Bay City Brewing 
Company, I'resick'nt and ^Manager of the Young 
Trans|)ortation Company, and mcinlier of the Arm 
of Young Ih'os. cV Co., coal and wood dealers. He 
is a thorough bnsine."^s man, and his fine i)hysique 
and comin.andiug appearance as well .as genial na- 
ture, make him a universal favorite. 

iSIr. Young was born in Albany. X. Y., Septem- 
ber 2.'), IS.'j.'i. and there resided until ISTlt. His 
father, (Jeoige Young, was born in Scotland, and 
came to this country at the age of twelve, locating 
in Albany, and there engaging as a clerk in the 
grocerv line, into which he afterward entered in- 
dependently, becoming a wholesale and retail mer- 
cli.ant. In IK7(t he brought his family to Bay City, 
and here organized and liecamcthe Vice-President 
of the Bay City IJank, in which he continued un- 
til his death. His widow, who still resides here, 
became the mother of four children, of wlnmi our 
subject is the youngest. She was born in Bethle- 
hem, neai- Albany, and her m:iiden name was Annie 
McCormiek. 

The conunon schools and acadeujy of Albany 
furnished the education of oui- subject until he was 
removed to this city, where he attended the High 
Scliool, and at the age of eighteen began clerking 
in the Bay City l'..ank, where he remained for five 
yeais. The brewing businos was begun by him 
in 1X77. under the lirm name of C. E. Young it 
Co., and they bought out the Arm of \'an Meter it 
Co., and built up thiir present successfid Inisine.ss 
from a small beginning. In 1IS81 the business w.as 
iiu'orporateil nudeitlie name of the I>,ay City Brew- 



lug Company, and was enlarged so that they now 

occupy au entire block, and h;ive the largest busi- 
ness of this kind in the Saginaw \'alley. 

Prior to this time Mr. Young engaged (piite 
largely in operating vessels on the lakes, and still 
has an inteiest in that line. In March, 1H!>1, he 
organized the Young Transportation Comjiany, 
and in December, 189(», started the Michigan Log 
Towing Company. The Young brothers have two 
boats on the lake engaged in the ore and grain 
busine.ss, namely, the steamer "Arizona" and the 
schooner ••Plymouth." The Log Towing Com- 
pany owns a number of large and powerful tugs, 
some of the largest on the lakes, an<l most of their 
business is in towing logs from (icorgian r>ay to 
the Saginaw Kiver. 

.Mr. Young has a large interest in real estate in 
B:iy City, and his residence is at No. «1 t Center 
Avenue, which forms a delightful family home. He 
has one daughter, Fannie M., and one son Waller 
l).,.lr. Since the organization of tlie Board of Elec- 
tric Light Commissioners, lie h.as been a member of 
it, and he is also couuei'ted with the Masonic Tem- 
ple Association. He is a Knight Templar, and a 
IMason of the Th"irty-second degree, besides belong- 
ing to the Mystic Shrine of Detroit. 



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1) EX.] AM IN S. KRLPP. The highest art is 
lliat which preserves a true representation of 
I the human face, that highest work of the 
Creator. One who can delineate with 
brush or pencil those indications of character and 
disposition, which tell the tale of thought and pur- 
pose, so that a perfect face stands out before one, 
possesses more than dainty touch or faultless col- 
oring and must be a true artist. To know that 
Mr. Krup)i, of Saginaw, is such a man one needs 
Initio study the lieautiful works of his studio, 
comparing his artistic i)ortraits with the faces thus 
delineated. An .artist by nature, Mr. Krupp has 
from childhood devoted liis energies to the stiidv 
and portrayal of human beauty, and his reward 
has largely been in the satisfaction of his artistic 
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portrait studio must to a certain extent meet the 
popular demand, il lias Iuhmi Mr. Ivriipp"s ciide.Tvoi' 
to educate the public to a just appietiatidii of a 
liner style of facial reproduction. 

The free-hand crayons of this artist arc models 
of lieauty and faithful resemblnnccand his India ink 
portraits arc unsiupassed in delicacy of tone and 
accuracy of shade, and have a (inish and strength 
found only in true works of art. His studio 
is located at 123 North Raiim Street, East Saginaw, 
where he estalilished himself in his ))resent business 
ni 1H87. In his India ink ixirtraits he uses that 
recent invention which is known as the "air brush," 
and which is extolled by many famous artists, lie 
usually employs four artists in addition to doing 
much of the best work himself, and his is consid- 
ered superior to all other houses in the Saginaiv 
Valley. 

Our subject was born August (1. 181)1, in llainil- 
toii, Ontario, and his father, the Rev. Samuel 
lvrui)|), a minister of the Evangelical Association 
w.as located at Tavistock, Ontario. His mother's 
maiden name was Magdelene Wegenast. Samuel 
Krupp was a native of Pennsylvania and ;it one 
time preached in Buffalo, N. Y., and his family was 
one of those who settled in Pennsylvania at a very 
early day. 

Benjamin Krujip took up the work of his life at 
the age of fifteen at Toronto, and when eighteen 
years old went to Chicago, with the intention of 
studying the fine arts and spent one season in 
Philadelphia with an artist cousin. Upon his re- j 
turn to Philadeljihia, he devoted one season to ; 
lessons in oil painting and returned to Canada and 
began work. His first studio for general work he 
opened at Stratford, Canada, in 1882 and there 
he i-emained for five years giving his attention to 
the best portrait work, and after that he spent six 
months in traveling through the South, but finally 
located at Saginaw and liegan building up his bus- 
iness here. 

The marriage of our subject took jilace, Novem- 
ber 11, 1883 and he was then united with Miss 
Charlotte Crosson, of Stratford. To them has been i 
granted two children, Lillie and Gerald. Mrs. 
Krupj) IS a devoted and active member of the Bap- 
tist Church. For some years past oiu' subject has 



been a member of the Order of Odd Fellows at 
Saginaw and the Free and Accepted Masons. Their 
beautiful and well furnished home is situated on 
Howard Street and the house was erected under 
the person.'il supervision of .Mr. Krnpii. 



Vl/ GUIS LISKOW. (ierman enterprise .and 
conservatism have done as much for Saginaw 
County as for every other portion of the 



Union where the quick perceptions of the peojile 
of the Teutonic race have seized opi>ortunities and 
have developed industries that have returned them 
a rich reward. The gentlem.an of whom we write 
is one of these, the family to which he belonged 
being one of the best known in this county by 
virtue of their eiiter[)rise and progressiveness,which 
have so largely develojied the resources of this re- 
gion. He resides on section 22, Thoinastown Town- 
ship, Saginaw County. He was born in Lippehne, 
Prussia, November 25, 184^(. He is a son of John 
G. and Caroline (Siefert) Liskow. both of Prussia; 
the father waslx'rnMay 25,1814. He first studied to 
l)e a machinist and then entered a general store in 
which he continued until he came to America in 
1H50. He spent some time in prospecting for a 
locati<»n and finally settled in this township in 
July, IH51,on section 13. He possessed some means 
which hi' invested in a farm of eighty acres that 
was located on the river road. He also purcha.sed 
a large amount of lumber land from which he sold 
the timber and kept the hind, thereby realizing 
very handsoniels'. 

Our subject's father was at one lime the pos- 
sessor of twelve eighty-acre tracts of lanil besides 
the homestead. He [nesen ted each of his chil- 
dren with one lmn<lred and sixty acres and sold 
off a portion. .\t one time lie was largely inter- 
ested in farming. He was a great sufferer during 
his last 3'ears, having had a tiiinor on his head that 
grew for twenty years. In 1H82 he had it removed 
and then paralysis set in, and he has been an in- 
valid ever since. The operation, which was a very 
delicate one, was performed at Ann Arbor by Dr. 



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McljCau. Tlie old gentleman lias always been a 
Rei)ul)liean iu his political liking and is still true 
to his colors. He was Supervisor of tiie township 
one term and has been Justice of the Peace and 
Treasurer. 

Our subject's mother, whu was horn in the same 
Province as was her husband, JIarch 24, 1820, had 
six children, of wliom live are still living. They 
are Louisa, Charles, Ferdinand, Louis aud John 
(1., Jr. The mother still survives; her father, 
Charles Siefert, was a native of Prussia aud a 
farmei'. He came to America ^ ith our subject's 
father and died in 18H8 at the age of ninety-two 
years. He was one of the soldiers who fought in 
the battle of Waterloo under C4en. Blucher, and 
was in tliirteen or fourteen engagements during 
the champaign. He was an inmate of a French 
prison for nine months, gaining his release by ex- 
change. He was seventeen years of age when he 
went into the army. 

Louis Liskow was but two years of age when 
brought to this i)lace, but he remembers when the 
Indians used to come and beg to be harbored for 
the night, throwing themselves on the floor of the 
log house by the fireplace. There were only six 
or eight families west of the Tittabawassee River, 
and the stillness of the night was often broken by 
the howl of wolves, and their growing crops had 
to be carefully watched from the incursions of the 
deer. He attended school in a log schoolhouse and 
had the advantage of sixmonths'training in tliecity. 
During boyhood he was engaged in work on the 
farm and in the lirickyard, and at the age of twenty 
3'ears he went into a general merchandise store, 
which was run under the name of J. G. Liskow & 
Sons. He was in the store for seven years, and 
from the age of sixteen to twenty he had run a 
brick scow on the river. He located on his pres- 
ent farm in 1879 and has made most of the im- 
provements here. 

The original of our sketch was married Septem- 
ber 15, 1879, to Antouic Haack, who was horn in 
Hlumficld, Saginaw County .September 14, 1857. 
Mrs. Liskow was born and reared upon a farm and 
as familiar with all the scenes incident to country 
life. She has fine Tiatural abilities, and by her read- 
ing and studious lKil)its bus arcpiircd a fund of 



resources from wliieli slie is able to draw at will. 
She is easy, graceful and brilliant in conversation 
and adds luster to any circle of society with which 
she may mingle. Mrs. Liskow 's father came to 
this country about 1850 and settled in Blumfield 
Township, Saginaw County, upon one hundred 
and forty acres of wild land. He was a man of 
great executive ability; he was Supervisor of his 
township for thirty-three years in succession; was 
chairman of the committee of claims for most of 
the time. He died in 1890 at the age of seventy 
years. 

Mr. and Mrs. Liskow have been blessed by tlie 
entrance into their family of four children, all of 
whom are living — Bernhardt, Julia, Carl and 
Freddie. Mr. Liskow is the owner of one hundred 
and si.xty acres of land, one hundred and twenty 
of which are in an excellent state of imiirovcment. 
He here devotes himself to general farming; he 
h.as a good grade of stock, and in lis79 built a fine 
iirick residence which is a great addition to the 
locality. His large and capacious barns were j 
erected in 1880 and 1891. Tii national affairs he j 
votes with the Republican party, while in local 
politics he is more liberal. He was for two years 
Township Clerk. .Socially, he belongs to the Ma- 
sonic Older. For six years his fatlier was engaged 
iu the brick business, making about a million Iirick 
aniuiallv on his farm. / 




IMU'ST F.BKUTEL, a successful lisherman 
of Bay City, is interested in three different 
I' fishing outfits, with his father, William, 
and his brothers, Albert and Robert, and 
also owns an Interest in the scliooiier-'Olive .lauel" 
in connection with Smith Bros. Having [wssed 
the greater ])ortion of his life in West Bay City he 
is quite well known in this vicinity, and is highly 
esteemed as an honest-minded and public-spirited 
citizen. He is well endowed with force and de- 
cision of character and a clear, well-balanced in- 
tellect, while by the exercise of sound business 
qualities and excellent judgment he has been en- 
abled to acciniiulatc ;i (•oiii|ietciicy. 




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For p.artieularo in resard to the family history 
the reader is referred to the sketch of William 
Beutel, father of our sulijec!. n'hieh appears else- 
where in this volume. August F. was horn in 
Prussia, March 16, 18.53. and wa-; only three \'ears 
(lid when he was lirouuht by his parents to Amei-icn 
so that the scenes of hi-; earliest recollections are 
in the I'nited State,-. His education was received 
principail)' ni lianks and was ^appieniented hy an 
excellent course of study in tlie First Ward scliool 
of West Bay City, wliere lie wa^ a puiiii during tlie 
winter seasons until he was nineteen years old. In 
his boyhood he assisted his father in p.acking salt, 
and later w.as employed in running an engine for 
Leng et liradtield for aliout live years. Afterward 
he lielped his father in fishing until lie reached his 
majority. 

At the age of twenty-one years our subject en- 
tered into partnersiiip w ith his father, thus form- 
inga connection which continues until the present 
time. In 1881 he entered into business with his 
brother Albert, purchasing .aji outfit and commenc- 
ing a liusiness which has increased to its present 
large i)roportitms. In 1887 he formed a partner- 
ship with his brother Robert in fishing, and thus 
has an interest in three different fishing outfits. 
Meanwhile he finds time for other duties and owns 
an interest in five different sail boats, as well as 
the schooner "Olive Janet" which he assisted in 
building and which has a capacity of twenty-three 
hundred tons. This vessel carries iron from Lake 
Superior to Cleveland and Buffalo, and brings a fair 
remuneration to tlie owners. 

Besides his other real-estate interests in West 
Bay City Mr. Beutel owns the pleasant residence 
at No. 1 107 Washington Avenue, which he occu- 
pies, lie was married in this city, in 1875. to ]\Iiss 
Maggie McMorris, who was l)orn in Albion, Onta- 
rio, and is a daughter of John and Margaret 
(Lougliead) ^McMorris. liar father was born in 
Scotland, whence he emigrated to America when 
young and engaged as a farmer in Albion and 
Mona, owning two farms. The motlier of Mrs. 
Beutel, who now resides with our subject, was born 
in Cork, Ireland, and was the daughter of David 
Longhead, a farmer in Canada during liis last 
years, Mrs. Ileutel was reared in Canada until 



she was sixteen years old and accompanied her sis- 
ter, Mrs. Ailvens. to Bay City. Two children have 
been liorn of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Beutel — 
Frederick R. and Harry R. Mrs. Beutel lielongs 
to the AVestiiiinster Presliyterian Church, wifii 
which her parents were also identified, and Mr. 
Beutel holds membership in the Lutheran Church 
of Bay City. He is identified with tlie Order of 
the Maccabees, and casts his ballot for the princi- 
plc.> of the Republican party, believing thein best 
calculated to serve our public interests. He li.as 
served as delegate to county conventions and is in 
every respect an honorable man, whose record is 
one of which his family and friends may be justly 
proud. 

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^ EORGE W. AMES. The gentleman whose 
portrait a|ipcars on tlie opposite page is one 
J(^ of the most active and ijushing real-estate 
men of Bay City. His office, wherein many large 
deals are consummated, and hundreds of houses 
and lots as well as thousands of acres of land ex- 
changed, is located in the Pluenix Block, where he 
has been engaged in his special line for the jiast 
three j-ears. Since October, 188!), he has been a 
member of the firm of Brigham, Ames k Ileatley, 
Abstractors, who have the business of the leading 
Ijauks and railroads of this State, and the most 
prominent attorneys as well as other citizens. 

Mr. Ames" real-estate liusinejs is entirely separate 
from the abstract office. He occupies two hand- 
some offices at Xos. 304 and 307 Ph(enix Block, 
and has the most complete office of the kind in the 
State, containing copies of the orighial plats of 
Bay County, besides maps giving the exact size of 
all lots, locations of sewers, water mains, street 
railways .and belt line raih'oads of both cities. He 
publishes the largest list of property in the county 
and is a firm believer in printers' ink as he is the 
largest advertiser in any kind of business in the 
city. He is also Secretary of the Avondale Land 
Comp.any, which is a corporate institution, made 
so by its charter datc(l .hiiic 22. 1801. This i-om- 



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p.iny lias a capital stock of *!2.").0()(l, and its officers 
arc as follows: Joseph Turner, {'liaiiiiiaii ; ( Jeorge 
W. Ames, Sccreluiy; A. A. Knojifcl, 'I'reasnrer; and 
it inchides anioni>- its directors and stockholders 
many of the most prominent men in this vicinity. 

(ieorjie W. Ames was horn in Albion. X. V., 
( )ctolier .'il, inr)2. and is a son of (ieoige C. and 
Sarah (Howell) Ames. His father still lives and is 
engaged in the mcicanlilc Imsiness. Mr. Ames 
was educated in the pulilic schools of Erie, Pa., 
but his desire to follow railroading was so strong 
that at the age of sixteen he secured a position as 
news agent on the Philadelphia ik Erie IJailroad, 
and at the age of seventeen accepted a position as 
l>rakeman on the Erie A' Pittsburg Railroad, his 
run lieiiig from.VUeghany City tf) Sliarix-ville, Pa. 
In 1H7(I he came to Detroit and secured a position 
as brakeiii.-in with tlie Detroit. Lansing A' Lake 
Michigan Uailroad (now the Detroit, Lansing A' 
Northern) and ()ctr>bcr A. 1S72 was transferred to 
tlic Detroit iV I>ay City H:iilroad, then under the 
same inaiiagement. 'I'lic .Michigan Central Rail- 
road shortly afterwards purchased the road, under 
whose management he remained until May 11, 
188H, during which time he held the position as 
passenger conductor for twelve years, the last six 
years his run being from 15a\' City to Mackinaw. 

Believing the mad to wealth was through the 
acipiirenient of real estate. Mr. Ames, in 1)^71 com- 
menced to buy and sell property, and through 
agents in Detroit, Chicago and Hay City, he has 
been successful. Within three weeks from tiie 
time of scvi'iing his connection with the Michigan 
Central Railroad he opened the oUices wjiich he 
now occupies, ami that he has made his business ;i 
success in cx'cry p;irtirul:ir is vouched foi- by the 
fact that lii^ has had charge of most of the large 
real estate transac-tions made in the city and county 
since June 1, IHSH. 

Within the [last three years Mr. Ames has built a 
number of modern 'louses costing from ¥1,200 to 
^7.0(11). the la>l one tompletcd being his elegant 
resideiu'c at No. I IHi.s ( niter .Vvenue. He has large 
propeitN iiilere>l> in Detroit. Chic:igo. 15ay City 
and Wot I'.ay City, .-ind is the sole owner of 
seveiit\ -si'veii .•!( resof land at Topinabee. which is 
located on Mullet Lake seventeen miles south of 



Cheboygan. IMicli.. and* on the line of the inland 
steamboat line which runs between Petoskcy and 
Mackinaw. It is also on the line of the Michigan 
Central Railroad which has four express trains 
daily. Topinabee contains a number of pretty 
cottages, tirst-class hotels, post-otlice, telegraph 
otlice, express office etc. The property owned by 
Mr. Ames is platted and attractively laid out, nuist 
of it being on a terrace thirty feet above the level 
of the lake. Topinabee is rapidly coming to the 
front as (me of the most desirable |)laces in north- 
ern Michigan at which to siiend the summer 
numtlis. 

Mr. .Vines has resided in Bay City since .May 1. 
1S74. and his home is ])resided over by his estima- 
ble wife. .leniiie .\., daughter of (luy E. Thompsfm. 
Mr. .Vines is a member of .Iopi>a Lodge, No. 31a, 
Blanehard Chaiitcr No. oil, Bay City Commandery 
No. 2(i. Kniglitsof Pythias No. 2;3, ITniforined Rank. 
St. (ieorges Societ3-, Bay City Club and Bay City 
Business Men's Association. 



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;,HS. ELLEN DEEOAN. This estimable 
lady to whom we would call the attention 
L*^ of our leaders, is an old .settler in Bay 
County, and is now living at her beauti- 
ful home at No. 70(i Third Street. Bay City. She 
is the daughter of John Bean, and was born in 
Toledo, ( )liio, Pebiuary 1, 181(1. Her father was 
born ill County Kildare, Ireland, and his father, 
the grandfather of our subject, was Fijincis liean, 
a farmer in the Emerald Isle. 

-lohii lieau <'ame to the ,1'iiited States when a 
young man and (mgaged as a contractor at Little 
Falls. N. Y. When h>aving the lunpire State he 
went to Toledo .'iiid thence to Adrian, this State, 
where he was contractor on the railroad, following 
that occujiation for many years. He then ran a 
line of drays, and died in Adrian in l><71.wlien 
fifty-seven years of age. In polities he was a 
stanch Democrat, and always gave of his means in 
aiding forward any good movement which would 
benefit the community. 

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jeet, was lioni in County Tipperary, Ireland, in 

llSfu;, Mild fMiiu- ulit'ii a VDUiiir lady to America. 
Her fatliei-, Tlioiiia.s ^Vllile, the i;iandfatlier of (nir 
subject, was alsoa iiati\e of the Knieiahl Ish'. and 
was a farmer liy occu|ialiiiii and a well-lo-chi land- 
h)rd. The mother of Mrs. Deegaii pa.ssed fiom 
this life when eiiihtv-four years of aye in Adrian. 
Reliifiously, she adhered liiiiily to the Catholic 
faith. The parental family consisted of live chil- 
(iren, of whom our suliject was the second in order 
of liirth. Her lirotliers and sisters were Michael, 
who is a resident of Adrian; Kate, deceased; Mag- 
gie, who is a Sister in the convent at Monroe. 
Mich.; Mary. .^Irs. .1. C. Tarsney. of Kans.as City. 

Our subject was five \ears of au:e when her pa- 
rents removed to Adrian, and in that city she re- 
ceived her tine education, beiui;' iiraduated from 
the Iliu'li School. When seventeen she bciian teach- 
inj; in jMedina Count\', and later taujiht in Adrian 
until her marriage, Novemlier 21, IHIJ;?, at which 
date she was united to John C. Kline. INIr. Kline 
was born in Penu.sylvania, in March, IKK), and 
was broujiht liy his parents to White Pigeon when 
very young. Me received his education in that 
place and was made Principal of the Adrian 
Schools. 

In April, 1H(').'5, Mr. Kline, in comi)any with li. 
Lourim, came to Bay City and started a grocery 
on the present site of the Campbell House. This 
they ojierated successfully for four years, when 
tlieir store was destroyed by fire, thus occasioning 
what was to them a great loss. Mr. Kline died 
February X, 1^67, greatly mourned l)y all his 
friends. 

Our subject was married a second time. .lanuary 
7, 1«()8, in Bay City, to Thomas Deegan, who was 
born in County Tipperary, Ireland, December 25, 
1832. He accompanied his parents to Canada, and 
in about 18();3 came to Bay County and located in 
Kawkawlin, where he was engaged as " mine host " 
of tlie Kawkawlin House. Two years later, how- 
ever, he made Bay Cit.v his al)iding-iilace and ran 
the Ontarit) Hotel on Saginaw Street, between 
Fifth and Center. He continued as proprietor of 
hotel until the time of his death, which occurred 
September 7. 187-1. In politix's he was a firm Dem- 
ocrat, always casting his vote in favor of that bod v. 



He adhered to Catholic principles in religion and 

was an influential member of that Church. 

Catiierine Kline, the eldest daughter of our sub- 
ject's lirst marriage, is now Mrs. K. E. Carney, and 
resides in Bay City. Of the second marriage were 
born Mary E., now Mrs. .\. II. Hess, a graduate of 
St. .James" School in Hay City, and Anna M., also a 
graduate of St. James' School, who is a teacher. They 
are all membeis in good standing of the Catholic 
Church. Mrs. Deegan is living in retirement at 
her beautiful home, but besides tliat property owns 
real estate on Saginaw Street and in other parts of 
the city. jNIrs. Deegan is a thorough-going busi- 
ness woman, is intelligent and highly esteemed bj^ 
all who come in contact with her. 




RED WILLIAM EDELMANN, M. D. Few 

of our young Americans I'lave gone to work 
more vigorously to make a success of life 
than he whose name is at th(? head of this sketch. 
He is a native of Bay City, and was born April 26, 
1864. He IS the youngest son of John G. Edel- 
raann. wdio emigrated from Oermany in 1847 and 
became a pioneer of Saginaw County, having been 
in succession a farmer, merchant and contractor. 
He is now engaged In the real-estate and insurance 
business at Saginaw, to which city he removed w ith 
his family in 1867. 

From the age of seven until 1879 our subject 
attended the public .schools of Saginaw. B}- na- 
ture a student, he be('ame desirous to tit himself 
for professional life, and in 187!) entered the Ca]i- 
ital I'niversity at Columbus, Ohio, where he pur- 
sued the literary course for three years. At the 
end of that time he was compelled to relinquish 
his studies for a time on account of failing eye- 
sight. In the fall of 1882 he began to pursue the 
medical course in the riiiversity of ^Michigan, and 
after an attendance of two years at that institution 
he entered the noted hospital and college at New 
York that is known asBellevue Hospital, and alter 
a most rigid course there he took his degree as 
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In seeking for a location in which to besrin the 
inaeliw of his profession lie naturally turned 
toward his home State, and licuan to practice at 
Port Huron, remainintr there inic and a half years. 
While there he pul)]ished the first (;ernian news- 
paper of that city — the Port Huron Herald. 1 1 was 
his maiden effort in journalism, and, altlK>uuli he 
was only twenty-one years of age and the paper 
was obliged to struggle desperatel3- for a financial 
existence.it proved a literary success, and our sub- 
ject beg.an to lind his reputation as a medical man 
eclipsed by his reputation as a journalist. Jealous 
of his medical honoi's he sold his paper and re- 
moved to East Saginaw, in 1887. 

Our subject pursued his calling diligently until 
1889, when he was elected President of the Board 
of education at Saginaw. His term expired in July, 
1891. During iiis term of office lie was the young- 
est member of llie Hoard, but he was instrumental 
ill obtaining many advantages for the city The 
same year he was also appointed Ilealtli Officer of 
the city and in 188!) he was elected at Detroit Su- 
l)riine Medical Kxainiiior of I'liitcd Friends of 
Alicliigan, a frjitcrial bcnclit soeicly, a position of 
honor and ifspoiisibilily. 

Dr. Kilciiii.-uiii is a ni.-iii of superior mental cali- 
bre and both speaks and writes vigorously and 
tluently. Dining his incuiiibeiicy in j)ositions of 
trust he li.is licru ;iblc to ad\aiice and make more 
general >;mitaiy laws that ha\f greatly benelited 
the people. Most iiiip<iitMiit of his work is that of 
ventilation of school buildings, also the systematic 
metiiods b\' which school siipciintendents are noti- 
fied of all cases of contjigious disease within the 
vicinity of the schools. .\s Medical Examiner of 
the United Friends of Michigan, all applications 
of membership must pass his insiieclion. lie docs 
not disregard an\ of the adv;intages to be derived 
from mcnilicrship with iiicdic.-il .■i>Mici,-itions, .•iiid is 
most actively connected with the State .Medical 
Association. He is a member of the staff of St. 
Mary's IIospil;il. and also a member of the staff of 
Bliss Hospital. 

Dr. Edelniann w.is united in marriage, May 28, 
I.S,s:». :it Poll Huron, to Miss Amelia, daughter of 
John ('. Kaunieier. .a prominent contractor. In 
their chiircli relatic^ns he and his wife are con- 



nected with St. John's Luther m Church. AVhile 
in the discharge of his jiublic duties, the Doctor 
succeeded in effecting the abolishment of surface 
wells on school property .and also in insisting on 
the introducti(m of filters in school and the re- 
(luirement of a health officer's certificate before a 
child, having suffered from contiigioiis disease, 
could recommence attendance at school. 



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RANK liOSSMAX. Among the native sons 
?(- of ^Michigan who are doing business in Bay 
^ City, and have become prominent through 
their active co-operation with the best men of the 
place in promoting the higher interests of the peo- 
ple, is Mr. Uossman, a member of the .School 
Board and a successful dealer in clothing. He was 
born ill Orion, Oakland County, October If!, 1840, 
and his father, Samuel, and his grandfather, Joini 
Uossman. were both New Yorkers, the latter, born 
at Hudson, being a farmer and a diuin-ni;ijor in the 
War of LSI 2. 

Ill IT'.tOthe r.-imily located at Oxford. Oakland 
County, and look up ( io\einnient land, thus be- 
coming early settlers in that county and improving 
some five hundred acres. The grandparents of our 
subjed spent together a happy wedded life of 
.sixty-two yeais, and the grandfather survived 
until he reached the age of ninety-two. The 
Hossmans lielong to an old F^nglish family of 
(lernian origin. They settled at Li\iiigston manor 
on the Hudson, and are still re|>resented there. 
The four grandparents of our subject aggregated 
ill age three liiiiidred and thirty-two years. 

When th<' father of our subject was about 
twenty-one years of age he came West and estab- 
lislied hiniseU' in a log house upon :\ new farm, 
becoming owner of one hiindied and thirty acres 
near Oxford, iinil building one of the first frame 
houses in that vill.age. He was a carpenter and 
found plenty of work to do in the way of contract- 
ing and building. After the death of his wife he 
came to Bay (its and wa> with our siiliject until 
death supervened at the age of se\eiity-(ive years. 
His wife, Clara ( Decker) Ko.ssman.was born in New 



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York, near Rochester, and her father, Jesse Decker, 
was ii iintive of Connection I and came to Michigan 
in \HW. lie was a Justice of the Peace and an 
inn-keeper, and lived to reach tiie age of eighty- 
live. Mrs. Clara Russinan died in Oxford at the 
age of fifty-six years, and of her three children 
two are living, namely, our subject and Maria, who 
is Mrs. Summers, of Oxford Township. 

Frank Rossman was early associated with the 
Indians, going hunting with them and finding 
thetu delightfully adventurous companions. He 
was a good shot, and indeed all the family were 
hunters. The j'outh remained at home until he 
reached the age of fifteen years when he began 
clerking in Orion at a salary of 140 a year, which 
was increased the second antl third years respect- 
ively, to $80 and $150, and he continued with his 
employer. J. A. Rowley, for seven years, and in 
1862 started the business which he still follows. 

Mr. Rossman established himself first in I'oiitiac 
and had a paitner for three years, after which lie 
sold out his business and spent some time in Oil 
City, Pa. In IHTO he came to East S.aginaw and 
o|K'ned a i lothing store in paitnership with "Little 
.lacke" Selignian, the milli(.)naire banker of that 
city, and thus continued for four years, after which 
he sold out his interest and removed to Pontiac. 
• where he carried on a clothing business under the 
liiin naiiie of Rossman tt Fox. It was in February, 
1881, that iMr. Rossman and Jo.seph Seligman es- 
tiblishcd themselves as wholesale and retail cloth- 
iers in Pay City, but seven years later our subject 
bought his partner's interest and now carries on 
business inider liis own name at No. 712 Washing- 
ton Avenue. 

The marriage of Frank Rossman and Emma, 
daughter of ( harlesJ.Fox a commission merchant 
of Pontiac, took [ilace in 1S(1(). The lady is a na- 
tive of Manchester, England, and her fatlu'r was 
born in Calcutta, India, and is a direct descendant 
of Charles J. Fox, the English statesman. Their 
five children are Harry Lee, Ellen Florence (Mrs. 
W. Williams) Emni.^ (iracc, Edith Leonore and 
Frank Fox. On the School Board Mr. Rossman 
has been etticii iit as a member of the finance com- 
mittee, and he is a member of the Free and Ac- 
cepted Masons, and the Royal Arch Masons, sis well 



as the Knights of the Maccabees. His politics are 

of the Rejiublican order, and although he is not a 
politician he is deeiily interested in the movement 
of national and local affairs. 



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^RASTUS T. JUDD, President of the First 
National Bank of East S.aginaw, is a native 
^ of New York and was born May 31, 1822, 
on the banks of Seneca Lake, at Geneva, Ontario 
County. His father, Levi Judd, who was of Scotch- 
Irish extraction, was born at South Hadley, Mass., 
about 1795, and was accmtractor and buikler. His 
mother, Elvira (Taylor) Judd, w.as a daughter of 
Oliver Taylor and a native of South Hadley-, Mass. 

After leaving his native home Levi Judd so- 
journed for some years in Rochester, N. Y., and 
later removed to (ieueva. After his marriage he 
located in the last-named place and there re- 
mained until his death at the age of fifty-five. His 
wife attained to the good old age of almost ninety 
\-ears and died at Clifton Springs, N. Y., in June, 
188i(. They were the |)arents of ten cliildren, 
seven sons and three daughters, and six of that 
numliei- now survive. 

t)ur sul)ject attended the common schools of 
Geneva initil he was eighteen 3'earsold, then spent 
three months at the High School there and con- 
tinued on a farm until he was twenty-three years 
old. At that time he commenced to learn the 
trade of a carpenter and builder and .after the 
completion of his apprenticeship, formed a partner- 
shi|) with his employer. After working with him 
for two years the young man undertook the same 
business independently and carried it on for sev 
eral years. 

The next enterpri.se whicii engaged the atten- 
tion of Mr. .ludd was the purchase, in partnership 
with l)rs. A. I>. and Horace Smith, of the Geneva 
Hotel, which they fitted up .as a sanitarium. How- 
ever, at the expiration of one year, Mr. .ludd sold 
his interest .and went to Canada, where he with 
two other parties made a contract to supply the 
(ireat Western Railroad with wooil between 
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Niim- business between Detroit and Milwaukee for 
tiie Detroit iV Grand Haven RaiU-oad. During the 
fall of 1864, soon after his arrival in East Saginaw, 
lie organized the Fii-st National Rank and was 
made its first President, wliieli position he has lield 
to the present time. 

Aside from his banking interests, ]Mr. .Iiidd has 
been engaged in tlie mamifaeture of pine lumber, 
dealing in pine lands and investing in sawmills. 
At the present time he is largely interested in 
soutiiern timijer land, and owns jjroperty on the 
Pearl River in Mississippi. In 1888 he withdrew 
from active participation in the lumber business 
on account of failing iiealth. From its first organ- 
ization until May, 1891, he was Secretary and 
Treasurer of the Saginaw, Tuscola and Huron 
Railroad, and upon resigning tliat position was 
elected Vice-President. 

The first wife of Mr. Judd died leaving no 
children. Our subject was afterward united with 
Virginia, daughter of Dr. Lucius Liley, of ISIoravia, 
N. v., and they have two sons, Clarence L., who is 
Cashier of the First National Hank; and Frank R, 
who is a nicMibci' uf the linn of (iilbert it Judd, 
dealers in real estate. Our subject has been Presi- 
dent of the Uoard of l'nl)lic Works and also a 
member of the Sewer Hoard. In politics he is a 
stanch Repul)lican. His career furnislies an excel- 
lent exanii)le for the young, as he commenced in 
business with no means and has attained his hand- 
some fortune without help from any source. As a 
business man he is held in high esteem and has 
been largely in>trnnient;\l in promoting the best 
interests of .S;igiii:iw. 

The lithogiaphic poitiait of iMr. .ludd acconi- 
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AMES K.SAINDEKS. Amongthemost prom- 
inent industries of the Saginaw A'alley is 
the manufacture of .salt, and few residents 
of Hay City have lieen more directly c(m- 
liected with the development of this important 
prodiul than the geiitJeniim whose name intro- 
duces this brief biographical notice. He is now 



Superintendent of the Butmann & Rust Mill and 
Salt Works and is well known as one of the early 
citizens of Saginaw Valley. His native home is in 
England, wlieie he was born in County Kent, April 
1 1, 1840. His parents, William and Mary ((irigsby) 
Saunders, were also lx)rn in England, whence they 
removed to America a few years after their mar- 
riage. They settled in Oakland County, this State, 
where tliey remained until 1861, and then coming 
to Saginaw the father held the position of janitor 
of the public schools for ten or fifteen years. 

The parents are now deceased, the fathei' dying 
July 31, 1881, and the mother surviving until 
December. 18111. Their family comprised six sons, 
namely: Edwin, now agent of the Flint iV- Perc 
Maniuette Railroad at Saginaw: William, who is a 
farmer residing in Mayville: Joseph, a merchant 
of Saginaw; Eben, a Sunday-school missionary of 
Dakota, who was sent out by the Presbyterian 
Sunday-school Hoard; Charles, who is in business 
in .Saginaw City .as a tinsmilh; anil onr subject, 
who was the Ihii'd in order of birth. The mother 
remained in .Saginaw until the tune of her death 
and was buried there December ;5(), 1K!)1. Our 
subject accompanied his parents to the I'liiled 
.States in 18;')! and with them settled in Oakland 
County, where his father operated as a farmer. He 
received no schooling after he was nine years t>ld, 
and the practical knowledge which he now po.s.-iesses 
was acquired by ob^ervrition and reading during 
his few leisure moments. At the age of nine years 
he went to work in a paper mill in Kent and re- 
mained thus employed until he came to this conn- 
try. Here he found work on various farms until 
he was nineteen years old. when he came to the 
Saginaw ^';\lUy and engaged in the lumber busi- 
ness, finding cinpU>yment in the woods during the 
winter and on the river during the summer. 

In 18(!7 'Sir. Saunders entered the en)i)h)y of 
Harnard A' Hinder and after faithfully serving 
tlum for four yeais was promoted to take I'harge 
of their mill, in which capacity he remained eight 
years. Later he was with Hamilton. MeClnre it 
Co.. of Zilwaukie. for two years, then in the ein- 
plo\ of .lohii Welch one Near, and with llackus A' 
Hindei- foiu years. He has held his present respon- 
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sixty-five men, beinsj afenoral superintendent of 
till' ollice, and salt and lumber worlds. He lias 
never cared for otKee uor taiien niucli interest in 
politics, hut is prominent in social circles. 

Although conscientious and faithful in the dis- 
charge of the duties associated with his business, 
Mr. Saunders finds his greatest pleasure in his do- 
mestic life, and he and his wife, formerly Miss 
Margaret Ann Earl, of Saginaw, have a pleasant 
home on the corner of Twenty-lifth and Wilson 
Streets. Of their union, which occurred October 
12, 18()1, they have two living children: Charles 
Edward, now fourteen years of age, and Cora, 
aged ten years. The greatest sorrow of this other- 
wise liap[)y union has been the death of six chil- 
dren, namely: Mary II., who died at the age of 
twenty-one years; Charles, sixteen; Frank H., ten; 
William .T.. eleven; Flora, ten years old; and N'ellie. 
who died in infancy. 

Socially Mr. Saunders is a member of Saginaw 
^■alley Lodge, No. 154, F. ct A. M.; Saginaw Val- 
ley Chapter, No. 36; Bay City Council, F. c\: A. M.; 
and St. Bernard Commandery, No. 1(). For two 
years he has been Master of Saginaw Valley Lodge, 
and has also served as High Priest of .Toppa Chap- 
ter for five years. In 1871-72 he was a member 
of the Coininon Council of Saginaw and belongs 
to the Kay City t'ouneil, being Alderman for the 
Fifth \Vaid. lie is held in high esteem through- 
out the county and the part he has taken in de- 
veloping its resources js uo unimportant one. 



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[kji ICllAFL (iAKLANI), a i)romineiit citizen 
/// l\\ "'^ ^*''V t'ity, was born in Cape Vincent, 
I ll* .leffer. on County. N. Y.. .Tanuary 17,1838, 
•'' and i~ the son of William and Auriiia 

(Cross) (iailnnd. His father, who was born in 
England, was a machinist by trade and at an early 
age removed to America. settling in New York and 
there jiassing his remaining years. In his youth 
our subject received a practical common-school 
education in his iiati\'e place, and afterward learned 
the trade of a millwright ajid machinist with his 
father. He had few of the opportunities which are 



afforded to the young people of the present gene- 
ration, but he imj)roved every advantage given 
him and is now a well-informed man. 

In 1857 Mr. (rarland came to Michigan, locating 
ill Manistee and engaged in building a sawmill. 
Thence he visited various cities of this State and 
Wisconsin, erecting mills and putting in machinery. 
He also owned .and operated a boat in Cassville, 
Grant County, Wis., until 18.58, and operated a 
mill at the same place. In 1858 he again went to 
Manistee, where he built and operated mills, and 
from there journeyed to Kau Ch.dre, AVis., of which 
he was one of the first settlers. During his resi- 
dence there the people became greatly excited on 
account of the Indian disturbances in Minnesota, 
which, lu)wever, were settled amicalily. Mr. Gar- 
land operated mills likewise in Chippewa Falls. 

After the lireaking out of the Civil War Mr. 
(iarland enlisted in Augu.st, 1862, in Company I, 
Tliiitietli Wisconsin Infantry, as a private, and 
with his regiment became an integral part of the 
Seventeenth Corps. He was ordered to the North- 
west in the Indian country .and was stationed at 
Ft. Union, at the mouth of the Yellowstone River. 
So isolated was the regiment that its members did 
not learn of the close of the war until .Tune 6, 1865, 
when they were ordered to return East. They 
went down the Missouri River to St. Louis by 
boat, and from there to Louisville, Ky., where with 
the Tenth Missouri Regiment they did provost 
duty during the mustering out of .Sherman's Arm_v. 
On October 28, 1865, ^Ir. Garland was mustered 
out at Madison, Wis., .as a brave soldier who, al- 
though he had not faced the enemy on the bloody 
battlelield, hadyet endured innumerable hardships 
and had braved perils no less hazardous to human 
life than those desperate encounters with a deter- 
mined enemy. 

Returning to the pursuits of peace, Mr. (iarland 
took charge of the machine shops of Eau Claire 
during the winter of 1865-66. and .assisted in 
building a mill at firavel Island, Wis., where he 
reiii;iiiied for two years. From there he returned 
to Hau Claire and took charge of the building of 
a mill for Messrs. Ingiaham A' Canada, with whom 
he reiiiaiiied for two \e:irs. .Next we liiid him in 
Muskegon where he superintended the construction 



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of sawdust feeder machinery, of which he was one 
of the patentce-s. In Maivli, 1870, lie came to Baj' 
CouiiLy, arriving in Saginaw March 20, and pro- 
ceeding to Bay City, where he operated a sawdust 
feeder for Messrs. A. Rust & Co., it being the first 
in the city. At present lie owns and operates an 
extensive business, the Standard Machine Works, 
foundry and brass foundry, also a wood work 
plant situated at Twenty-sixth and Soutii Water 
Streets, which occupies fourteen lots and alleys and 
employs sixty-five men and the pay roll aggregates 
$750 per week. The total output uf 181) 1 aggre- 
gated $120,000. 

Mr. Garland married ^lis.s S. L. ^"l■adonllUl•g, 
of Durand, Wis., and one child h.as been granted to 
them — Harrison W. In his political afflliations 
Mr. Garland is in thorough sympathy witli the 
Republican party, and never fails to cast his ballot 
for its candidates. His life has been a busy one 
and his private enterprises have called for his 
closest attention, nevertheless he finds time to 
listen to the ajipeais of those in distress and is a 
generous supporter of all worlliy measures. 



i^OBKRT S. WlivKV is a |)ractical lioise- 
shoer and general blacksmith, doing a good 
business in his special line at No. 314 
North llainilton .Street. He was born at 
Lewistoii, Niagara County, N. Y., November 17. 
lH;i;i. He is the son of .Incol) and Margaret (Stalil) 
Wiley, the former n native of New York aiul of 
Scotch ancestry, while the niotlier was born in 
IVniisylvania and comes of good old Dutch par- 
ents. 

•lacoli ^Vil('y was a l)lackMnilli by oc<Mi|)atioii, 
and when our subject was a mere lad removed to 
Niagara, Caniida. When Robert was thirteen years 
old he began to learn the trade of a blacksmith 
froiM his lirotJu'i-iii-lMW. and was thus occupied 
until he was twt'iity years of age. He had then 
sullieiently mastered the trade to enable him to 
start out as a journeyiiiMii blacksmith, traveling 
through various towns in Canada for the succeed- 
ing live Ncars, and when read\- 1o establish in 



business on his own account settled at Aylraer, 
Ontario, where he remained for six years or until 
the spring of 1864, when he came to Saginaw. 
After working for a few mimtlis for Abraham 
Hughes, he opened a blacksmith shop for himself 
at the corner of Niagara and Mackinaw Streets, 
.Saginaw, and has been engaged in that line of 
business ever since. 

.Soon after locating in Saginaw our sultject be- 
came identified with the Fire Department, and in 
1889 was made Chief of the department. He con- 
tinued to occupy that position until 1885, when 
he felt that he was entitled to a little respite from 
duty, but in 1889 he was again chosen as Chief, 
his services having been such that the City Coun- 
cil urged him to again .accept the duties of office, 
and he continued the incumbent of that position 
until the consolidation of the two .Saginaws. In 
its infancy the department was deiiendent upon 
the .services of volunteers, but Chief AVlley suc- 
ceede(l in placing it upon a "pay" basis, and as 
finances would permit, made such improvements 
as he thought best. 

Mr. Wiley was instrumental in erecting the 
present Fire Department house. With a primary 
force of but six men, he drilled them into a con- 
dition of such thoroughness, alacrity and skill 
that, when accommodations were added, the force 
became noted throughout Michigan. Chief AViley 
gave his personal and undivided attention to the 
perfect organization of the force, in the meantime 
his private atfairs suffering greatly by his neglect. 
Mr. Wiley had clear and well-delined ideas a» to 
the needs of the department, and made i)rotective 
and life-saving appliances a thorough study. 
While Ik' held tenaciously to the adoption of the 
most advanced methods used in fire dei)artment.s 
in otiier cities, and was a strict disciiilinarian, yet 
the people recognizeil his .'ibility to manage .affairs, 
and his men conformed to his reiiuirements with- 
out a murmur. 

Our subject is a stanch Democrat and for years 
has been an active worker and politician in that 
party. As the result of his cont.act with different 
people in his public position, his views have be- 
come miMlified and ciil:irged, and he stands to-day 
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Saginaw. Socially Mr. Wiley is idpiitiiied with 
the Kiiigiits of Honor, Knights and !>adies of 
Honor. Patrons of Industry, Iron Hall, and tiie 
Dody of Orangemen, having represented tlie latter 
society in tiie general lodges in New Vork and 
Pittsburg. 

The gentleman whose name heads this sketch 
was married November 17, 1857, to Miss Louisa 
A.' Hay ward, tlic ceremony being performed on 
his twenty-fourth birthday. Mrs. AViley is a n.a- 
tive of Aylmer, Ontario, where her birth oceuned 
P^ebruary 22, 18.S7. Their home at No. oil North 
Fayette Street is a i)leasant one. aijd they are 
greatly respected in their community. One daugh- 
ter has been born to our subject and his wife — 
Mabel Alt)crta, who is an accomplished nnisici.an 
and has devoted some time to teaching that art. 
She has latelj' com])leted the course of study in 
the. International Business College at Parsons. 
Willie is an adopted sou of Mr. Wile3- and is now 
aged fourteen years, having been one of the fam- 
ily since he was three years old, and to whom 
they are all greatly attached. 

Mr. Wiley is a man of marked indiviiluality 
and sti'iking personal appearance, and when once 
seen is never forgotten. He carries on an e.Kten- 
sive business and has lieen extremely successful 
in its operation, and it is not taomucli to say that 
in whatever branch of liusine-is he engages its suc- 
cess is assured 



,Tr^,p:V. (iEORGE FLINT WARREN. The an- 
lt?*( costry of the Rev. Mr. AVarren, pastor of 
A \\\ First Baptist Church of Saginaw, is closely 
*^^ allied with that of Oen.Wari'en, the hero of 
Bunker Hill. His father, Capt. J.acob Warren, was 
prominently connected with the military system 
of Mass.achusetts, having received a thorough 
training and being widely known in his otticial 
position. In his earlier 3^ears he had settled on a 
farm near Ashby, Mass., wiiere his son George was 
born, October 29, 1831. The mother of our subject 
w.as Sarah, daughter of the Rev. Elienezer Hulibnrd, 



a noted Congregational minister of Marblehead, 
Mass., whose wife was the daughter of Gen. .lohii 
Glover, whose statue stands on Boston Common. 
The paternal grandfather of 'Slv. Warren w.as a 
n.ative of England who emigrated at an early age 
to New England, (ireat endurance .and longevity 
have characterized both branches of the family-, 
several of whom have exceeded the age of ninety 
years. 

After passing his early years on a farm .-uid in 
the Appleton Academy, at Ipswich, N. II., young 
Warren entered the Westfield Normal School to 
fit himself for the duties of a teacher. He com- 
pleted a course in 1852, and being then twenty- 
one years of a2;e began school work. During his 
principalship of the Chatham Seminary a number 
of his students were led to cousecr.ate their lives to 
God, and his earnest devotion to the principles of 
Christianity and his love for Ins pupils led him 
into a sort of p.astoral work for them, which re- 
sulted in a request from the members of the Baptist 
Church that he would become their pastor. Being 
thus inducted into the work of the ministry he re- 
ceived from time to time other calls to this work 
and also took charge of the Baptist Church .t1 West 
Harwick, ten miles distant. 

A three years' pastorate at North Attleboro w.as 
succeeded by a call to Lowell in 1860, and dui ing 
the days of the war his efforts were given to both 
his i).astoral work and the sujiport of the fJovern- 
ment, .and he had great inlluence in inducing 
young men to enter the Union aimy. During his 
seven years' service there great blessings were 
granted to the church, as a heavy church debt was 
liquidated and many hearts were led into the ser- 
vice of the Lord. After a p.astorate at Maiden lie 
returned to Lowell, where during five years he 
built up a new church and erected the Branch 
Street T.abernacle, having a seating caiiacity of 
eighteen hundred. There he preached to great 
congregations and exerted a most powerful in II 
ence, as he has great oratorical powers, .and \va< 
able to captivate and swa\- his hearers. During his 
stay there large numbeis were added to the com- 
munion. 

Work in Boston extended over the next seven 
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among the many able ministers of lliat I'itv. At 
Newark, N. .T.,lie had ami)le opportunity to useliis 
liusinesstalentto advantage, as lie found the chureii 
burdened b^- a del)t and its members disheartened, 
but his enthusiasm gn\e fi-esh inspinition and what 
liad i)ecn deemed an impossibility was undertaken 
and aceomplished. After seven yeaitj he left that 
eiiureh in a healtliy and vigorous condition, it be- 
ing one of the strongest and most prosperous 
churelies in that part of the country. 

Since coming to Saginaw, less than three years 
ago, the communicants of the First IJaptist Church 
have in?rea5ed from two hundred and ninety -seven 
to five hundred and ten. JMaterial improvements 
have been made to the church edifice and a grand 
organ has been ad<led to its equipment. The giv- 
ing has increased live fold; two missions have been 
established, that on Eleventh Street having a mem- 
bership of one hundred and fifty, and the Kmerson 
Street Mission one hundred. Mr. Warren has a 
commanding appearance and address and he makes 
his pulpit delivery without notes, furnishing a 
carefully prepared and thoughtful discourse. No 
more popular pastor can be found within the con- 
fines of Michigan, and he ranks higli as an extem- 
pore speaker and as an after-dinner talker. He 
takes no uncertain st;md on temperance and other 
social (piestions and denounces immorality and 
desecration of holy things with a fire and vigor 
given by earnest conviction, coupled with ardent 
thought and oratorical power. In 1875 Mr. War- 
ren was chosen Chaplain of the Massachusetts State 
Senate, and there his influence aided the cause of 
reform and good (iovernmeut. In |)olitical affil- 
iations he is a lil)eral Republican, recognizing errors 
in his own party and admitting the existence of 
correct [irinciples in the men of the o|)position. 

On the 5th of November, 1855, Mr. Warren .and 
Miss Kninia L. Walker, of Northboro, Mass., were 
united in marriage. Mrs. Warren is a devoted 
Christian worker and stands conspicuous in mis- 
sionary and other church work. .She is highly 
educated and began teaching at an early age. The 
in.'uricil life of this talented and eslininlile cou|>le 
has been one of uninterruiiterl happiness and they 
have been blessed in their chililrcii. Their eldest 
cliihl. Cora !>.. wlio is still with tluni is an .accoin- 



' plished niusici.-in and has taken a thorough train- 
ing in one of the best c-onservatories of I'.oslon. 
Their second child, Florence Fniina. who was called 
from earth when but budding int<. womanhood, 
was a girl of rare beauty of mind and person and 
of great artistic talent; the eldest son, (ieorge Flint, 
was graduated at Columbia College in 188H, after 
which he completed his law course in the same in- 
stitution, and in 1890 became identified with a 
classmate in the law firm of (ioeller it AVarren, in 
New York City. He is rapidly gaining the con- 
spicuous position in his profession that his abilit\- 
and training bes])eak forhiin; tlieyoungest daugh- 
ter. Kdith Hubbard, received her rliploma from Wel- 
lesley College in the Cl.ass of '8!t, and soouafter ac- 
cepted a i>osition as teacher of Latin. (4reek, Oer- 
man and mathematics in the college at Clinton. 
Ky; H:nry W...agcd twenty, has business talent and 
is lilling a responsible position in the wholesale 
grocery store of the James Stewait Company. 



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■^ll'AMKS M.<;RK(U)H. The mannfactuiing 
interests of .Saginaw, of which we so often 
speak, are represented here again by the 
firm of McGregor it ,Iackson, whose boiler 
works are among the most thorough and distinc- 
tive institutions of the tity. Mr. Mctrregor was 
born in Centralia, III., February '2'.). 185(). His 
father. .laines, was a native of (ilasgow, Scotland, 
born Februaiy "iit, 1812, and he died .July 25. 
188M. This peculiar coincidence of the father .and 
son both being born on the 2!tth of February is 
carried still further, .is our subject also had a 
daughter who was born on the .same day in 18H4. 
but who die(l in lici- sixth year. 

The father of our subject had learned the boiler- 
maker's trade on the Clyde at (ilasgow, in the 
British ship yards, and came to Canada fifty years 
ago and started the first boiler shoj) in the city of 
Toronto, but before the war came to Bay City. 
He had already been at work for the Michigan 
Central Railway Company, preparing the rails 
and laying the trac-k to Chicago, and he went to 
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road anrl participated in the jubilee. He con- 
tinued in tiie employ of that railroad at Ceutralia, 
and was there married to Mrs. Elizahetli (New- 
lands) Robinson, of that city, who was born in 
Glasgow, and was the widow of a Mr. Robinson, 
who died of cholera at Centralia. She is now liv- 
ing at Saginaw and is engaged in running the 
flailing at Point Lookout, but makes her lumie in 
that city. 

The father of our subject came to Bay City in 
1858, and there established his first boiler works, 
but at the Ineaking out of the war he enlisted in 
tlie Second Michigan Cavalry and served therein 
for two years, and in 186.'5 returned to Saginaw, 
where he established the first boiler works here, 
which he carried on until four years ago, when he 
sold out. Mis death occ\irred .Inly '25. 1888. 
From the time James was old cnougli to heat 
rivets he was placed at the forge, and has always 
been in the shop. Ten yonvs ago he became a 
partner in the business, and continued so until his 
father's death, and some time since assumed the 
entire supervision of the whole business. With 
his partner, Mr. Jackson, he has al>out •t20,0()0 in- 
vested in the boiler works exclusive of machine 
shop, which belongs to Mr. Jackson alone. They 
employ about eighteen men and do an immense 
business, the most extensive on the river. 

This firm makes a specialty of the Fitz (iibbon 
patent boiler, which has been adopted by the 
Government as the standard and is recommended 
as being the best steam heating boiler made,- and 
this is the only firm in tiie valley that manufac- 
tiu'es it. The business was already built up to a 
fine foundation when our subject took it from 
liis fatlier, and it has been a uniformly successful 
venture. Our subject was married February 5, 
1887, to Miss Maud Hall, of Saginaw, and their 
two daughters are Hazel and (iarnet. Tiie j)olit- 
ical views of this gentleman liring iiim into alli- 
ance with the Re})ublican party, and for two years 
he was the Alderman for the Sixtli Ward. At the 
tinu' of his election to this otlice he resigned from 
liis place on the AVater Board, where he had 
served for a j'car. He is active in jiolitics and is a 
strong sui)porter of the liest men as was his father 
before him. He is a member of the Knights of the 



Maccabees, belonging to the West Side Tent, and 
also belongs to the Home Relief of the Knights of 
Honor, and hasl>2,00(l insurance in each. He also 
belongs to the Saginaw Lodge of the iNLasonie fra- 
ternity. His father was a menilxM- of Penoyer 
Post, and w.as liuried under the auspices of llic 
Knights of Pvthias. 



^yl Oliy. McLENNAN, dealer in pine and hard 
wood lumber, whose oflice is in the Payne 
Block, is one of the ])rominent lumber 
' dealei-s in Bay City. He also h.as an otlice 
at his yards at Van Buren and First Streets, near 
the Michigan Central Railroad tracks, where lie 
occupies about three blocks for his yard and also 
has fine switch facilities. 

The parents of this gentleman are Murdock and 
Catherine (McDonald) McLennan, and he opened 
his eyes to the light in London, Canada, April 9, 
1840. The father was in the mercantile business 
at London and previou.sly was engaged in trade 
with the West Indies. He remained in I>ondon 
for many years and died in Norfolk County in 
1889. Our subject received his education at Sim- 
coe, Norfolk County, Canada, in the grammar 
schools, after which he launched into the mercan- 
tile business on his own .accf>unt. He finally 
drifted into the luinliering business in Canada, 
continuing there until he came to Bay City in 
March, 1869. At that time Bay City had a popu- 
lation of about ten thousand, and here Mr. McLen- 
nan engaged in the lumber business, and for the 
first ten years waj employed in taking square and 
long timber from the woods, doing most of his 
work in the woods. At the expiration of that 
time he went into the general lumlter business, 
selling at wholesale entirely, and has continued in 
the same line ever since, doing a great deal of 
shipping over the main line of the railroad. He 
gives employment the year round to twenty hands, 
and ships during the year from three to five mil- 
lion feet of lumber. 

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has qiiiU' an inti'iest in fruiiiiiig- and fanii lands 
in Frazer and (Jailield 'r<iwnsliii)s. liavino; im- 
proved farms in tiii' former wliieli lie devotes to 
general farniinii, being (iiiite successful in this line 
of business. Mr. Mc]>eunan is a saijacious, thrifty 
and persevering' man, and is hehJ in the highest 
re.spect for his s<|nare dealing with all with whuui lie 
comes in contact. 

The ha|)iiy marriage of IVIr. .Mclx'nnan was cele- 
brated at the home of tlie bride's iiarents at Mon- 
treal, Canada, October 4, 186.3, the lady to whom 
he was united being Miss Marian llomby, and 
they have been blessed by the births of the fol- 
h)wing cluldren: .lames M.. residing in Dululh; 
William, who is in his fatlier's ottice; Alice, Fran- 
ces and Harry. 



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|/()1IN FRANCIS O'KKEFE. It is seldom 
that a man who has attained an enviable 
standing in one of the learned professions 
considers it advisable to aliandon his chosen 
field where he h.as made a success and embark in an 
entirely different line of thought and labor, yet 
the profession of teaching gives a man a better 
preparation for a successful career in law or medi- 
cine than almost any vthev line of work. Among 
the many able and brilliant lawyers of Saginaw, 
none have attained a higher place than he of whom 
we purjiose speaking in this sketch and his initial 
work was as a teacher in which calling he attained 
undoubted success. 

From his earliest boyhood .Mr. O'Keefe had a 
growing desire for education and after attending 
tlie ordinar3' .schools he entered at the age of sev- 
enteen the academj' of his native town, Wilson, 
Niagara County, N. Y., where he had been born 
December 28, 18fi(). After considerable study there 
he felt the necessity foi' further means to prosecute 
his studies and undertook leaching, lie soon be- 
came principal of the High School at Somerset, 
N. Y., after which he completed his academic car- 
eer graduating in the Cl.ass of '81. 

Having attained popularity as a teacher and 
organizer, .Mr. O'Keefe was called 1<i the head of 



the public schools .at Lewistown. N. Y.. where he 
was principal ovei some twelve teachers. He be- 
came actively ulentilieil with all .•issociations of 
t(':icheis for the advancement of the profession and 
was the |)residing officer of the Niagara County 
Teachers' Association, lie now took a fuller course 
of instruction, es|)ecially in the classics, in Mt. 
Union College of Alliance, Ohio, graduating with 
honors in the Class of '87, standing high in a class 
of thirty-two men all noted for biillianc\' and lit- 
erary attainments. In addition to his classical and 
scientific studies he took there a course in technical 
pedagogy and became thoroughly imbued with tlu' 
fundamental principles of the New Education, as 
elutidated by sucii minds as Harris A' I'arker. He 
had warm friends at Saginaw, where it had been 
decided to establish a teachers' training school and 
he was asked to become its jnincipal and upon its 
opening he was found at its head. 

The history and the pliiloso|)hy of education as 
well .as the theories and methods of teaching are 
the subjects of thought and discussion in this 
training school and all is under the immediate su- 
l>ervision and criticism of a master mind, lie has 
been identified with e\ery educational movement 
and is in constant demand as a conductor of Nor- 
mal institutes. His lectures upon ■•The Elements of 
Success," "How to Head Human Nature," and the 
"Story of the IJilile," have been delivered repeat- 
edly to thoughtful audiences with the most heaity 
appreciation. His address is pleasing .•iiid effective 
and in impassioned passages he displays high oi-a- 
torical genius. 

Mr. O'Keefe is possessed of a clear brain and 
strong analytical jiowers and he has long been in- 
terested in the fundamental principles of ancient 
and modern law. He early became an adnilier of 
Coke and Bl.ackstfnie's able dissertations on the 
Ivights of Property and Individuals, and he finally 
resolved to devote his entire attention and thought 
to the law and after a thorough course of reading 
ap|)lied for admission to the Ijar. He ])a.ssed a 
thorough exainination before a committee, was 
admitted to jiractice by .ludge (Jage and at once 
opened an office and very soon secured an excellent 
miscellaneous practice. Our subject is a son of 
^faurice and Margaret (Ivlionan) ()'Kcefe. the for- 





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mer being' an Irishman and the latter of Scottish 
birth. Their marriage took place in New York, 
where both aie still living and they rejoice in the 
jirosperity of tlieirson. iMr. O'Keefe is an earnest 
and active member of tlicFirst Presl)yterian C'iiurch, 
and in every relation of life is prizi'il li\- those 
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yi.ILLIAM CALLAM. a prominent lumber- 
/ man and member of the Saginaw Hoard of 
\>^^ Trade, was born in the city of Toronto, 
Canada, June 27, 183t!. His parents were Peter 
and Mary (Miehie) Callam; the former was born 
in the county of A'lerdeen, Scotland, where he 
grew to manhood before coming to Canada. He 
there engaged in farming, and in that occupation 
spent most of his active life. He is still living, 
but was bereaved, in 18il0, by the death of his 
faitliful companion, who liad reached her eighty- 
third year. 

Our stibject is the third of a family of seven 
children. He passed his school days in Canada, 
and at the age of eighteen went to Cleveland, 
Ohio, where he became interested in the lumber 
trade in a small way and remained five years. In 
the fall of 1863 he came to Saginaw and pntered 
the employ of W. R. Burt, remaining with him as 
manager of his lumber business for two years. He 
then beg.an cutting logs, which he floated down 
the Saginaw and disposed of at considerable profit. 
In that way he continued until 187U. 

At that time Mr. Callam removed to Mackinaw, 
wheie he built a sawmill and began the manufac- 
ture of lumber, carr\ing it on for ten years. After- 
ward he sold one iiiill and a tract of land for 
122, .'500 to Chicago jiarties, and returning to his 
lands, began cutting logs and disposing of them 
as before. As fast as the timber was taken off 
the land he turned it into farming property, 
which he disposed of at an excellent profit and at 
the same time carried on farming in connection 
with his other enterprises. In that department of 
his business he became well known as a wheat 
raiser, for his land seemed nnusu.'illy well adapted 
to the cultivation of this crop. 
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At present Mr. C.allum has a farm in Saginaw 
County, near the city limits, which consists of four 
hundred well improved acres, and is in a high 
state of cultivation. This is carried on under his 
personal supervision, assi.sted ])y hired help; he 
finds his property prodiK'tive of all kinds of grain 
and splendidly adai)ted for general farming and 
stock-raising. 

Our subject was married, in IH^tl. to Miss Cath- 
erine .T. Milne, of Canada, and to them have lieen 
born Ave children, of whom only two are now liv- 
ing — Ida K. and Frank W. Mr. Callam has served 
as .Supervisor for three years, has lieen a member 
of the Board of Trade since its organization, and 
a stock-holder and diiector in the Home National 
Bank since it started; he is also a director in the 
East .Saginaw Club. In politics he votes with the 
Republican i)arty and .is a strong man although by 
no means an oftice-seeker. He began with very 
limited means, but lieing a keen business man, has 
surmounted adverse circumstances and gained po.s- 
sessioii of a handsome property. 

A lithographic portrait of Mr. Callam accom- 
panies this sketch. 



JOSEPH BRASHAW, who has been engaged 
in fishing for a number of years and is at 
present in connecti(m with that ciccupation, 
_ candying on a wholesale fish market and 
grocery, h.as been a resident of Banks since 1860. 
He was born in Cato LeIjOgue, thirty miles north 
of Montreal, Canada, his birth taking place Febru- 
ary 18, 1839. His grandfather, Charles Brashaw, 
was a farmer in that pl.ace and was a soldier in the 
Canadian Rebellion, in which he was killed at Ft. 
George. He was of Frencii descent and was a na- 
tive of the same place as his son. In 1839 the fa- 
ther of our subject, Morris Brashaw, removed to 
Ogdensburg, N. Y., where he resided three years, 
thence removing to Alexander, Jefferson County, 
where he bought a farm. In 1860 he came to Bay 
County, purchasing the place here on which he re- 
sided until his death in 188,s. In polities he was 
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of our subject, whose name was Catherine July, 
was born in t^uebec near St. Ignace. Slie was a 
daughter of Peter July.who was a native of Canada 
and a soldier in the Revolutionary War where, he 
was captured bv the Indians and so severely 
wounded as to cause his death. Mrs. Brashaw is 
still living- and a resident of Banks. 

Tlie parental family' consisted of seven children, 
of whom our subject is tlie second in order of birth. 
Two of his brothers, Charles and Moses, were sol- 
diers in the late Civil War, the first serving in an 
Ohio Regiment from the beginning of the war un- 
til the close, and the latter for one year in the 
Twenty-ninth Micliigau. Joseph Brashaw was 
reared in Jefferson County, N. Y., gaining liis edu- 
cation in the district school. When nineteen years 
of age he bought a farm and began business for 
himself. He also engaged in speculation which 
brought in eighteen months over ^2,100. He then 
wont sailing, following this occui)ation for .some 
time and then engaging in the lumber and brick 
business, after whidi he returned to New York. 
In 1860 he came again to Michigan and located in 
Banks where he bought .some eight lots .tiuI was 
employed in the carpenter work, jobbing, etc. In 
the fall of 18G-1 he enlisted in Company B, being 
later transferred to K, Twenty-ninth Michigan 
Infantry, was mustered in at Saginaw, and sent 
South to help put down the Rebellion. He took 
part in the following engagements, Decatur, and 
Murfreesboro, Tenn., at the latter place being mus- 
tered out as Corporal, having served one year and 
sixteen months and until the close of the war. 

On his return home Mr. liiashaw engaged in 
contracting lirick work, putting up some of the 
first houses built in the town of Banks. He was 
here married to Miss Amelia I'apaneau, who is a 
native of Montreal. He then took up fishing as an 
occupation and has followed it ever since, building 
the schooner "Rival" for his use in that trade. 
His fishing grounds are at Kast S.and Point, three 
miles in extent, one at the mcmtli of the Saginaw 
River, eighty rods front, and he has a large and 
complete outfit including five miles of nets. He 
bought the patent of the patent freeezer for liay 
and Saginaw Counties, but later sold out, and 
since 1881 has been in the wholesale fish business. 



For eight years he carried on a market on Water 
Street on the corner of Fourth, doing an extensive 
business, averaging three tons a day, and being 
vevy successful therein. He afterward built a market 
house and also a dock at the foot of Transit Street 
and water's edge,which he occupied some time. In 
July, 188.5, he built the store which he at present 
occupies and added a stock of groceries to his other 
trade, lie owns forty acres at the iiiduth of the 
river on section 10, where he has a fishing ground 
and is known as a reliable, energetic busuiess man. 
Mr. and Mrs. Brashaw have been the parents of 
eight children, of whom five are deceased: Kmma 
and Mrginia died of diphtheria; those living are 
Mary. Mrs. Barry, of Davenport; Elizabeth and 
George, both of whom are at home. Mv. Urashaw 
had one terrible experience upon the water which 
can iie\er be forgotten. At one time when sailing 
on the ba\- with his two small children. Frankie 
and Joseph, a squall came up. the boat filled with 
water, and finally capsized. He managed to climb 
upon the side holding both his children in Ins em- 
brace, but the sea beat over them with great fury 
for three hours, and the water being bitterly cold 
both children were chilled to death before the ves- 
sel drifted ashore. Mr. Ihashaw is a i)rorainent 
Democrat and has frei|iiently lieen a delegate to 
county and Stale conventions. 




AIMKT L. BEACH. This gentleman, who 
is a well-known att(nnev-at-law in Sagi- 
^ naw, was born in liridgeport. Saginaw 
County, March 31, 18;")7. His father, Noah S. 
Beach, was a native of Yonngstown, Niagara 
County, N. Y., horn Octol)er Ki, \x->i, and still 
cai'ries on general farming at Hridgeport. to which 
place he came in 1840. His mother, whose name 
previous to her marriage with ]Mr. Keach w.as 
Mary .1. (Hodgeman) Beach, was a native of Ver- 
mont, and died June 14, 1881, in the fifty-fourth 
year of her age. Emmet L. Beach was the second 
son in a family of three children. His early school 
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sued his studies at Fox Lake, AVis., for two years. 
His predeliction for the profession of a law\er led 
liim to talie up tlie study of law, and after liis re- 
turned to Saginaw liegan reading' in the oltiee of D- 
W. Perkins. He was admitted to tlie liar May 2. 
1882, and at once hegan praetice. During the 
year 1882 he was elected Circuit Couit Commis- 
sioner for a term of two years, and so well tilled 
the responsible duties of that position that he was 
re-elected for the succeeding term, serving in all 
four years. At present he is engaged in general 
practice, both in the local and higher courts, 

Mr, Beach was married, .July 18, 1888, to jMiss 
Leah Dudgeon, a daughtei of Hugh Dudgeon, of 
Saginaw, To this union has been born one son — 
Emmet L, Beach, .Ir, Mrs, Pie.ach is a lady of in- 
telligence and is well lilted for the position she 
holds in society. Previous to her marri.age she was 
a teacher in the training school. 

In ixjlitics ^Ir, Beach is a Democrat and is well 
known throughout the county as an earnest advo- 
cate of the princi[)les of his^arty, and is in de- 
mand as a si^eaker during political cami)aigns. 
While yet a young man he has l)een prominent in 
various ways in the p\iblic life of the city, and is 
worthy of the respect and confidence of his fel- 
low-citizens. 



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'USTIX it GOVE, proprietors of the St. 
Charles Loral, are progressive, jjublic- 
spirited citizens, and although theii' paper 
is comparatively new in journalistic fields, 
yet it has already- gained a firm place among the 
newspapers of Saginaw County, and is looked upon 
as a leading paper by its competitors. Although 
the business is owned by the firm, the junior part- 
ner, Mr. Gove, does not devote his entire time to 
the publication, Mr. Austin being the editor and 
business manager. The first number of the paper 
was issued April 16, 1891. 

.lames F. Austin, senior member and managei of 
the firm of Austin & Gove, was born in Erie, Pa., 
July 16, 1867, and is a son of .Tames and Martha 
(Keeler) Austin, who now ( ISi»2) reside in (ieneva. 



Ohio, Whin twelve years of age .lames P\ removed 
with his jiarents to Geneva, Ohio, where he re- 
ceived a fine education in the common and High 
Schools. Desiring to become a printer, he learned 
that trade in the ollice of the Geneva Frfc-Frfiss, 
and upon leaving that cit\' in 1887, made a tour 
of the Eastern cities, working in both job and 
printing offices and becoming thoroughly ac- 
quainted with tin? details to be learned in a print- 
ing ottice, 

.lune 1, 1X1(0, INIr. Austin iiurchascd a half inter- 
est in the ottice where he had learned his trade, but 
disposed of his interest March 1, 1«!)1, when he 
came t') St, Charles and formed a partnership with 
his life-long friend, Mr, (rove, they together 
establishing the St. Charles Loral. i\Ir. Austin 
was married September 10, 1889, to Xella, the 
daughter of S, M, and Matilda (Hart) Biichfield, 
^Irs, Austin is a native of Edinboro, Pa,, and was 
born Decenilier 12, 1868, and w.as reared to woman- 
hood in the town of her birth. Her pleasant dis- 
position and gracious hospitality has won foi- her 
a host of warm friends in this communit\ . 

Bert F. Gove was born in Ihiion City, this 
State, September 20, 1869, .and is the son of George 
H, and Helen W, (Cutler) Gove, natives of the 
Green Mountain State, The parents were married 
at Ashtabula, Ohio, and the father still resides at 
Medina, that State, but the mother died October 
30, 1887, at Geneva, Bert F, was the eldest in a 
family of four children and was two years of age 
when his parents removed to Geneva, Ohio, where 
he received his education and began to learn the 
trade of a printer, working in the office of the 
Geneva Times. He thoroughly learned his trade 
and became quite an expert in the composing room 
of various papers in Eastern cities. He was united 
in marriage at Saginaw, tJctober 19, 1891, to Miss 
Nannette E., daughter of John and Mary 01m- 
stead. Mrs. (iove was born in Conneaut, Ohio, 
May 8, 1872. She is a fine musician, being a grad- 
uate of the Meadville, Pa., Conservatory of Music. 

The vSt. Charles Lucal was established as a seven- 
column folio, but the patronage rapidly increasing 
a larger form was adopted in January, 1892, and 
the present size is a five-column quarto. The best 
energies of the editors are devoted to the work of 



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making tbe paper a potent factor in the education 
and upbuilding of the community. It is a soimd 
family paper, well supplied with useful informa- 
tion, as well as lighter matter, and not only keeps 
Its readers well informed on current topics of 
national interest but also makes a specialty of cor- 
respondence from vari(jus localities of the county. 



'OHX C. DRAKP:, ]M. D. The professional 
men (if Saginaw County are, liy their stand- 
ing and char.acter.worthy of prominent note 
^^^ in this volume, and we here bring to the 
notice of our readeis this wcll-kudwu physician 
and surgeon, who was born at Home, liiadford 
County, Pa., February 24, lMi>. His parents, .bilni 
and Louisa (Decker) Drake, were of Pennsylvania 
and Kentucky birth, respectively, and theii- son 
was reared upon a farm in Michigan, as his father 
had moved hither and located in Laingsliurg, 
Shiawassee County, in 18")4. lie received a good 
common school education, and at the .age of nine- 
teen entered the odice of Dr. K. 15. AVard to begin 
the study of medicine, and in tiie fall of IHfil en- 
tered the medical dei)artment of Ann Arlior.where 
he spent two years. Upon leaving the I'niversity 
he went to Mt. Pleasant, ]\Iich., where he practiced 
for a year .and a half and then entered the Cleve- 
land Medical College, from which he was graduated 
March 4, 18(>8. 

The }'Oung Doctor resumed practice at Laings- 
burg for a year and then spent one year at Men- 
dota. 111., after which he returned to his former 
place of practice and carried on his drug trade, 
along with his professional duties. He was there 
married, M.iy •?, 187(1, to Miss ISIary A. Piper, who 
was born in AKinroe County, N. Y., February 13, 
1851, and is a daughter of William and Abigail 
(Torrey) Piper, the father being a native of I'enn- 
sj'lvania, of (ierman ancestry, and the mother a 
New Yorker. Our subject afterward moved to 
Williamston. Ingham Coujity, this State, where he 
established himself in practice in 1872, and two 
years later removed to Oakley. 

Here Dr. Drake has Imilt up a good practice. 



He has one child in his home and has lost one. His 
daughter, Franc A., was born in Laingsliurg, 
July 3, 1871, and after receiving a good educa- 
tion devoted lierself to teaching. She has met 
with a high degree of success and has been retained ' 
in the d.akley schools throughout all her expe- 
rience. The daughter, Maud A., who was born .luly 
2i), 187"), died Xovember Hi. 1882. The doctrines 
of the Republican party are endorsed by our sub- 
ject, and he has held the ollicc of Township Trus- 
tee and Postni.aster for a number of years. He 
took the township census of 18no, and is now 
President of the A'illage Hoard. The Masonic fra- 
ternity claims him as a member. His reputation 
as a surgeon is a growing one, and he is relied 
upon ill serious cases. 



^IDWIN T. KKNXKTT. We here give a brief 
resume of the<>fe of Ihe gentleman who is 

/ the editor of the Hay City Tribune. This 

influential sheet is the leading daily in Bay City 
and the oldest pai)er here, and is esteemed as a re- 
liable exponent of the Imsiiuss interests and social 
life of Bay City. 

Mr. Bennett was born at Clayton, Jefferson 
County, X. Y., April 8, 185.S, and his boyhood was 
largely spent upon the St. Lawrence Hiver. There 
he met with a severe .accident in 18(>4 when by the 
explosion of a maiine torpedo lie was seriously in- 
jured, losing an eye and his left arm. Two years 
later he removed with his parents to Michigan and 
they made their home in Bay City. 

Our subject early took an interest in the ])rinting 
craft and soon drifted into newspaper work. In 
1874 he purchased the Lumberman's Gazette which 
he pulilislied in Bay City, and in 1H78 tookchaige 
of the Erenimj Press which he had bought. Three 
years later he obtained by purchase the conMol of 
the Tri/tiiiie and carried that on until 1888. 

About this time ^Ir. Bennett decided to change 
his location and selling out the Tn'/jiniehQ removed 
to Minneaiiolis, making that his home for two 
years, but was not satisfied with his location there 
and ill 18'.((l, came again to B.ay City aii<l repur- 




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chased tlii' Tri/iinic wliii'li he felt to be the best 
opening- for his business abilities. He was elected 
Grand Chaneellor for Mieliigan in the Order of 
tlie Knights of Pythias in IHISo and served in that 
eapaeity for two terms. In this order lie takes a 
prominent and intluential position and in 18'Jl he 
was elected Supreme Representative to tlie Su- 
])reme Lodge of the World, taking this ollice upon 
.January 1, 1892. 



ENRY KENTON. Tliis enterprising busi- 
\] ness man of Bay City is engaged in the 
V^ real-estate and insurance business. He was 
^) born in Fenton, this State, November 10, 
1840, and is a son of Col. William M. Eenton, who 
raised and commanded the Eighth Michigan In- 
fantry. His grandfathei-, .Joseph S. Fenton, who 
was of English descent, Imt born in Connecticut, was 
a banker at Norwich, and Palmyra, N. Y., but came 
to Michigan at an early day .and established a 
sawmill and a gristmill at Fenton. For several 
terms he was a member of the ^Michigan State Leg- 
islature, and after an hoiifirable life passed away 
in Flint. 

Col. Fenton was born in Norwich, N. Y'., and 
after jiis marriage in the Empire State, came to 
Michigan in 1837, devoting himself largely to 
building up the town of Fenton, which was named 
in his honor. In 1845 he was admitted to the 
Michigan bar, and three years later located in Flint, 
where he organized the Citizens' National Bank,and 
was its President until his death. In 1861, he 
went out with his regiment, the Eighth Michigan, 
with which he served for two years, and then re- 
signed his office. After serving for three months 
as a colonel he was ()laced in command of a 
brigade. 

After returning from the war the Colonel con- 
tinued the practice of law until his death. He 
built the Fenton Block which comprises five stores, 
three stories high, and did much in various ways 
to build up the town. He was Lieutenant-Gover- 
nor under both Gov. Barrv and Gov. Piingham.and 



in 1864 was nominated for Governor of Michigan 
on the McClellan ticket, tint was defeated by Henry 
H. Crapo. lie was a member of the first Legisla- 
ture that met at Lansing and served in that body 
lioth before and after that epoch. His death in 
1872, at the age of sixty-two years, resulted from 
an accident while he was acting as chief engineer 
of the lire department. He was a inominent Ma- 
son, having held the position of Grand Master of 
the State, and a thorough Democrat in his political 
views, while in religion he was attached to the 
Episcopal Church. 

The mother of our subject bore the maiden 
name of Adelaide S. Birdsell, and was liorn in 
Norwich, N. Y'. Her father, Judge James Birdsell, 
a prominent attorney, was at one time a member 
of the New Y'ork Legislature and also Judge of 
Green Country. In 1837 he came to Michigan 
where lie located at Flint and spent the remainder 
of his days. Mrs. Adelaide S. Fenton died in 1868. 
Her daughter, Ada B., who married Col. McCreery, 
now Consul to Chili, died in Flint; our subject 
was the second child; the third, J. B., was Second 
Lieutenant in the Eighth Michigan Infantry, and 
was wounded at the battle of Chantilly; he now 
resides at Flint. The yonngest child, Sarah, died 
at Topeka, Kan. 

After he was five years old Henry Fenton re- 
sided in Flint, and there attended the common 
school. At the age of twelve he entered the Nor- 
mal School of Y''psilanti where he remained for two 
years; he then studied in the Lodi Seminary until 
he was sixteen, when he entered the Liteiary and 
Classical Department of the University of Michi- 
gan. At the close of his Sophomore year he re- 
turned to Flint, then went to Syracuse, N. Y., where 
he accepted the position of book-keeper in his un- 
cle's ^H. A. Dilluyes) drug store, remaining in this 
place two years until the war broke out; he then 
joined the army and acted as Division Commissary 
clerk in the Commissary Department of the First 
Brigade, First Division, Ninth Army Corps, a posi- 
tion secured him by his father. 

After one year and six months' .service in that 
direction the young man came to Saginaw in 1864 
and started in the hardware business as a member of 
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he returned to Flint where he studierl hiw under 
his father and was admitted to the Michitraii liar in 
1867. He practiced witli his father in Flint for 
about six years, after which he was connected witii 
Judge Howard for a year. In 1.S74 he located in 
Bay City, and engaj^ed in the mercantile business, 
wholesale and rct.nil, beconiing a member of the 
tirm of Fenton A Bartlett. In 1877 Mr. Fenton 
sold out his interest in the mercantile business and 
engaged in the practice of law, becoming the as- 
sistant prosecuting atloriicy, Mnil in iS)St,hc be- 
came Deputy i{cgistei- of Deeds, which position he 
filled for tluee terms. In 18i)0 he embarked in the 
real-estate and insvuance business together with the 
handling t)f loans. 

The marriage of Henry Fenton to iliss Isabella 
Thurber. the daughter of Wni. M.'riiniber — an old 
pioneer of (ienesee County, and engaged m the 
hardware business at Flint — and ^lary (i. Tliur- 
ber, took place in Flint in the year 1869. This lady 
was born in F'enton and is the mother f)f five chil- 
dren, namely: William .1., a lumberman in Canada; 
Harry D., also in tlie same line of work; Chester, 
who is at home; Thomas, Weadock, and Mary I. 
The mother of this family is an earnest Christian. 
and a member of the Congregational Church. The 
political views of Mr. Fenton bring him into attili- 
ation with the Democratic (larty, and he has served 
his ward as alderni;iii under Mayor Wright's admin- 
istration. 

A lithographic portrait of Mr. F'enton will be 
noticed in connection with this biographical 
sketch. 



^^USTA\'rs IIIXE. Fortunate is the boy who 
ill (— - when thrown upon his own resources has 
^^^ the skill to do and the strength to endure 
until he acquires a footing among men; and more 
favored is he who unites with his manual skill and 
bodily strength the moral principles and self-respect 
that combine with his financial success to win the 
esteem of those who know him. .Such qualifica- 
tions assisted Mr. Hinc in gaining his envied posi- 
tion as an infiuential and prosperous citizen of Bay 



City. Through dint of unremitting industry he 

has accpiired a competency and is well known as 
the owner of the large brick block on Washington 
Avenue, between Seventh and Kighth .Streets, a 
jKut of which ^Ir. Iline cccupies with his wholesale 
and retail meat business. 

This gentleman is a native of ^Vrnstadt, in the 
pro\ince of TliLuingen, (ieiniany, and was born 
February 8, 1842. He was the foiu'th child in a 
' family of seven, and was reared and edvicated in 
ills natix'c pl.'ice until lie icaclied the age of thirteen 
when he acconi|>anied his parents to America. 
During his three years' residence in New York 
City he attended the evening schools, .as it was 
necessary for him to assist in the family support. 
I In the summer of 1858 the family came to Michi- 
gan and settled in the forest twelve miles n<jrth- 
wesl of Saginaw, and there they began life in true 
pioneer style. 

Charles Iline, the father of our subject, w.as a 
native of Arnstadt, where he carried on a tannery, 
but after coming to this State he devoted himself, 
with the liclp(»f his children, to hewing out a farm 
from the wilderness, and there resided until his 
death in 1879. His wife whose maiden name was 
Dorothea Sladte, also a native of Arnstadt, now 
makes her home with our subject, and has reached 
the age of fourscore years. She is a Protestant 
in her religious faith as was also h<r husband. 
Their place was but eight\' rods from the Tittaba- 
wassee River, and they brought their lumber for 
the first house by steamboat from Midland tt) the 
river o|)posite their home. 

Provisions were scarce, and as they could not 
subsist on the timber some members of the family 
were obliged to go out and seek employment, and 
the son (Uistavus was one of these. He worked for 
William L. Webber, of Saginaw, and his first re- 
ward was in the shape of a valuable cow which, 
with feelings of great pleasure and jiride, he drove 
home to aiil in the support of the family. Later 
he and his brother Theodore started a tannery on 
the farm, which they ran successfully until 1866. 

.Vt that time the young man located in Bay City 
and bought an interest in the business of .Tohn 
Sexlinger, who had a retail meat business on S.agi- 
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continued and is now the oldest dealer in meat in 
Ba^- City, having been in the business for a ([uaiter 
of a century. In l!S71 he built his preseut block 
into which he moved and added the wholesaling 
trade to his previous business. His buildings are 
one hundred feet deep and occupy fifty feet front, 
and he has an elevator and all modern conveniences, 
including refrigerators and steam and sausage cut- 
ters. His slaughter houses are the largest and best 
equipped in the Saginaw Valley, and adjoin the 
Salzburg and Bay City Bridge. 

Mr. nine was an organizer of what is now the 
I^'irst National Bank, and he is a Director in the 
Bay County Savings Bank. His residence at the 
corner of E^ighth Street and Washington Avenue, is 
commodious, pleasant and well furnished. He was 
married in 1868, in Owosso, Shiawassee County, to 
Miss Louise Vaight, a native of Prussia, who came 
to America with her parents when a child. Mr. 
Hine is a member of Ihe Knights of the Maccabees 
and was Alderman of the Third Ward for five 
years. As a stanch Democrat he has been a mem- 
ber of the Ward Committee and also delegate to 
Countv Conventions. 



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' OIIN (UJLDEN. AVe here chronicle the life 
narrative of the oldest Justice of the Peace 
^^, I in Bay City, who was first elected in 18(j7 
^5^/' and is still in office, being the Magistrate 
for West liny City. He was born in (^neenstown, 
Ireland, December 16, 1842, and is a son of Simon 
and Margaret (Collins) Golden. The father died 
when this little lad was only nine years old and at 
the age of eleven he was sent to Bandon. Cciunty 
Cork, where he was in school for two years and 
afterward was sent to T>ondon. England, to finish 

his school days. He next learned the 1 t and 

shoe trade and during that time diligcntlv i)ur- 
sued his studies, working late into the night by the 
light of tallow candles. On one occasion he fell 
aslecjt and set the bed on fire, but fortunatelv he 
w.as rescued l)efore much damage was done. 

At the asre of sixteen this youth came to New 



York. Here he worked at shoemaking for two years 
and then went to Bellevue, Ohio, and in 186'2came 
to Linden, Genesee County, Mich., where he opened 
a shoe store, but shortly after removed to Corunna. 
His removal to Bay City took place in 1864 and 
here he engaged as clerk in the boot and shoe store 
of William H. Downs, and after two years in their 
employ came to West Bay City where he was in 
1867 elected Justice of the Peace, an office which 
lie has held from that time to this with the excep- 
tion of one or two terms. 

There has never been during all this long term 
of honorable .service more than one case in which 
Mr. (xolden's decision has been reversed, and in 
that case its reversion by the Circuit Court was 
repealed by its being sustained in the Supreme 
Court, and there is no other Justice in the State 
who can show so fine a record as this. He is a 
thorough student of law and gives his whole atten- 
tion to the business. His natural talents of com- 
prehension and judgment are thus supplemented 
by a thorough understanding of the common stat- 
utory laws, making him a most valuable assistant 
in the administration of justice. He is a member 
of St. Mary's Catholic Church of AVest Bay City. 

Our subject was married to Miss Elizabeth 
Hearld, of Bellevue, Ohio, who dying left four 
children — Samuel, Peter, John and Maggie. The 
second wife of Mr. Golden was Miss Mary Bisson- 
ette, of Monroe City, to whom was granted three 
sons and one daughter, namely: Joseph, (ieorge, 
Bert and Lora. Her death occurred in 1887. The 
present Mrs. Golden was previous to this union 
Mrs. Jennie Fuller, of Livingston C'ounty. 



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/^ HARLES C. HEUMANN. Among the enter- 
|( p prising and successful business men of Bay 
\^' C'ity, we are gratified to be al)le to (iresent 
the one just named who is carrying on a flourishing 
grocery trade here. He was born in AVest Bay Citv, 
September 16, 1856. and his father, Leonard, was 
a native of Bavaria, Germany, and there learned 
the carpenter's trade. He was married to INIarga- 
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America. Tliey located first in Saginaw County, 
but afterward removed to We.st Bay City, wliere 
they settled upon a farm and cultivated it, while 
at the same time he carried on his trade as a car- 
penter. Three years later he found employment 
in a sawmill in B.iy City, and afterward in the 
hardware store of C. E. .Jennison, witli whom lie 
remained until he started his own grocery business 
on Water Street. 

After being burned out at that place of l)usincss 
Jlr. Heumann rebuilt, putting up a brick block and 
increasing his business, and later buiit at the cor- 
ner of Center and .Saginaw. In 1870 he returned 
to visit the home of his childhood, and on his way 
across the Atlantic was lost bj' a wreck of the 
steamer '"Cambria," being then forty-five years of 
age. In his religious views he was a Lutheran, and 
in his political convictions a Republican: he was 
City ]Marshal for four years. His widow resides in 
Bay City at the old homestead. 

The seven children of these parents consisted of 
five daughters and two sons, and of that numl)er 
our subject was the third in age. He received the 
advantages of the public and High Schools of Bay 
City, and from early bo.yhood assisted his lather in 
the store. After the death of the father he contin- 
ued in school for a while, and then in the spring 
of 1871 entered the employ of C. R. Ilawley, con- 
tinuing with him, as dry-goods clerk and in the 
delivery work for some three years, then l)eing 
with AValther Bros, in the shoe business for two 
years, and in 1875 became a partner in the firm. 
Two years later the firm was dissolved. He then 
returned to C. R. Ilawley 's until ill health caused 
him to leave that gentlenan, but after he had re- 
cuperated he began work with other firms. In 1882 
Mr. Ileumann began independent liusiness on 
Eighth Street in a small way. His trade has steadily 
grown, and lie li.as built the store which he now oc- 
cupies in order to .•iccommodate his increasing 
demands. He has now a successful business and 
carries a large and well-selected stock of groceries 
and canned goods. 

Charles C. Heunnuin and Miss Lena Khimpp 
were married in Bay City in 1880. This lady was 
born in Welland. C'anada. Our subject is a 
prominent inciiilicr of the Knights of the Alacca- 



bees and a member of the Immanuel Lutheran 
Church. .\s a Republican he is warmly interested 
in the |)rogress of his party but cannot be called a 
politicial. 



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EDWARD COATKS I.A1{K1N. This well- 
known business man of Bay City is a senior 

member of tlie firm of I.arkln it Olmstead, 

retail grocers, whose enterprising business is loca- 
ted at the head of Washington Street on Twelfth 
Street. Mr. Larkin is a thorough "hustler" and a 
man of keen discrimination and ability. He has 
just started in the grocery business and is do- 
ing well therein, but has been longer known in the 
lumber trade .as a log scaler and inspector of lumber. 
The parentage and ancestry of this gentleman is 
given in full detail in the sketch of his brother, 
W. E. Larkin, whose biography is to l)e found 
elsewhere in this record. Tliey are the sons of 
.John Larkin, wlio many years ago made his home 
in Detroit. 

Our subject was born in Zilwaukie, Saginaw 
County, this State,. Tune 16, 18(59, and there he had 
his early training and education, attending the dis- 
trict school and undergoing the hardships and hard 
work which are the lot of jiioneer boys in such a 
country as Michigan was at that day. He also en- 
joyed the sports of youth in a new country, and 
looks back with great delight to the experiences of 
his early days. He is the youngest in tlie family 
and early began to look foi ward to active work with 
his older brothers. 

.Vt tlie .age of sixteen tliis youth came to Bay 
City and entered the employ of his brother, W. E. 
I«arkin. He continued for four months in the 
hardware store and clerked also in a grocery store 
at Columliiaville, for William Peter, and after that 
lie began in the lumber business. The first three 
months he spent in tallying and soon became a 
scaler for the Rifle Boom Company, continuing 
with them for three years and becoming a practical 
scaler and inspector. This business he h.as carried 
on (■ontiiiiiousl\' since. His business abilities were 



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not however, fully employed in this work and on 
the 1st of Nt>veml)er, IH'Jl. he liought out the groe- 
erv business of Mr. P>enson and entered into j)art- 
nershi)) witii (ieorge ( )lnistead. Their tine location 
and the excellent and well-selected stock which 
tliey carry, in addition tt) their business taU'nts 
and accomodating spirit are fast making them very 
l)opular and giving them a good share of the City 
trade. 

Tlie marriage of Mr. Larkin took place in Hay 
City. September 20, 1891, and his liride, Lillie. 
daughter of .lohn Savage, of Bay City, is a native 
i.f this town, wliere her father is liead sawyer in 
!McLain's mill. ()ur subject takes a deep interest 
ill all matters of public moment and is inde- 
pendent ill his political views, prefeiring to be 
governed by his own judgment in regard to a choice 
of candidates. 



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i,EV. HHEXT IIAK1)IX(;, Tastor of tlie Sec- 
ond Haptist Churcli at Bay City, is an efH- 
V cient and highly esteemed church worker. 
For some time he was engaged exclusively 
as a decorator and painter, hut his devotion to the 
progress of the Redeemer's kingdom and his en- 
thusiasm in mission work finally led him to take 
charge of church work and he is now carrying on 
his double vocation with remarkalile success. He 
has the unfailing respect of all who know him and 
is esteemed both in his work and in his character. 
He is a fine decorator and does contract and job 
work and at the same time is forwarding the high- 
est and truest interests of the church. 

Mr. Harding was born in Chesham, Bucks County, 
England, Feliruary 10, 1843. His father and 
grandfather, both of whom bore the name of 
Thomas, were natives of the same place, where the 
latter was a large landed proprietor and the village 
squire. The father w.as a gentleman of leisure in 
his earlj' days and afterwards became principal of 
schools and died at the age of forty-eight in 1844. 
They were Quakers in their religious belief and 
lieople of more than ordinary culture and character. 

The mother. Elizabeth De Brent, was the daughter 



of a (ieneral in the French army, who fled to Eng- 
land during troublous times. His wife had been 
imprisoned in the Ba^tile at Paris and became blind 
from weei)ing while in that terrible dungeon, but 
finally escaped and spent her remaining days in 
England. The mother of our subject died in 18r)0. 
Her iiarents were Catholics but she became a member 
of the Haptist Church. The father was twice mar- 
ried and had three children liy his first union and 
five by his second, our subject being the youngest. 
His sister, Mrs. Sarah Young, re.-ides in London. 
England. 

Che-liam was the eiuiy home of our subject until 
he liecame an orphan at the age of seven and then 
he spent three years at .school. When eleven years 
old he was aiiprenticed to tlie trade of house paint- 
ing and remained with his employer until he was 
nineteen. After that he worked foj- one year in 
Chesham and then entered a large establishment in 
London. There he became job foreman for Thomas 
Kershaw, wiio was considered the finest grainer in 
the world, having taken medals at the World's 
Exposition. He continued there until 186(5, pass- 
ing his examination as a mechanic and then 
joined the Englisli navy and si)eiit two years and 
thirteen days on a maii-of war, during which time 
he almost circumnavimited the globe and visited 
many of tlie prim ipal ports. He left the ser^'ice 
in 18(;8, returning to Chesham and then going to 
Brighton, where he remained until 18t5;i. After 
spending a year in London he came to America in 
.Iiine 1870. 

Mr. Harding settled at Chatham. Canada, and 
engaged in his tr.ide, devoting himself largely to 
contracting, and decorating some of the best build- 
ings in that city. He was an active worker there 
both in the Haptist Church and in the order of 
(iood Tem|)lars, which he had joined while at Hon- 
olulu, Sandwich Islands. In 1X7:5 he came to Bay 
City, where he has since carried on contracting, 
decorating and painting. During the season he 
emiiloys a large force of men and luis decorated 
some of the finest buildings in the city. 

Mr. Harding was for two years Secretary of the 
Bay County 15ible Association and is one of the 
most prominent workers among the Good Templars 
in Michigan. Five tiiiie.^ he has been elected to 



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represent the State Lodge in the Riglit Worthy 

(irmnl l,<Mii;c dt' the World and was alilc to attend 
tlio.sc iialliciiiiiis wliicli were held in Dctioit. Clii- 
cajio and 'I'oionto. Durniif tlie years lH77-7H|ie 
was (irand Wortiiy Counselor and in ImTsi-mo 
(irand Wortliy Scfietaiy of the (Jiand l-odire of 
Mieliiiran, I. (). ( 1. T., heintrone of the three jxTson.s 
«lio liave held thai position in the hisloiy of the 
onler in Miehiiran. lie is also one of the oldest 
memljers of the Kiiiirlits of Pythias in the State. 

The niarriai>e of Mr. Ilardinir and .Miss .Mary 
Ann I'olleyentt look place in .Vniershani, Uneks 
County, in Novenil)er, IHIil. This l;idy was horn at 
Ilollyhead, Wales. An^riist 2.'). IMl l.:ind her fallier. 
.hihn I'olleyentt, was a |)aper nianul'aeturei- and fur- 
niture dealei'. The ehildren of our sulijeet are as 
follows: Kninia, a teacher; Thomas, who died in 
l!ay City when twelve years of nixv; .lolin Brent, 
a luniliei- inspector; Ida C. and Hertha .M. 

Ml'. Ilardinij heca i e Superintendent of the I'at- 
tersoTi Uapti.st .Mission .luly 10. 1HH7, and soon in- 
creased the attendance from seventeen to one hiin- 
ilred ami seventy-live, thorouji'ldy re-organizing 
the school ••uid erecting a new huiiding for it. Af- 
ter su|)erintending that mission for three and one- 
half years he hecaTue in .lune. IX'.H). the I'.-islor of 
the .Second Haptist Church, having been a licentiate 
under the care of the Fiist l}a|)tist Church since 
H?86. 

Our suhject has heeii an active memlier of the 
State .Snnday-.Scliool Hoard. He is .State Secretary' 
of the I'lohihilion ]>arty of .Michig;in :ind was 
nominated hy that paity for State Senator and also 
foi Htprescntative and County .ludge. lie is a 
memlier of tlu' .State IJoard of Suffrages .-uid for 
two years was State Lecturer for the Independent 
Onh'r of (Jood Temi)lars. in which cajiacity he 
traveled extensively with .1. l>. Finch. 

.\ lithogijiphic poitrait of .Mr. Harding acc<ini- 
panies this notice. 



^^HRLSTOl'HKH IIKINZMANN, who is one 
[|( of the i>roprietors of the Forest City Hotel 

^S^' and also Supervisor of the Ninth Ward, is 
a nalivi' son of Michigan, as he was horn in Ann 



Arbor, August 10, 185L His father, Jacob, and 

his grandfather wei'e both natives of AVurlenitiurg, 
(Terniany. who came to .Vnierica in IH IC, and set- 
tled in Ann .\rlioi-. 

Till' father was married in (iermany to Christine 
Duttenhotfei-, and upon first coming to this coun- 
try he located in Coluniliiana County, Ohio, and in 
\H\'.t came to Michigan and estahlished a tannery 
at .\nii .Vrhor, which he carried on snccessfullv 
until IHHo. He is a stanch and devoted Lutheran 
and still makes his home at .Vnn .Vilioi-. His six 
children are: .Iolni,who is in the commission busi- 
ness at .Ann .\rbor; our subject; .VIbert, who lives 
in Wyoming; Louis; Minnie, .Mrs. Rayei-; and Kliza, 
Mrs. Hremner. 

Afterattending the common schools Christopher 
lleinzniann studied in the High School of Ann 
Arboi- and early learned the trade of a tanner, at 
which he worked until he i-eached the .age of 
twent\-six. During the years of 1874-7') he 
worked in Chicago and AHlwaukee and was fore- 
man of a shop in Sheboygan, Wis., hut subsefpiently 
retnined home and went into partnership with bis 
brother and father until 1881. ,\fter the death of 
his wife he sold his interest in this business and 
traveled in Nt)rthern Minnesota, dealing in pine 
lands and making his lie;id(|uarters at Duluth. 
which w.as then just beginning to ■'boom."' 

In 1885 Mr. lleinzniann came to Hay City where 
his uncle owned the hotel of which he now has 
charge, and eighteen months later purcha.sed the 
jiroperty in p.artnership with ,1. (Jarrison. He has 
rebuilt and furnished it and made of it a first-class 
'•one dollar." and "one dollar fifty house." It is 
finely located, and he is able to carry on here a 
good and successful business. In connection with 
the hotid he has an excellent boarding stable which 
is an accommodation to the citizens in that part of 
the city. His first visit to H.ay City was in 1868, 
at which time he worked for a year at the meat 
business. 

Mr. lleinzniann w.as married in .Vnn .\rbor in 
1877 to Miss Caroline .Sclieible, who was a native 
of Detroit. She had one daughter, who died, and 
she also passed from this lifein 1881. Oursubject 
was elected .Supervisor in 181)0, and has served on 
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liuiklings and the Poor Farm. He is connected with 
the Independent Order uf Odd Fellows, the Knights 
of the Macealiees, and the Order of Elks. His intelli- 
gence and character and his strong Rei)ublican con- 
victions make him a frequent delegate to county 
conventions. 



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OSKI'Il DKFOK. AVe here present a brief 
hiograph^' of one of the residents of West 
Bay City and the son of Francis and Cath- 
erine (Kruger) Defoe, botli of whom were 
natives of Ontario. The father w.as one of the 
patriots in the McKenzie Kebellioii and left his 
native country on accountof the i>p()ression, com- 
ing in 1843 to Bay City, which was then called 
Lower Saginaw. He was a fisherman and remained 
there upon the place where he first settled until 
184!) when he removed across the river where he 
has since resided. He was one of the first settlers 
in Bangor Township, Bay County, and he located 
on an island in S.aginaw Bay. which is still called 
Defoe Island; he also owned the land whei-e the 
Cincinnati, Saginaw & Mackinaw railroad now 
h.as its docks. His wife died in February, 1873, on 
the [ilace which is now his home. 

Six of the seven children of Francis and Cath- 
erine Defoe grew to ?uan'sand woman's estate and 
one, Helen, died at the age of nine years; only two 
are now living, our subject and his brother .Tohn, 
who make their home in Detroit. Catherine, who 
was the wife of Capt. Welch, died in 1873; Mary 
died when about fifty-six years old; Angeline was 
the wife of lieulien Ferris, and passed from life in 
1887; Charles H. died in 1889. 

.Joseph Defoe w.as born April 13, 184G in Bay 
CUty, and was married in 1869 to Lucy, daughter 
of Martin and Mary .T. Cony. She is a niece of A. 
B. Wilson, of the Wheeler ct Wilson sewing ma- 
chine company, and was born in Cortland County, 
Is". Y. Her father has passed from this life but her 
mother is still living and makes her home in 
Bloomington, Xeb. The children of Mr. and Mrs. 
Defoe are Mary E., who was born August 1, 1870; 
Lucy Fay, born Decemlier '24, 1H73; Harry .1., Sep- 



tember 2, 1875; Frederick W., December 25, 1878; 
Arthur W., October 14, 188(5; and Addie, October 
19, 1889. Lucy Fay and Harry will graduate at 
West Bay City High School in .Tune, 1892; Mary 
K. completed her course at the same school in 
1890. 

Mr. Defoe owns sixty acres of laud which is all 
well improved and in a fine state of cultivation 
and his home is just inside the limits of West Bay 
City. He was formerly Marshal of the village of 
Banks before it became incorporated as West Bay 
City and he has held numerous city and township 
offices. In the order of the Maccabees to which he 
belongs he is Sir Knight Commander and his wife 
is Lady Commander of the Bee Hive, a lodge 
auxiliary to the Maccabees. His political sympa- 
thies bring him into alliance with the Kepublican 
party and he casts his vote and iuilueuce in that 
direction. He is a licensed steamboat captain and 
spends some time every season upon the water. 



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OIIN WASHER. Among the American cit- 
izens of English birth and i)arentage who 
have helped to make Bay County prosper- 
ous and progressive, we find Mr. Washer, 
who lives on section 8, IJangor Township. His 
parents, Charles and Elizabeth Washer, were born 
in Somerset County, England, the former in 1799, 
and the latter in 1809. They were married about 
the year 1829 and the death of the father occurred 
in 1866, two years after that of his wife. They 
never left their native home. 

Of the seven sons .and four daughters of this 
household all grew to years of maturity and with 
one exception all are now living. The one who 
has passed from life was Sophia, who was drowned 
while crossing the English channel. George and 
Edward still live in England, William and Charles, 
make their home in Xew Zealand; .James lives in 
Wales; and Alfred also lives in New Zealand; while 
our subject, who is the youngest of the family, is 
the only one who came to America. The eldest 
daughter, .lane Ann. is the wife of .John Cook, and 
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William (iillitiir iviifl lives in New Zealand, and 
I'ercilia is the widow of (Jahriel I'arnu'r. 

The siihjeet of this sketch was lioni Fehniarv !(!. 
\8oo at H31TOW, Somerset County. Enii-laiid and 
when seventeen years old came to this country, 
leachinsj .Vmeiica April 1«. 1H72. He worked for 
K. H. Dennison for four or live ycais and made his 
home on a farm in Kawkawlin Township for sev- 
eral yeai-s. lie now has a farm of ten acres which 
he has under iT'xid cultivation. His marriage 
which occurred Novemher 17. IH.'^O united him 
with .\da, dauii'hter of Freeman Curtis a ivsident 
of West Hay ('it\. 'i'hcv h.ave two children. ( harles 
F.. win) wa.- horn Octolier 2.i. IHMJ. and Myrta 
Klizaheth who c;ime to them .Scptemlier 21, 1HM;{. 
For three years he has been .Supervisor of the 
townsliip. and for three years priorto that time he 
w:is Townsliip Clerk. Socially he belongs to the 
1 iidrpciidcnl Order of Foresters. 



l.llir WFSTFAI.L. W<> arc pleased to here 
l^j present a prominent niiricull urist of Chc- 
saning Township, who liclongs to one of 
the ohl families of Revolutionary times and who 
has proved himself in every way worthy of his an- 
cestry. He was horn in Chemnuir County. N. Y., 
April 10. 1H2H, and is a son of .\l)ram and Kliza- 
heth (Westhrook) Westfall. 

The father was a native of Delaware County, 
N. Y.,and of Dutch desci'iit. He was horn in 17110 
and .served in the War of 1812. As early as 1850 
lie removed l<:) Erie County, Ohio, with his lai<>e 
family. 'Fhere were eleven children in this house- 
hohl. and our subject, who was the sixth in order 
of birth, left home at the ajje of ten and foinid em- 
ployment elsewhere. He linally undertook to learn 
the blacksmith's trade with a brother-in-law. but as 
that relative died very tioon the boy wa.'' again 
thrown upon the world. 

After trying clerking our subject now found 
another oi))>orlunity to learn the blacksmith's trade 
and while thus employed received *10, ^i)0, ¥()(), 
and ^100 during the fouryear.s. Afterscrviug his 
time he worked onlv a short while at his tiade and 



then went to railroading, beginning by oiling the 
engine and cars, and in ten years had arisen to the 
position of an engineer. He was married. May 15. 
1850, toMillic \an (Jorder, of Elinira, N. Y.,where 
this ladv was born, .Inly 1 1. 1828. .She is a daugh- 
ter of .lohn and .Sallie (Baldwin) Van (iorder, who 
were of J)utch ancestry. The Baldwins were pio- 
neers in Chemung County. X. Y.. and were active 
in the Revolutionary War. 

After leaving the railroad Mr. Westfall removed 
to Lorain County, Ohio, and was employed upon 
a firm for a year and then went to p^rie County, 
where he li\cd until he enlisted in Company C, 
Fifty-lifth Ohio Infantry, joining the ai-my .lanu- 
ary 7, 18(i2. He was in the campaign of the .Shen- 
andoah \'allcy and was detailed from his regiment 
to act as butcher for Gen. .Sigcl's command. He 
was taken sick and sent to Alexandria and (George- 
town, and after that took charge of the commis- 
sary department at Fairfax Courthouse under Col. 
Saulsbury. 

At Thanksgiving time Mr. Westfall received a 
ninety-days' furlough, which he spent with his 
family, and uiion his return joined the wagon train 
as he was not alile to lollow butcheiing. He was 
thrown from a wagon and hisj-ight knee so badly 
injured that he was sent to the hospital at Wash- 
ington just before the Oettysburg fight and re- 
mained there until .September 28, 18(!.'5. when he 
received his honorable dLscharge. 

The yonni, man returned to his home in Erie 
County, Ohio, and as he was unable to do hard 
woik bought a horse and wag<m and peddled in 
Erie County and Sandusky City until the fall of 
1861, when he removed to Lorain County to take 
care of his mother, as his father was deceased. A 
year later he took charge of an engine and tools 
for oil wells in Lorain County, and after woiking 
there a year removed with his tools to Lsland Run, 
Pa., and there operated in the same way. Not long 
after he returned to Ohio and making sale of his 
goods removed to New York Cit\' as engineer in 
the Cooper Institute, and there remained a short 
time. 

In .lanuary, 18(;7, Mr. Westfall made his home 
where he now resides, and after getting his family 
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where he attended the Exposition, and for eleven 
days was in the employ of a New York company, 
taking- eharoe of their engine and tools. After tliis 
he went to Italy for tlie same company, the Italian 
Oil Company, and bored for oil at St. Andrea and 
Genoa, liiit left tiie employ of that comixmy as he 
did not wish to be longer separated from his fam- 
ily, and since that time has remained in Chesaning 
Township, where he now owns eighty acres of land. 
The four children of Mr. and Mrs. Westfall are: 
.Tames H., who who was liorn in Elmira, N. Y., 
.lanuary 2.5, 18.52, and is the father of four sons; 
(ieorge F., born April .">, 18.54, at Hornellsville, 
N. Y., is the father of one son and one daughter; he 
livesin Sliiawassee County. ,\lbert E.,born .)une 11, 
1857, at Elmira, lives in Shiawassee County, and 
.Tudd Baldwin, who was born August 2.5, 1870. 
Before the wai' our subject voted the Democratic 
ticket, casting his first ballot for Pierce, and his 
father cast liis last ballot for Vallandinghani. 
Since the war Mr. Westfall luas been a Reiiublican 
and is a member of the Grand Army of the Kepub- 
lic. The (lovernment bestows upon him a pension 
(if ^14 a month. He has served as Constable two 
or three times and was formerly a member of the 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His iiaternal 
grandfather and grandmother were, during the 
Revolutionary War, prisoners for seven days, in the 
hands of the Indians. This prosjierous farmer makes 
a specialty of breeding Berkshire and Poland-China 
hogs and is considered an authority in their care 
and raising. 



"ifOSEPH EASTWOOD, of tiie firm of Switzer 
iSz Eastwood, lumber dealers, who is one f)f 
the pioneers of Bay City, came to this place 
in 18(J6, when the town had a population 
not to exceed three tliou,sand, and most of that 
number were lumber men. At that time not half of 
the mills now running were built and of course 
the business of the place was not anytiiing that will 
compare with its present out-jiut, although it was 
an enter|)rising young town. 



Joseph Eastwood was born in Liverpool, Eng- 
land, IMay 10, 1840, and is a son of .loseph and 
Mary Eastwood. When only four weeks ol<l he 
was Iti'ought by his parents from his native home to 
America, and they at once located in Uochester, N. 
Y., where the parents resided until theii- death, the 
mother passing aw.ay in 1840, and the father in 
1851, leaving our subject with a stepmother, with 
whom he made his home until he reacluKl tiie age 
of sixteen. 

After receiving liis education in the city of 
Rocliester, our subject sjient live winters in the 
South, and in the year 18(5.3 went to Chicago as 
book-keeper, remaining one year there and then 
going into the clothing business for himself in St. 
Paul. In 18fi5 lie returned to Rochester and there 
i went into the wholesale trade for one year, when 
he established himself in the same line in liayCity 
on Water Street, which was then the only business 
street in the place. At that time Center Street was 
not far extended, and there was no liusincss on it 
except about its intersection with Water Stri'et. 
The land now oeeuiiied by Mr. Eastwo.id on Cen- 
ter Avenue and Carroll Park w.as at that titne a 
dense forest, and when this gentleman purchased 
his |)roperty in that city, he at the same time se- 
cured land for the city for a park. 

The home of Mr. Eastwood bears the name of 
Pleasant Place, and it is adjoining Carroll Park, 
where he owns some four blocks. The street cars 
run out to that point and it has now every con- 
venience although quite removed from the down 
town turmoil. The place was selected by him dur- 
ing the first summer of his residence here as being 
his choice for a hoine. He wjis married April 5, 
1864, to .Tulia Louise, daughter of .tared P. Dodge, 
of Tuscarora, Livingston County, N. Y.. but after- 
ward of Nunda, that State. Mr. Dodge w.as one of 
the wealthy and influential men of his town, and 
had given to his daughter excellent oijportiinities 
for acquiring a liberal education. The one child 
of IMr. and Mrs. Eastwood Is Lucia Louise, now the 
wife of .Tohn Holmes, of this city. 

Mr. Eastwood continued in the clothing Inisine.ss 
until 1881, and then sold out and formed the part- 
nership still existing with Mr. Switzer. This is one 
of the largest firms in Bay City, exclusively en- 



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jjagcd in luinber sliippiiis:. and is floinsi a tine busi- 
ness. Our sul)ji't-t lin-i never iiitcrpstefl liiiiisolf in 
politics. 

Mr. Eastwood now gives iiis whole attention to 
tlie affairs of the firm, and is one of tlie sniislantial 
men of May C'itv. lie lias tlie iiighest resjard of his 
fcllow-fitizens, and fs universally regarded as one 
of the proiiiineiit men of the city. 



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fOIlN A. BEll.MLANDKW. Alderman of the 
Third Ward of West Hay City, is engaged 
ill tlie wholesale and retail meat business, 
having the largest and best market in the 
eity. Me has gained considerable prominence in 
this .section by reason of his intelligence and jiro- 
gressive tiMidencies and also his genial and frank 
manner. Mr. lU'hn;laiider is a native of Bay 
County, having been born in Krankcnlust. .\ugusl 
1;"), 18.");{, and thus is well fitted to take a leading 
place in the conduct of municipal affairs. 

Our subject's father, ( Jeorge 1'. lielimlaiuUr, was a 
native of Bavaria, (ierniany, and followed the occu- 
pation of a farmer in his native land, lie emigrated 
to the Isew World when thirty-three years of age, 
and nia<le his home first in Frankenmuth, .Saginaw 
County,. where he ivinained two years, and in 1844 
came to Frankenlust, being one of the very earliest 
.settlers in that locality. He purch.ased forty acres 
of land on which he erected a log house and began 
the work of improvement. At one time his pos- 
sessions aggregated two hundred acres, but at the 
present time he has only eighty, having given the 
remainder to his sons. He is still living at the 
good old !ige of threescore and ten years. He is a 
member of the Lutheran Church, having for many 
years been one of the active workers in that Ixidy. 

Mr. and Mrs. (Jeorge P. Behmlander had a fam- 
ily of eleven children, ten of whom grew to reach 
mature years. Oui- Miliject wa.s the third in order 
of birtli. His mother. Mrs. Anna Catherine (Zieg- 
ler) ikhinlander, was born near Bavaria, (iermany, 
and paased away August 6, 1H7(). The gentleman 
of whom we write, received a good education, at 
the .same time being tr:iined to the duties of farm 



life until tivelve years of age, when he worked for 
two years in the lumber mills in Salzburg. At the 
expiration of that time he was apprenticed to learn 
the trade of a butcher in the employ of Miller 
Bros., and afterward with Van Alsten Bros., re- 
maining with the latter tirm for five ye.ars. He 
remained at home, giving a portion of his wages 
to the support of the family, until he reached the 
age of nineteen, when he came to Saginaw in the 
interest of Joe 1). llupert. pro|irietor of a wholesale 
meat market. He remained there for six months, 
when he returned to West Bay City and again en- 
tered the employ of Miller Bros., with whom he 
continued until 1874, when he launched out into 
business for liini.self, estalilishing his fine market to 
be found at No. 109 Linn Street. 

After oper.ating his market for some time alone, 
our subject took in a partner, whose rascality was 
soon evinced by his robbing Air. Behmlander and 
he was comiielled to start anew with only ¥.50 of 
his own. He had a firm friend, however, in Mr. O. 
Hine, who lent him money, and so successful was 
he that in three months he was enabled to repay 
his friend and has since carried on his market 
alone. In 1880 he began wholesaling meats, and 
in order to give him more room for his enlarged 
business, purchased his present building, which is 
a brick structure 24.x 1(10 feet in dimensions and is 
fitted up with every ccmeeivable convenience for 
the successful prosecution of his business. He h.as 
a large refrigerator in which he keeps his meats 
both for the retail and wholesale trade, and pos- 
sesses one of the finest sausage cutters in the Bay 
Cities. He does his own slaughtering, having one 
of his houses located on his farm on Midland 
.Street, three and one-half miles from the city. 

The gentleman of whom wo write, in addition 
to his extensive interests in West B.ay City, ownsa 
beautiful farm in Monitor Township, Bay County, 
which bears all the improvements in the way of 
convenient buildings, etc. The land is intelli- 
gently and thoroughly cultivated, and nets Mr. 
Behmlander a hand.some income. There is a fine 
windmill on the estate which is made further val- 
uable by being well stocked with lilooded stock. 

August 2.3, 1876, Mr. Behmlander was married 
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a native of Bavaria, Germany. She accompanied 
her parents to America, and has made West Ba3' 
City her home siiice eight years of age. By lier 
marriage with our subject, Mrs. Behmlander has 
liecome the motlier of a little girl. Bertha. In 188;') 
our subject visited his parents and friends in the 
Fatherland, embarking from New York on the 
steamer "Ems" and landed in Bremen after a voy- 
age of eleven days. After spending three months 
visiting relatives, ho returned in the .same steamer, 
having had a most enjoyable trip. 

Mr. Behmlander has served his fellow-townsmen 
in various positions of rcsponsihlity and trust, and 
at the present time is Alderman for the Third 
Ward. He has been Chairman of the Committees 
on Streets and Sidewalks, also the Committee on 
Accounts and Claims, and has been a member on 
the Ways and Means Committee. Socially he is a 
Knights of the Maccabees and a Knight of Pythias. 
In politics he believes in Democracy, hence always 
1 votes for the candidate.s of that party. lie is a 
Lutheran in I'eligious matters, being an active mem- 
ber of J^manuel Church in West Bay City. All in 
all Mr. Behmlander is a well-informed gentleman, 
is interested in the advancement and progress of 
tiie times and is favorably known throughout Bay 
County as being a man of unimpeachable integrity 
and honor. 



1^ ENZO ClUrriS STEVENS, who died .July 
l\ 6, 1881, was the father of Jerome K. Stev- 
jl IB ens, whose sketch appears hereafter. This 
* parent was born in Camden, N. Y., Decem- 

ber 18, 1812, and w.as a son of William and Mer- 
inda (Pond) Stevens, of Connecticut. His father 
was a soldier in the War of 1812, and the fan\ily 
were pioneers of New England. 

Menzo C. Stevens w.as married at Cleveland, Os- 
wego County', N. Y., in 1832, to Clarissa E. Cady, 
who was born at Medina, Monroe County, N. Y., 
April 28, 1814. Her parents were David S. and 
Lorena (Eaton) Cady, and both were New Yorkers 
by liirth. David Cady's grandfather was one of 



three brothers who came from Ireland. Mr. Stev- 
ens came to Michigan ,after his marriage, and after 
having spent a few years at Nortiiville, Wayne 
County, in the furniture business, removed to Sag- 
inaw where he engaged in the hotel business, 
leasing the AVebster House, tiiat then stood on 
Washington Street. Somewhat later he engaged in 
the mercantile trade with Horace Murray, a son-in- 
law, who had a large trade with the lndian>. 

M. C. Stevens built the Stevens House on Water 
Street in 1850, and two or three years later en- 
gaged in carrying on a general store, depending 
largely on Indian trade. The Indians were being 
paid off by the Government, and Mrs. Stevens re- 
members the great stacks of silver which were u.sed 
for this purpose. After Mr. Murray's death, Mr. 
Stevens .sold out his mercantile business and leased 
the Irving Hou.se at East Saginaw, wiiich he carried 
on with the help of his capable and ctficient wife 
until the hotel was burned. This hostelry was ele- 
gantly furnished, the furniture having all been 
brought from New York, and the supplies were all 
bought in Detroit. The house stood on the corner 
of Water and Genesee Streets, where Mr. Wiggins' 
establishment now stands, and the garden occupied 
the spot which is now the site of the Bancroft 
House. 

The family removed to a farm on ilu: [)hmk 
road while a new hotel building was put up. It 
was called the Godly House, and was located on 
the present site of the Eddy Block. The hotel Mr. 
Stevens kept for several years, although he occa- 
sionally moved back to the farm. He was a man 
of a quiet disposition, and w.as not in politics, but 
was a very popular landlord. After his death Mrs. 
.Stevens sold the farm and came back to town and 
made her home until the death of her daughter's 
husb.and, at which time she bought the present 
home. 

The family of this worthy couple consisted of 
Maria Antoinette, .lerome K., Wilhelmina and 
George M. Maria married Horace Murray, who died 
a year after their marriage, and she survived him 
only six months; Wilhelmina became Mrs. Charles 
Richinan. Her husband w.as an old soldier and 
died aliout a year after the demise of Mr, Stevens, 
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their daugliter. Ksito, niukes licr lidiiif with hui' 
sfijiiulniolher; (k'orire rcsi<Jt's on the Kast Side. 
Mrs. SU'vcns it* n hale and hearty old lady, with all 
her faculties well pre.served and active in church 
and social work. Ilcr lono- experience as a land- 
lady trave her a l)road .■ic(|uaintance, and she has 
an unusual i)oi)ularily. She was for years a mem- 
ber of the ('oii<rre,<ratit>nal Church, hut for the last 
two years has been identified witli the I'reshy- 
terian liodv. 



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AW\ KV HARKKR. Hie iircsent Postmaster 
at I'ortsmouth. I5;iy Cuiinly. is a i)roini- 
neul man in tliis section, and well known 
nsan old soldier and a memlier of liei-daii's 
.Sharpshooleis. heint;' accouiiteil a line shot in even 
that picked ici^inient. Mis home is a popular social 
resort, ,as his wife is a l.'idy of culture and retine- 
meut, and is warmly reunnlcd in Imtli Poil^moutli 
and R'ly City. 

.Mr. liarker wa> liorn in Wayne County, this 
.State, and is a son of .hisiali I>. Harkei-. and grand- 
son of .lohn liarker. a \ernionter, who afteiward 
farmed in New York, where his .son Josiah was 
horn, and canu' In .Micliit;an in I H32, settling in 
Plymouth Township, Wjiyne County, luit sliortly 
after entered land from the (iovernment in 
Nankin Township .-inil lived there until his death 
in IHI 1. The grandmother was a daughter of the 
Rev. .lohii Leiaud. a noted Haptist clergyman, 
who traveled extensively through the South, and 
was the means of converting Thomas .leffersoii 
from the Kpiscopal faith. Both the l.elands and 
Barkers are descended from the (arlicst settlers of 
the Massachusetts Colony. 

.losiah IJ. Barker came West with his family in 
1832, and entered land in Nankin Township, lif- 
teen miles west of the City Hall in Detroit. lie 
died in 1H4 4, at the .age of forty-nine, just as he 
had become well e^•tahli■!hed in the new home, and 
his brave widow carried on the farm with the as- 
sistance of her .son, and died there in l.siiT. .She 
was a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church and the niolliei- of ten <'hildren. One of 



her sons. Porter W.. enlisted, in 1«(!1, in the Ber- 
dan Sharpsliooters. .and was killed at the battle of 
Chancellorsville. 

Our .subject was born May 21, 1H3'.), and studied 
in tlie common <listrict school, but early began 
work, and after the age of ten attended school 
only m the winter, remaining at home until he 
entered the army, and carrying on the farm as his 
mother's assistant. In August, IHfil, he volun- 
teered as a member of Company C, First Regiment 
of Berdan Sharpshooters, which had the reputa- 
tion of being the finest regiment in the army. He 
was never away from the regiment for over 
twenty-four hours from the siege of Yorktown to 
and including the siege of Petersburg, and was 
never woundetl nor in an hospital, although he 
was in over forty eng.agements, being in every 
import^int battle of the Army of the Potomac. 

.Vfter returning from the war, Mr. Barker again 
took charge of the farm until three years later his 
hrfyther pnrchased it. and he then went into the 
employ o( the Detroit, ( hand Haven A Milwaukee 
Railway in the b.aggage department, but eighteen 
months later he bought back the old home, which 
he carried on lV)r four years, and then sold it on 
account of ill-health. Later he farmed for a year 
in Pittsburg Township, Hillsdale County, and in 
1H77 came to St)uth Bay City, where he engaged 
in the manufacture of lath, heading and staves. 
He carried on business in this direction until 1H8!(, 
when he engaged in wholesale confectionery until 
18!H), when he w.as api)ointed Postmaster at Porls- 
nifuith." 

The marriage of our subject, in Februaiy, 18()l, 
united him with Hannah .1., daughter of George 
L. Baker. This lady was born in IMonroe County, 
N. Y., and her father was a native of (ierm-an}'. 
Her mother bore the maiden name of Katy Bo^yer, 
and was a native of Pennsylvania. The three 
cliildien of our subject are: \\'illis, who is a law- 
yer in Cairo, 111.; .lames IL, who follows the same 
profe.ssicm in Ontario, Canada, and Edgar P., who 
lives in Missouri. Mr. Barker is a Mason and a 
(Jrand Army man, and in his political views is a 
Rei)ublican. He and his wife attend the IMetho- 
dist F.piscopal Church, ;inil she is a nienilier of the 
Eastern .Star Order. 



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'if/AMESB. SILVERN ALE. Tli.-iv aiv iiiMny 
eitizens of Hay Couiitv who .in- not woU 
kiidwn beyond the limits of the eoinniunity 
_ ill which they reside, liut whose honesty, 
integriU' .iiid eiiei'ify are of such a strikinij' natiue 
tliat the results, which by the pfjssessioii of these 
characteristics they have attained, are calculated to 
promote the best interests of the county. The record 
of the lives of such deserves to be perjietuated foi- 
1 he perusal of coming generations, to whom they 
set an example worthy of emulation. It is there- 
fore with pleasure that we i)lace before the reader 
the portrait and the summary, bi-ief and impei fed 
thougii it must be. of the life of Mr. Silvernale. 
Doubtless there are man}' in Bay County who [los- 
sess more of this world's goods than does he, for 
being generous to a fault, he has never l>econie 
wealthy, but he has that which is far better — the 
esteem of every one with whom business or pleasure 
has brought him in contact. 

The father of our subject is Nicholas Silvernale. 
whose birth occurred .luly t, 17it!», in Columbia 
County, N. Y., and who was married at the age of 
twenty-four years to Miss Maria Owen. This lady 
was a native of Dutchess County, N. Y.. and was 
liorn.Iul\' 4, ISO.'i. Seven children blessed the union, 
live of whom still survive. Xiclnilas Silvernale, 
after making his home in the Emjiire State until 
1837, removed to Pennsylvania, intending to go to 
Michigan, liut was persuaded to stop in Pennsylva- 
nia while on the way and there he continued to re- 
side about eighteen years, lie was afterward a resid- 
ent of Trumbull County, ( )hio, .about four years and 
then came West to Michigan, where he has since 
resided in Kawkawlin Township. Bay County. He 
makes his home with our subject, and has reached 
the advanced age of ninety-two years. His wife 
passed from earth .Tanuary 2S. 1891. at the asic of 
eighty -seven. 

In .Schoharie County, N. Y., where he was born 
February 20, 1833, .Tames B. Silvernale passed the 
first four years of his life. His parents took him 
with them to Pennsylvania, and amid such suround- 
ings .as were to be found there in tliose early days 
he grew to a vigorous manhood. Ipon arrivint;- 
at the age of thirty-one years he was married, in 
1864, to Miss Mary E. Snow, who was a native of 
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New York. Prior to his marriage Mr. Silvernale 
came to Ohio, where, in ( ieauga County, he worked 
at his trade, that of a carpenter, for six months. 
From there he proceeded to Triimliull Township, 
Trumbull County, and iiurcliasins' a mill engaged 
in milling for four years. 

Coining to Kawkawlin Townshii), Bay County, 
in 18G2, Mr. Silvernale at once inirch.ased forty 
acres .and also took up eighty acres of Government 
land which he cleared. The first settlers in this 
township, and the (mly residents thereof when Mr. 
Silvernale located here, were Mr. Elliott, A. K. Sil- 
\ ernale, Charles S. Clark and N. P. Shepard, all of 
whom had come from Ohio. It requires a vivid 
imagination to paint the wildness of the scene 
that presented itself to those struggling pioneers; 
no roads had been opened in the township, whose 
principal inhabitants were Indians and wild ani- 
mals. The buildings within which man and beast 
found shelter from the beating rain, the burning 
sun or the fierce tempests, were at best only a par- 
tial protection from the elements. These hardy 
pioneers, however, were undaunted by obstacles 
and undismayed by hardships, and passed through 
the vicissitudes of their existence with a heroism 
which mio-ht well entitle them to an nndvinar 
name and fame. 

After working alone for two years Mr,-Silvernale 
returned to Geauga County, Ohio, where he was 
married to Miss Mary E. Snow, the daughter of 
William E. and .Vlmira (Lovell) Snow. Her an- 
cestors <m both sides emigrated at an early day 
from New England to New York .State, and were 
worthy citizens of the communities where they re- 
sided. Four children have been born of thj union 
of Mr. and Mrs. Silvernale, namely: Nettie E., the 
wife of .lolin Hartley, of Kawkawlin Township; 
Sherwood; Hubert and AVilliam N., who yet remain 
at home. Mr. Silvernale has held the offices of 
.luslice of the Peace and Drainage Commissioner, 
lieing elected to the latter position when the 
Drain.age Law went into effect. He usually votes 
the Republican ticket, although in local matters he 
is in favor of the best candidate, irrespective of 
party ties. Socially he belongs to the Patrons of 
Industry. He has on his place a Howing well, 
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Be-sides general farming ho payi^eonsideralvU' atten- 
tion to stot-lt-raising. and has only giadfd stoc-ii of 
good blood. He is a man of integrity and never 
allows his i)arty spirit to interfere with his princi- 
ples of honesty and uprightness. 

\I^OBERT .1. KICIIARDSON. I'liis well- 
lyij^ known fanner who lives on section 4, 
tlim Hangor Township, Hay County, is the son 
\^of \Vir.i.i:n Rieh.ardson, wlio was lioiii in 
Ireland about the year 1790. although his father 
was an Knglishnian. His wife, to whom he was 
united in marriage in Ireland, was ],ora. daughter 
of Robert Kkin. and was of Seottish descent. At 
the time they came to this country they had two 
children, and tlieir household linally luniilicred ten. 
Of tliat number the following grew to mat\irity. 
namely: William. .lohn. Thomas. Ezekiel, Robert, 
Elizabeth and Sar.ih. and our sulijecl and his 
brothel- Ezekiel, who is living in North I'.ruce 
Townshij), Ontario, are the only ones now surviv- 
ing. 

Kol>ert Richardson was born December 28. 1H20. 
nine miles below the city of Toronto, t'anatla. lie 
was there eductated and was in due time married, 
August 17. 1848, to Elizabeth, daughter of Robert 
and Mary Mercer, who came to this country from 
Ireland many j-earsago. Mrs. Mercer was of Scotch 
descent. C)ur subject came to I5ay City fir.st in the 
fall of 18G2, l)Ut returned to Canada that fall, an<l 
in the spring brought his family to IJay City, 
where he pursued the trade of a cariicnter. He 
helped to build the .Martin, Miller Hlock, .■md dur- 
ing the war he went to .leffer.scm Barracks and 
worked as a carpenter for the (iovernment.and al- 
together he worked at his trade some thirty-live or 
forty years. He purchiused his farm of a man who 
had taken it previously from the (iovernnienl. but 
it proved that it had not a clear title and ]\Ir. Rich- 
ardson was obliged to purchase .again of the (Jov- 
ernnient in order to secure his title. He at lirst 
had eighty acres, but has sold jiart of it and now 
has only fifty acres. 

The children of our subject were nine in nuni- 



lier and one of them died in infane3-, and Sarah, 
who had married William Sharp, died in 1886, in 
her thirty-seventh year. Those who are still liv- 
insj are: Mary .lane, now Mrs. Oscar Carter; 
Thomas .James; Henrietta; Elizsibeth, who is the 
wife of Walter Newcorah .and lives in Duluth; 
Robert Joseph, William E. and Mercer A., who 
still lives upon his father's farm. !Mr. Richardson 
h.as ever attached himself to the Republican part}-, 
and both he and his good wife as wellas his daugh- 
ter Henrietta, are devout and .active members of 
the Methodist Church. He has been .Justice of the 
Peace in the townshi|) for four years, and while he 
lived in Hay City he served as Street Commis- 
sioner. 



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I'OHN H. (;ARHER. We here present a life 
sketch of one of the successful farniei-s of 
llnmpton Township, Kay County, who was 
^^ born in Schuylkill County, P.a., in 18.38, and 
there passed his boyhood and youth, taking such 
opporliiiiitics lor education .as he could find in the 
coimnoii schools of his neighborhood. He fully 
improved all the advantages thus attainable, .and 
in ills native home grew u|i to an intelligent and 
vigorous young manhood. 

At the age of twenty-two, young Oarber left his 
native State and removed to Ohio, where he spent 
some time and then came on to Michigan. His first 
location here was in (ienesee County, where he re- 
mained for two years, being there engaged in the 
manufacture of shingles. At the expiration of that 
time he removed to Midland County, where he re- 
mained until 1871, and during his residence there 
met with serious misfortunes, as a destructive fire 
swept away all his iMissessions. 

I'pon leaving Midland Coviuty, Mr. Garbcr came 
to Bay County and engaged .as engineer with .1. R. 
Hall, the shingle manufacturer. He soon took the 
position of head engineer, and from that time to 
this has served .Mr. Hall in that cap.acity. His do- 
mestic life began in l.scii, as he was at that time 
married, in C.anfield, Mahoney County, Ohio, to 
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ISIr. and Mrs. Garber liave been jjranted :ui inter- 
esting family, consisting of seven sons and (ine 
daughter, viz: Jesse B., AVilliani, Tlionias, Harry 
J., Frederick R., JIaliel II., Otto and Clyde. 

Our siil)ject now owns a beautiful farm of fift^ ■ 
two acres wliicli is in an excellent state of cultiva- 
tion and productiveness, and has upon it attractive 
and substantial buildings. This gentleman is of 
German descent, as his parents, John B. and Frances 
(Franc) Ciarber, were born in Baden, (iermany- 
They emigrated in early life to Pennsylvania and 
were there married. They reared to man's estate 
six sons, of whom our sr.liject w.as the first born, 
and his brothers are Andrew, George, Frank, 
Philip and William. Andrew is pursuing the bnsi- 
ness of an undertaker in Pliiladelphia; Piiilip re- 
sides in Scranton, Pa.; and William is a resident 
of California; George and Frank are liotli i)asscd 
from this life, George dying in Pennsylvania, leav- 
ing a family to moui'n his loss, and Frank, who had 
not married, was drowned in the Potomac River. 
The political convictions of our subject ally him 
with the movements of the Republican party, and 
he casts his ballot for its men and measures. 



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lEORGE A. SCHOLTZ. The fine farm which 
is located on section 34, Kawkawlin Town- 
ship, Bay County, is not cmly one of the 
best in that township, but is an ornament to this 
county itself. It comprises eighty acres, all but 
twenty of which have been brought to a high state 
of cultivation, and the entire place hears the marks 
of careful oversight and thrift on the [lart of the 
owner. Coming of German parentage, Mr. Sciiultz 
inherits those qualities of prudence and energy 
which have ever characterized those who trace theii 
ancestry to the Fatherland. Now in tiie prime of 
life, he has gained success in the liusiness woi-ld 
and is in receipt of a good incouie from liis f;n'ni- 
ing operations. 

Among those who emigrated to America from 
(iermany in 1845, was a gentleman who liorc the 
name of David Sehultz, .and who was heaving his 




native land in the iiope of securing in the New 
World that iiidei)endenc(> of fortune which he 
vainly sought in the Fatherland. His home was 
made in the State of New York, and there he re- 
mained for twenty-four years, working at iiis trade 
of a mason. While still young he was bereaved 
by tlu' dcatli of his wife, wlio left seven chil- 
dren to the fatiier's care. All lived to maturity, 
I and live still survive, as follows: Charles, who 
I lives in Tuscola County; Christian, whose home is 
! in Oliio; Paulina, a resident of Illinois and the 
wife of Charles Buth; Minnie, who lives in Caro, 
this State, and the subject of this l)iographical no- 
tice. 

In Erie County, N. Y., George A. Sehultz was 
born December 18, 1843, and there he passed his 
boyhood days. He had not the fortunate sur- 
roundings nor the educational privileges of the 
l)resent day, but was forced at the age of ten years 
to start out for himself and since that youthful age 
has been self-supporting. He followed any busi- 
ness which offered itself to him as a means of earn- 
ing a livelihood, and was cmplo.yed as a common 
laborer. When fifteen years old he came to Jlichi- 
gan, and in the village of Fremont spent one win- 
ter with his brother. In the following spring he 
secured employment on a steamer on the lakes, and 
folhjwed the sea for about three years. Before he 
had attained to his majority, the country was in 
tlie midst of a fearful Civil War, and the sympa- 
thies of Jlr. Sehultz were so inten.sely on the side 
of the I'nion, that in lS(i3 he enlisted in his coun- 
try's defense. 

Becoming an integral factor in Company K, Sec- 
ond Michigan Cavalry, under Capt. Baker, Mr. 
Sehultz participated in all the campaigns in which 
the Western Army took part, and at the close of 
tlie war was mustered out in 1865. His war record 
is one to which his friends as well as himself may 
point with pride and prove his patriotism and 
personal coinage. Upon returning from the bat- 
tlefield, he worked in the lumber regions of Tus- 
cola County, and from there removed to Bay City, 
where he found employment in a mill for thirteen 
years. In 1875 he came to Kawkawlin Township, 
and purchased the place upon which he now re- 
sides .and whicli h.as ever since been his home. 



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In all his labor, Mr. .Schultz has received the 
hearty aid of liis wife, wiio W!i> known in ni;ii<U'n- 
Imod as Minnie Stcnc, and who liccanie liis wife in 
1H72. the weddinji ci-rcniony luinij solemnized in 
Hiiy City. Mrs. Sciiultz is a native of this .State, 
and has lieeonie tlie niollier of seven chihlren. 
namely: Charles. Tlieodoie. Henry, (nTlnidc, 
(ieorge, Rosina and Kienora. The members of the 
family are i(h'ntified with thetierman Lnthiian 
Chuivli of Kawkawlin Township, and are held in 
high esteem in social circles. Mr. .Schultz is iden- 
tified with tlie Inde|)endent Order of Odd Fellows, 
in which he has held all the odices. In his politi- 
cal views he is in thoroiijrh synii)athy with the prin- 
ciples of the Repulilican party, and invariably 
votes that ticket. His fellow-citizens have i-alled 
him to fill various local oHiees within their gift. 
and he lias for four years ottlciated as Treasurer of 
Kawkawlin Township. 



^^A llARLKS AltUST iMK.NKKNSKX. Ainonu 
(|l _ the wortiiiest of the representative agricul- 
^^y turists in this portion of the county is this 
gentleman who is the owner of eighty-four acres, 
twenty of which are on section (i. Frankenlust 
Township and sixty-foiu' on .section 36, Monitor 
Township, Hay County. His residence, which is 
on the first-named section, is a neat structure, while 
the granaries are capacious and the l)arns substan- 
stantial. The field,-, are wide s])reading and pro- 
ductive and an air of thrift jjervades the entire 
jiliice, which makes it apparent at a glance that the 
best modes of cultivating and improving the land 
are brought to bear upon the fertile soil. 

Zacliartas .Menkensen was born in 1797 in (Jer- 
manv and there in his early manhood was married 
to Kredericka Schroder. The young couple estab- 
lished a home in their native land and were quite 
advanced in years when, in lHr)2, they crossed the 
broad Atlantic, and coming directly to Michigan 
located in Fiankenlust Township. Hay ('ount\-. At 
the time of their emigration to this country they 
hail five children, three sons and two daughters, 
but the \ear following their ariival one of the sons 



died of cholera. Fred, the onl^' surviving brother 

of our subject, resides in West Branch, Mich., 
where he is engaged in the lumber business. The 
two si.sters of our subject are Mrs. Karmer.of Mon- 
itor Township, ami Mis. Charles Boxmoii of the 
the same township. 

The father of this family puri'hased land of the 
Rev. Mr. .Seviers, and as it was wholly unimproved 
he at once began the work of clearing it of its for- 
est growth. He survived until .Iiiiie 22, 1879, but 
his wife had passed away several years prior to his 
demise, her death occurring September 22, 18G9. 
It had been their lot to endure many of the hard- 
ships which early settlers were forced to undergo, 
for the first settlement in this township had been 
made only two years before his arrival. However, 
they po.ssessed the jiliysical strength which enabled 
them to overcome obstacles which would have 
lieen impossible to those less robust, and by the 
coiislant exercise of economy and industry they 
acciunulated a competency. 

Ill lJr,inswick. (iermany. the subject of this 
sketch was born January 28, 1833. He remained 
•■It home in his youth and gained his education in 
the schools of the comnuinity in which he lived. 
He was (|uite young when, December 18, 18r)8, he 
was united in marriage with Miss Theresa Hauk, 
who was liorii in (icrmany, October 23,1837. Mrs. 
Menkensen is the daughter of Micli.ael and Mary 
.\nn Hauk. the former a carpenter by trade, lie 
<iie(l ill his native country but his widow after- 
ward came to America with her daughter. The 
union of Mr. and Mrs. Menken.seu. which was sol- 
emnized in Bay County, has brought to them nine 
children as follows: Theodore, a resident of Beaver 
Township; August, who is at home; Anslina. the 
wife of Otto Jojnow, of Beaver Township; Louise, 
Mrs. .loll 11 Youngerheld, of .Saginaw County ; .lo- 
lianiia. a resident of West Bay City; Augusta, who 
remains at home; M.ay, who is with her sister in 
Baaver Towinhip; Christin.i and Caroline, who aie 
under the parental roof. 

The various members of the family arc identi- 
fied with the Lutheran Church in the township of 
Frankenlust. They are comfortably situated and 
possess a good supply of this world's goods, which 
has been acipiired by constant exertion on their part. 





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In connection with mixed farming' Mr. jNIcnken.-^en 
engages in stock-raising. In Presidential elections 
lie votes the Democratic ticket Init in local matters 
he casts his ballot for the one whom he considers 
best qualitied for the uttice in ciuestion. A man 
highly resi^ected in the communitv, he has ever 
favored tho.se measures which in his ^)i)inion will 
advance the interests of iiis fellow-citizens. In his 
home he is a devoted husband and father, and it 
has been the aim of himself and wife to rear their 
children in the fear of the Lord, to useful and 
honoiable positions in the world. 




S) whose portrait is presented on the opposite 
page occu|)ies the responsilile position of 
manager of the Nockchickama Farm, and is one of 
tlie owners of the same. He is a son of Alpiia and 
Freelovc Dunham. His father was I)orn in Madi- 
son County, N. Y., and still lives in his native place. 
Mr.s. Aliiha Dunham died in 1873. 

Our subject was born October. 1)S, 1832 in Madi- 
son County. N. Y. He was educated in the public 
schools of his native State and afterward attended 
Hamilton Academy, from which he was graduated. 
After com|>leting his course he engaged for eleven 
years in teaching, part of the time in the district 
schools of Madison County, N. Y., and part of the 
time in Ohio. During the years of 18()l-(;2 he 
•served as Superintendent of the schools in Bav 
City. He was married October 2, 1872. to Miss 
Mary E. Haughlon. who died ;\Iarch 4, 1888. This 
marriage resulted in the birth of three children. 
The eldest child, Eugene, is deceased; Helen is now 
fifteen, and Florence is ten years of age. 

Mr. Dunham was again married in Hay Citv, 
September 30, 1889, to Miss Emma A. Hanghton, 
whose family were fixim the same county in New 
York as our subject. On giving up his position as 
a teacher, our subject was for a titne in the grocery 
business in pai-tneiship with T. C. Phillips and 
conducted the business under the firm name of 
l'liillip> A- Dunham. On the ili>s(ilutiou of that 



jiartnership our subject engaged in farming in 
Lenawee County and later in Barry County. He 
then returned to l>ay City and accepted a position 
as A.ssistant Postmaster under T. C. Phillips. He 
held that |)osition for eight years and then received 
the aiipointment of Postmaster of Bay City, which 
position he held four years, or during the admin- 
istration of President Hayes. 

On theexitiration of JIi-. Dunham's term of otiice 
as Postmaster the position was tendered him of man- 
ager of the Nockchickama Farm Company; this he 
accepted and has since brought all his knowledge to 
bear in developing the three hundred and twenty 
acres of land included in the farm. The company 
makes as[)ecialtv of raising a high grade of stock, 
the favorite breed in the line of cattle being the Hol- 
stein Friesian. They have at Uie present time about 
thirty-two head of thoroughbred animals on the 
place, having in the beginning imported their own 
stock from Holland, with the Michigan Importa- 
tion Company, in 1881. Their herd has been raised 
from that importation and they still have several 
of the original herd left. 

When Mr. Dunham assumed charge of this place 
it was covered with timber and the improvements 
have all been made since 1881. The company have 
reclaimed this place from a tract of land that was 
at one time considered worthless. Low and swampy 
and covered with black ash and elm trees, it has 
been cleared and drained and its products are 
marvelous, and its crops are the wonder of the 
county. Only once in the history of the farm have 
thev failed to raise less than one hundred bushels 
of corn to the acre. The most advanced and sci- 
I entitle i)rinciples of farming are here api)lied. 

The company have expended over $20,000 in 
piu-chasing and improving the farm, and the build- 
ings are models of rural architecture. The dairv 
IS built on the most scientific principles, and the 
other buildings are attractive and adapted to the 
uses to which they are put. When Mr. Dunham came 
here there tiasbut a single acie improved, but it is 
now one of the best-improved and best-drained 
farms in the county. Many men have been em- 
ployed in making the place what it is. 'I'he work 
is now done chicly by macliinery.of which thcicisa 
large amount of Ihr most improved. They .m' o 



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make a Sjiecialtj' of raising potatoes and have ma- 
chines for both planting and digging the same. 

Associated with Mr. Diinhsim in tliis f.iriniuii 
onlerprise. is II. II. Hatch. One of the most desira- 
ble features of tlie place is an artesian well of the 
purest water, which was sunk the first year of con- 
ing here. They also li.a\e started some line ort hards 
and the a])ple and plmn trees are just beginning to 
show what they will do. Mi'. Duiihain has been 
an active worker in the niiiks f)f the Republican 
party, lie has. however, retired from active sei-- 
vice in politics, giving his whole attention to the 
work to which he is devoting hini.self. 




IIRISTOF HEl'lTEH. Oiir subject is a 
thrifty and prosperous fanner residing on 
^J section 25, Monitor Township, Bay County. 
He is t)f (iernian parentage and birth, the d.ale of 
his nativity beint; December ;?1, IIS.S.'). Ills father. 
Lenhard Keuttei'. died in his iiali\claii<l when our 
subject was aliout twelve years old, and the s(mi 
with liis mother came to .Vnierica in the year l.S,')(). 
They located li 1st in Fiankciilust Township. \\:\\ 
County, ami there the\ were interested in farm- 
ing. From that place they went to l!ay City and 
for eight years Mr. Iteullcr was engaged in team- 
ing. 

With the majoi-ity of men tlicii- life liistor\- in 
reality begins with llic foiin.-itinii of their own 
domestic ties; so it was with our subject, lie w;is 
married .Inly 0, lH(i:i, to Miss .Mary .AIaii>arit:i 
(iraninieljOne of liisowii countiywomen. who came 
from (iermany one \ear later than himself with 
her parents. She is the daughter of .lohn and K\a 
Margarita (iraminel. .-111(1 tin- youngest of a f:iiiiil\ 
of six children. Mrs. IJeiitter now has one In-other 
and one sister living; the former, .lohn (iiamincl. 
is a resident of .Monitoi- Township; tin- latter is 
Airs. Ileitzig, also a resident of this townshi]). 

.Vfter a residciici' in IJay City, as above slated, 
oui- subject jiurcluised eighty acres of (iovernmcnt 
land in Monitor Township. It was entireh' un- 
improved, and to him fell llic work of cutting 
away the timber and of doing thorough pioneer 



labor. He has made of it, by the most diligent 

and unceasing work, an attractive and well culti- 
vated place. On his tiist locating here the woods 
were the haunt of wild animals, bears, panthers and 
smaller game. Besides clearing his farm, he also 
cut out and improved the roads leading to and 
from it, and later added to his original purchase 
sixty acres nuu-e of excellent land in the .same .sec- 
tion, lie now has one hundred and forty acres 
under the most excellent stjite of cultivation. 

.Mr. and Mrs. Heutter's family of nine children 
includes two sons and seven daughters, all vigor- 
ous and intelligent young [leople that are bound to 
add to the moral and social standing of the vicin- 
ity. Of the.se Andrew is the eldest, following him 
is Wilson, both of whom are on the home farm. 
The eldest daughter is Sophia, who lives in Bay 
City. The remaining children are Alary. Cliri.s- 
tina, Maggie, Ilarbara. Ilonora and Dora. Oursub- 
ject with his family is a worshiper in the Lutheran 
Cliurch. To him behmgs the credit of Iniilding 
the first house in this vicinity, erecting it in lH;-)(). 
Ill IS(!3 he Imilt aiiothei- house which the family 
now make their home. He is a general farmer and 
stock-raiser, and has been thus far very successful 
in his agricultural ctTorts. 



ylLl.lA.M lll-;iTZI(;. Our subject is one of 
the colony of (Jerinans who reside in 
Monitor Township, Bay Count\-, his home 
being located on sei-tion ;{I. Air. Ileitzig was born 
in the Fatherland, .November 2(5, 1824. After be- 
ing well t rained in the (ierinan schools and made 
thoi-oughly practical in .some special branches, he 
c.-ime to .Vmeiic.-i in IHa.'J. He jnoceeded at once 
to Alonitor Tciwnship, Bay County, where he pnr- 
cli.-iseil forty acres of land, and at once set himself 
to the work of clearing and preparing a home for 
the future. 

Mr. Ileitzig was married shorti_\ after coining to 
this (-i)iinti-y to Aliss Sabina (irainmel, who like 
himself w:is a native of (ierniany. Three children 
who are now living are the fruit of this union. The 
eldest, Mary, is now the wife of August Qnindel, 



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and lives in Williams Township; Sopliia is llic wife 
of Cliristopber Kasme^er, and lives in Frauke]ilust 
Township; C'hristoplier was born in Moni lor Town- 
ship, Deeeniher 12, 18R6. Twenty-two years later he 
was married to Miss Mary Arnibruster, who was 
born in (iermany, but was brouglit to Anieriea by 
her parents when four years old. C'liiistopher 
Ileitzig has forty acres of well-improved land and 
all under a good state of cultivation. Tiiis is the 
old homestead which he purchased of his father, 
William Heitzig; the parents make their home 
with their son. 

Christopher Ileitzig was reared and educated in 
this country, and is a most capable and energetic 
young farmer. The family are members of the 
church as founded by Luther. The family home 
was built by our subject in 18(59, and is comfort- 
able and conveniently arranged. Tlie old house is 
made merr}' by two grandchildren. ^lary, the 
eldest, is two years old; and Hanuali is six months 
old. The Heitzig family are honest German farm- 
ers, hard workers and greatly respected by ail their 
neighbors. 

IRA E. SWART was born in Hadley, Lai)eer 
County, this State, September 29, 1848. When 
but live years old he was taken with his jiar- 
ents and family to Croodrich, Gienesee County, and 
when fourteen years old he went to New York to 
liv(^ with an uncle. At the age of .seventeen Mr. 
Swart returned to Michigan and located in West 
Hay Citv, where he was engaged in the business 
of painting and glazing, and followed the same 
for two years, when he accepted a position .as 
lumber inspector with II. W. Sage k Co., continu- 
ing with that firm for two years. 

On reaching his majority- our subject became 
interested in a general mercantile business in 
Williams Township in company witli a lirother. 
After a short connection, however, he sold out 
his equity and re-established himself with .Tames 
15. Burtless. who was succeeded by William E. 
lUirtless, with whom he was in business for two 
^e:u•s, and since that time Mr. Swart has car- 



ried on the business .ilone, his being the only 
store in the town. He has succeeded in establish- 
ing a good and profitable trade, and his establish- 
ment is certainly a great convenience to tiie citi- 
zens of the vicinily. 

Our subject was uiiiled in m;iiiinge with Miss 
llattie E. Burtless, .lanuary 1. 1871. His wife 
lived only until February, 1877. In 1870 our 
subject was ap|)()inted Postmaster in the otlice at 
Skinner (now Auburn), Williams Township. Mr. 
.Swart held this ottice until tlie present time. 

May 8, 1878, our subject married Miss Emma 
(i. .Soule, of Syracuse, N. Y. By her he has be- 
come the father of three children, whose names 
are: May, a miss of twelve years; Nattie, who is 
ten years old, and Ethel, who is two years old. 
Aside from his position as Postm.aster, our subject 
served as Townshii) Ti-easiirer the first year of 
his residence in Williams Township, filling a va- 
cancy caused by a resignation. The four suc- 
ceeding years he officiated as Township Clerk, and 
then w.as elected Supervisor, which office he has 
held until the present time. He has been appointed 
Ijy the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors as a 
member whose [iiactical knowledge of municipal 
affairs is extended and thorough, and his social 
standing is assured to the most important of the 
s|)ecial as well as the standing coinmitlee.s. He 
served as Chairman of the Board of Super- 
visors frtun April, 1883, to April, 1890, and in 
the years 1881, 1880, 1889 lie was appointed to 
represent Bay Count}' before the State Board of 
Equalization. 

(Jur subject has lieen several times appointed to 
represent Bay County in several and specual meas- 
ures ill which tlie county li;is been particularly in- 
terested. He is a member of the Committee on 
Ways and Means and was one of the drafters of 
the stone road bill, also of the Inidge bill. He has, 
moreover, l>een a memlier of the Republican 
Count}' Committee for eight or nine years; taking 
a great interest in the well-being of his party, he 
has been a delegate to the .State conventions sev- 
eral times and is a very active worker in this direc- 
tion. 

Mr. Swail is now most comfortabl\ situalcd. 
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is located and a fine residence, with oiit-lmild- 
ings in the best condition. lie lias :i wcl!- 
iniproved farm of sixty-thive acres and uwiis a 
stock farm of two iiundred and seventy acres. It 
is all well improved and in a ijood slate of culti- 
vation, lie al.so has another farm of eighty acres 
in WillianLS Township and almui tliiiM- liiiii<lrcd 
and twenty acres of wild land, lie has liccn ;i wit- 
ness of the i)ro<^ress of the town from the time it was 
little more than a wilderness. This vicinity is now 
one of the most productive localities in the county. 
and is dotted with tine farm residences, which in- 
clude several fine and costly brick one.s. To the 
enterprise and energy of our subject is owing in 
no small degree this transformation. 

Particularly do the schools come in for :> large 
|)roportion of the interest and work of oui- stil)- 
ject, who has been a member of the School 15t)ard 
at Auburn for about six years. They are now in 
a nourishing condition, excellent teachers being in 
charge of the students, and the schoolhouse liemg 
titted out with many devices to f.acilitate the 
routine of school duties. Mr. Swart is a man of 
great tact, energy and business ability, and his 
own affairs have been but the ])arallel line lo his 
success in otlier and more acncral directions. 



KKtiKAN'l) II. FISK. The gardening and 
i) fruit interests of Hay ('omit\ tind :iii ex- 
i^ ccUent representative in the gentl<'iii:iii 
whose name intioduces these paiagiaplis. Although 
his farm is not large, comprising only fifty acres, 
yet it is made to yield large harvests thiough the 
skill f)f the proprietor. The estate is plea.santh- 
Incited on section 1«, llaniploii Township, and 
contains all Ihc buildings necessai'\' for the proper 
nianagemenl of the liusinos of which he makes a 
specialty. The residence is a commodious one. 
luniished with a (piiet elegance which indicates the 
relined taste of the inmates. 

Uansom and Cornelia ( i lublniril ) I'isk. the i)ar- 
euts of our subject, were natives of the State of 
New York and lineal desceuflants of English fore- 



fathers, who came to America to avoid religious 
|)crsecution. Leegrand II. Kisk was born in 1830 
in Erie County, Pa., and at the age of seven years 
accompanied his parents to Michigan, they making 
their home in Calhoun County. There he grew to 
mature years, alternating attendance at the district 
school with work on the home farm. Possessing an 
a<lventurous disposition anda desire to see more of 
tlie world, the accounts received from the '•t9-ers 
in California excited his eager wish to try life in 
that far-awiiy hand, whose hills and valleys sparkled 
with golden ore. At the age of twenty-one years 
he emigrated to California, in 18;')!, making the 
journey overland and engaging in mining there 
successfully for two years. 

Thence Mr. Fisk emigrated to Australia, where 
he remained two years, in the meantime visiting 
Sidney. Melbourne, New Castle, and other jjlaces, 
and engaging in mining. He returned to America 
in the stimmer of 1855. When he reached Cali- 
fornia he look passage on the steamship "(lolden 
Age" which was wrecked about two hundred miles 
from Panama. Fortunately no passengers were 
lost and the delay occasioned was brief. A few 
years after .again seeking his old home in Jlichigan, 
Mr. Fisk w.as married, in 1858, to Miss Lovisa, the 
daughter of .lohn Livingston. The young couple 
settled in .lacksun County, this State, but Mr. Fisk 
was soon again attracted to the West, the Pike's 
Peak excitement inducing him totrv mining again. 
He engaged in mining .and in making shingles in 
the timber. 

In 18(!1 .Mr. Fisk returned to Michigan, where 
he Ikis >inee resided, with the exception of a short 
lime spent in California. He purchased land in the 
S;ui Marcus \'alley and that he still owns. The 
fall of IMdi; marked his arrival in B.ay County, and 
here he located on section 18, Hampton Town.ship, 
which is his present home. His wife died in 
A\igust. IMdCi. leaving three children, Ira, .Tames 
and .Mina, who died at the age of five years. Sev- 
eral years afterward. Mr. F'isk w.as again married, 
choosing as his wife Miss Corlista Kimmerly, and 
they have one child, Cornelia, a bright and intelli- 
gent child upon whom the parent* are bestowing 
every care and advantage. In his political affilia- 
tions .Ml. Fisk is an ardent Republican .and always 




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uses every opi)Ovtunitv of castiiis: his liallf)t for the 
eandidates of that party. Xotwithstaiiding his 
travels in many and distant lands, he is of a domes- 
tic nature, ttndino; his gieate-;t pleasure and com- 
fort within his own home. His visits to other 
countries have made him more w;nnily attached to 
his native land, and while he has traveled exten- 
sively throughout the United States, lie finds no 
wiiere so man y^ad vantages of soil and climate as 
are offered bv the State of IMiciiigan. 




1*^ LARK MOULTHROP. The jjortrait on the 
,- opposite |)age is that of one of the citi- 
zens of Hay City, who has very nearl\- 
reached his fourscore years. He was born Decem- 
l)er 6, 1812, in Seymour, nine miles from Xew 
Ilaveu, Conn., and is a son of Seba and Catlierine 
(Fowler) Moulthrop. The father was a descendant 
of the distinguished Colonial family of that name, 
and was, when his son was young, a liotel-keeper 
and farmer. During the War of \H\2 he was one 
of a company wlio built vessels and provided edi- 
bles for the Colonial soldiers. 

The educational advantages enjoyed by our 
suliject were limited. In his youth lie attended 
school ill Connecticut, liut his i<nowledge of men 
and of facts has been gained by later reading and 
actual experience in the world. Losing iiis father 
at the age of sixteen, he began to learn the mason's 
trade, but soon conceived a dislike for it and turned 
his attention to the trade of a carpenter and joiner. 
He aiiprenticed himself for tiiree years with tlie 
agreement that lie was to receive %3() per year for 
liis services, and was to clothe himself. (Jn the 
failure of the second party to fulfill liis part of the 
contract, our subject left him after a year and a 
lialf, and worked independently at the same trade. 

After spending some time in South Carolina, 
Mr. Moulthrop went to Dorchester, near London, 
Ontario, in 1840, and there remained for eight 
years. He was then engaged in lumbeiing. In 
1851) lie came to Bay City, and began to operate as 
a contractor and builder. After locating here he 
was engaged in buying and sliipping lumber with 



the Yankee firm named M. it Y., lint after a time 
he bought out his partner's interest, and continued 
alone. In 186.'}, with .lohii S. Taylor and his 
brother, (iranis Mdulthrop, he engaged in the lum- 
ber and salt maiiutacture, the mills being located at 
Bangor, which is now known as Banks. 

On his brother's decease, in 1870, our subject 
bought out his interest in the business and in- 
creased tiie capacity of the mill to one hundred 
thousand feet per day, and to one hundred barrels 
of salt. He also owned considerable equity in 
Northern lands, and with liis brother and brother- 
in-law, .losepli Wiiitamore, of Detroit, had nine 
thon.sand acres on Pine River. He continued in 
active business until about IKJ^ll, when he sold out 
his efjuities. and is now retired. 

Mr. Moulthrop has been interested in the First 
National Bank, being one of its heavy stockhold- 
ers until the time of its re-organization, and also 
serving as Director for four or five years. He was 
the owner of forty acres of land in West Bay C'itj', 
located on Midland and Center Streets. This he 
sub-divided into town lots and has sold at a hand- 
some profit; he still owns a niimlierof the finest of 
these lots, that will iiievitalily increase in value 
with the growth of the city. 

Oui' subject is the owner of a beautiful home at 
tlie corner of Center and Farragut Streets, the 
site including four lot-; which he b(^uglit twenty- 
one years ago. The residence is a model of con- 
venience and eleg.'inci'. Mr. Moulthrop was mar- 
ried to Miss Klizalicth I). Wliitamort', .yaniiarv 27, 
18;j8. She was born in N'a-hua, N. II. Her faiii- 
ilv removed soon aftei' her birth to Boston, where 
she received her early education. Later her father 
located in Rome, X. Y., wheic he died; he was a 
man of wealth and iiiHuence. Nathaniel Wiiita- 
more came to this city and was eng.aged in its earl.y 
enteriirises. His sister, Flizabeth D., came to visit 
him, when she met our subject, and soon after was 
married to him. Mrs. Moulthroi) died April 16, 
1871. leaving the following children: Addie W., 
Bessie F. and Harry C. The. latter is now the 
Teller aad Assistant Cashier in the Bay City Bank. 
Bessie is the wife of William Hawgood, of Cleve- 
land. Ohio. 

Our subject has been Treasurer of the citj- two 



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times, but liis public service was many yeai-s ago. 
Socially he is a member of .Io|jp.i Lodge of I5ay 
City. F. tV A. M. On first coming to thi.s place, 
in company with six others, in IH.")!), tliere were 
only two mills here, and no buildings e.ast of Wa- 
ter Street, wliicii ran down to the river .as far as 
the central freight station. It w.as a wilderness 
down to the. marsh, and tliere tlie river took a turn 
and went south to where Tliirty-tiftli Street now 
extends. 



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ILLIAM A. W!i>l)EK. whose lini- farm is 
located on section III, Bangor Tow iiship. 
Hay County, is the son of (ieorge ]'. and 
Betsey E. Wilder. The father was horn in New York 
in IMl;') and tlie parents were united in marriage 
about the year 1K37. They removed to Ohio and 
engaged in the raising of silk worms, and both 
spent the remainder of their days there, the father 
drying in 1867; the mother lives in Coldwater, 
Mich. While living in New York the elder Mr. 
Wilder was employed as a mail carrier. 

Our subject was born in IH,")1 on the .\voii Hiver 
in Lorain County, Ohio, and it w.as not until IS76 
that he came to Michigan, lie then bought an in- 
terest in the land where he now lives and settled 
down to fanning. His three partners were two of 
his brothers and K. A. Hoar of Saginaw. After 
five years he bought out the interest of his younger 
brother and now ciwns a one-third interest in the 
farm, and his partners, who each own one-third, are 
C. AV. Hoar .and R. A. Hoar.and the latter ownsaii 
equal share also of the stock. The firm of which 
our subject is one, owns altogether a tract nf six 
hundred and seveiity-si.K .acres. 

William Wilder and Miss .leanetti- A. Curtis 
were married in 1871! in .Jefferson County, Mo. The 
bride was the daughter of Pxlwin K. and Rebecca 
(Wilson )Curtis. Mr. Curtis w.as bom in Liberty, Mo., 
and his wife in Hampton, N. .1., and they are both 
now living ill Washington County, Mo., which was 
their home at the time their daughter was united 
in iiiniriagi' witli our subject. 

In tiie family lo which our subject belongs there 



were five sons and three daughters and he was the 

fourth st)n in order of age. His eldest brother, 
Raymond, lives in Clinton, Mo., where he is en- 
g.aged in the hardware business, as does also the 
next lirotlier. .lohn. Frank died in 1874, and .lames 
is a farmer and makes his home in West Hay City. 
Mary married William Walker of Branch County, 
and Anna, who is now the widow of S. M. Treat, 
lives ill Coldwater, Mich. The youngest sister, 
Lynn, is the wife of Herbert Lockwood of the 
same city. 

Mr. and Mrs. ^Vilder have been blessed b.v the 
birth (if three children, George, who is thirteen 
years old; Ethel, who is now five, and a little one 
who is yet unnamed. IJesides a general farming 
and stock-raising business our subject carries on 
considerable dairying. Tie is a breeder of Holstein 
cattle and Cl.vdesdale horses and lias tine cattle 
and lieav.v draft horses on his farm. His estate is 
beautifully situated and under thorough cultiva- 
tion and siiows every mark of the management 
of a thorough and progressive farmer. In his con- 
victions and associations he is a Republican and he 
feels solicitous for the welfare and growth of his 
liarty. 



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\TpS LIAS STEPHENS. Prominent in iigricul- 
fel tural and church circles is the well-known 
IL^ fanner of Hampton Township, Baj' County, 
of whom we now write. He was born in Steuben 
County, X. Y., and there he resided from the time 
of his liirtii, in IHiii, until he grew to mature years. 
Although his parents and friends did not remove 
til the A\'est the young man decided to emigrate, 
and came alone to tiiat part of what was called- 
Saginaw County, which is now included within 
the boundaries of Bav County, making his first 
location in what is now known as Bay City where 
he resided until April, 1887, when he purchased 
the old Uamsdale place on section 27. This beau- 
tiful tract of one liiindred and twenty acres forms 
a productive farm, and is an ornament to the 
township. 

Mr. Stephens was, Ma\ (!, 18;')«. united in mar- 
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and to them have been born four children, thiee 
of whom are still living. The eldest daughter, 
Jenny, is now the wife of William N. Merritt, of 
Portsmouth, Bay County, while Arthur and (u'r- 
trude still reside at home. This family' reside about 
five miles east of Bay City, and the property, 
whii'ii has l)een well improved, ha< upon it excel- 
lent buildings and is well fitted u|) for the pursuit 
of agriculture. 

The parents of our subject were Daniel Mcllenry 
and Ada (Chapman) Stepiiens, and the former was 
born in Steuben County, N. Y., about the year 
1809, while the mother w.as a native of Hartford, 
Conn., where she was born in 1815. In the family 
of the paternal grandfather there were seven cliil- 
dren, and the father of this household. Col. John 
Stephens, was one of the old Revolutionary heroes. 
Pennsylvania was the State of his nativity but 
most of his life was spent in New York and he 
there reared his family, preparing them for lives 
of usefulness and happiness. 

The religious belief of Mr. Stephens is in har- 
mony witii the doctrines and practices of the Bap- 
tist Church, and lie is a member of the Fremont 
Avenue CInirch in Bay Cit^', and he has also been 
Senior Deacon for eighteen years. He is deeplv 
interested in public affairs and keeps himself in- 
formed in regard to national movements, and al- 
though in no sense a i>olitician his faith in the 
doctriuas of the Republican i)art_y leads him to 
keep uf) nu interest in its progress and leaders. 



KNKY PFUND. One of the prominent 
* citizens of Bay County is the gentleman 
whose name introduces this sketch, and who 
owns and operates a good farm of one hun- 
dred and forty-three acres in Monitor Township. 
Of this land, sixty-three acres lie on section 31, and 
eighty acres on section 26, the residence being on 
the first-mentioned section. Although he has had 
to battle with many obstacles in improving his 
farm, he has i)ersevered with admirable courage 
and now has reaped the fruit of Ins labors in the 
pos.^ession of a good estalo which yields him a 



comfortable income. While devoting himself 
closely to his personal work, he finds time for pub- 
lic duties and contributes his quota to the develof)- 
ment of the community. 

The |)arents of our subject, John and Lizzie 
(Wonder) Pfund, were natives of Germany, born 
in 1801 and 1803 respectively and in their native 
land they were married and resided for many 
years. In 1852 they came to Michigan and settled 
in Monitor Township, Bay Count\', where Mr. 
Pfund purclia.sed sixty-three acres of land and 
began to operate as a fai'mer. The land was all 
wild and the father, with the aid of the children, set 
to work to clear it and make it a pleasant home 
for his family. His family was a large one, he and 
his wife having eleven children, eight of whom 
still survive. The parents attained to a good old 
age, and passed from earth in 1871 within three 
weeks of each other. 

(iermany was the native place of our subject, 
and in Byine he was born, April 21, 1833, and there 
passed his youthful years. In the excellent .schools 
of the Fatherland he acipiired a good common- 
school education and when nineteen years old ac- 
companied his parents to this country. He 
I'emained with them until prepared to establish 
domestic ties of his own, when he was married, Jul y 
28, 1861, to Barbara Hen ninger. Mrs Pfund, like 
her husband, is a native of Byrne, Germany, and 
was born June 10, 1841. After their marriage our 
subject and his estimable wife settled on the old 
homestead and there have passed the ensuing 
years. In the cultiv.ation of the farm and the 
rearing of their children, they have been closely 
occupied and have fotind few leisure moments in 
their busy lives. 

A family of ten cliildren came to bless the 
home of Mr. and Mrs. Pfund, and eight of these 
still survive, namely: Albert, who was born in 
1863; Anna Elizabeth was born September 3L 
1865. and is the wife of Andrew Smith, of West 
Bay City; Mike, who was born August 25, 1867, is 
married and makes his home in ^lonitor Township; 
Ernst J., born in Sei)teniher, 1872; Henry, May 4, 
1875; (ieorge, July il, 1H77; Barbara, February 14, 
1880; Hannah, April 2(), 1H86. Two children died 
in infancv. Mr. Pftuid is well known for his in- 



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tegritv anil honesty in l>u<iiiess, and is pre-emi- 
nently a kind liushanil and fatlier. In liis |K)litical 
views he is a I^jniociat and a law-abiding incniliir 
of soi-ietv, as well as a strong advocate of temper- 
anee and all moral reforms. His ivligions connec- 
tion with the Lnthcran Church in FrankenUist 
Township and liis lionorahle Christian cliaracler re- 
flects truly the faith he holds. He is a typical man 
of Ills locality, advanced in line of thought, pro- 
gressive and enterprising, and :\ worthy representa- 
tive of a worthy peojjle. 






|I]'__^ HNRY F. SIIILKK. A worthy n'l.rcscnta- 
Ijv ]|j tivc of the class of fanners to whom the 
/|W^ world is indebted for its jirosperity, Mr. 
(^y) Shuler is pursuing his chosen axocation 
with energy and skill. In ever\' movement that 
is likely to advance the material or moral welfare 
of the citizens of Hay County, he is always ready 
to l)ear his part, and for many years has been 
prominently connected with tlie progress of Mer- 
ritt Township. Having followed agricultural pur- 
suit.« for many years, he has ai'ipiircd a thoroiigh, 
.practical knowledge of all its departments and has 
become known as one of the most successful farm- 
ers in the vicinity. His fine farm is located on 
sections 32 and 33, and comjjrises sixty acres of 
well-cultivated laud, upon which tirst-class im- 
provements have been jjlaced. 

The father of our subject. Levi Sliulei-, was liorn 
in Amsterdam, Holland, and came to America with 
his ))arent.s when quite young, settling in New 
York, where the family founded the present lity 
of Amsterdam. Levi was one in a family of six 
children, all of whom died in the Kmpire State. 
and their descendants may be found engaged in 
lumorable jjrofessions iu various States. The mai- 
den name of oiir subject's niotliei- was Catherine 
Henrv, and she was born in New York State, but 
is now deceased. Henry F.. the subject of this 
notice, was born in Steuben County, N. Y.. in 
1827, and there i)assed his boyhood days. 

When fourt<»en years old our subject accom- 
p.'inicd his paients in their removal to .Mleg.-my 



County, where he lived several years. He received 
his education in the common schools of Steuben 
and .\llegaiiy Counties, and upon attaining to 
man "s estate, spent several years traveling in differ- 
ent interests. In 18;)2. he was married in Fulton 
County. N. Y.. to .Miss Nancy .Mc( Uachlin, and 
the young couple located m .lohnstown. Fulton 
County. N. Y., where Mr. Shuler engaged as a 
hotel keeper for several years. He was successful 
in that business, but attracted by the growing West, 
removed to ^lichigan in 18611 and has since en- 
gaged as a farmer in Bay County. 

In ])ublic affairs Mr. Shuler maintains considera- 
ble interest, and having been reared in the tenets 
of the Democratic party, he remained a stanch ad- 
herent of that party until tlic War of the Rebel- 
lion. When Uncoln lan for a second term of 
ottice as President. Mr. Shuler voted for him and 
lins !-iuce retained his allegiance to the [irinciples 
of the Pepublican part\ . In 1872 he .assisted in 
organizing Merritt Township, of which he was 
elected Supervisor. lie served in that capacity 
four years and was also .lustice of the Peace eight 
years. In 1888 he was again elected Supervisor, 
which jiosition he is at pre^ent (l.s'.M) tilling to 
the satisfaction of his fellow-citizens. He has a 
clear intellect, cool judgment and sound sense, .and 
these traits together with a cajiacity for work, 
have gained for him an honorable place among 
his fellow-citizens. 



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OlIN l>. .MAlIvIIJ. IJiogi'a|)liies of success- 
ful men fuinish interesting and instructive 
reading for the young, and especially is this 
true when, as in the career of Mr. JIaurir. 
the one whose history is recorded, has early iu life 
been orphaned and tin own friendless upon the 
world. The struggles which the\- have successfullv 
encountered, the hard.ships which they have battled 
undismayed, and the victories which they have 
mostly lived to enjo\-. render their examples worthy 
of emulation. It was llirough severe training in 
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learned many useful lessons whieli were of incaleu- 
lable lienefit to him in after life. 

Now a prosperous farmer residing on section 12, 
Frankenlust Township, Bay County, Mr. Maurir 
was at one time a resident of (lerniany, where lie 
was horn August 15, 183;>. He experienced little 
of the pleasures of home, for when only seven 
years old his mother died, and he was forced when 
very young to earn his way in tlie world. In 18r)2 
he came to America with the family of a iSIr. 
Schwab, with wlumi he remainefl until he estab- 
lished a home of his own. A very importantevent 
in his life was his marriage which occurred in 18C(), 
his bride being Miss IJarbara Foerster, a native of 
(lermany who had come to the Inited States in 
18;")6 when she was thirteen years old. 

The following is the record of the children born 
to Mr. and Mrs. Maurir: Annie died at the age 
of twenty-three years; Barbara passed from earth 
when only seventeen years of age; Maggie is the 
wife of Henry Wegener, a farmer of Monitor 
Township, whose biography appears elsewhere in 
this volume; Christina is the wife of Bern hard 
Voss, and they live in Monitor Townshi|); Augusta 
remains with her parents; Michael, .lohn. Andrew 
and Lena also remain under the jjarental roof. Two 
children died in infancy. Mr. Maurir started in 
life a poor orphan boy, and truly deserves the title 
of a ''self-made" man, for what he now has he ac- 
quired by ceaseless work. He is the owner of two 
hundred and sixty acres, all of which is in gootl 
cultivation, and upon it he engages in mixed farm- 
ing and stock-raising. The place has been embel- 
lished with a neat residence and substantial out- 
buildings, while the soil is fertile and yields large 
harvests to repay the toil of the husbandman. 

The political atTairs of our nation receive due 
attention from Mr. Maurir, who retains as much 
interest in the moral status of the country as 
though he were a native of the United States. His 
political preference is for the Democratic party, the 
principles of which he l)elieves will most surely 
promote our individual welfare. At one time he 
served as Roadmaster of Frankenlust Township, 
and has also abl^- discharged the duties of minor 
ofUces. His religious belief brings him into fellow- 
ship with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in 



Frankenlust, of which he has long been an .ictive 
member. He has been the interested witness of 
many changes in the county since he came here. 
Where once Indians and wild .animals roamed at 
will, now are cultivated farms and bustling cities, 
and this pleasant result is due in no small measure 
to the etforts of Mr. Maurir. 



//^^^ IlKISTIAN \'()SS. Through various parts 
11 ^ of cosmoiiolitan America is illustrated how 



^^^^ clannish man is l>y nature. The French 
usually find settlement in clusters in certain por- 
tions of the country. The (Jermans dot the coun- 
try over by li'tle colonies, and other peoples like- 
wise. Monitor Township, Bay C^ounty, is occu- 
pied cliietiy by the (ierman element, and its fertile 
farms are characterized by the perfection of culti- 
vation which that people always bring to bear in 
their work. Mr. ^'ose is a resident on section 3(5 
of ]\Ionitor Township. He was born in Hanover, 
Germany, May 21, 1824, and came to this country 
in 1850. 

After landing in New York our subject at once 
proceeded to this State and county and took forty 
acres of wild land from the (Government, which 
was indeed uncultivated, virgin forest still cover- 
ing valley and hill. He was one of a colony who 
set out from their land together with the intention 
of making themselves homes under the new con- 
dititins of life in .Vmerica. Mr. \'oss is a son of 
]\Lathias and Marie (Bonike) Voss. The last named 
came to this country but died in 1852. 

(Jur subject was married to Sophia Fisheriiaber 
in 1852. Their married life was of short duration, 
however, for Mrs. \'oss was taken away in a few 
months, being a victim of that scourge which then 
visited so many of the petijile in this portion of the 
country — the cholera. Februar3' 28, 1853, our sub- 
ject married Margaretta Beier; she was a native of 
Germanj'. as was her husband. ()f the eleven 
children that were born of this marriage three died 
in infancy. The eldest son, .lohn, who was born 
in 1856. lives in this township; Anzel, the eldest 
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in Saginaw; Barliara is tlio wife of l*;uil Lang; 
Augu-sta is tiie wifo of Miki- Arnold and lives in 
Saginaw County; Louise is the wife of Peter 
Pickle and lives in Frankenlnst Townsliii); Charlie, 
who married P>arl)ara Sturm, lives in Williams 
Township; IJernhard, who married Cliristiana 
Maurer June 28, IHDl. resides in this vicinity; 
Christian is a student at tiie Lutheran College at 
Edison, 111., and is fitting himself to he a teacher. 
Our subject purchased one hundred and sixty 
.icres in Frankenlnst Ttjwnsliip and later acijuired 
ninety acres in JMonilor Township and eighty in 
Williams Township. He divideil his land among 
his children, giving ninety acres to John; the 
eighty acres in Williams Township to Charles, 
forty acres to liernhard and reserved fifteen acres 
in Frankenlnst Townsiiiji for himself. The home 
which the family occupy was built by Mr. Vo.ss 
and the land is in a good stiite of cultivation. The 
family are all members of the Lutheran Church 
and Mr. Voss was himself one of the organizers of 
that church in Frankenlnst Township and has ever 
been one of its principal supporters. He himself 
was educated in his native land. His children 
have all received the advantages to be derived 
fnnn the |)ublic sciiools. Mr. ^'oss is a Democrat 
in his political preference .and attiliation. 



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^OsKOUOE SCHMIDT. Although this gentle- 
man cannot be accounted one of the jiion- 
^^5) eers of Bay County, he has worked ener- 
getically to aid in the development of the vast 
agricultural resources of this fanning region. 
Now his place is among the most practical and 
enterprising farmers of Frankenlnst Township, 
where he has a forty-acre farm o!i section 1 1. He 
possesses a fair share of energy, acumen and thrift, 
and these with other attril)utes have contributed 
to his success in life, .as he is entirely a self-made 
man, having had no adventitious aids of hiith or 
fortune, but what he has and what he is, he owes 
to his own exertions. His character is ap])reciated 
by his neighbors who hold him in high esteem. 

The father of our subject, .John C. Schmidt, w.as 



a native of Anspacli, (u-rmany. md in his youth 
served in the (Jerman army. He belonged to .-i 
com|)any of seven families which emigrated to 
America in 1848, coming directly to Michigan and 
rowing down the bay until they found a good 
place to land. They established homes in the 
midst of a dense forest, which Ihey immediately 
began to clear and render habitable. Shortly after 
his arrival here Mr. Schmidt was united in mar- 
riage with Aliss Eva liarbara Encei'. who. like him- 
self, was a native of Germany and came over at 
the same time .as he. The young couple started 
out in life very poor, with almost nothing of this 
world's goods to call their own, but they had 
health and courage, a capital by no means to be 
despised. 

The little home which John C. Schniidt and his 
wife established was l)rightened by the presence of 
eight children, six of whom are now living, 
namely: Barbara, now the wife of 3Iichael Kern- 
stock; Anna, who married Lewis Wegener, of 
Monitor Township; John, whose home is in 
Frankenlnst Township; our subject, who is next 
in order of birth; and Christian, wlio resides in 
Williams Township. The parents are now de- 
ceased, the father passing away in 1872 and the 
mother in 1874. The subject of this notice w.os 
born in Frankenlnst Township, September 23, 
1802, and passed his childhood in the pioneer 
home of his parents. Few incidents of an unusual 
order occurred in his boyhood, and undoubtedly 
the most importiint event in his life was his mar- 
riage, October 31, 1885, to Mrs. .lennie AVegener, 
who w.as born in Bay County, in March, 1864. 

Three childicn have blessed the union of Mr. 
and Mrs. Schmidt — Catherine, who wa* born in 
188(!; .Mary, in 18H«; and Clara, in 1890. Mr. 
Schmidt ever takes an .active interest in local 
political affairs an<l is a Democrat, in national 
issues. Although (luite young his fellow-citizens 
recognize his aliilities; they have elected him lo 
the otlice of Treasurer of Frankenlust Township, 
and he is now in the .second term of his service in 
this capacity . In the Fvaiigelical Liitheian 
Church, of which his father was one of the organ- 
izers, he finds his religious home and is an .active 
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ments in fanning and has placed good im[)rove- 
ments on his estate, the principal one being an ele- 
gant residence whieli he built in 18X8 and which 
is conceded to be one of the finest in the coiniiiii- 
nity. 

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VS^ EL80N MERRITT. In no other State in 
I jjj the Union, perhaps, can lie found so many 
ll\,.^ striking and instructive examples of the 
success of upright and ambitious men as in Michi- 
gan. In the study of the careers of those who have 
been the architects of their own fortunes, there are 
often encountered suggestions of inestimable value 
to youths just entering upon their cliosen callings. 
Tlie record of the life of Mr. Merritt will encour- 
age many to greater efforts for success and stir 
them to nobler deeds and loftier heights. 

The owner of a splendid farm of three liiindred 
and twenty acres m Portsmouth Township, IJay 
County, Mr. Merritt is known as a successful farmer 
and public-spirited man. His land has been im- 
proved with a substantial set of buildings, the 
principal one being the residence, which, with its 
rural surroundings, forms one of tlie most attrac- 
tive homesteads in the township. In his political 
affiliations Mr. Merritt is a Republican, and hissym- 
patliies are always on the side of right and justice 
as he perceives it. A c'.ear-headed man of affairs, 
and judge of human nature, he is prompt in action 
and of indomitable energy, which traits have 
largely contributed to his success. 

Mr. Merritt is one of seven children, whose |)ar- 
ents were John and Sarah (Snider) IMerritt. The 
father was probably a native of New York, and 
was born about 1778, while the mother was a na- 
tive of Canada. The following record has been 
gathered of the brothers and sisters of our subject: 
Eliza married Lyman GarrLson, and resides in 
Gaylord, Mich.; Margaret, who liecame the wife of 
Charles Searles, is deceased; Charlotte became Mrs. 
Charles Lampton, now deceased; Henrietta married 
Benjamin Roe; Abby became Mrs. Charles Beebe, 
now deceased; Elmina became tlie wife of Frank 
Sanders, and is deceased ; and Lecta is also deceased. 

In Prince Edward Count\', Canada, where he 



was born in 1827, Mr. Merritt grew to maturity. 
When a young man, he located in Rochester, N. Y., 
where he sojourned three years. Thence he re- 
turned to Canada and remained the ensuing three 
years in Port Dover. Ambitious to gain a fortune 
and desirous of seeing other lands, he set sail, in 
1852, for Australia, and there for three years fol- 
lowed gold digging. It was in this way that he 
made his start and laid tlie foundation of his pres- 
ent prosperity. He made his permanent settlement 
in the United States in 18.')7, wiiich year marked 
his arrival in Michigan, and his location on a farm 
in Bay County. He settled on his present estate in 
1858, and in the foUowing year returned to Can- 
ada, where he married Miss Sarah J. Crow. 

Returning with his l)ride to Bay County, IMr. 
Merritt settled on his farm and ha.s since devoted 
his attention to farming. He and his estimable 
wife have four children, viz: William N., who re- 
sides near the old home; Walter, Sarah E. and 
Gracie. Mr. and Mr.s. Merritt are consistent mem- 
bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are 
numbered among the re])reseiitative residents of 
Bay Count}-. 




M. D. The ac- 
complished and skillful physician and ahso 
the druggist of Essexville. Hampton Town- 
i^fl ship. Bay County, has the advantage of 

all other practitioners here, in tliat he must com- 
pound their favorite remedies, however secret they 
wish to keep them. In addition to his profes- 
sional duties he is also Postmaster of the place and 
keeps a watchful oversight of the incoming and 
outgoing mails. He was Ijorn in London, Eng- 
land, in 1842, and there grew to maturity; he 
is a son of Ebenezer and Mary A. (Hall) Harris, 
both natives of England. He studied medicine in 
his native land, and graduated with honors from 
the college at Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Our subject was married in .luue, 1863 to Miss 
Louisa T. Selves. They came to America in 1867 
and opened two drug stores in Chicago, remaining 
there for five years, and thence removing to Liu- 



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den, Kan., where they also remained for five years. 
From that place they came to Kssexville, where 
the Doctor has establislied his present druf; busi- 
ness and since wliicii time he has run it most suc- 
cessfully. In the fall of 1877 Dr. Harris entered 
the Eclectic Medical College at Cincinnati, and re- 
ceived a diploma from that institution. While still 
in London he served as suri^eon's assistant in vari- 
ous noted hospitals and in this w.ay liecaine familiar 
with the best and most skillful methods of medical 
treatment. 

In the spiing of 1889 our subject was api)ointed 
Postmaster at Es.sexville and has held his i)Ost ac- 
ceptably ever since. Dr. Harris is a stanch Repub- 
lican and stands by his party at all times. Uuto 
him .and his wife have been born two children — 
Augustus E. and one who died in infancy. Tlie 
eldest born is a resident t)f Essexville and by oc- 
cu])ation a i)hotographer. 



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^OHN (JEORliE HELMREICII, .li:. The life 
and labors of this gentleman furnish a good 
illustration of what may be accomplished 
by thrift and industry. He has by unre- 
mitting perseverance and attention to the details 
of business Iniilt up a comfortable home, which is 
not only attractive on the exterior but also cozy 
within. His homestead comprises two hundred 
and thirty-two acres on section 1, Frankenlu>t 
Township, Bay County, and is well supplied with 
substantial farm buildings. The residence, a view 
of which appears on anotliei' page of this volume, 
was erected in 1853 by INIr. Goetz, the father-in-law 
of our subject, and the barns and other outbuild- 
ings have been built by Mi', llchnreich as occasion 
offered. 

The distinction belongs to Mr. llclnucicli of 
having been the first white child liorii in the 
Township of Frankenlust. His birth occurred 
.January 1, 1849, and he is the son of .lolm (ieorge 
and Anna Barbara llelmreich. natives of (ieiinaiiy 
and now residing in Frankenlust. Our subject in 
his youth took advantage of the meager oppor- 
tunities given him for .acquiring an education, and 



having been a close student of current events he 
is nt)w a well-informed man and a plea.sant conver- 
sationalist. He was united in marriage, .Inly 2, 
187;"). with Miss Anna Barbara, the daughter of 
An<liew and ]Mary Margaret (loetz. ]Mrs. llelm- 
reich was born .Tuly 2;j, ISrjl, and was of (ierman 
ancestry, her father having been born in Byrne, 
(Jerniany. November 2.5, 1813. 

In 1848, Andrew (ioetz emigrated from the 
Fatherland across the Atlantic to the United States, 
and landing in New York after an uneventful 
voyage, he proceeded directh' to Michigan and 
settled in Frankenlust Township. In this town- 
slii|) he was married a few months after his arrival 
and here he has ever since resided. The first set- 
tlement in Frankenlust Township was made by 
.seven families who sought homes here at the same 
time, and Andrew tioetz with his family belonged 
to that first group of settlers. The little eomjiany 
came hither when the country was an uninhabited 
wilderness, whose silence was l>roken only by the 
howling of wolves and the war whoop of the sav- 
ages. Embarking in a little boat at Saginaw the 
company rowed down the river until they reached 
the place of the future settlement, and then went 
into the forest and began to cut away the trees to 
clear a pl.ace for their homes. 

Mr. Goetz at once took up twenty-three acres of 
land, which he transformed into a comfortable 
abode with the aid of his children, of whom there 
were ten, now all deceased with the exception of 
Leonard, who resides in Monitor Township. The 
wife of our subject passed from earth August 4, 
1890, leaving her bereaved husband and children, 
as well as a large circle of friends to mourn her 
loss. .Mr. and Mrs. Helmreich had a family of five 
children, named respectively: .John Leonard, who 
was born in 187(i; ]Mary Barbara. 1877; George, 
1880; Christina, 1884; and Augusta, 1886. The 
children still remain under the parental roof and 
are receiving good common-school educations as 
well as training in habits of industry and u.sefnl- 
11 ess. 

>Vliile Mr. llelmreich is extensively engaged as 
a fanner and stock-raiser, he yet finds time to 
carry on a general store at his home, which he 
started on first coming here in order to accomnio- 




RESIDENCE or JOHN G. H ELMREICH , SECJ. , FRANKEN LUST TR, BAY CO., MICH. 




res;d^;:ce OF Jo;-'M K0HLER^5Ec,:M,,!V!0N:iT0R tp, bay C0.,(/ICH 



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date the people of the neiyhlxn-hood. In his re- 
li2:ious sentinieiits he is a iiieniber of the Kvaiii>eli- 
cal Lutheran C'hureh, of vvhieh his father-in-law 
was one of the organizers. The moral status of 
the comniunity has been materially ujilifted liy I'is 
efforts to promote the welfare of the people, and 
his character is such that he occupies a hiah |)Iace 
in the regard of the (•(immunity. 



'iflOIIN KOIILEH. Man shows his tendencies 
as a grownuj) child by always finding a 
souiee of wonder in that which is i)erfectly 
natural. We wonder how a man born m 
another continent and brought up under a strange 
language and foreign form of Government, should 
find his way to some paiticular spot of a vast 
country like America, and again why he should 
have chosen that particular spot. We are like the 
l)articles of a body of water, always in motion and 
ever suiting ourselves to new conditions, other- 
wise we would stagnate and growth would be cut 
short. 

Mr. Kohler was born in Wurtcmberg, Germany, 
March 29, 1838. He was the second son born of 
his parents, ^vho were Christian and Margaret 
(Keiser) Kohler. The former was a native of the 
same place as is the son and was born in 1790; he 
died in his native land in 1850. His wife passed 
away at the same place two years later. Our sub- 
ject is one of a family of five children. His eldest 
brother, John Martin, still lives in Germany; Chris- 
tian also lives in the Fatherland; Anna died in her 
native land; Jacob still lives in Germany. 

Our subject took unto himself a wife. May 10, 
1862, his l)ride being Agatha Wenzler, who was 
born in Germany, November 24, 1840. She was 
the second daughter of her parents, John and Phil- 
ippine Wenzler. In the year of their marriage the 
young people came to the I'nited States and after 
landing in this countiy proceeded directly to De- 
troit. From there they came to Bay City, where Mr. 
Kohler was employed in the salt business. In 1873 
he removed to West Bay City and for two years was 
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engaged in the real-estate business. Two years 
later he purciiased the West Bay City Brewery of 
John Thomas Rosa, and operated it for three years. 
On selling the establishment he turned his atten- 
tion to lumbering for aliout two and a half years, 
but resumed the bre^vel•y business in which he con- 
tinued until the spring 1891. 

On taking up the business of brewing the sec- 
ond time Mr. Kohler was in partnership with Jacob 
Knoblauch. On selling out his interest the last 
time he came to Monitor Township and purchased 
the i)lace of fifteen acres whereon he at present re- 
sides. The family here enjoy all the comforts of 
city life, their home being furnished and finished 
witii all the uKjdern improvements, and pictures- 
([uely located, a view of which appears on another 
page. The house is heated by steam, and furnished 
within both comfortably and artistically. 

Mr. and Mrs. Kohler became the parents of seven 
children, five of whom are deceased : Marie, John, 
Christian, Edith and Tillie. The two who are 
still living are Caroline and Wilhelmina, who are 
at lumie. jNIr. Kohler is a Democrat in politics 
and has held several official [)ositions. He was 
Supervisor of the Third Ward in West Kay City 
for two years. Mr. and Mrs. Kohler wei-e fairly 
educated in their native land. Their children 
were educated in the public schools of this county, 
and the two living daughters were sent to the 
academy of West Bay City. IMr. Kohler cannot 
be called a farmer, although he enjoys the advan- 
tages of rural life; his business is rather that of a 
real-estate man, and he takes charge of his own 
property, owning ten houses in ^^'est B-iy City, 
which he rents. At the present time he has also 
about forty building lots and some other real 
estate. 



•^/UGl'STUS BARIE. The affable and ac- 
(©/jI ! commodating Postmaster of the village of 

/// ifc Pinconning, was born in Detroit, January 
(^ 6, 1850. He is a son of William and F^liza- 

beth (Smith) Baric, natives of (Germany. Our sub- 
ject's parents were broughtto this country by their 
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der American influences. They were miii ricd in 
Huffalo, N. Y. The father was a hakiT l)y trarle 
and followed the Imsincss in Detroit, Ann Arlior 
and Saginaw, having; coinc in Micliiiran shortly 
after marriage, when he and his younji wife set- 
tled ill Oetroil. 

Our subjeefs father was ver\- successful in busi- 
ness, his trade being one that is a necessity to all 
classes of people. He died at K.ast Saginaw. His 
wife still survives and is now a resident of the 
same town as is her son; she is sixty-three j'ears 
old and still active and vigorous. She is the 
mother cf four c'.iildrcii, three of whom are now 
living, and whose names are Sopha, Mrs. La Hau, 
of AVisconsin; .Vugustus. our subject. aiid(ieorge. 
both of this place. 

William Barie, the father of our sul)ject, was a 
soldier in the War of 1H12. Politically he was a 
Whig, and in his religious inclination worshiped 
with the members of the Lutheran (,'hnreh. He 
like others of a restless and jirogressive temper.a- 
ment, sought social ])roteclion and recognition 
among the Masons. Augustus Barie was instructed 
in the three R's in (ienesee County, this State. His 
youthful days were spent on a farm in Plymouth, 
Wayne County, and he devoted himself to agricul- 
tural pursuits until twenty-two years old, and for 
ten years after that time was in the luml)er busi- 
ness in Northern Michigan. 

Our subject came to Pincoiining in IH80. and 
was for seven years eng;iged in the saloon busi- 
ness. This he gave up to assume the duties of 
Postmaster, to which ))osition he had l)een ap- 
pointed liy President Harrison, in 1SM8 and whii'h 
he has since held. Our sulijert has alwa^'s been 
one of the most enterprising citizen.s of this place, 
serving as Assesstu' from the first village election 
which was held here, and lieing a prominent meui- 
ber of the Village Hoard. His landed interests in 
the place are not small, and eonse(iuently if foi- no 
other reason it would be to his interest to work for 
the furtherance of whatever iiroject or movement 
that promises to be to the advantage of this local- 
ity. 

Mr. Barie was married November 1.'), IHS7, to 
Miss Maria A., daughter of .lohn and lOlizabeth 
C'arelton, natives of C'an.ad i. lliuujili now residents 



of i'lnconning. Our sulijeet and his wife arc the 
parents of one child, \'era A. Mr. Barie is a Re- 
publican in politics, and a stanch supi)orter of the 
policv as held liy that parly. Socially he i; a Ma- 
son, an Odd Fellow and a Forester, and one of the 
prominent men of the village. 



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AC015 WISPEINTXKR. Energy and indus- 
try, which will bring success in any calling, 
have contributed to the prosperity of .Mr. 
Wispeintner, a piominent farmer of Hay 
County. The traveler who visits this section of the 
State will observe with pleasure the many evidences 
of pros|)eritv abounding on every hand. He will 
find many thriving villages and well-cultivated 
farms, and among the latter he will doubtless 
notice with es|)ecial admiration the estate of the 
gentleman who is the subject of this biographical 
notice. The [ilace is located in Portsmouth Town- 
ship, com|)rises sixty acres, and contains a first- 
class set of farm buildings besides the modern ma- 
1 chinei'V invariably found where the owner is 
' thrifty. 

Mr. Wispeintner belongs to the class of (ierinan- 
American citizens who have contributed so mate- 
rially to our national prosperity. He w.as born in 
1K2(). in Bavaria, and in his native city grew to a 
stalwart manhood. He i-eceived a good educa- 
tion in thetierman language and was early oliliged 
to become self-supporting. He resolved to come 
to America, where he hoped t(') gain a com])c- 
tency in some congenial pursuit. Ciossing the 
Atlantic in 18,')1, he proceeded, after landing, di- 
rectly to Michigan, vvhere he procured work in the 
sawmills of P>ay City. He remained occupied in 
that way for about seven yeai-s, and by hoarding 
his earnings he was alile In start out indepeiHlently 
for himself. 

In November, lH(i(, Mr. Wispeintner was mar- 
ried to .Miss Henrietta, the daughter of Frederick 
and Klizalieth Xeahusen, natives of Holstein, 
(iermany. Mrs. ^^'ispintller was a native of Ham- 
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the United States at the age of sixteen years, in 
1857. Her father sedled in ISnv City, where hi- 
engaged in Inisiness as a butclier. Of the union 
of our subject and liis wife, the folh)wing chil- 
dren have been liorn: Sophia, now the wife of 
Osear Meiselbaeli; .Tennie, wlio married (lustax' 
Kreger, now deceased; Frederick, Maggie and 
Paul, wlio remain undei' the jiarental roof. 

The parents of our subject. CInistian and Kii/.a- 
beth (Meiser) Wispeintner,wei-e natives of Wurteiu- 
berg, (iermanv. wliere they passed tlieir entire 
lives. Politically our subject is a strong Demo- 
crat, ever active in using his influence towaid 
forwarding those measure wliicli he believes to be 
best calculated to promote the public good, lie 
and his estimable wife are members of the Luth- 
eran Church and have contributed lilierally of 
their means toward the sup|)ort of this chiach. 
Besides the farm upon which he resides. IMr. Wis- 
peintner owns another sixty-acre tract of land. 
He owns twenty-live cows, also six horses, and in 
connection with his farming interests carries on 
an extensive dair\' liusiness. 









SOLOMON S. RANDALL, vvho resides on 
section 15, Williams Township, is one of 
, the most widely-known citizens of Bay 

^ County. He is a son f>f .lonathan and 
Caroline (Cale) Randall, the former a native of 
.Stonington, Conn., where he was born in ITTfi, 
while the mother, who was boi'n in Schenectady in 
1777, was the daughter of .lacob Cale. and de- 
scended from Holland ancestors. Jonathan Ran- 
dall was married three times and became the fa- 
ther of twenty one children, Solomon being the 
youngest. A man of considerable social and 
business prominence, the father was for a time a 
sailor on the ocean as well as a minister of the 
Gospel. At one time he was worth con'-ideialile 
money, but was (piite poor when he died, .July UK 
1822, in Albany County, N. Y. 

The subject of this biographical notice was born 
May 27, 1813, in East Berne, Albany County, 
N. Y., and was a child of eight years when obliged 



to start out in the world for hlni.self. He re- 
mained ill Albany County until he was about 
eig-hteen years old, wlii'ii, in the fall of 1K:}1, he 
removed to Midilleburgh. the same State, and dur- 
ing the first year he was there worked on a farm, 
learning meanwhile the trade of a carpenter. For 
forty-three years he worked at that trade and 
earned the reputation of a relialile and capable 
carpenter and builder. From \Xi:'> until 1848 he 
remained in ISIiddleburgh, whence in the fall f)f 
the last-named year he removed to Fulton. Os- 
wego County, N. Y. .July 19. 1865, he removed 
from that place to Hay City, Mich., reaching the 
latter city in August. 

Until December, 187:?, Mr. Randall was engaged 
at his trade in Bay City, then opened a tob.acco 
store and was so engaged until 1.H80. At that 
time he removed to Williams Township and set- 
tled upon the farm which has since been his 
home. Mrs. Randall bore the maiden name of 
Sarah ]Maria Alger and was a native of Middle- 
burgh, N. Y., where her marriage took place June 
10, 1838. Mrs. Randall was called from earth De- 
cember 22, 1850. Seven children blessed the union, 
four of whom are now living. Mary K. is the 
wife of Abijah Markhan. of Big Rapids, Mich.; 
.lane Amelia married Joseph .15. Whitney, a resi- 
dent of Brooklyn. Jackson County. Mich.; Carrie 
D. is the widow of Frederick Mclntyre, who lived 
and died in Fulton. Oswego County, N. Y., and Is 
now keei)ing house for her father; Marlon A. is 
maiiied and lives in .\rkansas. He was born in 
li^l 1, and served as Adjutant of the Middlelnirgh 
Regiment. At the breaking out of the War of the 
Rebellion he enlisted and secured the consent of 
his father to enter the army, although he was only 
seventeen years old. One child died in infancy, 
while ll.iltie died in Fenton. Mich., and Jared 
p.assed away in Seattle. Wash., May 17, 18!)0. 

Now in his old age Mr. Randall is still hale and 
heartv, and by his pleasant and genial disposition 
has gathered about him a large circle of warm 
friends. Socially he is a member of the Indepen- 
dent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he has held 
all the chairs and is now Past Grand. He is a 
charter member of the old Portsmouth Lodge, 
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Hint the reinsiining members came to Bay City 
and joined the Bay Lodge, in which ^Ir. Haiidall 
still holds ineinhoiship. At one time lie was iden- 
tified with the i';uii|i at Sniiiniiw, and has fur years 
been prominent in the fraternity. Politically he 
votes the Republican ticket and is a stanch advo- 
cate of all progre.s.sive nieasiwes. 



'OSEPII PFANXAS. Frankenlust Town.^hip, 
Bay County, has no more worthy represen- 
^^. I tative of its nourishing milling interests 
^^^J than the gentleman whose name introduces 
this sketch and who, since 1878, has been carrying 
on his trade at his jiresent jilace of business. His 
mill is large and furnished with suitaltle machinery 
and has a capacity for turning out twenty barrels 
of flour per day, while the extensive trade which 
Mr. Pfannas lias built up since first coming here 
extends beyond tlie limits of the towm-hip ami 
brings him orders regularly from l'>ay City, ^\■est 
Bay City, and Saginaw. His customers have found 
him reliable and anxious to please, and the impres- 
sion left by his courteous dealings with all with 
whom he comes in contact is a very agreeable one. 
Mr. Pfannas is numbered among the many resi- 
dents of Bav County who emigrated hither from 
(Germany, and although he is not an early settler 
of Prankenhist Townshiii. he has for many years 
aided in its development. He was born in Byrne, 
(ierinany, !Marcli 18, 184(), and is the son of Law- 
rence and Elizabeth P. (Pfannas) Pfannas. liDih of 
whom lived and died in their native land. Thcic 
our suliject grew to manhood, studying in the pub- 
lic schools and learning the trade of a miller wliile 
still In his boyhood. Tpon coming to America in 
1872 he first settled in Chicago, where he worked 
in an elevator for about eight months. Thence he 
removed to Detroit and after two or three months 
spent there in working at his trade he went to 
Salzburg, where he found emiiloyment in a saw- 
mill. After spending eight months there he came 
to Frankenlust, where he has since resided. His 
marriage was celelir.ited in 1878, when Miss .Vuna 



Hect, of Frankenlust Township. Iiceaine his wife. 
Their two children are Barbara, who was Iidiii in 
1871) and John, whose birth occurred in 1882. 

A sincere Christian, whose life exemplifies the 
faith he holds, Mr. Pfannas holds membership in 
the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Frankenlust, 
to which his wife also belongs. He has a sister, 
Mrs. Elizabsth Lurmar, whose husband is a busi- 
ness man in Chicago. In his political belief he is 
a thorough Democrat, and although he has never 
sought office, he is ever willing to assist any of his 
friends who are cvndidates for ))ublic honors. As 
an honorable, fair-minded m:in, well endowed men- 
tally and physically, with an unsullied reputation, 
he is a credit to the citizenship of the countv. 



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OlIX 'PENNANT, the most prominent 
nuMchant of Essexville, is a native of Scot- 
land, having been born in Renfrewshire, 
' August 1(), 1812. lie there grew to mature 
years, assimilating in his school life and his associ- 
ations in everyday life what practical knowledge 
he possesses. While still a resident of Scotland he 
married Jlary Nicol, a native of Paisley. Almost 
immcdiati'ly after the marriage they came to Amer- 
ica and located in Alleiitown. Pa., where our sub- 
ject was employed as clerk in the Alleiitown Roller 
Mill, remaining there one year. 

Coming to Detroit our subject followed steam- 
boating for a short time, being on the boat "For- 
ester." He then accepted a position with Jacob 
ISucll at Forestville, Sanilac County, lie there re- 
mained until November, 18C9, and then returned 
with his family to his old home in Scotland, re- 
maining there for three years and traveling for 
Thomas Drennan.a provisitm merchant of (Glasgow. 
At the expiration of the three years he returned 
to Sanilac County. Mich., and became eng.aged 
in handling all kinds of grain and produce on the 
steamers and the Lake Shore line. 

In 187() Mr. Tennant embarked in the mercantile 
business in connection with a dock. He remained 
111 Forestville until 188.3, when he came to Essex- 
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begun in Forestville. Mr. :uk1 -Mi>. Ttiiiinnt are 
tlie parents of two children — George :uid Eliz.a- 
betii, both of whom were l)orn in Suothind. 
Socially our .subjeet i.-^ a member of the Masonic 
order, having been Mat^tcr of the hxlge at For- 
estviUe for ^even year.s. He also belongs to the 
Knights of the Maccabees, and is I'rcsident of the 
St. Andrews Society of Bay City. He and his 
family are members of tlie Presliyterian Church. 

Our subject started out in life for himself at the 
tender age of twelve years, first engaging while in 
Scotland in the grocery business. His ijarentf?,, John 
and Elizabeth (Craig) Tennant, were both of Scot 
land. One brother and sister besides himself are 
all of his fainilv who came to ^Vmerica. 



i/L-^AKVEY SHOOK. One of the most enter- 
ii; prising of the business men in the thriving 
little town of Pinconniug is our subject, 
■jj whose hardware establislinient is as com- 
plete as is tliat of many a larger place. Mr. Shook 
came to this place in 1880, and was first engaged 
as salesman for C. H. Rhodes, who carried a gen- 
eral line of goods. He remained with him for 
about five years, and then with Charles \ . Eades, 
purchased the hardware stock and clothing estab- 
lishment of jMr. Rhodes, the business being con- 
ducted under the firm name of Eades tt Shook. 

The junior member of the firm soon bought out 
liis partner's interest, .nnd has since continued the 
business in the Plnenix Block, carrying a general 
stock until 1888. He now carries an extensive 
line of heavy and light hardware, farming imple- 
ments and machinery and his is the only house in 
Pinconning that handles this class of goods. His 
place of business is in his own block, which is lo- 
cated at the foot of Keizer and Second Streets. 
His buildings have the following dimensions: 
40x60, 2.5x40, 25x40, and 18x40, and a room for 
roots which is 25x40 feet. 

Mr. Shook is a native of Vermillion. Ohio, where 
he w.as born December 18, 1849. He is a son of 
.loseph and Phoebe C. (Hanks) Shook, natives of 



Pennsylvania and Vermont i-espeetively. The 
father wa.s a cabinetmaker by trade and carried on 
the business for many 3'ears in Ohio, and later in 
Indiana. On the breaking out of the war he en- 
listed in Company I), Forty-fourth Indiana Infan- 
try, and served lwentv-f)nc months in the Union 
.Vrniy as a private. He was wininded in the battle 
of Shiloh, receiving a shot through the right arm 
above the elbow. He went home on a furlough of 
thirt}' days and after his return to the army, being 
unable t<i cari-y a musket, they gave him a team to 
drive. While in the -service he contracted rheu- 
matism and Bright's disease and was finally dis- 
charged on acccuint of disabilities. He moved to 
Michigan in 1863 and is now a resident of Tuscola 
County, having retired from active business. 

Our subject is one of a family of ten children, 
five of whom are now living. Harvey is the 
eldest; Sarah is now Mrs. Jager; Anna is Mrs. 
Morse; Philip D. is the proprietor of a bakery in 
New York City where Mary is a dressmaker. Our 
suljject was educated in the Union Schools of Vas- 
sar, Tuscola County, and was there fitted for the 
ordinary demands of a business life. For a time 
fate seemed to treat him as a plaything, and he 
wiis obliged to do anything that he could find, 
being variously' engaged at brickmakingand in the 
lumber business and in the woolen mills at Vassar 
for six seasons. He then worked at the cabinet 
business in partnership with his father, after which 
he engaged in clerking for JI. L. (Tage, of Vassar, 
for two years, and spent five years in the same em- 
ployment in Bay City. 

On coming to this place Mr. Shook was em- 
ployed as clerk in the store of C. 11. Rhodes, as 
stated in the first portion of this sketch, and from 
that time to the [nesent his career has been a 
steady advancement in position, until he is now 
one of the most prominent men in financial inter- 
ests in the place. He has considerable landed 
interest in various parts of this county and a fine 
home in the village. He wa^ married. October 15, 
1885, to Mrs. Helen M. Hazeltoii.a resident of this 
place, and the daughter of William and Louisa D. 
Roberts. ]Mr. and Mrs. Shook are the parents of 
two children — Helen F. and Lou .M. In I.! po- 
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cans, believing tliat in tlicir party is to lie found 
the best sjovt'rnini'ntal luinciples. Socially lie is a 
Mason and a Forester. While his wife was a 
member of the Methodist Kpiseopal ( liunh he was 
an attendant and snpporter of llie same. 

In connection with this biographical notice will 
l>e found a lilliographic portrait of Mi. Shook. 



H.VKLKS T. S'rivVHN.S. In si.ilc of the 
,1 protests of many people who realize how 

^^7 rapidly our forests are disap|iearine beneath 
the axes of woodmen. 1 a rtre fortunes are constantly 
being accumulated by |>roi>rietors of lumber camps 
and by the manufacturers of dressed lumber of all 
kinds. ( )f this latter cla.ss oin- subject is one, and 
his interests in this direction are extensive, dealing 
in lumber of all kinds, doors and window frames, 
flooring, ceiling, etc., and his place of business is 
in Pinc<mning. 

Mr. Stearns was born in .lolict. AVill County, 
III., July 31, l«5-2. lie is the son ..f David .and 
Virginia (Runyan) Stearns, natives of New York 
State. David Stearns was a larae farnu'r in Will 
County, who later remoyed to Ciawford County, 
Kan., where he pui-.-.ued Ills agricidtural calling in 
an even more extensive way, residing there until 
his death, which took place in Februaiy. 18110. 
Our suliject's mother is now .•! resident of I'ba 
County, Cal. Of a family of six childi-en that 
gra'.'ed the household, four are now living. 'I'heN 
are Kdgar F.; Laura K.. Mrs. Canhcll ; Helen L.. 
Mrs. Canhell also, and oiii' sulijecl. 

Our subject's ])aternal grandpaiciits were Levi 
and Sarah (Clark) Stearns, natives of the Fmpire 
Slat'.' and farmers who removed to Illinois aliout 
18.-)."), and there resided till the death of the father: 
the wife still lives in (ienesee County, this State, at 
the age of eiglity-six years. They had a family of 
six c'.iildren. Levi .Stearns was a .soldier in the 
W.ii' of 1812. and throughout life devoted him.self 
to agricultural work. Our subject was educated 
in his native place and reared on the honu' farm, 
rj.naining there until t w<'Uty ye;irs of age, when he 
liegan to learn the carpeiitei's tiade. and later 



learned the wagon and earriagemaker's business. 
With large mechanical ability he cari'ied on the 
liusiness successfully at Flint and Hay City. 

Coming to I'inconnuig in 1887. our subject 
built a carriage and blacksmith slK)p and carried 
on the business for fourteen nu)nths. He then 
purchased his present business on Water Street and 
kee|)s m his employ six men. Mr. Stearns has val- 
uable property in the village and a fine residence 
on Water Street. His mill is run by steam power. 
On coming to this place Mr. Stearns was strapped, 
as the .saying is, and had to boi-row ^2o to bring 
himself here. He has been very successful since 
makuig the change and has accumulated a com- 
fortable fortune, by the greatest energ\' and faith- 
fulness to business. 

'1 he original of this sketch was married, .luly 
:M. 187(), to Mi.ss Ida L.. daughter of William V. 
Hilton, of Flint. Four children have come to 
brighten their home; their names are: (iertie L., 
Lillian, Harry and Irvin. I\Ir. Stearns is a Re- 
publican in politics and socially is an Odd Fellow. 
In his church relations he, ;is is his wife, is a mem- 
ber of the (iernian Lutheran Church. 



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R0SPI-:R tacky. TIus representative 
)l) farmer of Hampton Township, Hay County, 
has made his home in this part of the 
country through most of his life, as he 
came, in 18(i4, to the county from Heelield, Can- 
:ida. where he was born. He was only eight years 
of ;ige when he came to Hay City and here he 
has taken his education and has fitted for the work 
of life. 

The .marriage of JMr. Taeey to MLss Cavin, 
daughter of Anthony King, a native of Holland, 
to<jk place when the young man w,asonly eighteen 
years old. They have a family of six children — 
Julia, Mary, Henry, Lizzie, Prosper and Jo.seph. 
The parents of our subject were of French descent 
and both natives of Canada and their names were 
Prospei- and Harriet (Duchong) Tacev. 

Nowhere in the township is there a farm, con- 
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hetler state of iiiiprovoment tlmn tlic beautiful 
little estate of forty aeres lieioiiifiii"; to our subjoct. 
The house is attraetive. the barns ea|)acious aiul 
the outbuilding's neat, while the fences and fields 
:ire kejjt in good condition and attest by their 
neatness the hand of a tiiorough faiiner. The t'ro[is 
are always of a superioi' grade, and the stock kept 
upon the place is well cared for. 

The gentleman of whom we write has been 
throughout life a [irominent member of the Roman 
Catholic Church and to its interests he is devoted. 
Ills political views bring him into sympathy 
with the Democratic party and he generally votes 
for the men and measures brought forward on 
that ticket. Mrs. Tacey, who is the only child of 
her father, lost that parent when she was but a 
little child, and she subsequently came to America 
with her mother and stepfather. Frank Xnn Den- 
hurk. and has spent most of her life on this side 
of the sea. 



'ACOB L. r.rZZARD. Undoubtedly it would 
be very ditlicult to find within the limits of 
B.av County a finer farm than that which is 
owned and operated by the geutleman 
whose name introduces these paragraphs. From 
the time when ]\Ir. Buzzard lirst saw this land, 
upon whose soil scarce a single furrow had been 
turned, until the present time, he has devoted him- 
self to his chosen calling with such energy that he 
is now the owner of eighty-one acres of good land, 
while his residence is a neat frame structure on 
section Id. Williams Township. In connection 
with general farming he is greatl\- interested in 
stock-raising, having on his place full-blooded 
Sliort-hoin cattle, and two splendid Ilambletonian 
stallions which took the first iirennum at the Bay 
County Fair in 1891. 

A native-born citizen of Michigan. Mr. lUizzard 
was horn in Pontiac Township, ( )aklai d County, 
May 9, 1838. His father, .loseph Buzzard, was 
born in the State of New York in 1«()1 and after 
liis marriage to Miss IMavy Osniun. who lil e him- 
self was born in New York State, came to Oak- 



land County in 1887 and estal)lished a home 
in the wilderness. .Mr. Osmun, his father-in- 
law, had inevionsly taken from the (Government a 
huge amount of land and of that .loseph Buzzard 
secured one hundred and sixty acres which he 
cleared and improved. He was a thorough, expe- 
rienced farmer, having improved a farm in Catta- 
raugus Connt\', N. Y.; he afterward purcha.sed a 
place in Independence Township, Oakland County, 
which he embellished with substantial buildings. 
liis death occurred in tlie village of Clarkston, in 
.Tilly. 1883; .and his wife passed from earth in May, 
1.SK7. They were people of such upright characters 
and kind hearts that their memory is cherished 
with affection in the hearts of their children and 
friends. 

The Ijoyhood of .lacob L. Buzzard, of this 
sketch, passed in the same way as w-as usual among 
farmer boys in unsettled and unimproved coun- 
tries. As soon as he was large enough he began to 
take an active part in subduing the soil, planting 
grain and gathering in the harvest. May 1. 1861, 
he was married, having chosen as his helpmate Miss 
Polly Myers, who was born in Detroit in 1831. In 
the February i)receding his marriage, he came to 
Williams Township, Bay County, and bought one 
hundred and sixty acres. Hither a few montiis 
later he brought his bride and her cheerful co-op- 
eration was ever afterward given to his enterprises. 
When lie came here, the only other settlers of the 
townshii) were .Tosiah Perry, S. Kowden, David 
.Jones and .John (iaffney, while the surrounding 
country was in almost its primeval condition. 
Since that early day, great changes have been 
wrought tiiroiigh the faithful efforts of the struo-- 
gling |)ioneers. and Mr. Buzzard has not been be- 
hind his fellow-laborers in his work. He has 
brought his estate to a high cultivation, has cleared 
its entire acreage, and although sometime since he 
disposed of eighty acres still has one of the finest 
farms in the county. Such is the fertility of his 
[)lace that upon it he raised four thousand bushels 
of grain during the jiast year ( 18U1). 

There have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Buzzard 
ti\e <hildren, as fol'ows: Annus I!., who m.nriied 
Miss -Maggie liichaidscn and of the union has < ne 
child, Claude II.; Alice F., who is the wife < I' 



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(leorge Fleming, of Oakland County, and tlie 
motlicr of one child, Myrtle; roily. Frank and 
Laura, who remain under the parental roof. In 
his political .sentiments Mr. Buzzard believes that 
I'loliihition is the issue of the day and casts his 
ballot on the side of temperance. Among the posi- 
tions of trust to which he has been called are the 
offices of Treasurer. Clerk, School Insjiectoi' and 
.lustice of the Peace, lie belonifs to the Patrons 
of Industry and is President of the lodge. In 
church work he is very active, and with his wife 
and three eldest children holds membership in the 
Methodist Church. 



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'fZ_^ ENRY HESS. Tlie friends of Mr. Hess 
Y'jf] know him to .be .something more than a 
ik^yr' successful farmer; they recognize in him 
'x0) a man who is earnestly striving in all hon- 
orable ways to make the world better for his pres- 
ence in it. He is not only a prominent factor in 
the agricultural world, b\it he is constantly en- 
deavoring, so far lus lies within his power, to re- 
lieve suffering and foster religion and education. 
He owns a tine farm of two hundred and forlv 
acres, pleasantly located in Poilsinoutli 'I'ownsliip. 
Hay County, and here he may usually be found, 
occupied in the various duties of farm work. This 
lias been his home since 1H7<), and the interven- 
ing years have been passed in cultixating the soil 
and ill improving the place. 

In Lancaster Count}-, Pa., .Mr. Hess was born in 
lH;i2, and there he passed his boyhood years. At 
the age of sixteen he located in Steuben County, 
N. Y., where he remained two years. In the fall 
of l.siH he came to Lower S.aginaw, now Hay City, 
tins .State. .\t that time there were very few 
houses in the town ami the surrounding couiitr\ 
was !in unbroken forest, while wild animals were 
nuinerous. He began to operate a sawmill, which 
l.c carried on during his residence in Bay City for 
twenty years. In lH:>i) he was united in marriage 
will] Miss Ellen, the daughter of .lohn and S.arah 
( ^Vhite) Shaver, natives respectively of Canada 
and Hoston, Mass. Air. and Mrs. Hess are the par- 



ents of two children — (ieorge H. anil Aithur. The 
former travels for a Chicago firm. He was gradu- 
ated, in 1877. from the .Vnnapolis Naval School, 
where he had been a student four years. The 
younger son, Arthur, is married and resides on the 
old homestead. 

The patenial grandfather of Mr. Hess was a na- 
tive of (lermany. and after tomingto this country 
served as a soldier in the Revolutionary AVar. 
Philip Hess, father of our subject, was a native of 
Pennsylvania, where his entire life was passed. He 
and his wife had a family of six children, as fol- 
lows: .lohn. Nancy, Philip, Michael, .Susan and 
Henry, of this sketch. Of these, our subject is 
the only survivor, the others having died in the 
Keystone State. Mrs. Hess is a granddaughter of 
.John Shaver, who was born in Canada of (Jerman 
descent. One of his sons, Peter Shaver, served for 
eight years in the House of Parliament in Can- 
ada, and later was n n.ember of the House of 
Lords. 

In his iHilitics Jlr. Hess is a stanch Democrat, 
while he and his wife lutld membership in the 
.Methodist Episcopal Church at Hay City. \ man 
of genuine public spirit, material success b.as not 
been the greatest of his achievements, for he has 
become widely known as an upright, energetic 
and ca[)able citizen. With others who have con- 
tributed so largely to the development of the 
county, he is building for himself a monument 
which will outlast shafts of marble, and is carving 
his name in a more endurable manner than those 
written in letters that ))erish. 



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j (41 fiklLLIAM 3IAXS()N. The fertile lands of 

\/-J// Hampton Township, Hay County, are 

W^ especially ada|)ted for market gardening, 

finding accessible and good home markets in the 

flourishing towns of West Bay City, Hay City and 

, Essexville, and water ways to larger cities by river, 
lake and railroad. One of the most successful of 
these market gardeners is the gentleman whose 

! name is at the head of this .sketch. He owns thirty- 
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whicli IS put under tlie most scientifie tests as to 
productiveness. 

Mr. Maxson was burn in .letferson County, 
N. Y., September G, 1837. He came witli Ids par- 
ents to Lo\ver iSaginaw at the age of ten years and 
there resided until l)sr)8. His |)arents, Ciiarles and 
Perraelia (Wood) Maxson, were natives of Rhode 
Island. The former was a son of .ledediah Max- 
son, a native of the first naval State of the Union, 
and an old Revolutionary soldier while his son, 
our subject's father, was in the ^\■ar of 1812. Will- 
iam INIaxson, our subject, enlisted in the Civil War 
in 1863, joining Company D, Tenth ^Nliciiigan 
Cavalry, being detailed to duty with the army of 
the Cumberland with wliicli he was in active ser- 
vice until the close of the war. 

^Iv. Maxson was married in 18r)H U> Mary .)., 
daugiiter of John Woods, a resident of Cuyaiioga, 
Ohio. Unto them liavc been born ten cliildren,of 
whom seven are still living. Our subject has lieen 
Highway Commissioner for eleven years and is 
now serving iiis twelfth term. He has also Ijeen 
Superintendent of the Poor of the comity for nine 
years, and when his present term exjiires it will 
have extended over twelve years. He is a man of 
superior Imsiness (lualitications and aliility, and is 
as conscientious and quick in working for the ad- 
vantage of the general good as for his private in- 
terests. 




if^\ RS. ELIZABETH (). .!. (CIHLLSON) 
TEKBUSH. In the (piaint iind picturesque 
little town of Breadport, \t.. wiiere tlie 
(ireen Mountains stretcli along the eastern 
horizon, and the blue waters of Lake Clianiplain 
form a pleasing foreground, witli old Crown Point 
on the other shore, was born the subject of this 
sketch, March 17, 1814. It is the inherent right 
of every child to be well born, and Benjamin and 
Lydia INIoore recognized that right. 

It was the fashion in those days to bestow many 
names on the ciiildren, and this (ireen IMountain 
girl was christened Elizabetli Ovanda -lane, with 
the euiihonius title of Ovanda for every day use. 



The mother died when tlic ciiiid was liiit ten yearg 
old and the motlierless girl was transferred to the 
liousehold of her maternal grandfather, .laines Wil- 
cox, a Reviiluliunary liero. He was a minute man. 
one of those wlio left his [dow in the field and 
without good-bye to wife or ciiildren, shouldered 
his gun, as the messenger rode thiougli the coun- 
try calling, •' The British are coming I" 

.lames Wilcox was tlie second man to enter Ft. 
Ticonderoga when Etliaii Allen demanded its sur- 
render "In the name of (iod and the Continental 
Congress." His wife Eunice was equally intrepid 
and cared for tlie farm <luriiig her husband's ab- 
sence, although se\'eial times she found it necessary 
to flee on the aijproach of the liritisii and Indians, 
and at one such time she returned to find her 
home in ashes and every living creature either 
killed or driven off by the red-coats. Despite such 
hardships the devotion of Crandmother Wilcox 
to her countrj's cause never faltered. 

Brought up under such iiiHuences and with such 
hereditary tendencies, Ovanda developed into an 
independent, selC-rcliant womanhood, a typical 
(ireen Mountain woman. Upon the 4tli of April, 
1834, she was married to a young millwright, Cal- 
vin C. C. Chillson, a sketch of whom appears in 
the Bay County Historical Collection. They were 
married in Ticonderoga, N. \.. and came to Jlich- 
igan in the autumn of 183(). They spent the win- 
ter in Riley and tlie folhiv. iiig spring bought a 
farm on the Flint lvi\-er, mar the \illage of Flush- 
ing. Here were horn their two ciiildren, Cornelia 
M., now Mrs. Moots and Caroline' W., who is now 
Mrs. Faxon. 

In those early days times were hard, money 
scarce and a new farm witli a few acres of clearing 
was rather discouraging to a man bruught iqi in a 
sawmill, and when Mr. ('liiils(ni proposed going to 
Sao'inaw and trying his fortune there his wife sanc- 
tifined and forwarded Ihe pidject. and with a bo\- 
of fourteen and two liabies kejit up the home- 
stead. During the dreary evenings when the 
doors were barred against prowling Indians and 
the wolves, whose howl could lie often heard in the 
clearing, she drowned disturbing sound-s by the 
hum of her spinning wheel ami the songs of olden 
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In lH4y Mr. C'liillsou decided tliiit il wns he^t to 
move his family to SagiiKiw A'alley and tlieir house 
hdhl i(0(nls were put on hoard a craft whicii was 
called the ark, and Hoatccl down the Flint and Sag- 
inaw Hivers to where is now the city of Sajjinaw. 
The trip occupied nearly a week and now takes hut 
an hour ;ind twenty minutes to go from point to 
point, riie farm near Flushintr was sold and tht^y 
hout;lit and located permanently in Lower .Saginaw 
in 1H.")3. 

It is impossihle to write a l)iograpliical sketcli of 
our suhjecl that will not include much in regard 
to .ler husl)and,so closely were they allied in mmi- 
patliy and thought, being of one mind in all phi- 
lanthropic work. Seasons of tri:il \isited the 
young tommunity, small-pox raged through the 
new .settlement and was followed liy cholera, wheri 
the sick, dead and dying lay in nearly every house. 
Night and day this couple forgetful of self adniin- 
istered to the distres.sed. They were also known 
as Hlack Aliolitioni?ts. as the}" were oflicers in the 
undergroiMid railroad that iirouglit dusky travelers 
from tlie South, and under their roof these fugi- 
tives found a welcome shelter and a .safe guide 
toward their earthly i)aradise, Canada. 

With the influx of |)opulation the vice of in- 
temperance increased and togetlu'r Mr. and Mi's. 
Chillson lent voice and iulluence against the 
liijuor tratlic, nor diil they desist until the win- 
dows of their home were liroken and Iheii' lives 
endangered. A (iernian l.-iniily removed into the 
place and the mother when dying placed her two 
weeks' old hal>\' in Mrs. Chillson's .arms and asked 
her to care for it. It was loved and (•;ired for li\- 
this benevolent couple until its death five months 
later, and within the next seven years five moth- 
less children tempor.'irily occupied their liouie. and 
the influence of Mr. .and Mi,-. Cliillson jd-ovided 
for them peimanent homes. About this time thev 
bought property on the west side upon whii-ii thev 
removed in 1H()(1, and in IKGl when there were in- 
dications that the toil of years was brightening into 
financial prosperity Mr. Chillson was called from 
earth without rcapiiiu flic reward which lie had 
eariieil. 

Aflrr the death of lier husband .Mrs. ChillMJii 
(li-lila\ed that executive abilit\' which had in .■! 



measure lam dormant awaiting develoi)nient. The 
tangle of settling the estate was straightened, en- 
cumbered property was disencumbered and a val- 
uable estate made available. A wealthy Eastern 
firm had liought the land lying adjacent to the 
river and built a large mill and a new town was 
siJiingiug up on the west side. Mrs. Chillson 
platted the fort}' acres whicli she had bought and 
it is now the central part of West Bay City. 

A Methodist Episcopal itinerant soon located in 
the growing town and formed a society which met 
for worship in a public hall. Mrs. Chillson saw 
tlie necessity for better quarters, and with char- 
acteristic promptness donated the lots for a church 
building, circulated a subscription and had the 
building up ■■ind partially enclosed before a man 
could be found to take hold of the enterprise. The 
presiding elder visited the charge and appointed a 
Board of male Trustees, (it being against the Meth- 
odist Episcopal discipline for a woman to be a 
church trustee) but requested Mrs. Chillson to 
continue to collect funds, which honor she respect- 
fully declined. This first church was begun in 
18()8, and dedicated in November. 1869. It was 
burned in 188'), and a fine brick building was 
erected on the new site nearl\' opposite the old 
building, Mrs. Chill.son laying the corner-stone. 

In 1870 Mrs. Chillson was married to Alexander 
Terbiish, an old friend of former years and a highly 
respected citizen of Davisburg. Household cares 
and advancing years were no check to her philan- 
trophy, and other waifs were added to her house- 
hold until sixteen in all (besides her own) had 
shared her love and care. Some are now married, 
some are dead and a few are she knows not where. 
Mr. Terbush died in 188it: Mr.s. Terbush still sur- 
vives (1892). Her seventy-seven years of life 
have been (ull of blessed work and her ear is ever 
open to the cry of the needy. Her will provides 
liberally for some kind of a charitable institution 
in whicli she is deeply interested. These broader 
fields (if humane work are more in harmony 
w ith lier spirit of doing good than tho.se channels 
confined by church creed; though for more than 
fifty years she has been an active member of and a 
generous ctmtributor to the Methodist Episcopal 
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limits and in licr pleasant lionu' tliere slie exi)ec'ts to 
sjientl the remainder of her life. Surely in the day 
wlien she goes to her reward, many shall rise u|) 
and call hei blessed. 

The attentit)n of the reader is invited to a lith- 
ographic portrait of Mrs. Terlmsh presented else- 
where in this volume. 



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^p^EORGE A. STAl'DACIIER, who resides in 
If,—-, tiie village of Kawkawlin. was horn Febru- 
^jlJI ary 27, 1830. lie is the son of (George and 
Margaret .Staudaciier, natives of (iermany, who 
both died in that country. Their son came to this 
counti'V in lHo8 and after coming to Michigan was 
7narried in Erankenlust Township, IJay Count\ , in 
186;') to ^laiy ^VUen, who was born in that town- 
ship, April 10, 1848. Our subject has two brotiiers: 
ISaitholomew, who lives in this township, .'ind .John, 
who still makes liis home in Germany. 

When Mr. .Staudaciier lirst came to this country 
lie .settled in Salzburg, this State, where for three 
vears he was engaged in milling. lie entered the 
army in 18()l at Bay City, joining ('<impany 1\, 
Fifth ^Michigan Infantry then under the command 
of Capt. Miller of .Saginaw. The battles in which 
he took part were Williamsburg, Fail- Oaks, Lucas 
(irove, Colla Ford, the Wilderness, Spottsylvaiiia 
Court House, North Anna River and the two en- 
gagements lief ore Petersburg. At Fair();iks he was 
wounded but not seriously. He was mustered out 
of service September 10, 18(! 1 and he then i-eturned 
to Salzburg and started a store. 

While living at Salzburg .Mr. Staudaciier was 
Postmaster for ten years from 18(i;) tu 18711, and 
after coming to Kawkawlin he started a general 
store and was appointed Postmaster here which 
ottice he has tilled up to the present date, except 
during the Cleveland administration, when he was 
ilepo,sed as he is an earnest and devoted Republi- 
can, lie is also agent for the American Express 
Company and his obliging disposition and enter- 
prise m;ikc him |ioiiuluriii e\ei\- branch of business 
iiitu which he enters, lie cinies a full line of 



groceries, hai-dware, drygoods and all commodities 
which are to be found in a good country store. He 
is a genial, whoLc-souled gentleman and in his 
prosperity every one rejoices. 

Mr. and Mrs. Staudaciier have eight children 
and all of them are living, namely: George mar- 
ried Miss Maggie INIaginnis; Adam .1., Michael, Mar- 
garet, Mary, Rosine, liarbary and Matilda, Margaret 
is now the wife of J, P, Hanson of West Bay City; 
the others all live beneath the parSntal roof. Mr. 
Staudaciier is a loyal and devoted member of the 
Grand .Vrniy of the Republic and a useful member 
in the Lutheran Church of liay City. George 
studied for some time at A'al|)arai.so and is now 
bookkeeper and a partner of a (inn in Bay City, 
and the next son was educated at Bay City, and all 
of the family have received excellent educational 
advantages. 



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ILLIAM MiMAHOX. Receiving an in- 
heritance of a sunny temperament and 
the ready adaptability to circumstances 
from his |iarents, who were nativesof the Emerald 
Isle, Mr, ^IcMahon now devotes himself to being 
as happy .as he (an while making a living on his 
farm, which is located on section S, .Monitor Town- 
slui). Bay County. He is a .son of Patrick and 
Annie (Kane) McMahon. The former w.as born in 
Ireland about 1820. and was there married to our 
subjects mother. They emigrated to this country 
in 18.")i; first settling in Troy. N. Y. 

Patrick .Mc.Mahou was engaged in wdik iii the 
iron foundry of Troy where he remained about ten 
years. He then came to Bay County, and located 
tirsti in Bay ( 'ity, where he w.as employed in the 
different works for eleven oi' twelve years. He 
thi'ii inirchased eighty acres of land on section 8, 
where he lived until the time of hisdeath.in 1877. 
His wife survived him until the fall of 188',), pa,ss- 
ing away at the age of sixty-eight years. 

Patrick and .Viinie McMahon were the parents 
of eight children, lire of whom grew to manhood 
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is Sii])fiiiitendent of a lumber company in New 
\tn-k State; Patrick II. is a railroad man: Kdward 
is a lumber inspector in IJay Cit\' and lias been in 
the emi)loy of Messrs. Foss A- Fayette for many 
years; Annie, Mrs. John Ilandline of Hay City. 
Tlu\vi)iiiijje5t of t!ie syn-i is William Mc^Iahon, the 
subject of this sketch, who was born April 15. 
1865 in Troy, N. Y. lb' caine to Bay County with 
his parents andjifter the death of his father as- 
sumed cliarge of the home farm which was located 
on section 8, and which lie now own.-. 

Our subject was married November 25, I8',(U, to 
Miss I/iura (iiUman; this lady is of French descent. 
Her family live in Monitor Township. Mr. Mc- 
Malion. who is a popular and rising young farmer 
and politician, lia< about forty acres of land which 
is highly productive, and with the conditions of 
which he is thoroughly conversant. lie is a Dem- 
ocrat in politics and is now serving his fourth term 
•as Highway Commissioner. He is an able and 
vigilant officer and has given entire satisfaction in 
the post which he holds, which is one of the most 
important to the agricultural da-s within the gift 
of the township. He has been quite an active 
worker in the local ranks of the Democratic party. 

Since coming into possession of his place he has 
made many irai)ortant changes upon it, having 
built the house and barns and otherwise improved 
it. Mr. IMcMahon has had good educational ad- 
vantages and has made the most of them. lie is 
blight and original and knows how to adapt the 
theories which he h.as gotten from scientilic works 
to the i)ractice of his evcry-day life, nor does he 
spare himself any labor in doing his work as tlior- 
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AUTHOLOMKW ST.VIDAt IIKR. Oui sub- 
jei't is particularly foitimate m owning a 
fine farm on section 25, in the southeastern 
|)ortion of Monitor Townshii). Uay County, 
it is well located, because well watered .■iiid access- 
ible to excellent markets. Kawkawlin being not a 
gieit disttiiice and Hay City being within easy- 
r<'acliiiig distance. Mr. .Staudachcr is a son of 



George and Margaret (Seibold) Staudacher, both of 
whom lived and died in Bavaria, (iermanj-, of 
which our subject is a native, having been born 
February 10. 1828. 

Our subject was united in marriage April 25, 
1854, to Elizaljeth iNIargarita (irieber, whose fam- 
ily were also residents at Bavaria. The same year 
in which they were married, our subject and his 
wife emigrated to America, landing, after a pleas- 
ant voyage, in New York City. From the great 
metropolis they proceeded Westward to Bay C^ty, 
which was at that time called Lower Saginaw. For 
four years he worked in the mills of that city. At 
the same time, with German thrift, he made his 
residence on section 29, West Bay Townshi)), thus 
securing a home for his family and taking them 
out of the manufacturing atmosphere and giving 
them pure country air. Every spare moment out- 
side of his work in the mills was occupied in culti- 
vating his farm. 

Mr. Staudacher remained in West Bay Township 
until the year 1883, when he removed to the 
place where he now lives, building a comfortable 
and pleasant home at a cost of about $1,500, be- 
sides the work which he himself put upon it. He 
owns one hundred and sixty acres where he now 
lives. This he has cleared himself, as it was heav- 
ily timbered at the time of his coming here. About 
ninety acres of the land is luider cultivation and is 
thoroughly well ditched and otherwise improved. 
He suffered a l)low in his domestic life, October 29, 
187(1. when his wife died. This union was blessed by 
the birth of nine children, all of whom are still 
living; they are named as follows: Anna Mar- 
garita, .laeob. Frederick, George Adam, George 
.Mitchell, .lohn (Jeorge. ^faria Barbara, John 
Michael and Adam. 

.Iiine 12, 1872 our subject was united in mar- 
riage ti) Anna Barbara Sturm. Five children have 
been born of this second marriage. The eldest, 
.lolin Henry, dii'd in 1874. The others are Anna 
Hegina, (ieorge Karl. .loaiia Adclina and F>dwin 
Uartholomew. Mr. .Staudacher's eldest daughter is 
now the wife of Henry Kheinhart; they arc resi- 
dents of M<mitor Township and have a fine farm 
on section 30. The young people are all practical 
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of life. Jacob is in business in Saginaw. The other 
children in business are in West Bay City. Fred- 
erick is engaged in teaming; George Adam is a 
carpenter; George Mitchell and John George arc 
the proprietors of a grocery; John Michael and 
Adam are clerks. Tlie other children are still at 
home. 

Mr. Staudacher has been Highway Commissioner 
for a number of years and also School Director. 
His children have all received excellent school ad- 
vantages, both in the German and English lan- 
guages. He himself was educated in his native 
land. In their church preference, our subject and 
family are Lutherans, which sect has a flourishing 
following in the township in which they live. His 
farm is improved by good barns as well as other 
features that bespeak the provident agriculturist. 
Devoting himself to general farming he paj's par- 
ticular attention to the raising of stock. He does 
not under-estimate the value of beauty, and his 
place is shaded with the most beautiful trees. 



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GOPHER W. DEGRAW. Our subject is a 
builder and operator of sawmills, and is lo- 
cated in Pinconning. He was born in Orange 
County, N. Y., February 16, 1837, and is a son of 
Luke and Elizabeth (Clark) Degraw, natives of 
the same State and county. Luke Degraw was a 
farmer by calling, and continued in that business 
through life and the original homestead continued 
to be the residence of our subject's mother until 
her death. He was a Democrat in politics. His 
parents were Daniel and Ann (Ward) Degraw, 
of Orange County, N. Y. They also were farmers, 
and reared six sons and six daughters, of whom 
Luke was the eldest. All the twelve cliildren lived 
to be grown, and married and reared children 
of their own. Our subject's great-grandfather was 
Luke Degraw, an old Revolutionary soldier. He 
had a family of five children. The family is of 
Scotch descent. 

Zopher Degraw is one of four children liorn to 
his parents, and of these only two are living: Ame- 



lia, Mrs. Vanderhoff, of Morristown. X. .1.. and 
our subject. The latter was educated in Orange 
and Chemung Counties. X. Y. He wasieared as a 
mill man, and followed tliat business almost con- 
stantly tin'oughout his career. He first began work 
at the age of fifteen years, sawing and packing 
shingles in Chemung County, N. Y., after which he 
was engaged for three years in the sawmills in 
Bradford County, and in 18a7 lie came to Michi- 
gan and located at Grand Rapids. There Mr. De- 
graw was made Superintendent of the mill busi- 
ness, owned by the Hrni of Kellogg, White k Co., 
remaining with tliem for two years. He then en- 
tered the mill of William T. Powers, and remained 
with him two seasons, and is his Superintendent. 

(ioing to Bay City, Mr. Degraw served as Su- 
perintendent in the sawmills of H. M. Bradley k 
Co., for thirteen years, and thence went to Gratiot 
County, where he built a sawmill for WarcKt Cone, 
whieli lie operated for one year. He then built a 
shingle-mill in Montcalm County for himself. 
There he employed twenty-five men for one year, 
and at the end of that time removed it to Pincon- 
ning Townshii), and operated it for three years, 
when he sold the mill and entered the employ of 
Messrs. Rhodes k Smith as Superintendent of their 
mill. On the burning of their mill ]Messrs. Rhodes 
k Smith formed a stock company and built another 
mill on the same site. This was erected by our 
subject, who also took stock in the same, and was 
made Secretary of tlic company. They sold the 
mill inJanuiry, 18111, and it was operated In our 
subject for the present company until it was limned. 
October 6, 1891. 

Mr. Degraw owns consideralile city propeit\-, 
and has just completed a handsome residence on 
Third Street. He was married, September 2;}, 18(50, 
to Miss Margaret, daughter of James and IMary 
(McKay) McGregor, natives of Scotland. Mrs. De- 
graw herself was born in Glasgow, Scotland, (irand 
Rapids, this State, being the place of her marriage. 
Her parents were married in their native Land, and 
came to Canada in 1840, settling in Toronto. Her 
father was a Ijoiler-maker, and followed his trade 
for eight years. He carried on the business at De- 
troit, and later at Grand Rapids under the Hrm 
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Bay C'ity, wlieic tlicy Imilt .-i >li<)|) iiud rcinaiiu'il 
four years. ^Ir. Mc( Jrejior then rciuovod to Sairi- 
iiaw, wlicre hv continued Imsincss until 181!;?. His 
decease oc-currerl A U!J:ust I. IMSS. 'I'lic niotlicr died 
October 3(1, 18;')4. at .Marslmii. Of the tluce ciiil- 
dren that were lioiu of that ni:uria<ie two are now 
living. Mrs. Dcsiraw and Mis. A\'illiaiii Coliins. of 
West Bay City. 

The Hepulilican |)arty is the recipient of the po- 
litical favors that our suhject can personally give 
and add to by his inlhience. .Socially he is an ( )dd 
Fellow and a Knight of Pythias. lie .'ind his fam- 
ily are attandants at the Presbyterian Church. Mr. 
and Mrs. Jiegraw have had seven children four of 
whom are living and who.se names are Amelia, JI'*- 
W. E. See; Ellswoith; Mary, jNlr.s. .loin C. Egler; 
and Maggie, Mrs. 1,. ('. Manslleld. 



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^^EORGE BAHIE. Tlie present Supervisor 
'II J-—, of the town of Pinconning has been a resi- 
^^^1 dent of this place since 1877. lie was 
l)orn Octolier 1. IH.l'i. at Kast Saginaw, and is a 
son of William and Klizabeth (Smith) Baric, na- 
tives of (jermany. His parents emigrated to llu' 
United States vMth their rcsjiective families when 
very young, and married in New York State. The 
father was a bakei', which trade he followed in 
Detroit, -Vnn Arbor and Saginaw, having come to 
Michigan soon after marriage. The mother is still 
a resident of Pinconning, which is the home of 
her two sons. (For a fuller reference to the fam- 
ily history the reader is referred to the sketch of 
Au<,ustus Barie, to be found in another portion of 
this Rkcoud.) 

To show how j)licnomcnal is the growth of this 
portion of IMicliigan. our subject .a.ssuresthe writer 
that at the time of his coming here, in 1877, the 
place was almost a wilderness. There were few 
houses or accommodations for the traveler of any 
.sort. The young man was lirst employed as a 
clerk at the Michigan Hotel, where he remained 
for three .years, thence going to Ot.sego Lake, 
and engaging in the saloon business for one year. 

From ( )tseiJ<) Lake oui' >uliject went to West 



Ii.'iy ('it\. where he catered to the tastes of a 
thirsty piil)lic for one year, and then came to Pin- 
conning and was engaged in the same business. His 
place of business i.s bis own Jine block, which was 
elected in 1884. It is (ifty feet in front and has 
a <lepth of seventy-tive feet, and is two stories in 
height. It has a pulilic hail and also an Odd Fel- 
lows' Hall, .and the building is located on the 
corner of Second and Railroad Streets. 

(ieorge Baric was reared in Kast Saginaw and 
cducateil in the old academy. He was early 
thrown upon Ills own resources and made to know 
the value of a dollai'. Ever since the organiza- 
tion of the \ illage he has been (me of the City 
Council, lie was School Director from District 
No. 2, and was a member of the Water Board. lie 
is, and has been ever since its organization, the 
Fi-esident of the Busine.ss Men's Association. 

Our subject was married, January 3, 1878. to 
Almeda, daughter of William and Alary Fisher, of 
Chcsaning. They are the parents of two chil- 
dren, whose names are Arthur and Nellie. Mr. 
Barie is a Democrat in politics and is one of the 
most loyal in allegiance to party tenets. Socially 
he is a Mas(m, an Odd Fellow, and belongs to the 
( Irdei' of Chosen Friends, the Knights of the Mac- 
cabees and Daughters of Rebekah. Mr. Barie has 
commended him.self in many respects to the citi- 
zens of I'inconning. 



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(f^^HO.MAS A. REMINGTON. Wc are grati- 
/y^\ tied to be able to i)resent here a sketch of 
\^ one of the best-known farmers of Hampton 
Township, who is now engaged both in agricul- 
ture .and market gardening in the vicinity of Bay 
t'ity. He was born in Ontario Connty, N. Y., in 
1824, and there resided through the days of his 
boyhood and youth. .Vfter reaching his majority 
he took t() himself a wife in the jierson of Caro- 
line M. Hicks, :ifter which he removed to the 
West in 184'), but four years later returned to 
his native connty. where he continued foi- eleven 
year.s. 

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tied in Flint and took up the callina: of a luml)er 
inspector, which he followed for tluoe years, liul 
in 18()3 returned to his liome in C'anandaigua. 
N. Y., and remained there until 1«()7, when hi' 
finally made Bay City his home. For seventeen 
years he carried on husiness as lumber inspector 
and commission merchant, and then moved onto 
his present farm, which is located four miles east 
of the city. He was one of six brothers, and four 
of that number grew to mature years. Thaddeus 
B. is now residing in Ontario County, X. Y., and 
Roswell and I\Iartin died, the former in AVisconsiii 
and the latter in New York. 

The parents of our subject were Thaddeus and 
Rhoda (Root) Remington, and the former was one 
of the first white children born in Ontario County. 
N. Y., while the latter was of INIassacliusetts birth. 
The paternal grandfather, Thaddeus Remington, 
the elder, was a native of Connecticut, and his 
wife, Betsey Root, came of old Revolutionary 
stock. On both sides of the family the descent is 
from the best elements of New England, and tiie 
Remingtons date back to the Pilgrim Fathers of 
1620. 

To our worthy subject and his estimable wife 
have been granted two children — Francis and 
Caroline, and the daughter is now the wife of 
Henry K. Kelly, a merchant of Northfleld, Minn. 
The Reiniblican party represents the political ideas 
which are endor.sed by Air. Remington, and he is 
a member of the Methodist Episcopal ('hurc)i. 



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eHATFORD A. HOWELL. The thriving 
village of Munsjer contains, among other 
stores of which the residents are justly 
proud, the general mercantile establishment of 
Mr. Howell. Having for many years engaged 
successfully ,as a farmer in this Slate, when Mr. 
Howell retired from that avocation to embark in 
merchandising, he brought to his new undertaking 
the cool judgment and business tact which have 
ever characterized his transactions. His int^'grity 
as a merchant is as widely known as his name, 
while his success ma\- be attiiljiited m a large meas- 



ure to his honorable dealings and courteous treat- 
ment of all witli whom he comes in contact. 

The parents of oiu- subject, .lohn and Pliiebe 
(N'rooman ) Howell, were natives respectively of 
Holland and New Y'ork. the former having emi- 
grated to this country with his parents. The Hol- 
land Purchase in New York was largely owned bv 
the maternal ancestors of our subject, who were 
people of great influence in that community. 
Chatford A. Howell is a native of New York and 
was horn December 22, 1841, in Niagara County, 
where he grew to mature years. The education 
which he received was meagre, but he has con- 
stantly added to his fund of knowledge by read- 
ing and study so that he is now a well-informed 
man, able to converse Huently on all subjects of 
current infi'rest. 

In his early . manhood Mr. Howell enlisted in 
A|iril, 18()l, in Company (l.One Hundred and 
Seventy-ninth New York Infantry, and was at 
once sent to the front with his regiment. He 
participated in luit three engagements of impor- 
tance, namely: the mine explosion in front of 
Petersburg: AYeldon, and Petersburg, at the time of 
Lee's surrender. When the war was closed and 
the soldiers were laying aside the weapons of 
bloody warfare to resume the pursuits of peace, 
Mr. Howell was honorably mustered out of the 
service and returned to his home in the Empire 
State. He had, however, resolved to seek the 
growing West and make for himself a home. Ac- 
cordingly, in the fall of ISti;"), he catne to Michi- 
gan, locating in Saginaw Cminty, and remained 
there one year. 

During las residence in Saginaw County Mr. 
Howell was married, September 17, 18()6, at 
Bridgeport, to Miss Mary B., the daughter of .lohn 
and Hannah (Robinson) Whitney, who had come 
to Michigan from the Buckeye State. Soon after 
his marriage Mr. Howell removed to B.ay County 
and settled on a farm in Merritt Township, where 
he engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1H(S2. At 
tliat time lie sold his estate, which he had brought 
to a high state of cultivation, and established his 
jiresent business. Besides his mercantile business 
he manages a farm which he owns, comprising one 
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miles eiist of ^ruuijcr. 'I'lieie liavo liecii Imiii to 
Mr. and .Mrs. Howell tour eliildii ii — -IVrey W.. 
Sidney •!., Kdw.-ird and ( Jeori>e ''• D., all of whom 
are still under Uie parental roof and receivinir ex- 
cellent educations and careful home training. 

Tiieie is no matter of interest to the growth of 
Munger that fails to receive the hearty co-opera- 
tion of Mr. Howell. He iias heen I'ostma.ster here 
for the past eight years and has served as Town 
Clerk two years, liesides tilling minor olHces 
within the gift of the people. He believes that 
the principles of the Re|)ul)lican party are best 
adapted to the interests of the American [leople. 
and hence invariably casts his ballot for the can- 
didates who will u[)hold those principles. 



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oris A. PELKKY. The village of Pincon- 

ning and the country in this vicinity is in 

\ no small degree indebted to our sul)iectfor 



its recent development. He is a man who has 
opened up faims anil has thoroughly impioved 
evervthing to which he has set his hand. It is be- 
sides a good omen foi' a community when a man of 
•such sounil and unbiasid judgment as has j\Ir. Pelkey 
shows his confidence in the resources in a section 
of country by investing all he has therein, and in 
giving tf) it his entire time and attention. Mr. 
Pelkev now hohls tlie otlici' of Township Clerk of 
Pinconning. 

Our subject is a native of Sebewaing. Huron 
County. Mich., and was born ( )ctolicr 20. \H10. He 
is a son of Antoin and Teresa (Laway) I'elkey, na- 
tives of Michigan. Oui' subject's father was in 
early life engaged in trading with the Indians, buy- 
ing furs, etc.. in exchange for provisions and ain- 
munitioii. They were the tirst settlers in Pincon- 
ning, tiiking up eight\ acres of (Jovernment land 
in 18.");}. It took a jjretty brave man at that time 
to come so far West, for the vast forests were full 
of wild animals that were not always friendl\', and 
the privations were many. The jjrincipal, and in 
fact only industry at that time was the fishing 
business, in which our Mibject's father was engaged 
almost exclusively. shit)|iing his catches to Rav 



City, thence to Toledo and other points. He re- 
tired from active business some four years before 
his death, which took place in lH(j4, when he was 
at the age of seventy-five years; his wife survived 
him by several years, passing away at the age of 
eighty-six years. They are interred in the ceme- 
tery .at West Ba}' City. 

Our subject is one of a family of ten children 
that were born to his parents. Only five of these 
arc now living, and they are: Mary, Mrs. Whit- 
ney, our subject; Alexander, Teresa and Josejih. 
Louis A. grew up a sturdy and independent youth, 
as a life so free from social conventionalities would 
naturally make him. He was educated in Bay 
City and Detroit, and after coming to Pinconning 
he at once proclaimed himself a dominant man by 
beginning enterpri.-^es that stirred up the village. 
He built the first hotel here and ran it successfully 
from 1873 until 1891. It was first known a.s the 
Pelkey House, but its name has been changed to 
the Michigan House. 

jMr. Pelkey has a very fine residence on Second 
Street of this village. He has been Justice of the 
Peace for twelve years, and holds that otHce now. 
He was also Supervisor for twelve years, and now 
holds the office above mentioned. As a Hepubli- 
can he is always true to the colors of his party, and 
his iiirtuence in this vicinity is w(jrtli much to that 
body. IMr. Pelkey well deserves the title f>f being 
the most prominent man in the town. 



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l/OHN WALZ, whose fine farm is situated on 
section 8, Bangor Township, l>ay County. 
is a son of Christian and Barbara Walz. who 
were born and spent their lives in (xermany. 
This son came to America in lHG;"),and tirst settled 
near Fremont, Ohio, where he lived for something 
over two years. He is the sixth in a family of 
children, all of whom grew to maturity, and 
their names are: Christian; Mary .Vgnes, who is 
now the wife of .I.acob Nan; Dora, who died at the 
age of twenty-tliree, in (ieriiian\'; Annie Mary, 
who is the wife of Fred Slaiick; and Joseph. All 
of this family except our subject, still live in (ier- 
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John Walz was married to Mary D., daugliler of 
Tobias and Dora Uiiliia, November 27, 18()(j, and 
tliey iiave ten cliildren, wliose ages range from 
twenty-four to the little one of two years, and 
their names are .lolin, Maggie, .loe, ,laeob, Ciirist, 
Mary, Dora, Louisa, Emma and Louie. Tlie par- 
ents of Mrs. Walz still live in Sandusky. Ohio, 
having come to this country in 18.52. They made 
their first home in Seneca County, Midi., and af- 
terward in West Bay Cit\', but finally removed to 
Ohio. They had six children: Mary 1).. .Jacob .)., 
Frederick, Margaret M., Ivatie 15. and Christ. .Jacob 
.7. and Margaret M. are deceased. 

Our subject has a farm of thirty acres u|)(>n wliicli 
he raises all the wheat, oats and hay he needs, and 
devotes the remainder of the land to the raising of 
vegetables for the city market. His political views 
bring him into harmony with the Democratic party 
and he holds and has held various townshij) ofJices. 
He is now the .Justice of the Peace, which duty he 
has performed for two years, and is alsf) a memJier 
of the School lionrd. 



Li^^)HEODORE C. PHILLIPS. On the oppo- 
:/f(^\\ site page is presented a jjortrait of this 
^^<^ gentleman, who was born in Novi, Oakland 
County, this State, February 17, 1838. He lived 
with his parents until he waji seventeen years of 
age. His knowledge of books was gained at the 
village school in the vicinity of his home, but the 
practical side of his nature was so api)arent that 
he was given responsible positions far earUer 
than tiie majority of boys. At the age above 
mentioned our subject's father gave iiim his time, 
and he learned the carpenter's trade, intending to 
become a millwright. Devoting one year to that, 
he then took charge of an extensive business, ami 
was located on the borders of Oakland and Wayne 
Counties. Thence he went to Lyons, Ionia ! 
County, where he built a dam across the Grand I 
River. i 

During the years of 18,58-."»!» our subject Iniilt 
a Hourmill, and from that time until 1862 made 
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the building of mills his business. At the date 
above mentioned he located in Bay City, working 
as a millwright the first year, luit for the next five 
years he was eng.'iged in the grocery liiisiiicss with 
Mr. Dunham, under the firm name of I'liillips iV 
Dunham. In 18(;(;. in ijartiieiship with .John 
Brooks, he built the north half of the Inion Block 
on Water Street, opposite the Eraser House. 

Having acquired considerable land in the county, 
in 18fi9 Mr. Phillips engaged in the real-estate 
Inisiness; The following year he was a|)pointed 
Postmaster of Bay City, and for eight years filled 
the position to the entire satisfaction of his partv. 
At the expiration of his term of office he assumed 
the Bianagement of the Ba3- City Tri/nnii^. and was 
its hianaging editor until .June, 1881, when he 
moved to his farm on section lit. Monitor Town- 
ship. He ha(J given his place the name of the 
"NeJjobish Farm." 

In 18()1 our subject was united in marriage with 
Miss Catherine H. Stevens, of Lyons, Ionia County, 
daughter of Preston and Thedo L. Stevens. Mr. 
Stevens died in 185(j, and his wife passed away in 
1879 while a resident of Portland, Ionia County. 
Mr. and Mrs. Phillips have Ijeen the parents of 
eight children, six of whom are now living. The 
eldest of these, Ertie, is the wife of Charles Husel, 
and lives near St. Clair, Mich.; Preston is an in- 
surance agent in Bay City; Theodore is a navi- 
gator on a grain boat; Otto is a sailor on the lakes; 
Glenn lives at home, as does ( aiiiilla. who is a 
student in the schools. 

Mr. Pliillii)s was alw.ays a man of great energy 
and perseverance. In 1863 he was appointed en- 
rolling officer of B.ay County, which is in the 
eighty-fifth sub-district of Michigan, and with 
Isaac Maiston, Deputy Marshal, and R. P. Essex, 
Su|)eivisor of Hampton, which then included Bay 
City, performed the duties of the otlice. By the 
ai)|ilication of our sul)ject to the War Department, 
B.av County's (piota during the Civil War was 
reduced to forty-five men. 

After a useful life Mr. I'hillips died .July 4, 
1883, and his body was interred in the cemetery 
of B.ay City. Although having been an invalid 
for some time, his recovery was confidently ex- 
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without vvarninff taken away. Mrs. Phillips still 
lives on the old homestead and supervises tlu^ work 
of the farm, which comprises about three. hundred 
acres of land, well improved and in a s;t)od state 
of cultivation. They carry on general farming 
and stock-raising, confining themselves in the lat- 
ter lini' til llolstein cattle. 









lOBEHT WILSON. The "entleman whose 
name ap;);'arj above is the owner of a farm 
^ \Vi on section 18, Monitor Township, I5ay 
'^^County. lie is a son of .lohn and Elinor 
(Pierson) Wilson. The former was a native of 
1-incolnshiro, England, and was born November G, 
181(1. lie came to America in 1837 and February 
13, 1841, was married to our subject's mother. 
Their nuptials were solemnized in Oakland County, 
to which he had come on landing in this county. 
He at once engaged in farming, having been given 
eighty acres of land by his father-in-law. 

In 18.")1 our subject's father brought his family 
to Saginaw and there engaged in road building. 
Later he removed to I?aj' City and took a contract 
for laying out streets, and Center Street, which is 
now a very good and attractive thorough fare, w.as 
built by him. He then returned to Saginaw and 
continued his road building and working at that 
for a number of years he removed to his farm on 
section 18, Monitor Township, where he settled 
down in 18G2. The next year, however, he suf- 
fered the loss of his wife, and the place l)ecoming 
distasteful to him he returned to Bay City. After 
remaining there a vear and a half he again re- 
moved l>ack to the farm. 

Our subject's fallier still lives on secti<jn 18, 
Monitor Township. He has cleared the land on 
the jilace and has made it a very desirable home. 
He and his wife were the parents of seven children, 
five of whom lived to attain years of majority. 
They were Elizalteth, Robert, Thomas, Rebecca 
and Burton. Elizabeth is the wife of Mr. (irant, 
of Bay City. Robert Wilson, the subject of this 
sketch, was born April 9, 181-1, in Milford, Oak- 
land County, this State. He was married April 20, 



1871, to Elizabeth .1, Pethorick, a native of Eng- 
land, where she was born .June 9, 1849, Her par- 
ents, who were l)otli English, came to this country 
when Elizabeth was but six years old; they located 
first in Canada but afterward came to the States. 

Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have been the parents of 
eight children, seven of whom are now living. 
They are .John P., William Wallace, Henry E.. 
Robert Ernest, Thomas B., Mabel Alice and Bessie 
K. The deceased child was Dasie E. Mr. Wilson is 
the owner of a farm of fifty acres, all of which is 
well improved and under a good state of cultiva- 
tion. He does a general agricultural business, 
paying s])ecial attention, as do most of the farmers 
in this section, to stock raising. 

Our subject has been Director of the School 
District where he now lives. Himself liberal in 
his religious views, his wife is a fervent member of 
the Methodist Episcopal Church, Their home was 
built in 1890 and is one of the pleasantest in this 
neighborhood. 



^/ GUIS MOELLER is a resident of Monitor 
I (^ Township, Bay County, and his parents, 
j ^^^ , Hans and Margaret (Brandt) Moeller, were 
born across the sea. The father was born March 3, 
1811, in IIolstein,(ierman3', and married his wifeat 
Hanover in 1839. AV^ien they came to America they 
had five children — Dorothy, Augusta, Louis, .luliiis 
and Henry. Upon landing they came directly to 
Michigan, arriving in what was then called Saginaw 
County, in 18r)0 and buying a farm of twenty 
acres in Frankenlust Township, cleared the land 
and lived upon it for two years. Subsequently 
they moved to South Bay City, where Mr. M<ieller 
engaged in general work about the ship yards. 

The father of our subject removed in 18.57 to 
Salzburg, and there i)urcliased a farm of forty 
acres which he cleaiid of tiiiilier and built a house 
for his family, in which he lived until his death, 
August 20, 1870. He had been bereaved by the 
death of his wife while living in South Bay City, 
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early citizens of this part of the county, and were 
devout members of llie liUtlicran Church. Hans 
Moeller was Treasurer of the townsliip in wliich lie 
lived for a numbei' of years. 

Loui.s JNIoeller was l)orn February 22, IJSI.'S. in 
Hanover. Germany, and was only seven years old 
when he came with liis parents to America, lie 
remained with them until lie was twenty-one yenm 
of age, and in the meantime iiad learned the car- 
penter's trade at wliich he worked for some time, 
and was afterward eng.aued for al)ont ten years in 
the salt works. 

In the year 1875 onr snliject removed to Moni- 
tor Township, and settled upon the farm whicli lie 
had inherited from his father. He has eighty 
acres on the place where he now lives, and forty 
acres on section 14, whicli is land that he pur- 
chased. All that lie has i^ under cultivation and 
well improved. The house in wliich he lives was 
built by him in 187;'). and all the improvements 
upon the place he has put uj) himself. When he 
took possession of the farm it was covered l>3' a 
dense forest wliich he has cleared away and h.as 
himself liestowed immense labor in making it the 
fine productive estate which it is to-day. 



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ENRY WEGENER. Wnen the Ijiogiapher 
attempts to chronicle events in tlie lives of 
those who are just starting ont in prosper- 
ous careers and wlio, in tlie prime of life, 
may justlv look forward to golden honors which 
the future holds for tlieiii. he finds the privilege a 
a pleasant though liy no means an easy one. In- 
deed, he can do little more tiian briefly sketch the 
events which have so marked the life of the subject 
as to individualize it from the careers of others, 
and leave all else ^o the future historian. 

The subject of this sketcli, who is engaged in 
farming on section 31, Monitor Township, is 
alre.idy quite well known throughout Bay County. 
His father w.as born in Brunswick, (iermany, April 
7, 1824, and emigrated to America when twenty- 
six years of age, seeking in our free land that inde- 
pendence of tliought and action which he vainly 



sought in the over-crowded cities of the Fatlierland. 
Sliortly after his arri\-al in the United States he w.as 
married, .Tunc 11, IK;")!), to ^liss Loniza Katt, wlio 
had come to this country the same time as himself. 
Their wedding was celebrated in Frankenlust 
Township, Bay County, they having come to Mich- 
igan immediately after landing. 

Settling in Monitor Township, the young couple 
purchased laud of Mr. Sivers and commenced at 
once to clear the place of its primitive growth of 
shrubs and trees. For ten years after tlieir location 
on the (ilace they engaged in clearing the forty 
acics which they had purchased and in the mean- 
time underwent the hardships which filled frontier 
existence with so many dangers .and disasters. 
After an honorable and useful life, devoted witli 
affectionate oversight to his wife and little ones, 
William Wegener died .lanuary 1."), 1872 and w.as 
buried in the old cenetery of Fr.ankenlust Town- 
ship. Six of his eleven children still survive, as 
follows: Louis, who resides in Monitoi' Township; 
Christian, whose home is in Williams Township; 
August, a resident of Frankenlust Township; Mrs. 
George Sclimidt; Mrs. .loliu Schmidt; and Henry, 
the subject of our sketch. 

The last named of the children was born .hinuary 
1.'), 18Gfi, in Monitor Township, where he still 
resides. There is nothing of unusual interest to 
record concerning his boyhood, which was passed 
in the ordinary manner of farmers' lads. The 
summer seasons were devoted to farm work as 
soon as he was old enough to drive a team, while 
the common-school education which he received 
was mainly gained during the winter seasons. 
Soon after he had attained to his majority he was 
married, October IK. 1888, to Miss Maggie Maurer, 
a native of Frankenlust Township, and a lady of 
most estimable character. They have <me child 
living, Adolphus, who was born September 4, 18'J(i. 

The sixty-four acre farm which Mr. Wegener 
owns is well iin()roved .and in a good state of cul- 
tivation. His home is in the substantial residence 
which his father erected many years ago while he 
constantly adds such improvements .as will aid him 
in his work. His political views find expression 
in the platform of the Democratic party whose 
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lie reserves to himself the right of castin^j his bal- 
lot in local elections for the candidate whom he 
deems best qualified for the particular (jttice. He 
and his wife are members of llie Evaria'dical Luth- 
eran Church in Frankenlust Township, and are 
active ill the work of tlie ciiurch. 



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\I(._ KNliY K'OOIAKKHS. Although the farm 
of which this gentleman is the owner and 
proprietor is not so large as many estates 
in Hay County, he cultivates it so carefully 
that every acre is made to produce tlie greatest 
possible results. Close attention to the fertilizing 
of the soil, the proper rotation of crops, the study 
of the cereals best ada))ted to the soil, and other 
points of importance in carrying on a farm, liave 
all received his close study, and the resiiil of this 
combined with industry and energy, has been the 
possession of one of the best-improved farms in 
the community. Tlie fifty-six acres are divided 
and subdivided into fields of convenient size, 
while modern m.achinery and good buildings are 
to be found on the place. The residence is a neat 
and comfortable abode, while the members of the 
family are numbered among the worthiest citizens 
of Hampton Township. 

Holland has sent many men and women to the 
United States, and ihe-e foreign-born citizens have 
often become closely identilied with our form of 
Government and adopted American ideas and 
opinions. The subject of our sketch belongs to 
this class of enterprising and successful citizens, 
who have sought lif)niesin the New World, lie 
was born May 3, 1830, in Holland, and there grew 
to mature years. He attended the schools of his na- 
tive land and served five years in the army. In 
1855 he came to America and at once located in 
Bay City, this State, where for two years he en- 
gaged in different pursuits and followed any 
honest occupation for a livelihood. By careful 
economy he w.asable, in 1857, to purchase his pres- 
ent farm and here the remaining years have been 
passed in close attention to the details of farm 



work. His life has been marked by no unusual 
events, but he has followed the peaceful tenor of 
his way, retaining his simplicity of character and 
geniality of disposition. 

In all his enterprises Mr. Kooiakers has received 
the cheerful assistance of his wife, who, prior to 
her marriage to him in 1856, was known as Miss 
Theresa Rescoseare. She was born in Belgium 
and when quite young accompanied her mother to 
America, settling in Bay City. F"ive children have 
been born to ^Ir. and Mrs. Rooiakers, l>ut only one 
survives — .lulia. the wife of (). \au Poplin, of 
IIam|)toii T >wnsliip. So far as is within the 
knowledge of Mr. Rooiakers, he is the only mem- 
ber of his family wlio resides in the ITnited States. 
He is a consistent member of the Roman Catholic 
Church, and in his political lielief is in thorough 
sympathv with the principles of the Repul)lican 
])arty. 



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'OHN C. FRAXCIS. whose pleasant home is 
situated on Bobotonton Reserve, Monitor 
Township, Bay County, is the eldest son of 

Gregory Francis, who was born in 1827, in 

Switzerland, and came to this country with his par- 
ents when he was seven years old. They lived in 
St. Clair County until 1877. His wife, whose 
maiden name was Elizabeth Kobel, was a native of 
Bavaria, (Germany, and their nine children are now 
all living. The father is a lake captain, and he 
still commands his principal boat "'George King," 
which runs between the ports of Lake Erie and 
Lake Superior. 

( )ur subject was born in 1852, in St. Clair County, 
and came to Hay County, in 1878. He was married 
in 1877 to Mary, daughter of Peter and Margaret 
Haier, who were also natives of fJaviiria, Germ my. 
Mrs. P'rancis was born in Monroe, and she is the 
mother of seven children, four of whom are living. 
Those who have died passed away in infancy. Leo 
is now fourteen years old; Albie is eleven; Rai- 
mond is six years of age; and Maria is a little one 
of three years. 

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engaged in the grocery business for some eigliteen 
mouths, and afterward removed to tl)e township 
where lie now lives and wliere he has a fine farm 
of ninety acres. Hs has lieen .Iiistice of the Peace 
ever since he has been here, and is now in his third 
term. He is also Scliool Inspector of Monitor 
Township. 

The Knights of the Maccabees claim Mr. Francis 
as one of their inrtuential and progn.'ssive mem- 
bers, and he is a devout member of tlie Catholic 
Church of Bay City. He is one of those men who, 
belonging to the second generation descending 
from foreign-born jjarents, have combined the re- 
served force of the continent with the push of 
American enterprises and has thus proved of bene- 
fit to the section in which he resides. Mr. Francis 
taught school for eight years, beginning when sev- 
enteen years of age, and was City Clerk of Marine 
City four years. 



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^<^E0RGF: C. BAUER. The prosperity which 

III 1^ , the United States has attained is largely 

^V^JJiJ due to the efforts of thrifty emigrants 
from Germany, who coming hither, have brought 
with them those habits of industry, prudence and 
foresight which were early inculcated in their 
lives. Many of the best classes of emigrants have 
found their way to the State of Michigan, and 
after settling here have become integral parts of 
its progress and well-being. As one of this class, 
special mention belongs to the gentleman whose 
name introduces this sketch and who is one of the 
thrifty farmers of Bay County. On sections 11 
and 12, Frankenlust Township, he owns and o])- 
erates a good farm, which through his arduous ex- 
erti(ms has been brought to a high state of culti- 
vation, lie may usually be found at his pleaisant 
home on section 12, where eighty acres of his farm 
land are situated, the remaining forty acres being 
on section 11. 

In Bavaria, Germany, .John S. Bauer wa; born in 
IHl 1, and there he was united in marri.age with 
Miss Catharina Baumgartner. In IKoO they came 
t ) Amcricu procee(1ing dirootly Id Midiigaii and 



buying a small farm on .section 1, Frankenlust 
Township, Bay Count\ . This place he afterward 
sold and purchased the farm on which our subject 
now makes his home. The parental family com- 
prises five children, four of whom were born in 
Germany and one in ^Michigan. The eldest is 
Barbara, tlie wife oi .lolin Buchinger. of Tuscola 
County; our subject is next in order of birtli; John 
is an engineer in Chicago; John, Jr., lives in Sagi- 
naw County: Knnigunda is the wife of Melville 
Hall, a resident of Bay City. The mother still 
survives and makes hei home with our subject. The 
father died December 2.5, 1891. 

George C. Bauer was Ijorn February 18. 1843, in 
Bavaria, (Germany, and when only seven years of 
age was brought to this country by his parents. 
He grew to manhood, sturdy and vigorous, his ro- 
bust health being doubtless due to his constant ex- 
ercise in the open air. His education was not such 
as commonly falls to the lot of the boys of the 
present day, but has been acquired by careful read- 
ing rather than by study of text books. At the 
age of thirty years he was married, his bride being 
Miss Wilhelmiua Kerkaw, who was born in Prus- 
sia, in 1853, and was brought to this country at 
the age of three and one half years. Unto Mr. 
and Mrs. Bauer six children have been born, 
namely: Barbar.a, born in 1874; JIargaretta, 187.t; 
Emma, 1877; Mary, 1871); Michael, 1881, and 
Katherina, 1883. The children are receiving good 
educations in the neighboring .schools and under 
the careful training of their parents are being pre- 
pared for positions of usefulness in years to come. 
Upon his farm of fuie hundred and twenty acres 
Mr. Bauer carries on general farming and stock- 
raising, and by the use of modern m.achinery is 
able to reap large harvests without great manual 
exertion. He has been the witness of great changes 
in the township of Frankenlust, for when he came 
hither the section of the country was a wilderness, 
made horrible when darkness came on by the 
howling of wild animals. With theii axes, he and 
his father cut a road through the township and did 
much pioneer woik which re<iuired severe toil. In 
his political views .Mr. Bauer is a Democrat and 
has held various ulfices. among them that of Con- 
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tlie Pcat-e, lieinji; still an incMimbent of tlie last 
named ottice. lie is a nieinhei' of the Lutheran 
Chureli. and a liberal supporter of all charitable 

and philanthropic measures. 



OSKl'll I). I II (KINS. The credit lor a 
large sliare of the enterprises which help 
make Kawkawlin one of the best to\vnshii)s 
^ in Bay County belongs to this gentleman, 
who although he has resided here only a few years, 
has nevertheless contributed greatly to the ad- 
vancement of the interests of the people. His es- 
lite is universally conceded to be one of the finest 
in the community and comi)rises two hundred 
and forty acres of highly cultivated land, pleas- 
antly located on section 33. Here he may usually 
be found engaged in actively tilling the soil or 
gathering in the harvests which |)rove conclusively 
his skill as a farmer. While general farming prin- 
cipally engages his attention he also finds time to 
devote to stock-raising and is especially interested 
in horses and hogs. 

The parents of our subject, both of wlioni have 
passed from earlli, bore the names of Daniel and 
Abigail (Dowe) lluckins, and were born in New 
Hampshire, where the father operated as a farmer. 
Although they were able to give their eleven chil- 
dren few advantages they trained them to habits 
of industry and usefulness and |)re[)ared them for 
honorable positions in life. The ten who grew to 
mature years are as follows: ( alvin, whose home 
is Xew Hampshire: Sarah. Ihc wife of l'>.ckiel 
I'ikc; .lonathan. Daniel. Nathan. David. D.anies. 
Ilosic. Aliigail and .losepli I)., who forms the sub- 
ject of this >ketch. was born in Belmont Couiit\ . 
N. II.. August 4. IH2S, and at an early age began 
to assist in farm work. When he staited out iu 
the world for himself he found employment both 
in farming and lumbering. 

In lis.')l Mr. lluckins removed to Columbiana 
Countv. Ohio, where he engaged in railroad luiild- 
ing and was forema)i on the road. Two yeais 
later he ccntracted to furnish ties for the Cleveland 
i^' Mahoning Railroad and having filled this con- 



tract, at the expiration of one year he came in the 
spring of 18;Vf to Bay City, this State. Here he 
found employment in lumbering and fanning and 
such was his success that he felt able to establish 
domestic ties of his own in IHf);"), having chosen as 
his life companion Miss Delia Pierce, a native of 
New York State, and a daughter of Nathan and 
Polly Pierce. The}' have had three children, but 
two only survive — Nellie, the wife of W. L. Peck, 
(if West Bay City, and Fred, who is station agent 
for. the Michigan Central Railroad at Zilwaukie. 
Bert died at the age of twenty-six years. Mr. 
lluckins came to Kawkawlin Townshii)and bought 
his present farm in 1889, and here he and his good 
wife hospitably entertain their many friends. 

The most importiint issue of the day Mr. Huckins 
Ijelieves to be tempenmce and he is a firm adherent 
of temperance principles. He was the first High- 
way Commissioner elected in Bangor Township 
and has always been identified with public affairs 
in whatever community he has resided. An hon- 
orable, upright man, whose word is as good as his 
bond, his circle of friends is as large as his ac- 
(luaintances, and the part which he has taken in 
advancing the interests of the community entitles 
him to the respect not alone of the present gener- 
ation, but also of those who in future years will 
enjov the fruits of his labors. 



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I)\VA1{1) A. KEKLEK. Our subject is the 
Master Mechanic of the Saginaw Bay ife 
Northwestern branch of the Michigan Cen- 
tral Railrt)ad. He is a native of AVestchester 
County. N. Y.,an<l was lioin Octolier 22, 18.t0. He 
is a ^<lll of William S. and Marena (Hofacker) 
Kceler. natives of Bavaria, ( Jermany, but who were 
iiiaiiicd ill New York City, January 2, 1849. Our 
suliject's father was foreman in the mines where 
tlie minerals used in making paints were dug. He 
came to Michigan in the year 1861, and settled 
ill .Marshall, Calhoun County, where he remained 
until the year 18(;9. He then went to Three Oaks, 
Ind., and was there engaged in farming, thence 
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at the age of seventy-eight years. His wife died 
at Marshall, this State, August 7, IfSUT). William 
Keeler served througii the Mexican War, and is a 
Republican of the most prouuunced kind. He has 
almost always acted as foreman or overseer of large 
l)odies of men. His family comprises four chil- 
dren, whose names aie Edward A., William .T., Au- 
gusta, Mrs. Stamp; and Albeit. 

As a lad our snlijcct was lirst made acquainted 
with books at Rushville, N. Y., and on coining to 
Michigan, attended a night school at Marshall, but 
before he was eleven 3'ears old he was bound out 
for the sum of ^{'25 per year, to work in a sawmill. 
He was to receive three months' schooling and his 
board in consideration of his youthful services. 
He plodded through one year of the dreary routine 
of sawmill work and then, running away, returned 
home, but liefore he left he had charge of the saw- 
ing department. 

When fourteen years c)ld our subject commenced 
to work for the Miciiigan Central Railroad at fifty 
cents a day. He then became (ircinan for the same 
road, in which capacity he worked for one year, 
and then was employed in the boiler shop at Marsh- 
all for two years, and from that place was advanced 
to the copper-shop, then to the machine-shop and 
round house, where he remained for nine years. 
In 1W72 Mr. Keeler was einplo_ved with the West 
Michigan Railroad Company at St. Joseph, Berrien 
County, serving for six months as engineer, two 
and a half ycirs as general foreman and three 
years as master mechanic. He was then transferred 
to the round-house and macliiiie-shop at Muskegon 
as general foreman. 

-The shops were discontinued at St. .kiseph and 
consolidated at Muskegon, where he was transferred 
and occupied a similar position for the same com- 
pany for three years. At the expiration of that 
time on account of failing health he left the shop 
and aceepled a position as engineer on a passenger 
train on the Muskegon it Allegan Railroad, serv- 
ing about one year. On leaving the road an offer 
was made him to come to Pincouning to take 
charge of the motive power employed in the loco- 
motive-shops, which position he still holds. 

In 1890 Mr. Keeler was appointed to fill a va- 
can y aiiioiig the village aldermen, and in 1891 



was elected Village Treasurer^ and holds the same 
position with the Detroit Building it Loan Associa- 
tion, which is known as the National Loan it In- 
vestment Company. He is also Secretary of the 
society of Chosen Friencis. Our subject has a very 
])leasant residence which he purchased in 1891, and 
which is located on Second Street, being an orna- 
ment to the locality in which it is built. 

Our suliject was married .June 2(1, 1872, to Miss 
Emma, daughter of .John C. and Emily (Hockmuth) 
Egeler, of Marshall, Mich. Mrs. Keeler 's parents 
are natives of Germany and Switzerland, respec- 
tively. They came to America when they were 
quite young, and were married at Ann .\rbor. The 
father is a carriage maker and is still a resident of 
Marshall. Of his family of six children, Mrs. Keeler 
is the eldest. The others are Carrie, .John C, 
Charles II., Ida E. and Frederick W. Mr. and Mrs. 
Keeler are the parents of two children, Edna B. and 
Mabel L. 

Our subject is a Republican in his political pre- 
dilection. Socially he is a Master Mason and l)e- 
longs to. the Knights Templar. His family as well 
as himself, are devoted members of the Presby- 
terian Church. Jlr. Keeler is one of the self-made 
men to whom all honor is due for their persever- 
ance and unfailing faith in the power of work. He 
has accumulated more than a comfortable compe- 
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OSIII A .lAMES RICHARDSON. Among 
the men of the Wolverine State we find 
.abundant instances of that stoiy, old yet 
ever new, of the poor boy rising through 
the strength of his natural abilities and innate 
character to a position of prosperity and responsi- 
l)ility. We find this tale told again in the life of 
Mr. Richardson, who is a gardener and fruit raiser 
of Hampton Township, Bay County, and who is 
looked upon as one of the ie;);'3?e.itative men of 
the countj-. 

Our subject wa< l)!)in in Mecklenburg County, 
Va., in 18.36, and is one of a large fa nily. most of 
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.lonatliaii and Louisa (Hrown) Ricliardsoii. wore 
both \'ir<^iniaiis by hirtli, the furiiicr lu'iiiu: I'ori) in 
1783 and the latter aliniit tlic year IHl.'). aiuJ slic 
is still liviiiLT and now makes liei- iionie in Ca.ss 
County, this State. Our subject's paternal arand- 
fathei', John Hicliardson, was also a native of the 
Old Dominion and tliere made liis home throuiih- 
out life. 

The subjeet of thi> ,-ketch came to .Micliigan in 
1H')4 and remained tor one year in Detroit, after 
which he made his liome in E.ast Saginaw, wliich 
remained his residence until l«r)7. when he located 
in what was then calle(l Lower Saginaw but is now 
Hay City. lie remained there, carrying on a news 
stand and lestauranl until the spring (jf 1(S7(), 
wiien he i)nrchased the property which he now 
owns, consisting of forty-six acres of land which 
he has since placed under cultivation and brought 
to a high degree of productiveness. 

Mr. Richardson was married in ISiii) to Mary 
Duclos, a native of Wisconsin, and their union was 
blessed bj' the birth of two children — Lucretia, who 
died in infancy, and Lament, who makes his home 
with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson are 
)neml)ers of the Baptist Church in Bay City, in 
which they occupy a wide field of influence. They 
were among the most active in establishing that 
church in Bay City and are helpful in every way 
in its religious and social movements. The doc- 
trines and declarations of the l\'ei)ul)lican party 
receive the hearty endorsement of our subject, 
who has strong faith that under the leadershij) of 
Uepublican statesmen and guided by Hepultlican 
Ijrinciples our country' will yet attain a much 
higher degree of prosperity than it has yet seen. 



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^^1 DAM .1. .\UNOLl), Our suliject is a son 
(@/'JI ; of John M. Arnold, who was born in Ba- 
ll/ Is varia, (iermany, in 1M2(I. When twenty- 
{§y seven years old he came to this country 

and located in Kran ken ninth. Sagitiaw Connt\, 
tliis State. He remained tlu're until IStJ;') and 
then came to Bay Couut\ and locateil on section 



3(), Monitor Townshij). Before coining to this 
country he was man-ied, in 1H47, to Miss Anna B. 
List, in Bremen, (Iermany. They became the par- 
ents of eighteen children, six of whom are still 
living. Of these .Mary is the eldest; she is the 
wife of George Staudacher. Following her are 
Adam, Michael J., Rosina B., who is Mrs. Fred 
Staudacher; Anna B., the wife of F. Lossee; Mary 
who lives in Salzburg. 

John M. Arnold died in 1H7H on the old home- 
stead on section 'M\. His wife still survives and 
makes her home with our subject — Adam J. He 
was born August 21. 18()(l, in Frankenmuth, Sag- 
inaw County. He came to 15ay County in liSG.'), 
remaining at home until he was fourteen years old. 
He then entered the CV)ncordia College at Ft. 
Wayne, Ind., and there pursued his student course 
for three and a half years. On the death of his 
father t)ur snl)ject came home and assumed the 
duties and management of the home place. The 
home farm on section 36 continued to be the place 
of residence until 1H78 when the family removed 
to section Hi where he had purchased the land he 
now lives on. 

Mr. Arnold has one hundred and ten acres of 
good and fertile land; seventy acres of this has been 
thoroughly improved and is under a good state 
of cultivation. AL'. Arnold devote<l himself to 
agriculture, but like many others finds that stock- 
raising is a particularly lucrative business. He 
keeps a high grade of cattle. The Durhams on 
his place are pictures of i)erfection. He also breeds 
Clydesdale hor.ses and has .some remarkably fine 
animals. 

Oiu' subject has held numerous towushii) offices 
and at the present time is a Justice of the Peace. 
He is a member of the Luther.an Church, which is 
probably the strongest denomination in Monitor 
Townshi|). .Ah'. Arnold was married October 9, 
IKHH. to Miss Anna B. Ilelmreich. They have one 
child who I ears the name of Fliza .Martha. This 
eliild was liorn June 1 L iJ^tHI, and is the object of 
the greatest adminition of her fond parents, who 
ali-eady make many pl.ans for her future. 

Our subject is the agent of the Mutual Fire 
Insurance Association of Frankenmuth, Saginaw 
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he found that but little of the land had been 
cleared. The house which is his lioine he built in 
1891. It is a' pleasant and well-arranged dwelling 
and kept in most perfect order by its mistress, who 
is a model housewife. There are good barns iijxjn 
the place and all other imj^rovements. .Since coin- 
ing here Mr. Arnold has laid about three hundred 
rods of tiling. 



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'^1 AMES HAY. This former well-known busi- 
ness man of Saginaw, the President of the 
T^ttabawassee Boom Company and one who, 
both in business and social life, was uni- 
versally respected and esteemed, died from an at- 
tack of congestion of the lungs, November 26, 1881. 
He was of Scottish birth and yet essentially a rep- 
resentative citizen of America, and especially of 
the .Saginaw Valley. 

Of humble parentage, with limited advantages 
in the way of education, Mr. Hay served his father 
faithfully through boyhood and youth and u|)OU 
gainiug his m.ajority soon tooU his position auiong 
men, through his owu efforts and by the force of 
his sterling manhood. He cai'ried iuto practice 
those principles of honesty and fideiity (hat aie 
the truest foundation of character, and as a conse- 
quence his position auiong business men bccanu' 
such as might well be envied by thousands. He 

secured for his familv a larsife coniijetencv and tlu' 

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inheritance of a good name, which to them ai'e i 

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priceless pos.sessions. 

.Tiimes Hay was born in Scotland .May 10, \H-2^^ 

and wliile yet an infant was brought by his father, 

Daniel Hay, to Nova Scotia and later to Albany, 

N. Y. There the father worked at his trade, bl.ack- 

smithing, and .lanu's, who was the third of seven 

sons, assisted him as soon as he was old enough. 

In 1838 the family removed to a farm in Waiwick, 

Canada, al)out thirty-five miles fron\ Sarnia, and 

there the youth labored with his father until he 

reached the age of twenty-one, at which time he 

canu> to Michigan an<l worked at .St. Clair for two 

years for various lumber firms. He then conuneuced 

jobbing and running log- for A. iV ]), \V. Rust, 



whose headquarters wore at Newport, now Alarine 
City. He continued witli them, some of the time 
as foreman, until the fall of 18.')7,when he accepted 
a situation as foreman of David Ward's Lumber- 
ing operatu)ns. The timber which was being cut 
was on Pine River, one of the tributaries of the 
Tittabawassee. 

After continuing foi' one .season with ilr. Ward 
our suliject formed a partnership in 1858 with 
Ezra Rust, of Saginaw, the firm taking a contract 
as jot)bers to put in several million feet of Pine 
River logs for A. & D. W. Rust, which was accom- 
plished with promptness and no little profit. In 
18^)1) Mr. Hay entered into partnership with Ezra 
Rust, of this city, under the firm name of Rust <t 
Hay, which connection continued up to the time 
of the death of our subject. The average ([uantity 
of logs handled each year by this firm amounted 
to about ten million feet. 

The firm of Rust, Eaton i^- Co. was formed in 
1865, the memliers of the firm being Amasa Rust, 
George L. Burrows, D. L. C. Eaton, .Tames Hay, 
Kzra Rust, and A. S. (laylord. The mill property 
was at Zilwaukie, and to it extensive salt works 
have been added. A. S. (i.aylord died in 1877 
and was succeeded by his widow, who is still a 
member of the lirm. In ISTl the firm of Hay, But- 
man iV' Co. was organized by .lames Hay, A. Rust, 
Myron liutman iiud Ezra Rust, 0|)erating the mill 
and salt works ;it l>:iy City and handlingau average 
of twel\c million leet of lumbei- each yeai-. 

In the Tittal)awassee l>oom Comp.Tuy, which 
wns organized in lUli^!. Mi'. H:\y was alwavs a 
pnuninent stock-holder and for three years prev- 
ious to 1876 was a Director. That year he was 
elected by the Hoard of Dircctois to the Presi- 
dency of the com|iany, which position he held up 
to the time of his death, giving to the business a 
large share of his peisomd attention, and manifest- 
ing therein executive aliility of the highest order, 
as far as pertains to the management of the timber 
intei'ests of the Saginaw liix'cr ^'alley. It is prob- 
able that no man in such a position hasever given 
nu)re complete satisfnctifui to ail jiarties than did 
Mr. Hay. l>v I'c.ason of liis cool and iliscriminating 
judgnuMit, his thorough familiaiity with all the 
details of the lumber business and his accurate 



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knowledge of timlier. ti-ansi)ort!iti()n and the inavkot sliip. Bay County. To the cultivation of this six- 
he was one of the nio.st valualile Uiinhi'iinen in the ty-aere farm he luings the qualities of tlirift and 
Saginaw Valley. His piivate affairs consumed his prudence vvliich characterize the G'ennan nation, 
time to such an extent that he could not devote and 1)V tiie exercise of frugality and good judg- 



much thouglit to pohtics; iiowever, he was a stanch 
Republican. 

^Ir. Hay was married at Detroit Decemher 18. 
1H64, to Miss Martha A. Hawkins, the daugliter of 
Jabez and Mary A. (Doyle) Hawkins, natives le- 
spectively of Vermont and Ohio. The union nf 
our subject and his wife brouglit to them nine 
children, seven of whom survive, namely: Mary 
W. now ^Irs. K. A. Owen, of Saginaw; Willi;., 
.lane II.. Martha D.. Ethel K.. Hlauclie 1'.. and Nina 
.1.; .lames II. and Alice .M. are deceased. .Mis. Hay 
is Ji \vom:in of marked l)u~iue<s abilitie-. which 
.she abundantly showed in the liuildiug of her 
beautiful liome in 1H87. It is tliiee stories in height. 
of modern architecture, and it.< interior is no less 
attractive than the exterior, being fuinislied with 
taste and elegance. The building of this mansion 
occu])ied something like two years and it is suli- 
stantial in its construction. Mrs. Hay is a regular 
attendant upon the .services of the Presbyterian 
Church and a liberal contributor to the same. She 
is her husband's successor in the tiriii of Rust, Eaton 
iV Co. In matters of charity .Mr. and .Mis. Hay 
were always of one mind and heeded the Script- 
ural injunction "let not thy right hand kno\v what 
thy left hand doeth," but inan\ a heart has been 
made glad through their ipiiet and unostentatiou.; 
beneficence. 



\t OHX NEl'MEYER. The record of this gen- 
tleman .as an agriculturist and as a citizen 
reflects great credit upon his adoiited town- 

ship. As a man of genuine iiublic spirit he 

interests himself in everything that will in any 
way promote its welfare, and contributes liberally 
toward all plans for imiirovement. Although he 
is deeply interested in public affairs, lie finds his 
fliief enjoyment in tlie develoi)mcnt of his farm. 
v> ..Ich is located on section 12, Frankenlust Town- 



ment has become well-to-do. 

The agricultural element of Michigan lias re- 
ceived constant additions from Germany during 
the [last half century, and among those who came 
hither in IH'i'.i was .lolin .Taeob Neumeyer, the 
father of our subject, who emigrated to this coun- 
try with his family and .settled in Frankenlust 
Township. He was at that time well advanced in 
years, having been born in 1796, in Germany, 
where he was married to Miss Madeline Bruuer 
and where he aL-^o served .seven years in the Ger- 
uiaii aiin\-. Of his four children, the eldest is the 
subject of this biograiiliical notice. The others arc 
Christopher, a resident of Frankenlust Township; 
^lartiii, whose home is also in that township; 
Annie ^laggie, the widow of Frederick Keith, for- 
merly a farmer of Salzliurg, 

(Germany was the native. [ilace of Mr. Neumeyer 
and he was born December 23, 1829. He remained 
in that country twenty-four years, but at the time 
of his father's removal to the Xew World in 1853, 
he also came hither and sought a home amid the 
less jiopulous cities of the West. His first experi- 
ence of the hardships of pioneer existence was 
gained in Frankenlust Township, which was at the 
time of his location therein, a sparsely settled lo- 
cility. After working alone several years in Bay 
County, ]\Ir. Neumeyer was married December 7, 
18.")8, to Miss Barbara Maggie Zill.who w.as born in 
Germany and came to America during the same 
year as IMr. Neumeyer. Six children have been 
born to Mr. and ]Mrs. Neumeyer, foiu' of whom are 
still living, iiainel\-: (Tcorge, who is married and 
resides in Bay City; August, also married and a 
resident of Saginaw County; Barbara, who is at 
home; and Christopher, who also remains under 
the |iareiital roof. Maggie, IMrs. George Schwab, 
(lied in 1883, and Margaret, who was united in 
marriage with (ieorge Schwab, died in 1891. 

The sixty acres of land which !Mr. Neumeyer 
owns has been placed under good cultivation and 
enibellislied with a good class of farm buildings. 
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stanch ndhercut of the principles of tlie Democratic 
party, and though l>y nomean.sa partisan, ho takes 
sufficient interest in politics to east Ids ballot in 
favor of tliose principles which he lielieves best 
adapted to our welfare. OHicial honors have never 
attracted him, for lie prefers the quiet of domestic 
enjoyment to the excitement of public life. He 
finds his religious homo within the Evangelical 
Lutheran Church, where he is an active worker, 
and no measure of interest to the welfare of his 
fellow-citizens appeals in vain for his aid. 




ONALD A. McDONELL. The editor and 
publisher of the Pinconning Neirs and 
also the President of the village of Pin- 
conning, is a native of Ann Arbor, where 
he was born September 17, 185.5. He is a son of 
Donald and Mary (McDonell) McDonell, natives 
of Nova .Scotia. His father was an attorney, hav- 
ing graduated from the law school in Ann Arbor 
in 1861. In 1867 he went to Erie, Kan., and there 
engaged in the practice of his profession until he 
assumed the occupation of a farmer in which he 
was reasonably successful; he died March 20, 1873. 
The mother of our subject survived her husband 
by ten years, passing away in November, 1883. 
She was the mother of three children — Angus, now 
a resident of Texas, is engaged in the cattle and 
sheep business; Donald A., our subject, and Cath- 
erine. The family inherit the best traits of their 
sturdy ancestors — the Highland Scotch. As a child 
the foundation of Donald's education, outside of 
his excellent home training, was laid in Nova 
Scotia, and on coming to the States he spent two 
years at the Ypsilanti State Normal School. Previ- 
ous to this, however, he had received that best of 
all training — in the teacher's line, having taught 
in Kansas for two years. He was also engaged in 
teaching in this State, s])ending seven years in all 
in this occupation. 

Mr. McDonell came to Pinconning in 1879, first 
e.n ployed as bookkeeper for Rhodes & Jennings 
with whom he remained one year. ( )ue of the best 
resnl'-5of this period of hi^ bi^y days is an abstract 



of titles of Crawford County, completing this work 
in 188-4. Mr. McDonell established tiie News in 
1887. It IS a six-column folio and has a circula- 
tion of some five hundred. Its tone is what one 
miglit expect coming from the hands of so high- 
minded a gentleman. It mirrors most truly the 
sentiments of the ijeoi^le and tiie condition of the 
count) y. 

Our saliject lias been Supervisor of the town- 
ship and is at present School Inspector, besides his 
other positions as President and Clerk of the vil- 
lage. His ofHce is in his residence on Manitou 
Street. The principles of the Republican party are 
those held most highly in the estimation of him of 
whom we write, and that are mirrored forth in his 
journal. Mr. JIcDonell, as well as his estimable 
wife, is a member in good standing of the Catholic 
Church. 

( )ur subject was married .Tanuary 8, 1889, to Miss 
Margaret (Tannon. of West Bay City. She is an 
accomplished lady of decided personal attractions. 
They have one child, Mary F. 



'ill AMES PUKTKLL. The care of the poor is 
at the present time conducted on a very 
different basis than in former years. The 

public is Ijeginning to realize that human 

nature is not entirely responsible for the deficiencies 
in its facultie-i that make the art of acquiring a 
competency easy or even po.ssible; that many and 
varied are the aspects of the sociological (piestion, 
including heredity, physical defects etc., that make 
it a public as well as a Christian duty to care ten- 
derly for the unfortunate one.s. The county poor 
farm of Bay County is a credit to the community 
and commonwealth, and its presiding genius— Mr. 
Purtell, takes great pride in the way in which 
it is conducted. 

Our subject was born in Kiughainton County, 
N. Y., and coining here with his parents when a 
small child located in St. Clair County, where he 
resided until reaching mature years. He located 
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home. Ill 1M7II oiiisiihjcct was iiiiitud in iii:iri'iage 
til Miss l,i)iiis:i Keinpti-r. ii native of (ieriiiaiiy, wliu 
euiiie to .Miclii;tra" witli iier parent* when a ehild. 
Tliev have a family of four children, whose names 
are Annie. Fred. .lenn v and Kittie M. 

Ju 1871 Mr. I'urtell was appointed on llie police 
force by the Town Council of Bay City — an ofHce 
which he failiifully tilled for six year.>. At the 
expiration of that time he resisjni'd to accept his 
present iiosition. the duties of whirh lie has so sat- 
isfactorily discharijed that there has never been a 
complaint. Since filling his ])resent ollice h? lii< 
been appointed to the position of Deputy Slienff, 
upon which he has served for three years. 

Our subject's parents were .loliii and .Mary 
(Madrigan) Purtcll;the foriiici was liiirn in ('niiiil\ 
Limerick. Ireland, and the niDther probably in 
New York, although she was of Scotch ancestry. 
.Socially, Mr. Purtell is a member of the Free and 
.Vccepted Masons, of the .\ncient Order of I'nitcd 
Workmen and the Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows and Kebekah. and is also a ineiiilier of Hay 
City Legion. No. II. S. K. .\. O. I . W. With his 
wife, he is a member of the ICpiscopal (liurcli. and 
they are rearing their children in the same belief. 



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^jr^i E0R(;K A. WILLl.VMS. M. 1). This promi- 
nent representative of the physicians and 
_ surgeons of Hay City has been in jnai ticc 
here since the s])ring of 1873, and has his ollice at 
No. 910 North Water Street. He w.as born in Chat- 
ham. Ontario. August 20. 184 1. and is a son of 
.lolin and Klearior (Drake) Williams. Some of the 
representatives of this branch of llic Williams fain- 
il\- tirst made their ai)pcaraiicc in .Vinerica in 17o8. 
coming from England with the troops under (Jen. 
Wolf. They served during that campaign in both 
army and navy, and when Detroit fell into the 
hands of the Kngiisli they made that place their 
permanent home; portions of the family, however, 
crossed I he river and became residents of Canada, 
while a number of the descendants still make their 
li'iiiir in Detroit. Mention is made in the annals 
o llial cilv of oui' subject's kiiisrri;in. Tlioina- 



A\'illiains, who was one of the first Justices of the 
Peace there, and whose son,{ Jen. .lohn H.Williams, 
became the tirst Mayor in Detroit. 

Our subject received his education in the Cliat- 
liain High School and also had private teachers in 
French and Latin. After coinijleting his studies 
he was engaged with his brother in the oHice of 
Crown Land Agency, which was established by 
the crown for the purpose of selling government 
lands to immigrants. Having resolved to follow 
the profession of a jihysician. he read medicine in 
Toronto in \'ictoria College, which is a branch of 
the AMctoria Iniversity at Coboiirg, and was grad- 
uated therefrom May 11, 1870. Shortly afterward 
he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons 
ill Ontario, and took his diploma from that insti- 
tution. 

The young Doctor practiced in Chatham, Ontario, 
and also followed his profession at Lindsay. .Vf- 
terward he went to New York City to act as phy- 
sician in the private ward at Bellevue Hospital 
under the charge of .lames H. Wood. Sub.sequent 
to this he came to Hay City, locating here in 1873, 
so that he has now been here nearly twenty years. 
His ability to use the French language has given 
him a large proportion of the French jjatroniige. 
He is a fine violinist, and an artist of no mean 
note, especially in the line of a humorist. In the 
I5.ay County Medical .Society he is a notable mem- 
ber, and was its President in 1889. The Saginaw 
Valley Medical Club likewise counts him as among 
its most inrtiiential members. 



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MAND lir(iO. This well-known farmer 
of Hampton Township, Hay County, is one 
of the foreign-born residents of Michigan 
who have done so much to help build up 
the industries and enterprises of the Wolverine 
Stale. In this cl.ass of emigrant* this common- 
wealth has been unusually favored, as her early 
coiidit ion did not attract hither a worthless class 
of foreigners, who came expecting to live ofif the 
tat of the land without coiitribntiiig their share to 
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privations whicli characterize the lives of the early 
settlers hei-e were not attractive to any except 
sturdy and self-sacrificing men who were fore- 
sighted enough to trust in the future. 

Our subject was born in Loraiue, France, in 
18-37, and came hither with his mother, his brothers 
and sisters in 1849, locating first in Detroit, where 
he lived until 1854 and then went to work on the 
Sault Ste. Marie Canal, and alter a short time spent 
there worked for a while in the copper mines. He 
then located in Bay City in 1855 and worked in 
tlie mills in this vicinity until he bought the farm 
on which he now resides, in 1871. Tliis beautiful 
farm comprises eighty acres of rich and arable soil 
and is now in excellent condition and most jmo- 
ductive. 

One of the most important events in the life of 
Mr. Hugo was his union in marriage in 18G2 with 
Caroline Boutiyette, with wlnim he has united in 
training their six children to lives of usefulness. 
They are named Krank, Katiet Jenny, Minnie, A'ic- 
tor and Lizzie. The}' are members of the Roman 
Catholic Church and liave brought up their chil- 
dren in this faith. The father of our subject l)i)re 
the name of Francis Hugo, who was the son of 
Charles Hugo, and he and all the progenitors of 
our subject were of French birth and Idood. 

The political views of our subject bring him 
into harmony with the Democratic party with 
which he casts his vote and iiiHuence, although 
he is not active in political movements. This 
hard-working citizen is one of those genial men 
who welcome cordially not only friend hut stran- 
ger to their door, and make a friend of every stran- 
ger by their true-liearted and genuine kindliness of 
manner. 



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"iflOHN NKSBITT. For about forty years 
this gentleman has been closely connected 
with the progress of Bay County, daring a 
portion of that time engaging as a miller 
but now operating a good farm t>n section 20, 
Monitor Township. Although he has been upon his 
present estate only a few years he has made of it 



one of the most valuable farms of the vicinity, 
whose rich harvest fields are the source of a desir- 
able income and whose neat and tasty buildings 
prove the thrift of the propi'ietor. The place is 
supplied with machinery .and all the conveniences 
for carrying on agriculture, while the land is di- 
vided and sub^divided into fields of convenient 
size for raising grain and furnishing pasturage for 
the stock. 

William Xesbitt, the father of our subject, was 
born in Cattaraugus County, X. Y., and in his early 
manhood was married to Miss Miiiy Henderson, a 
native of ^'ermollt. They liecame the parents of 
seven children, four of whom grew to manhood 
and womanhood — Jane, (ieorge, Alexander and 
.lojm. In 1835 the fathei came West to Illinois 
and Itought property in Chicago, where he engaged 
in the real-estate business until the time of his 
death in 1873. His wife had died in the State of 
New York i)rior to his coming to Chicago. He was 
a man of sound business judgment, tact and en- 
ergy, and at his death left a considerable amount 
of land wliich was divided among the heirs. 

Cattaraugus County, N. Y., was the earl\ home 
of our subject and there he was born Decemlier 25, 
18.38. He was a lad of about thirteen years when 
in 1852 he came to Michigan and settled in Bay 
City, where he embarked in business as a miller 
and was thus occu|)ied aliout nine years. In liS()7 
he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Archer, 
who was a native of Canada l)ut at the time of her 
marriage resided in Bay City. Wiieii Mi'. Neshitt 
ceased to operate as a miller he commenced to 
farm in 1K()'.). buying lifly-seveii acres in Monitor 
Township and placing it under good cultiyalion. 
That remained his home until 1887, when he sold 
it and purcha.sed his present estate. The work of 
clearing the farm which had lieen commenced, was 
taken np liy him and brought to a successful com- 
pletion, while he also erected sucli buildings as 
convenience suggested. 

Of the congenial union of Mr. and Mrs. Nesbitt 
six children have been born, all of whom are still 
at home and are receiving good educations in the 
schools of the neighborhood. They are — Adaline. 
Mary J., William, Eva, Annie and Alex. Socially 
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and witli h\> f'Miinly cnjiiys the c.-tcein nt' liis lara;e 
circle of acfiuaintanci'.--. Ik- has (•ontriliutcd his 
quota to tlic advancement of Bay County, and the 
destitute have never appealed to his aid in vain. 
In his political sentiments he is identified with the 
Republican i)art.y. hut has never sougiit office, pre- 
ferrinof to devote his attention to his personal 
work. 

^^EORCK PAII. J.AN(;. Our suliject is a 
ill ^— , native of this county and townsliip. his fa- 
^^5) tlier, John (lotlieb L.ing, having' come to 
Bay County from (lermany in 1851. He was born 
in the Fatherland Jlarch 6, 1821, and there mar- 
ried Annie Mary Schenkner. On settling in this 
vicinity the young couple found the country en- 
tirely covered witli heavy timber, the people com- 
paratively few in numbers, and the state of society 
very unsettled. They slvirdily set themselves, 
however, to making the- best of what they felt 
would ultimatfly ln' to the advantage of tlieni ;ind 
their family. 

Our subject's fatlicr at tirst purchased forty .'icres 
of land; he afterward added tliirty-two acres and 
this afforded plenty of woi-k for him and his son,- 
our subject, who was here liorn, .lanuary 27, 18.')7. 
The only other child in the family is a daughter, 
Maggie, who is now tlie wife of .lohn Baehm and 
resides in this vicinity. The parents are .still liv- 
ing and make their home on the jilace which they 
first purchased on coming to this State. 

Our subject, who resides on .section 'M. Monitor 
Township, was married April 9, 1880, to Barbara 
Yoss, who.se parents, like his own, are natives of 
the Fatherland. Their union has been blessed by 
the advent of two children: of these .Tohn is the 
elder, born IMarch 11, 1883; th.e younger is Annie, 
whose natal day was May 9, 1885. Our subject's 
father was one of the earliest settlers in this town- 
ship, and George Lang understands thoroughly the 
meaning of pioneer life, having .assisted his father 
with some of the most difficult tasks of clearing. 
The family, both i)arents and .son, are members of 
the Lutheran Church. 

Our subject is a Rcpublic'iii in liis polithal pref- 



erence. He was early trained in the German 
schools and later was a sUidcnt in the public 
schools. The improvements upon the place where 
he lives were made in the main by his parents. He 
has one hundred and fifty-two .acres of land which 
are under excellent cultivation. Seventy-two acres 
are on section 31 and eighty on .section 36. Mr. 
Lang is a general farmer, devoting the greater 
portion of his attention to that business which has 
alwiiys proved to be the farmer's hope in time of 
failure of crops — that of stock-raising. His farm 
is well improved and bears evidence of careful .and 
tliorf)Ugh management. 



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ianis Township, Bay County, where he 
jj Jj owns a fine farm on section 35, our sub- 
ject is the son of George and Mary Ann 
Kern. The former was born in Bavaria, (Tcrmany, 
in the year 1805. He came to this county about 
the year 1834 and located in Pennsylvania; he 
afterward however, came to Detroit where he was 
married. The young couple made that their 
hone for about four years and then took up eighty 
.acres of land eleven miles northeast of Detroit. 
That proved to be his home until the time of his 
demise, which occurred in 1857. 

Anthony J. Keni was born April 27, 1843, at 
Roseville, Macomb County, this State. He re- 
mained on the old homestead until seventeen 
years old and then went to Detroit where he en- 
gaged in the biewery business for four years. He 
then went to Pennsylvania and after a stay of one 
year returned to the old homestead in the Wolver- 
ine State and assisted his father with the work of 
the farm for two years. In 1869 he came to AVill- 
iams Township and bought one hundred and sixty 
.acres of woo<lland. He h.as since sold eighty acres 
of this tract and of the remaining eighty about 
fifty acres are cleared. 

In early manhood our subject learned the car- 
penter's trade and has devoted a great deal of 
time to that business. In 1867 he was married to 
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this union he has become the father of four children, 
of whom the eldest is Eva. Following her are 
Florence, Chester and lUirton. 'I'lie fannl\' is ver\- 
l)lcasant, the young petjple having all tlie winsoni- 
ness and interest of 3'outh. 

Our subject is a Prohibitionist in politics. He 
has been Justice of the Peace in his townsliip for 
twelve years and was Director of the scliool dis- 
trict in which lie lives for some time. In his 
church relations he, with his wife, is a Methodist 
and his children h-ive been brought up in tlie 
teaching of that denomination. Mr. Kern Iniilt tlie 
famil}' residence in 1884. His farm is for the most 
part well improved. lie devotes himself to general 
agriculture and has a good deal of stock. As a 
builder, however, and employed Iiy his neighbors 
in carpentry work, he has made the most of his 
present competency. 

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^/ILLIAM LOOSE & SON. Among the 
highly esteemed business fii-ms of West 
Bay City we have the one just named, 
which is engaged in the line of furniture and the 
direction of funerals. They have the reputation 
of being thorough-going and progressive business 
men, and the father is one of the old settlers in 
this section and has been in Michigan since 18;');'). 
Their estaiilishment is the largest of the kind in 
West Bay City, and they are proprietors a'so of 
the Loose Block. 

The senior member of this firm was born in 
Pommern, Prussia, November 1, 183(1, and his fa- 
ther, Henry Loose, was in the business of wagon 
making there. The grandfather was a man of 
wealth who went to Poland and there lost his 
property, but returned to Germany to spend his 
last days. Henry Loose died in the Fatherland 
in 1852 and his wife, whose maiden name was 
Mary Peoch, also died in her native home. They 
were conscientious members of the Lutheran Church 
and brought up their seven children to observe 
and practice the Christian religion. 

William Loose was reared in the common schools 



of Auklani until he reached the age of fourteen 
and was then apprenticed to the cabinet-maker's 
trade, in which he spent four years, and subse- 
quently worked in Mecklenburg, and at New 
Brandenburg for more than six years. In 1854 he 
came to America, landing in New York in October 
and from there journeyed to Buffalo, but did not 
feel contented to remain in the East. I'pon coming 
to Michigan he stopped first in Detroit and then 
in Flint where he was employed at his trade with 
various lirms and spent twelve years in that city. 

In A[)ril, 18(55, Mr. Loose came to Bay City and 
entered the employ of Midangli & Ernst, with 
whom he remained fov some five months. This 
city \vt\s then a smiU village, having only two frame 
stores. After becoming acquainted here and find- 
ing the demand was for his class of work he 
decided to set out for himself and opened a cabi- 
net and furniture store on Center Street; this he 
carried on for three years and four months, as in 
the fall of 18(1',) he removed to Wenona and there 
engaged in business on Henry Street, and after- 
ward put up a wooden building for his own use. 
which was burned in 1871. He rebuilt with brick 
and occupied that building until 1884, when he 
erected a lilock in which he now carries on his 
business. 

The establishment of Loose ik Son is located on 
the northeast coi-ner of Henry and Midland Streets 
and is a double store, 50x80 feet in dimensions 
and a handsome brick structure of three stories 
and bas( nient. He occupies the whole building 
and until 1884 was largely engaged in manufact- 
uring, l)ut since that time ha-s devoted himself 
to the other branches of the business, making it a 
retail and wholesale concern. In the line of funeral 
directing this establishment is the most complete 
and comprehensive in the city, keeping three 
hearses and a large supply of all stores and con 
venienees for ministering to those in affliction. 
The basement of this building is used for stor.age, 
the first and second stories for the retail trade and 
the third story for miscellaneous goods. 

The elder Mr. Loose was married in Flint in 
1857 to Miss Frederieka Ackerman, a native of 
Germany who was born in Wurtemberg .and came 
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C'liild is William ('.. who i> now a |iarlM(|- with his 
father, and who was Imrii in I'Miiit. OcIdIht IS 
185X, and tlu-i-c had his caily Iraiiiini; and edu- 
cation, reniaininu:nt Flint until \Ht'>;i. lie attended 
the (•oinnn>n schools and at an early ajje took an 
interest in his father's hnsine-s and lertrnecl the 
cabinetmaker's trade, and in iss,') the liim hecanie 
William Loose A' Son, the son takini"' the superin- 
tendence of the utiderlakinj): department. 

William C. Loo.><e was married in West Hay t'ity, 
to 188."), to jMiss Krnestine, dauijliter of William 
Beutliel, an old settler of I5aniioi', where this lady 
was born. They have one son. Krnesl, to whom 
they hope to <jive the best advantages which they 
can secure. The younsjer memlier of the lirm is 
one of the most prominent .\()unii; men of Ihi' city 
and is notable for his business ability. In 1884 he 
was nominated and elected County Coroner on the 
Democratic ticket and was subsequently elected 
three times, so that he is now serving his .seventh 
year and is still the incumbent of that office. He 
is a member of Wenona Lodge F. & A, M., and 
also belongs to the Knights of the I\L'iccalwesand is 
considered a leader among the young men of the 
Democratic ranks. 



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DW.VRI) \'. l!Ai;C(»( K. Our siibj.et is an 
old soldier, who bears three honorable 
wounds, and every one of them received 
from the front, being wounded three times In (|uick 
succession at the second battle of Hull linn: he still 
carries about with him as a "feeling" souvenir of 
that battle a buckshot. Mi-, llabcock is now a con- 
tractor and job painter, lie has been a resident of 
Hay City since 18(11, and his home is located at 
iS'o. ;')(I8 North .Jackson Street. 

Our subject was born in HvitTalo, N. \., May 2, 
1840. lie is a son of ('hristo|)her and Lucy ( \al- 
entine) Habcock. Ilis father was a native of Rhode 
Island, as was also his pateriiMl grandsiii'. who was 
a farmer in that State. lie was of ICnglish descent, 
but during the War of 181 2, served his country gal- 
lantly. Oui' subject's father was a carpenter, and 
was engaged in contracting and Imildiug in the 



city of Hiiffalo. Later he was employed in manu- 
facturing machines for wood-work, in which he was 
a line worker. His decease occurred in 187.5. Po- 
litically he was a Rei)nblican, and in his church 
views a Methodist. Our subject's mother was born 
in Linct)Inshire, England. She came to America 
with her parents and settled in Huffalo, where, she 
still resides at the age of seventy-one years. 

Of the family of eight children, the original of 
this sketch is the eldest. He was reared in his na- 
tive |)hiee and attended the jjublicand High Schools. 
When fifteen years old he was apjirenticed to learn 
the |)ainter's trade, and after giving his attention to 
that for three years, he worked asa journeyman in 
Huffalo. October 4, 1861, he enlisted in Company 
K, Twenty-first New York Infantry, and was mus- 
tered out May 18, 1863, on account of wounds and 
expiration of service. 

Oursubject was mustered into service at Huffalo, 
and was immediately sent South. His first engage- 
ment was at Sulphur Springs, and he was in sev- 
eral other skirmishes. The second battle of Hull 
Hun is most memorable to him, .as in that he was 
severely wounded, receiving three shots inside 
of lifteen minutes. He was sent to the hos])i- 
tal and recovered so that he joined his regiment in 
time for the battle of Fredericksburg. On the ex- 
piration of his term of service he was mustered out 
at lUiffalo in May, 1863. He spent ashort timeat 
home and then went to Newport, Ky., and was 
there when the city was proclaimed to be under 
martial law. In August 30, 1864. Mr. Habcock 
came to Hay City and was employed at his trade 
under Colburn & Mathers for eight years, and at 
the expiration of that time commenced to contract 
for himself. He is now the oldest painter in the 
city. His .son is engaged with him, having entered 
his employment and partnership in 1884. Their 
place of business is No. l(li» Center Street. They 
do the finest frescoing, designing, papering and 
sign painting, and some of the best work to be seen 
on churches in this vicinity has been done by them. 
Our subject was married in Huffalo, N. Y., Au- 
gust 15, 18(i(), his bride being Miss Sarah Cornwall, 
of Huffalo. Three children have been granted to 
their care .'111(1 keeping: Edward, the eldest son, is 
in partnership with his father; (Jeorge H., who is 





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now in the Art Emporium here; and Lucy, who is 
Mrs. Koch, and resides in IJay City. Socially Mr. 
l?abcock is a Free and Accepted Mason, a Royal 
Arch Mason, also a Knight Templar; he lias filled 
the offices of Warden and Sword-bearer of Lodge 
No. 26, of the Bay City Comniandery, and is at 
present filling the ottice of Worshipful Master of 
the Bay City Lodge, No. 12!), F. & A. M. He be- 
longs to the V. S. Grant Post, G. A. R. In politics 
he is a devoted Republican. 



/^\ ALEB W. KIMBALL. The name of this 
[l( gentleman has for years been a familiar one 

^^^ among the people of Saginaw County, 
where he is known as one of the most prominent 
citizens of Biiena Vista Township. His efforts in 
a philanthropic way, as well as in the building up 
of a good luime for his family, are recognized l^y 
all who are willing to render justice to a good 
man. He has a beautiful home on section 27, and 
there, surrounded by all the enjoyments of rural 
life, he is quietly passing the declining years of his 
well-spen t days. 

A native of New York, Mr. Kimball was born in 
Saratoga County, June 10, 1819. His boyhood 
days were passed in his father's home and in the 
district schools, where he received a good educa- 
tion. In starting out for himself at the age of six- 
teen years he removed to Orleans County, the same 
State, and after sojourning there for two years, 
came to Michigan on a prospecting tour. At the 
expiration of one year he returned to Orleans 
County and a twelvemonth later went to Roches- 
ter, and there as well as in Orleans County, was 
employed in brickmaking. After residing four 
years in Rochester, he returned to Orleans C'ounty 
and remained tliere for several years, following the 
combined occupations of brick making and work- 
ing on the canal. 

Upon leaving Orleans Countj', Mr. Kimball went 
to Honesdale, Pa., and followed boating. He after- 
ward returned to the Empire State and for ten 
years was engaged in canal Ijoating between Buffalo 



and New York City on the Erie Canal and Hudson 
River. He was the owner of two boats and held a 
half interest in a third. In the fall of 18.58 he de 
cided to make a permanent location in Michigan 
and coming hither, settled on the farm where he is 
residing at the present time, and which he had 
purchased some ten years previous. His landed 
possessions consist of one hundred and sixtj' acres 
on section 27, and eighty acres on section 28, 
Buena Vista Township. His residence, which is 
attractively located on section 27, i.s a substantial 
brick dwelling, and the reader m.ay gain a good 
idea of its beauty from the view which is presented 
in another portion of this volume. The farm is 
otherwise embellished with comfortable and com- 
modious buildings for the storage of grain and 
shelter of stock. Eighty acres are under splendid 
tillage !ind well tiled, and as the owner of the place 
devotes his entire time to its cultivation, he has 
been more than ordinarily successful. 

In Ro( hestei-, N. Y., Mr. Kimball was married to 
Miss Clarissa Reed, in May, 1841, and of that union 
nine children were born, three of whom died in 
infancy, one at the age of nine years, and Helen 
when seventeen years old. The living are, Sheleah 
Ann, who is the wife of Daniel (Tuyley; Rachel 
Almeda, wife of Rolanda Witts; Mary J., wife of 
.John DeLodge; and Sarah. Mrs. Clarissa Kimball 
died in 1859 in Buena Vista Township. Mr. Kim- 
ball was afterward married, April 3, 1875, in Tuscola 
County, this State, the lady of his choice being 
Mrs. Amanda Wadsworth Kent. One child has 
been born of this marriage — a son who died in in- 
fancy. Mr. and Mrs. Kimball have an adopted 
daughter, Martha M., wiio was taken into their 
home at the age of two j'ears and who is the child 
of a deceased sister of Mrs. Kimball. 

In politics Mr. Kimball favors Republican prin- 
ciples. He has been Overseer of Highways of his 
township, also Highway Commissioner, School Di- 
lector and .Justice of the Peace, holding the latter 
position for sixteen years. Honorable and upright 
in his dealings with his fellow men it is not strange 
that he exerts a powerful intluence for good 
throughout the community and enjoys the esteem 
of everyone who knows him. He is a man of 
strong convictions and of sympathetic nature, Indus- 



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trioiis and ooiiMii-ntious. Tlie iioitrait-sof liiiiisolf 
mid liisniniMlilo wifo, wliiili .•iiv shown in i-onni'c- 
litin wilh this liiographical sl<cUli, rt'inosiMit :i 
worthy I'oiipk-, hospitaliU- and Lri'norons. who aio 
widely known and honored wherever known. It is 
the hope of their friends- tiial tliey may he sjiared 
for many years to enjoy the prosperity whieh is 
Ilie reward of \ ears of toil. 



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,ETKK SMITH. Inmherand salt mannfaeturer, 
of West \\x\\ t ity. No one need he surprised 
when a native of Sootlaud turns up in any 
jiart of the world, in any eapaeity or dis- 
fjuise. The Scotch are not clannish when away 
from their native land, hut mingle with the people 
with whom they east in their lots. They make no 
great show in the tallies of emii>ration. hut are 
everywhere. Talk aliout Scotchmen and oi\e of 
them is sure to be within sound of your voice. 
Wherever enerjiy and shiinvdness can lie turned 
into money there you will lind a Scittclunan. 

No one need l>e surprised, therefore, at the state- 
ment that the late IVter Smith, of West Hay City, 
Wiu* a native of Scotland. He came to Canada 
with his parents when a i-liild, anil there remained 
until IX.'U), when he came to I'orl Huron, Mii'h. 
There, in 1H38, he was married to .Miss Sarah Cross, 
t)f that tity. and four years later moved to St. 
Clair, Mich., which was his home for the next 
twelve years. During all these years he followed 
his occupation — that of a millwright — and luiilt 
.several mills on the St. Clair Hiver. 

In 18r)4 Mr. Smith lirst came to that part of 
Siiginaw County which is now Hay County, and 
buill a sawmill at Hangor, now the First Ward of 
West Bay City. Of that mill he was part propri- 
etor, the style of the firm being Moore, Smith A- 
Vose, sub.seiiucutly changed to Moore iV: Smith, 
and still later, by the purchase of Mr. .Moore's in- 
terest, to Peter Smith A- Sons. The mill did a 
large and successful business in the manuf.acture of 
lumber, to whieh, in 18fi4, w.as added the produc- 
tion of salt. 

Mr. Smith took an aetivc part in the management 



of his business up to the time of his death, which 
occurred Novemlier '28, 1880. Sini'c then two of 
his sons, C. .1. and 11. 1'. Smith, have continued 
the business under the firm name of Smith liros. 
.Mr. Smith was of medium height and rugged 
appearance, a very successful business man, but a 
man of generous impulses. He was of sterling 
integrity, in all things honest, upright and ener- 
getic. He was a consistent Christian and more de- 
voted to his family than to society. His widow 
died in April. 18".Ht, at the age of eighty-one years. 
Four of their children are living: the two sons who 
citiistilute the firm of Smith liros.; Peter C. Smith, 
a sketch of whom ai>i>ears in this volume; and an 
only daughter, Mrs. .1. M. Kelton. of West Hay 
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TK W .V K T \. IIIFF. This well-known 
dairyman of Hay City, wlu)se business is 
having a natural and steady growth, has 
resided here since I8t)2. He was born in 
Prince Kdward County. Canada, at Sliannonville. 
November I, 18.')2. His father, Adam, was born in 
the same county, and his grandfather, .Joshua, was 
of (Jermaii descent ami a native of New York. The 
father was a farmer in Canada until 18t!(), when he 
brought his family to Sanilac County, where he 
sellled iipnii a new farm, and two yeai-s later re- 
moved to Hay City. He had tirst engaged in farm- 
ing, hut latei- ha<l drifted into the dairy business. 
In his later years the father entered into part- 
nership with his son, but now lives a retired life, 
having reached the age of sixty-eight. His good 
wife is Sarah, a daughter of Hiram Tluimpson, a 
Canadian farmer, and she was born in Prince Ed- 
ward County, Canada. She is a devout member of 
the Methodist Episcojial Church, and is the mother 
of live children. 

The early education of our subject was taken in 
the public schools, and at fifteen he began deliver- 
ing milk for his father, continuing in his service 
until he reached his majority, when they entered 
into partnership. They pushed the business with 
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flrorl cows !iiiil li!i\iim four wiiu'oiis nij Ihc rinitc. 

In 18H1 StfvviU-t Huff i-iiiin<H'(\ in the f^ioccry 
busint'MS in p!irtiicrslii|) with K. A. Scott, continu- 
ing with liini for seven montli.s, after whicli h(' .sold 
out rind returned to the d;iiryin<f luisiness until 
1H82. lie houf^jjt !i farm of two liundred and 
clKlit.V aeren in Monitor Township, which he im- 
proved and on whieli he remained for five year.s. 
when he returned to tlie dairying liusiness in Ray 
City, and i.s now located at the old stand .-it the 
corner of Kleventh and John.son .Sti'eets. 

Mr. Huff now kce]w twenty cows, and ha.< one 
wagon upon the .streets. Ileisa KepuMiean in his 
politieoil views, and a man actively intei-estcd in 
puhlie movements. His marriaji-e, in 1878, with 
Mi.ss Kittie Ilorton, of Hoston. .Mass., has Invnight 
him six children — Maliel. Kittie. Hiram. .Myrtle. 
Hari'ison and Ivv. 




,. AI'T. S.A.MIKL !•:. iilKMI.V.M. who has re- 
sided in the Saginaw Valley since 180;'), is 
engaged in general lioat Imilding and has 
Ills yard in West HavCity at tiie foot of .Midland 
Stieet. He was a Captain in the Civil War as well 
as Marine Cajitain and so lias a double cImmm to the 
title. He h.as, no douht. huilt more small hoats 
than all the other hoat luiilders f»n the S-iii^inaw 
River, and builds .steam and sail ytichls from sixty 
to seventy-five tons capacity. He is a genuine 
"down East" Yankee, a man of noble priui-iples 
and an ardent (irand Army of the Republic iiian, 
and a strong Republican. He was brought up a 
DemfK-rat but he .s.ays all that was shot out of him 
by reliel lead and powder. 

S.imnel Uurnham was bi)rn in liangor. .Me., on 
the i;?tli of .July. 183(1, and his father. Robert. 
and grandfather. Samuel, were born in Scar- 
boro, Me. The grandfather was a sea captain and 
sailed the high seas as long >as he was able to 
be active, part of the time sailing in his own ves- 
.sels. He went to many foreign ports and was in 
the West India trade. He was n m.an of broad in- 
formation and general reading, nnd died .'it the age 



of eiglity years. He was ;i son of Hobcit Uiirnh.'ini 
.•I Kevohition.'irv soldier. This branch of the fam- 
ily is dl^sccnded from one of three Rnrnhams who 
came over from England, and the pi-ogenitor of 
our subject settled in Massachusetts. 

The father of our subject w.-is a mech.anic. a iiiill- 
wriglit, and built a numbei' of mills in .Maine. He 
resided ujion his farm at Raiigor and died in Feb- 
ruary, 18!M, at the ag<^ of (Mghty-seven years. His 
wife was Mary, daughter of Kphraim Andrews. and 
was born in l.i-bon. Me. Mr. Andrews was a 
fanner of linglish descent, and several of his sons 
followed the .sea. His daughter. .Mrs. I'lurnliam. 
die(l in 188.',. 

The seven children of the famil\ in which our 
subject grew to maturity consisted of six lioysand 
one girl, and Samuel was the eldest oi tlie number. 
His brother Ferdinand, I., enlisted, in IHOl.in the 
Second Minnesota Hattery. He served until the 
war closed. Another brother, Atwood V. .1., enlisted 
with our subject in the First Maine Heavy Artill- 
ery, joining that l>ody of troops .a-s a Corporal in 
August. 18(;2. and becoming a sergeant. He was 
wounded twice, the first time at Spott.sylvania and 
a second time at I'etersliiirg. lie n(»w resides in 
Texas. Charles lives in .Minnesota, Edward in Urad- 
ffird. .Me., and IJobert m St. Petersburg. Fla.. where 
he is editor of the J/"//; he lost both hands in Cen- 
tral Ameri<'a in 1881 while bla.sting in tlie mines. 
The only sister, .Vnn I<;.. is still in Maine. 

Our siibjecl was reared on the Penobscot River 
and studied in the coininon and public schools. 
He tiiii>lic<l .•! course .-it IJangor High .School and 
took up mill wijghting when he was ten \('ais old. 
He worked at his trade for a number of years and 
afterward took a position in a picture frame and 
lookingtrlass factory, where he worked his way up 
to t lie po>it ion of foreni.'in. .Vfter icinainiiig there 
three years he went to Lincoln. .Me., where he was 
employed in a i)iano forte factory where he became 
foreman of tim ca.se-makiiig department. The fac- 
tory "as burned but was rebuilt in Rangor. and he 
continued in the employ of this company until he 
returned to Lincoln, where he entered upon car- 
ri.'ige-niaking until the breaking out of the Civil 
War. 

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tliousand troops, Samuel Hurnliain left liis busi- 
ness and helped to raise {'unipany A. of the First 
Maine Artillery, and that hattery lost more men 
in killed and wounded than any other during- 
the whole history of the war. Our sul)jeet was 
mustered into serviee as .Second Lieutenant and 
was sent South for the defense of Waslunsiton. He 
took part in the numerous batties of the East and 
remembers with especial interest those of the Wil- 
derness, Spottsylvania. Cold Harbor, and Peters- 
burg, and was present at the surrender of Lee at 
Appomattox. He w.t< ])roinoted to the rank of 
First Lieutenant at AV.ashini'ton and in front of 
I'etersburji' was made Captain commanding by ( Jov. 
Colbuin of Maine and in tliat engagement was 
wounded in the ankle liy a minie ball while charg- 
ing the works. After the (Jrand Review he was 
mustered out of service and returned to Maine. 

In the fall of 180,5 Jlr. Ikniiliam came We.-.t and 
engaged in boat building with Mr. I'lsh, and two 
years later sold out his interest there and started 
anew. In 1881 he located in Hay City and cstali- 
lislied a boat yard on the present site of the 
Michigan Central r.'iiiroad depot, and two years 
later he located at West 15ay City, where lie carried 
on his work by steam power and improved machin- 
ery. His marriage took place at Bangor in 18(;o. 
and his bride. Miss Mary W. Hewins, was born in 
Hudson, Me., and was tliere educated and became a 
teacher. The Captain belongs to the Masonic order 
and the (irand Army Post, and attended the Na- 
tional Kncampinents at IJosloii, Milwaukee and 
Detroit. 

J0SF:PH F. dork, of Hay City, has resided 
here since 1871. He vvas born in Osika, 
Bohemia. ,hine 21t. 18i)7, and is a son of 
Frank and Magdaline Dork, natives of tlie 
same place with their .scui. The father owned a 
large farm and lived in a castle, rbe grandfather 
bore the name of Matliew, and w.as also a farmer in 
Osika, being very wealthy. Tiie mother of our 
subject died when he was but eighteen years of 
age. She became the mother of nine children, of 
whom four are still living, two being in this coun- 



try. They are: Frank, Anna, our subject and 
Wenzel, the .second and last named being in Bo- 
hemia. 

Our subject remained at home until past the age 
of eleven years, receiving but meager school ad- 
vantages. He worked at the Initcher's trade for 
three years at Vysoky Mito, Bohemia, and then 
worked nearer home until seventeen years old, 
when he embarked for this country, coming by 
steamer to New York. He then concluded to come 
further West, and came to Hay City. Here he was 
a stranger in a strange land, without even know- 
ing how to speak the Finglish langiiage. I'inding 
work the next day, he went to work for Theodore 
Keysemyer, continuing witli him two years. He 
soon picked up different langiuiges, speaking quite 
fluently F>nglish. (Jerman. Polish, French, Hunga- 
rian. I'.ohemian, and a little Dutch. Working 
for almost two \'ears for Waldon ct Stanton, Mr. 
Dork staited in business on his own account in 
Bangor, setting up a meat market, which he carried 
on alone, but shortly took into partnershi]) Mr. 
Shultz, on Third Street, between Jackson and Mon- 
roe Streets. While at this stand, Mr. Dork broke 
his leg and could not attend to the business, con- 
sequently it was not successful. The jjartuership 
W.I-; dissohed, and our subject worked for G. Hine 
for three months, then with William E. Tapert 
al)oul eighteen months, and was with the follow- 
ing firms for a short time each: Cahill Bros.. Theo- 
dore Hine, Reed Bros. 

I'Vltruary i), 1882, Mr. Dork decided to set up 
business for himself, and [uit up a building on the 
corner of iMghteenth and Bowery Streets in which 
he started a nfeat market which has pioved to be 
most profitable to liiin. Here he keeps everything 
in the line of the best meats, both fresh and salt, 
and is always willing to accommodate his custom- 
ers. He is l:irgely interested in the livery bu-iiness 
on Bowery .Street, which is carried on under the 
style of Adams cV l)i>rk. They have a good line 
of buggies ;iiid some s))lendid horses. 

The subject of this sketch was married to Miss 
Annie U. Lightner. ()ct(>)>er 1!», 188(1, the ceremony 
takinu' i)lace in East .S.aginaw. This estimalile lady 
was liorn in Wisconsin and presides over the home 
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dreu have been liorn to tliis wortliy eouiilo, nnmely: 
Joseph K., Annie It., Ilettie :\I. and l.illie M. So- 
cially Mr. Dork is a meinher of the Kniii'hts of the j 
Maccabees, and in ijolities easts liis vote witii the i 
Democratic party. This genlleiiian has been a stu- 
dent all his life, and is ]jraetically a self-made man. 
having worked out the different languages witiiout 
any instructions. He is a whole-souled man and 
is honored and respected for his square dealings 
bv all with wiiom he comes in contact. 




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ON. MARTIN W. DROC'K. We have here 
another of the thorough-going and repre- 
sentative farmers of Monitor Township, 
1(^ Bay County, who have done much to de- 
velop the agricultural resources of this section of 
Michigan. He is the son of Zachariah Brock, who 
was boru in Delaware, February 1», 17;i7, and 
whose wife, Emeline, to whom lie was united Oc- 
tober 15, 1826, was born February- 8, 1809. 

The brothers and sisters of our subject are: 
Mary M., who was born August 27, 1827. and 
married January 21, 1843, to Joseph PuU'rey; 
George F., born February 15, 1833; Cintha A., 
who became Mrs. Swarthout; J. Marcus, born 
December 29, 1834; Plia-be Jane, born April 3, 
1837, became Mrs. Milton Randall and died Sep- 
tember 21, 1867. 

Zachariah Brock came to Michigan in 11^57 and 
engaged in farming in Oakland County. He died 
October 6. 1878. in Bay City, at the home of hi-* 
son, Martin, and his wife departed some six years 
earlier while on a visit to Oakland County. Mar- 
tin W. Brock was born, July 21, 1838, and on the 
4th of November, 1860, he was united in marriage 
with Sarah J., daughter of Andrew and Mary Kliz- 
abeth Armstrong of Steuben County, N. Y. Mr. 
Armstrong is a native of Scotland and his wife 
was born in New Jersey. Two of the four chil- 
dren who have been granted to Mr. and Mrs. 
Brock, arc still living, namely: .Vckerscni and 
Martin W., Jr., while one child died in infancy 
and another, Einagene, died in liS7(t. whvi live 
years old. Ackerson was liorn April 5, l.S(;7, and 



is now serving as clerk in the store of Mr. Living- 
stone, of West Blanch, Mich., while the younger 
son is still attending school, being only fifteen 
years old. 

The subject of this sketch came to ^lichigan 
from Tompkins County, N. Y., in the year 1856, 
and commenced learning the carpenter's trade in 
Oakland County. For eight years he worked at 
that trade and then came to Bay City and took 
charge as Su|)erintendent of a planing mill. He 
was elected Siieriff of Bay County, in 1874, and 
held the otttce for two terms. He subsequently 
returned to West Bay City and somewhat later 
moved on the farm where lie now lives. 

The Hon. Mr. Brock received his election to the 
State legislature in 1886 and served therein for 
one term. He was four years on the Alderman ic 
Board of West Bay City, and before that part of the 
municipality was taken out of the township he was 
its Supervisor. The first two terms he received by 
election on the Republican ticket, but when he 
came to the third election he was endorsed by all 
parties as his course in office had been universally 
approved. He was Township Treasurer for two 
years and in the social orders to which he belongs 
he has also been trusted with office. He was 
Treasurer of the Masonic lodge for two years and 
he is identifled with the Knights Templar and the 
Order of Old Fellows. The beautiful farm upon 
which he moved in 1880 was purchased by him at 
that time and its thirty-one acres are all finely cul- 
tivated. 

EN'UY W. IIOPLEU. A resident on sec- 
tion 10, Williams Township, Bay Covihty, 
our subject was born in Independence, Oak- 
land County, this State, November 21, 1842. 
His youth was characterized as has been that of 
many another lad born to pioneer conditions. He 
attended the district school of the vicinity in 
which he lived and received a good working edu- 
cation. In 1861 he came with his father to Will- 
iams Township and purchased land on section 10, 
where tlie famih" now live. 




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Our Milijcct has eisflity acres of land and on 
coiniuj; to this vicinity lie :il once idcnliliccl liini- 
solf with its licst inteiests. Healizin" ln)w mentis 
tile future slrcni.ftli of our country de|iiMidcd upon 
the advautaifes enjoyed liy tlie youtli of tlie pres- 
ent. our suhjccfs interests outside of Ids fanuly 
have centered in tin' educational idea. He has 
served as a nienibei' of the School Hoard for fifteen 
years and during that time has evei- souiiflit, while 
practically conseivative. to use his inthicnce for 
the nni.sl pr(),i>ressi ve uietho<is. 

Mr. Ilopler eidisted in the army under (apt. 
II. S. Havmond of (ompanv F. 'rwenty-thir(l 
!\Iicliiiran Intantry. hcini;' mustered m at Hay City 
in .Vuifust, IH(;2. Of several battles in which lie 
participateil that of Nashville was the most impor- 
tant, and that al.so of which lie has the most vivid 
remeinhrance. as lie was wounded on that occasion. 
He was also with Sherman duriuu' the march of 
that (Jcneral to the .sea, and was a witness of the 
surrender of .lohnston at Kaleisih. N. ('. He was 
also present at the (irand Review in Washington, 
and althoiiii'h the tli()U>;lit vf the many who had 
left their home.-, in the service of their country 
anil had found L;raves in a straiiii'e laud was s:id- 
deiiinii. the niilitary spectacle in itself, of a "reat 
and victorious army niakiui;' its last report to the 
jii'eale-t of >;en rals. was iii;ii;iiilicenl and awi'- 
inspirinii'. 

( )ui' suliject is a son of .loll 11 and l-^lizabetli Ilop- 
ler. .lohn Ilopler w;is born in .New .Iei-se\ in ISlll 
!Ui<l vvas married to l'',li/abelli Niuhees, a native of 
the same .State, lier family were farmers and came 
to .Mii'liiuau in IK.'iT. settliu;^' in I iidepeiideiicc 
'i'dwuship, O.ikl.and {'oiiiity. In liSdl they came 
til Hay County and at once purch.ased one hundred 
and twenty acres there. The f.-ilher was ever liiulily 
ie-pe.!ed and held iuiporlaiit posts in the town- 
ship. He was Hiii'hway Commissioner for a niini- 
b.'r of yi'ars ;iud to the early pioneers wlm cNpei'i- 
enced the dilliculties of tia\-eliiii>- over new roads, 
this fad is sinniticant. .lohn Ilopler died Septem- 
bei- I.I. IS'.Hi. hi.~ wife haviuL;' passed :iw!iy a num- 
ber of years befoie him, her decease havini;- 
occurred March 1 1, 1>^()I. 'I'liey were the parents of 
nine children, only three of whom .-ire still livint;. 
Henry Ilopler is the seventh in order of birth of 



the family. The names of the other surviving two 
are Elizabeth, now Mrs. .1. H. Lewis, and Anna, who 
i> the wife of .lohn Petty; both live in Oakland 
County. Our subject now holds the oftice of 
Township Treasurer, this being his fourth year. 
He is also Commissioner of Highways and has held 
several other important offices. He does a general 
farming and stock-raising business. 



"ifoHN T. KSSKX. One of the veteran and 
venerable farmers of Hanijiton Town.ship. 
\>(iy County, is our subject. He w.as born 
in Mansfield, Conn., in hslH, and leaving 
there at the age of eighteen years, located in Lorain 
Coiint\-. Ohio, where the family remained until 
IS.")(I. and then came to this county and settled 
where Kssexville now stands, but which at the time 
of coming here was but a hamlet, comiirisiug not 
moi-ethaii three or four houses. This has been his 
home ever since. In 18.")1 he went to Canada 
where among the most imporUmt events that took 
place during his stay there, was his marriage to 
Rachel, a daughter of Andi-ew Cooper, and the fol- 
lowing year he brought his bride to Hay County, 
.Mich. 

The household which was instituted by our sub- 
ject and his wife was brightened and made sunny 
by the advent therein of four children, three of 
whom li\ed to mature years, and are named as fol- 
lows: .Vnloinette, Mrs. Kdward Lalone; (ieorge E., 
a lesideiit of l'>ay Couuly: and .Mberta, Mrs. Cor- 
nelius ll.-igiis. The paternal grandparents of these 
children, and they to wlioni our subject owes his 
nior.Ml training as well as his physical well-being, 
are .lohn T. .aiid Sibyl (.Metcalf) l->ssex. The former 
was born in Rhode Island in 1 7'.iy, and the latter 
is a native of Connecticut. The Essex family are 
lineal descendants from the noble family of Essex 
that have ligured so ciuispicuoiisly in English his- 
tory. 
. Our subject with his family came to what is now 
Hay County when there were but three or four 
house, where the beautiful city of Bay City now 
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excepting the path by the river. That was a lime 
when i)aity fcaliiig ran high, because so nuifli de- 
pended upon the oul(;oine of tlie i)olilit'al vote to 
the infant Colonies. Mr. Essex voted the straight 
Democratic ticket before the war, but since tliat 
lime he has east his vole witiithe Greeubacii party 
He has hekl various local offices in the township, 
and was one of the men who was most prominent 
in organizing the county. His farm near l>ay City 
is not wide in extent, but is fertile and thoroughly 
well cultivated. It comprises twenty-seven acres 
of land, and being so near the city has an increased 
valuation. 



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lp)\|UHEHT P.EITEL. This uell-known liusi- 
lUi' ne.ss man of West IJay City, is engaged in 
the wholesale fish business and also carries 
' on i)acl:ing and shipping, lit- has a con- 
venient and coniuiodinus location with a good 
dock and exci'llcnt facilities for cold storage. 3Ir. 
lientel is not onh' one of the most successful men 
of Hay Citv. iuit a thorough gentleman, well in- 
formed on the topics of the day. He was born 
in Banks, Hay County, May 7. 1«()G. and is a son 
of William, and grandson of .lacob Heutel.both of 
whom were born in Prussia. The father was a 
weaver and was established in the city of Berlin, 
where lie was married, and it was in 18.5(t that he 
came to America and located on the St. Clair River 
in Michigan. 

The family home was in that vicinity for two 
years, and later tliey removed to Bangor, where 
the father was engaged as a laborer. About the 
days of the Civil War he began the business of 
fishing, and from that time has made it his chief 
branch of business, and has made marked success 
thereof. He owns a fishery of two hundred acres 
at l^uanacassee, on vSaginaw Ba^', and there carries 
on a flourishing business. 

The good wife of William Heutel and the mother 
(if our subject, was known in maidenliood a- Ali- 
gn-' 1 Wolf, and she was born in Germany, in 1H2;'). 
Tiie father is a sturdy Republican in hi> p( litical 
views, and both he and his ijood wife are devout 



members of the Lutheran Church, in which faith 
they have brought up their children. .Seven are 
now living of theii' numerous family of ten, and 
our subject is the youngest of the number. 

Roliert Beutel was educated in the common ward 
schools of Bangor, and then attended Devlin's 
Biisincs.s College. P^-om his earliest bovhood he 
was familiar with the work of the fishery, and be- 
tween the ages of sixteen and twenty wasengage(l 
in lishing with his father. In 1886 he started in 
independent Inisiiie.ss, renting a place and engag- 
ing in wholesaling, packing and shipping fish, and 
in IKStl he bought two hundred and seventeen feet 
(if frontage, and built a (h)ck which extends the 
full length. lie built the tish-honse, which is a 
two-story l)uilding, 4(ixS0 feet in dimensions, in 
which he carries on his packing, and his cold stoi'age 
warehouse is 21x7(1 feet; he also has a commodious 
ice house, and other buildings. He jiacks fi-om fifty 
to three hundred barrels a day, and ships to the 
.South, East and West, having an established trade 
from ocean to ocean and as far South as the Gulf. 
Mr. Beiitel owns the island known as Little 
Charities, about five miles out in the Saginaw Hay, 
which he rents for fishing purpose. He also owns 
some real estate in the city, and a pleasant resi- 
dence on Marchand Street. The lady who presides 
with grace and dignity over his home, became his 
wife in West Bay City in 18111. Her name is Ger- 
trude, and she is a daughter of Dr. J. H. White- 
house, of West Bay City. She was born in Mid- 
land, in 1874. Mr. Beutel is prominent as a member 
of the Knights of the Macsabees, and also as one 
of the Knights of Pythias, and in his political 
views is a stanch and sturdy Republican. 



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'I^EXRY MUELLER resides on section i:?, 
1^ Monitor Township, Bay County, and is the 
son of Hans Moi^ller, who was born in Hol- 
stein, Germany, in 18 U, and was there mar- 
ried to 3Iargaret Brandt. They came to this coun- 
try in 1 8.')0, and the father died in 1870, in Monitor 
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wluMi lie lirst cMiiic to this comilix . Init il \v!i> then In 18G7 he located in Saginaw and worked there 

a part of Sa^^iiiaw County. Having |)urchasi'(I hind until ht- came to iVronitor Townsliip in 187'). and 

lie priicoedcd to fell the trce.s, get out the .stumps to this place in 1877. 

and put his acres in a condition for culti\!ition. The political views of our sulijeet have hiought 

hut .'ifter two years uiion that farm, he went to him into direct atliliatioii with the Repuhlican 

Hay City, which was then known as l>ower Sagi- i)arty. and he is active in Township affairs, lie 

naw, and there, found employment as a miller. holds the oHice of Stone Road Commissioner, and 

After spending one summer only in I!ay City, also that of Township Clerk, of which post he has 

the father of our suhject icmoved to South I'.ay been the incumhent for .seven years. IlewasTown- 

Citw ami was there employed fi-onitinu' to time in ship Treasurer for four years, and has also been 

whatever he could find to do. lie purchased a for .some six years Director of his school district. 

house there and made it his perni.anent home f(»r He is prominently ideutitied with the Independent 

some seven years, after which he bought eight\ Order of Odd Fellows and also with the Arbeiter 

acres of land in Monitor Township, and locating Societw 
upon it |)roceeded to clear and improve it. residing 
there until his death. His Ave children all grew 
to man's and woman's estate, and four of theui are 
still living. 

The (l.-iugliter who died bore the name of Au- I ^ EWIS S. WASTE. The prominent and 

gusta, and she became the wife of ^Ir. Ladrach. J| (/^ well known farmer whose name we now 

The eldest daughter was Doratha, and she is now J— ^Y- give, has his fine farm located on section 

the wife of the IJev. Frederick William Spindler. 20, liuena Vista Townshij), Saginaw County, where 

and li\es in .Minnesota; Lewis resides in this town- he is carrying on the prosecution of his calling, 

ship; and .lulius lives on the old homestead in ( )ur subject is of New England parentage, having 

Monitor Town>hip. Iieen liorn in October. 1842. in the New England 

Our subject w:is m.arried .Vi)ril 1:5. I8li'.l. to May States. Our subject was educated in the common- 

Shultz. who died .I.-mujiry Ml, IKKl. leavnig live schools and was ((uite young when he left New 

children, all of whom still >nrvi\e. Tlieii- names England and came to Thetford, (ienesee County, 

;iie Lewis. Edward. Charlotte. William and Mary. this State. He remained in that place for some 

The present Mrs. .Moeilei- beeaiiie the wife of our three or four years when he came to Saginaw and 

subject, .lanuaiy 1.'), I Mi^ 1. and she was known in opeiated tlie t)ld Emerson saw-mill in corapanv 

maidenhood .as .\lberlina liurch.-irt. This lady was with his brother, (ieorge E. They carried this on 

born in (iermany and came to Monitor .Township for onl\- one season when they engaged in the mill 

fiom Deti'oit >onu' yeais .'igo. Her live children business in Ilirth Hun Townslii|), Saginaw County, 

are name<l Minnie. I''i-ederick. Anule. August .■iiid .-uKi from the last-named i)lace they removed to a 

Hheudolt. hie.ilion near Clio where they engaged in making 

The farm upon which .Mi-. .Moeller resides w;\s shingles. 

inherited by him fr Iii-- fatliei'. and comprises While in Thetford our subject was engaged in 

eig'.ity acres, about forty of which are under culti- the mercantile business and was also employed in 

vation. The house in which his f.-unily reside was tlu- machi ne shops of AVickes Bros., and for the 

erec'ed by him. as he is a carpenter by trade, and Flint A- I'ere Marciuelte Railroad Ct)mpany. The 

was able to do all the work himself. He was only position of Postmaster was also conferred upon 

about three yeais old when he came to this coun- him whih- he was a resident of Thetford. At the 

try, as he was born on the 2;{d of October. 184(;. time of his location near Clio he remained there 

in Germany. At tlie age of fifteen he was bound for seven or eight years and the same length of 

out as .an apprentice to learn the carpenter's trade, time he was engaged in the mill business in East 
and since that time he has been self-.-upporting. , Tawas .Mr. Waste settled upon the farm where he 









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now resides in May, 1877, and since that date has 
ffiven his time and attention entirely to agricul- 
tural pursuits. lie is tiie proprietor of seventy or 
eighty acres of excellent land and his farm boasts 
of all the improvements which belong to a thrifty 
and industrious fanner 

'Sh: Waste was married in Detroit, June 30, 
1873, to Miss Sarah McDonald. That lady was 
born in Canada, .lanuary 3, \H.'>i. ^Ir. and Mrs. 
"Waste have become the parents of three children, 
who bear the resi)ective names of lieorge L., Jessie 
M.. and ISessie M. Mrs. Waste is a ladv held in the 
highest esteem by her neighliors and numbers her 
friends among the most intelligent people of the 
lownshii). In politics our subject is independent, 
casting his vote for the man rather than the party. 
Socially he fraternizes with the Masons. 

Both Mr. and Mrs. AYaste are looked up to with 
all deference bv their fellow-townsmeu. 



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APT. P. C. SiAIITII. The energetic Scutch 
blood of Peter Smith undoubtedly pulses 
^1^^' in the arteries and runs throngii the veins 
of Peter C. Smith, his well-known son. Of the 
father a brief sketch lias already been given. The 
son, whose portrait appeals on the opposite page, 
was born in St. Clair, Mich., where his parents then 
resided, on the 1st of May, 1844. 

When the father removed to West I>ay City and 
erected a sawmill there in 1854, the son naturally- 
accompanied the father and until his eighteenth 
year was a pupil in the public schools of Bay City. 
For the next four years he assisted his father in the 
mill, and then started out for himself on the road 
which has led to financial success. The expression 
"started out on the road" must be understood in 
this instance in a highly tigur.itive sense, for, as a 
matter of fact, he started not on any road but on 
a river. Following an old penchant for the water 
lie first purchased a steamboat plying on the Sag- 
inaw River, the management of which he assumed 
hiiiielf, and soon after added a tug to the steam- 
boat. 

Th ; first and second ac(ini>itions were the earl}' 



beginnings of what have since developed into the 
"Saginaw Bay Towing Association." This associ- 
ation, composed of Mr. Smith and Benjamin Bou- 
tell (a copartnership having been formed in 1884) 
is said to do the largest towing business of any 
firm on the chain of the ftreat Lakes. They own 
a large interest in steamers on the lakes, a barge 
line, a large fleet of powerful tugs, and make a 
specialty of towing rafts. These they take to Can- 
ada and from points in Michigan north of the 
Saginaw River, in lioth the Lower and Upper Pen- 
insulas, and deliver them to the mills on the Sag- 
inaw River, and to Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo and 
other Eastern and Western ports. They are said 
to handle an average of three hundred million feet 
of logs each year. 

The skill, energy, daring, integrity, and sheer 
force of cliaracter I'equired to conduct successfully 
a business of this nature can only be appreciated 
by tho.se who are somewhat faiinliar with the lum- 
bering operations of this great State. But this 
vast and complicated enterprise claims only a por- 
tion of Capt. Smith's attention. In 1883 he es- 
tablished a general store and coal dock in West 
Bay City, and from this point he carries on a large 
and constantly growing business. He has inter- 
ests also in a match factory, in a stave and head- 
ing mill at (4ladwin, .as well as other investments. 
In 1X()4 lie wa-; married to Miss Sarah I. Orton, 
daughter of Thomas S. ( )rtoii, of Luzerne, N. Y., 
and one son has been born of their union. 

Few men are more generally and favorable 
known in the Saginaw \ alley and, indeed, through- 
out the State, than Peter C. Smith. His fine per- 
.sonal appearance, not less than his affable .and 
courteous address, make him a prominent figure 
wherever the demands of business or the amenities 
of social life re((uire his presence. At his home in 
West Bay City, among his most intimate friends, 
neighbors and business associates, he is held in the 
highest esteem. He is a Thirty-second Degree 
Mason and takes great pride in the workings of 
that order. With sixteen other members of the 
Bay City Commandery, K. T. No. 26, he accepted 
an invitation from Temple Commandery of Albany, 
N. Y., to accompany them on an excursion to the 
Old World in \X'.H. On that occasion thej' made a 



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ti)ur of the ciiiitiiiuiit aiiil s|)eiit ;il)i)Ut two luontlis 
in visitiiiLT tin- t'aiiiuus cities of Kiuu|ic'. 

Ill politics Mr. Siiiitii is a Uopulilicaii, Iml. al- 
tli(Hii(li a pronounced partisan and an indefatigable 
worker in the ranks of his [jolitical i)arty. he has 
heen called by the people, without regard to party, 
to positions of the hisjliest inipoitance and respons- 
il)ili-,y in eonnectioi. with the city government. 
Four years a Trustee of West IJay City, and for 
four years a iuemi)er of the City Council, he 
liroutrht to the administration of municipal affairs 
tlial same determined will, sterliiiir principle and 
shrewd a|)preciation of men and thinu's that have 
so signally characterized his conduct of inivate 
affairs. an(1 has rendered services of incalculable 
value to the city. I're-eniinently a succe^,~ful nuin 
(liavins;- amass* d wealth in the conduct of the ex- 
tensive business to which he has always given his 
personal attention), by his unostentalious benevo- 
lence and cheery, affable sociability, he has secured 
a place in the estimation of his townspeople and. 
indeed, wherever known, thai the possi'ssion of 
wealth alone (.'ould iu'\rr liax'c obtaincil for him. 

11^^ :-^ [ ! ^ idSi© 

Ull.LlA.M KHKMI-;R. 'riuMv is nothing 
which more effectually and thonuighly 
^^/ builds U|)a community than the residence 
111 its midst of families of broad culture andtrue re- 
lineinent. Such an inlluence is exerted in the com- 
munity by the family represented in this sketch. 
Mr. Kremer's beautiful little farm of forty acres 
located on section 1(). Uuena \'ista Township. Sag- 
inaw County, is one of the best in the township 
and is in splendid condition. 

Oursubject was born in Meckienburir, (ierniany, 
.laniiary 17, IH2H. He received a good education 
in his native tongue and remained in .Mecklenburg 
until May. 1H.')2. when he emigrated to .Viiu^rica 
with his family. \Vhile in (iermany.and when 
but sixteen years of age, he learned the trade of a 
brickmaker, the knowledge of which occupation 
ha-i ever been useful to him. I'pon l.anding in 
America they came direct from (luebec to East 
N;i^inaw, this M.ate, where our Mihject found em- 



ployment in a grist and planing-mili for .lesse 
Iloyt and remained with him for ten years. At 
the ex|)iration of that time he decided to follow 
agricultural piir-iiits and sold his property in Sag- 
inaw and purchased the forty acres in Buena Vista 
Township, where he at present make?! his lioine. 

.Mr. Kremer was married in his native land, May 
;•. 1K.")2, to Miss Sophia Zwerk, who was born in 
Mecklenburg, June 6, 1K;?0. Mr. and Mrs. Kremer 
are the parents of nine children, namely: Barnhard, 
who died in infancy; Kdward A.,who is in the real 
estate liusiness at Crand Rapids, Minn.; he was the 
Registrar of Deeds for Saginaw for four years. 
Kmma is the wife of Charles F. Reinke, a resident 
of Ibiena Msta Township; (ieorge F., a carpenter 
in the same township; Minnie M., who is the wife 
of Werner (Tioening, al.so residing in the above- 
named township; Arthur A., a carpenter in the 
same township; .Mhert A., who died in infancy, 
was next in order of birth to Minnie M.; Mary L. 
is the wife of Kdward Thompson, and IJertha K. 

When the cry "to arms" resounded through the 
.state our suljject was one of the first to enlist on 
the side of the Union and was put in command of 
Company H, Second Michigan Infantry as Cajitain, 
enlisting in the three months" service. After reach- 
ing Detroit and remaining there for a few weeks, 
lindingthat IK) more three months' men were taken 
by the (ioN'ernment, he, with many of his eomi)any, 
returned to their lujines. Our subject is a member 
of the order of the Maccabees and hp.sbeen honored 
with many i)ositions of tru.st within the gift of his 
townsmen, holding the office of Justice of the I'eace 
for ten or twelve years, and was Supervi,sor of his 
townshii) for thirteen years. lie was Highway 
Commissioner for si.x years and School Director 
for many years. iSIr. Kremer is a man whv takes 
■•I decided interest in local affairs and is one whose 
ie|)utatioii in every respect is most excellent. In 
politics he is a lirm believei' in Democratic prin- 
ciples ami uses I'.is vote and intlueuce in forward- 
ing the interests of that party. 

Since locating on his farm Mr. Kremer has given 
his attention entirely to its cultivation and has 
nifule excellent improvements upon it. In 1872 he 
sustained a severe loss, as his buildings were all 
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severe blow as tliey were not insiired. He imme- 
diately set about, however, and rebuilt. Our suli- 
jeet's iwtriotisra was tested while in his native 
country, .as he served for eighteen months in the 
tlerman Army and was in the service when the re- 
bellion liroke out in Uaden in llSI'.). Socially, Mr. 
and l\Irs. Kremer stand high in tiie community, and 
Mr. Kremer is a man who is looked u|( to with all 
deference and regard liy his associates and fellow- 
townsmen. 



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jEORGE A. MEED. Among the many })ro- 

f— ^ gressive farmers of Bay County, not a few 

i^jAi had their early training in the Empire 
State, which is so notable for model farms, and C)f 
this number in Bangor Township, is Mr. Meed. 
His father, Benjamin W., was born in Coxsackie, 
(ireene County, N. Y., February 28, 1810, and af- 
terward made his home in Morristown Townsiiip, 
St. l.awrence County, where he was an earl\- set- 
tler, and took part at Ogdensburg in the Patriot 
War. 

The mother of our subject was Betsey i^am))hire, 
a native of A'ermont, and slie is still living, having 
reached the .age of seventy-eight years. Her son 
George wasliorn in Morristown Townshij), St. I^aw- 
rence County, N. Y.. January .'i, 1844, and made 
his luime there until he came to Michigan in 18(;4. 
He lias been twice in!irrie<l, the first liride being 
Sarah A. Wilson, a native of New York, who died 
early, leaving one daugiiter. Carrier A., who was 
born in 1871. 

Tlie present Mrs. Meed w.as known in her maid- 
enhood as Mary A. Agnew, and became the wife 
of our subject, October 7, 1874. At the time of 
her marriage she made her home in Detroit, but 
was teaciiing in the schools of West Bay City. Her 
parents lived in Canada, and she had been edu- 
cated in Detroit, and her birth took place in Oeto- 
b?r, 184(1. Her sou, (ieorge A., Jr., was born in the 
year, 187.'), (m tlie 6th of September, and he is now 
at home witli his parents. 

Oui- suliject lirst came to Michigan in the year 
1 'ill, s[)eiiding the winter in .lackson, and thence 



going to Battle Creek, where he remained some 
time and afterward making a short stay in Detroit 
liefore coming to Bay City. He followed jobbing 
ill the mills, manufacturing laths, staves and head- 
ing, and worked in that way for seven j-ears with 
Taylor ct Moultlirop in West Ba.y City, and also 
with Smith it Moore. In 1875 he pnrch.ased tlie 
[ilace where he now lives, and upon which he 
removed .some ten years later. He owns ten acres 
of very valuable land, and built the house where 
he lives at a cost of .some .^2,0(10. 

The brothers and sisters of our subject who are 
now living are: William Henry, who makes his 
home at Morristown, N. Y.; Eunice, who lives in 
Kawkawlin Townshii), this county, and .State, and 
is now Mrs. Charles Allen; Amanda, who married 
.lames Powers, of Morristown; Benjamin F., whose 
home is in the .same place; and Charles, wlio lives 
upon the old homestead. The youngest sister, L}'- 
dia, is married to (Tcorge jMagugin, and lives in 
Prescot, Ontario. 
! Our subject is a Republican in his political opin- 
ions, and has taken an active part in public move- 
ments. For years he was a nieinlier of the School 
Board, also .Supervisor and Clerk of the township, 
and is now serving his second term as Township 
Treasurer. He belongs to the Wenona Lodge, No. 
2r)(), F. A' A. M.,and also to the Royal Arcanum. His 
religious ctuinection is with the Methodist Church. 
His son is attending the International Business 
College at Bay Cit\'. Mr. Meed is the local .agent 
for the Deering Twin Flinders and Harvesters of 
Bay County, with his office in West Bay City; also 
agent for a windmill company, of South Bend, 
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^Y' OHN (JEDEH, who lives on section 7, Bangor 
Townshiii, Bay County, is a .son of Powell 
Oeder, who was boi-n in (iermany in 180G, 
His good wife. who>e maiden name wasSusan 
Wever, died in the old country, leaving a precious 
memory to lu-r husliand and children. Two of 
these children died in infancy, and four grew to 
manhood and womanhood. The lirothers .and sis- 
ters of our subject are: Conrad, Barbara, who mar- 



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ried George Ileinlaiii; and .lacoli. who is a inaini- 
factui'CT. They all .still make tlicir home in (icrmany. 

rpun the (Ith of August, 1H()7. .lohn Oeder, and 
his wife left their native home for the new world. 
Mr.s. Oeder's maiden name was Catherine Kuger. 
and slie liecame the wife of our subject in 1861. 
Her ])arents were Jliehael and Barbara Enger, and 
her father was a blaeksniith and farmer, and al.so 
carried on a mill. All of the family exeept Mrs. 
Oeder reside in their native home, and she is the 
youngest hut one in that household of live daugh- 
ters and one sou. 

Of the nine ehihlren of our subject and his 
worthy wife, seven still survive. The oldest, Mag- 
gie, is the wife of .Tohn Ittner, and lives in Heaver- 
town, Mieli.; I'.arbar;\ married (leorge Gerhei.ser; 
and Mary is the wi(h(W of Henry Krenzlein, who 
died October 17. l.S'.ll; Fred lives with his father 
on the farm, as do also the youugt'r children — 
Michael, Katie and .Sophie. 

Our subject was educated and ac()uired his liade 
in Germany, and iii)on first coming to this coun- 
try he lived for seven years in 15av City jjlyinghis 
tra(h' as n carpenter, after which he removed to 
this township and purchased land, and now has 
one hundri'd and twenty acres of arable and well- 
cultivated land, whcic he carries on general farm- 
ing and stock-r.'usiiig. IJotli he and his wife belong 
to Hie Lutheran Cliurcli, and he is a Kepuhlicaii in 
his political views, and a nieiiilier of the .Vrbeitcr 
Society. He has one of the (inest barns in the 
township, wliicli he erected at an e.xpeuseof ¥l,(l(l(i. 



7?LPH()NS WALTllKi;. In .very luiin;iii 
life there is much of interest and in this 
i( - volume we seek to give biographical 
<^j sketches of iiiin who have been pruini- 

iiently connected with the business or social life of 
the communities ^^'llel•e they reside. The Inisiness 
interests of Hay City find a worthy representative 
In this gentleman, who for more than a quarter of 
a century has been engaged here as n [iluinber and 
s'e'im and gas fitter, coiiper, tin and sheet iron 
v,,)ker. and de.-iler in h>:id and iron pipi's. His 



store, which is very conveniently located at No. 
(il(! Water Street, is 25x1)0 feet in dimensions and 
in it may l)e found a full line of hot air and hot 
w.'iter furn.ices, steam heaters and stoves, .as well 
as plumbing fixtures. Mr. Walther makes a spec- 
ialty of jobbing, and his extensive trade gives con- 
stant emi)loyment to six men besides several boys. 

Mr. Walther is a native of Switzerland and was 
born in Canton Heme, on the 1st of March, 1842. 
His parents were F. P. and Mary Ann Walther, who 
had a family of eight children, our subject being 
the youngest in the familj'. He passed his boy- 
hood days in his native land, where he received a 
good common-school education and was taught to 
make himself useful in any honorable employ- 
uu'iit. He was eleven years old when he accom- 
panied his parents to this country, and after 
traveling a few years he came with them to Ports- 
mouth, Bay County. In that place our subject 
completed his education and in 1859 began to learn 
the trade which he now so successfully conducts. 

After serving a live-years' apprenticeship with 
F. Keesler of Hay City, Mr. Walther embarked in 
business for himself and located on Water Street, 
where he has been ever since. He carries a full line 
of all plninlnng fixtures and his fair dealing with 
all has made him exceedingly popular with his 
customers. His attention has been so completely 
absorbed with his business duties that he finds little 
time for official positions, although he now holds 
the \eiy important office of Superintendent of 
Poor of Hay County, to which he was elected in 
189(1. His management of county funds in that 
office is characterized by strict economy and in- 
tense practicality, while he brings his keenest pow- 
ers of intellect and judgment into the discharge of 
the duties attendant on his su[)erintendency. 

The pleasant home which Mi'. Walther has estab- 
lished in this city is presided over by an estimable 
lady, who has been his efficient helpmate since 
August It), l.s()9. Her maiden name was Christina 
Miller and her former home was in Wyandotte, 
this State. The union of Jlr. and Mis. Walther 
h;is brouglit to them eight children, namely: 
Matliew ]'.., now in business with his father; Francis 
W., .Joseph .v., Powles P. Elizabeth, Agnes, Caro- 
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Mr. W.ilther and his wife are identilied willi the 
German Catholic Cliurch, and are liighly esteemed 
liy the residents of Bay City. Especially does Mr. 
Walther mei'it great praise in that, although his 
start in life w.is .an hnmhle one, lie has worked his 
wixy to a position oi influence and independence. 
His standing in the community- is that of a reliable 
citizen .and a man of intelligence, who lives not 
for himself alone, but is interested in the welfare of 
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VS^DWARD JENNINGS. Honor.able indiis- 
IW) try always travels the same road with en- 
ji' — --^ joyinent and duty, and progress is alto- 
gether impossible without it. The career of Mv. 
.Tennings may be pointed to with pride by liis ])os- 
terity, for he commenced in life for himself by 
working for twenty-five cents per day, and at the 
present time is one of tlie leading men of Pincon- 
ning. He came to tiiis village in 1874 from 
Canada, where he was born September 20, 1851. 

The parents of our subject were Silas and Caro- 
line (Hnsted) .leunings, both natives of England. 
The father was a farmer and came to Canada in 
1810, where he followed the occupation of an 
agriculturist until his advent into Michigan ii 
1874. He and his wife are now residing in Saga- 
ning. He manifested his patriotism by his gallant 
conduct in the War of 1812, and has ever since 
been a firm advocate of liberty and union. Our 
subject had four brothers, viz: James, Thomas, 
Edwin (who was a twin of Edward) and William. 
The senior Mr. Jennings is a stanch believer in 
Republican principles. 

Our subject spent his boyhood days in atten- 
d.ance at the common schools in Canada and in 
performing such duties as he could upon the farm. 
In 1874, the date of his coming to Michigan, lie 
settled in Pinconning, when that now thriving 
little village contained only three houses. He 
spent several months working in mills, his first oc- 
cupation being night work in a sawmill. He held 
this position for six months, when a place was 
made vacant in a planing-mill which was a 



more lucrative position. lie did such excellent 
wtirk here that after four months he took charge 
of the null and run it until it was destroyed by 
fire, which was nine moutlis after his entering it. 
He then decided upon starting out in a different 
line of work, and took a position in the store of 
Caiiipliell cfe (.'o., at Pinconning, remaining witii 
them for three years, only leaving them on ac- 
count of the failure of the firm. At that time 
Mr. Jennings, with C. H. Rhodes, engaged in the 
mercantile liusiness, under the firm name of 
Rhodes & Jennings. This was the only store 
established and running at that time and the sec- 
ond one that had been opened here. The firm 
C'nitinued business for three and a li.alf years when 
Mr. Jeuuings sold out lii< interest to Mr. Rhodes. 

Again our subject began life in a new line witii 
only '$25. He opened a meat market .and one 
year later added a stock of groceries, and as time 
jiassed branched out into the furniture and under- 
taking line, the only establishment of the kind in 
the village. Aside from this business he has a gen- 
eral store in partnership with his brother Edwin at 
iMayville, Tuscola County. The fine block in 
which he carries on his business was erected in 
1!S82, on the corner of W.ater and Van Netten 
Streets. Eor the past two years he has been en- 
gaged ill the manufacture of excelsior goods, of 
Iioth fine and coarse grades for mattresses and ui)- 
liolstery. His mill is equipped with twenty-one 
knives, run liy forty-horse power. The building 
is fire-proof and covered witii corrugated iron. 
The mill site includes three acres and is the largest 
in the St:ite. The business that he does here is 
both large and profitable. 

Edward Jennings has been engaged in the lum- 
ber business for some eight years and owns ex- 
tensive tr.acts of pine lands in the western part of 
INIichigan. He also h.ns a large amount of farm 
lands in Bay and (iladwin Counties. His interest 
will be conceded to be large when one iearns that 
he is also engaged as an extensive shipper of 
racked hoops, shipping them to the West and to 
Chicago. He employs forty men in his vaiious 
branches of business and tlius bestC)ws the best 
kind of benevolence. 

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ui-ef for livo years and w:i> the third to be 1h>ii- 
ored with this oleclion, ami for tlie last nine 
years he has hee : Treasiuer of the seliool district 
and has also figured proniinently in the CilA 
Council. Politically our sulijeet is a stanch ad- 
vocate of the policy and jjlalfoi in of the Ke|inli- 
lican party. In his cluireh relations lie is a I'res- 
bytenan, and socially a Mason. Mr. .lennin<>s 
was married, March 1«. )H7!». to Mi.ss .Mary, 
daughter of T. .1. Moorhouse, a retired mereliaiil 
of Canada. They are the parents of two chil- 
dren — Kov and Nona. 



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HARLliS H. KAXCIIRR. This represeiita- 
, tive sjentleinan, who is the i)roprietor of 

i^' the Astor House and nieniher of the Hoard 
of Fire C'ominissioners, is one of the most iiroini- 
nent and highly esteemed men of South Bay City. 
He was born in Albion, Oswego County, X. Y.. 
Augusts'), IHlil.and his father, George K. I-"anclier. 
was a native of Herkimer County, the same State. 
The grandfather, who cainc from Wales, was a 
blacksmith by trade, as was also the father, but at 
the age of thirty he located on a farm near Albion, 
and there died at the age of sixty-five. His re- 
ligious connection was with the Methodist Episco- 
pal Chnrcii, and in politics he was first a Whig, and 
afterward a Republican. 

The mother of our subject was lOiizabcth. daiigli- 
ter of David I\IcLaughlin. She was liorn in Her- 
kimer County, >.'. Y., and her father was a High- 
lander from Scotland, who came to this iDuntry 
with his parents in 1H12, and in Ilerkiiner County 
was a successful farmer, and reared to maturity 
twelve children. Mrs. Elizabeth Fanclicr died in 
188;?, at the age of seventy-two. 

The seven children who formed the household 
in which our subject grew to manhood, included 
two brothers, one of whom, David, joined the First 
Now York Light Artillery: he was in the service 
for four years and died in front of Petersburg; 
Isaac served for more tlian three years in the One 
Hundred and Tenth New York Infantry, and was 
wounded in service during a guerrilla attack on 



lii> nineteentli birtlid;iy, while on the l\e<l River 
l'",xpedition. lb' now resides at tiie old home in 
( )swe.go ( 'ou nty. 

After studying in the <listrict schools, our sub- 
ject remained at home until he was eighteen. At 
this time his father died, and the property being 
divided among the children, this son began inde- 
pendent work for himself. He was married in 
1M7II to INIiss Frances Tlioip. who was born in .\1- 
bioii. but who did not live long. Their home had 
been on the farm of fift\ acres near All)ion, but af- 
ter her death he sold th:it property and liouglit an- 
other. 

The marriage of our subject with Miss Maggie 
• ^iiackenbush took pl.ace in New Y'ork, her native 
place, in lH7;i,and in 188(1 they sold their property 
there and came to Bay City. Here Mr. Fancher 
was for some time in the employ of Ihadock. 
liateman A' Co., cigar manufacturers, and after- 
ward went on the road for them in Michigan. In 
188') he became the i)roprietor of the Astor House, 
and having improved .and furnished it anew, car- 
ries it on as a first-class house, making a successful 
business of this enterprise. In 188!) he was ap- 
pointed Fire Commissioner, a position in which he 
is useful to the community. As a stanch Hepnb.i- 
can he has been frequently a delegate to county 
conventions, and he is an .active member of the 
Free and Accepted Masons. His only son, Arthur 
N.. is the child of the second marriage. 






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OSFPH HFSS. Prominent among the intel- 
ligent and prosperous farmers of Blumfield 
Township. Saginaw County, is the gentle- 
wliose name we place at the head of tins 
sketch. His farm is under excellent improvement, 
and forms a pretty picture in the landscape of the 
township. His ))ossessions consist of seventy acres 
and are located on section 26, where he has added 
to its value b\- placing good buildings on the tract. 
Our subject is a native of the Fatherland, hav- 
ing been born in Mecklenburg, Germany, Novem- 
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in his native land, which is one of the necessary 
items of a successful life, and which is accorded all 
(xernian children, lie remained in (Tcrmany until 
reachinii' his twentv-lifth year, when he decided to 
try his fortunes in America. Upon emigrating; 
hither, he landed in (Quebec, from which place he 
came to Mt. Clemens, this State. 

Mr. Hess was married to MissiMary Silk, a native 
of Mecklenburg, their nui)tials lieing celebrated at 
Mt. Clemens, June 1"2. lH:y.\. The young couple 
made that now famous health resort their home for 
some two years, thence coming to Saginaw, where 
they were among the eaily settlers of I<>ast Sagi- 
naw. In that city the husband was employed for 
several years, eight years of the time being en- 
gaged in a gristmill. After leaving Saginaw he 
removed to Bluinfleld Township, and engaged in 
farming pursuits, which has been his sole occupa- 
tion since removing to that townshii). 

Mr. and Mrs. Hess are the parents of eight chil- 
dren, namely: Mary, JNIinnie, Charlie, Fred, Ida C, 
Joseph, Julia and Otto. Mary is the wife of .lohn 
Keppe; Minnie is Mrs. Fred Colpean; Charlie died 
in childhood; Fred married Miss Libbie Kaul; J<i- 
seph married MLss Hannah Reif; .lulia is the wife 
of Henry Lines. Mr. Hess has imijroved his farm 
so that it nets him a handsome income. Both he 
and his wife are prominent an<l intlucntiiil mem- 
bers of the German Lutheran Church. .^Irs. Hess is 
an exceptionally pleasant lad^', and the family is 
numbered among the best citizens of Blumfield 
Township. A genial and [jleasant tempered man. 
our subject is popular with all who know him. 



OHN L. TROMBLEY. We are pleased to 
be able to give a sketch of this progressive 
business man of South Bay City, who has 
^_^/ resided in this city since l^.^H and now be- 
longs to the firm of Hawkins & Tromliley, grocers. 
Me is a man of more than ordinary intelligence 
.and geniality and one whose hand is ever ready to 
lielp his neighbor and promote all movements for 
the prosperity of the community. He was born at 
Mt. Clemens, this State, February 1 1. I.s4().and his 



father, Daniel Tromliley. was liorn in Macomb 
County and is the sou of Daniel, who came from 
France and located five miles west of Romeo, in 
what is called the Tromliley ^lountaiu. He was 
the (irst white man who ever saw it as far as 
records show, and he there settled and improved a 
farm at its foot. He died when on a visit to Sag- 
inaw and was buried there. 

The father of our subject was reared upon the 
frontier and had the Indians for playfellows. He 
was (|uite a huntsman and was considered the best 
shot in the vicinity. He spoke not only the French 
and English language but that of the Chippawa 
tribe. While still in the neighborhood of Mt. 
Clemens he was united in marriage with Mary, 
daughter of .Setli IJenjnniin. who w;is an early set- 
tler in Macoinl) C')unty. 

Mr. Tromliley engaged in a meat market at JMt. 
Clemens in \Hi)\, and in the following year went 
to Romeo and Cftablished an Initel .and afterward 
carried on the same business at Shelby's Corners 
and at Almont. Before coming to Bay City he 
devoted some time to farming and in 1«58 estal)- 
li^hed his meat market here and soon added to it 
a grocery business. After that establishment was 
destroyed by fire he retired from active life and 
,'.ied in 1K7(3 at the age of sixty-one. His bereaved 
ciini|ianioii still resides at Is'o. 1504 Twelfth Street 
and Hve of her seven children are living. 

Daniel Tromliley, one of the lirothers of our 
subject enlisted in 18(!1 in Company A, Four- 
teenth Michigan Regimenl, and .served until the 
close of the war. Ills im|irihonnient of thirty days 
at Libby Prison and fifteen days at Andersonville 
w.as mercifully shortened by the cessation of hos- 
tilities, and another brother, Benjamin S., enlisted 
in 1863 in the Twenty-ninth Michigan Infantry 
and also served until the close of the war. Both 
brothers became. Sergeants. The former is now 
deceased, having died in IsTil: the .second has his 
home in Bay City. 

The early life of our subject was passed in Ma- 
comb County, and he was twelve years old when 
came to Bay City. After he was sixteen years old 
he went to .school only during the winters and in 
summers was employed in Peters' mill where he 
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edging table and having chai ge successively of the 
boom and gang saw, and wliilc he had charge of the 
boom the mill was never out of logs. In 1H79 ho 
closed his connection with tlie mill and ^tal■ted in 
the grocery l)usiness on Wasliington Street and in 
1880 came to South Hay City and went into pail- 
nership witli .1. E. i^- iliram Hawkins. Tlu' former 
remained in the tirni for only a short time hut tlu' 
latter is still in partnership with our suliject and 
tiiey have the largest cstablishnuMit for the sale of 
groceries and produce and occu|iy a double store 
on the corner of Fortieth and Harrison Stieets. 

The marriage of Mr. Trombley with Miss .Tennie. 
daughter of .1. W. Hawkins, of IJay City, took 
placc in IHOit and their residence is on the corner 
of Thirty -sixth and Ingham Streets. Their eldest 
son, John, is now a telegraph operator. Allie and 
Ktl:i are desceased and IMinnie and Alta are still at 
home. jNIr. Trombley was a School Director for 
two terms and has been a'n active member of the 
Odd Fellows order since 187;') and is now con- 
nected with the Ancient Order of United Work- 
men. In nntional affairs he votes the Democratic 
ticket but is not ladical in his political views. 



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.ANIKL S. LLOYD. M. I). We niv pleased 
to present liere a life sketch of a man who 
is a worthy representative of .an lumorable 
taniily. It is no light thing to lie able to claim 
descent from men of character atid influence, but 
all this is of small account if it is the empty boast 
of one who has failed to emulate the example of 
his forcfalhcrs. We find in Dr. Lloyd one who can 
rightfully' claim the honor both of descent and of 
true inheritance of noble and manly (lualities. 
One of his name and blood was a signei- of the 
Declaration of Independence and others took part 
with Washington in the conMiet for American in- 
dei)endence. lie himself is a pliysieian of ability 
and skill and a companion and neighbor of genial 
and friendly nature. 

This physician of West Bay City, whose office is 
located at No. !HI1 Washington Street, was born 
near Toronto, in York County, Canada, October 3, 



1835. His father, Murdock Lloyd, was born in 
Pennsylvania and his grandfather AVilliam was a 
native of Philadelphia and a merchant. The family 
can trace back its ancestry to Robert Lloyd who 
came from Wales with two brothers and settled in 
I'hiladelphia. One of his descendants signed the 
I )eclaration < f Independence and took a prominent 
part in that momentous struggle for libeity. Will- 
iam Lloyd removed to Canada in the early days 
with live brothers and all l)OUght farms near To- 
ronto, and also engaged in mercantile business 
ami there found i)rosperity. 

The father of our subject was also a farmer and 
owned three different farming tr.acts. Mis land 
w.as well improved .and very productive and he 
was in all things an excellent manager and finan- 
cier, and was a prominent and influential man in 
his county, lieing a member of the Couiity Coun- 
cil and like all the Lloyds of that section he was a 
reformer. His life was cut off while still compar- 
atively young, as he died at the .age of forty-two 
in 18('>(). He was a member of the Methodist P>pis- 
eopal Church. 

The mother of our subject w.as Charlotte, daugh- 
ter of the Rev. Peter Storey, and w.as horn in 
Canad:i. Her father was a native of Manchester, 
England, and came to Canada, where he f.armed 
and also served the Methodist Episcopal Church .as 
a minister. The mother of our subject still resides 
in Bramjjton. Canada. Five of her children grew 
to maturity and three are still living. The brother 
and sisters of our subject are: Louisa, deceased; 
Susan, who married Mr. ]\Ialhew; Ada, deceased; 
and Simeon, who is a druggist at Fostoria, Mich. 
The childhood of our subject was passed upon 
the farm in attendance ujion the common schools 
and in home duties and at the .age of fourteen he 
entered the private normal .school at Aurora, 
remaining there until he was able to pass the ex- 
amination and matriculation at the medical col- 
lege. Previous to entering the college he studied 
medicine under Dr. .Scott, of Newmarket and 
tinally graduated at the Toronto School of Medi- 
cine in 1879 with the degree of Doctor of Medi- 
cine. His first practice was for one ye.ar with Di-. 
Scott, at Newmarket, and in 1880 he came to 
IVHchigan, locating liist in Otter Lake, Lapeer 










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Couuty. In 1884 he came to West Bay City ancl 
opened up liis practice here. He has built up a 
splendid professional standing here and has shown 
himself also capable in business. He is a memlier 
of the Coleman Stave and Heading Company. 

Dr. Lloyd was married in Otter Lake, in 1882, 
to Lillie G., daughter of .Tames Richmond, a prom- 
inent farmer and lumberman, who is also Postmas- 
ter of Columbiaville and influential in political 
circles. This lady was born in Columbiaville, and 
has one child, whom she has named Richmond H. 
The Doctor is a Republican in his political views 
Init devotes his attention mainly to his professional 
duties and is a member of the Bay County Medi- 
cal Society. He also belongs to the Knights of 
the Maccabees. 

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=^ EORGE A. ALLEX. The gentleman whose 
portrait appears on the opposite page, is 
engaged in the real-estate and insurance 
business in West Bay City, having his office in the 
Allen Block. He was born in Independence Town- 
ship, ]M.acomb County, this State, January 4, 1835, 
and is the son of Samuel C. Allen, one of the pio- 
neer physicians and surgeons of that vicinity. The 
mother of our subject bore the maiden name of 
Miss .Julia Ann Bicken, and was a native of Penn- 
sylvania, where Samuel Allen was also born. 

When our subject was ten years of age he was 
brought by his parents to Oakland County, this 
State, they making settlement in Clarkston, where 
the father continued his practice for a number of 
years. Just prior to his death, however, he re- 
moved to Byron, Shiawassee Count}', and there 
passed from this life in 1866. The mother died in 
1861. 

George A. Allen received an excellent education 
and in 1859 went South to Mississippi and was en- 
gaged in keeping books for Stewart ife Pratt. At 
tlie breaking out of the war he returned to JNIichi- 
gan, and enlisted in Company A, Tenth Michigan 
Infantry. In April, 1862, he accompanied his regi- 
ment as Quartermaster Sergeant to Pittsburg Land- 
ing, where they rendezvoused after that battle, 
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and then marched to Corinth. They were en- 
gaged all the way in skirmishes with the enemy, 
and upon reaching that city, participated in the 
important battle of Corinth. They then returned 
to Nashville, where our subject received the com- 
mission of Second Lieutenant of Company C. 

With his regiment our subject participated in 
the fc)llovving named battles: The six-day's fight at 
Murfreesboro, Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, 
Mission Ridge, Chickamauga, Atlanta, and marched 
with Sherman to the sea, taking part in all the bat- 
tles of that memorable expedition. He was mus- 
tered out after Lee's surrender while his regiment 
was en route to Washington, having served during 
almost the entire period of the war. His loyalty 
and bravery were rewarded, and he served as acting 
Captain, acting (Quartermaster, and on some expe- 
ditions was Brigade (Quartermaster. At one time 
his regiment was under fire for three months. 

On returning to the pursuits of peace, Mr. Allen 
engaged in the dry-goods business in Detroit for 
one jear, and in 1866 came to West Bay City when 
Midland Street had not ^^et been grubbed out, and 
when hunting was splendid across the street from 
his place of business, which is now in the center of 
the city. On establishing in business in AVest Bay 
City, he entered into partnership with Col. N. 
Clark, the firm name being Clark k Allen. They 
continued thus for some time until W. E. Hicks, 
brother-in-law of our subject, bought out Mr. 
Clark's interest, and the style was changed to Al- 
len it Hicks. A brother of Mr. Allen purchased 
Mr. Hicks' interest, and the firm name was again 
changed to Allen Bros., when our subject bought 
his brother's interest and continued to manage 
affairs alone. 

Mr. Allen disposed of his dry goods interests in 
1874, to H. & II. S. Lewis. In about 1880 he 
bought a three-story brick block on Midland Street, 
between River and Linn Streets, and there he had 
his office ever since. He represents ten companies in 
the insurance business, and is the oldest insurance 
agent in West Bay City. He owns a considerable 
amount of land here, also other houses and lots 
in different parts of the city, beside his beautiful 
home on the corner of Raymond Avenue and John 
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November 15, 1865, Mr. Allen was married to 
Miss Emma M. Hicks, of Southfield Center. Mich., 
and to them have been born four children, namely: 
Ciialmers 1'.. who is a successful druggist in West 
Ba.v Cit.v; Aliena, Hicks and Ceorge. Mrs. Allen 
is a lady of rcHiH'inent and culture, and numbers 
among her friends the best residents in the city. 

Our subject has been Township Clerk, City Treas- 
urer, and is now Alderman of the Sixth Ward, hav- 
ing held that office for some time. Sociall}' he is 
a member of Wenona Lodge No. 256, F. <k A. M., 
having been a Mason before he went into the army, 
and is identilied with I'.lanchard Chapter and Bay 
City Council. He was organizer of the (iraud 
Army Post in West Bay City, which he named in 
honor of his old Major. Henry S. lUnnett, who was 
shot in the siege of Atlanta. An influential and 
active member of the Westminster Presbyterian 
Church, he has been Elder there for man.v years, 
and is well and favorably known throughout Bay 
County as a man f)f unimpeachable integrity and 
honor. 



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'OSEPH ,11'LE LaCROIX. This practical 
pharmacist is an enterprising young man, 
and promises to make his mark and a bright 
' one in the world. He is also the manager 
of the estate of Hubert Carrier, and jjroprictor and 
patentee of the LaCroix Compound Syrup of Red 
Pine and Spruce Gum. This capable .young man 
was liorn at St. Mary's, Canada, .Inly 1(1. lH6(j,and 
is a s(m of Prof. Peter LaCroix, who w.as born in 
Vaudreuil, Canada. Grandfather LaCroix was 
born in Paris, France, and came with his parents 
to Canada when only six years old, locating near 
Quebec, where he carried on a farm. 

The father of our subject was a graduate of a 
college of Rigaud, and tiiere studied the classics and 
theology. He bore the priest's sout.ane for three years 
and then gave up the ministry and engaged in 
teaching, pursuing that cilling first .is principal and 
afterward as i)rofessor. He was married in Canada 
and in IboT came to Bay City and opened a French 
private school, conducting it for two years, and 



then later took a position as professor of St. Jo- 
seph's school, but is now in the employ of the 
P'lint & Pere Marquette Railroad Company. 

The mother of our subject, whose maiden name 
was Domitile LeRoux, was born in Canada, and is 
an aunt of J. P. LeRoux, of whom a sketch will be 
found in this volume. Her father and grandfa- 
ther both bore the same name, and are spoken of 
elsewhere. Of her three daughters and ten sons, 
five are now living, and our subject is the eldest 
of them all. 

The early childhood of our subject was spent 
at St. Mary's, after which he went to Couteau 
Landing, then to St. Eugene, and afterward to 
Alfred and Curran, Ontario. After attending the 
common and High School, he beg.an at thirteen an 
apprenticeship to the drug business, studying phar- 
macy at Curran. In 1880 he came to Bay City as 
clerk for H. Carrier, and four years later became a 
registered pharmacist, qualified to practice any- 
where in Michigan. He then became the head 
clerk in Mr. Carrier's employ, holding that position 
until the death of that gentleman, March 23, 1891, 
and is now the manager of the establishment. He 
IS carrying it on with great success, and every one 
unites in saying that the business is well conducted, 
and he is establishing a large trade with the French 
element. He keeps the purest chemicals, and is an 
expert in putting up prescriptions. 

In 1887 he invented and patented the cough 
syrup which has become quite famous in connec- 
tion with his name, and the manufacture of which 
he carries on in B.\y City. It is esteemed as an 
excellent remedy, .and is proving a great success. 
He manufactures it from the crude gums of the 
pine and spruce. 

In the pleasant home of Mr. LaCroix, which is 
situated at No. 1324 North Grant Street, the pre- 
siding genius is the lady who became his wife in 
Bay City, September 16, 1885. Her maiden name 
was .Jennie JIartin, and she was born in Ottawa, 
Canada, where her father, Peter Martin, was a resi- 
dent. Here the mother still makes her home. 
Tlie four children of this home are; Eva; Lea, 
who died at the age of eight months; Leo and 
Alfred. Mr. LaCroix is a membei- of the St. .Jo- 
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Benefit Association. He also belongs to the Knights 
of the Maccabees, to the Ancient Order of United 
Workmen, and is a member of the Excelsior Lodge. | 
In religious matters he is a member of St. Joseph's 
Church, and i)olitically he S3'mpathizes with the 
objects and aims of the Democratic party. 




UNCAN A. McTAVISH, M.D, L. R.C. P. 
& S., is one of the leading physicians and 
surgeons of West Ba.y City, where he lias 
been located for tlie past five years, and 
has been in the Saginaw Valley for ten years, hav- 
ing first located at Kawkawlin. This gentleman 
was born in Glencoe, Ontario, February 17, 185.5, 
and is a son of Alexander and Elizabeth (McFar- 
lan) McTavish, both being natives of Scotland. 
The father was a farmer in Canada, and resided 
there until his death, which occurred in 1887, and 
he was one of the pioneers of Western Ontario. 

The education of our subject was obtained in the 
public schools of his native place, and he attended 
the Toronto Normal School for two years, after 
which he began the study of medicine at the Tor- 
onto University, remaining there four years, grad- 
ating in the Class of '81. He then attended the 
Trinity University for the same length of time, 
after which he spent one yearatEdinburg, there re- 
ceiving the degree of Licentiate Royal College of 
Physicians and Surgeons. 

Mr. McTavish came to the Saginaw Valley and 
commenced practice at Kawkawlin, remaining there 
four years, building up a large country practice. 
Wishing to have more city practice and less coun 
try work, he decided to come to West Bay City, 
where he has established himself in a lucrative 
practice, having probably the largest in the city, 
giving his whole attention to his practice. He 
makes a specialty of gynecological work. He be- 
longs to quite a number of the social orders, being 
a member of the Saginaw Valley Medical Club, and 
the State Medical Society; of the Wenona Lodge, 
F. & A. M.; Knights of Pythias, Othello Lodge and 
the Court Miranda, I. O. F; and was High Phy- 



sician for that order of the State of Michigan, in 
1891. 

For tlie past six years Dr. McTavish has been 
giving a great deal of attention to the treatment 
of diabetes without dieting the patient, and has 
wonderful success in all his experiments. This 
gentleman was married to Miss Maggie McKay, of 
Toronto, July 2,5, 1883. She is a daughter of James 
and Margaret McKay, also natives of Canada, now 
deceased. This happy couple reside in a hand- 
some and commodious home at No. 207 Walnut 
Street, where they dispense a gracious hospi- 
tality. Dr. McTavish is the physician for the Elec- 
tric Street Railway, and he and his estimable wife 
are attendants and supporters of the Presbyterian 
Church. In politics this gentleman is an ardent 
adherent of the Democratic part}-. 



T^'RANK J. BUCKLEY. This capable young 
r-:^^ man, who is Secretary and Treasurer of the 
}^ R. P. Justin Company, a firm of wholesale 
grocers in Bay City, is possessed of the best of busi- 
ness qualifications. He was born at Horseheads, 
Chemung County, N. Y., and his father, John J. 
Buckley, was a native of Sj'racuse, where his grand- 
father, J. J., was a contractor and builder of salt 
blocks, before coming to the Saginaw Valley, where 
he carried on the building of salt blocks and was 
active until his death, which took place in 1890. 

The father of our subject was a contractor and 
builder of salt blocks in Syracuse, N. Y., and came 
to Saginaw to carr}^ on the same line of work and 
put up some of the first blocks that were there 
located. In 1873 he engaged in the theatrical 
Ijusiness with Samuel G. Clay and built the Sagi- 
naw Theatre and afterwards the Bay City Opera 
House which he put up in 1885, and which was 
afterwards sold to a stock company. He was a 
theatrical manager for eighteen years and the only 
man who ever made a success of that business in 
the Saginaw Valley. He died in December, 1890, 
at the age of fifty years at Bay City, where he had 
long made his home, although he had acted as 
manager in both Port Huron and St. Louis, Mich. 



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The mother of our subject bore the maiden name 
of Malvinu Staring and she was born at Horse- 
heads, N. Y., which was also the place of her death. 
Of their seven children the eldest is our subject and 
he was born March 17, 1866. In 1870 he came to the 
Saginaw Valley and after studying in the common- 
schools took a course in the High School, which he 
completed at the age of sixteen and in 1881 he 
came here and took a course in Devlin's Business 
College and after that was witli his father helping 
to manage the theater. 

In 1884 Mr. Huekley became a member of the 
company with which he is now connected and 
which wa.s established in 186;'). His present home 
is on the corner of Center and Johnson Streets and 
the lady who became his wife in 1889 and now pre- 
sides over that home was Miss Ella, daughter of C. 
E. Rosebury. Our subject is connected with the 
Masonic order, the Maccabees and with the Elks, 
and in his political views is an ardent Republican. 




Bay County, was born in Berkshire, England, May 
3, 1823, and came to this country with his parents 
when but a child. The family located at Eaton, 
Ohio, where our subject arrived at mature years. 
During his experience there he received the ordi- 
nar}' educational advantages, and developed as do 
most of our American youth. 

December 16, 1846, our subject was married to 
Miss Phidelia D., daughter of John T. Essex, 8r. 
They had been married but one year when they 
emigrated to Bay County. At that time Bay City 
was but a small place, containing but one more 
than a dozen houses, and the country was still 
thickly populated b^' the Indians. Our subject 
purchased forty acres of land from the Govern- 
ment, about three miles east of Ba^- City, and the 
only way in which to reach the city was by way 
of an Indian trail along the river or b3- canoe. 



The land he secured was free froji timber. He 

now owns thirty-five acres adjacent to Essexville, 
all of which is well-improved. A view of his place 
appears on another page. 

Mr. Hudson's parents, John and Elizabeth 
(Shepherd) Hudson, both of English birth and an- 
cestry, died in Ohio. Joseph Hudson was one 
of ten children, all of whom grew to maturity 
and whose names are as follows: Elizabeth, Har- 
riet, George, Frederick, Henry, Martin, Albert, our 
subject, Ann and Richard. The eldest daughter 
married William Ambrose, of England, and went 
to .Scotliind; Harriet married Thomas Bedford in 
England, but located in Ohio; George is now de- 
ceased as is also Frederick; Heniy returned to 
England and there died; Martin, who was proprie- 
tor of the Hudson House in Lansing, there died, 
and Albert died in Chicago; Ann married Joseph 
Wadsworth, of Lorain County, Ohio; Richard is 
now a resident of Kalkaska, Mich. 

Our subject and his wife have had two children 
— Henry, who lives on the home farm; and 
Blanche, wife of Moses Smith, of Essexville. He 
and his wife were formerly members of the 
Universalist Church, but are not now identified 
with any religious organization. Socially he is a 
member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
of Essexville, of which order he is a leading and 
charter member. He h.as been retained almost con- 
stantly in office in Hampton Township until recent 
years, when he feels that the duties should be 
shouldered by 3'ounger men. 



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i^ILLIAM STRING, who has represented 
Portsmouth Township, on the Bay County 
Board of Supervisors since 1883, was born 
November 6, 1826, in Riheinpfalz, Germany. 
He is descended from worthy German ancestry, 
his forefathers having been prominent citizens in 
their respective communities. His paternal grand- 
father was William Syring, whose name he bears. 
His father was John Syring, who was reared to 
manhood in the Fatherland and there passed his 
entire life. He_married Wilhelraina Littey, who, 





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like himself, lived and died in Germany. Their 
family comprised three children, our subject, 
Michael and Kathrine. "William was the only 
member of the family who crossed the Atlantic to 
seek his fortune in America, and his relatives still 
reside in Germany, honored and respected as wor- 
thy people. 

The boyhood days of Mr. Syring did not differ 
materiall}' from tliose of other boys in the Father- 
land, his time being spent in acquiring a good edu- 
cation and learning a trade. In 1854 he left his 
home and proceeding to Havre took passage for 
America. The vo^yage was monotonous and 
marked by no unusual event and after landing, 
the passengers dispersed to their various destina- 
tions. One of them, the one in whom we are par- 
ticularly interested, proceeded directly to Toledo 
and thence to Canada. After a short sojourn 
across the border he removed to Michigan in 1855. 
and located in Bay City, where he occupied his 
time with whatever employment he could find. 
For a time he worked in the saw mills and also on 
the docks, and by careful economy and wise in- 
vestment of his savings he gradually' acquired a 
competency. 

The j'ear following his arrival in Bay City 
marked a very important event in the life of Mr. 
Syring, as he was then married in 1856, to Miss 
Catherine Hart, of Canada. Four children came 
to Mr. and Mrs. Syring, as follows: Louisa, who 
married George Wainwright and died, leaving two 
children; Catherine, the wife of B. Lee, of Bay 
Cit3', and the mother of five children; John E., 
who resides in Portsmouth, is married and the fa- 
ther of two children; and William H., a resident of 
Bay City. 

In his religious convictions Mr. Syring is a 
member of the Evangelical Church, and politically 
a firm Democrat. His fellow-citizens early recog- 
nized his peculiar adaptibility for ofHcial positions 
and have called him to many offices of trust and 
responsibility. In 1874 he was elected Drain 
Commissioner of Portsmouth Township and served 
efficiently in that capacitj' for two j'ears. In 1875 
he was chosen Justice of the Peace, retaining that 
office four years. The position of Town Clerk, 
to which he was elected in 1879, he held for three 



years to the general satisfaction. As above men- 
tioned, he has served as Supervisor since 1883, 
and has ever made it his object to promote the 
interests of the people whom he represents. He is 
agent for the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of 
Bay and Saginaw Counties and is thoroughly 
identified with the progress of the community. 

Mr. Syring has an attractive and comfortable 
home, a view of which is presented elsewhere in 
this volume, and which, with its surroundings, is 
one of the most inviting spots in tlie locality. 



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j EV. WOLF LANDAU, who is pastor of the 
Reformed Hebrew congregation of Bay 
iwi City, is a gentleman of thorough culture 
\^ and intelligence and of pronounced ability 
and character. He has been in charge of this con- 
gregation since 1877. He was born in Poland, 
Russia, April 3, 1841, and his father, the Rev. 
Eliezer, was born there and was also a member of 
the Hebrew congregation. His grandfather David 
was a merchant in that country. The mother of 
our subject bore the maiden name of Anna Dlu- 
gatch and was also of Polish birth and the daugh- 
ter of Louis Dlugatch, who was a Polish merchant. 
His parents have both passed from life, and of tiieir 
four sons and two daughters four are living. 

Our subject was reared in his native home and 
had the opportunities of public and private schools 
and attended the Hebrew Theological College. In 
1 862 he went to Sweden, spending some time at Got- 
tenburg and sailed from there in 1864 in the sailer 
"Shapiro" and landed in Quebec after a voyage of 
nine weeks. His first home here was in Schenec- 
tady, N. Y., where he was pastor for one year; he 
then went to Honesdale, Pa., where for six: years 
he had charge of a congregation. After that he 
was pastor at various points, including Pittston, 
Pa.; Zanesvillc, Ohio; TitusviUe, and Hamilton. 

In 1877 the Rev. Mr. Landau came to Bay City 
where there was then no Hebrew Reform Congre- 
gation. He at once went to work to gather his 
people together and to establish a congregation. 
They bought property on Adams Street and his 



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thorouprh business principles have insured a linan- 
eial success to liic enterprise, lie was married in 
Sweden, in 18G 1, to Miss Alderman, a native of 
Gottenburg. Tliey have beeu blessed by the birth 
of six children, namely: Louis, who is liook-keeper 
in Chicago; Anna, Uavid, Clara, Samuel, and Kddie. 
V^arious social orders claim this gentleman as one 
of their noteworthy members, among which arc the 
Free and Accepted Masons, the Hoyal Arch Masons 
the Council and the Royal Arcanum, also National 
I'nion, Royal League, and the Ancient Order of 
I'nited Workmen, lie is a KcpuMican in his po- 
litical views and casts his vote with that party. 



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/^EORGK L. WILTON, a member of the linn 
(II J—, of George L. Wilton iV Co., one of the stir- 
^^;^( ring business men of West Bay City, is 
carrj'ing on a profitalile business at No. 713 Mid- 
land Street, where they have a full stuck of books, 
stationery and wall paper, lie is also city ticket 
agent for the Michigan Central Railroad at West 
Bay City. Mr. Wilton was born in Sherborne, Dor- 
setshire, England, starch 17. ISSL 

The parents of Mr. Wilton were Joseph and 
Elizabeth (King) Wilton, natives of .Sherborne. 
England. He of whom we write received an ex- 
cellent education in his native land and when 
eighteen j'ears of age set sjiil on the vessel "Scan- 
dinavia." and after a voyage of ten days landed 
in Canada, where he located in Hamilton and w.is 
engaged in the office of Carter it Todd, grain and 
commi.-ision merchant:<.as cashier. Two years later 
he came to Pinconning, Hay County, in the inter- 
est of Van Etten,KaiseritCo., having charge of the 
store and supply department for four years. At the 
expinition of that time he went to St. Paul, Minn., 
and remained for two yeai-s, when he came to Bay 
City and was employed with George 11. Van 
Etten. 

The gentleman of whom we write iu 1879 went 
to AVest Branch, this State, where he w.as engaged 
as manager of the West Bi-aneh House. After a 
short time he severed his connection -with that 
hotel and became proprietor of the Wells House in 



AVe,st Bay City, which lie operated for two years. 
Then, in iwrtnership with Lewis I'otler, he pur- 
chased tlic Abram House in Lapeer, Init disposed 
of it a twelvciiioiitli hilcr, when Mr. Wilton again 
Idc.'ited in West Bay City and for two years was an 
employe of the Mjcliigan Central Railroad. 

On engaging in liis present business our subject, 
together with William H. riiillips, bought out II.H. 
Aplin, whose phu'C of business was located on Linn 
Street. The partnersliip thus formed continues to 
tiie present time. Mr. I'hillips being City Recorder. 
The inanageinent of tlie store thus falls upon our 
subject. Until recently he li.as been agent for the 
American Express Company of West Bay City, but 
his business has so greatly increased that he was 
obliged to relinquish the duties which devolved 
upon him as agent. His is tlie only stationery and 
book store on the west side. 

Mary Potter became the wife of Mr.Wilton. Feb- 
ruary 23, 1882. Mrs. Wilton is the daughter of 
Lewis Potter, who is now in business at Lapeer. 
Of that union two children have been born — Roy 
and Kva. Socially, Mr. Wilton is a member of 
Wenona Lodge. F. A- A. M. belonging to Blanchard 
Chapter. lie is also a Forester and Knight of 
Pythias. He is a popular and progressive citizen 
who is willing to help forward all movements 
which will be for the lieneflt of the community. 



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41 MLLIAM CINMNGHAM. M. I). M.iny 
\/sJ// ^^ ^^^ prominent citizens of Michigan are 
W^ t'f foreign birth, yet are men who have 
become thoroughly Americanized in life and spirit 
and feel a warm and loyal interest in their adopted 
home. Such men do as much liy success in their 
professions and callings as native-born Americans 
in helping to establish the reputation of the Com- 
UKUiwealth which has become their home. 

Such a man we have in Dr. Cunningham, who is 
among the oldest of the prominent phj-sicians of 
the Saginaw A'alley. having located for practice in 
the spring of 1872, at Vassar when that was quite 
a new town and the center of a joung but growing 
community. While living there he had the most 



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extensive ride from that point in every direction 
of any physician in that part of Tuscola County 

Dr. Cunningham was born near the cit}' of Ediu 
burg, Scotland, May 24,. 1830, and is a son ol 
Archibald and Grace (Gowans) Cunningham. The 
patronymic of Dr. Cunningham's mother's family 
when translated means "wild daisies" and this fam- 
ily, which our subject resembles more than he does 
that of his father, was prominent in the West of 
Scotland. The Cunninghams trace their ancestry 
back to the eleventh century, to the Lairds of 
Ingleston. 

The father of our subject was an agriculturist 
and the head of a company of carriers of wiiich the 
present system of express companies takes the pl.ace. 
He was with that company for fort^'-flve years, and 
their main line ran between Edinburg and Glasgow. 
In the former city our subject had his education 
and he found in that atmosphere of learning an 
impulse to ambitious study. After finishing his 
High School course he devoted himself to business 
until he came to Canada in the fall of 1860, and 
locating in Stratford, began reading medicine and 
soon undertook the practice thereof. 

The young man went to Detroit in 1871, and 
entered the Homeopathic College which was after- 
wards merged into the University of Michigan, 
and he also pursued his practice for some time, 
but in the fall of 1875 entered Hahnemann College 
at Philadelphia and graduated therefrom in March, 
1876. Our subject left Yassar after two or three 
years' successful practice in Tuscola County and 
removed to Saginaw, where he remained a year, 
and after his graduation at Philadelphia he came 
to Bay City, locating at the corner of Fiftli and 
Adams Streets and there established himself in 
a general practice. Subsequently he removed to 
his present location and has built up an excellent 
practice doing special office work, having had 
marked success in the line of chronic diseases, as 
he has made a thorough study in that direction. 

Dr. Cunningham was married to Miss Ellen Mc 
Lean, of Edinburg, upon the 5th of July, 1850, 
and of their children five sons and two daughters 
are now living. Archibald is a graduate of medi- 
cine in the Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College 
in the Class of '76, and is now engaged in electrical 



work in Detroit; Walter graduated in the same 
class and from the same college with his brother 
and is pr.acticing dentistry in Bay City with his 
brother Robert; William studied law and afterward 
medicine in the University of Michigan, and is 
practicing the latter profession in Alpena, besides 
being a journalist of note; Robert is a prominent 
dentist of Baj^ City, John G. has been for many 
years in the Secoiid National B.ank, and is now 
book-keeper of the Sonoma Lumber Company of 
California. Grace is the wife of W. W. Westover, 
of Sonoma Count>-, Cal.; and Lizzie the youngest 
child, is unmarried and still beneath the parental 
roof. 

The Doctor has now nine grandchildren in 
whose future he takes a most affecticnate and 
thoughtful int-'r3jt']and they will, no doubt, grow 
up to be as valuable in the community as are the 
Doctor's children. The wife of Dr. Archibald 
Cunningham was Miss Georgiana Rodgers, of Ann 
Arbor, and they have three childi'en, Helen, FA- 
ward and Gertrude. Dr. Walter Cunningham's 
one child is named Grace. William married Ame- 
lia Waters, of Ann Arbor; they have three children, 
Daisy, Jessie and Walter. Robert took to wife Jessie 
Drake. Mrs. Westover 's two children are uamed 
Rena and Glenn. 




OY S. COPELAND, M. D. We here pre- 
sent a life narrative of one of the most 



prominent young physicians and surgeons 
^jj of Bay City, whose finely -equipped and 
handsomelj' appointed office is to be found in the 
Crapo Block at the corner of Washington and Cen- 
ter Street, where he makes a specialty of diseases 
of the eye, ear, nose and throat. Dr. Copeland was 
born m Dexter, Washtenaw County, November 7, 
1865, and is a son of Roscoe P. and Frances J. 
(Holmes) Copeland. 

The father of our subject was born at Dexter, 
Me., in 1838, and when a bo3' of twelve 3'ears came 
with his father to Dexter, Mich., where he became 
a lumberman and later a grain dealer. He has had 
the thorough respect of the people of that com- 



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inunity tlirougliout all his life and has been on the 
Village Board and the Board of Education and has 
always been active in every movement for up- 
building the community, but has not been a poli- 
tician. He still lives in that city and is considered 
one of the well-to-do men in the county. In his 
religious belief lie is a I'niversalist but attends and 
supports the services of the IMetliodist Episcopal 
Church. 

Young Copeland graduated from the High School 
at Dexter, in 1883, and subsequently attended the 
State Normal .Sctioolat Ypsilanti, taking the Latin 
and scientific courses and reading medicine with 
Dr. E. K. Chase of Dexter. After this he entered 
the University of Michigan in the fall of 1886 and 
graduated from the llomeoiiathic department in 
the Class of '89, giving his special attention to 
the eye and ear. After taking his diploma he was 
appointed on a competitive examination to the 
position of House Surgeon to the Homeopathic 
Hospital and during his senior year he had been 
assistant to the chair of Obstetrics and (xynecology 
and after graduating was made assistant to the 
chair of Ophthalmology and Otology and also assist- 
ant surgeon of the eye and ear clinic, holding that j 
position for a full year, at the end of which time i 
lie declined to hold longer this honorable position, 
desiring to build up his private practice. 

Dr. Copeland located in Bay City, August 7. 
1890, first in the Concordia Block, but after the 
completion of the Crapo Block at once removed 
to his present otlices. There is probabl3' not an eye 
and ear specialist in the State who is building up 
more rapidly an excellent practice, and his office 
has all the appliances for the proper treatment of 
such di.seases, and he gives his patrons the benefits 
of the latest and most improved methods. He is a 
meml)er of the State Homeopathic Medical Society, 
of the Saginaw ^'alley Medical Society .and also of 
the local society which goes hy the name of the 
Free Dispensary Board, on the staff of which he is 
the eye and ear surgeon. He is also a member of 
the Knights of the M.accabees and the Knights of 
Pythias but on account of his devotion to his pro- 
fession has little time for the duties pertaining to 
social orders. 

The Doctor was united in marriage December 



31, 1891 to Miss Maiy D. Ryan of Adrian, Mich., a 
daughter of the Kev. E. W. Ryan, Presiding Elder 
of the .\driau district of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, formerly pastor of the Madison Avenue 
Methodist Episcopal Church of Bay City. 



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^UDfiE ROBERT LENG, who is one of the 
oldest settlers of West Bay City, is the 
oldest Justice in the county. He is a fine 
illustration of one of the best types of the 
men of Merrie England as he is jolly, good na- 
tured and entertaining, wholesouled and true- 
hearted. He has resided here since the fall of 1860 
and he cut down all the wood for two and one-half 
miles square around his location in order to run his 
salt works. He built the first salt block here in 
partnershii) with John Bradfield, and was very suc- 
cessful with it until 1879 when he disposed of the 
property. 

Mr. Leiig was born at Winsford, Cheshire, Eng- 
land, November 5, 1811, and his father, Robert 
Leng, was of Yorkshire birth and the proprietor of 
the salt works of Winsford. His wife. Mary Ann 
Johnson, was born at Leicestershire, and they both 
died in Cheshire. He reached the age of nearly 
eighty years and had lived a long and worthy life 
bsing a consistent member of the Chui'ch of Eng- 
land. Of their five children, only two are living, 
the eldest, Mar^-, being in Winsford and now 
eighty-eight years of age, while our subject was the 
youngest of the family. 

Robert Leng studied in a private school until 
twelve years of age and was then placed in a 
boarding school for two years, and at the age of 
fourteen began keeping his father's books. Two 
years later he became proprietor of salt works of 
his own, and after some time purchased three 
vessels of one hundred tons each with which he 
transported salt to Liverpool bringing coal on the 
return trip. 

Both father and son were successful for some 
years but were finally nnfortunate in their .sales in 
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est, and sailing from Liverpool came to America 
where he at (»nce settled in Syracuse, N. Y. He 
became freight agent for tlie Syracuse and Ulica 
Itailroad, remaining with that corporation for a 
number of years after which he went to Oswego, 
N. Y., and engaged in the business of grain and 
provisions until 1861. 

About that time Mr. Leng made a trip to Sagi- 
naw to investigate tlie salt works but was not fa- 
vorably impressed with the country and found so 
man}' down with the ague that he returned to 
Oswego. There he met some lake captains who 
assured him that he would find matters much better 
at Lower Sag'naw and advised him to return, so 
that in October, 1861 he brought his famil3- hither. 
He bought five acres of his present property and 
also four hundi-ed acres further down the river. 
There were then only a few fishing huts here and 
some mills and no schools or advantages for the 
children. During the time tliat he was managing 
the salt business here he had cleared his farm and 
began cultivating his land and he now has one 
hundred and ten acres here which is in good culti- 
vation although he lias sold a portion of wliat he 
once owned. 

The marriage of Mr. Leng took place in Syra- 
cuse in 1840, and his wife, Phcebe, who was born 
in Schenectady, N. Y., was a daughter of Ezekiel 
Tripp, a Revolutionary soldier and a farmer. The 
Tripp family is of the bestrew England stock and 
well known through all that part of the country. 
The six children of Mr. and Mrs. Leng are Maiy, 
now Mrs. Russell; Fannie, who became Mrs. Brad- 
fleld; Robert, Jr., resides on the farm; Nettie was a 
teacher here and married D. Patterson a salt in- 
spector; Sarah became the wife of Charles Emei\y; 
and William Washington died in infancy. 

Our subject was instrumental in organizing the 
village of Bangor and was its first President. He 
established the first school in that village, provid- 
ing the schoolhouse. He then raised a subscription 
to build a good frame schoolhouse and was School 
Director there for years. He has been Justice of 
the Peace for over twenty years and has licen 
Notary Public as long, and for several years he was 
on the Township Board of Bangor, and for a long 
while has been Supervisor in West Bay C'ity, being 



the oldest man both in years and length of service 
on that board. He is also Chairman of the Board 
of Trustees of the Oak Ridge Cemetery and is a 
member of the Board of Health of this city. For 
six years he was Superintendent of the Poor until 
he resigned that office. He has never aspired to 
count}' or State office although he has been fre- 
quently solicited to run. He is a memlier of tlie 
Free and Accepted Masons. 

Mr. Leng has ever been interested in church mat- 
ters, being attached to the Church of England, the 
body to wliich his forefathers belonged. He raised 
a subscription for building the first church here, 
which was built under the pastorate of tlie Rev. 
Mr. Prosser, who was afterwards associated with 
the Rev. Mr. Flower. Mr. Leng is a vestryman and 
Trustee of the church and has superintended the 
Sunday-school for many ^-ears, being the organi- 
zer of the first Sunday-school. In his early life he 
was a Whig and later a Republican, but some ye.ars 
ago he became independent and may be said to be 
a man of all parties, for when lie runs for office no 
candidate is put up to oppose him. 



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ANIEL ELLIS. Few are now living of 
the very earliest pioneers of Saginaw \a.\- 
ley, but those who still survive are held 
in veneration by all patriotic and thought- 
ful citizens of this prosperous and beautiful section 
of Michigan. Their heroic efforts and endurance 
paved the way for the easier times and more com- 
fortable circumstances of the present, and to them 
is owing a large debt of gratitude. The portrait 
on the opposite page and the name at the head of 
this sketch represent one of the oldest now living 
of the old time settlers. Mr. Ellis resides in 
Bridgeport Township, on section 16. He was born 
November 22, 1812 and is a son of Elihu and Abi- 
gail (Blackmore) Ellis, both natives of the old 
Granite State. At the age of fifteen he removed 
with his parents from Vermont to New York, and 
settled in St. Lawrence County, where he passed 
his youth, engaging in farming and receiving his 
education in the early scliools of that region. 



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Young Ellis migratorl to Miflii^aii in 1836 and 
located first for a short time in Tuscola County, 
but during the same year came to Saginaw Count\ 
and for a tune worked for Harvey Williams, holli 
upon the farm and in the mill. He afterward 
settled upon a farm on section 21, Bridgeport 
Township, and later upon the farm where he now 
resides. Upon coming to this place he cleared a 
small patch of ground and built a board shant^y in 
wiiich he resided until he built the residence in 
which he now makes his home. Here he experi- 
enced the usual hardships of pioneer life and h.as 
helped effectually in subduing the wilderness and 
bringing it to its present beautiful stale. When 
he first came here East Saginaw was as yet un- 
known and its present site was inhabited by 
Indians. Saginaw proper was but a small village 
and he helped to clear much uf the land upon 
which it now stands. 

Mr. Ellis was married in 1846 to jMatilda Leasi.i, 
and she became the motlier of eight children, five 
of whom are living, namely: George; the Rev. 
Charles, a Presltyterian minister; Hiram; Eugene; 
and Julia, wife of John C. Hcrpel. After the 
death of Mrs. Matilda Ellis our sul)jeet was united 
with his present wife in Deeemlier, 1862. Before 
her union with him she was Mrs. Frances (Fritz) 
Dodge, widow of Sylvester Dodge of this county. 
She was born in Switzerland, April 1, 1838, and is 
a daughter of Philip and Frances Fritz, both na- 
tives of Switzerland. She came to America in 
1845 and made her home in Trumbull County, 
Ohio, until 1850, when she came to this county. 
By their union there were born eight children, 
five of whom arc living, namely: Emma, .\nna 
(wife of Lewis Gower),' Edwin, Frederick and 
Edith. 

For Ihiee years our subject served as Treasurer 
of Bridgeport Town si lip. most creditably to him- 
self and with benefit to the conuiiunity. He and 
his good wife are members of the Protestant ]Meth- 
odist Church, and he is in his |)olitical views a 
stanch Prohibitionist. ^Irs. Ellis is a member of 
of the Ladies of the .Maccabees. "Uucle Daniel," 
as Mr. Ellis is familiarly called, is one of the most 
interesting characters in the Saginaw \'alley. and 
belongs to that noble class of the best order of 



pioneers. It is greatly to the credit of this part 
of the country that we are able to say that a large 
number of such men made their home here in the 
early days and proved a formative influence in its 
history. 



'iffOHN C. HUMPHREV, who is the present 
etlicient and popular Treasurer of Bridge- 
port Township, Saginaw County, is a native 
of Rockingham Count3% N. II., and was born 
October 11, 1833. He is a son of Jonathan and 
Amelia (Fisher) IIuniphre3', who were born in the 
old Granite State and were of Scotch origin. His 
grandfather, James Humphrey, was one of the Rev- 
olutionary soldiers, and the family takes a just 
[iride in liis record. 

Our subject was reared to years of maturity in 
his native State apd his early youth was spent 
upon a farm, receiving his education in the com- 
mon schools, which he attended until he reached 
the age of seventeen, at which time his father's 
health failed and it was necessary for him to as- 
sume the management of the farm. In 1855 he 
went to Iowa and resided for several 3ears in Lee 
County, that State. His marriage occurred Febru- 
ary 14, 1856, and his bride was Mary J., daughter 
of Alexander and Elizabeth (Nesmith) Park. This 
ladj' was a native of Rockingham County, X. IL, 
and was born April 30, 1833. Her parents were 
natives of the same State, and the ancestors on 
both sides are said to be Scotch. Her maternal 
grandfather, John Nesmith, was a Revolutionary 
soldier and the family has ever cherished a strong 
[latriotic feeling. Her training and education were 
received in her native State and she taught school 
for several years. 

To ]Mr. and Mrs. ILimphrey have been granted 
four children, two of whom have passed over the 
dark river. llariT and Mabel are deceased; the 
living are William and Edward. Our subject came 
witli his family, in 1862, to this county and lo- 
cated 111 what is now South Saginaw, which was 
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ing and the manufacture of staves, laths, and such 
like commodities. He continued in that line at 
various times for many years and finally, in 1880, 
settled upon his present farm. He owns fifty-four 
acres of valuable land which he has gained by the 
exercise of his own energy and determination. He 
is a Republican in his political views, and he and 
his wife are members o' the Presbyterian Church 
at South Saginaw. 

Mr. Humphrey is now serving his second term 
as Treasurer of Bridgeport and has proved himself 
of great value to the community. He is a member 
of the Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons and has 
served as Secretary and Treasurer of the Salina 
Lodge, No. 155. Both he and his capable and 
cultured wife are esteemed as mo.st valuable mem- 
bers of society and are widely influential in the 
promotion of all movements which tend to true 
culture and refinement. 



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OIIN W.HAWKINS. There is not, within 
the limits of Ba}' County or the State of 
Michigan, a citizen who is more highly es- 
teemed than the subject of this biographical 
notice. Those who know him recognize him for 
what he is — a resolute champion of the right, a 
man good and true, whose heart is in the right 
place and whose hand is ever ready to strike any 
threatening evil. Coining to Michigan in the fall 
of 1851, he has since been closely connected with 
the growth of the State, and particularly with the 
developmenl of Tuscola County, where he resided 
until 18GI.and Bay County, which he has since 
made his home. His opinion possesses considerable 
influence in the community and in the ranks of 
the Democratic party he is prominent. 

Were space to permit, it would be a pleasant 
task to trace the lineage of Mr. Hawkins back sev- 
eral generations, but this is not our privilege. We 
may, however, place cm record a few facts in the 
biography of his father, Pliilii) Hawkins, whose life 
was filled witli thrilling incidents and innumerable 
hardships endured bravely for his native country. 
In the year 1777, in the city of Winchester, County 



North Hampshire, England, was born in the Haw- 
kins family a son, who was named Philip. When 
sixteen years old this lad was pressed on board a 
British man-of-war and for twenty years was in 
service on land and sea. He was with Lord Nelson 
in the battle of Trafalgar in 1805; with Lord 
Wellington on the Continent during the wars with 
Napoleon in 1808-09, also with him in the battle 
of Waterloo in 1815. He was wounded in five 
different engagements. 

Before the close of the War of 1812, waged be- 
tween England and the United States, the regiment 
to which Mr. Ha wkins belonged — the Fifty-seventh, 
was sent out to Canada and stationed at Prescott. 
At that place Mr. Hawkins deserted and crossing 
the St. Lawrence River to the States, settled in 
New York and there remained during the rest of 
his life. In 1816 he married Miss Anna Beemer. 
the widow of Levi Beemer, and unto them was born 
cme son, John W., tiie subject of this sketch. He 
was born in Lewiston, N. Y., March 7, 1819, and 
passed his boyhood within the parental home. 
When he was twelve years old, he was orphaned 
by the death of his mother, which occurred in 
Watertown, N. Y. After the death of his mother 
he was practically an orphan as he did not see his 
father until eight years later. 

Wiien less than eighteen years old, December 
17, 1836, Mr. Hawkins enlisted in the United 
States service, at Utica, N. Y., for three years, and 
this being the period of the Seminole War, he was 
.sent to Florida with his company. He was with the 
Second Regiment United States Artiller3' and in 
Companies B and G. In the spring of 1838 the 
regiment was ordered to Calhoun, in the Cherokee 
nation, to (piell a disturbance among the Cherokee 
Indians. A few months afterward the regiment 
was ordered to the frontier to guard the lines be- 
tween Canada and the United States at the time of 
the Patriot Rebellion in 1838. They were stationed 
at Buffalo, N. Y., and there were honorably dis- 
charged December 17, 1839. 

Returning to the place of his birth Mr. Hawkins 
there remained several years. January 25, 1842 
he was married to Miss Mary Colbath, by whom he 
had five children, viz: O. W., Almira Melissa, 
Hiram, Olive Jane and James Edward, all of whom 



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still survive. The faithful wife and devoted 
mother died August 23, 1890, at her home in Bay 
County. Slie was a native of Canada, horn near 
Toronto, and was one of a family of ten children. 
Her parents were Dependanceand Rachel (Hough) 
CtMbath. The father was born at Portsmouth, 
N. II., in February, 1763, and at the age of four- 
teen left home and engaged in the Wnr of the 
Revolution, serving until the clo.se. Altliough he 
was in some of the liardest-fought engagements he 
was never wounded. During probably the same 
year in which the Revolutionary War was brought 
to a close, he enlisted in the Indian wars and served 
another seven years in defending his country. He 
died in 1840 in Lewiston, N. Y. 

The family originally was known by the name 
of Colbrath and came of Welsh descent; some mem- 
bers located in England and there became known 
by the name of Colburn. Sir John Colburn, who 
was Governor of Canada aliout 1833-36, was the 
son of a brother of i)e|)endance Colbath. Henry 
Wilson, who was Vice-President under President 
(irant during his .secfmd administration, was the 
son of another brother of Mr. Colbath. He was 
reared by a Mr. Wilson of Massachusetts and by 
act of the legislature became Henry Wilson, al- 
though his original name was Jeremiah Colbath. 
The children born to Dependance and Rachel Col- 
bath were named as follows: Nancy, Mar}-, 
George, John, Benjamin, Sarah, Rebecca, Paulina, 
Rachel 1). and Winthrop, all of whom became heads 
of families. The death of Mrs. Hawkins biought 
sorrow into her hitherto hapjjy home and was sin- 
cerely mourned by her large circle of acquaintances. 




'«^/NSIl. W. WATROl'Sis tme of the oldest 
settlers of South Bay City, having come 
li* here in 1 86 1 , and at that time having made 
W his permanent settlement here. He was 

born in the township of Bridgewater, Susquehan- 
na County, Pa., August 1;'), 1826, and is a son of 
Joseph .and Dolly (Benjamin) Watrous. His fa- 
ther w.as a native of New York, and a farmer, and 



this son remained at home until he reached the 
.age of eleven after which he resided with a broth- 
er-in-law, E. S. Kent, who gave him farm training 
and a (irst-class common-school education. 

Upon reaching his majority the young man 
went to Middlesex County, and worked in a fac- 
tory, remaining there until October 13, 1850, when 
he was married to Miss Mary A. Southworth. In 
1852 ^Ir. Watrous went to Mississippi to cany on 
;in agency there, and remained until the breaking 
out of the war, when he returned North and loca- 
ting at what was then called Portsmouth, engaged 
in a cabinet-making and furniture store on what is 
now Harrison Street, B.ay City. He had to build 
his own store which was the first one in Bay City 
that did any business of any account. He worked 
up a large trade and increased his f.acilities from 
time to time until he had a large shop. He had 
had experience in this line before, while in the 
South. Failure of health caused him to close out 
his business some five years ago. 

With his brother-in-law. Mr. Southworth, Mr. 
AVatrous had owned the planing mill at the foot 
of Fremont Avenue, but closed that out on the 
death of his partner. He built first for the use of 
his family a large houise on Harrison .Street, but re- 
cently sold that and moved a little b.ack from the 
river, locating at No. 30-1 Thirty-eighth Street. 
His wife was born in Connecticut, April 5, 1834. 
and they have a family of four children still liv- 
ing besides two who died while young, and he has 
ten grandchildren. Those of his children who are 
still in life are: Minnie, wife of William U. Cross, 
County Clerk of Cheboygan County; Hattie, who 
is Mrs. W. E. Mingo; William A., who married 
Mary Joyce; and Emma, wife of William L. Nie- 
mann. 

^Ir. Watrous has filled the office of Supervisor 
from the Seventh Ward, and is a member of the 
I'mversalist Church. By Odd Fellows all through 
this city he is known as Grandfather AVatrous, for 
he has been a member of the order for thirty-three 
years, and is the first one who ever came to Bay 
City, at least .as far .as is known. He started the 
Portsmouth Lodge, now known as Bay Lodge, and 
was the first Noble Grand .and the first Representa- 
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tire therein. He is a member of the Rebecca De- 
gree and Encampment, and also a member of the 
Portsmouth Lodge No. 1!)(», F. & A. M. 



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/^ APT. GEOR(iE HARPER, who lias sailed 
(I „ on the lakes and rivers for twenty-nine 
^^'y years,has now retired from that roving life, 
and is engaged in the furniture business on Water 
Street, being a member of the firm of Harper, Heis- 
ner <fe Co. He was born in Gainesborough, En- 
gland, Maj' 11, 1847, and his father, Dring, was a 
native of Hull, England, and a sailor from boy- 
hood, becoming a master of a vessel while still 
yoimg, and later becoming a pilot on the North 
Sea. 

In 1854 the family came to America, and located 
near Port Sarnia, Ontario, where the father sailed 
on the lake for some live years. He flnall}' retired 
from active life, and died near Port Sarnia, in 
1870. His wife, Ann (Thompson) .Harper, w.as 
also a native of Gainesborough, where her father 
was a market gardener, and she died in England in 
1850. The family was connected with the Church 
of England. The father was married three times, 
and our subject was the child of the wife just men- 
tioned, and is now the only one living o'f her fiA'e 
children. 

After coming to this country, our subject at- 
tended school near Port Sarnia, but had to com- 
mence work early, beginning as a cabin boy at the 
age of fourteen, and soon becoming a man before 
the m.ast of the "Dream," which was engaged in 
furnishing supplies to the fishermen along the 
shore of Lake Huron, and also carried the mail be- 
tween Detroit and Alpena. He continued service 
on various boats, and in 1871 bought a half-inter- 
est in the schooner "Lizzie," of which he later took 
charge. After selling this property, he bought .an 
interest in the barge ''Fannie Neal," and afterward 
in the ferry-boat "Hull" and then Harper & Heis- 
ner built the tug "Tempest" and propeller "C. A. 
Forbes," all of which he sailed successively. 

In 1890 he disposed of the interest in the 
"Forbes" and has since devoted his attention to 



the furniture luisiness which was started in April, 
1881), and he is also financially interested in the 
ci'ockery business of W. E. See it Co. The large 
double store of Harper. HeisnerA Co., is located at 
the foot of Center Street on Water, and the firm 
carries a full line of furniture, and has a wide con- 
nection both in the wholesale and retail trade. 

The marriage of Capt. Harper took place in Du- 
buque, Iowa, and his bride was Miss Charlotte 
King, a native of Gainesborough, I>ngland. In 
their pleasant home at Xo. 1509 W.ashington 
Street, they are surrounded by their three children, 
George Clifford, Lottie May and John AV. The 
Captain is a member of the Marine Benevolent As- 
sociation of Hay City, and a standi Republican 
politically. 



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OTHER B. EDINBOROUGH, is the present 
Postmaster for West Bay City, to which 
office he was appointed in July, 1890. He 
h.as been a resident of this city since the year 1872, 
and was born in Dorking, England and is a son of 
Christopher and Sarah (Bacon) Edinborough, the 
date of his birth being April 2, 1847. In 1855, the 
family removed to this country and located in 
Allegany County, N. Y., the father following the 
trade of a tailor. When quite young our subject 
left home and went to Whiteside County, 111., 
where he received mostof his education, attending 
school in the winter and working on the farm in 
the summer. Here he staid until 1862, when he 
returned to his home in New York. 

In the early part of 1865, and when only. seven- 
teen years of age, our subject joined the army, en- 
listing in Company I, First New York Dragoons, 
and was with the Army of the Potomac, remaining 
until the close of the war when he was honorabl3' 
discharged. Returning to his home he worked at 
various occupations. In 1869, this young man 
went to the "Far West" and pre-empted a claim 
near IMarysville, Kan., which he proved up, and 
subsequently came to this city and for a period of 
twelve years clerked in Sage & Co.'s store. After 
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grocery business with Mr. Walsh, under the firm 
name of Walsli ct Kdiiiborouijli. Their stand was 
located at the corner of Linn and iMichigan Streets. 
The business is still run under the same name but 
for tlie last year or more our subject liad not hten 
as active in that line as before. 

Mr. Edinborough has always been an ardent 
Republican, one who does not swerve from the 
views and [innciples promulgated l\y that political 
organization. lie has I)een Chairman of the City 
Committee for several years and has been very ac- 
tive in county and Congressional conventions, but 
held no oHice until ap])ointed by President Ilarri 
son as Postmaster for West Bay City. He has in 
his oflice two clerks and four carriers, and has con- 
ducted the affairs of the oflice in a way that is 
iiighly satisfactory to his constituents. 

On January 5, 1870, occurred the marriage of 
our subject with Miss Emma l^ewis. This lady is 
a native of Scio, Allegany County, N. Y. They 
have had born to them one son — Frank L., who is 
yet a schoolboy. Mr. Edinborough is a prominent 
member of the Royal Arcanum and his beautiful 
residence is located on the corner of Litchfield and 
Indiana Streets, and was erected by him in 18H2. 



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yfelLLIAM L. COOK, who is the Postmaster 
/ of Cass Bridge, in Bridgeport Township, 
\^^ Saginaw County, is one of the prominent 
and enterprising pioneers of this part of the State. 
Wayne County, N. Y., was his native home, and 
he w.as born .luly 2.5, 1H31. He is a son of Lilly 
and Prudence (Butts) Cook, who were natives of 
New York, and his ancestors on both sides are sup- 
posed to liave been English, his grandfather Cook 
being a soldier in the War of 1812. 

The father of our subject in 1839, emigrated 
with his family to tliis county, and made his resi- 
dence in Saginaw until 1841, wlicn he came to 
Bridgeport Township and settled on section 26, 
when all tliis region was unbroken forest. Indians 
were all about them and wild game abounded. The 
father died June 13, 1880. Of his large family of 
children the following survive: AVilliam L.; Rulh, 



wife of George Rowe; Adeline, ^Irs. John Crosby; 
.Tnd Mary, who married Robert Letterman. 

The boyhood of our subject was ]).issed amid 
scenes of pioneer life, and his education was taken 
in the rude log schoolliouses of the early days. He 
was married April 21. 1857, to Rachel Murch, who 
was born in New York, and was a daughter of 
William and Margaret (Cooper) Murch. Their 
four children are: Silas; Lizzie, wife of William 
Vance; Kiltie and Charles. Mrs. Cook was born in 
Livingston County, N. Y., October 18, 1829. Her 
father died at the old home, and iu 1851 she came 
to this county and taught for four years. Her 
mother, who had manied a second time, died in 
Saginaw County, January (). 18G7. Mrs. Cook is 
an influential member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, and is identified with the Ladies' Aid So- 
ciety. 

When our sul)ject settled upon his ijresent farm 
in 1857, only abcnit one-half of it was cleared, and 
he has it now all under cultivation. Under Bu- 
chanan's Administration he was aiipointed Post- 
master of Cass Bridge, the first oflice being in his 
farm-house, .and he has served in this caiiacity con- 
tinuously .since. He is a Republican in his politi- 
cal principles, and has been frequently solicited to 
fill official positions, but prefers the (juiet of home 
life upon his beautiful farm of one hundred and 
sixty-four acres. He is a member of the Farmer's 
Club of the county, and is of a genial and hospi- 
table nature. Both he and his interesting wife arc 
valued members of society, and are hclpfid in all 
movements which tend to true neighborly feeling 
and the elevation of social life. 




GEORGE A. HEMSTREET, Police Sergeant, 
is one of the oldest members on the force 
in Bay City, and also one of the oldest 
residents of the place. Jfr. Herastreet is in every 
way fitted to fill the responsible position of ser- 
geant and is greatly respected and looked up to 
by the people of Bay City, whom he has served 
for fourteen years as policeman. 

The irentleman whose name heads this sketch 



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was horn in Atlas, Genesee County, this State, Oc- 
tober 2, 1849. His father was Alonzo Hemstreet, 
a native of Luzerne, Warren County, N. Y. The 
grandfather of our subject was a resident of New 
York and a farmer by occupation. Our subject 
is descended from good old Knickerbocker stock 
and traces his ancestry back to Holland. The fam- 
ily name was originally spelled Hemstrasse. 

Alonzo Hemstreet, the father of our subject, 
followed the combined occupations of farmer, 
carpenter and millwriglkt. He was married in Atlas, 
Genesee County, to the mother of our subject, who 
bore the maiden name of Agnes Herring, and was 
born in Genesee County", N. Y., and died in 1885. 
He had been previously married in New York 
and came West to Michigan,. being one of the pio- 
neers of Oakland County. Upon their removal to 
Flint, in 1836, there were only two or three log 
cabins on the site of that now flourishing city; he 
helped to erect the first mill in Genesee County on 
the Thread River. Later he located in .\tlas and 
engaged as a miller and millwright. 

In 1864 our subject's father came to Bay City 
where he remained a few years and then went to 
Stanton, this State, where his decease occurred in 
1884 when he was seventy-nine yeai's of age. His 
wife followed him to the better land in 1885. His 
marriage with Agnes Herring resulted in the birth 
of two children, of whom our subject was the eldest. 
The gentleman of whom we write went to Atlas, 
Genesee County, with his parents and while there 
received a common-school education. He after- 
ward si)ent one year on a farm in Flint Township, 
the same county, and then engaged for one winter 
in a wagon shop at Ovid. In April, 1867, he came 
to Bi}' City and learned the carpenter's trade. Two 
years later he went to East Tawas, working at his 
trade of carpentering and as millwright for five 
years. At the end of that time he returned to Bay 
City, still working at his trade. In April, 1877, 
Mr. Hemstreet was appointed by the Council as po- 
liceman, the duties of which position he fulfilled so 
acceptably that in 1887 he was appointed Police 
Court Oflficer. He held the latter office, however, 
but a twelvemonth when he was made Sergeant of 
Police, and can relate many an interesting event 
which has come under his notice as an officer. 



Sergt. Hemstreet was married in Ypsilanti, in 
October, 1874, the lady of his choice being Ilosetta 
A. Comstock, who was a native of the above- 
named city. Their union has been blessed by the 
birth of two children — Alice M. and Minnie C. 
The family occupy a neat and attractive home at 
No. 1,201 .Jackson Street. Socially, Mr. Hemstreet 
is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, also 
of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. In 
politics he alwaj's votes the Republican ticket. 
Mr. Hemstreet is public spirited and progressive 
and has ever been ready to give a helping hand 
and encouraging word to anj' good cause that 
promises to be for the benefit of the community. 
He commands the respect of all who know him, 
both for his own sake and for that of his family, 
whose memory will ever be cherished as a part of 
the history of the county. 



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OHN W. CAUGHLIN, M. D. Among the 
professional men of Bay City who have 
built up a more than local reputation and 
done good service to the cause of humanity 
we are gratified to be able to name Dr. Caughlin, 
who has practiced here for the past twelve years. 
Tills gentleman was born in St. Thomas, Ontario, 
April 10, 1856, and is a son of Bartholomew and 
Charlotte (Breen) Caughlin. 

After taking the ordinary common-school train- 
ing our subject entered the High School at St. 
Thom:is and studied there until he completed its 
course, after which he spent one year at St. Michael's 
College at Toronto, and then returned to St. 
Thomas, where he matriculated with Dr. Marlatte 
until he entered Trinity College at Toronto, where 
he continued from 1875 until 1879. He was grad- 
uated from that school and also from the Toronto 
Ilniversit^' in the same year. 

After spending a few months with Dr. VanBus- 
kirk, with whom he had passed his vacations, the 
young Doctor came to Bay City in August, 1879, 
and located here. He has built up a large general 
practice and is a well-known and highly esteemed 
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Saginaw \'alley Association and the State Medical 
Association. In IHSS) Ik- decided to further en- 
large his medical knowledge, as he was anihitious 
to keep abreast of the best men in his profession, 
and he therefore took a post-graduate course at 
the New York City rost-gradiiate College. 

Tiie marriage of Dr. Caughlin took place in To- 
ronto, Canada, September 22, 1880, and his bride 
was :Miss Frances AVhehm. of that city. Of the 
children born to them two arc now living who 
bear the names (iertie and Frances. The abilitj- 
and enterprise of this gentleman phice him in the 
front rank of his jirofession in this city and give 
him what he richly deserves — the esteem and respect 
of all wlio know him. He lias been rai.sed to the 
ollice of Healtli < )llicer of Hay City, and he gives 
his wliole attention to tlie practice of his |)rofes- 
sion, feeling that he lias no time to dabble in pol- 
itics or to adopt any side issues wliidi will distiact 
liim from his main purpose. 



liEN.IA.MlN FRANKLIN TIIORNK. We 

liere give a sketch of one (jf the old settlers 
V|ijl) of Ray City, who in liis person and his 
family has helped forward much in the 
best development of the city. He was born in 
Livingston County, N. Y., May 20, 1837. His 
father, licnjamin Thome, was boi'ii in New Yoik 
City, Mai-ch 27, 1 7!l.'i, and the grandfather, Ren- 
jarain, had his birth March 111,17.55. He was 
a native of New York City and was descended 
from Knglish (Quakers. 

The father of our subject, who was a tanner and 
fur dealerin Xew York City,removed to Livingston 
County, that .State, and there carried on milling. 
In the year lK31t he came to Michigan and lo- 
cated with his family in Lapeer County. He had 
been mai'ried December lil, 1818, to Sallie Row, 
who was born in New York and lived to survive her 
husband some two months. Of their ten cliildren 
nine grew to maturit}', namely: Hannah. Mrs. 
Streetpr; Sarah A., Mrs. Cady; Frank, Mrs. Cady; 



Gilbert; "William R.; Mary, who died in 1854; 
Pha'be, who died in 1855; our subject and Charles S. 
The father located at Dryden and entered Gov- 
ernment land, building a Hour and a sawmill and 
improving the farm. He began in a log house and 
in a dense forest and erected the first mill in the 
vicinity. About him grew up a little village 
which was named Thorneville. He was a Demo- 
crat in his early years but after the breaking out 
of the war became a most enthusiastic Republican 
and supporter of the adininistration. Although 
he was sixty-eight yeai-s old he enlisted in 18fil in 
the Tenth Jlichigan Inl'antr}- but when he went 
into canip he was refused on account of age. He 
was Postmaster at Thorneville for many years as 
well as .Justice of the Peace. He was brought up a 
Quaker nnd after coming to Michigan he built a 
union church which did much good in the commu- 
nity. 

Benjamin Franklin Thorne received only com- 
mon school advantages in his boyhood, and early 
licgan work in the mill, liecoming a [jractical mil- 
ler of both Hour and lumlier. In 1862 he first 
came to Ray Cit\' and began work as a clerk in 
Benjamin Perkins' general merchandise store and 
a year later was with Griswold & Perkins and after- 
ward with Mr. Winkler in the grocery business, untij 
the latter lost hisestalilisiiinent by fire, after which 
he was with C. R. Ilawley for four years. 

The young man found indoor work too confin- 
ing and took up carpentering and after two seasons 
of such work engaged in contracting and building. 
For a number of years he carried on this line of 
work and it was he who put up the buildings on 
the old fair grounds. He then engaged in the 
grocery trade and afterward in the produce business 
until 1886, when he entered upon the work which 
now un gages him. 

In 1876 Mr. Thorne built the house which he 
now occupies and stocked the place for a dairying 
l>usiness, and there keeps both Durham and Jersey 
cows, averaging about fifteen on the jilace. He 
was married in Pontiac, this State, November 29, 
1864, to Miss Sylvia P., the daughter of Thomas 
.Tefferson Cari)enter, who was born in Scotts- 
viilc, N. Y. 

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came to Michigan eail.y in the '30s, settling^ in 
Orion, Oakland County, and afterward removed to 
Midland, where he still resides. He was County 
Surveyor of that county. His wife bore the name 
of .Juliette Clark and was a native of IMontgomery 
County, N. Y. and a daughter of Samuel Clark. 
She died in Orion in 1854. The jNIethodist Epis- 
copal Church was the religious body of their 
choice aud they brought up their children in the 
faith of the Christian religion. Mrs. Thorne was 
born in Orion, .January 1"2, 1835, and after taking 
her education there she engaged iu teaching. She 
now has one child, Alicia D., who graduated from 
the Hay Cit.y High School and is now teaching 
iu the Farragut school. 

The subject of this sketch was a member of the 
first Board of Fire Commissioners and in that ca- 
pacity was influential and efficient in organizing 
that branch of the city service. He belongs to the 
Iron Hall Order and in his political views has 
always been devoted to I\ei>ublican principles. His 
wife is an earnest and devoted member of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church and is valued as a 
worker in its ranks. 



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ETER M((tREGOR. We have here the 
sketch of one who ranks as the oldest male 
citizen of Tittaljawassee Township, Sag- 
inaw County, and whose home is on sec- 
tion 27, where he located, October 26. 1843. On 
coming here he took up land that had been sold to 
speculators, buying it from a man by the name of 
Creeker, who had come out from New York City 
to deal in Western lands. 

Our subject was born in Perthshire, Scotland, 
March 9, 1809, and is a son of Alpine and Grace 
(McDonald) McGregor, both natives of the same 
shire. Tliey were in moderate circumstances but 
gave tlieir son the best advantages at their com- 
mand and gave him what was better than wealth, 
the thorough discipline and moral training which 
were characteristic of the Scotch home of that day. 
WLen the father died our suliject was twenty-two 
years of age. aud after p.ayiug all obligations and 
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liquidating the funeral expenses he found that 
he had no money on hand, l)ut realizing that good 
health and a fair name were his best capital he 
started out in life for himself. He hired himself to 
a farmer, with whom he lived for twelve years, 
serving him faithfully and receiving the approba- 
tion of all who knew him. 

During this period of his life Mr. McGregor met 
Margaret, daughter of Alexander Keid, with whom 
he was united in marriage, .July 23, 1839. Four of 
their children are still living, namely: John, who 
married Atrissa Simmons and resides iu Tittaba- 
wassee Township; Grace, who with her husband, 
Charles Foote, and her three children. Amelia, 
Charles and Guy, resides with her father and takes 
charge of his household; Margaret, who married 
Edwin Munger and resides in Tittabawassee Town- 
ship; and Jane, who is the wife of Benjamin 
W. ISIunger. 

In July, 1843, Mr. McGregor came to America 
and located upon the land which he now owns. 
There were then only seven families in the town- 
ship, which was a dense wilderness. He brought 
with him $200 in gold and of this amount he paid 
$125 for fifty acres. By enterprise and industry 
he has now accumulated a splendid tract of two 
hundred acres, and has it most thoroughly- culti- 
vated and improved. 

The dark angel of death visited this happy 
household in Septemljer, 1870, taking from it the 
faithful aud beloved wife aud mother, and the son 
Charles, both of whom died of that dread disease, 
typhoid fever. Since that time the daughter Grace 
has been the home maker for her bereaved father. 
Charles left a widow, whose maiden name was 
Rhoda Churchill, and one daughter. In 1876 the 
daughter, Marjory, who had married Darius Vras- 
binder, died at her home in Nebraska. 

Whila a citizen of Scotland Mr. McGregor was 
opposed to the Tory party. Ho lived for seven 
years in this State before voting, but now espouses 
the principles and policy of the Republican party. 
Jlr. McGregor belongs to the Congregational 
Church of Freeland, and his son John to the Ad- 
ventists. In his childhood he was one of a family 
of ten children, but only one of these ever came 
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came hither in 1832. A visit to the home of his 
boyhood days was made by .Mr. .MeUregor in .June, 
1871. He remained abroad for six inoiitlis and 
then returned to liis adopted country, fully satis- 
lied that he had lieen wise in elioosing tlie New 
World as the seene of his life work. 

The attention of the reader is invited to the 
lithographic portraits of .Air. and Mrs. MoOregor, 
and also to the view of their beautiful home, which 
they have gained by unremitting and arduous ex- 
ertions. 



OSKIMI II. UlIITKIlOl SK. M. D.. a promi- 
nent physician and surgeon of West Hay 
City, serving as Pension Surgeon for nine- 
teen years has been paying considerable at- 
tention of late to pension claims. lie was l)orn in 
April, 1830, about four miles from Paris, Ontario, 
and is a son of (ieorge and Mary Whitehouse, the 
father having followed the same professit)n as his 
son, and also owning a large farm there. Our sub- 
ject tinislied his education at I^ondon, Ontario, his 
parents having removed to that city when he was 
(piite young. Here he remained until his marriage, 
having been engaged with his father in the drug 
liusiness and .-tudying medicine under .lohn C'ater- 
mole, of Ldiidoii, Kngland. He was graduated 
with the degree of Doctor of .Medicine at (Queen's 
College, Kingston. Ontario, .\fler his mairiage 
witl) Miss Martha (iurd. in is.').'), he came to the 
United States and locating in Detroit, remained 
there about one year. He then went to Midland, 
Midland County, an<l engaged in hi> practice for 
the long period of twenty-nine years. 

Wlien the war broke out in 18()1. our subject did 
not stand back. Iml was among the first to enlist 
in the defense of his country. He w.as commis- 
sioned as Keci uiling Surgeon, and at the close of 
the conflict remained in the service of the Gov- 
ernment for nineteen years as Pension .Surgeon. 
He exchanged his .Midland propeily for a large 
farm live miles east of Flint, in Genesee County, 
to reaain his health, and tilled the soil for live 



3-ears in that place. Selling his place he removed 
to the city of Flint, and began his practice and 
after one year's time removed to Clinton County, 
being there but one year when he went to Gratiot 
County, stopping at Bannister and establishing 
himself in the tlrug business, again resumed his 
practice. About a twelvemonth after this, in 1888, 
he came to West Bay City, and has established a 
lucrative practice here, giving most of his atteu- 
t\on to ollice practice. He has probably been en- 
gaged in the pension exchange business longer 
than any man in the county. 

Dr. Whitehouse, by his first marriage, became the 
father of four children — Ernest, .Joseph, Floyd, and 
Emery. I le was a second time married, being united 
with .Miss .\lice Eastman, of Midland City, and 
they have become the parents of seven children: 
Libbie May, wife of .laines A. Jay, of ISIidland 
City; .\rthur, who is with Smith, Bridgeman & Co.. 
of Flint; Gertie, wife of Robert Builell, of Banks, 
a wholesale fish dealer; George, book-keeper for 
his brother-in-law, Mr. liuitell; Lulu, Leonora and 
Ina. This family are all consistent members of the 
First ]Methodist Episcopal Church of West Bay 
City, and are held in the highest esteem by all with 
whom they come in contact. 



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ICHAEL KINNEY. This well-known busi- 
ness man of Hay City, is a dealer in both 
heavy and shelf hardware and carries one 
* of the largest retail stocks in the city. His 

business, which is situated at Nos. 711 and 713 
North Washington Street, occupies a basement 50 
xlOO feet, a store 25x100 feet, and two floors above 
50x1(10. His carri.age repository is on the second 
floor and the store is fitted up with a large eleva- 
tor by which the vehicles can be lifted and brought 
down. Besides handling buggies, wagons and 
sleighs, he carries a full line of sash, doors and 
farming implements, giving emplo^'raent to twelve 
men. 

^Ir. Kinney has been in business in this city 
since 1883, and was first a member of the firm of 
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years, after whicli our sul)ject bought out the in- 
terests of liis partnei'. and about that time removed 
into liis present commodious quarters, where he 
does a business of from ^lo.OOO to ^50,000 yearly. 

Jlr. Kinney was liorn at Bainl)ridge, Oliio, Au- 
gust 18, 1856, and is the son of Tliomas Kinney, 
who came to Bay City when this sou was an in- 
fant. At tliat time tlie land here was undrained 
and ver3' swampy, and it could be bought for 
$2.50 an acre. As tlie land here seemed so unavail- 
able for business and farming purposes, the father 
went out to what is now called Kinney's Corners, 
nine miles southeast of Bay City and l)0ught a 
farm. AVlien he made this journey he had about 
his person $1,600 in gold. He bought property, 
improved and cleared it and put it in first-class 
condition, having one of the finest orchards in Bay 
County. Our subject can remember his father's 
being Road Commissioner and Superintendent of 
the laying of plank roads for many 3'ears. He 
reared a family of three sons, namely: our subject, 
Thomas, Jr., and Heflry, now in the hardware busi- 
ness in Bay City. 

Michael Kinnej' never attended school l)ut three 
months in all his life, but at the age of eighteen 
he left home and went to live with Judge JIarston, 
and while there had excellent opportunities of 
"picking up" a good share of knowledge. He had 
charge of tlie Marston place and afterward bought 
a farm in ^lerritt Township, which he carried on 
until he removed to Bay City. In the meantime 
he had been elected Township Clerk for two years, 
and afterward Supervisor of the township, and it 
was during that term of service that he came to 
the city and established himself in the groceiy 
business. After a time he sold out his interest in 
that line and entered the employ of Tousey, Jen- 
nison & Beech, in order that he might learn the 
hardware trade, beginning at 135 a month and re- 
ceiving a salary of *1.000 a year before leaving 
that firm. He was with them four or five years, 
and did not once ask for an increase of salary dur- 
ing that time. 

At the expiration of that time Mr. Kinney went 
into tlie hardware business for himself, with great 
energy and ambition, and made a thorough success 
of the endeavor. He has been eight j-ears in the 



business, and has not so far had a day's vacation, 
but is looking forward to the time when he can 
have a good rest. He has bought a fine home at 
No. 513 Monroe Street, where he resides with his 
hap|)y family, consisting of his wife .and three chil- 
dren. He was married September 10, 1K79, to 
Elizabeth Fogarty, of Flint, this State, and their 
children bear the names of William, Harry and 
Deloras. Mr. Kinney has never taken any active 
part in politics, but is a devout member of the St. 
James' Catholic,Church,and belongs to the Ancient 
Order of Hibernians. 



^ 1)ALTER C. HOUGHTON. It is a pleasure 
v\a/I/ ^^ *^^® biographer to present to the con- 
W^ sideration of his readers, the names of 
^•oungmen with whom youth is the only noticeable 
fault, and in whom that fault is quite over- 
shadowed by (jualities which might well grace an 
older man. Among the thorough-going and en- 
terprising business men of Bay City, we mention 
Mr. Houghton, a member of the firm of Perkins & 
Houghton, which is doing a large business in 
wholesale commission of produce and fruit, a trade 
which has a fine outlook in Michigan. 

Our subject was born in Detroit, December 14, 
1859, and is the son of William and Elizabeth 
(Keel) Houghton, both natives of Lincolnshire, 
England. The father came to this country when 
a little child of three years old and his parents 
located near Detroit and there engaged in farming. 
The proximitjf of the city led the father to raise 
garden produce for which he found a ready sale 
for many years. He now resides in the city of 
Detroit and is a useful and respected citizen and a 
prominent member of the Baptist Church, as is 
also his wife, whose father, John Keel was an Eng- 
lish farmer, who came to the United States and set- 
tled Greenfield Township. Wayne County. 

Our subject is one in a famil3' of seven chil- 
dren, six of whom are living. He was reared in 
Detroit, studying in the public schools and early 
striking out for the purpose of earning an inde- 



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pendent liveliliood. IIu Icaiiicd tlu' trade of a 
butdier and entered into Itn.'^iness for liinisolf: he 
carried on a retail market for some lime and then 
undertook wliolesaling. 

In 1883 Mr. Ilousrhton eanie. in company wjlii 
Mr. Perkins, to liay City and estal)lished a com- 
mission business. In this they were eminently suc- 
ce.ssful and have now a larjje and extensive trade 
in fruits and produce. Their estalilishmcnt covers 
a space of one hundred feet square atNos. 613 and 
61.') Washiuirton Avenue. Their business is car- 
ried on with judgment and enter|)risc, and as each 
fruit and vegetable appears in it* season it is se- 
cured by them in large quantities for the benefit of 
their customers. 

Not only does this firm make a large business of 
handling vegetables and fruit but they also deal in 
large quantities in Hour and meat and ship and 
pack oysters in large quantities. Their shipments 
are made principally to the noith and east of Bay 
City and the customers whom they have gained in 
this part of the country feel that in dealing with 
this firm they are enabled to do well for themselves 
and well for those whom they would serve. The 
Republican [)artv commands the vote and influence 
of this gentleman although he is too liusy a man to 
take an active part in politics. 



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r-^RANK L. RATKMAX. The firm of Bateman 
A- Fox, of wliicli this gentleman is .senior 



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partnei-, is the most extensive house en- 
gaged in the manufacture tif cigars in Ray City. 
It carries a large stock and manufactures a large 
annual product, doing an extensive business and 
occupying a cons|)icuous position commercially. 

Mr. Bateman was born in Dansviile. N Y., Sep- 
tember 9, 1850, and is a .son of .S. L. Bateman, 
whose father was a New Yorker of Kiiglish descent. 
S. L Bateman was a practical mechaiiicand itattern 
maker, wlio lucaled in l)aiis\ illc :iii(| tliere carried 
on business, lie took part in the Patriot War (re- 
fer to the history of the Canadian ^Var), and in 
18(;(; he located in Corunna, Shiawassee County, 
Mich., where he engaged in ))attern making, and 



the following year removed to Owosso, where he 
resided until his death in November, 187it, when 
he was sixty-eight years old. His wife was Cath- 
erine, daughter of James Coffee, and w.is born in 
Bucks County, Pa.; there her father was a far- 
mer before he located in Dansviile, where he died. 
Slic is now in her seventy-third year and resides 
with our subject. Her familj- consisted of five 
.sons and three daughters. 

Frank Louis Bateman had his early training and 
education in Dansviile, attending the common 
school and seminary there, and at the age of six- 
teen came to Corunna, where he worked at odd 
jobs and soon entered the emplov of the Detroit, 

■ Grand Haven ct Milwaukee Railroad, and later the 
Michigan Central, with headquarters in Detroit, 
and in 1870 came to Bay City, where he continued 
with the Michigan Central Railroad and worked 
his way up from the position of brakeman on the 
passenger train to p.assenger conductor, in which 
position he worked for two years, running between 
Bay City and Mackinaw, with headquarters here. 
His record in this capacity is a fine one, as he 
never had an accident with his train nor ever a 
man hurt uijcm it. 

Ill health caused Mr. Bateman to resign his rail- 
road work in 1882, and for some four years he was 
a sufferer but has now recovered his health. About 
that time he bought out Jlr. Beebe, of the cigar 
manufacturing firm of Beebe <fe Bradock, a com- 

[ pany which had started some years previous to his 
taking an interest in it. The firm operated under 
the title of Bradock k Bateman until 1885, when 
George II. Keating joined the enterprise and con- 
tinued therein until July, 1889, when Mr. Fox 
entered the firm, which is now known as Bateman 
tt Fox, as Mr. Bradock sold his interest to the 
new-comer. 

This firm has gradually grown from a small con- 
cern to the largest in the city, and emplo3's from 
twenty-five to forty skilled workmen, all of whom 
are under the superintendence of Mr. Bateman. 
The aiiiuial product amounts to over one million 
cigars, exclusive of those manufactured to their 
order in ICastern establishments, which aggregate 
five millions per year, of the best quality and make. 
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8.W.B., Junior, the Sam Anderson, the Phcenis and 
tlie Red Rose. They also carry full and complete 
supplies of the imported Havannas, in addition to 
Key West and other domestic brands. 

i\rr. Batemau's interest in the drug business be- 
gan in 1887, when he purchased a store of Empey 
& Co., which has been established for many years. 
This store, of which he is sole proprietor, is located 
in the Astor House Block, South Bay City, and 
while he directs and supervises the business he has 
placed the immediate management of it in charge 
of James W: Adamson, an accomplished phar- 
macist, who brings to the discharge of his duties a 
thorough knowledge of the profession. The spec- 
ialties of this house are pure drugs, and the exer 
cise of the greatest care in tlie preparing of pre- 
scriptions. 

We here record the marriage, at East Saginaw, 
of Mr. Bateman and Miss Frankie Dunn. This 
lady was born in Romeo, Mich., and died March 
25, 1887. Mr. Bateman was, during his railroad 
connection, a member of the National Mutual Aid 
and Benefit Association of Conductors. He is a 
Democrat in his political views. Various social 
orders claim him as a member, including the Royal 
& Select Masters, Lodge No. 53, the Bay Lodge, 
129 F. (feA. M., and the Blanchard Chapter, No., 59, 
R. A. M. For four years past he has been a mem- 
ber of the Police Commissioners, and was efficient 
in the discharge of his duties therein. 






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\||AMES IIELLIARD. Prominent among the 
intelligent and prosperous faruicrs and one 
who is well known throughout Buena Vista 
Township, Saginaw County, is the gentle- 
man whose name appears at the head of this sketch. 
Ilis farm with its excellent buildings and improve- 
ments forms one of the attractive features of the 
township. Mr. Helliard was born in Dorchester- 
shire, England, June 11, 1827. He is the son of 
George and Christine (Snelliug) Helliard, both of 
whom died in the latter place. 

Our subject was eighteen years old when he 
made the trip to the United States, the date thereof 



being 1845. Upon landing on American shores he 
went- direct to Livingston County, N. Y., where he 
was employed for three j-ears on a farm, to the 
duties of which he had been trained while in his 
native England. He then acted as turnkey for one 
year in a juil at Geneseo, N. Y. 

Mt. Morris, N. Y., was the abiding-place of our 
subject at the time of his leaving Geneseo, at which 
place he waseng.aged in freighting on the Genesee 
Valley Canal, owning his own boat. His trips were 
made between Dansville and New York City. He 
was reasonably successful in this undertaking and 
engaged in itr for seven .years, when, feeling that 
he could better his prospects, came to Genesee 
County, this State, making the journey, in Decem- 
ber, 1855. He, however, only remained in that 
county until the following February, when he 
revilized there was a good opening for him in Sag- 
inaw. Upon removing hither he rented the old 
Plank Road House and operated the same as "mine 
host" for the two succeeding years, after wliicli he 
launched out in the saloon and restaurant business, 
his place of business being on Genesee Street. He 
continued thus to be occupied for about three 
years, when he disposed of his saloon interests and 
ran the restaurant alone in the Bliss Block for three 
years. His hospitable and genial manner, which 
caused him to be so successful in the hotel business, 
led him to abandon the restaurant business, and, 
removing to Bridgeport, became proprietor of the 
Bridgeport Center House, operating the hotel for 
fourteen 3'ears and was exceedingly successful in 
his management of the same. Being tired of city 
life and feeling that he would enjo.y the occupa- 
tions of a farmer, he traded his hotel property for 
the farm upon which he now makes his residence 
in Buena Vista Township, Saginaw County. He 
removed hither in 1883 and now gives his entire 
attention to agricultural pursuits. His farm con- 
sists of thirty-five acres which he has under excel- 
lent cultivation and the place is embellished with 
convenient and substantial farm buildings which 
are so necessary to the successful prosecution of his 
cliosen calling- 

Mv. Helliard was married October 15, 1855 in 
Portage, Livingston County, N. Y., to Miss Martha 
Wisner. Mrs. Helliard was born in Cayuga County, 



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N. Y.. Octolicr IT). 1h:!;5. Tlicv hefaiiie the pMionts 
of two cliildrfii, who hore tlie respL-ftivc naiiie.^ of 
Arahella, who is tlie wife of (ieorge \X. Wiliiani-s. 
and Carrie, the wife of Henry Hall. Mrs. Ileiliard 
wa.s the dauirhter of Walter and Candaee (Hewitt) 
Wisner, both of whom were natives of Caviiiia 
County, N. Y. They came to Micliigan in IH.O.j. 
and made settlement in (^enesee Connty. where 
they resided until their death. 

Politically Mr. Helliard affiliates with the Dein- 
oeratic party. He held the otiiee of Deputy Slieriff 
of Saginaw County from 18<;i to 1865. and while 
in Saginaw was City Marshal for the year lH(i4. 

Mrs. Helliard is an estimable lady and eoni- 
mends herself most graciously to whoever she 
meets. Mr. Helliard is public-spirited and favors 
every movement which has for its object tlie eleva- 
tion of society and the community in general. 



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,E()R(iK ZrCKKRMANDKL. Havaria, (ier- 
many, is the place of nativity of tiie gen- 
tleman whose biography we here briefly 
record, and the date thereof was December'.*, 1«21. 
He remained in his native Germany until 18r)4, 
when, hearing so much of this Western country, he 
decided to ca.st his lot vvith the inhabitants of the 
Wolverine State. He was a farmer in his native 
countrv. and upon landing in New York, wliicli 
he did in .June. 18,')4, he came directly to Michigan, 
and remained for three months in the City of the 
.Straits. Desiring, however, to make a permanent 
settlement and not t)eing entirely satisfied with 
the prospects held out to him in Detroit, he came 
to the Saginaw Valley, and located in IJuena 
Vista Township, on section 21), on which property 
he has since made his home. 

Our subject's marriage took place under rather 
novel circun'i.stances. as he was married on the .\t- 
lantic Ocean, while en route to America in May. 
1854, his bride being Miss Margaretha Bergner. 
Mi'S. Zuckermandel w.is also born in Bavaria, her 
natal day having been .Vugust ".», 1828. Our sub- 
ject and his wife became the parents of six children 
of whom we record the following: Andrew, 



Stephen, M.aggie, Anna, .John Stephen and Maggie. 
.Vndrew to(>k to wife Miss Mary .Seava; Stephen 
diei] when a child; .Maggie passed from this earth 
when an interesting child of two years; .\nna is 
the wife of Martin ISergner; John Stephen is the 
husband of Miss Ella Keinke; and Maggie is the 
wife of Fred Rickner. 

Mr. Zuckormandel ererted a beautiful residence, 
which bears all the comforts of modern farm life, 
.-uid is the possessor of a highly productive farm 
of one hundred and eighteen acres, which nets him 
a iiands(jme income. He hiis been exceedingly in- 
dustrious and energetic and as a reward can now 
look over his beautiful farm .and know that it is 
the work of his own hands. The enterprising 
spirit of Mr. Zuckermandel is manifested by the 
interest he has taken in the building of the plank 
road between Saginaw and Vassar, and at the pres- 
ent time he is a stockholder in the same. 

Stei)lien Zuckermandel, the second son of our 
subject, assists his father m the operations of the 
farm and at the same time carried on dairy farm- 
ing. This son. together with his father, is a 
firm adiierent of the Lutiieran Church, I'olitically 
our subject atliliales willi the Republican party, 
casting his vote and inlhience in favor of this 
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RTHUR H. HESS. Although but a young 
man, scarcely in life's prime. Mr. Hess is one 
// lli of the largest land owners in Bay City; 
owns tiie largest and finest herd of horses, 
and also operates the largest dairy in the Valley. 
It has oeen said that every man h.is a hobby, jind 
if such be the case. .Mr. Hess makes a hobby of 
horses, and is particulaily well i)osted on the sub- 
ject. Personally acipiainted with many of the 
most proniiueiit horsemen rn the United States, he 
is known by them as the owner of some of the 
finest hor.ses in the country. He is a member of 
the American Drivers' Association, the .Saginaw 
Valley Drivers' Association, and attends horse- 
men's conventions whenever it is possible. 

Among the fine horses which Mr. Hess owns, 
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in the city, sired by "Tom Wonder," record '2:24J; 
"Mollie II.," a trotter, sire, "Almont Wilkes," re- 
cord 2:26^; "Wonder Wilkes," a bay stallion, sired 
by "George Wilkes," with a record of 2:38 as a 
three-year old; also the noted Percheron, "Rapido 
v.," which was imported from France. Altogether 
Mr. Hess owns thirty-tliree head of horses of good 
grade. In 1882 he commenced in the dairy busi- 
ness, which gradually developed into its present 
proportions. On his dairy farm he keeps one hun- 
dred and twenty cows, one hundred of which are 
Durhams, and sells liie dairy products mostly in 
Bay City. 

Mr. Hess is a native of Bay City, born Jlay 26, 
1862, and is the son of Henry B. .and Ellen M. 
(Shaffer) Hess. The father, who was born in Phil- 
adelphia, Pa., came to the Saginaw Valley in 1841), 
when a young man, and commencing at the bottom 
of the ladder, worked his way to independence and 
prosperity. His industry was remarkable, his en- 
ergy untiring, and he followed any means of ob- 
taining an honest livelihood, speculating in pine 
lauds, working in mills, etc. Afterward he located 
on a farm comprising three hundred and twenty 
acres in Portsmouth Township, sections 1, 2 and 
] 2. His home is still theie (although the place has 
been sold to our subject), and he now lives retired 
from .active labor. In the Methodist Episcopal 
Church he has been an active worker, and in his 
politics adheres to the Democratic party. 

The mother of our subject bore the maiden name 
of Ellen M. Shaffer, and was born and reared on 
the Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence River. 
She became the mother of two children: George 
H., a commercial traveler for the Natchez Silk 
Company, of Boston; and Arthur H., ol this sketch. 
The latter was reared ui Bay City, and was gradu- 
ated from the High School at the .age of eighteen. 
After completing his school studies, he returned to 
the farm of which he assumed the management. 
In 1888 he purch.ased the place which is known as 
the Hess farm, and there has a fine stock farm. 
The improvements placed upon the land have been ' 
first-class, and include all necessary buildings for 
the carrying on of the estate. There are three 
barns: one, 36x344 feet, for cows; .another, 80x34, 
for horses; and a granary, 45x100. The residence | 



is a fine structure, erected at a cost of ?s.5,000, while 
a small orchard, good fencing, windmills, etc., may 
be found upon the pl.ace. Besides this place our 
sul)jei t owns one thousand acres of prairie land in 
Zilwaukie Township, Saginaw County, and holds 
considerable city property. 

September 2, 1891, Mr. Hess was married to Miss 
Mary Deegan, who was born in Bay City, and is 
the daughter of Thomas and Ellen B. Deegan. Mrs. 
Hess received her educaticni in the citj' schools, and 
prior to her marriage, followed the profession of a 
teacher with marked success. In his political affilia- 
tions Mr. Hess is a Democrat, and has served as a 
delegate to State conventions. 



Vli'OHN C. WEADUCK. Our subject is a na- 
tive of St. Jlary's, .\uglaize County, Ohio, 
and w.as born February 18, 1860. He is a 
'ns/' sou of Lewis and Mary (Cullen) Weadock. 
They were farmers b}' calling and our subject was 
but a lad of three years when his father was taken 
from him. 

John C. Weadock accpiired the foundation of 
his education, fitting him for his future business 
career, at the schools at St. Mary's, Ohio. When 
sixteen years of age he came to Ba^' City, arriving 
here in the month of November. He at once en- 
tered the High School and after attending that for 
one year w.as engaged in teaching in Freeland, 
Saginaw County .and also in Hampton, Bay County. 
In M.ay, 1880 he began clerking for the Saginaw 
River Steamboat Line, l)etween Bay City and Sag- 
inaw, remaining with them until the close of the 
season of navigation, in 1882. 

While yet a youtii our subject had determined 
to become a lawyer, and after leaving the steain- 
l)oat company he took up his legal studies, to 
which he had given what attention he could for 
five years previous. He was admitted to practice 
at tiie bar .June 1, 1883, both in the Supreme 
Courts of the State of Michigan and afterwards in 
the United States Court, and also in the courts of 
Ohio. Since that time he has been in practice with 
his brother, the Hon, T, A. E, Weadock, now meni- 



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ber of Congress from this district. He was ap- 
pointed City Attorney, February 7, 1887, nilin«: 
a vacancy, but afterward being re-appointed, 
April, 1887, April. 1889 and April. 1891. lie is 
now on tlu' fourth year of api)ointment and al- 
though he was first appointed as a Democrat, at 
the time of his second reajJiKiintnient. from a lie- 
publican council, he received twenty out of the 
twent3'-one votes cast. 

Socially Mr. Weadock is an important element 
in Bay Cit\% He is a member of tlie lieiievulent 
and Protective Order of Klks. of which he is 
Exalted Ruler, having held that jiost for three 
years. He is State delegate of the Ancient Order 
of Hibernians, to wliich he was elected in May, 
1890. 

The family life of our suliject was inaugurated 
.Septeml)er 16, 1886, when he was married to Miss 
Helena F. Bertch of Lansing, and since their mar- 
riage have resided at No. 209 Adams Street. 



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/^\ ARTIN NEl'MEVER. During the years 
spent in Bay County. Mr. Xeumej-cr and 
his family have endeared themselves to all 
their fellow-citizeus, and wherever their 
names are mentioned it is always witli the respect 
wliieh is due to those who have labored earnestly 
to provide for old age, and who have not neglected 
that which is far more precious than fortune, and 
more to be sought after than jewels — the imperish- 
able lustre of a good name. Among those of (ier- 
raan birth who liavc come to Michigan in search 
of a home, few have adapted themselves to the 
surroundings with greater ease than Mr. Neumeyer 
who accompanied his parents hither in 1853, and 
has since made this his home. 

The parents of our subject were .John .Jacob and 
l.«na (Bruner) Neumcj-er, natives of Bavaria, Ger- 
many, the former having been born in 1796. From 
their native pl.ace they emigrated to America in 
1853, and having learned through friends of the 
favorable prospects for settlers in this State, came 
hither and settled in Frankenlust Township five 



years after the first settlement had been made here. 
Thcic first purchase consisted of forty acres of 
land, which was taken up from the Government, 
and which the father, with the aid of his sons, at 
once began to clear. The four children who cam- 
prised the family of .Jacob and Lena Neumeyer are 
all living at this writing (1891), and are located 
as follows: .John, whose sketch is presented else- 
where in this volume, is a farmer of P'rankenlu.st 
Township; Christian is also a resident of that town- 
ship; our subject is the third in order of l)irth; 
Margaret, who is the widow of Frederick Keitli, 
lives in AVe-st Bay City. 

Bavaria, Germany was the place where the eyes 
of Mr. Neumeyer first opened to the light, and 
August 21, 1834, the date of his birth. His edu- 
cation was received in the German language in his 
native place, and when he was less than twenty 
years old he accompanied his parents to America in 
18.')3, settling with them in I'^iankenlust Township. 
He w.as of great assistance to his father in the work 
of clearing the farm from the primeval wilderness 
and placing it under cultivation, while he exper- 
ienced the discomforts of existence in a sparsely 
setth'd community. 

I'revious to and for three years after marriage 
Mr. Neumeyer resided in Salzburg working at the 
trade of a c.irpeiitcr. He was married, September 
10, 1866, to Miss Maria Schwab, who was born in 
Frankenlust Township in 1845, and was for more 
than lwent\' years an amiable and atticient help- 
mate to her husband, until her death September 18, 
1888. Her body now lies buried in the cemetery 
in Frankenlust Township. In her religious senti- 
ments she w.as a member of the Evangelical Luth- 
eran Cliurch, and a woman whose Christian char- 
acter was exemplified in her daily life. 

The eldest child of Mr. and IMrs. Neumeyer, 
Annie, is now the wife of Christian Appold;Mary; 
Maggie; CInislian; (Jeorge is in Addison (111.) 
Seminary studying for teacher; Katharina, Chris- 
tiana, and .Tohn Alichael still remain .at home. In 
his iiolitical afliliations Mr. Neumeyer is a strong 
Democrat, and although he has no desire for ofMcial 
positions, he h.as served with credit as School In- 
spector. 

A sincere Christian he filled the position of 




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Church Trustee for six years. For three years he ' 
was Treasurer of the Concordia Insurance Company 
of wliich he is now Director and Agent. 

Mr. Neumsyer is binily engaged in cultivating 
and improving his place of one hundred and forty 
acres, and ha? I)rought eighty acres under the plow- 
His comfortable residence, a view of whicli is pre- 
sented on another page, was erected by him in 
1874 and has remained his home ever since. In 
connection with mixed farming he carries on stock 
rtiising, and makes dairy butter meeting with suc- 
cess in this line of work. His father and mother 
have been deceased many years, the former dying in 
1863 and the latter in 1860, but their memory is 
held in resjject by their fellow pioneers and in 
affection by their children, who owe to them prin- 
ciples of justice, honesty and integrity early 
molded in their characters. | 



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teen. Those now living ai-e: Emma, Mrs. Jesse 
Radford: Bertha, who is Mrs. .Joseph Knight; 
Rudolph; AUiert and Robert — the last named 
being twins. The family are all members of the 
C^atholic Church. The beautiful home in which 
they reside was built by Mr. Miller, at an expense 
of -IS.OOO and he also put up all the barns and out- 
houses which are to be seen there. A view of his 
elegant residence and pleasant surroundings appears 
elsewhere in this volume. 

Our subject has one hundred and fifty acres of 
land, all under excellent cultivation and showing 
indisputably the marks of thorough management 
and systematic metiiods. He devotes himself to 
general farming and stock-raising, in which he has 
met with success. Ilis political views bring hiin 
into aftilatiou with tlie Democratic party and he has 
served his township in various capacities, having 
lieen Treasurer for five ^ears, .Justice of the Peace 
for four j'ears, a member of the School Board for 
one vear, and also Health Otticer. 




, l^yrER MILLER, whose fine farm is situated 
on section 19, Bangor Township, Bay 
County, is the son of .Jacob and Catherine 
Miller. His parents were natives of Prus- 
sia, and were united m marriage in 1826. The 
father was born in 1800 and died in 1846, and 
seven years after his de.ath his widow came 
to this country with her four sons, John, 
Peter. Mathew and Jacob. Three other children 
had died in iufiincy and our subject is the second 
of the family in order of age. John lives in West 
Bay City and the others reside in this township. 
The mother died in 1879, having seen her sons 
safely through the days of their youth. 

The subject of this sketch was l)orn in Prussia, 
November 24, 1829, and w.is married in 1867 to 
Veronika Zeder, whose parents made their home in 
Wittenberg. Mr. Zeder was born in 180(1 and his 
wife in 180.5, and their marriage took place in 
1826. The father died in Germany, August 30, 
1869, and the mother in 1873. in Bangor Township, 
at the home of her son. 

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Miller have had six children 
and all are living except the youngest, Mary, 
who passed from earth at the age of four- 



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eAPT. G. W. KING, who has resided in Bay 
City since 1853, is one of the oldest living 
pioneers of the West Side and is very pop- 
ular among old and young, rich and poor. His 
experiences have been varied and his travels ex- 
tensive, but although now p.ast life's prime he still 
retains his belief in human nature, his simplicity of 
character and earnestness of purpose. Step by step 
he climbed the ladder which leads to success, and 
starting as a calnn boy became within an incredi- 
bly short time, a captain and a vessel owner. It 
will be interesting to recount the principal events 
of his life and note the characteristics which have 
contributed to his prosperity. 

In the year 1800 Eusebeous King was born in 
Detroit and grew to manhood in his native place. 
Early in life he married Miss Rebecca Tucker in 
IMt. Clemens, and they removed to Canada, locat- 
ing in the Township of Mosa, County Middlesex. 
Mr. Iving served .as an ollicial during the most of 
his active life, although his trade was that of a 



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cabinetmaker, and in Canada he enijaufed in fann- 
ing as well as at his trade. It was during the 
father's residence in Canada that the subject of 
this sketch was born in l>ondon District. .January 
18, 1830, and that province was also the birthplace 
of the remaining members of the family. 

In 184.") Kusebeous King removed to this State, 
settling in St. Clair County, and engaging in farm- 
ing on the St. Clair River near Algonac. There 
he remained until ISoo, and thence removed to 
Ba}' Cit3-, our subject having preceded him here 
by two yeai-s. In 1856 Mr. King, Sr., was elected 
Justice of the Peace, holding that position several 
years, after which time he lived mostly a retired 
life. He also served as Alderman and School In- 
spector. .\t his death, December .'51, 181t(l. he left 
a family of four children, twelve having been born 
of his marriage. They are — our subject; Sarah, 
wife t>f Charles (1. Haddock, of Chicago; Francis 
and Alexander, both sailors. 

(;. W. King left home at the age of tliirtccn and 
going to Detroit, commenced to learn a trade, but 
after six months' work, the firm to whicii he was 
apprenticed failed and he w.as obliged to look for 
another occupation. He secured a p(jsitioi) as cabin 
boy in a boat and from that was gradually pro- 
moted until he was able to buy a boat of his own. 
With that he began to trade oil the St. Clair Hiver 
and continued thus employed for four years, until 
he was twenty yeai-s old. His little boat proved a 
source of no inconsiderable revenue to him, and he 
built a small steanicr to ferry across tiic river from 
St. Clair to Canada. Afterward he brought the 
steamer to Saginaw, where he made money rapidlv. 
Next he purdiased !i lurnljer liarge and tow bargi^s 
and carried lumbci- to the lower lakes. At one 
time he owned four low and three steam boats and 
has transacted considerable business in shipping 
lumber. As the supply of lumljcr diminished he 
gradually sold his boats but still has interests sutli- 
ciently important to keep him on the lakes during 
the busy seasons. For almost one-half century he 
liiis been on the water and like all sailors, li.as had 
many pleasant .as well as dangerous experiences. 

Owing to llie fact that .Mr. King has spent the 
greater portion of Ins time away from West Bav 



tions offered him. He owns considerable real 
estate in West Ba^' Cit}- as well as a comfortable 
residence on the corner of State and Washington 
Streets. In 185(1 he married Miss .Tulia Causley, 
of Mooretown, Canada, who dying left four chil- 
dren, namely: George, who is with Wheeler tV 
Company; Frederick L., whose home is in Cleve- 
land; Charles O., an engineer; Cornelia, wife of 
Robert Abbs, of Carlton. Capt King afterward 
married Miss Plulomen Galarno, of Mooretown, 
Canada, who left at her death eight children, as 
follows: Lewis E., a lake captain; Minnie M., 
wife of William Wheeler, of St. Louis, Mich.; 
William .1., who is at home; Ralph B., an engineer 
in Cleveland; Grace, Kitty, Florence and Milton, 
all at home. Capt. King lias now attained to more 
than three score years, and his record has been 
such that he is exceedingly popular with all classes. 
As a loyal citizen he is held in high favor and as 
a man of warm heart and generous impulses he is 
universally respected. Politically Capt King 
attiliatcs with the Hcpublican party. The children 
follow their mother in their religious belief, that 
of the Methodist F^piscopal Church, while the Cap- 
tain takes a broad and liberal view of the subject 
of Christianity. 






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AFr. .!( )IIX I.KIDLKIN. who is ex-Treasurer 



11; _ and present .lustice of the Peace ol Bridge- 
^^/ port Township, Saginaw Count}-, is a na- 
tive of Bavaria, (iermany. .and w.is born .June 3, 
182y. His parents, George and Margaret Leidlein, 
natives of Germany, migrated to America with 
their entire family in 1847, taking passage at Bre- 
men, .and after spending thirty-tive days upon the 
ocean landed in New York City. They remained 
six months in the citj- of Syracuse and while there 
the young man worked in a tannery. When he 
was eighteen years of age the boy had begun in 
the old country to learn the trade of a shoemaker, 
and had served an apprenticeship of three years. 
Since young Leidlein came with his parents and 



family to this county in the spring of 1848, this 
City he has been unable to accept the official posi- h.ns been his home. He at first resided in what is 



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known as Blumfield Township, settling in the 
woods on a farm and clearing away tlie forest, 
following his trade also as he had opportunity. 
This family was among- tlie first settlers of Blum- 
field Township. In the fall of 1854 our subject 
removed to East Saginaw and for several years en- 
gaged in the hotel business. Like many other 
Americans of foreign birth, he had learned to cher- 
ish a strong feeling of patriotism and in April, 
1861, he responded to President Lincoln's call 
and joined Company H, Second Michigan Infantry. 
He had previously been a Lieutenant in the State 
Militia and was thus jirepared to take the same 
rank among the volunteers. 

The Second jMichigan was made a part of the 
Army of the Potom.ac and fought in the battles of 
Bull Run, Glendale, Williamsburg, Yorktown, 
Fair ( )aks, Malvern Hill, Chantilly and the second 
Bull Run. Many narrow escapes could be related 
by our subject as he saw much severe service. He 
resigned his position in October, 1862, and returned 
to East Saginaw, settling soon upon the farm where 
he now lives. He receives from a grateful county 
a pension of $12 per month. For two years he 
served .as City Treasurer of East Saginaw and his 
service as Justice of the Peace has extended over 
many years. He was also active as Highway Com- 
missioner for one year. He is a Republican in his 
political views and is warmly attached to the or- 
ganization of the Grand Army of the Republic. 

The marriage of Mr. Leidlein with .Toli.annah F., 
daughter of George and Margaret (Einfald) Han- 
lein, took place September .3, 1852. Mrs. Leidlein 
was born in Bavaria, Germany, July 20, 1833, and 
came with her parents to this country in 1850, 
since which time she has resided in this county, and 
previous to her marriage, lived in Saginaw City. 
Seven of their twelve children are now living, 
namely: Mary, wife of Frederick Schroder; Frede- 
ricka, wife of Frederick Schroctke; Henry; Fred- 
erick; John; Dora, wife of Albert Weigent; and 
Sophia. 

To all of these children the father gladly fur- 
nished the best educational advantages the times 
afforded. He had, himself, received a fairly good 
education in Germany and after coming to Amer- 
ica he added to it by his study of English branches 



and he prizes such opportunities. He and his wife 
are members of the German Lutheran Church at 
South Saginaw and they are public spirited and 
helpful in all movements which they believe will 
add to the general ]}rosperitv. 



J[ ^ ERMAN MIESEL. This gentleman is con- 

Ijl nected with the Bay City firm of Merrill, 
Fifield A: Co., wholesale grocers and dealers 
•J) in ship and lumber plant supplies. They 
do a large busines on Water Street, between Third 
and Fourth, occupying a building of two stories 
and a basement, with a front four-stores wide and 
one hundred feet deep. They also have a ware- 
house and grain elevator on the water front which 
holds one hundred thousand bushels of oats, be- 
sides a warehouse for all their heavy goods. They 
do a business of from 1800,000 to *900,00() a year. 
The firm w.as first started as Gustiu & Merrill. 

Mr. Miesel was born in Prussia, January 8, 1844. 
and was educated in his native land. At the age 
of eleven he came with his parents to this country 
in 1855, and the father came to this city, where he 
is still living. The son first engaged as a clerk 
at the age of thirteen with the grocery firm of 
Simon & Watson, remaining with them for eight 
years, after which lie went into partnership with 
Louis Goshel, the firm name being Miesel & Goshel. 
They carried on the grocery business for some 
time and then the partnership was dissolved and 
our subject remained in the grocery trade alone 
for five years, after which he bought a half interest 
from Mr. iVIerrill in the present business, the firm 
then being Gustin ct Merrill. This w.as in July, 
1883. and a few years later the other partners 
bought out Mr. Gustin and the firm became Mer- 
rill, Fitield & Co., in which our subject is now one 
of the most .active partners. He gives his entire 
attention to building up its interests and is asso- 
ciated with Mr. Goshel in a loan association on a 
private basis. 

The marriage of our subject took place on New 
Year's Day, 1869, and his bride was Henrietta 



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Goshel of Bay City, who was l)orn in Geriiiany. 
Seven children have blesse(1 tlieir liome, namely: 
Herman, Krtward, Laura, Otto. Louis (dece.ased), 
Harry and Frank. Mr. Miesel is a member of the 
German Evangelical Association, in which he is 
Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and Recordinp, 
Steward. Mr. Miesel is the tea s|)ecialist of tlit 
firm. All of their tea stock is purchased directly 
from the growers in Japan. Tlic liiiii hrmdles 
more leas than any other two lirms comhined in 
the .Saginaw \'alley. The yearly out-put is about 
three thousand chests. 



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KTHONY GROHMAXX. Many of lie 
most enterprising and reliable citizens of 
Saginaw County are to be found among 
it* German Americans and prominent in 
this class is the well-known florist and gardener re- 
siding in Bridgeport Townshi]), whose name we 
have given at the head of lliissketch. He is a na- 
tive of Wurteniberg, (lermany, and was liorn 
October 17, 1><3.'?. His parents, .loseph and 3Iary 
(Koerner) Grohmann, remained in their native 
home, but they prepared their son so well for the 
duties of life that when he left his native land at 
the age of twenty- his mind was thoroughly- diilled 
by the education he had tlu re received, and was 
soon able to transact business and understand the 
vernacular of the people among whom he had 
come. 

It was in 18;');? that our subject emigrated to 
America and after landing in Xew Vork Citv, 
came directly to Detroit where for a time he fol- 
lowed the trade of a tailor and sul)se(iiienllv en- 
gaged as a clerk in the mercantile business in that 
city. During his first four weeks in Detroit he at- 
tended evening sclioul every night and w.as soon 
able to command the Knglisii language. 

The father was both a farmer and a tailor and 
the bov had been trained in both callings. He 
spent four years in Saginaw as clerk in a store and 
then engaged for himself in the mercantile and 
stave business at St. Charles and thus continued 
for two and one-half years. He also carried on an 



hotel bu.siness in South Saginaw for a number of 
years and in 1871 and '72 was burned out and sus- 
tained heav}' losses but with renewed energy he has 
met with success, and in 1878 he began as a gardener 
and sul)Sequently added the florist's business. 

Besides the green houses on his farm Jlr. Groh- 
mann has three green houses in the city of East 
Saginaw, where the sales are m.ade. When he first 
landed in Detroit he was $5 in debt but he now 
owns thirty acres of good land and is meeting with 
success as a gardener and florist. His business in- 
tegrity and his straightforward dealings give him 
the respect and confidence of all who have inler- 
course with him. 

Wiiile a resident of South Saginaw he served as 
Treasurer of Spaulding Township for two years 
and was also a member of the Village School Board 
and was Director of the Poor in East Saginaw for 
three 3'ears. His political views bring him into 
harmony with the Democratic party and he is a 
member of the Roman Catholic Church. He was 
made Postmaster of St. Charles while residing 
there and in that as in every office which he h.is 
held he has shown himself public spirited and en- 
terprising. He was married in 1856 to Eva M. 
Paukner, and by her he has five surviving children, 
Edward A., Albert, Joseph, Frederick, and Anna. 
These children he is educating and is giving them 
excellent (qjportnnities to prei>are for the battle of 
life and it is his earnest desire that they should 
prove good citizens of his adopted country. 



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<jr^DWARD L. MATHER, of the lirm of Bissell 
Ife] it Mather, hardware merchants, located at 
It — 4 the corner of .Alidland and Henry Streets, 
West Bay City, was born in Detroit, August 29, 
1864. He IS the son of F'r.ancis P. and Helen 
(Lord) Mather, the former of whom traces his fam- 
ily history back to Richard Mather, one of the 
Puritan divines. 

Tlie father of our subject was for many years 
the largest wholesale crockery dealer in Detroit 
and by his ui)riglit and honest business methods 
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the age of fift^'-six years, the mother preceding 
him to the better land some 3'ears, having died in 
1868, when about thirty nine years of age. 

The gentleman of whom we write received his 
education in the city schools of Detroit and when 
starting out for himself, in the spring of 1882, 
engaged as clerk in the wholesale hardware estab- 
lishment of Morley Bros., of Saginaw. He re- 
mained with them for five years when an opportu- 
nity presented itself for him to go into lousiness, 
and in partnership with T. E. Bissell he established 
his present thriving trade. The firm give constant 
employment to several men and are noted as being 
among the most able and efficient business men of 
Bay City. In addition to the business already 
spoken of, Mr. Mather is interested in the West 
Bay City Savings and Loan Asssociation and in 
real estate in the city. 

Socially the gentleman of whom we write is 
identified with Wenona Lodge, No. 256, Blanchard 
Chapter and the Bay City Council. He is a mem- 
ber also of the order of Juno. Few men fall into 
a position at the outset of their career which is 
suited to them in every way, and few men really 
settle down to the serious business of life, making 
anything of it that in the least resembles success, 
until they are about forty years of age. Our sub- 
ject is one of the few who is making a success of 
life at an early age. He is unassuming and quiet, 
doing conscientiouslj' his best in his own line 
of business, at the same time he has always held a 
broad outlook over general improvement and evo- 
lution, never failing to support any measure that 
would be for the best interest of Bay City. 



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^ELSON R. GILBERT, M. D. Among the 
prominent medical practitioners of Bay 
ti5 City figures most conspicuously the gentle- 
man whose name is at the head of this sketch. He 
has been engaged in assuaging the pains and 
ills that flesh is heir to, of the Bay City populace 
for the past ten years, and during that time has 
commended himself pleasingly to the people who 
have had need of his skill and medical knowledge. 



Dr. Gilljert was horn in the village of Norwich, 
Oxford County, Ontario, March 7, 1812. He is 
the son of Peter and Hannah (Collard) Gilbert. 
They were of English descent but were Canadians 
by birth. Our subject's father was a farmer by 
occupation, and Nelson, as a youth, was brought 
up to the knowledge of farm duties and accom- 
plishments. 

Our subject acquired the rudiments of his edu- 
cation in his native place, spending the winters 
over his books and in the summers learning the 
lessons taught by brook, field and stones. When 
about eighteen years of age he became a student at 
the IngeisoU Grammar School, from which he was 
graduated in 1H61. .\fter that he was engaged as • 
a teacher in Simcoe, Norfolk County, for eight 
years. He then became a student under Dr. York, 
of Simcoe, and read medicine witli him until he 
had taken a thorough course. He then attended 
the Homeopathic Medical College of Cleveland, 
from which he was graduated in the spring of 
187L 

Feeling that his extended course of reading and 
his practical knowledge as acquired in dissecting 
rooms and in hospitals lifted him to cope success- 
f uUj' with the difficulties of the diagnosis of dis- 
eases and their treatment, he located for the pur- 
pose of practicing his profession at Lynedoch, 
Norfolk Count}', where he practiced for four j'ears. 
Subsequent to finishing his course at Cleveland he 
passed an examination at Toronto. After the four 
years spent in Norfolk County he removed to 
Otsego Lake, this State, and there resided for 
seven years. While a resident of that place, be- 
sides his professional duties, he filled the office of 
County Treasurer for four years, being elected on 
the Republican ticket. He was also Supervisor of 
the township of Otsego Lake, and served as Mod- 
erator of the School Board for three or four j^ears. 
He built up an extensive practice and was awarded 
the most honorable consideration in the community. 

In the spring of 1882, in order to secure a more 
extended field with less riding, and a place where 
associations would tend to his own professional 
growth. Dr. Gilbert moved to Bay City, and opened 
an office at No. 507 Center Street in the Root 
Block, having his residence at the corner of W.ash- 



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incrton and S. Union Streets, in West Hay City. 
.Since coming here he lia.s been for six years Chair- 
man of tiie Board of Health and also City Physi- 
cian. He ha.s hiiilt up an extcn.sive practice liere 
and is higiily regarded, not only liy the people at 
large but by the medical fraternity in general. He 
was the first President of the Saginaw Valley 
Ilonietipathic Society and one of its active incorpo- 
rators. He was also a member of the .State Home- 
t)liathic Medical Society. Socially he afliliates 
with the Masons, belonging to the Bay City Lodge. 
Dr. Gill)ert was married December 20, 1875, to 
Miss .Tenny E.. daughter of William Loiiks, of 
Lyncdoch, Ontario. Mr. Loiiks is a prominent 
lumberman. Mrs. (lilbert is a niece of the Hon. 
.John Charlton, a prominent member of the House 
of Commons. Our suliject and his wife are the 
parents of thre<! children : Mabel, Maude and Mollie. 
The family as a whole are members of the First 
Methodist Episct)pal Church of West B.iy City. 
He is one of the most efficient members of the 
Board nf Education of West Bay City, being a 
mcmU'r of the Committee on Finance. 



^^ ARL W. MAXOX. Dr. Maxon is the friend 
III n ^^ many whose names are not included in 
^^^' his visiting list. His present offices are 
located in the bank l)lock, at the corner of AVash- 
ington Avenue and Center Street, Bay City. Dr. 
Maxon was born in Lima, Genesee County, X. Y., 
April 23, 1843. He is a son of Augustus and Ma- 
rietta (Wright) Maxon, his father also being a den- 
tist of acknowledged skill. The family is of Scotch 
descent, the first representative making a settle- 
ment in this country long .ago, in 1769. 

(Jur subject's father continued in Lima but a 
short time after the birth of their son, Carl AV., 
and removed thence to Mumford, Monroe County, 
N. Y., and then to Bergen, (ienesee County, thencft 
to Nunda, N. Y., where the lad received most of his 
education. From earliest boyhood the youth had 
haunted his father's office, and l)v observation had 
learned much of dental surgery. His father also 
proved to lie an excellent ])receptor in the theorj- 
of the profession, and soon the son began to prac- 



tice with his father. Our subject then removed to 
Leroy and had branch offices at various places. 

After tiie war our subject moved to Attica, 
Wyoming County, X. Y., where his mother still 
lives. His father died about Xovember. 1880. 
Father and son were in partnership until the time 
when Carl W. Maxon enlisted in the Twenty-sixth 
Xew York Light Artillery, being mustered into 
service the 10th of September, 1862, our subject 
living at the time at AVaterloo. They were sent 
to the Army of the Gulf. Their lieadquarters 
were in Xew Orleans and the}' took part in the 
engagement at Cane River Crossing, .Sabine Cross 
Roads, Averill's I'rairie, Spanish Fort, Blakely and 
also in the engagement at Mobile, Ala. Our sub- 
ject was wounded by a sabre cut on the head and 
also quite seriously injured by being kicked by a 
hor.se, the right knee-cap being displaced in one 
instance and one of his left ribs broken in the 
other. He also suffered serious inconvenience by 
a wound made by the knife drawn through his 
left hand which cut the cords. He remained in 
service fully three years and was finally discharged 
at Xew Orleans. 

In the spring of 1866 he came to Bay City and 
oijened an office on Water Street, and this term of 
practice proclaims him the oldest practicing den- 
tist in tiie city, having been continuously employed 
for twenty-five years, with the exception of short 
intervals spent in travel. .Since 1874 Dr. Maxon 
has been located on Center Street. 

The gentleman of whom we write was married 
to Adda J. Taylor, of Fishers' Landing, N. Y., 
their marriage being solemnized .September, 1879. 
They have one child, a daughter, whose name is 
Minnie Adda Maxon. Dr. Maxon belongs, socially, 
to the Tniformed Rank of the Knight.s of Pythi.as 
and to Bay Lodge No. 104, 1. O. (). F. 




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)>)ILLIAM W. KIXG, who may well be 



ranked among the representative .and 
W^ thrifty farmers and stock-raisers of Bridgi - 
port Township, .Saginaw County, is a native of 
East Troy, X. Y., and was born March 4, 1846. 



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His parents, William and Margaret (Reed) Kinff, 
were natives of Scotland from which country tliey 
came in their early years. 

It was in about the 3'ear 1851 that William King 
came with his family from New York and made 
his home in this county, locating first about four 
and one-half miles north-west of Saginaw on the 
Tittabawassee River, but^l)efore long settled on the 
farm where he now lives in Bridgeport Township. 
There had then no clearing been done in that part 
of the county but he managed to erect for his 
first home a small frame building in which he re- 
sided for many years. He was a machinist by 
trade and had accumulated enough means to pa^' 
for his farm when he first came AVest so that he 
was not as heavily burdened as some of his neigh- 
bors. He died June 11,1881, having lived to a 
good old age. 

The father of our subject was twice married and 
was the father of six children, all of whom now 
survive, namely: Minnie, wife of I. H. Leaven- 
worth; William W.; .lames.a physician; Carrie A.; 
Agnes, wife of C'. A. Record; and George tJ. The 
father was a member of the Congregational Church 
and an active citizen, being willing to lend a hand 
in all endeavors to promote the general welfare. 
In his political cfmnection he was a Republican 
and one of the early advocates of the measures 
adopted bj' tliat party. 

As our subject was onl> five years old when the 
family removed to this county his youth and early 
manhood were spent under pioneer intluences. At 
the age of sixteen he undertook an apprenticeship 
to the blacksmith's trade at East Saginaw serving 
therein for three years after whieh he followed his 
trade at Bridgeport for nearly twenty years. In 
188.5 he made a permanent settlement upon the 
farm where he now resides and he still has a shop 
on this place where he does his own blacksmithing 
and work in wood. 

Mr. King was married in 1868 upon New Year's 
day to Retta Chandler, who was born in .lefferson 
County, N. Y., May 15, 1848. Her parents, Chaun- 
ce}' W. and Asenath (Hills) Chandler, were natives 
of New York, who migrated to Genesee County in 
1856. The mother is still living in her sixty- 
seventh year and resides at Mt. Morris, but her 



fatlier died in 1889. She was one of four children, 
her brothers and sister being Edwin S., Daniel W., 
and Arbelia A. To ^Ir. and Mrs. King have been 
born five children: Four sons, who died in infanc3', 
and a daughter, Mabel A., wiio is now attending 
school at Bridgeport and is very studious in her 
studies. 

Mr. King owns eighty acres of land, and upon it 
is a beautiful home which he finished building in 
1889. As a member of the Congregational Church 
he is active in church circles, and his political 
views bring liim into aftiliation with the Republican 
party. He is also identified with the Masonic 
order at Bridgeport and both he and his wife are 
influential and esteemed in social circles, and the 
business community entertains a high respect for 
tile integrity and fair dealing of Mr. King. 






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' OHN A. MrDOWELL, who is one of the best- 
known physicians of West Bay City, where 
he has been located for the past two years, 
was born in Chatham, Ontario, September 7, 
186.3. He is a sou of .lohn and Mary A. (McDon- 
ald) ]\IcDowell. The fathei- and grandfather were 
both niachinists and came to this city in 1859 and 
here established the first machine shop in Bay City. 
This shop was located where the Industrial Works 
now stand and continued there until 1871, during 
which year the father of our subject was drowned 
in Saginaw Bay. 

Dr. McDowell received his education in Bay 
City, graduating from the High School in 1883, 
and at once began the study of medicine with Dr. 
H. P. Landon, a prominent doctor now in Denver. 
After reading with this physician for some time 
the young man entered the department of medi- 
cine of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 
and studied there for two years. He then went to 
Chicago and a year later gradu.ated in the Class of 
"86 from Rush Medical Ci)llege, after wiiicli he 
spent some time in Cook County Hospital and St. 
Mary's Hospital. 

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City in 1887 and then went in April, 1888, to Port 
Huron, rcmainin": tliere for two years, but as he 
did not like the town lie came l)ack to the Saginaw 
Valley and located on the West Side of this city 
at the corner of Fremont and Indiana Streets. He 
is a member of the Hay County Medical Society, 
the Saginaw N'aliey I\Iedical .\ssociation, the 
Western Medical Society and the Michigan Stale 
Medical Society. He is also prominent in the so- 
cial orders and belongs to the Joppa Lodge, F. «fe 
A. M., the Knights of the Maccabees, the Ancient 
Order of United Workmen and the Modern Wood- 
men of America, and is Medical Examiner for 
twent3'-one insurance companies. He was married 
January 1, 188H, to Mary F. Peers, of Chatham, 
Canada. He is an attendant of and a supporter 
of the Presbyterian Church of which Mrs. McDow- 
ell is a member. 



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'ONATll.W S. ROrsE, M. D. Our subject 
has been a resident of East Saginaw since 
18fi(), at which time he located here and 
since that has been in active practice as a 
physician, having a fine patrtmage among the best 
chiss of people. He is surgeon for the Lintor Man- 
ufacturing Comi)any, is a member of the Advisory 
Board of the Bliss Hospital and acting assistant 
surgeon of the Marine Hospital service. He also 
belongs to the State Medical Society and was for a 
number of years on the Medical Staff of St. Mary's 
Hospital. 

Our subject was born in Whitby, Ontario, in April, 
1830. He is a son of Bcnajerand Jemima (Stevens) 
Rouse. The last named was a native of Canada 
and the former of New York. Dr. Rouse remained 
at home until fourteen years of age, working dur- 
ing the summers and attending school in the win- 
ter. After finishing High School he began to teach 
at twenty-one years of age and was thus engaged 
for some time. He also worked at the carpenter's 
trade for a few years. C'oming to Michigan in 
18.')3 he settled in Lapeer County, and worked at 
his trade for two or three .years. He is the eldest 
of a family of eight children of which there are 



only two living at present. In 18.56 our subject 
entered the oHice of Dr. C. Earle of Orion, Oak- 
land County, and after studying with him for some 
time, took a partial course at the State I'niversity 
in Ann Arbor. 

Our subject began his professional career by 
practicingat lladley, Lapeer County, and February, 
1862, was appointed Hospital Steward of the Tenth 
Michigan Infantry then located at Flint. He went 
with his regiment to Mississippi and was in many 
battles, doing much field as well as hospital work. 
In June, 1863, he was made Assistan* Surgeon of 
the Fourteenth Michigan Infantry. In 1864 he 
was placed on detached duty on a gun boat and 
served on the Staff of Second Division Hospital 
Fourteenth Corps, and w.is placed in charge of the 
convalescent camp at Atlanta where he had full 
superintendance with a number of assistants. 

Detailed again to the Division Hospital he served 
much of the time as Executive Officer. While at 
Bentonville, N. C, he was obliged to "pull up" the 
hospital on the retreat of the soldieiy and with 
shells bursting upon them on every side from the 
■ cannon of the hostile camp, he stationed his hospital 
guard across the road to prevent stragglers who 
were retreating and placed six hundred men in 
charge of a captain, who ordered them behind a rail 
fence, from which they were enabled to carry on a 
sharp fusilade and escaped a great many bullets 
themselves. In the spring of 1865 Dr. Rou>e wa5 
made Surgeon of the Tenth Michigan Infantry and 
put temporarily in charge of the Division Hos- 
pital at Louisville, Ky. After a faithful service he 
was mustered out July 19, 1865 at Jackson, Mich. 
He then entered Bellevue Hospital, graduating 
with the Class of '66. 

After finishing his course at Bellevue our sub- 
ject came to Saginaw and February 1, 1869, he was 
married in Lapeer County, to !Miss Sarah E. Hem- 
ingway. They have had the following children: 
Kittie M., Jay A., Ilattie, Jessie and Helen. Ilattie 
died at the age of nine years; Kittie is a teacher in 
the Saginaw schools, having graduated from the 
High School and a training school; Jay is .at |)res- 
ent a student in the Bliss Business College. 

Politically our subject is a Republican, but not a 
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tasjeously <K'cui)i('d in attention tf> Iii:< profession. 
He lias, however,. been an etiicieiit menilier of local 
and State committees. Socially he is a Mason and 
I)i'longs lo the Ancient Older of United Workmen, 
and is also a memlier of the (irand Army of the 
Kepiililio. He has a very pleasant home tliat is 
located at No. 2.50:3 South Washington Avenue 



, EV. .lOSEPH REIS. pastor of the Church of 
the Sacred Heart at Saoinaw. is well known 
throughout the community as a man of 
great energy of character and of undoubted 
loyalty lo the church of his choice, in whose lie- 
half he 'deems no work too heavy and no sacri- 
fice too great. A native of (Germany, he was born 
at Wurtemburg, April 1, 184(), and was the son of 
Joseph and Thecla (Bender) Keis, both of whom 
died in their native land, the father in \HM, and 
the mother in 1870. 

The subject of this sketch attended the com- 
mon schools in Wurtemburg, subsequently being- 
sent to the Ellwangen Gymnasium, where he pur- 
sued his studies with great indu.stry for seven 
years, and jiassed the examination for the Uni- 
versity. In 1870 he emigrated to the United 
States and went at once to St. Vincent's Abbey, 
Westmoreland County, Pa., where he remained 
one year. Tiience he was sent by Bishop Borgess, 
of Detroit, to Cincinnati, Ohio, and was engaged 
in St. Mary's Seminary at that place. 

August 2r), 1872, Father Reis was sent to De- 
tioit, and subsequently served as an assistant to 
the priest at Ionia, remaining at the latter place 
for fourteen months. He was then appointed pas- 
tor of St. .Joseph's Church at Wyandotte, this 
State, holding that position for two years and 
nine months. On September 29, 1876, he was ap- 
pointed pastor of the Church of the Sacred Heart 
at Saginaw, and took charge of his present con- 
gregation. Under his supervision the church has 
greatly prospered. The old building was re- 
modeled, the school re-organized, a handsome brick 
parsonage Iniilt and the grounds highly' improved, 

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some three thousand loads of eartli lieiiig hauled 
to raise the grade, a good fence built and the en- 
tire surroundings beautified ami made attractive. 

In addition to this work. Fatlier Heis has under- 
taken the erection of a new church edilice, and now 
has a solid stone foundation laid for an imposing 
structure, which will be of brick. 84.xl(i(» feet in 
size, of Gothic style of architecture, with slate 
i-oof. It will lie fitted up with all the modern 
nnprovemcnts in the w.-iy of heating, ventilating 
and lighting. The congregation numbers over two 
hundred families. The parochial school has one 
hundred and sixty-five pupils and the Sunday- 
school ninety. Altogether the jiarish is in a healthy 
and jnosperous condition, and to the worthy pas- 
tor great credit is due for his untiring labors in its 
behalf. 

A lithographic portrait of Father Reis accom- 
panies this sketch. 






\]L^ ON. GEORGE LEWIS. We give here a 
jl biographical sketch of one of the very earl- 

y^ iest inhabitants of the Saginaw Valley, and 
one who is still active in manufacturing 
and business circles. He was for years the Presi- 
dent of the Bay City Bank and served for two 
years in the State Legislature. Mr. Lewis has been 
a successful lumberman, banker and financier, and 
is known far and wide as one of the representative 
men of Bay City. He is a man of liroad culture 
and information and a most excellent conversa- 
tionalist, and the details which he can give of the 
early history of this region are of the greatest in- 
terest to all who have the pleasure of his acquain- 
tance. 

Our subject was liorn in Orange County, N. Y., 
November 8. 1827. and there his father, .James, and 
grandfather, .John, were also born. The grand- 
father, who was the son of one of the very earliest 
settlers of Orange County, a man of Welsh descent, 
died there in his eighty sixth year. .James Lewis 
was a farmer and lumberman, and in his political 
views was at first a AVhig and later a Republican. 
His death, at the age of fifty-six, was deeply felt 



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in Uie CMi-oles of lii.s frieml;* and neii^libors. His 
wife bore the maiden name i>f Kiizabetli Thome, 
and her fathei, David, was a fainiiranda Quaker, 
and tlie son of .lesse Tliorni'. who was of English 
descent ami lived to lie some eiglity-six years old. 

The mother died at the age of thirty-six, leaving 
six children, of whom our suljject is the only sur- 
vivor, and liy the second marriage of the father 
there were three children, of whom only one is now 
living, a sister. One lialf-hrother, Milton, served 
three years in the Fifty-sixth New York Regiment 
and died one month after his honorable discharge. 

(Jeorge Lewis early learned the practical work of 
the farm and of the lumber business, and also 
helped in the manufacture of charcoal and learned 
the cooper's trade. He was also put in the way of 
learning how to pre|)are the tanbark of commerce. 
The farm of hib father was only eight miles distant 
from the lIud.>on River and in the vicinity of West 
Point, and that region was llien (piite a new- coun- 
try. Most of his scliooling was taken in the log 
sehoolhouse. Jle occasionally visited New York 
City in his younger days, he remained at home 
until lie reached the age of twenty-two and then 
decided to come AVest. 

When our subject reached Saginaw City in 1849 
that now flourishing town was a mere hamlet. He 
remained there and at Zilwaukie engaging in the 
lumber business and the manufacture of fish barrels 
for seven years, and as he had no means with wiiich 
to purchase machinery he made them by hand. In 
1H;')7 he removed to liav City, which was then 
called Lower Saginaw, .nnd became superintendent 
of Henry Dotv's mill, and after four or five years 
bought a half interest with William Peter m the 
Partridge Mill, at the foot of Twenty-sixth Street, 
where they engaged for five years in the manufac- 
ture of lumber, and at the expiration of that time 
Mr. I.,ewis disposed of his interest in the business 
and in 18(!H started the Bay City .Savings Hank, a 
private bank of which he was the sole owner. 

After carrying on this bank alone for two 3'ears 
Mr. Lewis took CJeorge H. Young into partnership 
with him. and for two years they carried it on as 
a private bank and then liad it incorporated «ith 
a capital of *!.^(i,()(l(). This institution, which now 
became the Bay City Hank, had for its President 



and one of its directors this enterprising man who 
had originated it. In 1886 he resigned his position 
as President, remaining as director until^l890, 
when he sold his interest, as he had become so 
much absorbed in the lumber business that he felt 
that he ccnild not longer devote attention to the 
bank. 

The ])artnership between Cieorge Lewis and Al- 
bert Miller began in 187!) with the firm name of 
^[iller iV Lewis, and this lasted until 1891 when 
the partner-shij) was dissolved and the firm of 
George Lewis it Co., was established, our subject 
taking as his partner W. S. Causins and fiperating 
a shingle mill at the foot of Twenty-ninth Street. 
This mill turns out forty thousand shingles a 
day, and is one of the largest in Bay City. At the 
same time Mr. Lewis is interested in the wholesale 
lumber business and is a partner in the firm of 
(i. H. Merrill it Co.. which is carying on a planing 
mill. Mr. Lewis has large landed interests at differ- 
ent points and has his farms in the hands of capa- 
ble tenants. 

The beautiful home of our subject is situated at 
No. 12(17 Broadway, and was erected in 1889 at a 
cost of ^12,000. His first marriage occurred in 
Orange County, N. Y.,and Martha Campbell, then 
became his wife; she was a native of that county 
and died shortly after his removal to the West. 
The present Mrs. Lewis, with whom he was united 
in 1866, is a native of Detroit and bore in maiden- 
hood the name of Frances Merrill. Her six chil- 
dren are .Jennie M., now Mrs. Albee; Adna G. and 
Lizzie T., and the three younger members of the 
family are (ieorge H., Frank and Margery. 

While living in Zilwaukie this gentleman was 
for two years Supervisor and also filled the office 
of .lustice of the Peace, Commissioner of Highways 
and member of the School Board. He was efficient 
in helping to build some of the first schoolhouses 
there, and was very useful in that new community, 
.Since ctiming to Bay City he has been equally ac- 
tive in public work, and has been Supervisor of 
the Sixth Ward for two ^-ears and a member of the 
Board of education for two years. In 1872 he was 
elected upon tlie Republican ticket for the State 
Legislature, and besides serving the regular ses- 
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when the State constitution wns revised. During 
that term there were one hundred members in tlie 
House, only six of whom were Demoerats, and 
there was only one Demoeral in the Senate — Mel- 
len. of Maeonih County. .Mr. Lewis was on the 
committee on Lumher and Salt. 

Among the social orders .Mr. Ix'wis was attached 
to the Kniijhts Templar and the Masons, and was 
Master of the Portsinoutli Lodge for eight years. 
Although .Mr. l^ewis is not active now in i)olitics 
he has lieen a true blue Hepublican eversinee 18r)4 
aiid has lieen a frequent delegate to county and 
.State conventions. 



\K^■. JOHN G. WYSS,of St. Boniface German 
It^jfT Roman Catholic Church of Bay City, is also 
As, li in charge of the St. Boniface school in con- 
nection therewith. The church was estab- 
lished in 1873 by Joseph Praesler, who had charge 
of the congregation for one year, .and now is a 
professor in Vienna, Austria. AVhen he was with 
this church it consisted of onl\' about forty fami- 
lies, .and when the present structure was begun in 
1873, it did not then have a .schot^>l attached to it. 
During the next year it was under the care of Fa- 
ther C. Rochoski, who al.<o ministered to the Polish 
Church, and at the end of that year he devoted 
himself entirely to the latter body, and Father 
Thonia took charge for one year of the St. Boni- 
f.ace Church. He w.as followed by the Rev. Joseph 
Ebertt. who for a full decade had charge of the 
church and originated the school, and added to his 
other labors by building the Sisters' Home on Bir- 
ney Street. The church was at that time some 
%7,000 or *8,()n() in debt, and during Father Ebertt "s 
incuml)ency a large portion of that money was 
raised. l)ut still a heavy burden lay upon the con- 
gat ion. 

Our subject took charge of St. Boniface Churcii 
in February, 1888. and during Ins first year here 
succeeded in clearing the church of all pecuniary 
obligations, and it now has >!2.0(i(i in its treasiu-y. 
'^'his was done with a comparatively small congre- 



gation, liut since that time tiie cliurch has grown 
largely and the building li.as been thoroughly- re- 
paired and im|)roved. They iiave also bought two 
k)ts on the coiner of Eighth and Birney Streets, 
and bought a house and lot adjoining the church, 
for a pastor's home. Their |iri>perty now includes 
one-half block. The congregation ha,^ increased to 
about one hundred and seventy-five families. 

Father Wyss was born in Reiden. Lu/.erne Can- 
ton, Switzerland, June 24, 18(ii), and lie received 
his education in .Sarnen, in the Canton of ( )bwalden. 
his advantages there being in the line of business 
education. His classical course was taken at En- 
gleburg in the same Canton, and he then came to 
America iu October, 1882, and studied iihilosophy 
and theology in the Provincial Seminary at Mil- 
waukee, and was ordained as priest June 29, 1887, 
and assigned to the diocese of Grand liapids. 

The first i)arisli of this reverend gentleman was 
St. James' Church at Montague, Muskegon County, 
this State, where he remained for only eight months 
as he had then been assigned to the charge of his 
present congregation. The St. John's Benevolent 
Society in connection with this church was organ- 
ized prior to the foimation of the church. and may 
well he considered as the father of the church. In 
the St. Boniface school four teachers are employed 
who are sisters of the order of St. Dominic of New 
York. 



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^, ONALD ERASER. We have here one of 
the old pioneer farmers of Tittaliawassee 
Township, Saginaw County, and a native 
son of Scotia.who brought from his Father- 
land the grand and noble char.acleristics which 
have marked the men of that land for generations. 
No wliere can be found more ettieient workers, more 
sturdy integrit}- and more unflagging iiersi-stence 
than among the Scottish people, and we are glad 
to be able to ascribe to our subject a full share of 
his national traits. He resides on section 27, where 
he owns one hundred and forty acres of fine land, 
and has upon his estate two sets of farm buildings. 
This farmer is the son of James and Margaret 



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(Robinson) Fraser, natives of Perthshire. Scotland, 
where tlieir son Donald was also horn. March 7, 
1817. His father was a tenant fanner and Donald 
was leared to the same occupation, receiving his 
education in the free school and living with his f.a- 
tlier until he was twenty-eight years of age. 

Our subject was happily married to Margery, 
daughter of Alexander and Margaret (McDonald) 
Reid, who were also natives of Perthshire, and this 
union was blessed by the birth of six children, five 
of whom are now living. The eldest, Margaret, is 
now married ta Smith Benson, and resides in this 
county; Alexander married Emma Turnbull. and 
makes his hcmie in Hay City; .John took to wife Ada 
Castor, and makes his home with his father; IJelle 
married .John Gillan, and resides in AVisconsin; 
Daniel married Victoria Havland.and also lives in 
the Hadgor State. 

When Mr. Eraser migrated to the United vStates 
in 1858 he came directly to .Saginaw County. He 
had obtained by dint of industry and economy 
$500, and of that he paid ^400 for his farm of 
eighty acres. He has been prospered according to 
his merits and efforts, .and has now a beautiful 
estate, delightful home and most attractive sur- 
roundings. He is surrounded by all the comforts 
of life and a most dutiful family to cheer him in 
his declining years. One great sorrow has over- 
taken him in the removal by death of his beloved 
and faithful wife who passed from this life, Novem- 
ber .'JO, 1871). Since her death her sister, Mi.ss Isa- 
bella Reid (who came to America with them) has 
presided over the household and has proved a true 
sister to him. 

Mr. Fraser bought this land in its wild condition 
in the days when it might truly be called a wild- 
erness, and he has cleared it thoroughly and put it 
in condition for cultivation, removing stumps and 
stones .and managing it with judgment and discre- 
tion. Alt the buildings which arc to be seen there 
were erected by him. During his years of hard- 
ship and privation, his good wife stood by him 
witli ever ready hands and brave heart, willing to 
cheerfully endui-e and suffer for the sake of secur- 
ing future prosperity for then- children. In those 
early d.avs there were no roads, no stores, no mills, 
no churciics nor schoolhouses, and they helped 



efficiently in bringing all these institutions of 
learning into their midst. His political views bring 
him into warm sympathy with the Republican 
party, and he believes that in those principles is 
embodied the true theory of republican Govern- 
ment, and in his religious connections he is asso- 
ciated with the Presbyterian Church. 




ILLIAM S. THOM.SON. Among the old- 
f^jll est farms in Tittabawassee Township, S.ag- 
yV/ inaw County, is this tract which forms the 
estate of Mr. Thomson. It bears at first glance 
testimony of long and thorough cultivation, and 
is in a much more advanced condition than most 
of the property b}' which it is surrounded. The 
soil of Jlichigan is so rich and productive that it is 
not soon worn out and in the hands of judicious 
.agriculturists who understand proper fertilization, 
and the rotation of crops it grows better and better 
with succeeding decades. This farm of eighty 
acres is all improved and upon it arc excellent farm 
buildings. The old fruit trees which were planted 
more than forty years ago, are still bearing good 
crops. 

The grandfather of our subject came to the 
United States from Scotland when his son, who be- 
came the father of William S. Thomson, was only 
four years of age. They resided for a while in the 
city of Detroit, locating there in 183.3, and two 
years later removed to Tittabawassee Township, 
and settled upon the land now owned by our sub- 
ject, and which has never passed out of the family. 
The parents of our subject were .John and Sarah .J. 
(Pinkney) Thomson, and the grandparents on the 
father's side were John, Sr. and Margaret (Mur- 
ray) Thomson, and all four were natives of Perth- 
shire, .Scotland. 

Our subject was born upon the farm where he 
now resides, April 25, 1862, and here he has h.ad 
.all of his life experiences. He received his educa- 
tion in the district school, and obtained his drill in 
farm duties under the eye of his father, assisting 
him in the cultivation of the ancestral acres and 
remaining at home until he reached the age of 



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twenty-seven. His marriage wliich took place 
April 21, 1887, united liim withlSIarv K., rtaugliter 
of John and Cyntliia (Palmer) Ure, both of whom 
were natives of Michigan and Vermont respectively, 
and also pioneers of Saginaw County. Mrs. Thom- 
son was born in this county, in .huic. 18()1. 

One son has lieen granted to Mr. and Mis. Thom- 
son, to whom tliey have given the iiiinie of ^\'ill- 
iam Robert. He was born July 18, 1881). In the 
care and culture of this little son these young par- 
ents feel a true parental solicitude and liope to 
bring him up to worthily represent tlie honorable 
family from which he has descended and to become 
a man of usefulness and worth. 

In political matters Mr. Thomson espouses the 
principles of the Republican party, and he is deeply 
interested in its success, although he has little time 
to devote to outside movements. Mrs. Tliomson is 
an active member of the Presbyterian Church, and 
is highly prized both in church and social circles. 
Mr. Thomson was bereaved by the death of his 
mother, July 22, 1890, and his father is now resid- 
ing on his own farm on section 27. 



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" ON. ANDREW WALTON. Tliis gentle- 
man is one of the oldest settlers of Bay 




City, having come hither in March, 18(1.3, 
and at once becoming a prominent dealer in 
lumber, buying, shipping and inspecting the same. 
He was born in Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y., Jan- 
uary 11, 1826, and is a son of Andrew and Sarah 
(Jacobs) Walton, who moved to Ashtabula County, 
Ohio, and took up a farm in tlie township of Sa3- 
lirook, where they still reside. The father bought 
entirely new land which he put into a splendid 
state of cultivation, but has now retired from ac- 
tive life, having reached the age of ninety-six 
years. 

Our subject received his academic education at 
Saylirook. after which he engaged in l)uying and 
shipping lumber for different firms and doing busi- 
ness in Ashtabula, which was tlie shipping point 
for all that region. AVhile there he was united in 
marriage with Miss L. C. Day, wliosoon afterward 



died leaving one daughter. Ida. who became the 
wife of Delbert L. Westover, now of San Fran- 
cisco. 

Mr. Walton continued in the same line of busi- 
ness until he came to this city, and in the mean- 
time spent a short time in AVestern Iowa, and one 
year in Colorado, where he was also in the lumber 
business. He then came here to engage exten- 
sively in inspecting and shipping lumber, and be- 
came interested in the State Bank, which was af- 
terward merged into the Exchange, and later was 
consolidated into the Second National Bank. He 
was a Director therein for twenty-one years, but at 
the last election of directors, he declined to act 
longer in that capacity. 

Since 1872, our subject has been a Commissioner 
of the Water Board, and its President for ten 
years. He has also been on the Board of Educa- 
tion for fifteen years, and by his intelligence and 
activity, and his thorough understanding of edu- 
cational matters and the needs of the city, he has 
been of great benefit to the schools. His fellow- 
citizens have in vain solicited him to run for Ald- 
erman and for Mayor of the city. In the fall of 
1874,' he was elected to the State Legislature on 
the Democratic ticket, and wliile a member of that 
body, did good .service not only to his constituents, 
but to the citizens of Michigan in general, espe- 
cially on the Committees on Education and on the 
State House. He was re-elected in 1879, and dur- 
ing the second session interested himself in the 
Act preventing animals from running at large in- 
side the corporation of cities. Although he met 
with much opposition at first, he fought this im- 
portant measure tlirough botli Houses and received 
the hearty commendation of all citizens of Michi- 
gan cities who desire tiie good order of their 
streets. 

In Tuscola County Mr. Walton owns a farm of 
two hundred acres, which is in fine condition and 
splendidly improved. He erected the handsome 
block on Adams Street, which the Young Men's 
Christian Association purchased in 1889, and h.as in 
other ways added to the iirosperity and increased 
the attractive apiiearance of the city. His pleasant 
home is located on Washington Avenue, and 
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Its walls he finds n pleasant retreat from the cares ping, clearing and the removing of stumps and 



of Imsiiu'ss. and iiappiness in the society of Ins 
estimable wife, who i)rior to her marriage to him 
%vas Mrs. Kate N. NcUis. Tliev have two children 
Gertrude K. and Andrew .Ir. 

A lithographic |)ortr:iit of .Mr. Walton is jue- 
sented in this eonncction. 



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stones wliicli was essential to preparation for erojjs 
was done by this young man. 

On the 22d of January, 1846, Leverett Hodge- 
man was married to Betsey .1. Kittridge, who be- 
eame the mother of one son, Frederick C, and de- 
parted this life in August, 185(». The present Mrs. 
Hodgeman became the wife of oiu- sul)ject, .lune 
1'). 1H72. Previous to her marriage with our suli- 
ject, she was Mrs. Cynthia (Tliayer) Murphy. Her 
native home was in Oswego County, N. Y., and she 
EVEKKTr HODGEMAN, a native of Wind- was born May 14, 1834. Her parents, Luny and 
II (?S) sor County, Vt., is one of the pioneers of Betsey Thayer, were natives of New' England, and 
1'-^ Bridgeport Township, Saginaw County, her first husband was Benjamin Murphy, 
who are still residing here. He was born July (>. The beatitiiul farm of one hundred and sixty- 

1819. and is a s(m of LoltC. and Mary (Cady) five acres belonging to Mr. Hodgeman, has been 
'^ Hodgeman. Both parents were natives of the gained by his thorough energy and enterprise, as 
GreerTMountain State, and his paternal ancestry lie begun without capital. He has proved himself 
was Knglish. and his descent on his mother's side in both public and private life worthy of confi- 
from Ireland. His grandfathei- Hodgeman is said dence and esteem, and has served the townshif) as 
to have been a major in the Revolutionary .Vriny. Treasurer and Constable. His political views have 
When our subject was seventeen years ohl. he brought him into alliance with the Republican 
came West with iiis parent.< and the other members party, and he is a memlier of tlic IM.-isonic order, 
of the family and .settled in this county, settling He and his valued companion are prominent mov- 
on the Tittnbaw.is.sec Rivi'r in IH.'iO. and removing ers in all social affairs, and Saginaw County con- 
to the farm which our subject now occupies, as tains but few men who are better kjiown and more 



early .as IHII. 'j'his ohl homestead continued lo 
be the lionii of his parents until their death. Of 
their children, three are now living, namely: our 
subject. Malhcw 1'. and .lames. 

It wiis in IHld that Leverett cast his lirst IimIIoI. 
and it was for old Tippecanoe and Tyler. In com- 
ing West the family tr:i\clc(l liy w.iy of tlu' Lrie 
Canal and over the hike to Detroit, .■iiid I'loiii the 
latter place he and three brothers caine on fool to 
.Saginaw. The educatioii:il adv.-mt.agj-s enjoyed by 
them were limited, and it has ever been the deter- 
mination of our subject to supplciiient \\'[^ c.-iily 
tiaiiiinir liv n thorough course of reading as well as 
b\' obseivation of the ways of the w<.irld. 

During their early life in this county the Ilodge- 
nians >awmucliof genuine pioneering, as the coun- 
try was then in n very rough condition. Our sub- 
ject has seen as iiiaii\ as live thousjind Indians in 
a bod\ . and wild be.asts abounded, bears, wolvo 



highly esteemed than he. He recalls many j^leas- 
aiit rciniiiiscences of early days, and has watched 
the nourishing city of Saginaw grow from a few 
hou.ses to a piosperou> nictrop<ilis. 



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IfAlA.WM II. I'lllLLll'S. Wc here present 
A\/4\// '' ^'^^' narrative of one of the most intlu- 
WW cntialand highly e>tcemed otllcials of West 
r>;iy ( ily. lie is cxceedingl\' pojuilar both per- 
sonally and in his woik as Cit\ Recorder, and 
lie;irs a reputation :!■< one of the best business men 
of the city, lie is a dealer in real estate and in- 
surance, and also has a half interest in llic lirni of 
(icorge L. A\'iltoii A- Co., dealers in st.'itionciy and 
books. 

Mr. I'hillips was born in Calcdoni.'i. Ontario, 



and deer being fre(piently seen from the door of Canada, .September 1). 185(1, and is a son of (ieoige 
the old homestead. .\ large >harc of the chop- I'hillips, who was a (ierman by birth, and earl^- 



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became an orphan. He learned the cabinetmaker's 
trade and came to Caledonia, where lie first car- 
ried on the carpenter's trade, and later engaged 
ill the hotel business. In 18(i() he came to West 
Bay City, and here built the American House, 
which he operated until his (K'tth, in IMH.j. His 
wife was of Irisli birth and li tw llii' iiiiideu ii;i!iie 
of Catherine Shannon. Slu' still lesidos in West 
Bay City. 

Our subject was oiu' of llie \iiungi'i' L-liildii'ii in 
a family of ten and had his early training niid edu- 
cation in Canada until 1866, when he c;i;ne with 
his parents to Michigan and studied in the High 
School at West Bay City until he coinpleted his 
course there, and tlien took up telegraphy. In 
1874 he became clerk and telegraph operator in 
the West Bay City Pt>stottico and soon after was 
appointed Deputy Postmaster, which ottice he held 
until 1888. After that he was rejiorter on the Hay 
City Tribune for one \ ear and was then elected 
Cit3*Recorder, and has served in taat capacity 
ever since with the exception of one term, which 
lasted from 1887 to 188'.l. Before that term had 
expired the incumbent of the office absconded 
and our subject was appointed to fill the vacancy . 

Mr. Phillips was married in Bay City, on the 
17th of August, 188.5, to Miss Anna Stofford. a na- 
tive of New .Jersey, and they have three charm- 
ing children — Harold, William and .loseph. Mr. 
Phillips is a Democrat in his political views and a 
favorite in his party. 




,ETER I.EASIA, who is anotlier of the 
highly honored pioneers of Bridgeport 
iil?'^ Township. Saginaw County, residing on 
I \ section 26, was born in Clinton County, 
N. Y., April 5, 1825, and is a son of John B. and 
.Josephine (Lagrave) Leasia. who were natives of 
(Quebec, Canada, .and of French descent, tlie father 
being of ancient Gallish stock and the mother of 
Moorish descent. 

When eleven years old this boy emigrated with 
his parents to Oakland County, .Mich., settling in 



that county in 1836, walking the entire distance 
from Montreal to the new home, while his father 
drove tlie (^ne-horse wagon wliicli carried the 
houseliold effects and those members of the family 
who could not walk. They came by way of De- 
troit and were just four weeks on tiie route. After 
residing in Oakland County for several years, the^' 
c:i:ne to Saginaw County and settled in what is 
iU)w Spalding Townshij), where both parents died. 
They have ever been accounted as among the 
genuine pioneers of th;it township. Three of their 
nine children are still living: Frances A., Charles 
F and Peter. 

Our siiliject enjoyed greatly the i)ioneering life 
which w.as his through boyhood and youth, and he 
spent three years when (|uite a young man hunt- 
ing in company with the Indians, and subsequently 
followed lumbering ft)r twenty-two successive win- 
ters. His schooling was not extensive as he at- 
tended school regularly only about four months 
duringhis boyhood, but he has been an omnivorous 
reader, and in that w.ay has given him.self a fair 
education and a practical knowledge of men and 
affairs, and is thought to be especially good in 
matters of law. 

In 1853 Mr. Le.asia was united in marriage with 
Ruth .v., daughter of Lilly Cook, of this county, 
and she became the Tiiother of two children, but 
she deserted her family, and in 1865 our subject 
obtained a bill of divorce, and her little ones have 
passed on to the other life. He was again married 
to Eliza Walt, a Canadian, bj' whom he had one 
daughter, Maud, but in .Tuly, 187.'5, he w.as a .sec- 
ond time widowed. Mr. Leasia settled on his pres- 
ent farm in 1853, when it was an unbroken forest, 
and it is by his efforts that it has been transformed 
from its wild state to its present highly cultivated 
and richly productive condition. This result has 
not been reached, however, without much severe 
labor and the endurance of man^y privations and 
hardships. 

For many years our subject served .as .lustice of 
the Peace and Highway Commi.-isioner, and his 
practical intelligence and good judgment have 
made him very efficient in both capacities, and in 
the latter especially, liis knowledge of the law and 
the unusual discretion with wliicli he applied that 



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knowledge have been of general service to the 
comniunity. lie has also ai-ted as Assessor of his 
Sfliool district. Ke is a Rcpuhlican in jjolitics and 
has provcil iiinisi'lf a pulilic-s|iiriti'd luemlier of so- 
ciety. In Iho Masunii' ui-dcr to wliieh lie belongs 
lie lias acti'cl as IM.aster of the lodge and in other 
oflic'ial po.-<itious. That he has been successful in 
life his fine farm attests, for il is one of the best 
in l5iiilm'|M>rt 'ro\viislii|i. 

i^!)MiL schop:np:behg. 



<SpSMIL SCUOKNEBEHti. This well-known 
|fe] gentleman, engaged in insurance, leal estate 
J' — ^ and loans, is the Secretavv of the Board ol 



This well-known 
estate 

IL=^ and loans, is the Secretavv of the Board 6f 
Education of Saginaw, West Side, and has his 
ottice at No. 404 Court Street. He was horn in 
Prussia, (iermaiiy. Kebniarv 7. IH.'iT, and is a son of 
freorgeand Ida (Sdimeling) Schooneberg. InOcto- 
ber.lHHfiaftei' thecloseof the Austria-Prussian War. 
our snlijeet came to the I'liiled States. and engaged 
as a liookkeeper in Saginaw, having learned that 
work in his native land. He was for some time 
with Seyfaril A- .Vchard in the h.-irdware store on 
Water street hut after some two ye.ars .Mr. Seyfard 
died, and after that the young man w.as the .agent 
for the otate and continued with Mr. Achaid for 
two year> longer. He thru hnnglit out the inter- 
ests of the estate ;uid entered into |iartnership with 
Mr. .\ch:ird which connertion lasted for live years, 
during which time lliey cirrled on a ])rosperous 
business. 

Mr. Srhoeuelicrg was elected City Treasurer in 
1H77. and served I'oi- three years in that position, 
giving the reiiuircd liond for «10(l.(Ml(l. He then 
engaged in the hardware trade in \i<X2 beginning 
on a modest scale and cariying it on for three 
years, after which he undertook the iii.-urance 
business. He does a aener;il real-estate business as 
well and |-cpje<iMit< some twelve insurance compan- 
ies. He is also agent for the HurnlMililt American 
Steamship Packet Couipauy. 

In 1(S7H ouisniiject wa< elected a uu'mbcr of the 
Board of Ivlucation and was mad,' Treasurer for 
some three years, and since ISXt; has been the 
.Secretarv of that liod\. lie is a uieiiilicr of the 



Committees on Supplies and also the Committees 
on Building and on Library. He is au active Re- 
publican and is well informed on the movements 
of the party. 

Mr. Schoeneberg was married December 3. 1M6.5 
at Stettin to Miss Mary Lane and their children 
are (ieorge, Charles and Arthur. The eldest .son is 
an architect in Chicago, the second soi; is in Sagi- 
naw with the hardware company and .\rtliur is in 
the First National Bank. The father is a member 
of the Knights of Honor and of the Workingmen's 
and Teutonic societies in all of which he is active. 
He is a man of clear brain and quick intellect and 
possesses great steadfastness of purpose and business 
sagacity. He has given great satisfaction to the 
public in his work on the Board of Education and 
is considered the right man in the right place. The 
public feels assured that no "job" or crooked 
transaction will disgrace the distribution of .school 
money so long as his clear insight and experience 
are kept in requisition. • 



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"1|/pOLB BROS. This lirm consists of (ieorge 
and Adam Kolb, |)roprietors of the Salz- 
burg Brewery, a view of which appears 
JlelsewluTc ill liiis volume. In the winter 
of IMKII the liiiii erected a good, brick, three-story 
building and jiut in a new plant with a caiiacity 
of sixty thou.--and barrels a year. Thi> ]>roi)erty 
w.as purchased of Mr. Westover during the year 
li^^(7, and has proved remunerative. 

(ieorge KoHi was born in West Piay City, Octo- 
ber I 1. lS(i."i. His father, who also boie the name 
of (ieorge. was a native of (lermany and married 
.Miss Maigaretta Klaus. lie came to Bay City 
about thirty-live years ago and was the proprietor 
of the Salzburg Brewery before Mr. Westover be- 
came owner. The son, (ieorge. >vas educated in 
West Bay City at the High School and w.as eii- 
gaoed in tlie liipior business before buying the 
present brewery plant. In ISSTlii'and hisbrother. 
.Vdam. bought the i)laiit, which is now valued at 
.about !f;'i().00(i. and that entire annuint he lia,s made 
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411,500. He is now twenty-eight years old and his 
brother three years younger, which jiroves a re- 
niarltabie record of tinaiieial success iu sucli young 
men. 

Both of the brothers are hard working, attend- 
ing to all details of business in i)erson, and snpply- 
ing the trade of the Bay Cities. They give their 
entire attention to business and liave the finest 
otlioe and biewery in the county. Socially they 
are members of tlie Arbeiter iSociety and the 
Kniglits of the Maccabees. George Kolb was mar- 
ried .Tune 8, 1887, to Miss Matilda Helbig, of Bay 
City, and has two children — George and Adam. 



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;II>LIA;M A. CLARK, who was a well-known 
attorney at law of Saginaw City, was born 
September 9, 1821, at Ballston Springs, 1 
S.aratOi>a County, N. Y., and was a son of the Rev. 
William A. Clark, \). D.. who at that time was in the 
ministry at that point. The father wiis b<irn in 
Pittstield. Berkshire County, Mass.. and was a son 
of .John Clark, of Coiiiiecticiit, who was of Scotch 
ancestry, the family being among the cai'liest set- 
tlers on the Connecticut River. The other sons of 
.John Cl:iik were the Rev. Dr. .John .V. Clark, of St. 
Andrew's Church Philadelphia, and the Rev. Dr. 
Oren Clark, of Philadelphia, who was among the 
founders of (ieneva College, and about the year 
1824 removed to New York City, where lie built 
All Saints Church of which he was the Rectoi' until 
1837, when he removed to Michigan, lie had se- 
cured quite a tract of land near Rrighton, and he 
built his home about four and one-half miles from 
that village and afterward removed to the village 
where he owned the grist mills, and wliei-e he died 
in 1811. 

The father of our subject organized a church at 
Brightun and held services all through tlip years 
he lived there. Of iiis nine children, all lived to 
years of maturity and four are now living. The 
eldest son is Benjamaii T. (). Clark, an attorney at 
Brighton. The son William was admitted to the 
bar in 1842. having studied at Ann Arbor, with 
the firm of Kiugsley, Hamsdel i\r Morgan. In 1H;")0 



he was elected Pro.seeuting Attorney of Livingston 
County, and removed to llowell. 

In 1862 our subject was elected to the State 
.Senate and served until the close of the session in 
1864, when he at once came to Saginaw, which he 
had chosen as his future home. He became a part- 
ner of the Hon. (Jeorge W. Peck, who w.as Secre- 
tary of State under (Jov. Ransom. He w.as quite 
a political speaker and wasalw.ays a Democrat, but 
was elected to the State Senate on the Union 
ticket. 

3Ir. Clark's professional practice was mainly in 
the criminal and chancery courts and he has con- 
ducted to a successful issue many notable eases. 
His strong point was before the jury and if not 
successful there he carried his case to the Sujneme 
Court and has never met l)Ut once with failure to 
secure a reversal of judgment. His pleadings 
were forcible and well considered and he stood as 
one of the foremost members of the Michigan bar. 

Our suliject was married September 15, 1853, at 
Buffalo, X. Y., to Miss Mary E. Hope, a native of 
New York City, ;uid to them have been born 
the following children: William A. .Ir.. .John 
Hope. jMary C: and .lacintlia II. The latter died 
in infancy, and the son .lohii, who was an attor- 
ney and had located at Denver, Col., died upon 
the day when he was twenty-six years old; Will- 
iam A. Jr., is following in his father's professional 
footsteps, and is an attorney at St. Louis, Mo.; and 
^Mary. who remains beneath the parental roof, is 
employed in lloyt's dry-goods store. Mr. Clark 
was a member of the Episcopal Chui-ch for forty 
years and for twenty years served as Senior War- 
den of St. John's Church, of Saginaw, while ilrs. 
Clark is .active and etlii'iciit in all church and 
society work. 

Mr. Clai'k had been n Mason since 1«-15. and was 
the oldest member of that order in Saginaw, be- 
sides belonging to the Royal .Vrch ;\Iasons. of Ann 
Arbor, which he joined in 1,S51. In the Chapter 
where he was made an Arch Mason one of its offi- 
cers. Thomas King, w.as the man who drove the 
coach that spirited Away Morgan from Buffalo 
after his exposure of Masonry. 

During Mr. Clark's later years he was enfeebled 
in health and a great sufferer, scarcely .able :il limes 



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to move across the room. Wliile lie realized the 
hopelessness of ever reiiaining- his wonted vigor, 
his mind wius bright and his wit as ready and keen 
.IS when its brilliancy threw the lesser lights of his 
jirofession into the shade. Scintillations of his 
fiirnicr self llaslied through liis conversation as he 
recalled early forensic comliats, and until the close 
of his life he w.is a most entertaining companion 
and lirillianl conversationalist. His success as a 
criminal lawyer lay in his readiness to grasp the 
situation and his quick discernment of a weak 
point in the line of the enemy. Xo man who has 
pleaded for a liuinan life is worthy *>f greater ciedit 
and few have had the aliility and social standing 
of this >1ir('\vil lawyer, whose memory will long be 
cherished liy the fraternity of which he w'as for 
years a shilling light. The death of Mr. Clark 
occurred .lainiaiN 2fi, \X'.*'2. 



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J^i l.l.KN 1,. STKWART is one of the .ddcst 
{©/lJI settlers of Hay City, having lieen a resi- 
(I dent here since the spring of 18(i8. lie 
is one of the leading insurance and real- 
e.stale men of the city, and ;i thoroughly go-ahead, 
iictivi' and progressive man. .Mr. Stewart was horn 
in Katon, Madison County, X. Y., December 1. 1H2(). 
He is .a son of Lemuel and I.ydia (Harstow) Stew- 
art. Our subject's f.ather being a fanner, the son 
was reared on a farm. His grandfalher w.as a na- 
ii\f of Scdtlaiid and the grandmother from the 
Nortli of Ireland and emigrated to this country 
|)rior to the Revolutionary War. lie received his 
education in the district school in the vicinity of 
his iiome and spent one yeai- at the \illaire 
aead<'iny. 

Our sniijcri began teaching immediately after 
Mnishing his own course and continued for two 
winters. Soon after reaching his majority his 
lather die<l and our sul)jcct bought the old 
iKPiiU'stead wiiich lie operated for three years 
when he sold out and about that time was married. 
lu IH.')*! he came to Michigan locating at Flint, 
where he was engaged in the foundry business 
for a few mouths, when he was employed as 



clerk in the store of Samuel Warren. In the 
spring of 1857 he bong, it out the Higgins Bros, 
shoe business on Saginaw .Street, and continued 
his proprietorship of that until the spring of 1861. 

The marriage of Mr. Stewart to Miss Famelia 
Wentz, of Binghampton, N. Y., took place ?\'b- 
ruary 22, 18.54. This relationship doubtless li.as had 
its influence upon his whole after career. In the 
spring of 18fil he moved his business to East Sag- 
inaw, but in a short time suffered a great loss in the 
burning of his stock and buildings. He returned 
to Flint and entered the employ of Barker it Rip- 
ley, shoe dealers, remaining with them until the 
spring of 1863, when he came to Bay City and 
opened a store on Water Street, near the corner of 
Sixth Street. 

It seemed as though a very Nemesis of misfor- 
tune followed our subject, for the July following 
his coming here he passed through the great lire 
that swept away so much valuable property' in the 
city. Saving a Large amount of his stock, how- 
ever, he .again ojiened a store on Water Street, be- 
tween Fifth and Center Streets. In the fall of 
' 18(!."> he purchased a business at the corner of 
Fourth and Center Streets. Here he opened a 
bakery and the following year, 18(;(),lie bought the 
land and built tlio block on the corner of Saginaw 
and Center Streets. His block was the first good 
building erected on this street. It has a frontage 
of twenty feet with a depth of one hundred feel 
and is two stories high. This he devoted to the 
liakery business until 1874, when he sold out and 
turned his attention to the tire insurance business, 
in which he has continued until the present lime. 

With the iiileresl named al)ove our subject unites 
that of real estate and is now reckoned among the 
pioneer men in this branch. He li,a-s done a yery 
large line of business in insurance and real estate 
for outside parties, dealing in both city and coun- 
try land. Politicalh' he has taken no. active interest 
in the aspect of affairs further than to do his duty 
as a citizen. Socially he is a M.ason, having joined 
the Bay City I.o<igc in 1864, and since leaving his 
active aff.'iirs he has been ([uite interested in these 
relations. He joined I'.lanchard Chaiiter in 1881 
.•mil Bay City Conimanderv in the .same year and 
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No. 129. In 1887 he became connected with the 
Michigan Sovereign Consistory. He lias held 
nearl}' all the offices in iiis C'ommandery up to and 
including Captain General. Formerly Mr. Stewart 
belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
lows, among whom he took a high standing, but of 
late he has centered his attention with the Masonic 
order. 

To Mr. and Mrs. Stewart has been born one 
sou, Sidney H., who is now Teller in the Northern 
Trust Company Bank, of Chicago. He married a 
Miss Carrie Nellis, of Baj- City. The family belong- 
to the Uuiversalist Church in which our subject 
has been Clerk and one of the Board of Trustees 
for a number of years. 



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r,n.LIAM 1). COLK. This progressive 
/' farmer, who resides on section 3/), Tit- 
'^)fl tabawassee Township, Saginaw County, 
where he owns eighty acres of good land which is 
finely improved and well eqmpiied with buildings, 
lias resided here ever since tliis property was in a 
condition of the wilderness and he has himself 
cleared it and placed iipcni it all iiuprovements. 
He also owns some si'vciit\' acres in other parts of 
the towiiship. 

Our subject is a son of Capt. Wiiliam and Mary 
Ann (McCaitA) Cole, tlie former being a native of j 
New York and the latter of the (iieeii Isle of Kiin. 
Their son was born in the city of Detroit, Novem- 
ber 15, 1842 and there iiad his training and educa- 
tion remaining beneath tlie parental roof until he 
arrived at his iiiajority. The father had b<'cn a ! 
sea captain and ;ifler coming to Detroit he sailed 
upon the lakes and was at one time the owner of 
the pro|)ellei' ".I. W. I'.i'ooks." 

William I). Cole was able to avail liimself of the 
advantages of the Detroit iniblic school and High 
School and thus obtained an excellent foundation 
for success in lif^'. After he reached his majority, 
his father removed to Saginaw County, coming 
here in 1H.">1I. and our subject was then living with 
his brother-in-law, Thomas Turnliull, in .Muskegon, 
a boiler maker b\- trade, who accumulate;! a large 



fortune by his work in connection with the lumber 
trade. That gentleman died some ^-ears ago leav- 
ing his family handsomely provided for. 

The marriage of our subject with Eliza, daugh- 
ter of .John and .lane (Murray) Thompson, was 
solemnized August 30, 1865. Mr. and Mrs. 
Thompson were born in Perthshire, Scotland and 
coining to this country became pioneers of Saginaw 
County, migrating hither in 1836, locating on the 
farm which was their home for many years and 
which has since been divided, a portion of it being 
owned by Mrs. Cole. 

Our subject and his wife have had twelve chil- 
dren, eleven of whom are living, namely: .loliu, 
born December 29, 1865; Lizzie F.. .lauuary 21. 
1867; Laura A., January 30, 1870; Charles I)., 
.January 26, 1872; Everett E., April 27, 1874; 
Ernest M., November 4, 1876; Mary E., November 
21, 1878; Nina A., September 13, 1879; Raymond 
T., March 26, 1885; Herbert V.. March 2, 1889; 
N'crna L., .luiie 2, 1891, and one child died in in- 
fancy. 

In political inallers Mr. Cole is a Republican and 
he and his family are supporters of the ]\Ielliodist 
Episcopal Church. His interest in educational 
matters has made him an efficient member of the 
School Board. He started in life without capital 
and has brought up a large family and fitted the 
older members for spheres of usefulness and re- 
sponsibility, besides accumulating sufficient of this 
world's goods to jilace him and his beyond the 
reach of want. His second daughter Laura is now 
married to David McAllister but still resides be- 
neath the parental roof. 



|E()K(iEREILLY. It seems peculiarly fitting 
, that men who have willingly offered their 
^^ij all at the time of their country 's need should 
in its jirospcrity and peace enjoy its honors and 
official positions. The ])eople of Bay City have 
not been nnniindful of these commendations and 
have selected as their County Clerk a man who 
has made a record for himself since coming to Bay 



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County. Mr. Kelily was born in Mnnts'oiTierv 
County, N. Y., l-Vltruary "27, 1847. and was there 
reared hy liis father. John Heilly, who was born in 
County Meath, Ireland, and wjis also there mar- 
ried. 

Our subject's fathei- was a inason liy irade. In 
1840 he eanie to America with his wife and one 
child and located in Mohawk. Montgomery County, 
N. Y., where he engaged in well work and the lay- 
ing of .stone walls; he died in 15.ny City about 1881. 
Our subject V mother was. prior to her marriage, a 
Jfi.ss Mary O. Dryen, who was born and reared 
in Iieland. After her husliand's death she contin- 
ued to reside in the same place, llcr family com- 
prised seven chililrcn. and of these our subject was 
the fourth in order of birth, llis eldest brother, 
.lames, w.is a captain in the Army of the Potomac, 
in ihi' Civil War. .serving f i oni its beginning to its 
close, lie is now deceased, having been killed in 
Nevada, lie was a prominent man there, having 
served as Postmaster at Hamilton City, during 
( iranfs administration. He was also chief tlerk 
in the (Quartermaster's dep.Trtinent in .San .Vntoiiio, 
Tex., aflei- tlic war. 

Our .•-ubject liad sliglit educational advantages, 
his school cour.se being cut shoi't at the ago of 
twelve years, when he wa.s obliged to begin to be 
.self-supporting. He first served as brakeman on 
the New York Central Railroad foreighteen montiis. 
until he enlisted in September. ISitJl. in Cumpanv 
I, .Seventy-ninth New York Highlanders. He was 
iMUsIeied in at Hart's Island, and joined the regi- 
ment at l'eter>buig, and after faitiiful service he 
was mustered mit .-it ^Vashington, D. C, in Mav, 
18().'). He then drifted to New Orleans, wheie he 
worked at tlie house painter's trade for two and a 
hall years, then went to Louisville. K.\., where he 
spent <uie season and from that city to New York, 
where he woiUed .'it his trade until 1872. when lie 
came to Michigan, first landing at Detioit and 
thence coming to Flint, and from that city to Bav 
City. Ma\ 28. 1872. He first engaged at his trade 
and within '.wo months bought out Mr. Freeman 
andcontinued the trade *if the former in contnict- 
ing for house painting. In l!S8f our subject was 
elccte<l .Supervisor <if the Fourth Ward. 

.Mr. Heilly was niairied in 18(;;t, in'Ncw \ink 



City, to Mi.ss .Sarah Goddwin. a native of Edinhurg, 
Scotland, who came to Rhode Island with her fa- 
ther wiien .'I child. She was reared in New York 
City. This union has been blessed by the advent 
of .seven children into the family; they are all still 
at home. Socially our subject belongs to the 
Knights of the ^Maccabees and also to the Ancient 
Order of Hibernians. In the fall of 1 8110 Mi-. 
Reilly was nominated and elected County Clerk 
on the Demociatic ticket. He .assumed the cares 
of the otiice .January 1, 1891. He is also Clerk of 
the Circuit Court and Registrar in Chancery. 



,. NDUKW B. I'KRKINS, of the firm of 

'(3*/" III 

i VLg/JI , Perkins c^' Houghton, who are wholesale 




commission merchants in produce and 
^J fruits, is an enterprising and progressive 

man in luisine.ss, and one whom it is a pleasure to 
meet in .social life. He was born in Wayne County. 
this State, not far from Detroit, and his father, 
Andrew I'erkins, was a native of New York and 
an early settler near Detroit, where he carried on 
the hotel business but died when our subject w.as 
still young. The mother, Elizabeth Houghton, 
was b(n'n in Yorkshire. England, and now resides 
in Detroit. Of their eight children seven are liv- 
ing, three sons and four daughters. One son, 
Charles, was a .soldier in the Civil War, being a 
member of a Michigan regiment. 

Oui- subject was born March 17. 18,j8, and after 
reaching the age of six years had his early training 
and education in Detroit and took a cour.se in the 
High Seliool there. At the .ige of thirteen he be- 
gan to carry on independent work and was for a 
year in his brother's emiiloy, but afterwards started 
a retail fruit business and later began jobbing and 
handling produce. 

From 1882 to 188;j Mr. Perkins was in the 
wholesale mercantile business with Mr. Houghton, 
but in 1884 they turned their attention in the 
direction which they are now following. Tliev 
have siiK-e tli;it lime liecn in business together 
with the exception of one year when Mr. Perkins 
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connection with Mr. Houo-hton. Hore lliev huvo 
built up an excellent wholesale trade and ship 
large quantities of fruit and provisions to the East. 
They can 03'sters and handle fruit and vegetables. 
In order to give tlieir business the growth which 
they desire they keejj two men upon the road 
most of the time. 

The marriage of our subject took place in Bay 
City, November 2.5, 1884, and he was then united 
with Amelia Ilelbig, who was born in Bay City and 
is now the mother of four children: Charles K., 
Andrew H., William H., and Ruth. Their pleasant 
home is in the Fourth Ward of West Bay City. 
Mr. Perkins belongs to the Ancient Order of Uni- 
ted Workmen and in his political associations and 
convictions is a Democrat. ' 



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W EONARD M. SIMONS. We have here a 
I (^ representative of one of the largest house 
J'— ^\\ furnishing and outfitting firms in Bay City, 
which is situated at the corner of Third and 
Water Streets, having four fronts on the former 
street and one on the latter. The firm of L. M. 
Simons <fe Co., which is composed of our subject 
and his brother, W. A., was established here in 
1885. Leonard Simons was born in Westminster, 
Canada, Jul^' 31, 1835, and, in 1840, came with his 
parents to Lexington. Sanilac County, Mich., 
where the father, Anson Simons, built the second 
house in the place. He owned eighty acres on the 
shore, and a village springing up there, he laid out 
lots and helped to build it up, remaining there 
until 1849, when he removed to Lansing where he 
engaged in farming and in a woolen factory. 

Our subject was given good opportunities for 
securing an education in the public .schools of Lan- 
sing and there the father died at the home of his son, 
B. F., with whom he had lived from about flic 
year 1867. The mother's name was in maiden- 
hood Lavina ^Ic^NIillan, and she and her good hus- 
band left a family of seven sons and two daugh- 
ters, all of whom are living. The oldest is Alpha, 
who lives in Chicago, and the next is Louis A., 
of Charlevoix Count}-. William A. is in companj' 



with our sul)jcct and more will lie found in regard 
to him in this volume. Cecelia is the wife of 
John W. Tlioin, of Lansing, where her brother. 
B. F., also lives; Archibald (). resides at Ft. 
Belknap, Mont.; Silenus A. lives in Springfield, 
111.; and Mercy Helen resides at Bay City, where 
she is teaching in the public schools. Tiie parents 
were earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal 
and Baptist Churches respectively. 

Until he reached his majority Leonard Simons 
continued on the farm and then went to Green- 
wood County, Kan., and located a farm on Walnut 
Creek, thirty miles south of Emporia. Four years 
later when the Civil War broke out he enlisted in 
Company B, Ninth Kansas Calvary, and saw ser- 
vice in Missouri. A year later he was one of tlic 
body of troops who escorted the first Governor of 
Utah on his way as far as Ft. Laramie, where his 
company was relieved and proceeded fai'tlier west 
where they established Ft. Hallock and remained 
in that part of the country for a year protectiny 
the United States mails from Indian attacks. He 
then returned to Atchison, Kan., and thence to 
Arkansas, where he completed his term of service 
which extended over three 3'ears and one day. 
He had four brothers in the United States service 
and all saw hard service but not one was woumled 
and all are still living. 

On his return to Lansing Mr. Simons clerked for 
one year for his brother, B. F., and then formed a 
partnership with him and William A., to establish 
a general store at Perry Center. After four years 
he sold out to his brothers and going to Portland, 
carried on a grocery business there for two years 
until he was burned out when he went to Lansing, 
where he was in business for two j^ears. He then 
went to Grayling in 1H73 and had the honor of 
giving a name to that town which he chose from 
that species of fish which was then so plentiful 
llicip. He was also the first Postmaster and first 
merchant in Crawford County and helped to or- 
ganize it into a voting precinct, having it detached 
from Kalkaskia. 

After remaining in that county for three years 
our subject sold out his business tliere and engaged 
in the lumber trade and after a time removed to 
Ba}' City, where in 1876 he establislied himself in 



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the boating and lisliinj; lnisinc'.''s, and tlien lieijan 
in the now and !<fw)nd-liaiid fiirnitiiie biKsini-.'-s. 
From that he ha.« worked up ids present trade in 
stoves, croeicerv, furniture, earpets, and everything 
for fitting out a liouse. a lumlier eami). or. indeed, 
anytliing wliicii needs furnisliing. 

The marriage of Mr. Simons witli Miss Maria AV. 
Hine. of Lansing, tooii itlace September 2.'5, 1M(W, 
and tliey have two children — Russell A., who is 
with his father in business, and Ruth \'. Our 
subject has a beautiful home at the corner of 
Fourtii and Van Buren Streets and therein is found 
a household of more than ordinary congeniality. 
lie is a member of the (irand Army of the Repub- 
lic and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
but has never meddled with |)()litics. Our subject 
W.1S in Kansas during the Border Kutttan times of 
that period and was one who voted to make Kan- 
sas a free soil State and recounts several liuffalo 
hunts in which he engaged. 



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ILLIAM E. CONROV. M. ]). The offlce 
fj of l^r. C'onioy, which is located in the 
W^ Merrill Block in the city of Saginaw, is 
one of the most popular resorts for afflicted hu- 
manity and those who are sufleriug from the ills 
that flesh is heir to, in this city. Dr. Conroy was 
born in rnooklyn, N. Y., August 8, IHafi. He is a 
son of .lohn Charles and Elizabeth (Babington) 
Conroy. The inothei is a native of England. She 
still resides at her hoiiic in Brooklyn. His father is 
deceased. 

(Jur subject was educated at the Adelphi Acad- 
emy in liiooklyn and at Columbia College. N. Y., 
graduating from the latter noted institution in 
IKT;'). He took (hiring his course tliore the full 
collegiate course and received the degree of B.ach- 
elor of Arts, the .seal of Master of Arts being 
attixed to his sheep-skin in 1mk(i. Besides the work 
there done Dr. Conroy finished the course at the 
College of Physicians and Surgeons with the Class of 
'Tit. Ills degree being there conferred. Previous to 
this he had studied medicine from IHT.j. after fin- 
ishing his collegiate course with Dr. .1. C. Hutchi- 



son of Brooklyn. During the same years, or from 
1875 to. 1878, he was also a student at the medical 
college and spent the years of 1878 and 1879 in St. 
Peter's Hospital at Brooklyn. 

Our subject began practice in his native place and 
was soon made clinical assistant in the Brooklyn 
Eye and Ear Hospital and physician of the out- 
door department of St. Peter's Hospital. He was 
thus connected until 1885, when he was appointed 
oculist to the pension ofllce at Washington and 
was for two years in this employ. While there he 
was chief of the department of the diseases of the 
eye and ear and his jtersonal attention was given to 
all cases that came under this class. In.Iune, 1887, 
he decided to locate permanently at Saginaw and 
at that time brought his wife and family to this 
city, of which he and they have been residents 
since. 

Dr. Conroy devotes himself to special cases of 
the eye and ear and is oculist on the staff of the 
Saginaw Hospital, of which he is a most eflticient 
member. He contributes constantly to leading- 
medical journals and being a thorough scholar as 
well as a skilled physician, his articles are highly 
estimated a-< literary productions aside from their 
professional merit, lie has made some original ex- 
periments and discoveries relating to the eye and 
ear that are of great value to the medical profes- 
sion. The writer now has in hand an article written 
by him on the use of pyoktanin, an antiseptic, 
whose true use has but recently been discovered. 

No professional man's life is complete without 
the domestic atmosphere and influence. Our subject 
was married June 1, 188;') to MLss Anna, daughter 
of E. J. Ring. She is a graduate of Ilelmuth Col- 
lege, London, Ontario. This union has been blessed 
by the advent of one child, which, however, was 
taken from then when in his fourth year; the boy 
was named William Ring. In public life our sub- 
ject has ever taken an active interest in politics. 
While in Brookl3-n he wasesiiecially identified with 
the career of his partj-, but of late yeai-s his atten- 
tion has centered upon his profession, and he has 
well merited the reputation which he bears of being 
an expert physician in diseases of the eye and ear, 
nor IS his rei)Utation limited to this locality, for 
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upon to act in delicate cases far removed from this 
locality. The present home of the family is located 
at No. 1126 North Michigan Avenue. He and his 
wife are members of the Episcopal Church. 




i^^AVID F. STONE, M. I). One of the busi- 
est men in Bay City, whose time is not 
his own from six o'clock in the morning 
nntil SIX at night, and u|i<iii whicli many 
infringements are made from six o'clock in the 
night until six in the morning, is he whose name 
appears above. Dr. Stone has been practicing in 
Bay City for three years. He was Ijorn in Parish- 
ville, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., March 19, 1843, 
and is a son of .Tames and Surviah (Ellithorp) 
Stone. The mother was boin in Vermont of old 
Colonial stock; the father was from (Queens County, 
Ireland, and a farmer by occupation. Our subject 
ac(pnred his education in St. Lawrence County, 
and thence went to Milton (irammar School, at 
Milton, Ilalton County, Ontario, from which he 
was graduated in 1864. 

After finishing his literary course our subject 
attached himself to Di-. Freeman, a prominent 
physician of Milton, and studied under him until 
appointed assistant surgeon to the Toronto (ien- 
eral Hospital, where he remained for three years, 
at the same time taking the course of lectures at 
the Toronto University, from which he was grad- 
uated in 1870. Very soon after Dr. Stcme came 
lo Michigan and located in Mctamora, Lapeer 
County, where he practiced for twenty-three years. 
Although his brother. Dr. George W. Stone, was 
his able co-laborer and assistant in his medical 
work, his practice was very heavy. The same year 
in which Dr. Stone finished at Toronto University, 
he also graduated from the College of Physicians 
and Surgeons, at Kingston, Ontario. While at 
Metamora, our subject and his brother. Dr. George 
W. Stone, had the entire patronage of the country. 
Our suljject began with nothing in a financial way, 
but his knowledge, ability and energy, with his 
endurance to stand hard work, was early recog- 
nized. Whether it was the work in the woods or 



a long drive through the worst of roads in the 
country the Doctor was ready for it. He soon 
secured six horses whicli were kept constantly 
busy in his private medical work, and for driving 
him about to consultations in various counties, 
for which he had extended his practice over five 
of these. Bj- strict attention to his business, he 
amassed a comfortalile fortune, and was considered 
one of the sound financial men of the county. 

While in Lapeer County Dr. Stone became the 
owner of two large farms and built a I)rick block 
in town. He was a member of the local School 
Board, being its Presid(nit, and was also one of the 
Board of United States Pension Examiners, wiiich 
was located at Lapeer. The following is a clip- 
ping from a newspaper sketch of our subject's 
beautiful farm in Lapeer County: "Riverdale 
Farm, Dr. D. F. Stone's property, is located in 
Metamora Township, al)ont three and one-lialf 
miles southeast of the city. It is approached by 
an avenue of beautiful soft maples. Kiverdale 
embraces two hundred and two choice .acres of 
land, mostly improved and under a high state of 
cultivation as to irrigation and systematic drain- 
age. * * Flint River flows tiirough the westerly 
portion of the farm and affords convenient water- 
ing facilities for the stock. The buildings are 
convenient and substantial and include four large 
barn with underground apartments. The premises 
are all fenced in the best possible manner. * * 
The live stock at Riverdale embraces thirty-seven 
head of full-blood registered Hereford cattle, 
headed by Young Duke, a fine bull, weighing 
twenty-four hundred pounds and which was im- 
ported by Dr. Stone in 1886. In this herd four 
animals were imported at the same time, including 
besides Young Duke, three heifers, Cynthia 2d, 
Melody 10th, and Melody 2d, each cow now hav- 
ing fine calves b.v her side. From this importation 
Dr. Stone has bred some of the finest stock in 
Michigan, unequalled by any ^een at the Detroit 
Exposition. Among the favorites are Lucy, Nellie 
and Rosilla, wiiose calves are the very limit of 
perfection. Harr\-, the three-year-old bull, is also 
a beauty worthy of note. In sheep, the Doctor 
has a distinguished flock of Merinoes, thorough- 
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Acme, a ^SodO-aiiinial wliicli lecoiitty slii'aied fort.v- 
one and three-fourths pounds of wool, tlie lieavicst 
fleec-e of wool on record. The Doctor'.* entire 
flock average thirteen pounds of choice-waslied 
wool to the sheep each year. In hoi-se.s the Doc- 
tor runs mostly to the I'ercheron variety. of which 
he has thirteen head, including- a fine pair of 
mares recently purchased from W. H. Louks, also 
four very tine colts bred at Riverdale and some 
superior Cleveland Hay colts. Tlie Doctor owns 
two fine farms in this vicinity and makes a trip to 
see them occasi(mally." Tlie Doct<^)r still owns and 
operates this valuable farm. 

Our subject came to Hay City .Juue 1. I?<8'.», in 
order to get a pleasanter field of work and to limit 
it. He soon found his hands full, however. He 
purch.ased an elegant residence at the comer of 
Center and Johnson Streets, and ha.s opened an 
oHicc on the same block, his place comprising four 
lots. Our subject is interested in some of the 
financial and real-estate business of the city, but 
this is se.'ondary. as he gives his attention almost 
entirely to his profession, from which he h.is do- 
rived a heavy income. 

Dr. Stone wiis married .March 21. 1877, to Miss 
Frances Klizabeth, daughter of H. Griswold, an 
old resident and prominent citizen of Bay City. 
Krom this union h.is been born two children, whose 
names are Anna R. and .\lbert F. .Socially, he of 
whom we write is a Mason, belonging to the La- 
peer Lodge, Xo. 54. He is a member of the State 
Medical S(x-iety of Bay County, also of the Sagi- 
naw Valley and of other ajssociations pertaining 
to his profession. Politically he is a Republican, 
but in no sense n ])<ihlician. 



lS^^jHOMAS H. (;()( )1)MA.\. M. 1). This highly 
///^ esteemed and able professional gentleman 
\^' was born in Hamilton, Ontario, August 4, 
1X4(1, and is a son of .lames and F.llen (Wright) 
(ioodnian. The former is of English birth and 
came from the County of Norfolk, and the latter 
was born in Wales. They came to America after 
marriage, about the year 1832. During the Patriot 



War the father was a (Juarterm.aster in the Cana- 
dian forces at Hamilton, and he died in Detroit in 
1888, at the age of eighty-three. He had lost his 
wife the year previous, when she was about eighty- 
two yeai-s old. and their home had lieen in Michi- 
gan since 18(>{). 

Our subject received only a common-school edu- 
cation, and his home during his youth was at vari- 
ous places in Canada. In 18()1 he came to Port 
Huron, where his father and brother Robert were 
engaged in the manufacture of wagons for a year 
'and a half at Lake Port. In 1863 this young man 
enlisted in Company B. Eleventh Michigan Cav- 
alry as Regimental Wagonmaster. During the 
winter of 1863 the regiment was in Kentucky and 
during the summer of 1864 they went on various 
raids in the attempt to capture .John Morgan. 

Mr. Goodman had charge of from thirty to forty 
teams to which he gave his perstmal attention and 
saw many hard times, fording streams and under- 
going hardships and privations. He received a 
.severe injury which somewhat incapacitated him 
from manual labor, and soon after, in the fall of 
1864 he was appointed hospital steward; and 
served in that capacity until the close of the war. 
He had a fair knowledge of medicine which made 
him very useful in that work. 

The experience which young Goodman had had 
in the hospital imparted to him a new impulse to- 
ward the profession of medicine, and he at once 
devoted himself to his studies, taking a course in 
the Eclectic .School of Medicine at Cincinnati, from 
which he was graduated in 1866. He spent one 
year in traveling and then 0])ened his professional 
career at Lapeer in 1869. It was in the fall of 1883 
that he came to Saginaw, and in the meanwhile 
had spent two years in traveling. .Tust before 
coming to this city the Doctor took a clinical 
course at Detroit and pays special attenti<m to 
lung troubles and the diseases of women. 

The political views of the Doctor are in accord- 
ance with the doctrines of the Democratic party, 
but he is no politician. While living in Port Huron 
he was a member of the School Board, and he is a 
member of the Knights of the Maccabees. He was 
married March 14, 1866, .at Port Huron to Eveline 
Waterman and they have one adopted child 




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Charlie T., a lioy of seventeen, who is a student of 
tiie International College at Saginaw and whom 
they adopted when he was three years old. The 
Doctor has great magnetic power and has effected 
some wonderful cures. He is President of the So- 
ciety of Spiritualists at Saginaw, and Mrs. Cood- 
man, who is a medium, is frequently con-sulted on 
matters of importance. 



/^\^ F. W. BEUTEL. There is perhaps no more 
(I p comfortable home to be found within West 
^^f' Bay City than the beautiful residence at 
No. 903 Washington Street, which is the abode of 
this gentleman and his family. Not only is the 
exterior pleasant to look upon, but the interior 
reflects the refined tastes of the inmates, and in- 
dicates the careful oversight of the housewife. A 
[Hominenl position in the social circles of the city 
is occupied by ISIr. Beutel and his estimable wife, 
who have resided in the Saginaw Valley since the 
spring of 1858 and during the period of their 
residence here have become well known as people 
of great generosity of disposition and nf)bility of 
character. 

Mr. Beutel was born March 2, 1823, in Prenzlow, 
Prussia, and is the son of .Jacob and Louisa 
(Stranfild) Beutel, both natives of the same coun- 
try as their son. The father was a farmer there 
and a consistent member of the Lutheran Church, 
lie died at the age of fifty-six years, while his wife 
l^assed from earth when about sixty-nine years old. 
Our subject was one of a family of six children, 
(two daughters and four sons) and after receiving 
an excellent common-school education he was ap- 
prenticed to learn the trade of a weaver. At the 
expiration of his apprenticeship, which lasted four 
}ears, he traveled as a journeyman weaver in 
various portions of (iermany, and the superior 
(luality of iiis work brought it constantly into 
demand. 

The marriage of Mr. Beutel and Miss Augusta 

Wolf took place in 1847, in Schapow. Mrs. Beutel 

is the daughter of Frederick Wolf, a shoemaker b}- 

trade, who was cripped by injuries received while 

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serving in the (icrnuui army during the Xaitolcon 
Bonai)arte wars. Her mother bore the maiden 
name of Rebecca Angel, and was like her husband, 
a native of Schapow. Eight years after their mar- 
liage Mr. and Mrs. Beutel, having resolved upon 
coming to the United States in the hope that here 
they might better their fortune, left Ilambvirg in 
the "Zuba," a sailing vessel, in April, 18.56, and 
after a stormy voyage of nearly seven weeks and 
a narrow escape from shipwreck, finally landed in 
New Vork, whence they came West to Michigan 
and settled in New Baltimore. 

In that city Mr. Beutel found employment in 
the lumber mills until the spring of 1858, when he 
removed to Baj- Cit_\-, coming on the '• Forest 
f^ueen" on itsflrst trip on the St. Clair flats. During 
the night the boat ran up against the right bank and 
the vessel was so injured that it was compelled 
to go hack to Detroit. Another boat, the "Forester," 
was there secured and the trip successfully made. 
After remaining two 3'(!ars in Bay City, Mr. Beutel 
removed to Banks, which was then (ujVered with a 
dense forest growtli and contained a few saw-mills. 
He secured employment in Riplej''s mill-in piling 
lumber and packing salt, continuing in that way 
until 18(59 when he ceased from that work to en- 
gage as a fisher. 

At that time Mr. Beutel purchased one hundred 
and eighty-eight acres of land near Quanicassee, 
extending one and one-half miles on the bay, and 
there he has since engaged in fishing. Success has 
crowned his efiorts and he finds a convenient 
market for the sale of all the fish he can obtain. 
He is a devoted patriot and no native-born citizen 
of the United States holds the Government in 
higher esteem than he. He announced his inten- 
tion of becoming an American citizen as soon as 
he landed and took out his naturalization papers 
in 1856 at Mt. Clemens, Macomb County, at the 
earliest possible moment. He voted for Abraham 
Lincoln for President in 1860 and has continued 
to vote the Republican ticket to the present time. 
Mr. and Mrs. Beutel are the parents of eight 
children, of whom the following is noted: August 
1-"., a fisherman, is represented by a sketch in an- 
other portion of this volume; Albert is engaged in 
fishing and farming near Quanicassee; Robert is a 



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wholesale dealer in lisli: Amelia i< at lioine; Minnie, 
now Mrs. .Ionian, resides in 15ay City; Tinnie C., 
Mrs. William C. Loose, died in November, 1886; 
Heitiia, who is the wife of Arthur T. Colvin, 
makes her home in Hay City; Lena remains under 
the parental roof. Mr. Heutel together with the 
memliers of his family adiieres to the doctrines of 
the Lutheran Church and contriliutes liberally to 
the support thereof. In his social relations he is 
identified with the Arbeiter Society, and is pro- 
minent among liis fellow-citizens as a genial, 
whole-souled companion and an enterprising busi- 
ness man. 

The attention of tlie reader is invited to tiie 
lithographic portrait of Mr. Heutel presented in 
this connection. 



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<il IWLLIAM A. SIMONS, of the tirni of L. M. 
\/\//i Simons it Co., was ijorn in Westminster, 
W^ Canada, April 17, 1833, and is tiie son of 
Anson and I-aviiia (McMillan) Simons. He was 
educated in Lexington, Sanilac County, tliis State, 
Lansing and Kusli. and I'cmained with his father 
until he was twenty-two years of age. In IS;");") 
he came to Saginaw City and worked with Mr. 
.lerome and afterwards with the Moores, near the 
mouth of Sjiginaw River, in the lumber trade, and 
from that point returned to Hush, where he mar- 
ried Miss .\melia L. Andrews, on the 20th of 
February, 1H(!1. This lady's father was one of the 
first farmers of (lenesee County, having removed 
there in the early days from Sanilac, N. Y., and 
her mother was a Miss Peck of New York. 

Our subject remained in Michigan until liis en- 
listment, August '.I, 18(;2, alxnit .six months after 
his marriage, in Company K, Fourth Michigan 
Cavalry. lie was sent at once to New Albany, 
Ind., and in OcUjber took part in that terrible 
forced marcii from J^ouisville, Ky., through Perrv- 
ville, where they had a conflict, to Lebanon. This 
first marcii of twelve days and nights terribl}- dec- 
imated those untried troops and this young man 
u])on reaching Lebanon was ))laced in Hospital No. 
1, and afterward returned to New Albany, where 



lie spent six months. He finally joined his regi- 
ment at Murfreesboro, but after two months was 
again taken sick and went into the hospital. When 
able to leave there he was sent to the convalescent 
camp at Louisville, and was for a time in the field 
hospital there, and then in .St. 'Mary's Hospital at 
Detroit. 

After enjoying a furlough at home, the young 
soldier was detailed under Capt. J. M. Blair as 
Orderly. and was with the'Commissaiy Department 
during the remainder of his term of service, going 
in that capacity as far as Atlanta, and being mus- 
tered out of service June 30, 1865. He then en- 
gaged in liusiness at Perry Center in partnership 
with his brother, and afterward with B. F. Simon, 
at Williamstown, where he became resident partner 
and manager, continuing there for ten j-ears. He 
was one of the first Trustees of that village and 
was twice on the Council, besides being a member 
of the Building Committee when the fine school- 
house was built and also chairman of the com- 
mittee which conducted the building of the Con- 
gregational Church. 

In 1881 Mr. Simons dissolved partnershij) with 
his brother and removed to Vanderbilt, Otsego 
County, where with his wife he purchased the 
north half of the village plat and made two addi- 
tions which are known as Simons' additions, and 
he engaged in the sale of these lots and also in 
lumbering, helping to build up the town to the 
position which it now occupies. They removed to 
Bay City in 1885, .and he then engaged in the 
partnership where we find him to-day. 

Our suliject has never been active in politics, al- 
though he votes the Republican ticket, .as does also 
:his brother. He was one of five brothers who 
saw hard service during the Civil War, and al- 
though never wounded his health w.as permanently 
injured. Upon the march he had charge of 
from fifty to five hundred contrabands and on the 
inarch between Marietta and Atlanta he had 
chaige of a railroad engine just after the road had 
been torn up and he had orders to get through as 
quickly as possible. He gave his orders to his en- 
gineer who carried the train through at the rate of 
a mile a minute and at the end of this short but 
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engineer in a state of thorough intoxication. 
There was probably no more perilous ride taken 
during the wh(^le war. This gentleman is a mem- 
ber of the Ancient Order of United Worlvmen. 
He has three son.s: Frank I\I., Herbert L., and 
Carl U.; the first is in business and the younger 
ones are at school. 



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^ OHX BOSTON, who is one of the most pop- 
ular young men in West Bay City and has 
^^\ great political strength in the Democratic 
^^^ party, is now President of the Board of 
Aldermen. He has resided in this city since 1873, 
and is foreman of the wood department of F. VV. 
Wheeler's ship-yard, being a fine mechanic and 
a master ship carpenter. 

Mr. Boston was born in Detroit, February- 9, 
1859, where his grandfather was an early settler 
and his father, Theophilus, was born. The grand- 
father was a Canadian, and his wife, Susan Mettir, 
was boin in Detroit, and died in 1890, at the age 
of eighty-seven. The mother of our subject, Phil- 
omene Lacasse, was born in Montreal, and now le- 
sides in West Bay City. Theophilus Boston was 
Superintendent and manager of the ship company 
of James M. ISalentine until his death, in 1873. 
He was a devout member of the Catholic Church 
and a stanch Repul)lican. 

Our subject attended the schools of Detroit until 
he was fourteen years of age and then worked at 
the ship carpenter's trade some in Detroit. In 
August, 1873, he came to West Bay City and went 
to work in the ship yards here under Mr. Wheeler. 
He also went sailing and made several trips upon 
the lakes, being on the propeller "iVntelupe" for 
two seasons and then was mate on the tow barge 
"Matilda." In 1888 he became foreman under 
G. F. Williams, in liuilding the "Sitka," a vessel of 
two hundred and ninety feet in length now doing 
regular work upon the lakes, and he afterward 
supervised the liuilding of the "Tom Adams," the 
"William V. Moran," the "Fedora," the "Red 
Fern," the "Olive .Janet," and is now superintend- 
ing the construction of "Number Eighty-eight," 



which is three hundred and twenty feet kmg and 
is one of the largest boats ever built in Bay City. 

Mr. Boston was married in AN'cst Bay City, 
November 26, 1H79, to Miss Margaret Ilelsline, a 
native of Monroe, Mich. Their live children are: 
Natalie, Albert, Beulah. Amniic. and Emma. Mr. 
Boston is a charter member f>r the order of the 
Knights of Pythias and also of the Knights of tlie 
Maccabees, and is an official member of the An- 
cient Order of United Workmen. 

The political convictions of our subject have 
brought him into alliance witli the Democratic 
party and he has been a frequent delegate to county 
conventions and Chairman of the Ward Com- 
mittee. He is also a member of the city com- 
mitttee, and in 1887 was nominated for Alderman 
of the Second Ward, to which ofllee he has been 
twice elected. He is now Presideit of the Board, 
and Chairman of the Committee on Ways and 
Means, besides being a member of various other 
committees. While Chairman of the Fire Depart- 
ment Committee he was instrumental in getting 
new appliances which were much needed. He is 
in every way a helper in the upbuilding of the citv 
and all public enterprises. He was a member of 
the Council prior to the adoption of a system of 
sewerage, and was largely instrumental in bringing 
about that important improvement. 









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^^ HARLES SCHLICKUM. Among the (^cr- 
l( man citizens who are douig good woik in 

^>^' Blumfleld Townshij), Saginaw County, is 
the above-named gentleman, who is well known as 
the popular Supervisor of his township. His farm 
may be found upon section 22, where it has been 
made valuable by the many improvements which 
he has placed upon it. Mr. Schlickum was 
born in Prussia, December 2.5, 1849. He was 
brought to America by his parents when he was a 
child of four years, they makinsj- settlement first in 
Blumfleld Township, but afterward removed to 
Detroit only to return, however, to l>lumfield 
Township, where the father died in 1869. 

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a native of Pni!<.sia, who followed tlu' occupa- 
tion of an artist; his mother was Augusta Pil- 
gram, also a native of Prussia. Our subject 
received his education chiefly in Blumfield Towu- 
shij), at the same time receivluff instruction regard- 
ing duties upon the farm, his father being his 
teacher in this branch. The original of this sketch 
has always followed the life of an agriculturist 
and has been fairly successful therein. 

Our subject has fulfilled all the duties of a good 
citizen with the exeei)tion of never having taken 
inito himself a wife and heljimate. 

His fellow-townsmen have manifested their con- 
fidence in him by conferring upon him the otflces 
of Towusliij) Clerk, which he held for ten years; 
School Director, which he held several years; and 
in the spring of IHild was elected to be Supervisor. 
So well did he fulfill the duties of this position 
that he was re-elected in the spring of 18!) 1. He 
has taken an active part in all local affairs that 
have for an ol)ject the betterment of the community 
in which he lives. In politics he is a Republican 
and is an earnest worker for that party on any and 
all occasions. He is a member of the Knights of 
the Maccabees, and is numbered among the most 
honored and highly respected members of society 
in Blumfield Township. 




HARLES L. BlXtJllA.M. Most of the Jus- 
tice cases that are lirought up for settlement 
in the village of Pinconning are tried be- 
fore the gentleman whose name heads this sketch. 
He first came to this place in 1881, and the fiillow- 
ing February he removed his family here. He 
was born in the County of Wentworth, Province 
of Ontario, Canada, July 12, 183:5, and is a son of 
Gustavus C. and Sarah (Olmstead) ]5inghani, na- 
tives of Bennington, Vt., and Hartford, Conn., re- 
spectively. 

Our subject's father was an architect by profes- 
sion, but on going to Canada, became engaged in 
the lumber business on the Grand River. Later 
he settled down as a farmer in the ctunity of Ox- 
ford, and thence removed to the county of Norfolk, 



where he died in October, 1879. His wife passed 
away from this life after her son had removed to 
Pinconning, and while she was .an inmate of his 
family, her decease occurring in May, 1884. Our 
subject's paternal grandparents were Alfred and 
Deborah (Ticknor), natives of 'Vermontand Massa- 
chusetts respectively. The former was a mechanic 
and found his hands full in filling the mouths and 
clothing the bodies of his ten children. Mr. Bing- 
ham's maternal grandparents were Ashbel and 
Hannah Olmstead, the former a native of Hart- 
ford. Conn., born of English descent. He was a 
soldier in the Revolutionarj^ War, and a farmer by 
calling. His family comi)rised eight children. 

Our subject is one of two children born to his 
parents. His elder brother, George W., is a phy- 
sician and surgeon now located in Waterloo, Can- 
ada. Charles L. was educated at the common 
schools of Norwichville and the grammar school of 
Woodstock, the county seat of Oxford, Canada, and 
finished at Fredonia College, Fredonia, N. Y. On 
completing his education he was engaged in teach- 
ing for two winters in Canada, in Oxford and Nor- 
folk Counties respectively. Later he was interested 
in the foundry business in the village of Norwich- 
ville. Oxford County. Canada, and for eight years 
employed ten men. He then sold his business and 
purchased a farm at Port Royal, Norfolk County, 
residing on the same until he came here. The 
place comprised one hundred acres, and was as at- 
tractive as natural advantages and careful cultiva- 
tion could make it. 

While living in Norfolk County, Canada, Mr. 
Bingham was Justice of the Peace foi twenty-two 
years, and for five years was in the civil service as 
overseer of the fisheries. After coming to Pincon- 
ning he accepted a position on the railroad, which 
he kept for six months and then was for one sea- 
.son in the Big Mill at this place. At the end of 
that time he began taking contracts for building 
in the village, and in 1885 was elected Justice, 
which position he has since held. Besides this he 
has served as Village Clerk and a member of the 
Township Board of Pinconning. The principles 
of Denyjcraey are those most dear to Mr. Bing- 
ham. Socially he is a Mason. 

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Mills, of Kentville, Canadti, and the union was 
blessed by the advent of two children, Mary .1. and 
Fanny. Mrs. Fanny Kinghani died in July, 1857. 
Two years later Mr. Bingham married IMiss Helen 
M. Hough, of Port Royal, County Norfolk, Can- 
ada. Two children resulted from llii- nnn-lagi'. 
Inez Z. and Charles K. On .lunc 21. ls;)l. the 
family was called upon to mourn the loss nl' {\w 
devoted wife and mother, who tlien passed from 
earth. She wa^ a lady of refinement, and was uni- 
versally esteemed. J[r Bingham has both hisofflce 
and dwelling on Second Street, and owns besides 
consideraljle village property. 




ORRIS C. L. KITCHEN, M. D. This pros- 
perous and highly esteemed physician of 
Saginaw has his office in the Seligman 
Tower Block and has established a reputa- 
tion and a practice here which is truly a credit, not 
only to himself, but to the profession. He was born 
October 7, 1841, in Ontario, Canada, and is thus 
one of the thousands who have made a place for 
themselves in IMichigan, and have proved the 
splendid qualities of the Canadian men. 

The earlier years of this professional man were 
passed on a farm, and his higher education was re- 
ceived in the Baptist Literary Institute at Wood- 
stock and at tweut\- years he began to teach. He 
was of a mathematical turn of mind and liecame an 
enthusiast and an expert in that line of study. 
From 1862 to 186;i he devoted himself to teaching 
and farming, spending' live \'ears in the schoolroom 
at the teacher's desk, and in the meantime taking a 
course in the British American Commercial College, 
from which he was graduated in 1804. His teach- 
ing was in the country and village schools, and he 
had excellent success but it did not satisfy his am- 
bition and he souglit further advantages. During 
the _years 186,5-66 he took a course in the Law 
Department of the Michigan University at Ann 
Arbor, and from 1869 to 1877 he devoted himself to 
farming in Canada, and the following spring came 
to Saginaw. 

The young man had studied medicine and had 



been connected with his brother, .Samuel Kitchen, 
as a medical student, and took a course in the de- 
pirtment of medicine and surgery at the University 
of Michigan, being graduated in the Class of '80. 
Immediately after his graduati(m the young Doc- 
tor opened an otHce and has since been in .active 
practice. Tiiosevvho seek his counsel are among 
the best citizens of the city and country, and he is 
a well-known and i-espected member of the Sagi- 
naw \'alley Medical Club. 

Dr. Kitchen became a Mason at (uimsby, Onta- 
rio, in 1865, and he is a member of the Chapter 
and Council at Saginaw. and has been an officer in 
both, and also in the Qrand Chapter and Grand 
Council. He is likewise Past Chancellor at present 
in Lodge No. 10, K. of P.. and Past Captain of the 
Division of the Uniformed Rank. He is a Kei)ub- 
lican in his political views but has never devoted 
himself to polities .as he is too busy a man to give 
the time and thought to public affairs. 

Our subject w.as married, January 26, 1887, at 
Burford, Ontario, to ]Mr.s. Charlotte McWilliams, a 
native of Ontario, whose maiden name was Smith. 
She has a beautiful and talented daughter, Edith, 
a girl of some sixteen years, who is now in the tenth 
grade in the High School, and is possessed of true 
musical talent, giving jjromise of l>eing a fine per- 
former u[)on the piano. The home of this family, 
which is situated at No. 410 Johnson Street, is at- 
tractive in both exterior and interior and forms a 
pleasant center of social life. The members of the 
household are connected with the Episcopal Church 
in which they exert an influence for good. 



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■^lOHN LEIDLEIN is probably one of the 
best-known men in Saginaw County, 
being at the i)resent time Supervisor of 
Buena Vista Township. Although in the 
meridian of life, our subject was to the ''manor 
born" of the agricultural fraternity. He is a native 
of Buena ^'ista Township, having l)een born here 
Septembers, 1864. He was educated in the schools 
of Saginaw ( ounty and remained on the farm with 
his parents until his marriage. 



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Tlie fsitlicr of our wortliy subject is |^Micli.iel entious meniher of the Lutheran Church. ^Ir. 
Leidlciu.who was born in I'olzin.ircn. Kreis Mittol- Leidlein is in prosperous cirfumstiiucos and knows 
franken, Havana, Oorniany, .lunc 1."). 1H27. Tlie how to enjoy life. He is a gentleman whose char- 
mother of our subject was Dorothea (Meyer) Leid- acter and abilities give hini the respect of the com- 
leiu. The parents were old settlers of Saginaw 



County. .V full sketch of Ihe parental family of 
our subject may be fount! on another page in this 
volume. Mr. Leidlien.of whom we write, was mar- 
ried to Miss Anna M. Meyer, a native of Klumtield 
Townsiiip. Saginaw (unity. ^Irs. Leidlein is a very 
estimable lady and numbers her friends by the 
score among the best people of the county. After 
their marriage our subject and his wife located in 
IJuena Vista Township, near his father's residence 
and at the [jiescnt he is engaged with his father in 
carrying on extensive farming operations. They 
cultivate three hnndicd and twenty acres of land, 
all of which is nndei- the most excellent tillage and 
bears all the modern conveniences and inii)rove- 
ments which are to be found on a first-cla.ss estate. 
Mr. and Mrs. Leidlein have been the parents of 
three children — Oreii M., Clarence C. and George 
C. Clarence C. died in infancy; (ieoige C. is de- 
ceased. Our subject was appointed to the office 
of Supervisor of Uuena N'ista Township in Decem- 
ber. IM'.Ml. and so adiniiablv diil he discharge the 



munity and his enterprise and progressive ideas 
place him in the front rank among his fellow- 
townsinen. 



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5)ILLIAM H. MUNSHAW is the Superin- 
tendent of the West Bay City Electric 
Street Railway Company, which position 
he has held ever since the road has been in opera- 
tion. Mr. Munshaw was born in Canada, his birth 
having taken place September 9, 1847, at Richmond 
Hill, just north of Toronto. His parents weie 
.Lacob and Elizabeth (Ilosiel) Munshnw, farmers in 
Canada. 

In IH.');') our subject's father determined to come 
to the States, and made his lirst location in Detroit 
and afterward in Shiawassee County, where he was 
engagid for a number of years as foreman of the 



Detroit, ( Irand Haven c^' .Milwaukee Railroad. He 

duties of that position tliMt in thcspriiig following ; passed from this life at Midland, A])ril (i. l^<Hlt. 
he was elected t<i the same position. Mr. Leidlein He was public-spirited and liberal in giving to 
has held nuiiiy ri'spoiisiblc positions and his inlel- all worthy enterprises and was much looked up to 



ligcnt .•idruinislintioii wliilc holding these positions, 
together with his honesty and integrity f)f purpose, 
have given him that sl.-uiding ani<»ng men which he 
so lichly deserves. In addition to the offices already 
mentioned, our subject has been Deputy Towiishi|) 
Treasuier for two years, , and Township Clerk for 
the >ame length of time. \\ the i)i-esenl lime he 
is Secretary of the Fnr-iner's Insui'.niee ( '(iiiip:iii \- 
of .Saginaw County, being elected to thai dllice in 
IJ^.S?: he is at present Secretary, and one of the 
heaviest stockholders of the I'lank Hoad Com])an\. 
lie has been Secietarv for live years. 

Oui- .-iibjeet takes an acti\e part in jjolit- 
ical aft'aiis .and always casts his vote and inllu- 
ence with tlu' Democratic party. Socialh', he be- 
longs to the Knight-; of the .Maccabees, the Patrons 
of luduslry and- the I''armeis' Club of .S.aajnaw 
County. Religiously, he is an active and con.sci- 



liy his fellow-eitizens. 

William Munshaw received his education mainly 
in ^■ern(nl. Shiawassee County, this State, and 
upon the breaking out Of the Civil W'ar, enlisted 
on the side of the I'liion in Company F, United 
Slates Lancers, being mustered into service, but 
the regiment did not go to the front and in May, 
IS(i2. it was disb.anded and our subject returned 
home. 'I'hat was May 22, 18t)2, and .lanuary 2(5, 
l.sdl. he again I'nlisted. this time joining Company 
II, Fifth Michigan Infantry, and joined the Third 
Corps of the Army of the Potomac. He ff)uglit 
under (Jen. Hancock, and was in many of the hard- 
fought battles in which his company p.articipated. 
He was taken prisoner at the battle of the Wilder- 
ness and held ill Libby Frison. He was thence 
taken to Andersonville, (Ja., and remained in that 
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taken to Florence, N. C, and was recaptured by 
the Union Army, P^ebruary 22, I860, and received 
an honorable discharsfe May 23, that year. 

On liis return from the army Mr. JIun.shnw 
came to Shiawassee County and located on a farm 
in Vernon Townsliip, but only remained upon it 
for a short time when lie was employed on tlie 
Detroit, Grand Haven tV Milwaukee Railroad as a 
porter. He remained with tlial road until l!S6i», 
when lie came to Hay City and engaged with the 
Michigan Central, working his way u\> from luake- 
man to freight conductor. He remained in the 
employ of that road until October, 1889, when he 
resigned and accepted the position he now occu- 
pies as Superintendent of the Street Railway of 
Bay City. 

Mr. JIunshaw was married to Miss Catharine 
Peck, of Shiawassee County, the ceremony lieing 
performed Januarj' 28, 1864. Of that union has 
been born one child, a son, Edward. By a second 
marriage, January 2, 1877, toMiss.Tennie Waite, of 
Memphis, Mich., our subject became the parent of 
a son named Frederick. The son Edward is now 
residing in Midland, this State. Although in no 
sense of the word a politician, Mr. Munshaw has 
received the appointment of lighthouse keeper 
at the mouth of the Saginaw River, holding the 
position for two years. Mr. Munshaw is courteous 
and considerate in his business dealings and his 
reputation in every respect is most excellent. 









¥"" ILLIAM A. CRANE is one of the promi- 
nent farmers of Tittahawassee Township, 
Saginaw County, and resides on section 24, 
where he owns one hundred and eighty-eight acres 
of finely improved land and has one of the finest 
brick residences in Saginaw County. This was 
erected by him in 1876, and he also has here all 
necessary outbuildings in a neat and suitable con- 
dition. 

Our subject is the son of Obadiali and Maiy 
(Chichester) Crane, and the grandson of Zebina 
Ciane, all of whom were natives of the State of 
New York. Obadiah Crane came to Michigan in 



1831, and at once located in Saginaw County, 
where his' son William was born May 8, 183.5. 
Here he was reared on a farm until the year 1843, 
when the family removed to Oakland County, and 
made their home there until the death of the fa- 
ther in 1876. 

The ))oy had been made motherless in 1846, 
wlieii he was only eleven years old, and he suffered 
disadvantages by means of his orphanage but his 
studious and quiet disposition warded off many 
evils which might otherwise have come to him. 
lie had no educational advantages except what 
could be obtained in the district school, but he 
availed himself of these so thoroughly as to pre- 
pare himself for the vocation of a teacher, which 
work he began at the age of eighteen and pursued 
it for thirt_v-tive years. 

In April, 18o7, our subject was happily married 
to Sarah E., daughter of Erastus and Lura (Grif- 
fin) Purchase. Both parents and daughter were 
born in Ontario ('ounty, N. Y., and Mrs. Crane's 
natal day was November 12, 1841. She has become 
the mother of seven children. The eldest is Will- 
iam E., who was born March 14, 1858, and is now 
a prominent lawyer in Saginaw, and is married to 
Miss Ada Tremper; the second son is Riley L., 
who was born October 26, 1860, and married Clara 
Dupruts. He resides at .Saginaw and belongs to 
the law firm of Crane & Crane; Hiram A. was born 
February 14, 1866, and marrried Lucy Steckert. 
He is a contractor and railroad and bridge builder 
as well as lumberman and makes his home in Bay 
City; Mary Alice was born .July 30, 186!), and 
after teaching for a number of years married 
Myron T. Dodge, the Secretary of the Board 
of Education; Milo A., who was born ,7an- 
uary 21, 1874, is now in the junior class of the 
Saginaw High School; Franklin B. A. and Lnra 
Ethel are still beneath the parental roof and attend 
tlie district .school. The former was born April 6, 
1876, and the latter May 13, 1885. 

Mr. Crane, who located here in 1861, remembers 
when this region was all a wilderness, without 
roads, schools or churches. He has ever been in- 
terested in school matters and has acted as Super- 
intendent, and although he has never been an 
aspirant for office he has filled a number of posi- 



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tions of trust and refuponsibility and is now Direc- 
tor for his district. He was at one time employed 
In- tlie Lansing Insurance Company of Lansing, 
and at another time by the Home Insurance Com- 
pany of New York as a salaried officer. In his 
political views he is a I{ei)ul)lican. and has been 
since the formation of that party. Tlie members 
of his family are connected with the .Methodist 
Kpiseo|)al Church and in its communion and inter- 
ests tiiey find broad (>i)enins:s for usefulness. 



Tll.VN (i. ALLEN. This well-known farme i 
residing on section 21, TittabawasseeTown- 

ship. Sasjinaw Cn\inty. is the owner of sixty- 
five acres of fine land, lie is the son of Ethan and 
Catherine (Hubbard) .Vllen. who were natives of 
N'ermont and Connecticut. res|)ectively. but who 
renuived to New York State before their marriage. 
It was in Chautaucnia County, N. Y.. that their 
son, Ethan (>.. was born, March H. f84t. and had 
his early training and e<Uication u|)on the farm 
and in the district schools, remaining iH'iieath the 
parental roof \nitil he reached the age of eighteen. 
When the Civil \V;ir broke out this youth, al- 
though only eighteen years old t'elt his [latriotic 
impulses call him to enlist beneath his country's 
banner, ami on the '.Mh of August, IM()2. he joined 
Company I-".. Tweiily-tliinI .Michig.MU lul'antry un- 
der Col. Chapin. This icgiment was attached to 
the Army of the ()liio .-ind Tennessee until the 
siege of .Vtlauta. when the I'egiment w.as sent fo 
Nashville umlei' (Jen. '-I'ap " Thomas, and partici- 
pated in the eugagenients at that point. lie tofik 
p:irt in .-ill the battles following that (if (hatta- 
nouga, under (Jen. Sherman, and wa- in tlu' Ten- 
nessee campaign under both Th<imasand IJurnside. 
but through :ill liiis time of conHict never received 
any serious injuiy. 

After tlu' national engagements this regimei.t 
was transported to Mt. Fisher by way of >Vashing- 
ton. I). C.. and then by steamer, and helped in 
fighting the battle at Anderson i>n the Cape Fear 
River. .After this engagiMuent he was taken, and 



being sent to the field hospital remained there un- 
til the close of the war. Having received his hon- 
orable discharge at Wilmington. N. C.. ^lay IS. 
I860, he returned to Michigan from which point 
he made a visit to New York State, spending a 
year there. Mr. Allen returned to Michigan, Feb- 
ruary 8, 1871. He was united in marriage with 
.Iosei)hine, daughter of Jefferson and Sarah (Wood) 
.laquith, who were pioneers of Tittabawassee Town- 
ship. They located in 1839 on the farm now owned 
b\- Mr. and Mrs. Allen, and during the early part 
of the '40s Mr. Jaquith was the Postmaster of 
Jay, Tittabawassee Township. 

There were nine children in the famih- in which 
our subject was brought up, and seven in his wife's 
family, but only two of them all survive. Mr. 
Allen's father resides m Wisconsin, and since the 
marriage of our subject and his wife they have 
made their home upon the farm where ISIrs. Allen 
was born and which her i)arents had redeemed 
from a wilderness, transforming it into a beautiful 
and |)roductive estate. 

The political predelictions of ^li-. Allen have 
brought him into alliance with the Republican 
party, and he has been active in township afiairs, 
having been Township Treasurer for three terms. 
He is a member of Dwight May Post, No. 69, 
(i. .\. R., of Midland, this State. Mrs. Alien is a 
member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, but 
she and her husband support the services of the 
Congregational Church. 



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,^^ Mini E. (4rSTlN. M. 1). Among the 
^^^ prominent physicians of Hay City, is the 
subject of this .sketch, who is recognized 
as a man of su|)erior attainments and one 
well calculated to add fresh laurels to the profes- 
sion to which he h.as devoted his time and talent. 
His practice is both extensive and lucrative and his 
patients honor and res])ect him. This gentleman 
is located on the corner of North Sheridan and 
Fitzgerald Streets, where he has his office and resi- 
dence and where he h.as been fov the past six }-ears. 
Dr. Gustin was born in London, Canada, August 



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1, 1863, to Eliphalet and Jennie (Finch) ftustin. 
He received his education at the Collegiate Insti- 
tute of London, alter wiiieli lie entered the McGill 
rniver!>itv at Montreal at the age of seventeen 
years, reinaiuing there four 3"ears when he gradu- 
ated and entered the Montreal Hospital as House 
Surgeon for one year and during a competitive 
examination he stood the highest of any of a large 
class. After about a year in this cni)acily he lo- 
cated in Bay City in March, 188(),and has worked 
up a large and lucrative practice in the north part 
of the town and doing most of the work in his 
vicinity. He also has a large amount of surgical 
work in the mills during the activity of the milling 
sea*on which he does tenderly and satisfactorilj' to 
all concerned. 

The subject of this *ketch is one of the leading 
members of the Bay County Medical Society and 
is also prominently identified with the .loppa 
Lodge. F. it A. J\L. the Indci)endent Order of Odd 
Fellows and the Ivnights of the Maccabees, in all of 
which his advice is sought. The marriage of Dr. 
(xustin was celebrated January 16, 1889, with Miss 
Maud Sage, a native of London, C.-iiiMda. 



*)I1()>LVS CAKXEY. The gentleman whose 
r//^ liiieanients are siiowii in the accomiiaii,\ing 
^^' [lortrait. was liorn at l.aiidspipit, England, 
outside of the walled town of Portsmouth, Decem- 
ber 15, 1815. and is a son of Richard and Charlotte 
(Cliubl)) Carney. In 182s he entered the British 
Navy wliere he served for six years. During that, 
time he served upon the-Wellesly." the "Asia" and 
the "Briton" frigate, the latter at that time the fast- 
est vessel in the British Xavy. lie still has in his 
po.ssession his parchment liearing recommendation 
from the British Navy for three years' service on 
the ]\[editerranean and three years on the Spanish 
Station. 

In consideratic:ii of his service our subject re- 
ceived one hundred acres of land in Barry, Canada, 
four miles from Lake Simcoe. He came to America 
in 1833, and during the following year was in the 



Navy. Later he was employed on the lakes, sailing 
from Detroit to Buffalo. In 1850 he came to Bay 
City moving his family here at the same time. 
Prior to that he had taken upon himself the duties 
and obligations of married life, his bride being 
Miss ]\Iary Roach of Canada. 

On becoming a lake sailor our subject first served 
before the mast, but finally became Captain, com- 
manding two different sailing vessels up to the 
breaking out of the Civil War. He was the first 
man who built on Washington Avenue and he also 
erected a comfortable house at the corner of Fifth 
Street and Washington Avenue, in 1850. That 
continued to be the family home until 1890, when, 
being offered a fair price for his property which 
had been improved l)v the addition of a store and 
two dwellings, he sold it and bought elsewhere. 
Since leaving the marine -service he has bought 
and sold consideralile real estate, and has made in 
the business enough money to support him in his 
old age. He h.as also had several State contracts, 
having had cju tracts on the Tuscola and State 
roads and also of the Au Salile road, and in years 
p.ast he cut the "Carney" road for the township of 
Hampton. 

Our subject bought considerable Inisiness prop- 
erty upon which he made many improvements. He 
possesses good judgment for the advance in price 
of property and has in this w.ay secured much land 
that has commanded the best of prices. He pur- 
chased the sash and blind factory of which he made 
his .son Thomas i)ropriet<n- and gave him the bene- 
fit of his experience and advice until it was Iwrned. 

Jlr. and Mrs. Carney became the parents of three 
sons and one daughter, Thomas, Richard, William 
and Fanny, all deceased. Thomas married Miss 
Margaret Carney. Their three children are all now 
grown and are responsible and respected citizens. 
Richard married Mi^* Ftta Chase and at his death 
left five children. Fanny became the wife of 
Reuben Smith. 

William married Laura Merritt and left two 
children at bis death. Mr. Carney has ten grand- 
children and the same number of descendants in 
the third generation. On account of his deafness 
he has been debarred from the iilea.-uie of listen- 
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the :M*'tb()di.-t Kpiscop.il Church. Mrs. Mary Car- 
ney died in 1H8;5, and later our .•;ul)jeft married 
Mrs. Margaret Elwellof Bay City. This hidy still 
.■survives and is her husband's genial companion. 
Mr. Carney has been a Democrat until within 
ten years, when he transferred his allegiance to the 
Prohibition [larty. For a time he served as Poor 
Master and was Health officer for ten years. April 
22. 1H76, Mr. Carney was the recipient of a hand- 
some gold headed ebony stick which bears tiie in- 
seription.-'Pre.sented to Thomas Carney by his many 
Democratic friends," and bearing the date. The 
presentation took place in tlie council chamber. 



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'<)HEOPIH LUSTRK.MHLK. Our subject, whose 
wood-turning estalilishment is located on 
the corner of Twelfth and Adams Streets, 
and who is there carrying on a successful business, 
is liiniself endowed with something more than tiie 
oidinary degree of talent and may well l)e called a 
genius. He was born in Buffalo, N. Y., .September 
17. 18.5!), and is a son of Peter and Mary Jane 
(dreen) Tremlile. The former was born in Lasheiui, 
Canada, nine miles from Montreal. His father, 
Roger Tremble, who was a farmer there, was of 
Krench descent. I'eter Tremble w.as by profession 
a sub-marine diver, having learned the bu.siuess at 
the age of fourteen years from .lohn B. (Irecn of 
ButTalo. 

He engaged as a professional diver until 1878, 
when he i-etired from that business and took up 
farming, but before tinall^- giving up liis profes- 
sion he dove at CJreen Bay, Long Point, I'resque 
Isle Point and in Buffalo, also at Silver Key Banks, 
and became noted for his fearlessness and success 
in his work. He went to the deptli of one hun- 
dred and eight feet under water and remained 
there from an hour to an hour and a half. He 
now resi<les in South Bay City, on the corner 
of Thirty-third and Kitchard Streets. He is a 
member of the Methodist Ei)iscopal Church. 

Our subject's mother was born in Oswego, N. V. 
Her father was a Canadian but died in Cleveland, 
Ohio. Mrs. Mary .J. Tremble died in Bay Cit\ . 



April 13, 189 L Of a family of seventeen chil- 
dren, sixteen lived to be grown, and are still sur- 
viving. Of these, our subject is the eldest. He 
was reared in Towanda, N. Y., and as a lad at- 
tended the public schools and also the High School 
there and at Brockport. October 10, 1875, he was 
apprenticed to learn the trade of wood turning, 
and served for three years at Brockport with John 
Smith, so that be became a practical and skillful 
workman. Thence he went to Albion, N. Y., 
where he engaged as a journeyman for four 
years. He was then in New \''ork City and 
other eastern points until the spring of 1885, when 
he came to Bay City and started in business for 
himself. 

Mr. Tremble secured his preseiit site and fitted 
it up with a complete set of machinery for wood- 
turning and hand work, so that he has now a per- 
fectly eipiipped establishment for making the finest 
drill as well as the more common turnings used in 
housebuilding. His work is much appreciated 
here and he h.as been successful. Mr. Tremble 
invented and patented the useful article known 
as the Tremble clothes bars or reels, and started 
manufacturing them. It is a most useful inno- 
\atioii in that much-dreaded portion of house- 
hold work that makes the first day of the week so 
un|)leasant. 

Socially our subji'ct belongs to Bay City Lodge, 
No. 101. I. o. (). F. In his political affiliation 
he is a Democrat, not accepting the policy by in- 
heritance or association, but as the result of his 
own balanced judgment. 

5§E()RGE :\1. SCHAEFEH. The honorable 
II <^i> S*^"tlcman whose name we have given above 
^^41 '>* !> retired blacksmith, residing in Frank- 
enmuth, .Saginaw County. He is one of the large 
foreign elements which has done so much for the 
social and industrial life of Michigan and is one of 
those worthy citizens who have made themselves 
honored and respected in the New World. Mr. 
Schaefer was born in Bavaria, Germany Septem- 
ber 4, 1817. He learned the trade of a blacksmith 



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from his honored father, and which occupation he 
followed in the Fatlierlan<l. 

In 1847, our .-subject determined to try his for- 
tune on American shores. He traveled from place 
to place until 1852 he decided to make a perma- 
nent settlement in Frankenmuth. and in tliis place 
he plied his trade until the spring' of 1886, when 
lie retired from active participation in liis business. 
His sons, liowever, having learned the trade from 
their father, were enabled to carry on the work 
successfull}'. 

Mr. Schaefer took to wife Miss Anna M. A\'all- 
raer, March. 1843. Their nuptials were celebrated 
in Bavaria, and Mrs. Schaefer died in Franken- 
muth. in 18.t2. She w.as born February, 1818, and 
was a lady much Ijeloved by all her acquaintances. 
yii: and Mrs. Schaefer became the parents of 
three children, namely: Christian A., Mary and 
Charles F. Mr. Schaefer was again married in 
Frankenmuth toMiss Maria M. Hoffman, tlieir mar- 
riage taking place November Ki, 1852. Of this 
union tliere have been born nine children, five of 
whom are now living and who bear the respective 
names of Rosina, Maria M., George A., (ieorge M., 
and Eva M. Four children died in infancy and 
childhood. 

Our subject has been honored by his fellow-towns- 
men with the offices of Township Supervisor, 
wiiicii jiosition he held for .seven years, and all the 
township (itliccs, with the exception of Township 
Treasurer. He was Notary Public for three terms. 
Mr. Schaefer is well kno\Mi in the county as favor- 
able to all good causes and pays generously for the 
support of institutions of religion and education, 
although he is not a memliei- of anv church. 



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J^l LEXANDFH Hl'SSELL. of the firm of 
i. @/LJ| l Russell Bros, it Co. is eng.'iged in carrying 
I& on a planing mill and the manufacture of 
moldings and box shooks. He was born 
in Ft. Covington. N. Y., .Tune 4, 1855, and his 
father. Francis 1.. was liorn in Canada, and was of 
French descent. The father was a laborer at 
different pursuits at Ft. Covington and Oswego, 




and later he returned to Canada where he died at 
the age of eighty-five years. The motlier. Caroline 
Emlock, was born in Canada and died in West 
Bay City in 1878 or 1871). 

Of their nine children of this family. Alexander 
was the tliird in order of age. lie attended the 
common schools at Ft. C<Jvington until he was ten 
years of age and then studied at Oswego, Init soon 
began work uiion tlie farm and could go to school 
only at night. During his first \eav of working 
for wages he received §5 a month, but after awhile 
was promoted to $15 a month. He found employ- 
ment in a cooper's shop and in a stave and head- 
ing mill, and worked on various jobs for eight 
vears. 

In 1877 our sul)ject came to AVest Bay City and 
undertook work for .lohn S. Taylor in the Drake 
mill .and lath factory, continuing there for two 
seasons, when his brother started a shingle mill 
and he worked for him for one summer and then 
became fireman in charge of one of the engines of 
Sage & Co. In 1886 his lirother started a box 
factory in Salzburg, and the following year the 
brothers together liuilt n mill at the corner of 
Washington and Fifth Streets, which they carried 
on until 1889 when they bought five acres on Kel- 
ton Street, neai- the Michigan Cleutral tracks, and 
moved their mill onto if putting in new ma- 
cliinery and otherwise improving it. 

In the establishment of Hussell Bros, there are 
four planers, two double surfacers, matchers 
and moulder. They take extensive conti-acts for 
planing and uiie fifty-five thousand feet of 
lumber a week in making box shooks. Alex- 
ander Uussell superintends the works while his 
brother is on the road and they also run a re- 
tail lumber business, and have on hand some four 
hundred thou-sand feet of lumber. 

Our subject was married in West Bay City, 
November 6, 1882 to Miss Lizzie, daughter of 
Robert Menthen, an old settler in this valley. He 
earlv eng.aged here in millwrighting and now re 
sides in Saginaw. His daughter was born in 
Zilwaukie. Saginaw County. :Mr. and Mrs. Rus- 
sell have had one son, Freddie, who died when 
two and one-half years and an adopted son, 
Charles A., in whom they take a true parental 



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intere.«t. Mr. Russell is a rli'voiit member of the 
St. MaryV Catliolit- Cliiufli and lielouirs to the 
Modern Woodmen of America. In political mat- 
ters he is a stanch adherent of the Hepuhlican 
l«irty. 



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JOHN M. Gl'OKL. deceased. It has been 
but a few short months since this lion- 
ored resident of Krankenmuth 'i'ownship, 
Saginaw County, was borne to liis lon^ 
home. Few of tlie old residents of the township 
have been more thoroughly identified with its 
various intei'ests than he. or would be mourned 
with greater sincerity wlien called hence. In the 
bereavement which befall them the family had tlic 
general and hearty sympathy of the coniniunity, 
whose meinliers met in large numliers to pay tlie 
last sad tribute to the deceased. 

Mr. (iugel was born in Rosstal, (iermany, March 
o, 18;5(). When but fourteen years of age he 
crossed the .Vtlantic and upon landing on American 
.shores, came directly to Frankenmutii wiicrc he 
w!is emiiloyed in the mill of .lohn (J. lluliinger. 
lie afterward became clerk for Mr. llubinger in 
his general store, occupying that position foi- four- 
teen years. In the meantime he had i)urchased a 
farm on .section 28. .and sui)crintended its opera- 
tion in connection with his duties as clerk. Ipon 
letiring from the store altogether, he located upon 
liis lieautiful farm, and i-esidcd ther<' until his 
death, .lulv :50, IHIM. 

Our subject was married in Frankenuuith to 
Miss Barbara Hernthal, their nuptials being ceU- 
br.'ited December 2!l. 1 8')2. .Mrs. (iugel was a native 
also of Kosstal, (ierinany. having been born in that 
place, in IK.Sd. She ))iisseil from this life, in Ajiril, 
1K72. Miss (Jundia Weiss became the second wife 
of our subject; she died in Frankenmutii about 



Paul L. married Anna .Tordan; Katie is the wife of 
.lohn Weiss; Malliew married Anna Schoppman; 
Lizzie is the wife of .Martin Weiss, and Maggie re- 
sides at home. The children of the second mar- 
riage are Christian and Baldas. 

George F. and I'aul L. (iugel formed a partner- 
ship in the spring of 1888 and engaged in tlie 
mercantile business in Frankenmutii. They carry 
a general stock of merchandise and their business 
is conducted under the firm name of Gugel Bros. 
They are ambitious and energetic young men and 
are rapidly gaining for themselves prominence 
without other assistance than their ability and 
willingness to work and their excellent judgmenl. 
In social circles they are everywhere gladly 
received and by their courteous and gentlemanly 
manners are bound to make a success of their busi- 
ness. 

Mr. (iugel stood high in the esteem of his fellow- 
citizens as is shown by his election to various 
offices (if trust. lie was at one time Supervisor of 
Frankeiiniuth Townshij) for a long term of years 
and also served as .School Trustee, and indeed in 
most of the olliccs within the gift of the lieople to 
bestow. Our subject look an active part in poli- 
tical affairs, and was always a firm adherent of 
Democratic principles. lie was a faithful liicmlier 
of the l.iitheiaii Church. 



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'OIIN .lACOli MII.LKH. deceased, toriiierly a 
citizen of Saginaw City, is the subject of 
this sketch, and died .June 9, 1890. lie 
was 1m II 11 December 20, 1842, at Arcadia, 
Wayne County. X. Y.. and was a .son of Silas (i. 
and ^lary Flizabeth (French) Jliller. The former 
was boiii .laninry 12. 1816. in New York, and the 
latter at Candia, N. II., Augu.st 21, 1825. The fa- 
ther is still living near .Saginaw, and is the son of 
1889. .Mr. (iugel was married a third time to Miss .lacob and Charity (Badgely) Miller. 
IJarbara Mauk. Mr. (Iugel became the father of eight There were nine children in the second family 

children by his first marriage: .lohn C. is deceased, of our subject's father, and he was the eldest of 
having died m Fr.iiikeiimuth Townshi].. when the household. One sister is Mrs. Chailes Merriam, 
thirty-three years of age; Anna 15. is the wife of of Saginaw. .Mr. Miller enlisted at Arcadia. W.aync 
(ieorge Hoedel; (George F. married .Jennie .Jordan: County, N. Y.. in August, 18G2. and became a 



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member of Company A, One Hundred and Sixtietli 
Xew York Infantry, and served through the war 
as a private. He took part in eleven battles, 
namely: Cotton, Bisland. Port Hudson, Mansfield, 
Pleasant Hill, Cone River, IMurksville Place, Win- 
chester, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek and Deep Bot- 
tom. He was taken sick and was in the hospital 
for some time, and as he convalesced was put upon 
duty in the care of the sick. 

Upon returning home he came to Michigan with 
his parents and settled at ^It. Morris. He was mar- 
ried January 22, 1870, to Laura Worthley, of Mt. 
Morris, and she died August 28, 1872, aged eight- 
een years and one month. The second marriage of 
Mr. Miller took place at East Saginaw, November 
10, 1874, to Mary Fisher, who was born at Dear- 
born, Mich., September 1.5, 1841. Her father. Will- 
iam Henry Fisher, belonged to a wealthy- Eastern 
family, and ran away from home when a young 
man. He was married to Emeline Hurd of New 
York after a three weeks' acquaintance, and she 
never knew his family history. She died in Decem- 
ber, 1860, and he passed away in 1872, and a short 
time before his death he revealed the details of his 
early history and of his family antecedents. He 
reared nine children, all but one of whom are liv- 
ing. His daughter, ]Mary, was a dressmaker for fif- 
teen years before her marriage. 

;\Irs. Miller was night watch fourteen years at A. 
W. Wright's planing mill working there up to 
the time of his death. He had tended to his duties 
as usual on Sunday night, and came home and 
spent a short time in conversation with his wife, 
and then retired in apparent good health, l)ut died 
about eleven o'clock. He was a member of the 
Grand Army of the Republic, and of the Royal 
Arcanum, and in the latter organization he had an 
insurance of 83,000, which was promptly* paid to 
his widow. He is a Republican, politically, .and 
very strong in his adherence to the doctrine of that 
party. 

The family of our subject consists of a daugiiter 
Jessie E., who was born October 1.5, 187.5. One 
son who died in infancy, Edson John, who was 
born April 10, 1878; and Grace G., born Septem- 
Iier 8, 1879. Mrs. Miller is an earnest and consist- 
ent member of the Presbyterian Church. Miss 



.lessie is interested in music, and lias a fine piano; 
she has made rapid progress in iier musical educa- 
tion, and bids fair to make a splendid performer. 
Mr. Miller has a very fine portrait of Mr. Miller 
done in crayon, which shows him to be a man of 
medium physique and fine personal appearance. 
He was a man of popularity, and had many friend!-. 
He was greatly aljsorbed in his home and took more 
interest and delight in the company of his wife 
and children than in any outside society. 




;EORGE H. SCHINDEHETTE. The supe- 
rior character of the accommodations af- 



forded by the Republic House has secured 
the proprietor a prominent place in the favor of 
the citizens of Bay City and the traveling public. 
The hotel comprises an elegant new brick struc- 
ture, three stories in height, and contams forty 
well furnished and neatly kept rooms for the ac- 
commodation of its guests. It is eouveniently 
located on the corner of Fourth and Saginaw 
Streets, and every detail of the lusiness is care- 
fully supervised by Mr. Schindehette for the pur- 
pose of securing the satisfaction of his guests. 
The management of the establishment is not sur- 
passed, if indeed it is equaled, by any house in the 
Saginaw Valley. 

Mr. Schindehette was born in Ehrsten Hcssen, 
Germany, March 21, 1858, and is the son of .loe 
and A. E. Schindehette. After the death of his 
father our subject left his native land, when fifteen 
and one-half years old, and came directly to this 
city, where his brothers were located. He had 
received a good common-school education in (tci'- 
many, and after coming here obtained a position 
in the grocery store of Heni^y Fenton, with whom 
he remained for three years. Afterward he em- 
barked in business for himself as a grocer, his store 
being on the corner of Ninth and Madison Streets. 
He continued the same business in South Bay City 
for about three years, meeting with success in his 
enterprise. 

Next we find Mr. Schindehette, having sold out 



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liis l)iisiiie#s, in the employ of Ouslin.lNIerrill A Co.. 
wholesale groeers in Hay City, and later with tlie 
same firm in West Branch for four yeai-s. October 
1, 18H:i. he retuined to 15ay City and opened the 
Republic House, buildinjr the new oflice and an ]., 
and soon becoming quite popular with the travel- 
ing public. At first he rented the hotel,' but after- 
ward, witli .Martin SchindehetU>. his I)rother. 
bought it, and in IHS',) erected the present struc- 
ture, riOxKMi feet in dimensions and three stories in 
height. He now conducts the hotel alone and 
brings all his ability and euterjjrise toward making 
it successful financially as well .as first-class in all 
its appointments. 

1 n the public affairs of Bay City Mr. .Schindehette 
maintains considerable interest, and is a Democrat 
in his political belief. While in West Branch he 
served as Townshij) Clerk for three years, and has 
served here as .Vldernian of the Second Ward. He 
holds membership in the Arbeiter and the Knights 
of the Maccabees, and is one of the Directors of the 
St. Paul Building and Loan Association. In 
.Xugust, lism. he was married to iliss Lucinda 
Sennatt, of West Branch, and three children have 
been b< rn to them — Miniiie, William and Martin. 
Mrs. Schindehette is the daughter of .Martin and 
Lucinda Sennatt, and remaiueil at home until her 
marriasje. 



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\fj' ACOB F. W'.\LZ, Biographies of successful 
I men are most useful as guides and incent- 
^^1 ives to others, and hence a volume of this 
^^/J character, containing the life records of the 
most ])rominent and representative citizens of the 
county, serves to stimulate the ycning and invite 
their emulation. Mr. Walz is well known through- 
out Saginaw County as an iuHuential farmer of 
151umfield Town>ihip, where he resides on section 

The father of our subject was Christian Walz, 
and was born in Wurtemberg, (iermany, October 
6, 1821, His mother was Fredericka Alber, also a 
native of Wurtemberg. The parents came to the 
United States in 1857, and .so attractive did the 



Wolverine State appear to tliem that they came 
direct to ISlumtield Township, .Saginaw County, 
where they have resided since that time. The 
parental family of which our subject was one, 
numbered eight cliildren, namely: Jacob F., Chris- 
tiana, Christian, (ieorge, .lohn, Fredericka. Ernest, 
and Louisa, 

Our subject was born m Wurtemberg, (iermany, 
January 8, 1848. He was nine years of age when 
his parents removed to the New World, and he 
continued to make his home under the parental 
roof until his marriage, in the meantime receiving 
all the schooling which it was possible for his pa- 
rents to give him. He has,however, supplemented 
his early training in an educational way by S3'S- 
tematic and judicious reading, and keeps himself 
will posted upon all current events of interest. 

Miss Frances Ivnobloch became the wife of our 
subject, September 28, 1873, their nuptials being 
celel)i-ated in Saginaw. Mrs. Walz is the daughter 
of.bihn and Anna M. Knoliloch. natives of Aus- 
tria. Her i)arents emigrated to America the same 
year as did the parents of our subject, 1807, and 
also made Blumfield Township their abiding place, 
where they are residents at the present time. The 
parental family of Mrs, Walz consisted of four 
children of whom she was the youngest in 
order of birth. She was born in Austria, March 
15, 1856, 

Mr. and Mrs. .lacob F. Walz are the parents of 
three children, all daughters, namely: Frances L., 
Louisa K. and Klsie C. Mr. Walz h.as never been 
an office seeker, preferring to give his time and 
attention to the cultivation of his farm, but hits 
been prevailed upon to serve on the .School Board 
.as its Director and Moderator, both of which ottices 
he fills to the utmost satisfaction of his constituents 
and with great credit to himself. In politics our 
subject is a firm believer in Republican principles 
and .always casts his vote in behalf of that body. 
Religiously, both Mr. and Mr.s. Walz are regular at- 
tendants of and liberal contributors to the (Jerraan 
Lutheran Church. He is a man who is held in the 
highest esteem by all the people of his community 
and is always interested in whatever measures are 
introduced for the upbuilding of the locality in 
which he resides. Mr. Walz has erected a comfort- 



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able residence on his farm and all the accompany- 
ing buildings are in first-class condition. His farm 
consists of eighty acres, seventy of which are in an 
excellent state of cultivation. Socially, Mr. Walz 
is a Knight of the Maccabees. 



■^ ESSE M. MILLER, who has the distinction 
of being one of the oldest residents of Bay 
City, now resides here, having come in No- 
vember, 1850, is well known and respected 
by his fellow citizens. In 18411 he came to Oak- 
land County, this State, from Pennsylvania and 
one year later settled in the Saginaw Valley. This 
gentleman is the son of .lesse .and Rebecca (Steele) 
Miller, natives of Pennsylvania. His birth oc- 
curred July 25, 1815. The father was a farmer by 
occupation and one of the earliest settlers of West- 
ern Pennsylvania, going there in 1802. 

This boy had not the educational advantages 
afforded to the youth of to-day but had to assist 
his father on the farm and gain what little learning 
he could by himself, by reading and observation. 
He remained under the parental rot)f until twenty- 
five years old when he engaged in farming in 
Mercer County in 1843. In February, 1844, he 
was married to Miss Angeline L. Livermore, a 
daughter of Samuel and Ermina (\Vright) Liver- 
more, who were natives of the Old Bay State. 
After his marriage lie continued to farm, but soon 
drifted into the lumber business in Pennsylvania. 
On coming to Michigan in 1849 our subject 
spent the first winter in Oakland County, and 
moved to Portsmouth in the fall of 1850. There 
were no roads at that time and all their traveling 
had to be done by water, and Bay Cit_>' then con- 
sisted of ten families and oue little supply store, 
at the foot of what is now Fremont Avenue. Mr. 
Miller located a farm now just outside the city 
limits and cleared and cultivated it all himself 
making a splendid estate of it. In 1858 he took 
a contract to carry mail b.ack and forth to Saginaw 
daily, which he did for four years, with the excep- 
tion of one day. He had to follow an Indian trail 



and had to ferry the river at both ends of the route. 
The first summer of his sojourn here he was in Sag- 
inaw cutting trees where East Saginaw now stands. 
In 1873 Mr. Miller was elected .Justice of the Peace 
of Bay City, which office he was the incumbent for 
eight years, and as early .as 1852, held the same 
office, to which he was elected at different times. 
He takes an active part in educational matters and 
is at present a memlter of the Board of Education. 
He was a candidate for Congress in 1882, being- 
nominated on the Greenback ticket, but was de- 
feated. He is and always has been among the 
leaders in the reform of the people, as for instance 
was one of two men only in this city who voted 
the Anti-Slavery question at that time and he is 
also an ardent supporter of the temjierance ques- 
tion, having fought in behalf of that movement for 
fifty years. 

This honorable gentleman is a leading memlier 
in the social orders of the Knights of Labor and 
the Good Templars. He and his worthy wife are 
supporters of the ISIethodist Episcopal Church at 
Portsmouth. Mr. Miller is a man who stands up 
for himself not letting anything bother him if 
he thinks he is in the right. He and his wife are 
held in the highest rei)ute by their neighbors and 
friends. This couple have had bom to tliem two 
sons, Leondres M., a photographer of this city, lo- 
cated on Washington Street and Lysander. n{ St. 
Louis, Gratiot County. They have adopted the 
daughter of Mrs. Miller's sister — Addie. who is 
the wife of William Wright of this city, and who 
lias two children — Arthur and Ethel. The oldest 
son of our subject is married and has one child. 
Mary. Lysander is the father of two children, 
HaiTV and Lorene. 



^jEORGE SANGLE, of the firm of Nichols 
, <fe Sangle, is one of the leading retail 
j dealers in the city. The firm have the 
most prominent harness factory and are general 
dealers in saddlery goods, having an excellent lo- 
cation at No. 716 Washington Avenue, North. 
Mr. Sangle came to this city in .June, 1867, and 



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has fi|n'iil iiiui-c tli.'in !i (|ii;\rli'r of ;i I'ciilniy 
here. He was boni in WurU'iiiliei'u. ( Jcrnianx , in 
the Hlaek Forest, Septemlier .U), 1»3(!, and when a 
lad of fifteen, havin": lost his parents^ George and 
Catiierine {( Mauser ) Sanyle. he came to this coun- 
try alone. After his arrival in the Inited States 
he went first to Bloomfield, N. .).. where he had a 
hrfither living, and nine months later he went to 
Newark, w'here he worked as an apprentice at the 
harness trade until he reached his majority. When 
liis time was up he traveled for two years in dif- 
ferent jilaces, journeyinii as fai- West as Louisville. 
Ky. 

About tliis time tlie Civil War broke out and 
the j'oung man determined to sliare in the fortunes 
of his adopted country, lie enlisted in Company 
K. Fifth New York Infantry Duryeas' Zouaves, 
"oing from New York City in May. IMtil, and 
enlistina; for a two years' service. This liody of 
troops was assigned to the Army of the Potomac 
and went through the campaign of tiie Peninsula, 
and (ieorge Sangle lost his brother (who belonged 
to the same company) during the seven days' fight 
before Richmond. .\t the close of his term of 
service this young man went to Washington, D. 
C, to work for the (Joverment in tiie arsenal, and 
thus continued until the close of the war. 

After peace was declared our subject still re- 
mained in Washington for one year and in 186G 
came to Jlichigan, working at his trade at Flast 
Saginaw until he came to 15.iy City, where he 
worked for Thomas Luxtoii. In 1»7.') he and Mr. 
Nichols bought out tlieir employer's business and 
with a small stock started in for themselves. They 
have secured the good-will and jiatroiLage of their 
fellow-citizens and as the demand for tiieir goods 
and their work has increased they have enlarged 
tlieir facilities and stock until they now command 
the best trade in the city, making only the finest 
custom work and carrying a full line of robes, 
trunks, and all that pertains to their line. 

Mr. Sangle is a member of several social ordei's, 
being a (irand Army man and connected willi 
both the Knights of the Maccabees and the Royal 
Arcanum. He lias a good home which he himself 
put up on Farragut Street and there he resides 
with his family. The lady to whom he was joined 



ill marriage. .Iiiiic Id. lH7;i. bore the maiden name 
of Henrietta Scliniallz. and was born in Detroit of 
(ieriiian parentage. They liave two daughters, 
Carrie and Lertha. whom tliey are bringing up U> 
lives of Christian u.sefulness and the jiarents are 
liotli members of the Kai)tist Church. 



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,F:TER TIERNEY. We here present a brief 
biographical sketch of the President and 
Ti'easurer of the Hay Cit\- Storage Comi)nny. 
who is also proprietor of Tierney's Per- 
sonal Security Bank and Hrokerage Busines.s. He 
was born in London. Canada, January 23, 18,54, 
and liis father. Patrick, was born in County Ros- 
common, Ireland. The fattier w.-is a young man 
when he caine to Canada, and resided there until 
his death, January IG, 1H8(), at the age of .seventy- 
one years. The mother of our subject was Mary 
Maguirc in her maidenhood. She was also a na- 
tive of Ireland, and died in 1861. Six of her 
sev'eii t-liiUlieu are still living, and the father mar- 
ried again and by his second marriage hail six 
children. 

Oursubjeet began work at the age of nine, work- 
ing on farms and in London until 1873, and for 
more than four years was emjiloyed in the salt 
block of Chapin & Barber. He w^as married in 
Kingston, Canada, in 188(1, to Miss Eliza Coughlin, 
who was born in that place and died September 
20. 181)1, leaving two children, Patrick and Edward. 
Mr. Tierney is a member of St. James' Catholi( 
Church, and is prominent among the Democrats 
of Bay City, lieing a frequent delegate to State 
and county conventions. 

It was in 1873 that Mr. Tierney came to Bay 
City and liouglit the property he now occui)ies, 
jiaying for it as he could and finally engaging in 
the furniture business. In 1891 he established the 
storage company, which is incorporated and of 
which he is the President. It occupies five store- 
buildings, each two stories and a basement and 
coveis a block 60x100 feet. He is the most exten- 
sive broker in the Saginaw Valley and is prosper- 




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ous in his business. He is now devoting much 
attention and expense to the education of his 
younger brothers, for whose future prosperity lie 
feels deeply conoprned. 



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AMUEL E. MORGAN, M. D.. is a native 
of Wilton, Fairfield Counts', Conn., wliere 
(l\^_^) he w.as boru November 11, 1849. He is 
the youngest in a family of four children 
born to Charles and Electa (Betts) Morgan, both 
natives of the Nutmeg State. The eldest son. 
Wilbur, was killed in tlie battle of Gettysburg; 
Charles F. is a physician residing at Greenville, 
Mich.; a sister, Harriet, is still a resident at the old 
home. The Morgan family is of Welsh origin, and 
its first representative in America, great-grand- 
father Morgan, emigrated to Connecticut many 
years ago. Dr. Morgan 's mother is a descendant 
of the Burwell family of London, who were the 
owners of a large estate. 

Samuel E. remained upon the home farm until 
twenty 3'ears of age. During that time he acquired 
a good education at the academy and in 1872 began 
to study with his brother, Dr. Charles, wlio had 
come to Greenville, Mich., two or three years pre- 
vious. Entering the medical department of Yale 
College, he graduated therefrom with the Class of 
'7.5, taking his degree February 14. 

On finishing his medical course our subject prac- 
ticed for two years at Wilton, Conn., thence came 
to Michigan and waseng.aged in professional duties 
at Howard City until he came to Saginaw in Feb- 
ruary, 1890. In addition to his work as a general 
practitioner, in which he makes a specialty of rectal 
and specific diseases, he is a registered jiharmacist 
liy examination before the State Board of 1887. 
He also Ijelongs to the Union Medical Society, of 
Northern Michigan and omits no advantage to he 
derived either l)y study or association that will 
extend his professional knowledge. 

Dr. Morgan was married in 18H7 at (iiaiid Rap- 
ids, to Miss p;ilaSteenman, a graduate of the Illgli 
School of that city. Tiieir union has been blessed l\y 
the advent of one child into the family, a son, 
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whose name is Charles W. In the political stand 
that he li,as taken our subject is thoroughly Repub- 
lican with all that the name infers of loyalty to 
that foiin of government. Socially lie is active as 
a Mason, a Forester and a member of the Ancient 
Order of United Workmen. 

The Doctor is the only member of the Medical 
Board of the Supreme Court of Foresters repre- 
sented in the United States. D. D. Aitken, of 
Flint, this State, is Vice Supreme Chief Ranger of 
the Supreme Court, which is located at To- 
ronto, Canada. In September, 1891, he served 
as delegate to the Supreme Court held in De- 
troit. He is Medical E.xaininer for the Order 
of Railroad Switchmen, the Ancient Order of the 
United Workmen and the Independent Order of 
Foresters. His portrait, which is presented on 
an accompanying page, perpetuates the lineaments 
of one of the most prominent i^hysiciaiis in the 
Saginaw Valley as well as one of the most upright 
and honorable citizens thereof. 



ff OHX S. McMULLIN, a lumberman of West 
Bay City, was born in Kingston, Canada, 
October 16, 1832, and a son of Bartley and 
Catherine (Scanlon) McMullin. The father 
being a fanner our subject was reared to farm pur- 
suits, obtaining as good a district school education 
as w.is afforded in those days and afterward at- 
tended a pi-ivate school. 

In the fall of the year 1852, Mr. McMullin came 
to this State and settled in Detroit for a short time 
and then went to the Lake Superior region, going 
through theStraits before the canal wasconstructed, 
where he remained for three years, engaged in sail- 
ing, being first engineer watch 'on the old "Balti- 
more," a boat which was well known. After aban- 
doning the life of a sailor our subject returned to 
his home in Canada, but in 1862 decided to return 
to this State and made his waj' to the Saginaw 
Valley, continuing here since that time. During 
his .stay in the city of Saginaw he was engaged in 
the lumber business, 

Mr. McMullin deciding to change his place of 



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residence and business, in 1869 came to West Bay 
City, and makes his home on the corner of Linn 
and Oiiio Streets, where lie has a comfortable and 
commodious residence. He has always been qaite 
active in the lumber business and in 1890 was in 
the .State of Washiuiiton prospecting. One of his 
sons now owns a mill in that State. 

He of whom we write has served his township 
aivd city in several olHcial positions, having been 
Alderman, Assessor, Collector and serving as Treas- 
urer at different times. Socially, he is a member 
of the Royal .\rcnnum. Mis-; Margaret Holland 
and the gentleman whose name heads this sketch 
were united in marriage on the 8th of Novein- 
bei', 18r)2, and they have had born to them six 
children who are recorded .<is follows: John, now 
a lumberman in Washington State; Dr. ]5art- 
ley II.. of Ca<lillac. Mi.li.: 1). II.. of Seattle. Wash., 
eng.aged in milling; M. I)., .-i builder of Taconia. 
Wash.; Margaret, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Minnie 
resides at home. The mother of these children is 
still living and is loved and cherished by her 
fain i I v. 



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^^=^ K( )R(iK STODDARD. We here give a sketch 
11 (==1 of one of the best-known farmers of Titta- 
^M bawassee Township, .Saginaw County, who 
owns forty acres of good land on section 24. and 
who lias brought his estate to an excellent state of 
productiveness and cultivation. He is a true 
Wolverine by birth and has spent his whole life in 
Michigan and h.as a very thorough knowledge of 
agricultural interests in this |)art of the country. 

Our subject is the son of the Rev. Chester and 
Mrs. Maria (Hounds) Stodilard. natives of Ccmiu^c- 
ticut and Nfw York respectively. They were 
married whiU' li\ ing in Hillsdale, Mich., as tliev 
had ii. \MG decided to cast in tiieir lot with others 
who had become pioneers in this part of the coun- 
try Mild wild wi'iv making homes for tiiemselves in 
tiic wilds of Michigan. It is hard for anyone who 
is iinac(iuainted with the condition of affairs in 
this region, in those early days, to understand the 



changes that have been wrought here and to ap- 
preciate duly the magnificent qualities of determi- 
nation, unrtagijing industry and enterprise which 
have transformed a wilderness into a lovely home, 
but it was done by such men and women as the 
parents of our subject. 

(ieoige Stoddard w.as born m Hillsdale County, 
this State, .hi ly 12, 1841, and he was there reared 
to manhood upim the farm where his parents had 
settled when the}' came hither. His father, who 
still resides in this State, and is now living in this 
county, is a minister of the Seventh D.ay Advent- 
ist Church. Upon reaching his twentieth year the 
young man was aroused to action by the National 
emergencies and was led to give himself to the 
service of his country for the purpose of pulling 
down tiie lebellion. He did not tarry long in 
carrying out this resolution and in August. 18(;i. 
he enlisted in CV)ini)any D, of what w.as known as 
Stockton's Independent Regiment of ^lichigan In- 
fantry, which afterward was called the Sixteenth 
^Michigan, and was attached to the army of the 
Potomac. 

This regiment had a tine record for patriotism, 
bravery and endurance and our voung hero par- 
ticipated ill all the engagements in all the cam- 
paigns in which it was engaged. He took part in 
the battles of Williamsburg, Hanover Court-house 
and in various skirmishes and w.as in the Seven 
Days' light. He was wounded by a shot in the 
ankle at Caines' Mills during the second days' 
fight, and w.as taken prisoner and lay for eighteen 
days on the field, after which he was taken to 
Libby Prison. Here, indeed, his case w:us a sad 
one and promised to be disastrous for he was in a 
sorry condition to endure the hardships and priva- 
tions which were the lot of the unhappy nieii 
within those walls, but. fortunately, he remained 
there only twenty-one d.ays, as he became subject 
to exchange. 

Upon leaving the prison walls behind liiiii. this 
wounded and suffering man was sent to the hospi- 
tal at Camden, Baltimore, Md.. where he remained 
until November 10, 18G2. when he was able to be 
discharged from the hospital but was on account 
of disability unfit for militarv service. He re- 
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North came aoaiii to A[ioliit;'!Ui. The pension 
granted him liv a grateful fomitiy is xIOm niuiitli 
and this he liclily deserves. 

The married life of our siiltjeet liegaii in Aiigust, 
18()4, when he was united witli Loretta Mann, 
wliose father, (ieorge, was a native of Pennsylva- 
nia and had come tu 3Iicliii;an in IM;')!!. Tlnee 
children have been granted to this worthy couph'. 
.and all are doing well and lieing a credit in every 
way to theii- parents. Tlie eldest, (Jeorge Myron, 
is a brickmason and is now finding employment 
in Kentucky; Chester II., is pursuing his father's 
caliing (that of farming): while William H. is still 
at home with his parents. The farm upon which 
the family resides was purchased by Mr. Stoddard 
some sixteen years ago, and they liave found upon 
it a iiappy home. 

Our subject is a prominent member of Dwight 
May Post, No. 69, fx. A. R., of .Midland, and he 
also belongs to the order of the Patrons of Indus- 
try. In politics he is a stalwart and believes in 
the principles of the Republican part\. He looks 
back with pleasure over his experiences in this 
county, which he has seen grow from a wilderness 
into one of the best agricultural regions of the 
State and he often tells that he has kilh'd many a 
deer within the boundaries of what is now his 
lieautiful an<I well cultivated farm. 




EV. MARTIN JOSEPH SCHMIDT. Sagi- 
if uaw A'alley owes much to the stirring and 
enterprising men who have liel])ed to build 
\\;^up her industries an<l advance her social, 
religious and educaticmal movements, and among 
such we count Mr. Schmidt. He is a man robust 
in physique with a pleasing address and speaks 
with force and precision, and in every way is a 
powerful man in church work. His rcsidt'nc<> in 
the city of Saginaw has been conducive lo pi'ogress 
in many ways. 

Our subject was l)orn in Altenburg, Perry 
County, Mo.. ]March 2.5, l^i4{!. and his parents are 
Oottfried and Christiana (Poppitz) Schmidt. The 
father was a native of Saxe .Vlterlnuy. and Ijccame 



an early settler in Perry Comity. Mo., going there 
in 1H3;). He was a libu'ksniith and went to Mis- 
souri with a colony of which the Kev. Mr. Furbrin- 
ger, now c>f Frankenmuth, was a leader. 

Young Schmidt left home in \x'u lo attend 
school at St. Louis, Mo., and two years later en- 
tered the Concordia College there. That institu- 
tion removing to Ft. Wayne, Iiid., in IHOl, the 
youth ivent with it, reinaining within its halls of 
learning for six years and graduating in the Class 
of 'G.'). In this class of eleven in number the Rev. 
H. P. Partenfelder, of Bay City, was a member. 
.4fter closing his course of study in the college the 
young man enteved the Concordia Seminary, the 
theological school of his church at St. Louis, and 
became a member of the Lutheran Synod of Mis- 
souri. After a three years' course in a class of 
eleven, which included the same men with whom 
he had studied in college, he graduated in 1868, 

The lirst jiastorate of the young minister was at 
Weston, Mo., and exteiideil over one year, and in 
1869 he came to ^Michigan and located at Dallas, 
Clinton County, where he remained for three 
\ears and in 1872 came to his present pastorate 
in the Lutheran Churi'h. which is known by the 
name of Zuiii Heiligeii Kreuz (The Holy Cross), 
and herein his work has been for nineteen con.sec- 
ulive years. The church has grown fixim a com- 
munity of one huiidied and ten families to two 
hundred families, and the school employs three 
teachers and has a list of one hundred and eighty- 
six students. From this cliuich tlie Holy Trinity 
Church has grown as a branch. 

During the years 188(1 to 1882 Mr. Schmidt was 
made ^■isiting Elder in the Synod, and he visited 
about thirty congregations. In 1882 he was elected 
President of the Michigan District of the Synod of 
Missouri, Ohio, and other States, .and in his dis- 
trict there are some two hundred and thirteen 
memlieis, namely: Eighty-three ministers, sixty 
teachers and seventy Lay delegates. His duties 
require him to supervise the entire district work 
and there are in these churches twenly-flve thous- 
and, nine hundred and seventy-four communicants, 
and six thousand, nine liuiidred and forty school 
children. 

The marriage of this reverend gentleman with 



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Miss Saiali Tvsun. of ^lihvaukft'. Wis., took place 
February lU, 1871. and they now have a family of 
ten children living, namely: Martin F., Kinma. 
Alma, Walter, Paul. Clara, :Meta, Ottomar, Esther, 
and Thekla. Two of their children are no<v stu- 
dents in the gj'mnasium at Milwaukee. ^Mr. 
Schmidt has a most valuable library of about two 
thousand live hundred volumes, which is largel3^ 
composed of German, Englisii, Latin, Greek and 
Hebrew tomes and it |)robal>ly contains one hun- 
dred volumes that are each three hundred years 
old, and one very v.ihiable Rnli.|Ut' whicli was 
printed in 1 1H4. lie believes in Democratic prin- 
ciples, but being a man of independent tliought is 
not tied down b^- party lines. 



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UKD WKllKK is a bright and talented 
S> young jeweler, having his place of business 
located at Frankennnith, Saginaw County. 
His father was the late John ('. Weber, a native of 
Germany, and lii.s mother was known in her mai- 
denhood as Miss Cora Hernthal. 'l'\w parents were 
among the very earliest settlers of Frankennnith, 
where they have seen the country develo]) from a 
veritable wilderness into rich and )>idductive farms 
and thriving villages. 

The father of our subject passed fiom this earth 
in 18G1. The mother survived her husband several 
j'ears, dying in liST'.t. They had become the [lar- 
ents of eight children — six sons and two daugh- 
ters — of whom our suliject was the youngest in 
order of birlh. The latter was Ijorn in Frank- 
enmutli. December 11, IK.')',), and received a fair 
education in the common-schools of his neighbor- 
hood. 

Fred Weber was reared on his father's farm, as- 
sisting his parent in i)erforiiiing all the duties 
upon the estate, remaining at home until he had 
reached the age of twenty- live years, when he de- 
termined to begin life for himself. He learned 
the jeweler's trade in Saginaw and when ready to 
make a peiinaiient location, decided tliat Frank- 
enmutli presented the best oiiening foi- his trade. 
His establishment is the only one of the kind in 



the village, and it is needless to say that he is 
making a success of his chosen calling. He is re- 
liable, steady-going and industrious and in all his 
dealings is considerate, gentlemanly and courteous, 
and is bound to make a success of his business. 



,inl)ARTII(>LOMEW GRHTI>", County Clerk 
L>C' of Saginaw Ct)unty,was born ^larch H, 1842. 
/^Vll at Bonchieur River. Canada, near what is 
^^f' now known as the city of Ottawa, and is a 
son of Thomas and Mary (McDonald) GritHn, The 
parents were natives of County Kerry, Ireland, 
where they were married previous to coming to 
America. They landed in Quebec in 1841 and 
there the father engaged in the lumbering trade 
cm the river and afterward in an hotel in Quebec 
after which he transferred his interest to the lumber 
business at Ottawa. 

When our subject was thirteen years old he was 
aiipronticed to the printer's trade, serving three 
years on theCidzen at Bytowii.now known as Ottawa, 
and during that time doing some reporting on the 
pai)er. He had received his education in the 
pulilic schools of Canada and at the age of eigh- 
teen removed to Perth County, Canada AVcst as 
his father had engaged in the lake trade. The 
young man was engaged one year on the Ej:am- 
iiwr at Stratford and was for two years at St. 
Mary's, where his father then lived and where he 
was working on the A)-gus, and subsequentl\ pub- 
lished the Dispatch which succeeded the .In/us. 
He there had charge of the editorial and job work 
and was successful in both directions. 

In July, 18C'i, young (JritHn came to Saginaw 
and soon after enlisted in Company' C, Seventh 
Michigan Cavalry, being placed in the Army of 
the Potomac and participating in all the engage- 
ments of that Division. He is a survivor of the 
Libby Prison and also of Peraberton, Belle Isle and 
Andersonville, as well as the prison at Charleston. 
He was captured at Brandy Station, in October 
1863, with six others of his company. During his 
three months' imprisonment at I'cniberton Castle, he 
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and confined at Castle Tlinnder. lie was confined 
in Richmond at tiie time that his own command 
made that famous attack on the defenses of that 
city. 

During the season of ca|iti\it \' Mr. Criltin met 
with some signal kindne.<->e~ which h;' evi'i reinem- 
bers with yratitudi'. Wliiie rn his way to Rich- 
mond after his caplure he foinid lh:it oueof his 
guards was a c(uisiii with uhi ni lie was reiutd in 
Canada, Charles IJeardon, .mikI this friend su|)- 
plied his wants, had his pocket Imok returned to 
him and showed lii:;i many kindnesses. He also 
had a fast friend in Louis B. Van Wagoneu, who 
belonged to the One Hundred Twentieth New York 
and was captured at the same time our subject 
was. This friend did much to keep up the spirits 
of Mr. Griffin and to cheer him during those terri- 
ble days, and although they hnve never met since 
the war they occasionally exchange letters and cher- 
ish a feeling of tender friendship. 

On account of receiving an injur}' in the stock- 
ade our hero was carried to the hospital outside 
the lines and on his recovery was made "Ward- 
master and on an exchange being made of seamen, 
he personated a seaman who had died and after 
passing a close examination was allowed to go to 
Charleston. Fhe yellow fever met them there and 
they were sent back to Richmond and thence on 
to Annapolis, where he reported to the parole 
camp and soon after received a parole and cast his 
ballot for Abraham Lincoln. 

Mr. (irillin then returned to his regiment in the 
Shenendoah \'alley in January, 18(i'), having been 
absent from his command for twelve months and 
ten days. His sufferings had been terrible and 
his emaciation great and he was unable to resume 
any of the ordinary duties of the camp.' He fre- 
quently did special duty for (len. Custer and was 
present at the Grand Review in Washington and 
might have been discharged under the general 
order but his command was sent West to the plains 
to guard the stage route. Me was taken sick near 
Ft. Kearney .ind .sent back to Ft. Leavenworth 
where he was discharged, after a service of three 
years and two months. 

After his return to the scenes of peace Mr. Grif- 
fin engaged in running a stationary engine, as his 



health was too much impaired to admit of his car- 
rying on his trade. In 18(i!t he removed to Car- 
rollton, where for seventeen years he was Township 
Clerk and was on tlie School Hoard for nine years 
while at tlu' same time he w.as having charge of an 
engine. In 1888 he was appointed Postmaster 
under President Cleveland and in 1890 was elected 
County Clerk, being also Couuly Register of (Chan- 
cery. 

The marriage of our subject, in 1868, united 
him with Aliss Cassie Gaff ney, a native of Syiacuse, 
X. Y. Their children are Thomas P., who is his 
father's deputy, as is also the second son, William 
E.; James B., who is Principal of the Mershon 
school of Carrollton, and Margaret A., who is a 
student in St. Andrew's Academy. Both of the 
elder sons have held certificates as teachers, 
but are now with their father in business. Our 
subject IS a Catholic in his religious belief and a 
Democrat in politics. He acted as president of the 
Village Board of Carrollton. 



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^^ APT. EDWARD S. PEASE. The history of a 
(l( „ hfe so full of incident as that of Capt. Pease, 
■^^^ would necessarily occupy a much larger 
space than can be accorded in a work of this kind, 
and while giving the salient points much must be 
omitted which would prove highly interesting, not 
only to his immediate friends, but to the commu- 
nity in which hi; has resided for over twenty years. 

Capt. Pease was bom in Ontario County, N. Y., 
in the town of Canandaigua, November 29, 1844. 
His parents were Orlo A. and C!ynthiaE. (Morris) 
Pease, the former a native of M.assachusetts, and the 
latter of New Y'ork. In 18.52, Mr. O. A. Pease, who 
was a carriage builder by trade, removed with his 
family to Michigan, stopping in How-ell, Living- 
ston County, and a month after returned to New 
Y'ork State, and in November, 18G5, again removed 
to Michigan,locatinginOwosso, in which place both 
parents died. The family comprised four children, 
two boys and two girls, of whom our subject was 
the eldest. 

Capt. Pease passed his early school days in the 



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fommon schools of hi." native place, afterward en- 
tered (';m;iiiili;i<ril:l .Vc:i(lein\ .uiil wa- tliiTt' |iiirsii 
in<r his sludit'.- wlicii Iht' Civil Warlinikc out and. 
in coiiiinnii witli hiiiidrcds of l)rave_V(>iin2 men. his 
patriulisiii nviMiiuuf all (itlii r oonsideratidns and 
book.s were cxclumycd for the knapsack and iiiin. 
the quiet of the stndcnt's life for the bustle of tlie 
camp :iud tlif tumult of battle. Knlistinir iu Com- 
l)anv II. Kourlli New York Heavy Artillery, he 
joined his reiiimeul nliich was doinji guard duty 
at Ft.s. Kthan .\llen and Macv, having under tlnir 
supervision the \'irgiuia side of Chain Bridge and 
Arlington Heights, the defences of Washington. 
D. C.. at which place they remained until February, 
1864. when they were ordered tu the Army of the 
I'otoniac, under (Jen. firant. at Culpeper Court 
Iloiisie. Va.. doing infantry duty, being as.signe(l 
to Donbleday's .\rtillery. Comiianies II, M., I and 
K were assigned to the Fifth Corps tuitil at Cold 
Ilarboi- wlu'ie they joined the balance of the 
I'cirinient in theSei-ond Corps. 

(apt. I'ea~e took p.irt In the followinii' en<i:ai;e- 
ments: I'.altle of tin' Wilrlerncss. .Spolfsyh'ania. 
North .Vniia. (old llaibor. Petersbuiy. Weldou 
Railroad and otiieis of less note. At tlie last 
mentione<l ball le lie \\a> shot lliroii^li tlie hand, 
the bidl carrying . away tli<- left tliunib.and se\eiinu- 
the sinew> of the little linirei-. The same ball pusse<l 
through his clothing, .\nother narrow escape from 
death was experienced in the IJattle of the Wil- 
deriu'ss. when a K'ebel shaipshooter's shot took 
olf his <'ap, eoniiiiL; so clo^e as to cut the hair and 
|-aisiug a bump on lii> head. (apt. I'ease preserxed 
the cap for some lini<\ hoping;- to c.arrv it home as a 
memento of the w;ir. but it w:is linally c.iptured 
with his knapsack by the icbels at the battle of 
Spottsylvania. as he afterward learned from a 
Confcder.ate soldier, w heic the I ni.in Mi|iliei> 
pile<i up their belongini;s and left tlieiu under 
ijuard to make nn a.ssaull (ju the ConlVderates. 
charging their bic.-isl works with a yell :ind .-i insli. 
the light lasting all nii;ht. On account of injuries 
(apt. I'ea-e was placed in the hospital at Cit\- 
I'oini .-Mid atienv.nil Irjinsfcrred to Mt. Pleasant 

Hospital al \\a-liiiiL;t I). ('.. where he remained 

until .liily. ISC"), when he was discharged bv the 
reason of the war euiiing. 



.Soon after his discharge froii the army our 

\onng hero riMnoviMJ to Michigan with his parc-nts, 
settlinsr on a farm near ( )wosso, and engaged ex- 
tensively in fanning for two years. He then joined 
.•I party of ciintr.ictors employed on the .Tackson \' 
l/insiiiii Railroad, remaining with them a year, 
when he became .\ssistant Chief Kngineer for par- 
ties similarly employed on the Ft. AVayne, .lack- 
son iV Saginaw Railroad. Returning to the life of 
a farmer, he spent some time in Shiaw.assee County. 
but for one of his activ'e dispositiiui it proved loo 
monotonous an occupation and he again entered 
the employ of therailioad, becoming freight agent 
of the Jackson <fe Saginaw Road. 

On November 10, 1865. Capt. Pea.se was married 
to Miss Lovenia E. Tattle, daughter of William 
11. Tuttle. of S.aginaw. and settled in that city, 
where he has since made his home. Tliree children 
have been Iiorn to this couple: Clarence F^, Louis 
\\'. .'ind Winifred. 

Since M>S2 Capt. I'case has dealt largely in pine 
lands, seeking out and |)iirchasing unoccu|)icd 
tracts from the ( iox'ein inent and has made many 
exploring expeditions into the country adjoining 
thetireat Lakes, where with a Chip))ewa Indian 
for :i guide he lia~ li.-id some interesting experi- 
ence- with caraboos. wolves and bears, He also 
traveh'd through .Mi.ssouri and the Indian Tcrritorv, 
ni the latter meeting with tribes of the Cherokees, 
Senecas, I'aw I'.awsand Wyaudotts. Mv. I'ease rc- 
l.'ites the following inciilcnt of his trip through the 
Territory: "Atone time in looking for a strayed 
sheep from a i-anch I had purchased an interest in 
ill Missouri, I overtook a chief of the Seneca tribe on 
horseback, with his uun. Ili> dog had treed a fox 
sipiirrcl which he shot :it .and missed. He asked 
me to shoot him witii my little gun or revolver. 
Althouiih .-liiainst the law for either white or red 
men to carry concealed weapons in the Territory, 
it would .be a foolish white man who would nottro 
.•iinied theie. I lesitatiiiii' whether I should let him 
k.-ow that I was liable to the law in his naticui. I 
finally concluded that it would lie as well to be in 
the fashion, so drew my re\dl\-ei ;iijd at the sec- 
ond shot killed the sipinrel. The chief remarked, 
•liii hu, shot "ein. Little gun good,' which tjave 
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shot ill that lofiiUty; the two accomplishments re- 
(liiiied for i-o>|)L>ft and In'^t society in that section 
at that time, were to lie a <i'oo(l shot and good in 
tlie .saddh'." 

In 1H8I i:\\){. Pease ny'.'iin look up fannimi-, 
pui'chasinir a swainpv ti-aet I'l' l.-md (dui iiiiies east 
of Sajjinaw. ;in(l liy a thoidiiirh system at diainauc 
reclaimed it and made of it a line farm, at tlie 
same time caiTyiiii; on his luisine.-s of ex|iioi-iin)' 
and liuyini;- and seiliiii;' pine and fai'ining' lands in 
the .Slates of Micliiiiun. Wisconsin and Minnesota. 
In 1887 lie took n|i a new role, that of a "wrecker" 
on the Great Lakes. His first effort was in raisin"' 
the schooner "S. .1. Tilden," which had been sunk 
in the St. Claii- River the previous year in foity 
feet of water. This he successfully accomplished 
after taking out ten hundred and lift}- gross tons 
of iron ore by means of divers, and by building a 
y shaped breakwater by means of piles and rough 
planks on the upper side of the vessel opposite the 
hatches, to protect the life lines, air bose, buckets 
and divers. The vessel had sunk directly across 
the channel and was an obstruction to navigation 
and the owners had been notitied by the United 
States Treasurer that it must be removed or the 
(ioveniment would proceed to blow it to pieces. 
His next feat was raising the propeller, "Califor- 
nia" loaded with grain and pork, that had foun- 
dered in 1887, in Lake Michigan, near the island 
of St. Helena, in fifty- six feet of water. This was 
considered at the time a great achievement, as the 
water was very cold and it was ditlicult to get div- 
ers. As it was one of the divers came near losing 
his life, the headpiece of his helmet not being 
properly secured and the watei- filling his diving 
suit so that he was brought up insensible and 
nearly dead. In 189(1 ('apt. Pease became inter- 
ested in a mica mine in North (ieorgia, which is 
as yet only partially developed but which promises 
to be a paying investment. He also has an inter- 
est in several gold and iron leases in that section 
of the country. 

As an old soldier {'apt. Pease is warmly attached 
to the Grand Army of the Republic and has held 
positions of honor in that order. He was Nat- 
ional Delegate for the Eighth Michigan Congres 
sional District lo Boston in 1890, was Colonel of 



the Saginaw liattalion (live hundred men) at the 
National Kncain))mi'nt at Detroit in 1891, and 
says he hopes to gf) to Washington in 1892, and to 
Chicago in 189.'i Capl. Pease is a member of 
liiiinerous social orders, among tlieni Lodge No. 81, 
F. it A. M., at Owosso; Gordon Granger Post, No. 
■'(H. G. A. H., Saginaw; Saginaw Division, No. 5, 
r. P. K. of P.; Saginaw Lodge No. 10. K. of P.; 
Saginaw Tent. No. 107, K. O. T. M.; East Saginaw 
Council, No. 179, N. ['. and Elk Lodge. No. 47, 
B. P. O. E. 




BRAllAM BATE. One of the members of 
the Hay City Stone Company, our subject 
is a man who brings into his business all 
itSZ' the enterprise and enthusiasm of his na- 

ture, and raises it to the height of an art. His 
firm, which manufactures granite and marble monu- 
ments and stone of every description, brings into 
the work a degree of art that will serve in years 
to come as a historical text of the advancement of 
this era of the city. ^Ir. Bate was born in Mill- 
pool, in the Parish of Cardinham, County Corn tv all, 
England, December 29, 1837. His father, .lolin 
Bate, was born in the same vicinity in 1807, as was 
also his grandfather, who was a fanner there. 

John Bate was originally a farmer but learned 
the stonecutter's trade and became expert in the 
handling of that ditticult agent. He worked in 
nothing but the finest grade of granite and was 
reasonably successful in his native place, where he 
died in 1H87. He was an adherent of the Episco- 
pal faith. Our subject's mother. Margaret, who 
was known as Peggy and the daughter of .\braham 
Whiting, w.ns born in the same [)lace as her hus- 
bend. Her fathci- was a bl.acksmith. Mrs. Bate 
who was born in 1.S(I9. died in Mill pool in 1876. 
She was the mother of fourteen children, who all 
lived to reach years of maturity. Our subject was 
the sixth in order of birth. 

Abraham Bate was reared in England and at- 
tended the common school until he was fifteen 
years of age. l>"ioiii boyhood up he was familiar 
with the workshop and lools and when about (if- 



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teen licsjaii to In- employed stPMdily with his father, 
workiiiu witli hirii until he was of aire. When 
eigliteeii yrais old lie \va> a pi.uliial >toiieeutter 
and wiien nineteen snpeiintended a p()ilif>n of his 
fatiier's Imsiness. His sense of the artistic is strong 
and delieate and this lias hern willi him a ureal 
advanlaije in his chosen woiU. 

On reacliinji' ids niajoi'ity our Milijecl went to 
Holyhead. Nuitli Wales, but remained there only 
a short time, tlien removed to Kagly, near Bolton, 
Lanenstersliire. wiiere he served as cliief foreman 
in the construction of a factory, l-'rom tliere he 
went to Overdarwin. wiiere lie worlied on a chapel 
for eighteen months and thence went to Uirken- 
liead, Cheshire, where he engaged at his trade for 
.about four and a half years. 

Mr. Hate was married at Kagly Hiidge. Lancas- 
tershire. Kngland, in IMOO. to Miss Elizabetli .\.llen, 
who was i)orn in Dent. Vorksliire. From Hirken- 
head. after an alwence of about ten years, he re- 
turne<l to Cornwall where he wa> cnuagcd in 
stonecntting and superintende(| tlic cutting of 
."tone ff>r a residence for two ye.-iis. He tlien deter- 
mined lo come 1o Anici'ica .Mnd April i I. 1X7(1, left 
Liverpool in ihc >tcamcr" A>liacliair' of llic Allan 
line and landed al (^IucIum' after ji \(>\:i<;'c of four- 
teen day>. 

I'"r(im i^tiiclicc .Mr-. IJatc pi'occi'dcil to Detroit and 
wa> .'il once engaged ill work on the city hall and 
later for .I.'imcs ( ook in a >tiineyard and then as 
forem.an with Andrew llrnnton. nnt 11 ( )c1iilicr. I X72. 
when he c;ime to l'.a\ ( ity and >t:iile(l inld busi- 
ness foi- hiiiiM-lf. entciini; the lirm which \v;i- known 
as Tennant I'.ros. ,v Co.. .'111(1 which compri.sed 
Messrs. .Tames and -lohn 'rciinant. Kdward I'ryor 
and himself. I'licir place of business w;is located 
at the foot (if faglith and \\'.-ilerStrcct>. .loliii 
Tennant liist lell the company and the linn then 
change)! it> name to the Hay City .Stone Company. 
.Mr. l'r\oi- afleiuaid di-^posini;- of his interest. 
In the year IH.sii they jie^.-iii Wdr-kini; in the 
liner marble, :in(l .Mre .-it picscnt euii;ii;c(l in 
contract bnildinu-. being the largest lirni of the 
kind in the city. Among tiie large contracts upon 
which Ihcy .-u'c at pic-eiit working is the First 
I're-liytcri.-di ( liiirch on Cciitir Street and the Ma- 
sonic rcmple. Tiiiir pre-eni business site covers 



three lots, and their building is 32x100 feet in di- 
mensions. They have a line location and are easily 
accessible to tlie Michigan Central Railroad to 
which they liavc side tracks. 

Outside of the marble business the company 
deals extensixely in :ewer pipe and distributes the 
largest anion nl of that article of any firm in the 
valley. Mr. Hate's family residence is located at 
No. yoy Kightli Street. He and his wife are the 
parents of three children. His eldest son, John K. 
is superintendent of the stone yards; Miss Maude, 
who is at home, is a graduate of the Baj- City High 
.School, having finished with the Class of '89 and 
Miss Edith will graduate with the Class of '93. 
Socially our subject is a Free and Accepted Mason 
and a member of the Masonic Temple Association. 
He also belongs to the Knights of the Maccabees 
and is President of the St. George Societ,y. He is 
Secretarv of the Ignited Friends of Michigan. The 
Hc[)ublican party is the object of his political 
faith and the recipient of his favors. 



Jp««) DWAlil) F. (iori.D. We here present the 
life sketch of the leading merch.ant of Free- 
land, .Saginaw County, who has been there 



engaged in business for the past ten years and has 
established a reputation foi' ciitei'prise, inl.egrity 
.and fair dealing which is a valuable possession to 
any man. He is .a son of Seth Hurr and.lulia Ann 
(Crandel) (iould. native^ of New York .State and 
Canada respectively. In that Province the subject 
of this sketcli was boin. in the township of Cra- 
in.Mhe. on Ihc L'lltli of February. IHtO. His early 
training w.is received upon tlic farm and in the 
disti'icL schools, and he lived with his father until 
he was twenty ycai> of aye. 

It w;i> ill ISIidlhal young (iould determined 
to lca\'c the Hritish [lossessions and take up his 
abode in the Inited States, lioinng thereby to ad- 
vance his interests and give himself a better op- 
portunity for success in life. He c.une to Saginaw 
and for a shoit time workeil in the lumber woods, 
proving himselt' worthy of conlidcnce so that he 
bLX'anie foreman to John l..arkin, in who.se employ 




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lie remained for about fifteen years. He has a rec- 
ord of working for ten years witliout tlie loss of a 
single day. 

In 1881 (lur sul>jecl lioiiglil out the stock of 
iiiereliandise lu'loiigiiig to Dr. .Tames A. IMunger 
and established himself in the ownership and niaii- 
ageinent of a genera! store. He had been already 
iiitiniately associated with that geutleman by iiiai- 
li.age with his daughter, Harriet C. Hunger, which 
happy union took place in .luly, 1878. The three 
children of this marriage are: Scth Burr, who is 
ill the em[)loy of the Duluth South Shore and At- 
lantic Railway as telegraph operator at Marquette; 
]>ottie E., who is taking her High School course 
at Saginaw, and .Tames A., who is at home with 
his parents. 

The political views which have controlled Mr. 
(ioiild ill regard to his ballot and influence are in 
acL'oid with the doctrines and declarations of the 
Democratic party. Although he has never .de- 
voted iiiiich attention to political movements nor 
sought otHee, his fellow-lownsmen have made him 
Township Clerk forone term. He is iirominent in 
SiigiiiMw [Axlgc, A. V. ct A. M.. and also in the 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and l\[rs. 
(iould is an active and earnest member of the 
Adveiitist (_ lunch. Mr. (Joiild's success in life is 
w'll deserved, and it is lookeil upon with pleasure 
li\ all who know his worth. 



KOF. WILLIAM K.Z.VIiST, Instructor on the 



[; violin, cornet clarionet, guitar and banjo, 
is one of the liest teachers in Northern Michi- 
gan and ha~ been very successful in his pro- 
fession. Ills exceptional attaiinnents as a musician 
are wiilely I'ee )gn ized. and thi' citizens of Bay City 
entertain an c-pecially high opinion of his abilities. 
He has given numerous successful concerts in Bay 
City and We-*^ B:iy City which were highly (tom- 
nieiided by tii ■ citizens of both places. I'poii these 
occasions tin; p^uticipants were the pupils who have 
been under hl-^ tuition from the very lieginning 
of their musical careers. During one concert he 
had an orchestra of thirty-live pieces, composed of 



his pupils, containing sixteen violinists (all ladies) 
besides cello, trombones, cf)i"ncls, etc. He possesses 
a thorough knowledge of music, which has power 
to charm even savage ears. 

Prof. Zabst was born January 23, 18(53, in Erie 
County, Ohio. Ills grandfather, John Zabst, who 
was born in (iermany, emigrated to America and 
died in Crawford County, Ohio, when eighty- 
seven years. Jacob Zahst, lather of our subject, 
was born in the Province of Alsace, on the Rhine, 
in Germany, and was reared to farming pursuits. 
When eight years old he accompanied his father to 
the United States and learned the trade of a black- 
smith in Ohio, afterward following it in the Buek- 
e^'e State and Indiana. He now resides in Toledo, 
Ohio and works at his trade. The mother of our 
subject was known in maidenhood as Clementia A. 
Page and was born in Ohio. 

In the family of Jacob and Clementia Zabst there 
were eight children, our subject being the young- 
est son. He was taken when about four years old 
from his native home in Erie County, Ohio, to 
Indiana and thence back to the Buckeye State, and 
when eight years old was bound out on a farm. 
His education wa.^ received in various places but 
principally in the High School in Castalia, Ohio. 
At the age of twelve years he commenced to play 
the violin, for which he had a talent, and soon be- 
came an adept in its use. He early became self- 
supporting and worked out on farms and in any 
business which offered an honorable means of 
livelihood. 

The Professor (-ame to West Bay City in 1879, 
where for three years he was employed in the Sage 
Jlili and during that time he studied music under 
the be.st instructors here. He also devoted consid- 
erable attention to (laiiiting, both in oil colors and 
crayon, having artistic abilities of no mean order. 
While engaged in llii' Sage Mill he saved enough 
money to carry him llirougii college. In 1882 he 
entered Ada College, in Ada, Ohio, and there paid 
special attention to the study of the line arts in 
connection with literature for two years, returning 
to West Hay City in the spring f>f 1884. After his 
return his da\s were spent in work at the mill, 
while during tlie evenings he was employed as a 
ti^acher of musi<-. The year following his return 



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the strike oiriirred wliirli i-;iii>t'(l him to turn liis 
:itU'iitiun I'xi'hisi vely to imisic. .'ind sinc-e tlial tune 
he h:is found eonstanl ein[)lo_vmenl in tlial line. 

In the summer of 1H8!) Prof. Zabsl spent consid- 
erable time at Central Afusie Hall. Chieairo. his vio- 
lin instruetorlieino; the well known Prof. .laoolisolin. 
He excels as a violinist, and tin' <'itizens of Bay 
City con.sider it one of their irreatest |)leasures to 
listen to the sweet melodies which his skilled lin- 
gers evoke. He is a niemljer of the military hand, 
where he plays the elarionel. The Zahst Music 
Uooins are located on the corner of .lohn and Dean 
.'Streets, and tliere the Professor may generally be 
found. In his iiolitical relations be is a firm Re- 
publican, and socially, belongs to the Order of 
Foresters. His nephew, Bert Zabst, who is onl\- 
thirteen years old. is one of the finest cornet |>lay- 
ers in the Slate and has received his entire musical 
education from the Profes.sor. The latter li;is a 
wonderful inlluence over young people, and it 
seems impossible for anyone else to awaken such a 
love for music iind such >kill in playinu among 
the chihlren. 

The reader will notice a lilhdgraphic portrait of 
I'rof. Zabst on an accompanying page. 



H.\DKA( H WM.LI.VM S( JlTHWICK. 

«.^ M. D. This promising young physician who 
r/ J is located at No. J M! (ieuesee .\venue, Sag- 
inaw was born in Detroit. Mich., .Inly 27, 
1«67. Ilis pjireuts were .lames P. and Elizabeth .\nn 
(.Smith) Southwick and his father was identilied 
with the police force of Detroit from Ihe time it 
was organized. He was a native of New York and 
bis wife was n Canadian. Their son was educated 
in the High School, and took a commcicial course 
in the SiKMiccrian Business College at Detroit. He 
began to wnrk on the Michigan Central Railway 
at the age of eighteen, being in the ficighl ollicc 
for one year, thus assisting himself Ihrough college. 
This young man began tlm study of me(licine 
with .lames B. Book. IM. 1)., of Detroit. .and entcied 
the Detroii ('olle<jciif Meclicinc in 1 s.^T. complet- 



ing his course tliere and taking his degree with the 
Class of '90, the class numbering thirty-tive mem- 
bers. After that he w.os identified with the Harper 
Hospital as Assistant House Surgeon, which |)osi- 
tion he had begun to occujn' before graduation 
and remained in it for one year. 

At the. close of that period Dr. Southwick was 
offered the position of House Physician at St. 
Mary's Hospital, and entered on his duties in that 
institution in .\pril. I.^IKI. remaining .so connected 
for about six months. 

In September, 18',M(, the young Doctor .secured a 
position at JIayville. Tu.scola Countv, buying out 
the practice of Dr. A. L. Seely, but after one year 
Dr. .Seely returned and re-purchased the practice 
and in September, 1K'.)1, our sul)ject opened his 
office in .Saginaw, giving especial attention to elec- 
tricity and its employment in the treatment of 
disease. His marriage which w.as .solemnized .Tune 
23, l«l»l. at Detroit, united him with Miss Edith 
H. Torney, of Detroit. Her father, W. A. Torney, 
is connected with the ^lichigant'entral Railroad 
and h;is given to his daughter excellent op|)ortuni- 
lies for culture. She has special musical talents 
which have been thoroughh' cultivated. 

Dr. Southwick is identilied with the Knights of 
the .M.accabees. He is a young man of a bright 
and well-balanced niind which has been cultivated 
by thorough study and judicious reading, and he 
has already secured a firm place in the res|iect .and 
esteem of all with whom his shoit ac(pi:untance 
here has brought him in contact. His ever\' fea- 
ture beams with genial feeling and his admirable 
characteristics and tho.sc of his refined wife arc of 
great value in the influences which go to elevate 
the social circles of Saginaw. 



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AMES A. .SCOTT, the popular freight and 
ticket agent of the .Michigan Centiid Rail- 
road at West Bay City, is also a member of 
the firm of Scott A' Webber, proprietors of liv- 
ery, boarding and sale staMes. Mr. Scott was born 
near Dundee. Scotland. Nnvember 22, 18.i4, and is 
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|i:u(Mil- of uur sultjecl caniu to Canada wliuii lie 
was t'ii;li( nionllis old. lie leinnined at home at 
tending the eountrv sehools. finishing his cduea 
tion at Wvoniing, Ont. 

Wlien twenty-one years of age James A. Stott 
engagocJ as clerk in a drug store in Wyoming. 
Tlierc being a telegra|)h otHce in tiie store, he 
learned that art and eomliined his duties as a drug 
clerk with that of an operatoi' for two years, hi 
Feliruaiy. l><7(i, he came to Michigan and engaged 
as night operator for the Chicago ik Lake Huron 
H.'ulroad, being located at different places between 
I'orl Huron and Battle Creek. He remained ^\ith 
that road in the capacity of f)perator and agent for 
one and one half years, when lie liecame identified 
wi;li the Detroit A- Hay City, now the Michigan 
Central Railroad, first as operator and later as tiiikcl 
avent, holding those positions until he came to 
SagiTiaw, in ISMd. as cashier. He remained in that 
citv for a twelvemonth when he was iiromoted to 
the same position in l>ay City which he held until 
the Miihigau Central liought the Detroit iV l>ay 
Cit\- branch, when the freight agent, F. I). Ewen. 
resiuuiiiu his position, our subject was ap()ointed 
to till till' vacancy. 

Mav 2."), \>^X\. Mr. Scott was sent to Caro, as 
aueiit. remaining there only a few months, how- 
ever, .•lud Octolier 2.') returned to West Hay City 
and wa- yixeii the position of chief clerk, lie oc- 
cupied that oltice less than a month, when he was 
appointed freight ticket agent, which position he 
has held foi' over ten years and has given genei-al 
satisfaction to the people of West Hay City. He 
is a man who has lio.^ts of friends and has made 
for him>elf a reputation as a man of business and 
geiitlemanh- demeanor to all p;itrons of the road, 
•lie is .-1 piirelv . I'If-iiiade man, having stalled at the 
very bottom < f llic ladder of success and now oc- 
cupies a tirin position among tinaiieial men of the 
citv. lie h.-i • eii'ployed iiiidci liiiii a force of 
twentv-four men, e\'ery one of w hoiii respect and 
honor him. 

Our subject was united in marri.-ige .lanuary 17. 
1H77, to Miss M le K. l{eynolds,of Hirminghaiii. this 
State. Mis. Scott was born in Wayne County, 
Mich., October 7, li-!.'i.s. and is the daughter of 
Williatn .■iiid Helen (.Simpson) Ivcynolds. natives of 



England and New York. The mother is now de- 
eea.sed. To Mr. and Mrs. Scott have been granted 
a fiunily of two children — (irace Louise and .lames 
Ralph. Mr. Scott attends and contributes to the 
siijiport of the Westminster Presbyterian Cliir-ch, 
of which denomination Mrs. .Scolt is a C(m,sistent 
and devoted memlier. Sociail\- our subject is a 
member of Wenona Lodge, No. 2i)(i, F. it A. 31. and 
Uoyal Wenona Council Arcanum, No. 'Mi, and is nho 
a Knight of the Maccabees. In politics his first 
Presidential vote was cast for Cleveland, and his 
influence is always given in support of the Demo- 
cratic party. 



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,41 IVILLLVM M.<;REEX. When the early set- 
\rJ/l tiers of any city have been men of cliar- 
\>^^ acter and ability, and who were inspired 
with a noble ambition to provide for their children 
and their childreirs chibb-en, we may be sure that 
a grand foundation has been laid for the u|ilniild- 
ing of that city. Such a fouiid;it ion was given to 
West Hay C^ity by the coming hither of such men 
as William M. (ireen, who has made this city his 
home since August S. ISt;;!. and is conseipiently 
one of the old settlers. Mr. (ireen is the popular 
City Treasure]- of West Bay City, having been 
elected to the office in April. I.S'.ll. 

,Mr. (;reen was born in Norfolk County, Canada, 
December 10. 1H40, and is the son of Reuben and 
Mary ( Hunter) (;reen. His father was a man well- 
to-do in life. The son reirived a common edu- 
cation, attending school in Delhi, Ontario. His 
father dying when he was tliirteeii years of age, he 
remained with his mother until reaching his major- 
ity, at which time he came to Fast Saginaw and 
enuasJed in lioating on the Saginaw River. 

The gentleman of whom we write w.as married 
to .lane .McKee, of l-'.ast Saginaw, February Hi. 1S(!7, 
a" Poiitiac. .Mich. .Vfter taking unto himself a 
helpmate Mr. (oerii (piit the river and engaged in 
the liverv business in what was then Wenona, his • 
place of liusiness being located on Linn. iie;ir Mid- 
land Street-. He followecl lh<- li\ery liusiness un- 



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til lM8fi very suires,sfiilly. wlicii he w:if< appoinlofi 
I'lPsliiiMstt'i- l)y (Jrovcr C'lfvelaiid; he took cliaige 
of tlif oflU-e .Inly I, of that year. During tlie four 
yeai-s he was tlie ineiinihent of that office the work 
drmWed. 

Mr. (irei'ii was 'I'nistci' uiid Kerorder of the vil- 
lage prior to its becoming a city, and after its in- 
corjwration in 1K76 he was elected tlic first City 
Treasurer and lield that office for six years. He 
was Superintendent of the County Poor Hoard 
during the years 1883-84-8.5. and in April, 1891, 
was elected to his present office — City Treasurer. 
He gives his entire time and attention to the per- 
formance of the duties of his office and gives per- 
fect satisfactif)n to liis constituents, and is also do- 
ing credit to himself as a city official. The taxes 
of the city now amount to 4il2.").(M»(l, besides spe- 
cial imports. !Sir)0.0(M), and with the assistance of 
his son. Arthur C. Mr. ( Jreen performs all tlic «(>ik 
himself. 

Socially. Mr. Green is a iiu'iiilicr of Wenona 
Lodge, No. 2,')C. V. A' A. M.. and is also identified 
witli the Royal .\rcaniim. lie elected a lieantiful 
hmiie on the corner of l.inii and (»hi<i Streets, 
wliere he has lived for the past ten yejirs, and 
which is gracefully jjresided over by his amiable 
and respected wife. To Mr. and Mrs. Green have 
been graiit»'ii two chibhfn. both sons — Arthur C. 
and Carl I). I'eisonally. .Mr. (iieen is a jjleasant 
iiinii. thoroughly reliable in every waj- and is one 
of West Hav City's liest residents. 







RTHIR T. S.Miril. Our sulijeet is a man 
of )K)sitionand prominence which has been 
ac<piircd in his calling of luml)erman and 
farmer. lie now lesides in Pinconning. 
but is a native of .St. (Jlair County, having been 
born four miles north of Almont. IS'ovembei' 17. 
IHll. lie is a son of Orris and Mary (Morley) 
Sinilli, natives of Js'ew York and New Hampshire. 
resj)ectively, but married in the tirst-named Slate. 
. Orris .Smith was a faiiner who came West at an 
early day and with his wife settled in St. Clair 
County, where he engaged in .•igiicullural lalmr. 



In 18.5.5 he went to LaSalle County, HI., where he 
was engaged in farming for about thirteen years. 

Our subject's father retired from active business 
some years prior to his death, which occurred in 
Hudson, Ohio, in October. 1867. His wife passed 
away in May, 1848, in Memphis, Mich. They had 
a family of twelve children, four of whom are 
now living — Kmeline, Mrs. Mansfield; Sarah, Mrs, 
Southwell; Harriet, Mrs. Thompson; and our subj- 
ect. .Vrthur T, .Smith was reared and educated in 
Michigan and Illinois, having the advantages of 
the common school of the district in which he lived. 
He was reared a fanner, and on the first call for 
three months' men he enlisted in Company 11, 
Eleventh Illinois Hegiment, going thence tt) .Spring- 
field, and from that city to Bird's Point, Mo. 

On serving out his time of three months Mr. 
Smith remained at home for one year and then 
enlisted in Company I. One Hundred and Fourth 
Illinois Infantry, serving until the end of the war 
and was Sergeant of his company. On one occa- 
sion while he and his company were guarding a 
ford in the South they were taken prisonei's and 
held five days. They were then released on parole 
and went to Nashville, then lo Camp Douglas, 
Obit), where they remained for two numtlis, then 
on toChicago, 111. ( )n reaching that point they were 
appointed to guard rebel prisoners, which they did 
for three months and then went to the South where 
they engaged in the battles of Chiekamanga, Mis- 
sion Ridge and Lookout Mountain. (>ur subject 
then left his legiment and for foui' months was 
fighting at Atlanta and Savannah with the four- 
teenth Cori)s, and w;is in Gen. Sherman's army in 
the celebrated march lo the sea. 

-Vfter the battle of Chickamauga our subject was 
promoted to the office of Lieutenant and was given 
charge of the ambulance corps. On returning with 
the ambulance corps and those who were wounded 
to Philadelphia after Lee's surrender, Mr, Sniilh 
was mustered out and received an honorable dis- 
charge. He was wounded al the battle of Cliicka- 
inauga, receiving a shot in the right shoulder, Inil 
was in the battle for three days before this eatas- 
troi)he. 

\\'lien our subject returned from the war he 
I was employed in a grisi-niill al Menii)his, this 



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State, and then eng-aged in luniheiiug on the Au 
Sal)le River for tliree winters, and indeed lias fol- 
lowed that liusiness ever since, lie is the owner 
of small tracts of pine lauds in Northern ^Michigan 
and w.as one of the owners of the sawmill at Fin- 
conning", which was run under the firm name of 
A. T. Smith & Co., .and was sold in 181)0. For the 
p.ast three years our subject li.as given liis attcnticm 
almost exclusively to farming, his beautiful place 
being located just north of the village tracts. He 
also has a pLace one mile west of the village, be- 
sides other land in the State. Mr. Smith came to 
Pinc<inning in 1884 and built a fine residence on 
Second Street, where he now lives. The jilace is 
characterized by all that refines and educates. 

Oiu subject was married, .Tune 11, 18(57, to Miss 
Nellie JI., daughter of Robert Jlerrick, of LaCrosse, 
Wis. Their two cliildren are (iuy A., who married 
Miss Lizzie JMurray, Painesville, Ohio, and Maude. 
Our subject favors the Republican doctrines as to 
politics, lie is one of the |)i(>niinent men of the 

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,P:NN1S bow. We are pleased to intro- 
duce to our readers the worthy subject of 
this sketch, who was formerly the popular 
and efficient Supervisor of Bridgeport 
Township, Saginaw County. He was born in Pe- 
nobscot County, Me., April 18, 1828, and is a son 
of Edmund B. and Elizabeth (Haskell) Bow. His 
liarents were natives of jNIaine and his paternal 
ancestors were English. Both his father and uncle 
were soldiers in the War of 1812. The family 
migrated to Ohio when Dennis was only five years 
old, and after two years residence there they came 
on to Michigan, taking up their abode in this 
county in 183(i. 

When Edmund B. Bow fii>t came t(j this region 
lie could not locate in Bridgeport Township, be- 
cause; the mosquitoes were so numerous and un- 
bearable and he located his family in wliat is now 
West Saginaw, and lived in one of the old lilock 
houses which had been erected there during war 



times and for several yeai'f; tliey made their home 
there. Bridgeport Township tlicn contained about 
six families of white people, altiiough it had a 
large population of Indians. For a number of 
years Mr. Bow cut shingle logs on the Cass River 
anq rafted them down to Saginaw where they were 
manufactured by hand. He subsequently operated 
the saw and grist mills of G. I). Williams, of Sagi- 
naw, for a number of years. In 18r)7 his death 
occurred and in that event the county lost one of 
its earliest and most etflcient pioneers. 

Of the children with whom <iiir sul>ject grew to 
maturity the following now survive: Susan, now 
the widow of Oliver (Uover; Mary, wife of H. M. 
Beach; and Philip. For years the father had 
served .as Justice of the Peace, and also .as Super- 
visor of Bridgeport Township, and was highly 
esteemed in those capacities. In those days wikl 
game aliounded and our subject had abundant 
opportunity for hunting as well .as for the more 
serious occupations of pioneer lads. School life 
was his to some extent but the advantages of tluise 
early district scliools were not all that he desired 
and he li.as had to supplement his studies therein 
by a thorough course of reading since reacliing 
manhood. 

By his first marriage Mr. Bow had three cliil- 
dren, and two of them, Lewis and Frank, are still 
living. His second marriage, with Arloa Andrews, 
gave him three children, lume of whom are now 
living. The [irescnt Mrs. IJow bore in maiden- 
hood the name of Marietta Cone, and she became 
the wife of our subject December 18, I8G2. She 
was born in Genesee County, this State, March 27, 
1837. Her parents, Norman and Sarah (Atkins) 
Cone, were natives of Connecticut, who came to 
Michigan in 183,o and settled in (4enesee County, 
where her father still resides and is now [last his 
eighty-first year. By her marriage with Mr. Bow 
she has one son, Oliver .1., who was born in 18(58. 

One hundred and twenty-two acres of fine land 
cxmstitutes the farm iqioii which .Mr. Bow now 
lives and upon which he settled in 18.511. Besides 
this property he has had coiisideralile more which 
he has divided among his children. He has ])aida 
great deal of attention to the raising of improved 
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uiaii aiuonjr lite iiijiiciill 111 i>t< and strti-k-raisers of 
the iMtiintv. 

For years Mr. FJow has served as I'lvsident of 
the .Sairinaw Couiily Farmers' Chili, and is at 
present I'resiclent of llie einnitv orsfanizatioii of 
llie Patrons of Industry. Aside frmii his connee- 
lion with this liody, with which he doe> pnlilieal 
work, he has Uemocratie i)roclivities. lie is idi'ii 
lified with the Knii;lits of Honor and is ever ready 
to jnin liands with his nei^^liliors in ini)veinents 
winch he considers adapteil to proninte the ino- 
;riess (if the coniinimity. lie has served a> Con- 
stilije. Clerk, and .In-lice of tiie Peace, and li:i> 
heen .Supervisor for three years of Hridireporl 
Township. He and his jjood wife are nieinlier.s of 
the Conijreif;»tion'd Cliurch and in tliat l)i)dy he 
fills the olticial positions of Deacon .-ind Trustee. 
The family stands liiirh in social circles .mikI their 
intlnence is alwavs for irood in the eoiiimunitv. 






GKOUtil". .\. ril.VTCHKK. Tlie husiness men 
of liiiy City have a j^ood representati\e in 
this i;entleinaii, who is senior iiieiiiliei of 
the tirni of 'I'hatcher iV Olmstead. arocers. The 
i.-irue estalilishmeiit of which they are the joint 
proprietors is conveniently located on Twelfth 
Street at the head of Wasliini;toii Avenue, and is 
well stocked with a full line of srroceries. produce 
and fruits in their season. While their trade is 
principally retjiil. they transact .some wholesale 
liusiiies> and make a specialty of teas, which thev 
sell l)oth in small (|uantities and in the hulk. 
I'os.sessiiiir abilities of no ordinary kind, it is not 
strange that succe.s.s has crowned his judicious 
cfftirtsand that his place is amoiiu the prosperous 
nu'ichants of Hay City. 

The early years of Mr. Thatclicr were passed in 
his native place. Hainilton. Ontario, Canada, where 
he was horn Keliruaiy 12, !«;")!». His father. Knocli, 
came of Knirlish ancestry and was eiiiraired as a 
mechanic in Ilaniiltoii until liis dc.-illi in that iit\. 
His mother. Klizaheth (llelidershot ) Thatcher, was 
lioiii in Canada of (ierinan forefathers, and still 
resides in Hamilton, having again married. (Jf 



her fii-.«t union six children were liorii.oiir subject 
beiiiii- tlie next to the eldest. He was reared in his 
native ( ity. where he attended the common schools, 
••md after the death of his father he worked for an 
uncle, Philip Hendershot, a faiiner near Hainilton. 

In the fall of \X~X. when alMUit nineti-en years 
old. Mr. Thatcher came toMichiiran .•mil located in 
l!:iy City, for two years woikiiii; iliiriiiii the suiii- 
mer season in sawmills, and <luriiii;' the winter in 
liimberiiii;'. He was then eniploNtuI in the whole- 
sale groceiy liu>iiiess of \V. I lirotherton >V Co. 
Hy economy and industry he accumulated enouiih 
capital tost.Mitin business for himself, and in 1.hj<7 
he organ i/t d the present tiriii .-iiicl ha- since been 
sueces-fully eniiaired in the mercantile biisine.-s. 

The plea.sant home which Mr. Thatcher owns and 
occU|)ies on the t-orner of Tliirteenth aii<l Williams 
•Streets, is presided over by a lady whose retiiiiiiu- 
inlluence is evident in whatever society she may 
enter. Her maiden name was .\iiii.i .1. Ilmiter. and 
her birthplace was in Canada. The union which 
was soleiniiized in IH7H, has bee'i blessed b\- the 
liirtli of three children — Roy. M.-uid and I'.slelia. 
who are receiviiii>- excellent educations in the city 
schools. Althoiiifh his business dcm.-inds are such 
as to allow him but little time lor social life Mr. 
Thatcher belonos to the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows and is an active worker therein. In 
his political relations he is bound by no i)art\ ties, 
but casts his ballot for the men or the measures 
they uphold, rather than for the part\. He {•on- 
tributes tv the support of the Methodist Kpiscopal 
Clinrch, of which his wife is a member, and dis- 
penses his charity liberally to those who have been 
le.ss fortunate in life than he has been. 



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t^HKRON T. lUnii.VKD, M. I). Tlu' mcdi- 
((r\\ ^"'' P'ofession in Ka.st Sasjinaw nuiiibeis 
anioiiii- its men some who have attained ;i 
hiijh rank .and ijreat skill and proticieiicy in the 
treatment of spi-cial diseases. .Vinon"' these is our 
subject, who was born at Paris Hill. Oneida 
County, N. Y.. March 12. 1884. He is a son of 
Levi and .hiliana (Smith) Hubbard, the former a 



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native of Connecticut, a contractor, builder anrl 
architect. On butU sides of the ll()u.^c■ our sulijiet 
is of Ensjlish ancestry. The first reprcst'ntati\ es 
of the family in tills country were very early set- 
tlers in Connecticut. 

The original of this sketch was the youngest sou 
of fourteen children liorn to his parents, of whom 
six are now livino;. He was brouyht up on a farui 
and learned the builders' trade at work with his 
father, lie was educated at the Jlexico Academy, 
and while there doterinincd on bccouiinu' a phy- 
sician. He took up the study of medicine with 
Dr. ('. D. Snell, of Mexico, N. \., remainintf with 
iiim for nearly tliree years. He then entered the 
Syracuse Medical College and was graduated in 
the Class of '55. 

Dr. Hubbard began practicing his profe.-sion in 
Oswego County, at Parish, where he remained two 
years. He then went to Durhamville. Oneida 
Valley, where he remained until listi.'i. at which 
time he came to Saginaw. The next year he vol- 
unteered as a surgeon in the .\rniy of the Potomac 
and was commissioned First Assistant Surgeon of 
tlic Thirtieth Michigan Infantry, in December, 
1«(>4, but was afterward del iclied and assigned in 
charge of the Post Hospital at the Detroit l!ar- 
racks. May 2, 1865, he was commissioned Surgeon 
of the Twenty-third, and joined them at North 
Carolina and wa^ mustered out .lune 2H. at Salis- 
bury, N. C. 

Returning to Mii-higan. Dr. Hubbard resumed 
practice the next yiar and added a drug stock at 
Salina. now the Eighth Ward of Saginaw. In 1K7H 
he went to the Black Hills and became engaged in 
practice at Deadwood, at the same time being in- 
terested in mining. He remained there for two 
years, or until 1K«1. Since then he luas practiced 
only about two years, and has gh'cii up his store 
because of the failuie of his health. His general 
practice, however, is as large as he can give time 
and attention to. 

Our suliject was married .July 15. 18MM. to Mrs. 
Polly M. Randall. wid<jw of Niclicilas A. Randall, 
who was for fifteen years Dr. Ilubliaid's [lartner in 
the drug store. He was a native (jf Oneida County. 
N. Y., and for eleven years a jirofessional teacher. 
He belonged to the fifth generation of his family 



in America, tracing his lineage back in this coun- 
try over two hundred years to William Randall. 
of Lincolnshire. England, who was born in 15!t4. 
and who came to lloston, JIass., in l()3(l. Mrs. 
Hubbard was a daughter of William Winters, who 
formerly lived at Lake Champlain. They came to 
Michigan in 1H63, the father passing away from 
this life .January 22, 1887. Mr.s. Hubbard has two 
children, whose names are Henry Duane Randall 
and Clara M. Both icside in Chicago, the daugh- 
ter being the wife of L. K. Hall. 

Politically Dr. Hubbard is a Republican, and 
was a member of the .School Board for years. He 
is a fluent speaker on political topics and has taken 
the slump during various campaigns. 



ON. .JAMES \'.\X KLEECK. Our subject 
^^^, has held some of the most prominent posi- 
L^' tious in a pul)lic way, within the j^ift of 
~ his county. A iirominent Attorncy-al- 
law, he is an ex-Representative of the State, and 
an ex-Commissioner of emigration. Personally he 
is a man to whom the be.st class would be attracted. 
Clean of morals and heart, he is genial, and com- 
mends himself to all. He was born in Exetei-. 
Monroe County, Mich., September 2(;. 1H4G. and is 
a son of Robert and Catherine (McManniss) Van 
Kleeck. The former was boin at Van Kleeck Hill. 
Canada. He was the sou of Simeon N'an Kleeck, 
who was a native of New York, and born on the 
Hudson River. He had removed to Canada at the 
time of the Revolutionary War, and was the first 
settler at Van Kleeck 's Hill, where he devoted him- 
self to farming. The family trace their ancestry 
l)ack through six or seven generations to Holland. 
Our subject's father was reared in Canada, and 
when a young man came to Michigan in I8;i2. lie 
engaged in farming in Exeter, Monroe County, 
but returned to Canada in time to take part in the 
Rebellion with McKinzie's men. Coming back to 
Exeter, he resumed his farm einploynient and con 
tinned until his decease, which occurred when he 
was seventy-five years old. Our subject's mother 
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James McManniss. Of llif live cliilclicn iluit wcie 
ill the family <if wliiili oui>iilijecl was one. lu' was 
the only lioy and tlie fourth in order "f liirth. lie 
was reared on the farm and attended tliecoiiiniou- 
schools. On tlie lireakinu' out of llie ".ir his 
young patriotism was liied, and in .lime. IHfli. 
lie enlisted in Company D, Seventeenth Michiiran 
Infantry, and was mustered in at Detroit. His 
regiment was iminedi.'Uely sent South, and he soon 
saw the horrors of war, for he was engagecl in Ihe 
liattle at South Mountain and Antietani. at whieh 
last eiiiifagement lie was woundiMl twiee. The sec- 
ond shot h'ft a liall lodged in \)\> side, ancl he was 
left on tiie lield and supposed to lie dead. Taken 
to the hospital, he was transferred to Frcdei'ick 
City Hospital, where he remained until coming 
home, but even after returning to his home he was 
unable to walk for a year, and was discharged in 
December. IBfJ.'J. The hall, which he still carries, 
causes him pain at times. 

As soon as his health wassulliciently estalilished, 
our subject again resumed liis school duti(>s, it be- 
ing his desire to tit himself for the profession of 
law. He studied with Baldwin A- Hafter, of Mon- 
roe County. Mich., for one year, and in lS(il» en- 
tered the law department of the lniversit\' of 
.Michigan, .and was graduated in IWTl.with tliede- 
gree of LI.. 15. For six months he pursued his 
luaclice in Monroe, and then located in .Midland 
City, where he was City .\ttornev for two years, 
and County Prosecuting .Vttoriicy for six \-eais. 
While there stationed, he was I'resident of the 
Midland County Agricultural Society, and w.as 
nominated and elec'ted Representative from .Mid- 
land, in 1HH2, on the Republican ticket and served 
through the session of lSH:i. He was on the .ludi- 
ciary Committee and on the Committee of the 
I'niversity of Michigan. The session cast a liallot 
nf iiiiicty-oue votes electing Thomas AV. I'almcr 
Inited States .Senator. 

In 1885 our subject removed to Hay Cit v and 
entered into partnershi]j in the practice of law 
with (ieorge W. .Mann, about two years, and tli.n 
continued his pr.aclice alone. In 188.") he was a))- 
pointed Conunissioner on Kmigration by (iov. .\l- 
ger, and held the office until it was abolished. In 
1886 Mr. Van Kleeck was elected Prosecuting At- 



torney of Bay County, and served from 1887 to 
1888. As a Rcpi-escnlative of the people, he has 
always adopted such mode of procedure as prom- 
ised to be foi' the general good. No favoritism of 
personal emolument could iixluce hhii to change 
his mode of imblic business. 

()ni' subject was married in .Midland, .luly 'J. 
1872. to .Miss .luliette C. Carpenter, who was born 
in Oakland County, this State. This unicm has lieeii 
blessed b\' the advent therein of three cliildren, 
whose names are Edith A.. James C. and .Vdelia. 
(■)ur subject is a Free and .Vccepted Mason socially, 
and also belong's to the (irand .Vi'iny of the Re- 
|)ulilic. He was .ludge Advocate of State under 
H. -M. DuiHeld. He is an ardent Republican, and 
has mnnfuliy stood by every mcTMire adopted by 
his paity. 



ARHY J. TIFRNKV is erne of the enterpris- 
ing young liusiness men of Bay City, and 
has the ininclpal management of his broth- 
er's affairs. He is the proiirietor of the 
only cut rate ticket office in the Saginaw A'alley, 
and is Cashier of Tierney's Brokerage Office and 
Personal Security B.aiik as well as Secretary and 
Manager of the Bay City Stor.age Company. His 
jjarents were Patrick and .Mary (K'yaii) Tieiney, 
both natives of Irelantl, who came to this country 
and here spent most of their lives. 

( )ur subject was born in Loiidnn. Canad;i. .lime 
1, 187(1, and was there reared and educated. .\t 
the .age of lifteen he came to Bay City, and after 
taking a business course in Devlin's liusiness Col- 
lege, he became liook-keeper for his brother Peter 
in the brokerage office, and also took the position 
of Ca.shier. 

There is not a shrewder business man in Bay 
City, even among older heads than this young 
man. and Ilie business is \erv successful under his 
supervision. I'pon the incor|)oiation of the Bay 
City Storage Company, he became its Secretary 
and Manager, and in that does a good busines. He 
will no doubt achieve a brilliant linancial success 



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if no misfortune Itefalls him otlier than can now be 
predicted. 

In 1888 3'oung' Tieruey started a cut-rate (icket 
office, an individual enterprise, and the only one in 
the valley. lie and his brotiier are "hustlers" in 
the real-estate .and loan business and one can see at 
the first interview that this \-ouna: man lias remark- 
able business abilities. He is a member of the St. 
James' Catholic C'hurch, <ind is connected with the 
Ancient Order of Hiliernians. His political views 
bring him into alliance with the Democratic party. 



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VANDER S. VAN LIEW, a well-known civil 
engineer and real-estate dealer of AVest ]5ay 
City, is numbered anK>nii- the most success- 
ful business men in the county. He is prominent 
in many ways and has helped to build uj) the city 
from a hamlet to a populous town. He is inter- 
ested in pine and lumber lands in Kentucky, Ten- 
nessee, Alabama, Georgia and Florida, and as a 
civil engineer is one of the most practical in the 
country. During the '6(is he estimated the cost of 
laying a gas pipe from Pennsylvania to New York 
and demonstrated its practicability, but others at- 
tacked his statements with ridicule, and even the 
writers in the Scientific Ameriraa were f)p[)osed to 
his opinions. He defended himself with vigor. 
and the very plan he then advocated is now in 
common use, showing him to have been far in ad- 
vance of his day. He was the engineer of the West 
Hay City Electric Street Railway during its con- 
struction. One of his greatest undert.akings is the 
improvement of the resort kmiwn as Wenona Beach, 
which is the finest place of the kind on Saginaw 
Bay or on the upper lakes, with elegant pavil- 
ion, boat house, walks and liand stand, upon which 
he and S. 0. Usher expended ovei iS'2.'J,()0(l. 

IMr. A'an Liew was born in Ovid, Seneca Couiity, 
N. Y., October 7, 1832, and is a son of Elhanan 
Van Liew, whose father, Frederick, was born upon 
Staten Island and was a captain in the army dur- 
ing the War of 1812, The family is of Dutch de- 
scent. The father, who was a manufacturer and 
fancy weaver, became a lumberman, and after he 
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had sold the lumber disposed of the land as farms. 
He was the nK)st extensive hunlierman in the vi- 
cinity and took his son into partnership witli him, 
the firm being known as \'an Liew A- Son. He died 
in t!ayuga County. N. Y., from iiaralysis of the 
heart, passing away February 4. IHIU, while visit- 
ing one of his lumber camps. He was convinced 
of the truth of Democratic principles, but was also 
a strong Prohil)itionlst and a sturdy worker for 
temperance in every way. His wife, Eliza .\., 
daughter of Abijah Wood, was born in Danbury. 
Conn., and was descended from the best blood of 
New England. She now resides with her children 
at the old home in Cayuga County, N. Y.. and is 
still an .active worker In the Presbyterian Church. 
There were nine children in the fan.ily in which 
our subject grew to maturity and seven of them 
are still living. Evandcr S. attended the district 
school and at the age of fifteen entered the acad- 
emy of ( )vid where he completed his literary course. 
He then studied civil engineering, and on receiving 
his degree took a position as engineer upon the 
Genesee A'alley Canal in the em]iloy of the State. 
Eighteen months later he returned to Ovid and 
became a partner witli his father in the lumber 
business, while at the same time he was in the em- 
ploy of tlie New York Central Railroad as civil 
engineer. 

The marriage of Mr. \'aii Liew and Miss Laura 
J., daughter of Darwin Leonard took place in IH.'iT. 
Two years later the ^onng man purchased a farm 
near Seneca Lake and engaged in farming, while at 
the same time he carried on lumbering and engin- 
eering. In the spring of 18()() he came to the Sag- 
inaw A'alley and entered the service of Ssige Ar Mc- 
Graw, remaining with them as engineer until .July, 
1872; he then began work for the Detroit & Bay 
City Railroad, and during the succeeding years 
went South twice to superintend important work. 
In 187.') he was made City Recorder,whicli position 
he held until 1882, and during that time he was 
one of the promoters of the building of the water 
works and was the engineer and superintendent, 
as well as the Secret.ai y and Treasurer of the Board. 
He has also been Cit}' Engineer at various times. 

For a number of years Mr. Van Liew has taken 
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parts ul tin- toiiiiuy. Ill 1865 he bought twenty- 
two tliousaiid acres of coal land in Knidford 
County', Pa., for which he paid i^200,()00, and soon 
sold it at an advance. In 1882 he formed a part- 
nership with the Hon. S. (). Fisher in real estate, 
and they are still interested together. Mr. Van 
Liew has built a great many houses in the city and 
owns many lots here. The children who have 
gathered about tlie home of Mr. Van Liew are three 
in number. The son L. D. is one of the finest 
chemists in the Northwest and is the general super- 
intendent of the Westmoreland Specialty Company 
at (irapeville, a suburb of Pittsburg, Pa.; Frank 
M. is in the crockery business at West Hay City, 
and Zaidee resides at home with her parents. The 
social orders command the attention of Jfr. Van 
Liew and he is prominent in the Free and Accepted 
Masons, the Royal Arch Miisons and the Roj'al 
Arcanum. He l)eliev'es in free trade, and free silver, 
and is frequently a delegate to county and Stnte 
Democratic conventions. In 1860 he was a dele- 
gate from New York to the National Democratic 
Convention which met at Charleston, S. C., and 
there was a pronounced man. Iiut in 1872 he disa- 
greed with his party in their nomination of Greeley 
and "bolted," becoming a delegate to the National 
.Straight Democratic Convention whicli iKniiinated 
Charles O'Connor, at Louisville. 

A lithographic portrait of Mr. \:\u Liew accom- 
panies this sketch. 



r^jlCHAHI) W. IIAXKIN, who is a blacksmith 
'^^ by trade, is conducting his business in 
Freeland. .S,i<;iiiaw County, and is the son 
^of Richard W. and Anne (Bull)IIankin, i 
the former a native of Pennsylvania and the lat- 
ter of Fngland. Tiie subject of this sketch was • 
liorn in AVarreii Counly. Pa.. February 22, 184L 
and he there received lii> ediicalion and jiassed his 
boyhood days ujion the faim and in the woik oi-- 
dinarily .Mssigncd to country lads. 

I'pon the breaking out of the Civil War young 
Ilankin threw in his future with that of his coun- 



try' and enlisted in Company A, Forty-ninth New 
York Infantry in the spring of 1861. This sixteen- 
year old boy served bravelj' for one j'car and then 
re-enlisted in Company C, Ninth New Y'ork Cav- 
alr\-, which bodj' of troops was attached to the 
Army of the Potomac. 

The young soldier served under (ien. Devin and 
belonged to the Second Brigade, First Division 
of that army, taking part in the famous battle of 
Gettysburg and participating in the engagement 
in the Slienandoah Valley, being under Sheridan 
at Winchester and Cedar Creek, and also in the 
Battle of the Wilderness, continuing in tiie service 
until the fall of 1864, when he was disabled with 
the rheumatism. He was then .sent to the hospital 
at AVashinglon, where he remained for some time 
and was finally granted an honorable discharge on 
account of disability. 

The young man returned home upon leaving the 
army and spent some time in recruiting his health. 
He did not feel like settling down to work at the 
old home and decided that as he had been so 
thoroughly broken up in his plans by his experi- 
ences in the army he might as well take this time 
for effecting an entire change, and determined 
111)011 removing to the West. In 1865 he came to 
Michigan, entering the emploj' of the Tittabawasee 
Boom Company, with whom he continued for two 
3'ears, and later took the position of section fore- 
man for the Flint iVr Pere Marquette Railroad. 
After three years in the service of that road he lo- 
cated in Freeland, which has been his home from 
that day to this. 

The marriage of 'Sli: Ilankin and .AHss Annie, 
daughter of John Buford, took place in February. 
1 86(). Mr. Buford is a resident of Saginaw County 
and a native of Detroit, and his daughter was born 
in Mt. Clemens, Mich. The six children who came 
to bless this home are as follows: Clarissa, who 
married ;\Iartin Ryan and resides in Midland 
County; Delbert, who is unmarried and resides at 
-Muskegon, where he is in the emi)loy of a lumlicr 
firm; Cery, Charles, Richard and Keturali. 

Tiie political principles of our subject have 
brought him into line with the general movements 
of the Democratic party, and as to the social orders 
he is a member of the Midland Lodge, No. 237 



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A. r. ife A. M., and also helong's to the Patrons of 
InfUistiy. The meiiihers of the family lielong to 
the Methodist Ejiiseopal (lunch and are nsefiil 
and honored in its meinhi'rshi|). Jlr. Ilankin 
started in life without a dollar and with the disad- 
vantage of having suffered in iu^alth tlnouiili his 
patriotic devotion to his nation's honor, hut by 
hard work and industry he has made a success of 
life and has .accumulated a comfortable jii-operty. 



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ylLLIAM B. CUBBAaE, M. D., is the leading 
physician of thevill.age of Freeland, where 
he is k)cated, and owns one hundred and 
twenty acres adjacent to that village, in the 
township of Tittabawassee, Saginaw County. He is 
the son of George and Sariih ( Williamson) C'uli- 
bage, natives of Delaware and Ohio, respectively. 
The Doctor was born in Franklin County. Ohio, 
April 7, 1848. and early had the misfortune to lose 
his father. His mother never remarried and he re- 
mained with her upon the farm until he reached 
the age of twenty-six years. 

This young man had superior advantages in se- 
curing an education as he attended an excellent 
district school until he was about fifteen years of 
.age, after which he entered Central College in his 
native county and also studied at the Westerville 
Normal School. His financial mattei's were in such 
a shape that he found it necessary to earn his own 
tuition money and he prepared himself for a teacher 
and taught his first term at the age of nineteen, 
continuing thus for some five years. When only a 
boy he iiad acijuiied a love for the study of medi- 
cine and began reading in that direction while 
teaching, and read with Dr. Beverly, of Westerville, 
for two years, flnall3' entering the oflice of Prof. 1). 
Halderman. M. D., who had been a surgeon in the 
Forty -sixth Ohio Infantry and was Pi-ofessor of 
Surgery at Starling Medical College at Columbus, 
Ohio. 

Tliis ambitious student entered Starling Medical 
College in 1871, and aftei- taking a three years' 
course w.as graduated in the Class of '74. locating 
in Freeland where he has ever since resided, with 



the exception of a period of six months when he 
served by appointment as Clinical Assistant to his 
iild pn'ce]it(ii'. Dr. Halderman, after which he re- 
turned to his home at Freeland. Dr. Cuhbage w.as 
united in the bonds of marriage. .luly H. 1878 with 
Emma M., daughter of C. Parker, of Ihidley. La- 
peer County, and tlieir union was blessed by the 
liirth of one daughter — Winnifred M. Upon the 
11 til of August, 1884. this household w.as over- 
shadowed by the angel of death, and the loving 
wife and mother was takeu hence. 

The present Mrs. Cubbage w.as known in maiden- 
hood ,as Anna Pullar. and her father, Andrew Pul- 
lar, w.as a resident of Freeland. This union h.as 
been bles.sed by the liirth of two children — Max 
and Afeta. who are both at home, as is also the 
daughter Winnifred. The Doctor has been very 
successful in his jiraetice and has aiMjuired a fine 
reputation throughout this part of the State. 

The political views of Dr. Cubbage bring him 
into line with the Democratic party, and he has 
been .Secretary of the County Sc1iO(jI Board for five 
years, and for two years w.as examiner of teachers, 
in both of which olhces he lia> given great satisfac- 
tion. In the .soci.il orders he is a member of the 
Patrons of Husliandrv and is the physici.an for Tent 
and Commandery of the Knights of the Macca- 
bees, of Freeland. He is also a representative of the 
Supieme Tent, and belongs to the Independent 
Order of Foresters. Mrs. Culiliage is an active and 
earnest memlier of the Congreg.ational Church and 
a lady of intelligence and social attracti<jn. 



IRA S. MARTIN, deceased. This promi- 
nent citizen of Saginaw, who.se death oc- 
curred so suddenly and with so little warn- 
ing February 13. 18811, was born, in Oxford 
County, Ontario, F^cbruary 1."). 1848. His parents. 
William Hyde and .\nii Elizabeth Martin, were 
natixes of Xew York and Nova Scotia respectively. 
Their son .lira was the youngest of seven children, 
and he received all the opportunities for education 
which the parents were able to command for him. 



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When he came to Saginaw in 1868 he had but t2 
in his pocket but he went to work with great iu- 
dependence at anything lie could get to -do and 
soon placed himself upon a substantial basis. At 
one time he was employed in Chicago. In what- 
ever he has been engaged he has given his en- 
tire attention to his business, and during the last 
j^ear he was engaged in luiying nnd shiiiiiing 
horses. 

The marriage of our subject took place, JIarch 
5, 1874, and he was then united with Emma J., 
daughter of William H. Sweel, of Saginaw. Both 
are members of the Episcopal Church, and she is 
the organist at the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
Hs was greatly interested in lodge work, and it is 
witli pleasure that we quote the words which were 
spoken of him by the .Sir Knights after his death. 
"He was a zealous and enthusiastic Mason, and 
from the time when lie received the orders of 
Knighthood in iiiscommaiiderv until prevented by 
failing health he was punctual and constant in his 
attendance, performing every duty with cheerful- 
ness and fidelity. lie was one of the noblest men 
that ever marched under the banner of Christian 
Knighthood, honest, earnest, amiable, generous and 
full of knightly courtesy." 

Mr. Martin engaged in the livery business in 
1881, purchasing the outfit of .T. .1. Harvey and 
from that time on he was located at the corner of 
Hamilton and Ames Street, where he carried on an 
extensive business, having one of the best equipped 
establishments in the city. He was one of the 
prominent members of the West Side Club and in 
his politics was in atlilialion with the Republican 
part}-. His death occurred February 13, 1889. 

The children who came to bless the home of our 
snbj«ct were Bessie, who died in infancy and Will- 
iam Henry who is known by the name of Harry 
and who is now a bright lad f)f fourteen years. 
The i)lcasant home of the widow is at No. 814 
Adnms .Street. Immediately after the death of Mr. 
Martin the following tribute from the pen of 
George F. Lewis appeared in the SafjiiKncion: "A 
handsome man in form, feature, mood and methods; 
a good citizen, a competent business man, enter- 
prising and i)ublic-spirited, the life of the social 
circles, undeviating in his courtesy to each and all, 



regardless of the acute suffering incident to his 
peculiar ailment of the heart, chivalrous, sensitive, 
kindly in all his instincts and ever thoughtful as 
well of the feelings as of the interest of all with 
whom he had associations. .lira Martin made 
friends because he deserved friends, friends who 
were linked to him with hooks of steel. Other 
men under less suffering' become misaiitluoplnc. 
petulant and at times unreasonable, but with him 
them was a royal will of kindness, a genuine man- 
hood which subordinated every instinct, sentunent 
and impulse to a feeling of good will toward all 
of God's creatures." 




NDREW STACEY, a prominent citizen of 
Bridgeport Township, Saginaw County, is 
;i> a native of Ontario, Canada, and was born 
'&,' .Tune ^i. 1843. His parents, .Tames and 

Latitia (Gardner) Stacey, were natives of England 
and emigrated to America more than half a century 
ago. Tlu'v came to this county in 1862, set- 
tling ill Zilwaukee, and as the father was a car- 
pi'iiter and joiner liy trade he found an abundance 
of work demanding his skill and followed that 
calling through the remainder of his life, dying in 
this county in 1865. His good wife, who survived 
until 1881, was the mother of four children three 
of whom are living, namely: .Tames, Richard and 
Andrew. 

Andrew .Stacey received his education in the 
schools of C inada which at that day were far from 
being c(jmplete or progressive, and he has found it 
necessary to largely supplement the course there 
pursued, and with true wisdom has made his whole 
lii(^ a school for learning. He was married May 
22, 186,5, to Jessie Thorbur, who was lioni neaj- 
(ilasgow, Scotland. .Tanuary i, l.sl.V Her parents, 
•Tames and .lessie (McFec) Tiiorbur were natives of 
that countiy. Her mother died when she ,was 
quite young and at the age of six the child came 
with her father to America settling in Upper 
Canada where she was reared to womanhood. Her 
four children are, .laines, Ella, Charles and Carrie, 
and the elder is a public school teaciier of good 
reputation. 



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For a numbur of years JMr. Rtacev resided in 
Zilwaukie Townsliip. and there followed the 
cooper's trade wliich he ha<l h'anied in his yontli 
and it was not until liSSl tliat he settled upon the 
farm wheie he now resides. It is a handsome es- 
tate of one hundred and thirty aere-^ and in eveiv 
way shows the hand of athorounh and i)rot;i-e.ssive 
farmer. He had no capital when he beiian life 
here m the ^^■est an<l his su<-i-c>.>- is en1ii'el\' due to 
his own effoits, seconded as they have lieen by a 
faithful, inteliiu(ait and thrifty eonii)ani(in. His 
political views bi-ini;- him into alliance with the 
Republican party and in local matters he is au ac- 
tive promoter of all progressive movements. He 
is a member of the Ivnights if the Maccabees and 
he and his good wife are l)oth active and intluen- 
tial in the social circles of his township. 



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^UGUSTUS C. MELZE. When Mr. Melze 
(@/y I came to the present tin iving village of Mer- 
i \ rill, there was only one family in the place, 
*^' which was known at that time as Green's 

Mill. From the time that he drove the first nail 
ever driven in Merrill until the present time, 18',I2, 
he has been closely connected with its growth and 
a prominent factor in its development. He came 
here without a dollar, and his jiresent competency 
lias been secured by economy and industry, com- 
bined with decided liusiness tact and judgment. 
Now a prosperous business jnan, he enjoys the 
largest trade of any merchant in the county, out- 
side the city of Saginaw, and averages total sales 
of 84,0(1(1 per month. 

Mr. Melze, whose portrait is sliowii on the oppo- 
site page, is now in the prime of life. He was 
born in Louisville, Ohio, November 12, 18;")!. His 
father, Pierre Melze, a native of France, and a 
cooper by trade, emigrated to America in 1849, 
proceeding directly to Ohio and .settling in Louis- 
ville, where he followed his trade. He married 
Louisa Prenot, a French lady, who died in 1884 at 
the age of sixty-four years. He afterward married 
again, and now survives at the age of seventy-five 



years, the recipient of every attention from his 
children and the object of their tender care. He 
and his wife were the p.'ircnts of five children, 
three of whom arc now living. One son, Erail, 
was a Lieutenant in the late war, and was wounded 
in service three times, dying from the effects of 
injuries received. 

In a Catholic scImkiI in Ohio, the subject of our 
sketch received a limited education, and afterward 
began in life for himself at the age of seventeen 
years. He was employed in packing hoops for 
barrels and continued in that way for ten years. 
He came to Michigan in 18(5.5. sojourning for a 
time near St. .John 'sand one year afterward coining 
to Saginaw County, where he remained in Chesan- 
iug several years. The year 187.5 Tnarked his ai ri- 
val in Merrill, where he has since resided. He 
came here to work in the hoop business and finally 
bought out the establishment. In order to assist 
his employes he kept a small store and furnished 
them with the necessities of existence. Each 3'ear 
his stock was increased until it has reached its 
present proportions. In 1888 he took as his part- 
ner Peter L. Perkins, and they now operate under 
the firm name i>f Jlelze k Perkins. 

In the meantime [Mr. Melze has not neglected the 
hoop business, and is now President of the Michi- 
gan Hoop Company, with headquarters at Saginaw. 
The firm enjoys a steady and lucrative business 
and during 18;tl handled six hundred cars of 
hoops. AVith his other duties j\lr. Melze finds time 
to engage in real estate and loans, holding consid- 
erable property and owning one thousand acres of 
farm lands. He has great faith in the future of 
Merrill and has worked faithfully to improve the 
village. When it was named he was urged to call 
it after himself, luit refused to do so. His model 
farm in Saginaw County which he recently sold, 
co.nprised one hundred and twenty acres just-out- 
side of the limits of the village of Jlerrill and is 
embellished with good buildings, which he erected. 
In his politics Mr. Melze is a strong Democrat 
and has rei)resented his fellow-citizens in various 
official capacities. For many _years he was Town- 
ship Clerk, also served as Treasurer of the village 
one year, and has been a delegate to district con- 
ventions, He was urged to accept the nomination 



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fill- ihe State Legislature Imt refused, feeling lliat 
il woul'l be (h'ti'iinental to his tiusiness foi- liiiii tii 
negleet it. Meniil nmloulitedly liasa bright future 
before it, and its citizens will ever hold in affection- 
ate regard tlie gentleman whose ability has con- 
trilmted to its development and to whom its 
|iros|ierily is largel\- due. 










^M ICHAEL LEIDLKIN. Among the men to 
whom the township t)f Huena Vista, Sagi- 
naw County, owes much of its prosperity 
as an agricultural center, is tlie one whose 
name heads this sketch. He belongs to tliat Teu- 
tonic class of emigrants whose industry and econ- 
omy soon placed them in coinfoitable and respon- 
sible positions on coming into tiie new counlrv. 
Our subject has taken adv.-uitage of evei-y ciicum- 
stance that he could turn to his own account, and 
the i-onsci|UcMcc is th;il lie is in :i most conifortMlile 
lin.'incial position, and a f.armer who has .•lei-iiinu- 
lated a handsome competency in llie pursuit of lii> 
calling in this Stale. 

Mr. Leidlein is an old settler in the Wolverine 
State, having conu' here as early as IK IK. lie was 
boiii in rolzingen. Kicis Mittelfranken, I'lav.niM. 
( icrmaux . .Inni' !.'). IK27. He received a llioiougli 
education, jis do all ( iernian \ out lis. and which has 
enabled lilni to so successfidly cope willi the world. 
Eai'ly in life he w.ns tlirown upon his own ic- 
sources. and followed ili.' business of a rope-maker 
until IKIT. in his native l;iiid. when. Iiaxiiii; lieniil 
much of the tame of the Westcin world, lie eiii- 
liarked for America, and landed in Xew York No- 
vember K. of the Mbii\e-iiained ye;ir. lie iciiiaineil 
in Syracuse. N. ^'.. oiu' winter, and the followint; 
spring. IH^K. (■;inic to the Sagin:iw N'jilley. On 
coming liillier they were obliged to seeiire the ser- 
vices of .M snrveyoi- to pilot them to llieii new 
home in Ulmiilield Township. 

In ll-i."i2 our subject dis|)0sed of his pui-eliase in 
iilumtu'ld Township and purchased the |)ioperty 
on which he resides at the present time in Uiiena 
\'istM '!"o\\ iisliip. lie was iiist iiinienl.-il in Imildinu 
Ihe lirsi Niwiiiill in ilir township, which hi' oper- 



ated very successfully until the spring of 1865, 
when the mill was entirely destroyed by fire, the 
loss to our subject being over *7,00(), and upon 
whicli there was no insurance. AVith his charac- 
teristic energy and perseverance he immediately 
rebuilt the mill, and in three months it was ])ut in 
operation. 

In 18()(i the building of a plank road was agita- 
ted between Saginaw and Vassar, and our subject 
manifested his interest in the welfare of the com- 
munity by using hi.s influence in favor of its build- 
ing, and his popularity w,as such that (he road was 
constructed and he was made its President, which 
l)osition he continued to ocenp}' for several years. 
In 1871, the year of the great Chicago tire, forest 
tires were raging in Michigan, and Mr, Leidlein 
suffered the loss of two large barns and contents, 
besides all the timber on his place, entailing a loss 
to him of several thfiusand dollars. Our subject, 
proxing himself equal to the emergency, rebuilt his 
barns and now is the possessor of a fine tract of 
laud of two hundred and twenty acres, which, by 
the energv and good judgment which he has dis- 
played, is one of the linest in Saginaw County. 
This exeellent farm is operated in connection with 
his son, .lohn Leidlein, whose sketch will be found 
on another page in this volume; and is superin- 
teiulcMl cnlirely by the son. At the time of the de- 
struction of the barns of our subject by tire, they 
were insured, but he was unable to obtain any 
money from the eonipaiiy in which he was insured. 

.Ml. Leiillein was united in marriage, April 16, 
IK.")!, with Miss Dorothea Myer. a native also of 
l!eicliels<loif. Kreis .Mittelfranken, Uavaria, (xer- 
iiiany, having been born in that country December 
;!ll. I m;!k. ( )ur subject and his wife have been the par- 
ents of icn children. \i/,: Frederieka, Margaretha, 
l>arbar;i. .Maggie, .lohn, (u'orge .1., Carf)line, Mary. 
Karl .1.. and one who died in infancy unnamed. 

l'"reileiick:i is the wife of Martin Messner; Bar- 
bara is the widow of .lohn Weber; Maggie is the 
wife of Christian .laeckei; .Tohu is referred to in 
another sketch; (ieorge .1. died in ISuena X'ista 
Townshiii when eighteen years of age. His death 
was occasi(uied by the team he w.as driving taking 
fright and dragging liiiii some distance, his hands 
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the fi'iijliteiied horses; he lived Init fourteen hours 
alter the aceidenl. Miir<2:;iretha died when foiu- 
years of ajje. 

Our suhjeet has served aeeeptalily in the otlices 
of .lustiee of tlie I'eace. whieli position he lield ''or 
t-vvcnty-li\'e ye;ii,-. '! < \\l;^l,i]l 'liciMiKr f< r Mveiid 
terms, and has been the recipient of all the school 
ottices. ht insi' iniieh interested in eduealional affairs. 
He is a piililic-spiriteil man. and has lici^n idculilied 
with all pulilie enter|iri.-es wiiicli in his judi;iiient 
would advaiu'e the wellare of the comiiiunity in 
whieh he has so long resided. 'I'lie political ideas 
which our subject considei'ed most sound, previous 
to iy7(5, were tho,se which are expressed in the IJe- 
publican party. Since that time, however, he has 
been independent, voting for the man rather than 
party. All in all, ISIr. Leidlein is a i)0[)ular and 
progressive farmer and excellent citizen, who is 
willing to help forward all movements wliich will 
be for the benefit of the eommunitv. 



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|K()R(iE II. GRANGER, M. ]). For the 
past six years our subject has held an as- 
sured position among the medical frater- 
nity of Bay City. Dr. Granger was born in Way- 
land, Steuben County, N. Y., January 17, 1841. 
He is a sou of Schuyler and Mary Ann (Anderson) 
Granger. His father was a farmer and a native of 
Hartford, Conn. He settled in "Westein New York 
when the present site of Rochester was a wilderness. 
Our siibject acipiired his education a1 Danville 
Seminary and later went to (ienesee Wesleyan 
.Seminary and (Unesee College. 

Dr. Granger left college in order to read medi- 
cine with Dr. Patchin of 'Wayland, and after a 
most satisfactory cour.sc he went into the hospital 
service for two years, serving as a cadet on a con- 
tract. On returning to his home he went out 
with Company G. One Hundred Eighty-ninth 
New York Infantry, being the fourth Sergeant 
of the company, but he was for the most time 
with the surgeon. His regiment was detailed to 
duty with the Second Brigade in the First Division 
and the Fifth Army Corjis and with it he was in 



all the general engagements of the Army of the 
Potomac from .Vpril 1. 18(11 until Lee's surrender. 
He was in the battle of the Wilderne.ss and was in 
two battles of Hatchie's H\in. At Dabney's ]\Iill 
he saw some siiarp lighting and again in the spring 
of 18G;') .at Gravelly Run, at White Oak Road 
and in the final cidmination of affairs in the liattle 
of Five Forks and fiom the time of Lee's surrender 
untd the general review at Washington he was in 
\'irginia. He had never l)een absent fiom his reg- 
iment during the whole of his service. He was 
mustered out of the State service at Elmira, and 
of the United States service at Arlington Heights. 

Returning to W.ayland, our subject resumed his 
studies and graduated with his class from the de- 
partment of regular medicine in 18(57. He began 
practicing his profession at Unionville. Tuscola 
County, when the country w.as new and wild, 
and as there one of the pioneers of that local- 
ity. He made most of his visits on hor.seback 
for a period of five years, and continued there 
until 188;"). He has ridden over a great extent of 
that country and his life while there was not an 
easy one. He has many times been called u|) in 
the night to go to Caseville. twenty-six miles dis- 
tant from his home. 

(Jur subject came to Bay City in order to relieve 
himself from his heavy work and at the same time 
to have a broader field in which he could develop 
his own knowledge of special diseases. AVhile in 
Tuscola County he was a memlier of the Medical 
■Society and since coming to B.ay County has not 
failed to benefit himself by the advantages of such 
association. He is the road physician for the Flint 
& Pere Marquette Railroad Company, and in 
such a position is kei)t employed on work that is 
at the same time serious and delicate. 

Socially Dr. (iranger is Waster of Northern Star 
Lodge, No. 277, F. t\: A. M. and for eleven years 
was so associated in Inionville. AVhile in that 
village he was proi)rietor of a drug store and also 
owner of a farm; the latter he still possesses. Since 
coming to Bay City he has given his whole atten- 
tion to his practice. 

( )Hr subject w.as married August I, 1!^()8, to .Miss 
LiKV L.. daughter of Frasmus 1). Nichols. This 
marriage has been most happy, the couple being 



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sympathetic and appreciative in cverv ivspect. 
Tliey arc attendants of tlic >rclli()(Ust Kpiscopal 
Churcii. In politics lie is a Rcputilican and served 
Tuscola Ciinnty as its Representative in the 
sessions of 1.s7!)-18?S|-Ikh2. was proniinentiv men- 
tioned as the Ctovenior of Alaska, and no doiilit 
would have lieen nominated had he stayed in tiie 
race. In IHMt he was l)cforc the Congressional 
Convention held in (Grayling and came near be- 
ing nominated for Congress to represent the Tenth 
district. He has been connected with Bay Cit\' 
Educational Board and served as its President 
three terms. He is Past Commander of V. 
S. C; rant Post, No. (i7, (i. A. H. and his stand- 
ing is shown by a gold badge of that order, pre- 
sented to him on his retirement as Commander. 
He has held many ofliees of minor imjjortance and 
is considered as one of Bay City's ni(»t iniuiiinfiit 
citizens. 






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I I'S. . a representative 
pitineer of Saginaw (oiiiily. residing on 
I'j section 't. Bridgeporl 'l'ownslii|i. was boin 
.May I. \X-2X. in Oakland Coniily. this 
State, and is llic son of William and Olivia (Ten- 
ant) Phillips. The father is .siid to have been a 
native of ( lermany audio lia\e emigrated with 
lii.'« parents lo tliis country when ipiite \ipuni;'. 
While in New ^■ork City he was adopted liy .Judge 
W:iy "ho i;:i\<- him most of his training and edu- 
cation. 

riie p;ii-ents of our subject were eai'ly seltlers of 
Oakland County, Mich., and resided there until the 
boy was thirteen yeais old ;it whicli liuie Ihev re ■ 
moved to ( ienesee County, where they s|]ent the 
remainder of their days. The log >clio(ilhouse. 
the farm, and the rude scenes of pionei'r life tilled 
up the boyhood of our subject and he began life 
frf>m the standpoint of a poor boy. 

The maiiiage o! Mr. Phillips with Mi>s I'jnih' 
lilaeknier ccrun-eil ( (ctobcr M, IXl'.t. She was born 
in Niagara Counly. N. V.. May 21, 182!l, and is a 
d;iuuhter of N'jithaniel and IJoxana, (Hitter) Black- 
mer. Her father was born in Canada of Scotch 
parentage and her mother was a New Englander. 



Mrs. Phillips migrated with her parents to Genesee 
Counly. ^lich.. when she was about eleven years 
old and in that county her father was for many 
years engaged in the lumber business and later on 
in life engage<l in the mercantile line. He died in 
Genesee County in March, 185.'), and her mother 
now resides at Ka>t Saginaw. .She was one of 
twelve children, six of whom are now living, 
namely: Mr.s. Phillips; Horace; Austin; Aurelia, 
now the widow of Lafayette Hill; ^Lartha. wife of 
George Bridgemau, and Philo. 

To Mr. and Mrs. Phillips were born two children. 
Edson and Elvira O. The latter married Ro.scoe 
Leadebetter and died, leaving one son, Charles C, 
who makes his home with his grandfather. In 
1851 Mr. Phillips came to Saginaw County, and 
located in East .Saginaw when it ccmtained but a 
few liouse.s. Kor several years he carried on a 
grocery and provision business and for a short 
time also followed his trade as a carpenter and 
joiner. In the spring of 18(il he settled on the 
farm where he now lives and with the exception 
of four years has made that his home to the pres- 
ent time. This lieautiful property of eighty-one 
and one-half acres is the result of the hard work, 
enteri>rise and perseverance of himself and his 
faitiifui wife. This capable lady belongs to the 
K|)isi'op:il ( liuich and is an active member of .so- 
ciety. 

.Ml-. I'hillips has acted as .lustice of the Peace 
for four years and while living in Saginaw .served 
as clerk while that city was still under the village 
iiicoi poralion. In hi> politicMl views he favors the 
principles of the Demoer.atic party. His integrity 
and thoiough business methods are well known 
throuuJMJut the eommuiiity and he and his wife 
are liighlv esteemed in .social circles. A view of 
their pleasant homestead with its attractive rural 
surroundiiii>s appears elsewhere in this volume. 



Oil's COHYEOX. Many of the best citizens 

of Bay County did not have their nativity 

in the I'liiteil States, but being of foreign 

birth and coming to America with the hope 

of improving their fortunes, they have adopted 




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American ideas and aided in Iniildins' "P Ameri- 
can institutions. Among tiiose wlio iiave assisted 
in developing; tlie vast lesources of Michigan, 
none nioie deserves representation in tliis volume 
than Mr. Corveon. Althovigh he was horn m Bel- 
gium and thei'e i)nssed liis life until he ai-rived at 
years of maturity, he is thoroughly American in 
Ills ideas and interests, and no native-born citizen 
of Bay t'ounty takes a deeper interest in its ad- 
vancement than he. 

'Sir. Coryeon is a resident of Portsmouth Town- 
ship, where he owns sixty-five acres of fertile 
land. lie also owns other farms in the county and 
has in his possession forty lots in B,a\- City. At 
present he is engaged in business as a money leaner. 
His success and the enviable |)osition he occupies 
may justly be attributed to his careful economy 
and unremitting industry, (jualities which will 
bring financial success to their owner if they are 
coniliined with good judgment and business tact. 
In l.s.Sl Mr. Coryeon (M^'cted upon his place a 
beautiful brick residence, one of the linest in the 
neighborhood, which invarialily attracts the atten- 
tion of the passer-l)V and stands as a monument to 
his energy and enterprise. The reader will be 
pleased to notice a view of this fine residence on 
another page. 

In Im~ native country, Belgium, wheie he was 
boin in 1«27. Mr. Coryeon grew to a sturdy man- 
h;)od. Hi- opportunities for education were ex- 
ceedingly meager and his youth was devoted to 
liard WDik. In IS.t.S he crossed the ocean, seeking 
a home in the Xew AVorld. After landing he pro- 
ceeded directly to ^lichigan, sojourning in Detroit 
one winter and coming to Bay City in 1^5 4. His 
beginning in Bay City was an humble one, his lirst 
occupation being that of a scissfir shari)ener, and 
he may justly be termed a self-made man, as what 
he has ju.' owes to his unaided efforts. He began 
burning lime in l<S(;2and continued thus engaged 
until 18H(). He also managed a sawmill, a coal and 
wood yard, and bought boats vnd nets, following 
fishing for a livelihood and actively engaging in 
these variovis enterprises for some time. 

.lune 10. isiiK. Mr. Coryeon was married to 
.Mrs. Christina l>icli. the widow of George Rich and 
the daughter of Henry (ieis, Five children have 



blessed the union of iNIr. and Mrs. Corveon; all are 
deceased but a daughter, Thrcssa, who is receiving 
excellent educational advantages in the district 
schools. Those dead are: Kmma, Frank, Louisa 
.and Emma. Louisa and Thressa were twins: In all 
matters of public importance Mr. Coryeon takes 
consider.able interest and casts his ballot for the 
candid.ates of the Republican party, lielieving the 
l>rineiples of that party liest calculated to protect 
the interests of the |)eople. 



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IMLLIAM STONE is a farmer residing on 



W section 
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14, Tittabawassee Township, Sag- 
y^/ inaw County, where he is the fortunate 
owner of one huudied and twenty .acres of as fine 
land as is to be found within the confines of the 
county. This ))roperty is well improved and highly 
cultivated ha\'ing upon it excellent farm liiiild- 
ings, and he has brought this land out of its wild 
state to its present productive condition. 

Mr. Stone is the son of Channcey and Malvina 
(Ward) Stone and his father was born in the (ireen 
^Mountain State and his mother in New York. He 
himself was born in Erie County, N. Y., aiul his 
natal day w<as August 13, 1830. -Vs he was a farm- 
er's boy he early learned all the practical details of 
farm life and had the ordinary advantages of a 
common school education. Upon the farm of his 
father he made his home until he reached the age 
of twenty after which he undertook work in the 
luinl>er districts. 

In October, IKrtSI, ^Ir. Stone was hajipily married 
to the lady who now presides over his liousehold. 
She was Emily, daughter of .lames Callaway, and 
her parents were natives of Ashtabula County, 
(_)hio, where she also was born, her natal day being 
April 24, 1842. Oni'e only was this home liright- 
ened by the advent of a little child when Ida was 
born .Tilly 3, 18(!1. She was the delight of her 
parents and her proud grandparents and lived to 
be a beautiful girl of eighteen years, and on the 
.■5(1 of August, 1879, she was called away from 
earth by the angel of death, leaving behind her a 
sense of bcieavemeni which can never fade away. 



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The menioiT of tlii.« lovely irirl is cherislied l)y lier 
associates and friends as one whose In'ief life niijrht 
well he an example for others. 

The political oi)inions which control the public 
action of Mr. Stone are in hearty accord with the 
declarations and ])latforni of the Hepuhlican party, 
yet ho is not hlindly lead liy others, being siitli- 
ciently independent to control his vote, in local 
matters, by his own judirment and the exigencies 
of the times, and in all affaii-sof county and town- 
ship he votes for the man whose judgment and 
integrity he trusts, in preference to endorsing any 
one ))artisan ticket. 

While Mr. Stone i> loo busy a man with hisown 
affairs to be gieatly absorbed with the affairs of 
.■■ocial orders he belongs to Freeland Tent. Xo. Hi>8. 
K. (>. T. M., and is a faithful and prominent mem- 
ber of that order. He is also an attendant at and 
supporter of the Methodist Church. He had no 
capital with which to start life unless we may count 
!is such rolnist health, an excellent constitution, a 
detei-mination to succeed in whatever he under- 
took and a manly sense of integrity, and with 
the.se he has achieved success and is numliered 
among the prosperous nun of his townshii). 




r.RAM WllITUKCK. .Vinong prosperous 
tarnu'is who liaxe come to Michigan from 
i) the Kinpire State, we ma.\ mention Mr. 
AVhitbeck. who is carrying on a successful 
business as farmer and stock-raiser in Bridgeport 
Townshiji, Saginaw County, lie was l)orn March 
21, 1K:?.') in Hen.sselaei County, >.'. Y.. and is a son 
of I'eter (i. and Dorothy A. ( \anl5iiien) A\liitbcck 
who were liorii in New York and arc of llulhnid 
descent. Our subject was the fourth s<iii m his 
father's family and grew up in his native lK)me 
receiving lii> training and caily education there 
until lie reached the age of twenty, after which he 
went to Saratoga County: it was his home for 
some four years, working in the meantiiiic for liis 
uncle Henry \'anl{ui-en. Iicing engaged in I'Miiiiiiiii 
and helping in carrying on a sawiiiill, 



The opportunities for education which were 
proffered to our subject in his childhood and 
youth were extremely limited but his love for 
learning and his ambition led him to self improve- 
ment in later years, and by a thorough course of 
reading of both books and periodicals he has added 
materially to his stock of learning and ;(repared 
himself to observe intelligently the advancement 
of men anil nations. After leaving his uncle he 
spent four years in Toledo, Ohio, |)revious to com- 
ing to Michigan and it was in IHfJt; when he came 
to Saginaw County, and settled upon the farm 
where he now resides. This land was then practi- 
cally unimpri)ved and he has brought it by hard 
work and untl.agging industry to the splendid con- 
dition which we see to-day. 

The marriage of Mr. Whitbcck with .Miss Kmily 
Simons took place February 26. 1HG6. This lady 
was born .Tulv 2.5, 183;), in Oswego County, N. Y., 
and is a daughter of Isaac and .lane Simons, who 
at one time made their home in Frankennnith 
Townshii). Three children have been born to Mr. 
and Mrs. AVhitbeck..IennieE.. Ella M. and (ieorge. 

This gentleman inclines to Democratic principles 
in politics and is warmly interested in the success 
of that party but in local matters he is willing to 
jt)iii hands with any of his fellow-citizens in bring- 
ing about changc-i and iiniirovements in the neigh- 
borhood. I'pon his beautiful farm of one hundred 
and twenty acres he is raising an excellent grade 
of stock. He is an excellent representative of the 
best class of fanners and enjoys the confidence of 
the whole coinnuinity while his entire family stand 
high in social circle-; and are at-live in works of be- 
nevolence and progress. 



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.\n\{Y C. Mori/niROl'. Although lu 
has not yet reached the jirime of life. Mr. 
Moulthrop has become closely identified 
l(l@) with the i)ublic affairs as Asssistant Cashier 
of the Hay City Hank, and a member of the firm 
of leberroth A- Co., dealers in crockery and glass- 
ware. In recording the events of his life, i)er- 
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lience will tind rare jileasure in narrating the 
honors and eniolunionts wliit-li will have been 
bestowed iipun him. At pre.'^ent we can only re- 
cord the piineipal happenings in a life of less than 
tliirty years, and note the steps by whieh he has 
risen from an humble clerkship to his present res- 
ponsible position. His life affords another illustra- 
tion of the i)Ower of conscientidus perseverance 
and honest industry in crowning Inbdrs with tlie 
most coiniilete success. 

'J he house in which iMr. Moulthrop was born 
stood on the corner of Fourth and Saginaw 
Streets, in Bay City, and was occupied by Clark 
and Elizabeth Moulthi-o|3, parents of our subject 
and pioneers of the city. Harry C. was liorn May 
23, 18fi?, and passed his boyhood days in his 
father's home, amid mingled work and iiluy. At 
an early age he commenced to .acfiuire the rudi- 
ments of his education in the conunon school, 
which he continued to attend until he had passed 
through the various grades to the High School. 
There the fund of knowledge pi-e\iously obtained 
was supplenu^nted by an excellent cf)Ui-sc of in- 
struction, which ecpiipped the diligent pupil for a 
practical business life. 

During his vacations Mr. Moulthroii engaged as 
clerk for his father in his grocery store, and after- 
ward became clerk in (iibson's grocery establish- 
ment at the foot of Center Street. He made his 
first engagement with the I'.ay City Hank as 
collector, and was promoted from that position 
successively to the positions of collection clerk. 
buok-keei)er. general liook-keept'i-. di>counl clcik, 
teller and ;issistant cashier. He liecaine teller and 
.assistant cashier Septenibei li. IHIK). and is now 
serving efticieiitiy and with maiked ability in that 
capacity. Feliruary lit, ISiS'J.he became interested 
in the tiriii of rel)errolh A' Co., on Center .Street 
iu the ShcMrer I'llock, and has continued in the 
firm since, having been with it when its fine new 
building was put up in IHSU at No. 8I(> X. AVash- 
iugton Street. 

In his social lelations Mr. Moulthrop was one of 
the charter members of the 15ay City Club and was 
its Treasurer during the first yeai' of it existence. 
He has estalilished a (ileasant and atti'active home 
at >'o, 229 X. ]Madi^on Street, which is |)resided 



over by his wife, to whom he was married October 
lit. 1889. Mrs. Monlthroi> bore the maiden name 
of Mary ( r. Crippen and jjrior to her marriage re- 
sided in Saginaw. East Side. Her parents are 
Charles and Marjorie ((Ti-ant) Crippen. A lady 
of superior culture, Mrs. Moulthrop enjoys the 
sincere and universal esteem of the people of Ray 
City, and is prominent in its social circles. 




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ILLIAM B. CL.\RK. Since 1870 >Ir. 
Clark has been engaged in the retail 
grocery business at the corner of First 
and Yan Buren Street*. and not a housewife in the 
city liut what feels that articles gotten at this store 
are better than those obtained else when . He alwjiys 
keeps the best stock of stajjle and fancy gtiods, 
and tal)le delic-u-ies that are loved liy the epicure 
and that appeal to the man with the full purse. 
Since coining to Bay City he has had no occasion, 
either for want of trade or for other considera- 
tions, to change his location, and his ))rospect for 
the future is as good as it has l)een in the past. 

Mr. Clark was born in Wayne County, this State, 
seven miles east of Ypsilanti. February 7, 1842. 
He is the son of Timothy ,and Sophia (Smith) 
Clark, who were pioneers in that portion of the 
State. They were farmers by calling and our sub- 
ject was early trained in the duties incident to 
l)ioneer farm life. As n l)oy he attended school in 
the district schoolhou.se and then liecaine a student 
in the old Ypsilanti .Seminary, and after he had 
finished his school training he was apprenticed to 
learn the carpenter's trade with his brother, Wood- 
bury Clark. He worked at that for several years, 
and in 18()<) on the 20lh of .Vugust, came to Bay 
City and began working at his trade. He also 
took contracts and put up a number of buildings 
in this city. 

For four years 5Ir. Clark was employed in this 
business and so successful was he in partnership 
that he decided to ImuikIi out alone. He Imilt a 
good store and residence and opened up business 
as above stated, in 187tt, He is naturally of a 



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sunny, genial U-mperaiiunt, aiu} attracts trade for 
his affable riualitics as well as by the excellence of 
the goods he offers. He is besides a thorough and 
careful business man. Hesides his business pro- 
perty, Mr. Clark owns six houses in the city, and 
al.so other city real estate. All of this he has made 
by his own efforts. On conung to the city he 
found but one brick building here, and that was 
the old Union Block. The Frazier House was in 
process of construction, and on that he did his 
first work in this city, so he lias witnessed .the 
growth of the place from its incipience to its pres- 
ent fine proportions. 

Our subject has been st'lcctcd to represent the 
First Ward as Alderuiau and has served in that 
cap.acity for two terms. He has comniendcd liiin- 
self to the best cl.ass of citizens and city otlicinls 
by his excellent judgment, common sense and ad- 
herence to princii)le. 

Mr. Clark was married to Miss VAh-n M. Dun.s- 
more, of Ypsilanti, l-Vbruary 7. 18()."). In their 
church relations they are Kpiscopalians. Socially 
he fraternizes with the Masonic order. He be- 
longs to the Bay City Lodge, lilaiuhard Chapter 
and Bay Citv Commandery 



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SAAC A. SIIA.NNON. The .Saginaw Valley 
is famous, not only llirougliout Michigan, but 
lis also through the Noitli west as the seat of many 
and varied manufacturing interest,-;. The lum))er 
resources of this part of the WoUciine Slate and 
the chai'actvr of its early pojiulation. as well as its 
splendid opportunities for the adaptation f)f water 
power have led to this result and we have here to 
chronicle another establishment of this character. 

Mr. Shannon, of Bay City, is the t)lde.st wagon- 
maker in the Saginaw \'alley. having been estalv 
lislied here since lM(i3and is now doing line custom 
work exclusively. He has built a good two-story 
brick shop.iOxT.') feet on the lot where he has been 
located for over twenty years and gives employ- 
ment to ten first-class mechanics, and su|)|)lies the 
best city trade. He was born in Warren Count3-, 
N. J., February 29. 18;^(>. and i- a son vf David 
and Catherine (.\ngle) Shannon. TUe niothcr was 



born in Brooklyn and the father in Warren County. 
X. J., where he was a wagon and jilow maker and 
later a farmer. They were devout members of the 
Kpiscopal Church and the father was an old-line 
Whig and afterward a Ke|)ublican. He was l)orn 
in lS0.3and died in 1883 ami the inotliei. who was 
born in 1813. died in 188(j. 

Our subject was educated in A\'arren County and 
grew to maturity upon a farm. He came to Michi- 
gan l>ef(»re he was of age and resided in Oakland 
County and afterward in Illinois and about the 
year 1860 returned to this State and settled in 
Hoehester, Oakland County, where he apprenticed 
himself to a carriagemaker and thoroughl\' learned 
the trade of which he had acipiired much from his 
father at home. In 18(i3 he came to Bay City and 
established a shop on his own responsibility being 
an entire stranger in a new city without cai)ital. 
During his first year here he was drafted into the 
army but as it seemed best for him to continue in 
carrying on his business he hired a substitute and 
still deyoted lnni>elf to the luiilding U|) of this in- 
fant industry. 

At the inception of hi> Inisiness Mr. Shannon 
employed but one or two men but soon had a trade 
that demanded a largei' force. He bought the 
property where he is now located and in 1871 
erected a small shop which he occupied until 18M2 
when his present factory was built. He is now 
contemplating another addition to his luiilding in 
order to facilitate the immense trade which he has 
built up. He has made it his aim to make his (uit- 
|)nt of the yery best quality that could be ni;ide 
and his shop is known all through the valley as 
the (inest custom sho, in these parts. 

In 1872 Mr. Shannon sold his business and went 
to \'irgiiiia to rez-ide on account of the ill health 
of his wife, but after several months' absence he 
returned home .and again resumed his former busi- 
ness, liesides his manufacturing interests he has 
had some dealings in real-estate but has devoted 
most of his energies in the direction of his trade. 
He has not dabbled in jiolitics although he is a 
worker for the Hepnblicaii party, but he h.as been 
a nieniber (if the Masonic order ever since he was 
old enough to be .accepted and is a member of the 
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The marriage of our subject with INIiss Etta Ben- 
nett, of Rochester, Mich., tootc place Novembei- 3, 
1865. This lady is a daughter of Harvey Bennett. 
They have one daughter, Geneveve, who is still at 
home. Jlr. Shannon and his wife are members of 
the Universalist Church of which this genllcnian 
has been a Trustee for over twenty years. 



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EUBEN W. ANDRl'.S, deceased. This 
gentleman was Viorn in Chautauqua 
^ \V County, N. y. near the village of Cedar 
Creek. February 20, 1832. He had his 
training in the common schools and in 1854 went 
to Buffalo and engaged to work in a store. In 
1856 he came to Owosso and establislied himself 
as a merchant and a few months later removed to 
Chesaning where he continued in trade for a 
number of years. With his brother and with 
R. II. Xason he owned a water-mill at Albce and 
erected a steam mill nt ]\Iaple Grove, and was 
carrying that on when he was elected Sheriff in 
1870. He had been .Justice of the Peace for one 
term and served sixteen years continuoushy .a.s 
Supervisor. He was a Repulilican in his political 
veiws. 

At the election of \>^12 his opixincnt claimed to 
be elected liy a majority of one hundred and 
eighty-five votes and secured a writ of quo war- 
ranto against Mr. Andrus, who by tlie advice of 
friends resigned after entering the office and Dr- 
John B. White, the Coronor was appointed in his 
place. He immediately appointed Mr. Andrus bis 
Deputy and as such he sei'ved out his second term 
of office. After he came out of office he again en- 
gaged in the grocery trade in which he continued 
until his death, which took place, October 20, 1878. 

Mr. Andrus was a member of the Masonic onler 
and also the Odd Fellows fraternity and was an 
active Knight Templar, and was buried with the 
honors of a Knight Templar. He was a strong 
politician and became associated with the (rreen- 
back part}% being imbued with the pervailing ideas 
upon the matters of national currencj'. He was 



married in 1861 to Emma Roy Crowfoot, of Che.s- 
aning. .She died leaving a daughter, Haltie. who 
is now Mrs. Lagroth, of Minneapolis. 

The marriage of our subject with IMrs. Maria M. 
Legg, widow of Silas W. Legg, took jilace, Febru- 
ary 28, 1865. This lady is a daughter of Ho.sea 
Wood, of Ulster County, N. Y., and in that county 
she was iir.st married in 1855. Mr. Legg was a 
stone cutter who came to Chesaning the year of 
their marriage and there continued to live until 
his death in 1864. Their one son, William C. 
Legg, who was only three years old at the time of 
his father's death, is now residing in Riverdale, 
this county. 

Mrs. Andrus is a member of the St. .John's 
Church and resides in a beautiful residence on 
C^arroll Street, .\ftcr the death of her husband 
Mrs. Andrus continued the grocery business for 
about a year and then closeil it out. She spent 
one 3ear ui)on the farm adjoining the town of 
Chesaning but the most of her widowhood h.as 
been iiassed at her town residence. 



\f OSEPH M. TROMBLEY, wholesale an<l re- 
tail dealer in Hsh, is justly proud of the fact 
that he is the oldest survivor among the 
^^ native-born citizens of Bay County. He 
was born in the old Center House, which was the 
first frame building ever erected in Bay County 
and was located at the coi'iier of Water and 
Twenty-fourth Streets, in what is now Bay City. 
The date of his birth was January 8, 1839, and a 
sketch of his father, .Joseph, is presented on another 
page. He remained in his native place until 1847, 
when he removed to what was then known as 
Bangor, but is now the first ward of West Bay 
City, and here he has spent almost his entire life. 
After coming to West Bay City he attended school 
during the winter seasons until he was eigliteen 
and to reach tlie "temple of learning" he was 
compelled to cross the river on the ice. 

During the summer season Mr. Trombley was 
employed on farms until he was fourteen and then 
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twenty-one his father jrave him thi' hoat and an out- 
lit, and lie began to fi^li on his own account. Two 
year:* later lie sold the "Eajrip"' and houirlit tlie 
"Nimrod" in wliicli he sailed for four sea-^ous and 
met with considerable success. In l><7;i. in (oniiec- 
tion with his brother. David, he built the "Morniim 
Star" and the two fished in partnership until 1«H',) 
when our subject purchased David's interest and is 
now sole owner. The vessel has a capacity of eight 
tons. On December;'), IHild. >rr. Troiiiblcy com- 
menceil in the wholesale and ret:iil li>li liu>iness 
on water lots No. 1. 2. .'5 and 4. in Banks, where 
he has a substantial ice-house and a fine fish-house. 
with docks. He buys and sells fish, and ships 
K.a.st, .South and West. 

The elegant residence which Mr. Troniblcy now 
occupies was erected by him in 1872 and is located 
on the corner of Kim and. Sophia .Street. Besides 
that piH)perty, he owns other real estate in the 
city. Me was married in 1863, at Banks, to Miss 
Nancy Beebe, who was born in Owosso, Mich., and 
dving left one son, Theodore, now engaged as a 
fisherman. On February 22, 1868, Mr. Tromliley 
was united in niarri.age with Miss Susan Bennett, 
the daughter of Capt. .John IJennett. a native of 
(Jueens County, Ireland. Her grandfather. .\n- 
drew, brouglit his family from Ireland to Canada 
and improved a farm in I'rescott, where he died. 
.Iiihn liciuietl was fourteen years old when he ac- 
companied his father to .America and was a sailor 
from his boyhood. While still young he became 
a master and saileil on the lakes for nioie than 
twenty years. lie also owned a farm ne;ir I'res- 
cott. whence he removed to Corunna and retired 
from active life with a competency. His death 
occurred in 1H71 at the age of seventv-one vears 
and six months. During the Canadian Rebellion 
he served as a McKenzie man and was .a picket 
guard. 

.Mrs. Trombley"s mother was known in maiden- 
hood as .Mary Tierney and w.as born in Monah:in. 
Ireland, whence she emigrated at the age of eight- 
een years to New York, and six years later came 
to Michigan. Mrs Troniblcy was in xt t<p the 
youngest among ten children, and was born in 
Riescott. where she remained until nine years old. 
Fi-oni that place she accompanied her parents to 



Corunna and in |.S(;7 I'aine to Bay City to make 
liei- homcjwitli a sister. Of (lie niiioii of .Mr. and 
Mrs. Troniblcy eight children have been born, 
namely: Marv, ]Mrs. I'lUsh. of Banks: Henry, 
whose home is in Cheboygan: Kate, who died at 
the age of three years; Leo and Casper, who died 
ill infancy: IShinche. Reuben B. and Irene, who are 
still under the parental i<ior. 

It is with pleasure that Mr. Tioiiiblev recalls in- 
cident.s of pioneer days and tlie.se he relates with 
evident interest and animation. He remembers 
when there were only four buildings in Bay City 
and recalls the erecti(m of the first brick structure 
in 1H(!.S. During the earl.v days Indians were his 
fre(|iieiit coiii|)aiiions and he learned to speak the 
ChipiJcwa language with fiuency. He was a pei- 
sonal friend of the renowned N<i(k Cliickamee, 
Chief of the Tawas, with whom he used to work. 
In his political sentiments he is allied with the 
Republican party and never neglects an op|)ortii- 
iiity to cast liis ballot for the promulgation of its 
priuciiiles. He and his family are devoted mem- 
bers of the St. Mary's Catholic Church, .and occiipy 
a prominent |)ositioii in society. 



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[AMES TENNANT. The Il.iy City Stone 
Company has as its presiding geniuses two of 
the most able and experienced business men 
_ of Bay City. The senior member of the fiini 
is he whose name appears above. They are manu- 
facturers of granite and marble monuments and 
cut stone of every description. They also deal ex- 
tensively in sewer pipes of all kinds. Mr. Ten- 
nan t bears a good old En.<ilish name, and he was 
born in Keighley, Yorkshire, En.gland, .hinc 2(1. 
11^4 1. He is a son of (ieorge and Mary (Smith) 
Teniiaiit. The former was born in .V.vsgath. in the 
same place where the noted English ComiiKiner. 
.lohii liright, was born. 

Our subject's gramlsire, ( ieorge Tenii.Miit. w:is ;i 
mason by trade, as was also our subject's father, 
and they did much ornamental stoiu trimming. 
They built the Lower Wyke Tunnel, which is near 
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hundred men night and day until its completion, 
and is one of the largest tiiiinols in Kiii;laiid. 
After being engaged in various imixirtanl works 
our sul)ject's father retired fr(nn liiisiness in 18S;i. 
In 1857 (Jeorge Tennant lirought liis family to 
Cobourg, Canada, and was there engaged in eon- 
tracting on the I'.uffalo & Lake Huron Road, and 
in building bridges from Goderieh to Stratford. In 
1880 he went to Texas and remained in Dallas 
until 1883. He now resides at Ft. (4ratiot, this 
State. Our subject's maternal grandsire, James 
Smith, served in the English army and was a body 
servant of the Duke of AVellington and witli liim 
went through the wars with Nai)oleon Bonaparte. 
He was retired on a pension and met a most un- 
timely death by lieing murdered on llie King's 
Highway. Our subject's mother died in IS'.tO. her 
demise lieing the result of a fall. 

Our subject had eleven brotheis and sisters, the 
family comprising six sons and six daughters, nine 
of whom lived to be grown. One died at sea on 
the way to i^meriea. The eldest son, John, is a 
prominent mereliant at Waco, Tex.; .IanH\s II. is 
third in orderof birth of the family, and was i-eared 
in England. He had not many educational advan- 
tages, for when a boy of eight years lie felt the 
necessity of working, and soon began to serve an 
apprenticeship as a stone cutter and mason. He 
was sixteen years old when he came to America 
witli his father's family. After a short residence 
in Cobourg, Canada, he worked with his fathi^' tm 
railway contracts, and at the age of twenty years 
took cliarge of a force of men in Detroit in part- 
nership witli James Stewart, taking contracts to 
get out stone on Drummond Island for the new 
jail in Detroit. He was then engaged on Cluist's 
Cliurcli and on finishing this went to Toronto, Can- 
ada, and later was engaged on the Atlantic & Great 
Western Railroad, being interested in building all 
the bridges Irom Akron to Dayton, and the con- 
tract occupying two years. 

Next Mr. Tennant took a contr.act to build tTie 
machine shops for the Ontanagon Railroad Com- 
pany at Marquette, and thence went to Massillon, 
Ohio, where he took the contract for the stone 
work whi( h was there cut for Trinity Ciiuich of 
Pittsburg, Pa., and in 1872 he came to Bay City to 



build the First National Bank. After its comple- 
tion he went to Saginaw and superintended the 
building of the People's Savings Bank, and then 
with his brother John formed a partneisliip witli 
Mr. Bate and Mr. I'ryor. tlie lirm being conducted 
under the firm name of Tennant Bros, it Co. John 
Tennant withdrew and went to Waco, Tex.; then 
on the withdrawal of Mr. Pryor the Ann name was 
changed to the Bay City Stone Company. Mr. 
Tennant has charge of tlie contracting de|)artment. 
In 1883 the company built the Michigan Central 
depot, whi jh is one of the finest in the State. 
They also did the stone work on the Crapo Block, 
the Phoenix Bloc k, the Sheares Block and the Com- 
mercial Bank. They built the First Natioi al Bank 
of Saginaw, the Flnit High School and the Mani>- 
tee County couit-hoiise. During one year Mv. 
Tennant had charge of fourteen large contracts. 
The company furnishes ccmstant employment to 
eighty men. They own thirty-three acres on the 
Saginaw Bay shore, from which they get excellent 
stone. 

Mr. Tennant was married in St. Catharines. 
Canada, June -iC), 1807, to Miss Emily Horsham, 
who was l)orn in Devonshire, Flngland. They are 
the parents of four children — Arthur J., :Mabel, 
(iertrude and Sidney. The eldest son is a practical 
stone-cutter, located in Washington State. The 
family residence is located at the corner of Eighth 
and Sherman Streets and is a most attractive place. 
Mr. Tennant is united with many societies and is 
, a Knight of the Maccabees, also belongs to the 
United Friends. He and his wife are associated 
with the Congregational Church. He is a Repub- 
lican in political predilection. 



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1 OSIAH SQUIRE, a leading fanner, residing 
on section 4. Saginaw Township, w.as born 
Decen.ber Id, 183.'), in Woodhouse. Leices- 
tershire, England, where his father, John 
Squire, carried on work in a lace factory, but 
migrated acro.ss the ocean in 184;'), and farmed ne.ar 
Brantford, Ontario. He died there at the age of 
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aiifl had been an earnest and devoted nieinher 
throughout life of the Methodist Chureh. as was 
also his wife, wliose maiden name was Mai-y Wen- 
riglit. She was the mother t)f nine cliilihTn and 
died at the age of fifty-four years. 

Aftci attending seiiool in iiis native land, .losiah 
Si|uire came witli liis parents, at tlie age of tiiir- 
teen. to Ontario, heing one month on tiie vt)yage, 
journeyi ig in tlie ship "Marmion." At tlie age of 
seventeen he hegan independent work, taking a 
farm of one hundred acres on sliares. A\ lien he 
came to the States in 1859, he located at Saginaw, 
landing with only ^1 in his pocket and heing three 
or four weeks without work. During his first win- 
ter here he worked in a livery stable and then 
found emi>loyment on Mr. Hrockway's farm, after 
which he leased a farm of .lohii Lent, making a 
bargain to have the use of tlic farm for clearing 
and fencing five acres a year; but at the expiration 
of tile second year he sold his lease. 

The young man next bought a house and lot at 
the corner of Adams and Bond Streets in tlie city, 
and did teaming until ISfili, at which time he 
bought his present property, only Iwo or tliicc 
acies of which were then cleared, and whicli liad 
upon it a laiger slock of wild deer than domestic 
animals and he could even boast of a goodly num- 
ber of bears which made their home upon his farm. 
Here he built a small wooden house and went to 
work to cie.ir tlie farm and put it in shape for cul- 
tivation. 

Jlr. S(piire was married to tlie lady of liis choice 
in 1850, and she was before her marriage with him 
Mi-s. Anna Bailey. Of their six children live arc 
living, viz: Habbie, Anna, Bailey, Fred, and Alfred. 
The daughter Carrie died at the age of nineteen 
years, just after graduating in the city High 
Schools. One hundred .acres of the one hundred 
and twenty in the possession of Mr. .Squire, are 
now under cultivation. His beautiful home, which 
he erected in 1881, and to which he built an ad- 
dition in 1889, is situated four and a h ilf miles 
north of the city. The two commodious barns and 
indeed all the outbuildings of the farm are credit- 
able to the enterprise and thoroughness of tlie 
farmer. 

The political views of our subject have, through- 



out most of his life, brought him into affiliation 
with the Republican party, but of late he has ex- 
perienced a reaction on the tariff question, and has 
left that party, as he cannot believe in the expedi- 
ency of a high tariff. Me therefore now counts 
himself as in line with the Democratic [larty. His 
intelligence and interest in the local educational 
affairs have brought him into iii'oininence in con- 
nection with the schools, and he is now a School 
Director. Both lie .and his wife are pnmiinent and 
active members of the Ba])tist Church and llnd 
therein a wide sphere of infiiicnce. 



(i^^)IlOMAS li. MONOSMITII. of Bay City, is 
itf(^\ ^'"' pi'oprietor of the kindling wood fac- 
V£>/ tory at Thirty-seventh Street and the rail- 
road cros.-ing of the Flint it Pere JLarquetlc 
Road. He carries on a large business in the ni.aii- 
ufacture of iiitched and dried kindlings, using 
.steam power and having in his employ some 
twenty-six men. He is the only man in this busi- 
ness in the Saginaw \"aiiey and there are none in 
the West east of the Mississippi River, doing a 
larger business than he. He ships to Chicago and 
other large cities, lie has the largest factory west 
of Pennsylvania. 

.Mr. ^lonosmith began this business about 1H7H 
ill Medina Ohio, but in 1882 he removed to Michi- 
gan because he could here secure a better supply 
of lumber and is thus a pioneer in this line and has 
made it a success. His plant here covers eight hun- 
dred .sijuare feet and he has a switch track con- 
necting his yard with the main track of the rail- 
road. 

()iir subject was born in Wayne County. Ohio, 
.luiie 10, 1844, and is a s(m of .h)sciih and Lizzie 
(Hawn) Monosmith. As the father w.as a farnu'r 
the son w.as In-ouglit up in the country and had 
good practical training both at home and in the 
common school and for some time taught in tli;ii 
county. The father was .Supervisor of his town- 
ship and a man of jirominence. The young man 
first engaged in the manufacture of Imtter and 
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Iniilt for himself a factory in Medina Counly, in 
l.H(!.H. After operating' it for some lime lie sold it, 
hut still carried on the same line of work in other 
jilaces, until 1^79 when he took hold of his present 
work which was then a new business. 

rpon his arrival here Mr. Monosuiith formed a 
corpoiation known as the Michigan Fire Lighter 
Company and was elected as its President and oc- 
cupied the position as manager. After a business 
period of four years Mr. Jlonosmith secured entire 
control of the business. The plant was located at 
the corner of Fortieth and Water Streets. In 1888 
the entire plant was destroyed by fire, making a 
total loss, as he carried no insurance. ])uring the 
conflagration Mr. Monosmith had a yery narrow 
escape from death. ITe then moyed to his jiresent 
location. 

Thomas ]!. Monosmith was united in marriage 
June 18, IK()8 with Miss Emily L., daughter of 
Olney Hounds. Their three children are: Olney, 
who is a graduate of the Bay City High School 
and is now a student at the College of Physicians 
and SurgXHins in Chicago; Porley 1>., who is with 
our subject, and John \i. While this gentleman 
has not been an active politician he votes the Dem- 
ocratic ticket. He is also a member of the Knights 
of the Maccabees. 

(j^ ENRY SHAKES. Tliis former valued resi- 
)y dent of Saginaw was born in Prussia, (tCi- 
niany, January 28, 1840. His father died 
when he was a mere child and he with an 
ohler brother and his mother came to Canada, 
when he was ten years old. His mother married 
again in Canada and Henry early learned the 
mason's trade and began his own support. He liad 
a good (Terinan education. He also was a great 
reader and observer, and retained all he read. 
After completing his trade as a m.ason he came to 
Saginaw and worked at it for some time. 

Keturning to Canada Mr. Shakes was married at 

Exeter, April 11, liS(!-(, to :Miss liarliara Kllcn 

Deemert, who was born at Guelpli, Ontario, and is 

of German ancestry. The young couple came to 

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the city of S.aginaw, wheie Mr. Shakes soon 
after became a contractor 'and'built''some of the 
principal residences and business blocks of that 
city, such as the Giesler block, the Derby block, 
the Hoyt's planing-mill, the File works, and the 
Hurt residence, besides doing inuch luiilding in 
other cities. One of his principal .jobs was the 
large hotel at Piay Poi-t, and another, the bank at 
Standish. James Kern was his jjartner for some 
time and at the time of tlie death of our suliject 
they were liuildiiiga mill for Duncan & P>rewer, and 
one for Mitchell and McClure at Duluth. He w.as 
fatally injured by thelneaking of a scaffold which 
caused him to fall some ten feet and his death oc- 
curred at Duluth, April 1, ISOI, just a week after 
the accident. He gave the business his full atten- 
tion and supervision up to the very Last moment 
and not five minutes Iiefore his death was on his 
feet. As soon as he was hurt his wife hastened to 
his bedside and tenderly watched over him. He be- 
ingbright and cheerful they anticipated no danger, 
so no dark shadow cast a gloom over the last few 
days they so happily spent together. 

Mr. Shakes was a niemlier of Lodge IS'o. 74,1. O. 
O. E., Lodge No. 5(18. K. of II., the Arbeiter So- 
ciety, and the Builders" and Traders' Exchange, 
He was selected as a delegate to the National Con- 
vention to lie held in New York but as business 
called him to Duluth at that time he was not able 
to attend. At the time of his death his pall bear- 
ers were selected from the societies to which he 
belonged with the addition of two members of the 
Brick Layers I'nion. He was a careful business 
man and his contiacts were invariably successful. 
In physique he was roliust, healthy and vigorous, 
and socially was very coiii|iaiiionable. He was 
often asked to occupy offices of public trust but 
invari.ably declined, although he was interested in 
l)arty movements and a stanch Democrat. He 
was said to be the most straightforward of the 
business men of the city and always stood well 
with all his workmen, ever realizing that they 
were human beings and never having difficulties 
or strikes among them. 

As Mr. and Mrs Shakes had no children they 
adopted a little girl when she was four years old. 
This daughter, Carrie, is now the wife of Louis A. 



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Seifert, who is in partnership with Heavenrich 
Bros, in the shoe business. 'I'lie.v have Uvo chil- 
dren. Lulu Barharaand Klsie May. Mr. Shakes pos- 
sessed strong soeial (jualitiesand was a genial com- 
panion and valuable friend. lU- found his greatest 
pleasure in the Sdciety of his wife and daught*>r, 
and his home was an exeeptionally happy one and he 
could not have loved an own cliilil more heartily 
than lie did the brilliant ami handsome girl whcmi 
he ado[)ted. llor two little daughters were very 
near to his hear! and could not have been more 
dear than they were bad they been his own flcsli 
and blood. 

A lithographic portrait of the late Mr. Shakes is 
presented in connection with this biography. 



ylLLIAM V. IMJYHKSKI. Uur subject is 
one of the most jirominent icprcsenta- 
tives of tliatcounlry that has suffered so 
severely from the avarice of the great European 
powers an<l that is now a peojile without a home 
government. It is not surprising that in a foreign 
land those who are loyal to tlie histories and tra- 
ditions of the l''atherland, should become associa- 
ted, and organize a Polish-American Alliance that 
should have for its object the cultivation of loyal 
American citizens and the support, lecognition 
and aid of the oppressed of their own people. Mr. 
Prybeski is now Censor or Supreme President of 
the Polish Xati<inal Alliance of .Vmerica with which 
he has been connected since 1880, heretofore as the 
President of (Jeneral Oovernment of the .Vlliance, 
and now occupying the Chair of that Alliance. He 
is also the present Treasurer of Bay County. 

Our subject w;us born in Polan(i in the city of 
Kowalewo, now called Schoensee, in the State of 
Thorn, his natal day being I-'ebruary o, 18.57. He 
is a son of Paul and Margaret (Hrieski) Prybeski. 
The former is a native of the same [ilace as is our 
subject, where he was a merchau I. He was an otticer 
in the German army in which he distinguished 
himself. He continued in business in his native 
place until just jirior to his decease, in 1877. His 



son Joseph now succeeds him in business. Our 
subject's mother was a daughter of .lohn Brieski, 
a regent of the locality of Kowalewo, (formerly the 
Ca.stle Kowalewo,) and a prominent uum in that 
vicinity. ( )ur s\ibject was one of eight children 
born to hisjiarents there lieing four lioys and f(nu' 
girls; of these only three are now living, viz: 
.Iosei)h, Agnes and AViliam \. 

Our subject laid the foundation of his education 
in the schools at his home until he w.as fourteen 
years of age. He then began attendance at the 
High School in the same city, and from sixteen to 
seventeen years of age w.as in the city of Thorn 
with Siraon cV Co., engaged in the wholesale gro- 
cery business, to which he had been trained from a 
boy. Returning to his father's home he remained 
there three months, but me.antime the idea had 
crystallized into the determination to come to 
America, having been interested in . the super- 
ior advantages that .a yoiuig man enjt)ys heie 
by a friend who had been to this coiuitr\'. In 
IMarch. lH71,he left lierlin for Hamburg and sailed 
on the steamer "Abyssinia"" to New York. After 
spending two weeks in the great metropolis of the 
seaboarrl, he came to Detroit, Mich., in March, 1H74. 

Mr. Prybeski was tirst employed in Detroit as 
clerk in a wholesale meat house of William Smith 
iV Son, then |)roprietors of the largest meat business 
in that locality. He remained there two and a half 
yeais and in the fall of 187G came to Hay City 
and launched into the meat business for himself 
in partnershii) with .\. Mendriski. This partner- 
ship continued until 1885 and (ju its dissolution 
our subject became sole proprietor and continued 
the business until receiving the election as County 
Treasurer. 

Mr. Prybeski has added much to the attractive- 
ness of the city by his public spirit and thorough 
business qualiticatit)ns and has acijuired consider- 
able wealth. His election to the position wliit'h he 
now holds took place in l.S'.H). being elevated to 
thai |)osition by the Democratic party and their 
vote being endorsed by the Labor Party. He re- 
ceiveil the tiattering vote of fourteen liuiidred m;i- 
jority. and assumed charge of the ottice .laiuiaiy 1, 
1891. He is the first of his people who has held 
a County Treasurer's ottice in America, and per- 



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haps a county oflice of any sort. Our subject is a 
self-made man in every respect hut his ambitiim 
has induced him to continue the process of self- 
culture under trying circumstances. After comino- 
to America he perfected his knowledue of English 
and of business methods by attending business col- 
leges in Detroit and Hay City. 

The gentleman of whom wo write was married in 
Kay City, June 2.5, 18!H), to i\Iiss Mary Smialek, 
who was born in Eurojic and brouglit to America 
when a babe, being I'eared in this city. In 1880, 
our subject organized the Poli.sh National Society 
in Baj- City. It proved to be successful beyond his 
most sanguine hopes, and its local membership is 
eight^'-six. In 188C he became President of the 
Ceneral .Vlliance whose headquarters were changed 
from Chicago to V>ay City, and at tlie convention 
at Detroit in September, 18',)1, he was elected Cen- 
sor, which is the highest otlirc in tiie Alliance. He 
bas been delegate to the six conventions of this 
association, at Chicago, ^Milwaukee, l>ay City, St. 
Paul, Buffalo and Detroit. lie is well known liy 
the Polish population of America as well as m Po- 
land and enjoys the highest esteem of his |)coplc in 
this country and his native land. 



^^HAR1.E.S URIAH THORN. This enter- 
II . prising young business man of South Bay 
^^y City, is well read, intelligent and progress- 
ive. He was born in Oxford County, Me., Xovcm- 
ber 15, 1848, and his father, William, was also born 
there, while his gr.andfather, Thomas, was a native 
of Massachusetts and removed to O.xford County, 
Me., to take up Government land in that less set- 
tled State. He went there with two brothers, one 
of whom w.as killed l)y the Indians and the other 
was captured and never heard from again. 

The fatlier of our suliject was reared in Maine 
and upon reaching manhood went into the grocery 
and dry-goods business and in 1K(!1 went to To- 
ronto, Cauda, and dealt in grain for fourteen years, 
after which he came to the Slates and carried on 
the same business in ]\Iason City, 111. It was in 
1881 thai William Thorn came to Bay City and 
acted as an agent for others, bul in October 1888 



he returned to Maine where he carried oh a grocery 
business. He was a J)emocrat in his j)olitical 
affiliations and *a Univcrsalisl in liis religious be- 
lief. 

Almira Ripley was the maiden name of her who 
became the mother of our subject. She vv.as born 
in Oxford County, Me., and is tlie daughter of 
Maj. William K. Ripley, a native of Massachusetts 
whcicarried <m farming and a sawmill business. His 
military rank was gained in the Seminole War and 
he was a prominent man in his vicinity, belonging 
to the old Puritan stock of New England which 
can be traced back to the "Mayttower."' The fam- 
ily in which our subject grew to manhood con- 
sisted of three children, and his sisters are: .Sarah, 
Jlrs. ]MulIiolland, and Ella S. 

Common school advantages in Maine and Canadn 
comprised all the educational opi)ortunities which 
were given t)ur suliject and he remained at home 
with Ills father until 18()9. At the age of fourteen 
he began the cigar-m.aking trade, .and eighteen 
months later his eni|)loyer died leaving him free. 
He then worked at the trade of a mechanic in 
Canada and in 18(iit went to Boston as a journey- 
man in tlie eniiiloy of Wylder it Eastenbrook, a 
very large firm of cigar MKinufacturers. Subse- 
quently he worked :it other places and was in the 
shop of Wait it Bond, which is now so great an 
establishment. In l!S7.'ihe removed to Toronto and 
after working for three years at his trade went to 
Philadelphia and thence to Chicago, and after- 
wards spent some time at various Illinois and Kan- 
sas towns iind came to Bay City in November, 188!). 

After comnig here Mr. Thorn stiirted H cigar 
factory on Water Street which two years later was 
liurned down and then again estalilished himself 
in the Bridge Bloc'k, now known <as the European 
Hotel. Somewhat later he became foreman for 
Bradock it Bateman in South Bay City, the largest 
cigar factory in the A'alley, but in 18ill decided to 
again strike <uit for hira.self and established his 
own factory at the corner of Bowery and South 
Center Street. He is engaged in making the Ox- 
ford Boy and Canton ian cigars and his special 
br.ands are Old G us. Rover and Natty. His trade 
is exclusively with his old home at Canton, Me., 
as he ships all his cigars to that point. 



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The lady who became tlie wife of .Mr. Thorn in 
Pekin, 111., in 1880, was known in maidenhood as 
Miss Susie Hauk. She was horu in Altoona, Pa., 
and reared in lUinfiis and is now the mother of 
four children, namely: Kate, Alice, Dora and 
Charles J. Mr. Thorn's polities are of the true 
blue I{(>i)iil)lican stripe and lie is a member of the 
National Union of Cigar Makers and tlie Bay City 
Local Union. 



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^^ IIRLSTIAN VOLZ. The intelligent young 
iff _ farmers of .Saginaw County are the bone' 
^^' and sinew of the community, as their 
strength and vitality, their enterprise and energy 
carry forward the agricultural interests. None of 
them is more justly appreciated than he whose 
name stands at the head of tliis narrative, and his 
beautiful farm of one hundred and eight acres, 
lying on section 21, Buena A'ista Townsliip, Sagi- 
naw County, is well adorned and iin|)r(ived with 
the good buildings which he has placed upon it. 

Christian \'ol/. was born in Wurteniberg, tier- 
many, Novemlier 1, 18,');'), and came, in the 
spring of 18(17, to America with his parents. In 
the meantime he had received a good education, 
whicli is always accorded German children. and has 
suiiplenicnted that knowledge with jvidicious lead- 
ing. Tlie parents of our subjm-t located in IJiieiia 
Vista Township a few moiUlis after their advent 
into .Saginaw County, and our subject continued 
to reside at home until his marriage, altliough he 
spent four years in Detroit, being einploved in 
gardening. 

October 'M). 187!l, was the date of our subject's 
marriage with Miss Louisa Deliii. tlieir nuptials 
being celelnated in Saginaw. Mrs. \'olz was born 
in the township in which they now reside. Decem- 
ber 25, 1858. To them have lieen born a family 
of six childi'en, viz: Yetty, Christian .1., Katie, 
John M., Louisa and George .1. Our sul>ject's father 
was Christian \'olz and his mother's maiden name 
w.as Dora Walz, both of whom were natives of 
Wurteniberg, Germany. The^• are now residinsjiu 



Buena Vista Township, having removed hither in 
the fall of 1867. The parents of Mrs. Volz were 
Peter and Barbara (Stolz) Dehn, natives of Bavaria, 
Germany. The mother died in Buena Vista Town- 
ship in 1882. 

Our subject has been .Tustice of the Peace for 
about two years and fulfilled the duties of the 
oHIce to the full satisfaction of his fellow-towns- 
men. In politics he is a stanch Republican, be- 
lieving that party to be in the right. P.otli our 
subject and his wife are influential and [lopular 
members of the German Lutheran Church and are 
liberal contributors to the support of the same. 
They are good citizens and desirable ac(juisitions 
to society. 



A\T1) WILSON is a i)rosi)eroiis and well- 
i]i known farmer who resides on section 12, 
Tittaliawassee Township, Saginaw Countyi 
where he is the owner of eighty acres of as 
flue land as is to be found in the county. He 
bought this property before it had been touched 
save by the hand of nature, and he cut the lirst 
wagon road from Fieeland to that s|>ot. He now 
has it thoroughly improved, and has placed upon 
it sucii buildings as are creditable to :iny farm. 

Our subject is the son of David and Su.san 
(Clow) Wilson, who were born in Lincolnshire, 
lOimlaiid. as was also their son, who had his na- 
tivity .luiic 'M). IM\. The father was an engineer 
and young David w.as brought up to the same 
trade. He had tiie misfortune to have his educa- 
tion cut short .as far as literary attainments go, but 
he had a thorougli :iiid most essential practical 
training. 

The lady wlio became the wife of our subject 
on tlie 21tli of .luly, 1853, was Fannie, daughter 
of William and Jessie (Crosby) Newton, of Kng- 
land and Scotland respectively. Mr. Newton fol- 
lowed the calling of a contractor and builder, and 
<lid much work in various parts of the world. He 
was for some time engaged in wf)rk in the West 
Indies. He there met AHss Crosby, and the ac- 
quaintance ripened into love and they formed a 



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liappy uiiioii and spent some time in the West 
Indies, and tlieie their daughtei- Fannie was hoin 
,Iiine 25, IM.id. Tiie family eanie to tliis country 
in l.S.'?7, and settled in IJaltiniore, Md., where ^Ir. 
Newton died in 1«4I. In 184;') INIis. Newton and 
family removed to I'dntiac. Mieli. In course of 
time Fannie made llu' ai'i|nainlinr;' of our worthy 
subjeet- 

Kight eliildren {•ainc to iiles-i the hoiiii' of .Mr. 
and Mr.s. AVilson, and seven of thcui are still 
living to eheer the lii'irl > of tlu'ir pirent;. Min- 
nie S., who was lorn June I, IK.') I, makes her 
home with her parents; Eva, horn .Tuly IC, 1856, 
is the wife of David Turidiull,<)f Saginaw Couuty; 
Andrew J,, horn JMaroh 26, 1859, took to wife 
Katie McKellar, and resides upon a farm adjoining 
liis father's; Ida A., horn May 11, 1861, has mar- 
ried Osgood Nims, of Saginaw County; William 
M., born August 20, 186:^, married Alice (Gilbert 
and makes his home in Hay County; Fannie, born 
January 25, 1866, married S. C. Brown, a lumber- 
man of Dulutli, Minn.; David, born May 31, 1868, 
died Septemlier 4. 1870; and Jessie, boi-n Decem- 
ber 2, 1871, married .lames Turnbull, of Saginaw 
County. 

The political convictions which govern the vote 
of Mr. Wilson are in many respects at variance 
with the standards of either one of the great polit- 
ical parties, although lie sees truth in some planks of 
the platform of both. He casts his ballot for the 
men and measures which judgment approves, and 
linds this t) be most satisfactory to him. He is an 
attendant at the services of the Methodist Ei)is- 
c(,)pal Church and a supportcrof all measures kiok- 
ing towai'd the i)romotion of the welfare of the 
community, and is ever pleased with progress in 
this direction, 

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<*^ I^ALTER FKAZEK. That the fear of what 

\/jJ/l '■O'WP''* at'ter death "niakes cowards of us 

V^/W all" is as true lo-day as when i)enned by 

the immortal bard, and to most men those fears 

cau.se a shudder when contemplating the tomb. 

Many people designate the details of their funerals. 



hoping thus to assuage this feeling, and it is a 
consolation when dying to know that the body 
will be consigned to its long sleep bj' tender 
hands and followed by loving heaits. Years of 
experience have made Mr. Frazee proHcient in 
performing the saddest of human rites and tender 
obligations, and niiicli ol the I'epulsiveness of the 
linal duly of man to man is mitigated when to his 
tiaiued hands and eye and thoughtful mind can 
be relegated the work in which he is so proMcient. 
Friends can always rest assured that no omis- 
sion or interruption will mar the occasion when 
the direction of the funeral is m the charge of 
Mr. Frazee, and Mv. II. Coleman, in whose estab- 
lishment this gentleman has been Superintendent 
of the undertaking department for years, feels that 
in him he has his ablest coadjutor. He w.as born 
in Durhamville, N. Y., .luly 23, 1844, and his par- 
ents, Arial and Julia Ann (ISIorse) Frazee, were 
both natives of New York, who came to Michigan 
in 1860, settling in Ypsilanti. 

The father of our subject had command of a 
trade as mechanic, and was formerly a salt manu- 
facturer of Syracuse, N. Y., where he owned two 
salt blocks. He died at East Saginaw some eight 
years ago. The son had learned the carpenter's 
trade with his father, and worked at it until he 
was twenty-live years old. He had come to Sagi- 
naw City in 1862, and here he worked at his 
trade for seven years jobbing with his father. In 
1869 he took up imdeitaking in connection with 
Adam Ilai-ite, under tlie linn name of Haiste & 
Frazee, doing business on the east side of Saginaw 
for some two years, at the end of which time the 
partnershij) was dissolved. 

Mr. Frazee continued business on the VYest Side 
bv himself for two years, and then removed to 
Monroe, Mich., where lie carried on an undertak- 
ing establishment four years, and then returned 
to Saginaw and conducted bu.siness for C. L. 
Benjamin for one year. He w.as then proffered 
his present position with the lirm of Harvey cfe 
Coleman, and after l\Ir. Harvey retired he con- 
tinued with Mr. Coleman, and he has had charge 
of that liranch of the business ever since. He gives 
strict attention to business and has two assistants 
to hel[) him in conducling affairs. 



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Our suhjecl wn.- niMnicii Nnvtiiilpci' o. IMlili. to 
Miss Ahliii' McDoiinld. of Midhmd Countv, and 
their cliildicii are as f<»ll()\vs: Lottie, llattic, Harry, 
("ora. .Iciiiiic. Frod and Lillic. All the children 
are still at home and .h-nnie is a student in the 
Hisfh .School. The lainily residence is located at 
No. :VM) Nortli \Ve;idock Street. .Mrs. Frazee was 
h)orn at Kintrslon. ()nl;irio. tiiid i> a lady of more 
than (irilin:uy >oci;il i|U.Mlil ics ;iiiil is liiufhiy es- 
teemed. .Mr. l''rM/.ee lielouiis to the Kuight.s of 
I'ythias and the .Vneient Order of I nited Work- 
men, and is al.so identilied with the Royal .\iv:\- 
ntim and the Kniirhts of the M;icc;iliees. 



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iM\ "^^ ll.^TriK I.. TllO.MPSON. The at- 
'li tractive millinery estalilisluuenl located at 
11) No. ni>< Walnut Street. We.sl Kay ( ity. is 
)\vned and nianaiicd l)y this lad\'. who.se 
inhereul love of the licautifnl is the secrel of her 
suc<'es,-. ill liiisincss. ,\ caiiahle rni.'Uicier aii<l 
po.ssessinu excellent jiidijniciit .-iiid L;(i(id luisincss 
(|ualilications. she is c;i|i.alile of :ili|\ jii;ni;i>rin<f 
larjre intei-ests. while her ueuial dis|i<isition has 
won a host of warm friend.s. Asa con.sequence 
of the iirc.at care she uses in the selection of slock, 
her estalilishmenl is rei;:ii(h'd as liead(|ua]-ters for 
liiu' Miilliiiciy and she enjoys a hir<>;e p.atronage of 
the latlies of the .Saifiuaw \'alley. Her business has 
.steadily <rr<iwn from its heirinninL! .•uid is still in- 
creasiniT. as her work gi\es universal .satisfaction 
and her leliahle methods luive secured for her 
merited success. 

On her f;ithci'> side. Miss Thompson is the 
Sfranddanirhter of :iii olil l{evoliitiouMi\- soldier. 
who was a farmer iu New I lampsliiic .•uid ilicci in 
(iiMflou. \ t. Ill the last-named place her fatiiei-. 
Horace. w:is lioni. .and thence he reimived to Ohio 
in IM.i!). where he was cnyiiiicd in fMiiiiiim pur- 
suit^. In his political lielief he wa~ ;i sti-onjj 
Democrat and nol only in local affair.s, Iml al.so in 
all mattei> of ■.rciieial importance, he was well in- 
formed. His death occurred ill Octoher, I8«l. In 

his early uiaiili 1 he married Miss l.vdia (iieijorv. 

who w;i> horn in SiiraloiiM Coiiiily. N. y. nnd died 



in Ohio ill Se|)temlier. 187(). She was-a faithful 
meinlier of the Methodist Churcli and posst-.ssed a 
nolile character .aiid hiuli impulses. Her father 
was a successful tanner and one of the early set- 
tlers of .Nfi'diii!! County, Ohio. 

Six chlldreu in the family grew to mature years, 
namely: Fr.auces (Mrs. F. E. McCoy), who resides 
in Oklahoma; Mary. (Mrs. M. A. Lawson), whose 
home is in (iraflon, Ohio; llii;iiii. who enlisted 
during the late war in Company .V, One lliiudred 
and Twenty-fourth Ohio Infantry, anil died in the 
hospital at Chattanooga, in 1863, when twenty 
years old; Maria (Mrs. Henry Holhrook), who re- 
sides in .Saginaw County; Luther, whose home is 
in Oregon and Ilattie L., the subject of this sketch. 
She was reared on the old homestead where she 
was born in [>orain County, Ohio, near Elyria, and 
recceived a coiiinion-scliool education in the dis- 
trict .schools of that community, rntil the death 
of her father she resided at home, after which she 
started in business for her.self in Elyria, Ohio, buy- 
ing a carefully selected stock of inilliuciy and 
fancy goods .■iiid iciiiainiiiu there successfully en- 
gaged ill Imsiness iintii IS.S."), when she (.■ame to 
West liay City. 

Here Mi.ss 'I'lioiiipsoii lirst sliirtcd in the millinery 
busine.ss at No. (io7 Midland Street, but later re- 
moved toher present place, wlieie she carries the 
largest stock of milliiu'iv and fancy goods of any 
establi>liiiieiit ill the cit\-. Her .sympathies are 
with the cause of I'roliibilion. and she is a consist- 
ent member of the Methodist Church where she 
t^'aclies in the .Siiiid.-iy->clio(i| Miid is a iiiciiibi'r of 
the Epwoith l,e;igiic. 



DAM I'ISIli'.i;. T|,i> w;irm hearted neigh- 
bor, true friend and po|uilar citi/eii is a 
1*1 Canadian by birth and now makes his 

'^ I leat ('airoltoii,.S;igiii;iw ( oiintN'. where 

he carries on ;i jobbing busini'.ss at the shingle 
mills of C. .M. Hill. He was born iu Norfolk 
County. Canada. April 21. I,s.i7. and is ;i sou of 
.Tames Fisher, who was born near Ancaster, Canada, 
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and cabinet maker; lie also lunilierod some. He 
was married to Miss Charity Misncr. wlio be- 
came the motlier of our sulijoul.. The father died 
at the early age of forty-nine years leaving six 
sons and one daughter, the mother was also taken 
from these children sxm afler, d_\in,u- at the age of 
ttfty-one. They wrre both leligious in tlieir lives 
and members of the Kpiscopal Church. 

Our subject attended .'•ehool tlirouoli his early 
years and learned his father's trade. Koi- some 
eight years he was engaged in teaching and also 
entered upon the manufacture of potash and car- 
ried on a grocery store. He came to JNIichigan in 
the fall of 1882 and took a position as foreman 
with E. R. Finney in his shingle mills, where he 
worked for three years). In 188;') he began this en- 
gagement with Mr. Hill, which he has been [)ursu- 
ing ever since. 

The marriage of Mr. Fisher in 1858 united him 
with Margaret Marr, a native of Canada, and to 
them have been born one son and three daughters, 
namely: .lohn. Linnie, .losephine and Nellie. All 
of these children are now married and have estab- 
lished homes of their own. 

Mr. and Mrs. Fisher are and have been all their 
lives devout members of the Episcopal Church. 
Our subject has ever been attached to the princi- 
l)les of the Republican party, yet is independent in 
the disposition of his ballot in regard to local 
issues. Since 1889 he has been the .lustice of the 
Peace here and has tilled that oflice to the advan- 
tage of the community and to his credit. 



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'OHN SHEPHERD. No more interesting 
man can be found in Saginaw Township, 
Saginaw County, tlian this old resident who 
}<^/J may be characterized as a warm hearted, 
shrewd Englishman, whose practical common-sense 
and business push are enlivened by a strong vein 
of humor in his mental niakC' up. He was born in 
I'pwell, Cambridgeshire, England, April 5, 1826 
and his father William, and his grandfather, were 
both in service in a gentleman's family in Cam- 
bridgesliiic, The father, who died thereat the age 



of forty-nine, niariied ^lary Roliih and she became 
the mother of six children: Elizabeth, William, 
Joseph, Thomas, .lolm and Susan, the latter dying 
when (juite young. ISoth [larentswerc members of 
the Church of P>ngland,and the mother lived until 
she reached the age of sixty. Her father was a 
game keeper on the Townley estate. 

In his l)oyhood days, John Sheiiherd attended 
school and worked in a large garden in Cambridge- 
shire, but before coming to America in 1852 spent 
three years as apprentice to the jjainters' trade. 
During the long voyage of five weeks and two 
days upon the ocean (which was shared by seven 
hundred and twenty-one fellow-passengers) there 
occurred on board three deaths, two births and 
one suicide. 

After working lor one summer at Lockport, 
N. Y., and passing on to Cleveland, Ohio, where he 
followed painting as a trade, Mr. Shepherd came 
to Michigan in 1857 and at once sought Saginaw 
of which he had heard much. At first sight he was 
so disappointed with what he styled "a one horse 
town" that he almost decided to return to Cleve- 
land but was induced to stay by Judge Williams, 
an early settler, who pointed out to him the bright 
prospects of the town, the cheapness of lots and the 
facilities for building and promised to help him 
find employment. 

During, his stay in the city, which continued un- 
til 18(i6, the young man followed his trade and 
then loc^ated upon the fai'in two miles out of town. 
He has seen East Saginaw grow from a village to a 
city of thirty-five thousand inhabitants and is able 
to relate some rather humorous incidents growing 
out of the ill feeling between the East and West 
Sides of the city engendered by the starting of the 
former town in a]iparen1 rivalry to the latter. I'pon 
the walls of the pleasant home which INIr. Shepherd 
built in 1870 is a drawing made liy his son of the 
first home, a board shanty surrounded by trees 
and stumps. The road was then a mere trail and 
in order to clear fifteen acres of land he took out 
seven hundred stum])s. 

Our subject was first married in England, 
in December, 1850 to Elizabeth Trotman. She de- 
parted this life Septembei' 21, 1851, and was the 
mother of one child who died young. Mr, Shepherd 



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was again married Maroli 1, 1855, to Sarah Wallis, 
wild was lioni ill S:u-l«'tt's Ilarltor. .Tefferson C'ouiitv. 
N. Y.. wlii'if licr fiillici- w:i^ a t';iiiiH'i' :iii(i cooiicr. 
Mr. Wallis scUIimI .-it, t'li-volaiiil. Oliiu in 1832 and 
three years later at Sprini'licld. Ohio, where he re- 
sided for six years and then made his home at 
Solon, the sjinie State, and here died at the .ajje of 
lifty-four while his wife lived to he eisrhty yeai-s 
old. Theii- four children were, Charles II.. Klizalieth 
.1. (deceased). .Minnie. (Mrs. ^McLeoii) and Wallis. 
Our subject had one hundred acres of land but 
he has sold and given to his children until he now 
h.asoniy forty acres. He has handled farm imple- 
ments to some e.xtent for the i)ast ten years and 
now sells the IJiiller Windmill, the D. S. Morgan (fe 
Co. binders, mowers, spading harrows, etc., and 
sells implements for the Patrons of Industry. He 
w.Hs for many years :i liepulilican in his political 
views but is now an I ii(li'|icii(lciil in politics. 



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II.I.IAM WllIPl'LK. Step by step Mr. 
Iji Whipple worked hi- way until his worldly 
)^J atfaiisal the time of his death weie on :\ 
substantial b.asis, and he \va> numbered among the 
well-to-do citizens of Hay Couiily, While advanc- 
ing his linaMcial inlerests he by no means neglected 
the bellei things in life, but discharged in an able 
manner llie duties of citizenship and helped to 
elevate the iiitclh'ctual and moral status of the 
section in which he made his lifime. He was the 
owner and propriet<ir^ of ;i well-appointed farm, 
situated on section .'i, I'oitsniout li 'rouii>hi|i. From 
the fertile soil of this place, compiisiiigseventy-i)ne 
acre,>. large harvest- are gathered and the estate 
is consiileicd to be one of the best iniprii\e(l in llii' 
community. A \ iew of this place i> presented in 
another portion of the |{i i oi;i). 

\\'hile a small eliilrl. Mr. Whipple was doublv 
orpliaiie<l by the death of his parents, who were 
natives of Orange County, X. Y.. and who earlv 
settled in Mailison County, the same State. In the 
l;ist-m nlioned place the subject of this sketch w^as 
born October I. IM'in. .•ind w:is still ipiite vouno' 
wlicii 111' wa- forceil to iiiaUe his own wav in the 



world on account of the death of his father and 
mother. He .soon actpiired that self-reliance which 
characterizes those who in youth commence to 
battle with adxcrsc circumstances. He remained 
in Madistin County until I.h.")7. in the me.antime 
growinsr to a stui'dy manhood and taking his place 
among the representative citizens of the county. 

Not feeling satisfied to make his home perma- 
nently in New York, Mr. W'hip))le resolved toseek 
the growing West aud there establish a home. 
Coining to Genesee County, Mich., in 1857, he 
engaged in lumbering, but after a short sojourn 
there came thence to \is.y County- in 1860, and 
followed milling about ten year?. His business 
grew from the first, and his reliable dealings gained 
the good will of his fellow-citizens. The place 
upon which he resided until death was purchased 
by him in 1870, but he did not locate upon it im- 
mediately after its purchase. His home continued 
to be in Ray City until 188.'i, when he located on 
the farm and afterward engaged in a general farm- 
ing business. 

The marriage of .Mr. Whipple and Miss Char- 
lotte Hill was solemnized in 1842 and unto them 
w:i> born one son. lliraui. who died in Oregon, 
leaving a wife anil two daughters. Mrs. Whipple 
died about two years after the marriage, and Mr. 
Whij)ple subsequently was united with .Miss .Mi- 
nerva Green, of (ienesee County. This estimable 
lady is highly esteemed in the (>oiiiinunity in wdiicli 
she resides, .and is a devoted wife and a tender 
mother. Four children were born to .Mr. and Mrs, 
Whipple, of whom two are still living — Clayton 
I>. and Fred ('.. who are still at home and in at- 
tendance at the I nteinational business College of 
Hay City. 

In his social relations Mr. W'hipph' was iden titled 
will! the Masonic fraternity. In Portsmouth 
Township he became well known as an active 
farmer and energetic citizen, whose services in be- 
half fif the (M>ininunitv were ever willingly offered. 
In politics he w.as a stanch Republican and never 
failed to use every opportunity of casting his vote 
for the condidates of that party. His fellow-citi- 
zens realizing his fitness for otlice, called him to 
fill several positions within their gift, ;ind the du- 
ties of these ottices he discharged to the best of his 




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ability and to the general satisfaction. In educa- 
lioii;il iiiiitttTs his interest w.-is great, and as a niem- 
Ihm- of the Sehool IJonid for eight years prior to 
his demise he did niiieh effective work in the way 
of securing caimlik^ instructors. Beside tlie f;irm 
upon which he resided, he owned foi'ty acres, lo- 
cated in Saginaw Township. 



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/^. riRIS II. UEBERROTH is the senior mem- 
ill ber of the firm of Ueberroth & Co., of Ba_v 
^Si^ City, prominent dealers in crockery, glass- 
ware, china, wall-paper and art goods. The busi- 
ness is carried on in the Ueberroth & Co. block 
at No. 816 North Washington Avenue. This 
tine brick structure, a view of which appears on 
anotlier page, consists of three stories and a 
liasenient and is 2r)xl00 feet in dimensions, hav- 
ing a glass front and stone trimmings. It is one 
of the finest stores in tlie city and is adjacent 
to two other splendid structures. The lirui o( cu- 
l)ies the wliok' of the building and their goods are 
so arranged as to attract tiie eye of every visitor. 
The\- keep in their employ eight clerks and con- 
duct a luciative and increasing trade. 

The s\iliject of this sketch was liorn in B.-iy City. 
Decenibir 1.'). IS;")*;, and is a son of Leoiiard and 
Mary (Keinhart) Ueberroth. The father, one of 
the early settlers of the city, came here dirct't from 
(iC.n'.any in IS.").'). ()ui' sulijed recei\ed his early 
school education in l!ay City and in his youth 
liegan clerking witli Frank Crand.-dl, dealer in toys 
and fanc\' goods. Later he was with \\'hite k 
Davenport in the crockery business and remained 
witli tlieii' suei.'es-ior, A. I>. (iriswold, until he en- 
leied the eui|iloy of C. K. Kox. lie was engaged 
With the last-named gentleman until August, IM1S4, 
when he for iied a partui'i'slii|i with Fi'ank King 
under the liiiii name of King A- reberroth. their 
lirst location benig on Center Stieet. 

The firm opened up a good sized stoi-e l)ut con- 
tinued in parluei'sliip only six months when our 
subject took with him W. E. See. That connec- 
tion continued until lss:i, when ^Ir. See went out 
and II. C. ]Monltlirop took a ]iartnership which 



continues until the present time. By his indus- 
trious and persistent habits Mr. Ueberroth has at- 
tained his prominent ])Osition .as one of the leading 
men in the business circles of the city and now 
devotes his whole attention to his line of business, 
enjoying a large trade throughout the State. 



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■r;ILLIAM MORIN, the genial proprietor of 
ij of the Morin House, is one of the repre- 
\^^ sentative Frenchmen of AVest Bay City. 
He -was born in (Juebec, Canada, September 14, 
1840, and is the son of Peter Morin, a native of 
France. The father of our subject being an agri- 
culturist, William was reared to perform many of 
the duties pertaining to a farmer's boy and re- 
mained under the parental roof until fourteen 
years of age when he came to the slates and worked 
for eight years in the woods of Maine. lie then 
returned home, remaining there for one year and 
early in 1867 came to West Bay City. 

William Morin was married November 2, 186S, 
to Miss Grace St. Lawrence, of Bay City. The 
next year he established in business as "mine host" 
in Bay City and four years later ereited his pres- 
ent hotel, which is now the leading one in the 
city. He has made this city his home since first 
locating here and in his business has been more 
than ordinarily successful, being one of those 
whole-st)uled, genial men who make friends of all 
who meet them. 

Our subject was the originator of the summer 
resort at Bellevue, Mich., buts(jld his interest to S. 
O. Fisher and it has since been known as Winona 
Beach. Mr. Morin has liei'u honored for twc 
\ears with the oHice of Alderman of the First 
Ward and at the present time, (.lanuarv. 1892) is 
a member of the Board of I'ulilic Works. In re- 
ligious matters he is a member of the .St. Mary's 
Catholic Church, being one of the earliest members 
of that body iu \V\y City. 

To Ml-, and Mrs. Morin have been granted a 
family of thirteen children, six of whom are living, 
and who bear the respectix'c names of Louisa, 



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Flemming, Eva. Bella, .\rlele and Minnie. Louisa 
is tiie wife of Louis Eric aiul is tlic mutliei- of one 
child. Hlnnc'lie. .Mr. and Mrs. .Monn are tlie cen- 
liM- of a true and jfeuuine iiosi)itality and use tiieir 
inrtucnce in every way for the uplniildinif of .so- 
ciety and the forwardiiiij of liie interests of nior- 
alit.\' anil lelij^ion. .Mr. .Morin served three years 
in ('oni)>any (J. Fifteenth Regiment Infantry, of 
Maine, under (Jen. Hanks. 



^SC'AK ,M. l'Ars( 11. The progress uf a city 
depends iiihui the enterprise of its citizens, 
and the present hi^h standintt of Saifinaw 
hii* been secured by the tireless exertions of its 
business men. Various avenues to success have 
opened to those who have sought homes in the 
N'alley and few who have judiciously u.sed their 
mental faculties, have failed to become prosperous. 
Conspicuous among the establishments of East 
Sairinaw is the studio of Mr. I'ausch. in which can 
be oblainril elegantly liMi>hcd pictures, varying 
fioni the Muallest card phot(>gra]ih to a life-size 
portrait. .Vlthough he has resided here for a brief 
period only. Mr. I'ausch has became known as a 
stnring businos man and a successful photogra- 
pher. 

The only surviving Min of Frederick and .\ga- 
the (I)ressell) l';iusch. our subject was born in 
Thnringia. (iermany, .\pril 2',\, 1)S.')(). .and is one of 
six children — fo\u- danghteo and two sons. The 
father was actively engaged in business as a mill- 
wright in the F.atherland and was a man of un- 
Hinehing integrity and many honorable traits of 
chaiiicter. The school days of O.scar .M. were 
passed in (iermany and he ac(piired a good com- 
nion->chool education prior- to the age of fovn'tcen 
years. lie then comnienced to leai'u the art of 
photography and served an apprenticeship at that 
b\i>iiies> until he wa> more than sixteen years old. 
Having icsolved upon coming to the Fnited States. 
to esliiliHsh a lionu' and seek a fortuiu-. he left his 
nati\f country in IKT^and crossing the .Vtlantic, 
settled in New York, .\ftcr a short sojourn there, 
he proceeiled westward to Columbus, Oiiio. anil 
from Ihi'ir to (ii'anville. the n-uiH' Stale, 



Returning to Columbus, Mr. Paiisch spent 

eighteen months in that city, and from there re- 
moved to Ft. Wayne, Ind.. where he remained 
fourteen months. After a sojourn of si.x months 
in Chicago, he came to East Saginaw in 18M(I, not. 
however, to remain here permanently at that time. 
We ne.xt lind him in Detioit and after seven 
nninths there, in Newark. Ohio, where he was en- 
gaged as a photographer for .seven year.s. The 
year 18ilO maiked his second arrival in this city, 
where he has since resided. lie bought out 1). 
.Vngell and in .lannary, 18;i2. fitted up what is 
now the finest and iiest arranged Fhoto Art (Gal- 
lery in Saginaw, located at 1 11-1 Hi North Frank- 
lin Street, and he has introduced all the imjjroved 
instruments and methods which enable him to con- 
duct a successful business. 

In 1881) Mr. Pausch was married to Miss Adea 
.Jones, of (iranville, Ohio, the daughter of .lohn 
1). and Elizabeth .loni.s. Three children have 
been born of the union — Olga, Oliver and \'irgil. 
In his social connections, >Ir. Pausch is a nu^mber 
of the Masonic fraternity and was identified with 
the (irand Lodge of Ohio, from which he was de- 
mitteil. lie also belong.^ to Wolverine Lodge, No. 
94, K. of P., and the Central Council, No. 2!l. 
Royal ,\rcanum. llis residence is pleasantl\- lo- 
cated at No. l.'i.') Mott Street, and is the abode of 
a cultured ;nid happy family. 



,TTO 11. SEITZ. Among the prominent and 
111 inHnential farmers of lUumfield 'lV>wnship, 
.Saginaw County, we are pleased to include 
the biographical sketch of Mr. Seitz who is resid- 
ing on section l.'>. The father of our suliject w-as 
(ieorge Seitz. and his native place was Bavaria. 
Oermany, the date of his birth being April, 1818. 
In 1848 he decided to try his foituiies in the New 
World, !ind coining hithei- came directly to IMichi- 
gan, settling in the .Saginaw Valley. He made 
l'>lumlield Township his home in 18.")4, where he 
creeled .m sawmill, which he ran very successfully 
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years later the elder Mr. Seitz erected the sawmill 
wIulIi at present stands on section 1», tlie home of ' 
our suliject, and wliii'h is operated by Otto II. 

Oiii' subject's inotlu'i' was Icnown in licr maiden- 
hood a-i Miss Caroline Kunz, who was born in 
Austria; she (lassed from tliis life Marcli 23, 189((, 
just one year |)revious to tlio deatli of her liusband, 
his decease occurring February 14. IKIU. Mr. and 
Mrs. (ieorge Scitz lu'camc the |)arents of seven 
cliiidren, of whom out suliject was the fourth in 
order of birth. Otto II. Seitz was born in Uliun- 
ficld Township. Decembei' .">, 1K5!). Like other 
farmer lads, he received his education in the com- 
mon schools and was reared to perform many of 
the duties of farm life, which he has found to 
be vei'v useful to him m following the life of an 
agriculturist. ( )iu- subject ha-^ made this township 
his home from earliest boyhood, and is thus inter- 
ested in everything that pertains to its welfare. 

Mr. Scitz was united in mairiagc with .Miss Kb za 
Krelis, in lilumficld Township, their nuptials being 
celebrated March 4, IHHO. .Mrs. .Seitz is, like her 
husbnid. a native of this township, her natal day 
having liL'en ( )ctolier 11, IMfil. She is an estimable 
lail\' and is looked >ip to by .all her neighbors. The 
fathei' of Mrs. Seitz was Hugo Ivrebs. a native <if 
Prussia, and her mother was Natalia Krebs, who 
wax also born in the Fatherland. The parents are 
residing at the present time (IM'.ll) on section l(i. ; 
I'.lumlicld Township. Their family numbered six 
childien. of whom .Mrs. .Scitz was the eldest, and 
wa* thu- reared to perform all those domestic 
duties which mark a good housekeepei'. 

Mr. and Mrs. .Seitz h?ve two children — Flsie and 
Fmma. ( )ur suliject assisted his father in running 
the farm and in operating the .sawmill. In 1><«(), 
in company with his brother Oeorge, he purcha.sed 
the mill and f ii'iu anil lliey continueil in partner- 
ship in the op 'ration of these interests until 181)0, 
in Nox'cmliei'. when our subject bought his brother's 
inteiest and has >ince ean'icd <in the business 
alone. The mill air^wers the double purpose of 
saw and grist mill. 

Our subject h:is been the iceipient of the ollices 
of Township Tieasurer, which pcjsititm h( occujued 
for twfi years, abo Township Clerk for the same 
length of time. The liepublie:in p.arty In its 



declarations has embodied the political principles 
in which Mr. Seitz believes, and he casts his vote 
for the candidates of that body. He and his wife 
are members of influence in the Lutheran Church, 
and are well liked liy the people of their township, 
being alwavs readv to enter into all good works. 



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AUL P. ROBINSON. Prominent in agri- 
cultural circles is he whose name we have ' 

^ just given, whose beautiful farm is to lie 
found on section 1 1. Hueua \'i,sta Township. 
.Saginaw County. Maine has sent many of her 
sons to Michigan, and invariably they have proved 
good citizens. Our subject was liorn in Carmel, 
Me., .luly 2(1, l.S.'il. He received his early training 
and education in Carmel and was also trained to 
those duties pert.'iining to a fai'mer lad. 

In the spring of IK8i( Mr. Robinson left his na- 
tive State and emigrated Westward, making his 
jilace of destination Saginaw. During his resi- 
dence here he was in the employ of Thomas Mer 
rill on a farm, remaining here for six years. At 
the expii'ation tif that time, feeling that he would 
like to \'isit his relatives and friends in Maine, he 
returned to that .State, lint when desirous of mak- 
ing a iicrmanent location, he again i-eturned to 
Michigan and worked with his former employer 
for three months. 15\- hard work and economy he 
was enabled to lay by a snug little sum and with 
it purchased his present farm in lUiena Vista Town- 
ship, where he has since resided. It is under the 
most perfect cultivation and nets him a snug in- 
come. 

Miss .lohaiinali Weir became the wife cif our 
subject, May 2(1. I.S'.KI. theii- marri.age being cele- 
brated in Saginaw. Mrs. Robinson is a native of 
the Wolverine State, having been born here De- 
cember 211. 1^7(1. She is the daughter of .lolin and 
Margaret (Melloy) ^Velr. natives of Canada and 
Michigan resiiccti vely. The jiarents of our subject 
were Thomas inid '-arah A. (I'age) Robinson, na- 
tives of the Pine Tree .Stati'. The father was a 
farmer, which occupation he followed in Carmel. 
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in all local affairs and was greatly esteemed by all 
wlio knew liini. Our subject was tlie second in ■ 
order of liirtli of n fiiniily of four cliildren horn to 
liis parents. 

Mr. and .Mrs. Robinson .ire proiiiincnt nnd 
active members of the Catliolic Cliurcli. 'I'liey 
have one son, 'rhonias. Mr. Ivobinson is a 
lirni adherent of Democratic principles, casting 
ids vote and inllucncc in support of tlie success of 
the party. Our suljject lias .served liis fellow- 
townsmen by acting as Drainage Commissioner of 
his lownshi)). wliich office he iicld for two years. A 
genial and pleasant tempered man. .Mr. Robinson is 
popular with all wlio know liini. 



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^ ADER TROMHLK. There is probably no 
man in Hav City who can more delight- 




'-Si fully entertain a company interested in 
the history of the pioneer days that the 
one whose name we have now given, lie settled 
in the unbroken woods, where Hay City now stands, 
in 1 lie early September of 1835, and is the oldest 
settler now living here. In those days Indians and 
wild game abounded, and there was not another 
white .settler in the neighborhood. 

This pioneer was born in Detroit, Xoveinber !(!, 
lHi:i. which w.as also the birthplace of his father. 
The grandfather, Louis, was a native of France. 
Ills mother died when he w:is young, an <1 his father 
brought his three; children to (Quebec. When Louis 
w.as about fourteen years old his father married 
again, and after that the children were not happy 
at home. .\ body of fur traders, who were ascend- 
ing the St. Lawrence River and the Lakes, coaxed 
the Tromblc children to ;iccoiiip;iiiy them, but 
upon reaching Detroit they concluded that they 
had done Hidiig to bring the children so far from 
home and left the sister with a family at Ft. De- 
troit, ami she alterw!ir<l married into the Revoir 
f.'iiiiily. 

Louis Tromlili' and his brother were left with 



er's Creek, and there lived and supported them- 
selves until they were old enough to secure land 
claims from the English (Joverniiicnt. which was 
then in possession of this section. They then 
obtained six eighty-acre tracts and Viegan clearing 
and iin|)roving the land, and after awhile built a 
saw and grist-mill on the creek. The^' became men 
of wealth, and Louis, who was a (iov'ernment con- 
tractor during the War of im2. had the largest 
and hand.somest house in Detroit at that time. 
Louis had eighteen children, some of whom died 
while young, and his younger brother, (Jeiinor. 
never married. 

Thomas Tromble received a thorough education 
in French in Detroit, and became the man.ager of 
his father's mills; later he engaged in farming and 
had two hundred acres of valuable land. Me took 
part in the War of 1812 and was in the fort when 
Hull surrendered the city. He was an officer and 
made of the stuff which never surrenders, and he 
jiicked u|) a dozen guns and made his escape 
through the back of the fort tf) his solid log house, 
where he [ircpared for self-defense. He w.as missed 
from the fort and a brother officer was detailed to 
show the liritish the way to his house, which he 
did. but dcdiiicd to go any nearer, as he knew the 
lighting ([ualities of the man they were .seeking. 
Some of his friends afterward induced liiin to sni- 
render, and he was afterward court-inarli.-iled, but 
as he had so many friends he escaped without 
punishment, and died at the age of seventy-one. 

The niothcr of our subject was Alfriesen, daugh- 
ter of Louis Tebo, who traced his ancestry back to 
the crown of Fraiu'c, and was jirobably a first 
cousin ti) Louis I'hillipe. lie was born in France, 
and engaged in trading with the Indians and finally 
met his death at their hands. Of Alfiiesen Trom- 
ble's fourteen children all grew to maturity; among 
that number our subject, who was over six feet tall, 
was the smallest of them all. He receiveda French 
education in Detroit and learned farming, taking 
charge of the estate, while his elder brothers en- 
gaged in trading with the Indians. He and his 
brother Joseph bought a tr.actofland about one 
mile in length along the Saginaw River, where is 
now the site of Ray City, nnd they were the first 



the Chippewa Indians, near Di'troit, and after two 

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built the first house, which was a block house, and 
kept the first store on the river :it tliis point, car- 
rying on a trade with the Indians^. In 183(5 they 
built the Center House, into wliich they soon 
moved. Tiiey traded with the Chippewas and 
spoke their language. The smallpox plague swept 
the Chippewas of this region from existence in 
1837, and about that time he closed liis trading 
business, and later they lost tlieir property here 
through trickery. 

Aftir the Indians were swept off the game be- 
came very thick, and the Trombles devoted them- 
selves to tracking and hunting for furs, and later 
carried on fishing with a spear. Our subjec't speared 
in one-half night nine bairels of white fish, and 
these they shipped to Cleveland and found tlie 
Inisiness very lucrative. Mr. Tromble lias dealt 
extensively in real estate and has platted several 
additions to the city, and still retains enough land 
to carry on farming within the city limits. He has 
built many houses and has done much to liuild up 
the city. The marriage of Mr. Tromble, inOctober, 
184 7, united him with Sarali McCormick, who was 
bom in Albany, N. Y., and whose father, James, 
was an early settler on the Flint River. She died 
October 22, 1887, leaving eight children, seven of 
whom grew to maturits', namely: Frank; ^lary, 
Mrs. Rose; Josie, Mrs. Greening; Fremont, a dealer 
in real estate and a contractor and liuilder; Daniel, 
a lumber inspector; Edward, a wholesale fish dealer 
and Eugenia, who resides at home. The daughters 
were all educated at St. Mary's at Monroe, this 
State. This venerable gentleman is a strong and 
conscientious Catholic, and a member of St. James 
Church. In his early days he was a Whig in \k>\- 
tics, but since 18.t4 he has lieen a Republican. 



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•ji^ PHRAIM RIKER. .Vt the jjiesent time re- 
\f^ tired from active business life, the gentle- 
/* ^ — '-^/ man whose name heads this sketch has 
lieen one of its most enterprising merchants, 
being a dealer in what was at one time the prin- 
cipal product and industry — that is, in fish. Mr. 
Riker was born in Caldwell Township, Essex 



County, N. J., April 2, 1815. He is a son of 
Henry and Sarah (Van Ness) Riker. His father 
was a farmer and of Holland-French descent. His 
mother was a representative of one of the most 
prominent of Holland-Dutch families; she died 111 
New Jersey at an advanced age. 

The family of which our subject is one com- 
prised eight children, five of whom grew to yeai'S 
of maturity; of these Ephraim was the ne.xt to the 
youngest. The first eleven years of his life were 
devoted, as most boys, in absorbing both gastro- 
nomieally and mentally, and in developing large 
talents for mischief. When eleven years old he 
went to New York City and entered a grocery as 
clerk. He remained there for two years, when he 
returned to Essex County, and when fifteen years 
of age was apprenticed to learn the mason's trade 
at Newark. He Was in training for three years, 
and then served as a journeyman in New York 
City. He helped to build several of the large 
brick structures on Eighth Avenue and around 
Washington Square. 

Mr. Riker went to Ohio in 18;i4, and located in 
Erie County. He. was for a short time engaged in 
farming, but later devoted himself to his trade, 
taking large contracts. He also went into Missis- 
sippi and built several large buildings at Pitts- 
burg. Armed with a letter of introduction to 
Gov. Brown, of Mississippi, with his recognition 
and aid he was enabled to secure the contract to 
build the first theatre in Vicksburg. He spent 
eighteen months in that State and then returned 
to Ohio, where he engaged in the grocery and 
produce business, having in connection with this 
wholesale fish. In 1851 he located in Toledo and 
dealt in a wholesale manner in fish, and retailed 
groceries. These interests were conducted most 
successfully. 

Mr. Riker built the first tug ever used for fisji- 
ing purposes on Lake Erie. In 1865 he came to 
Michigan and settled in East Saginaw, and in 
1867 he came to Ra}' C'ity and at once engaged in 
the fishing business. From Bay City he removed 
his store to An Sable and for one year was engaged 
iu the grocery business there, and then returned 
to this place. The first location of his iiusiness 
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in Lake Huron mjkI Ipoiisjlit and sold in ;i uliole- 
sale way. his jjlaco of business beiiiir located f)n the 
Flint A IVie Marquette Haili-oad. lie used to ship 
his eatches to Cincinnati, I'.uffalo and Louisville, 
and prohalily exported more pounds ol' li>li Ihiui 
any other man at that time, lie also piicked eon- 
.sideralile fish and at the siune time with that \avgi.' 
amount of business did his own eorresponding, 
colleetinj; and bookkeepinir. In IHH'I he retired 
from active business, liavinj; pursued his lisiiing 
for forty years, lie was the fir-st shipper here who 
shipped to the trade and for a number ot \ears 
conducted the most extensive business in this line 
in the city. 

Our subject is the owner of three hundred acres 
of land extending one and one-half miles on the 
lake front. He was the original purchaser of Point 
Lookout and becapie its jjossessoi- when it was 
very wild. He conceived the idea of converting 
it into a resort, taking a suggestion from ('apt. 
Holt. The first impi-ovements placed here were 
the building of a dock, a tavern and a hotel. He 
then built the large hotel on the point anrl all 
these improvements stand there at tiie pre ent 
tinu'. He also built si.xteen cottages, and for some 
time it vvijs a great success. He later sold it most 
advanlMgc()Usly. 

.Mr. Hiker owns a ver\ tine bruk rtsidcnce at 
No. -204 Madison Street, and .•uidtlici- line place on 
.lcffersf)n Street, besides other \alualiU' property. 
He now occupies himself in looking after his 
lo.-ins and collections, .\side from the property 
mentioned, our subjec-t owned Charity Island, No. 
2, located six miles out in Saginaw P.ay and 
thirty-five miles from l'.ay City. rhl> he used for 
fishing i)Uiposes. and it has been to him a v.'ilualih" 
piece of property. 

Mr. Hiker was fii'st married in New Vi>ik Citv. 
.lanuary .tl. lH;M.to Miss Sarah A. .Miller, a native 
of Orange ( oiinty. N. Y. The fruits of this union 
were the foUowing children: .Mary .1.. .Mrs. Hull, 
of Indianapolis; Henry, who was a sailor; Isaac 
II.. wlio died in Cass County; Ephraim S.. wiio re- 
sides in Indianapolis; Samuel ■M. is a { iiielnnati 
fish and oyster dealer; Philip, who died in Louis- 
ville. Ky.. and Charles, of Hay City. Mrs. Sarah 
Hiker died in October, 1864, and our subject again 



married, the lady of his choice being Henrietta F. 
Denliam, who was born near liangor, Vt. While 
a resident of Ohio our sultject was greatly inter- 
ested in politics. His interest since coming here 
has been quiescent. Socially he is a member of 
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and a 
.Mason. He w.as also a member of the National 
Fish Association. He for years has lieeii .-i most 
consistent Hepulilican. uiilioldmg tlie party in its 
|)latforin and theories. 



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" KNHY A. MAXWELL, who is the owner of 
\] n handsome farm of eighty acres on section 
2;"). Tittabawassee Townshi p, Saginaw Couii- 
)) ty. l>ought this tract of land in its wild 
condition and built upon it first a log hut. wliicli 
he lived in until \HH{\. He now lia^ tlic whole 
farm in an excelleiil condition and witli all iiii- 
|iroveiiients. including good I'anii l)uililings. He 
is tiic son of .Vinos and Eliza ( Waddell ) .Alanwell. 
and his father is a native of Pennsylvania and his 
mother of Si'ot i;ind. They came to Michigiin when 
it was a Territory ;ind located in St. Joseph County 
and there the subject of this sketch was lioni. .Tan- 
uary 20. \MX. 

( )ur sulijeet had liis early training and education 
upon a farm and as his father died when Henry 
was but an infant, the mother moved to Canada 
with her six children whom she managed to sup- 
port by her own labor in spinning and weaving, 
and at the same time gave thein the advantages of 
a fair education. 

At the age of twenty the young man returned 
to Saginaw and worked in the lumber woods until 
•January 21. \XV>i. when he enlisted in Company 
I), Sixteenth Michigan Infantry "for three years or 
the war." This regiment was attached to the .Vi'iuy 
of the Potomac and sent on at once to the Hajjpa- 
hannock \'allev where they participated in the 
engagements of the Wilderness being under tire for 
twenty six consecutive day.s. and having men in 
the "killed and missing" column daily. 

Through all this terrible lime of coiiHiet (uir 
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a scratch and he narrates a humorous incident of 
his first detail on skirniisli line. As he had not 
had much experience in drilling lie made a mistake 
ill taking the command riglit dress for left dress 
and breaking the skirmish line he advanced through 
the brush and came on to an officer whom he took 
to be the sergeant of Company A, and therefore 
did not shoot. In a few seconds the officer gave 
the command "Attention Compan.y" when he 
found he was in the rebel lines with a company of 
rebels not twenty feet away. He beat a hasty re- 
treat and ran into another company of reliels, 
wliicli when he discovered he started in a third 
direction receiving a volley of shots from both 
companies, but none hit him, except one bullet 
which cut the tent cloth from his back and another 
bullet knocked off the heel of his boot, and he re- 
turned to his own lines in safety. He thinks he 
must have outrun the buHets foi more than fifty 
shots were fired. 

After the battle of the Wilderness his regiment 
went with (Irant to Petersburg and he was taken 
sick and «.is in hospital siune tinu', but rejoined 
his regiment before the siureiider of Ajjiiomattax 
and jiarticipated in the (iraiid Review in llSGo, re- 
ceiving his honorable diseliarge at Jeffersimville, 
Ind., .July H. IHGiJ. and being sent fi(nn llicre to 
Detroit, then returned to his home. 

The first marriage of Mr. Alanwell took place in 
1861 and united him with Tracy Russell who died 
in December, 18()2, and in 18(i4 he was married to 
Betsey Turner and five days later lie m.arched away 
to battle, leaving his bride to watch for his return. 
Tliis union was lilessed by the birth of two daugh- 
ters: Matilda, born May 31, 1867, who married 
Charles Braley .and died in August, 181(1, leaving 
two children, and Emma, born August 11, 1870, 
who is now the wife of ('. Fetzer, of Saginaw. 
The mother of these daughters passed fioni this 
life in February, 1881. 

The present Mrs. Manwell became the wife of 
our subject February 3, 18H4, and she was before 
this event Mrs. .lulia McKellar. widow of Duncan 
McKellar, and the mother of six children: Phoebe 
J., born October 2, 1870; Effle C, May 9. 1873; 
Mary C, August 8, 187o; Willie A., October 11, 
1878; Albert A., May 24, 1881; and Maggie, July 



12, 1883. By her union with Mr. Manwell she has 
had three children, John A., born August 27. 1880; 
Phil Ray, January 31, 18!)0; and Mabel, Septem- 
ber 18, 1891. 

In political matters our subject is independent, 
preferring to be guided by his own judgment rather 
than by partj^ leaders and he votes for the man 
and the measure which his conscience endorses. He 
is a member of the J. N. Penoyer Post, No. 90, G. 
A. R., and is honorably upon the pension rolls at 
$12 a month. He started in life without a dollar 
but with good health and willing hands has made 
a success of life. 



,SCAR nrTSCllEN'REl'TlIER, Alderman of 
the Fifth Ward of West Bay City, where he 
^\g^ has been a resident since the fall of 18(55, 
keeps a sample room at No. 1 1 1 Linn Street. He 
was born in Bavaria, (Tcrmany, July T), 1851 and 
IS a son of Karl Ilutschenreuther, also a native of 
the Fathenand and where the grandfather, John 
J., was born. The last-named gentleman was a 
manufacturer of chinaware in (Jermany and was 
one of the wealthiest and most prominent citizens 
of his community. He had been given an excel- 
lent education, being a graduate of the F^rlangen 
College. He died in the Fatherland, in 1858. 

The father of our suliject also followed the oc- 
cupation of a manufactui'er of china and was well- 
to-do in this world's goods, lie ilied when forty- 
five years of age in (iermany, in 1859. His wife, 
the mother of our subject, was Mrs. Kathinka (Al- 
bright) Ilutschenreuther and was born in Coburg, 
Saxony. She w.as the daughter of .1. A. Albright, 
who was an Elder in the Lutheran Church, lie 
was court priest of the (ii-and Duchy of Saxe 
Coburg for three years, or until his death, which 
occurred in 1859. He had received a cl.assical edu- 
cation and was a man of prominence in his native 
land. The mother of our subject came to America 
with her son Oscar, in 18(i5, and is at jiresent 
making her home with him. being seventy-two 
j-eais of age. 

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was the oldest but one in a family of five eliildien 
liiini to his parents, tliree of whom are now living-. 
He was an only sun and is said to lie the only man 
in till' world hearin<j the name of IIutsclitMireuther. 
He received a fine education in (Jcrmany. attend- 
in<r school until fourteen years of age. In IHtj;") 
his niothci' desiring to come to America, they left 
Hremerliaven on the steamer " Herman " and after 
a voyasie of sixteen days landed in New York, 
and thence came directly to the Wolverine State 
and located for a few months in Detroit. In 
November, of that same year they came to Lake 
City, now Hay City, and our subject attended 
niifht school for three winters and tliiis became 
familiar with the English language. 

Soon after locating in IJay City ^Ir. Ilutschfii- 
reutlicr entered the emplo}' of .Miller liros., learn- 
ing the bnt<'her's trade and remained ^^itll llicni 
for three years when he Iiegan working in I he 
Sage's saw-mill and for ten years was in the em- 
l)loy of that companv. At the expiration of that 
time he engaged to work for George Kolb. Sr.. un- 
til 18«(i. when he started the sample room at the 
corner of Washington and Seventh Streets, and 
later, .hil> I. 1891, removed to liis present location 
at No. 1 11 I. inn Street. 

The gentleman of whom we write was united in 
marriage in Hay City, June .3(t, 1874, to Miss Eliza- 
beth Rauschert who was born at Three Oaks, this 
State, April 23, 1857. She is the daughter of 
Henry Rauschert, a farmer in Saginaw County, 
Mich. Our sul)ject and his wife iiave bec<mie the 
parents of four chililren, namely: George, Emil, 
l^ouis and .\nnie. They have a pleasant home in 
the Fifth Ward and .are people greatly esteemed 
in the community. 

In 1887 our subject was cleiteil AldiTiiiaii of 
the Fifth Ward on the Democratic ticket and so 
well did he fultill the duties of that pfisition that 
in 1889 he wa.s re-elect6d and again in 18:»1. He 
li.is been Chairman on many committees of iniporl- 
ance and has given entire satisfaction to liis 
constituents. In politics he is a lirni adherent to 
Democratic principles and has reiuesented his party 
as a delegate to county and State conventions. He 
is at the present time a member of the Ha}- County 
Democratic Committee and is a member of the 



City Committee. Socially he is an Odd l-'ellow, 
and is Treasurer of the Arbeitcr Society, and of 
the Knights of the Maccabees. In 1885-8(; Mr. 
Ilut.schenreuther visited his relatives and friends 
ill his native land, spending six montlis there 
icni'wing his acquaintance with the scenes of his 
early life. He is a man of cnterjirise and push in 
his community and is in favor of all iiKixcincnts 
which will benefit the county. 



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E()R(;E A. CORNWELL is one of the 
pi'imiinent grocer.s of Hay City and is lo- 
cated at No. 522 North Washington Ave- 
nue, where he has been in liusiness for the past 
twelve years under the firm name of .1. A. Corn- 
well iV Son. our subject being the active member 
of the lii'in and the general manager. He was born 
in I'ort I'.urwell, ( hitario, December 12, 18(;i. and 
is a son of Daniel and .Icniinia A. (Carpenter) 
Corn well. 

The father came to this city in 1870 and en- 
gaged in the mercantile business here being located 
at the corner of Third and Monroe Streets for 
some seven years, after which he iH'iiioved to the 
present location, continuing in active business up 
to the time of his death, which occurred December 
21. 18'.MI. He left a widow and four I'hildren, 
namely: Ada, oiu' subject, Charles, and Nettie. 
Charles is now in business in the city where he is 
engaged with the Universal Credit agency. 

The father had built up a large trade here as he 
had given his whole attention to the bu.siness. He 
was born at Digby, Nova Scotia, in 1818, and 
there received his education, but removed to On- 
tario in 1857 where he married Miss .lemima, 
daughter of Chailes Carpenter. After coming to 
this city he built a home at the corner of Tenth 
anil \'an Huren Streets, which is still tlu' family 
residence. He was a devout member of the Madi- 
son Avenue Methodist Episcopal Cliuicli and one 
of the highly respected business men of the city. 

Oin- subject was educated in the public and 
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the business with his father, subsequently spend- 
ing nearly three years in the music store of 
G. E. Van Sickle. He entered into partnership 
with his father in 1878 and they continued to- 
gether until the death of that parent, after which 
the son took the entire charge of the business. He 
now lias one of tlie largest and most desirable en- 
terprises of Ba}' City and occupies a store 25x100 
feet, using two floors and employing three men. 

Mr. Cornwell was married .lanuary 7, 1888, to 
Miss Jennie Fitch, of Bay CUty, whose father, 
Henry Fitch, was a former resident of AVelland, 
Ontario. One child has come to bless this home, a 
little son, Charles A. Our subjict is a member of 
Joppa Lodge, F. & A. M., and is also connected 
with the Knights of the Maccabees. He is a de- 
vout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church 
on Madison Avenue, and in politics is a straight 
Republican. Ho is a man most highly spoken of 
1)V his neighbors as worthy of esteem for both 
character and ability. 

ON. CHARLES "W. GRANT. No more 
popular or genial man is to be found in 
Saginaw than he whose name vve here quote 
and whose portrait appears on the opposite 
page. Not only is he admired by the rich and 
fortunate but by the 3'oung, needy and those who 
are struggling for recognition. He has always 
been a wonderfully active and vigorous man, and 
l)OSsesses a fund ol interesting reminiscences of the 
early days of Saginaw Valley, lie takes greater 
pride in the Saginaw of to-day, and has not onlj- 
witnessed, but has assisted in every change that 
has worked this wonderful transformation. From 
seeing the swarthy Saghe-iiak shoot his canoe across 
the turbulent waters of tlie Tittabawassee when the 
entire country was a wilderness, he now beholds 
with pride the valley occupied by an intelligent 
population of more than one hundred thousand 
souls, and numberless smokestacks tell the story of 
the civilization and commercial enterprise to be 
found here. There is scarcely an enterprise tend- 
ing to the advancement of the interests of this lo- 
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cality but has found in Mr. Grant a firm friend 
and supporter. 

Charles Wesley Grant vvas born March 15, 1818, 
at Smithville, Chenango County, N. Y., and is a 
son of Charles and Margaret (Hines) Grant. His 
father, who was a native of Colerain, Mass., and 
born in 1794, served in the War of 1812, holding 
the office of Captain at the battle of Sackett's 
Harbor. He attained to the age of ninety-two 
years and passed away in Clinton County, Mich., 
where he had lived for fifty years. Great-grand- 
father Grant was a native of Scotland and Dr. 
Isaac Grant, grandfather of our subject, served as 
a soldier in the Revolutionary War. 

Our subject came to Michigan in 1839, and lo- 
cated first in Ionia, where he settled in the timber, 
and ran a sawmill for some time. In 1840 he re- 
moved to Flushing and was employed in a shingle 
mill, thence going to Flint where he ran a mill for 
eight years. He came to Saginaw County in the 
spring of 1849. At that time there wasjio railroad 
or plank road and he came in a skiff down the 
Flint River, with the late George R. Cummings, 
Esq. Mr. Grant built a lathe and siding mill and 
put in the first circular saw ever used in the vallej-. 
In 1850 he came to Saginaw and in company 
with Alfred M. Hoyt built the first mill erected 
hero. He also erected for himself the first dwelling 
in Hoyt's Plat. 

The first township meeting was held in East 
Saginaw in April, 1850, in the Emerson House, and 
Mr. Grant was one of the seventeen voters who 
organized the township of Buena Vista, which then 
included Spaulding and Blumfield Townships. At 
that time he was elected Township Clerk and 
Commissioner of Highways. He served as Super- 
visor and in several other local offices and was 
then, as he has ever been, a stanch Republican. 
With his business as a lumber dealer and the numer- 
ous demands upon his time in organization he was 
kept very busy. In 1858 he bought a mill at 
Lower Saginaw (now Bay City), but four years 
afterward the mill was burned. In 187(5 Mr. Grant 
formed a partnership in lumbering and has since 
carried on a large business. He has been operating 
a mill at Carrollton, where he manufactures fifteen 
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and in 1890 he iiiaiiiiinciiind a larsfe amount of 
staves, h(!afUngs, latli.eti-. 

Mr. Grant came to tSaginaw poor in jiurso l)iit 
rich in energy and courage. Having t-atisHetl his 
taste for public office he turned his attention to 
lumbering, in which he has been very successful. 
By the exercise of his building talent, which is of 
high order, he has established an enviable credit 
and amiussed an atnple fortune, lie is aVi e.^araple 
of that sturdy advance in wealth and social stand- 
ing that is achieved usually without dilficulty b}' 
a young man of gf)od habifi. who is persevering 
and industrious. Mr. (irant li.asa palatial residence 
on the ".lames Rilciy reservation," and here he 
lives in llie full enjoyment of his well-earned com- 
petency, and dispenses an elegant hospitality. 



^^^ KYMOl'H HILL, the-highly respected cx- 

^S&^ Clerk of Bridii'eport 'i'ownshin, Saginaw 

v/Uf' ^ """^^' '^ " native of (ienesee County. 

N. Y., and w.os born .May 81. 1«.U and is 

descended from New England parents as his fatlies, 

.John Ilili, wa.s born in New Hampshire and his 

mother, whose maiden name was Harriet Kenton, 

was a native of the (freen Mountain State. 

This couple leraoved with their children to (ien- 
esee County, this State, about the year 184(i and 
settling in the woods became true pioneers. The 
father lived until 1876 when his life ended in Flint 
and his good wife survived him for three years; 
They were the parents of six children, of whom 
only two survived, our subject and his sister Rosa- 
linda, now the widow of .loiiatli.aii Coomer. 

Amid the pioneer scenes of (ienesee County our 
subject grew to the years of maturity and his edii 
cation was such as could be obtained in the di: 
trict schools as they were in that day. His ad van 
tages were not broad and it is only through u per- 
sistent course of reading that lie has become the 
man of intelligence which he is today. 

This young man was one of the first to respond 
to the call of President Lincoln for men to help 
maintain with the gun the honor of the (Lag. He 
enlisted in August. 18G1, in Company G. Eighth 



Michigan Infantry and his service was mostly in 
South Carolina under the command of Gen. Sher- 
man. He received his honorable discharge in 1863 
after which he returned to Michigan and the fol- 
lowing year lie took up his residence in this county 
and settled upon his present farm in 1891. Here 
he h.as forty .icres in a fine state of cultivation. 

INIr. Hill's business for a number of years past 
has been in connection with the lumbering in- 
terests, and in the way of contracting, and ho 
has shown himself enterprising in his own 
affairs and public spirited in efforts to promote the 
general welfare and the true advancement of the 
community. 

In political matters, iMr. Hill has always been in- 
clined to adopt the principles of the party which 
was so strong a support to the adminstiation 
during the Civil War and without the help of 
which even so strong a leader as .Vbraham Lincoln 
might have faltered. While he is not a wire 
puller or office seeker he is earnestly solicitious for 
the welfare and prosperity of the party with which 
he has cast his lot and ever willing to use his vote 
and infiuencc for it,* progress. He h.is served as 
Clerk and Treasurer of Bridgei)ort and in public 
as in business l.fe he has earned the confidence of 
the coimminitN-. 



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,/^' OL. riK )MAS SAYLOR. Amonsr the pioin- 
ineiit and rei)resentative citizens and active 
^/J Republicans of Saginaw County, we take 
lileasuro in presenting Col. Saylor, of Bridgeport 
Townshi|). formerly of East Saginaw, who was 
born ill Philadelphia, .luly 24, 1H.31. He is a son 
Of Tlioiiias and Hannah Sa\lor and his father was 
a native of Pennsylvania. 

Our subject was reared to the ,\ ears of his ma- 
jority ill the city of Brotherly Love and at the 
age of sixteen began learning the trade of a saw- 
maker, serving an aiiprenticcship of five years and 
following the trade u|) to the time he entered the 
army. At the age of twenty-one he went to New 
York City and lived there for a time. His early 
educational adv.antages had been obtained in the 
public schools. 



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It was in September, 1861, that this young man 
joined the United States Army as Captain of the 
Third Michigan (,'avairy and through most of liis 
military career he was with the Army of tlie Cnm- 
lierhnid under (iens. Slierman, (li-ant, Sheridan, 
and Tliomas. He toolt part in the conflicts of 
New Madrid, Island No. 10, the siege of Corinth^ 
luka and llatchie and was also with Grant in that 
long siege before Vicksbnrg at the time wlien tliat 
great general undertook to take it liy land with- 
out any other help. He was also in the liattle of 
Murfreesboro and in that of Tullahoma and num- 
erous other engiigements in (ir.ant's various cam- 
paigns, as well as in tiio.^e of Sherman, Sheridan, 
Rosecrans and Thomas. 

Capt. Saylor was jtromoted to the rank of Major 
of the Third Cavahy, Jul^- 12, 1H()2. and was com- 
missioned as Colonel of the Twenty-nintli Miclii- 
gan Infantry in Jul}-, 18(;4, serving as Colonel 
from that time until his discliarge September 6^ 
1865, thus completing four years of brave service 
for his country. After returning home to E.ast 
S.aginaw he eng,aged in the manufacture of lumber 
in partnership with C. W. (irant, wliicli connection 
continued for a decade. 

In l!S(i7 Col. Saylor was apiKiinted Ivegister of 
the United States Land Ottiee of the S.aginaw dis- 
trict and there served for four years. For a like 
period of time he also .served sis Alderman of the 
Fourth Ward of East Saginaw and in 187;') he was 
appointed Postmaster of that otlice, and continued 
thus for eiglit years. Since tliat time he has lieen 
principally engaged in fanning in Bridgeport 
Township, and removed his family on to the farm 
in 1887. It IS a splendid tract of over three hun- 
dred acres and upon it he has erected a handsome 
lirick residence. 

It was in IHtJO that this gentleman was married 
to Miss Saraii E., daughter of Aaron K. and Maria 
L. (Romar) Penney, liis wedding day lieing Dec- 
ember 10. This lady isa native of .Sullivan County 
X. Y.. and in that State lier|)arents were also born_ 
They came to Saginaw County in 18 41(, lieing thus 
among the early settlers here. Her mother died 
in 1884 but her father .still makes his home in Eiist 
.Saginaw. 

To Col. Savior and his wife have lieen born four 



children, three of wiiom are still living, Thomas A., 
Ro.«e I.I., and Charles E., and the daughter who has 
passed on to the other life was named (Jrace. Coi. 
.Saylor is a Republican in his political views and is 
identified with the (Jordtni (iranger Post, No. 38 
(t. a. R. and also belongs to the Ancient Order of 
United AVorkmen and the Knights of the ^lacca- 
bees. When he first came to Saginaw County it 
was in 1 8r)H and he is well-known throughout all 
this region. His fine rural home is noted for its 
hosjiit.ality and his genial nature makes friends not 
only among his neighbors but with strangers. 



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,EV. LUDWIO FUERHRIN(4ER. The gen - 

tlcmnn of whom we write is aiding in the 
V spread of the (iosiiel, devoting himself 
)'wifli a.-isiduity and loving zeal to the work 
as pastor of St. Lorenzo's (teimau Lutheran 
Church. The center of his present field of labor is 
Fr.ankenmnth, where he is beloved liy all who 
know him. lie is a man of broad intelligence, de- 
cided literary aliilit\-, and the dignified yet win- 
ning manners >o thoroughly in keeping with his 
profession. He is a native of this city, having 
been born here March "ill, 18()4. 

The father of our subject w,as the Rev. Ottomar 
Fuerbringer, a sketch of whom will be found on 
anotlier page in this volume. Our suliject at- 
tended the common-schools in Frankenmuth until 
reaching the age of thirteen years, when he en- 
tered the Concordia College, at Ft. Wayne, Ind., 
in September, 1877. He w.as graduated from that 
institution in 1882, and in Sejitember of that year 
entered the Concordia Seminar^' at St. Louis, Mo., 
intending to fit himself for the ministry. In June, 
three years later, he was graduated from that sem- 
inary and was orilained to the ministry July 12, 
that year, his ordination taking place in Franken- 
muth. He had been called as assistant to his 
father, a position which he has since held. 

The voting membershii) of the congregation over 
which the Rev. Mr. Fuerbringer presides numbers 
about four hundred, and over two thon.sand souls 
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ill 1845 in Germany by tlie founder of missions in 
Michigan among tlie Indians — the Rev. William 
Loehe. Wlien the church was organized in Ger- 
many, seven men came to Michigan and Franlien- 
miith, in 1845, to establish a mission among tlie 
Indians, that being thc'spirit'of tlieir mission work. 
Their first pastor was the | Rev. August Craeraer. 
In the early days they added to their good works 
by establishing'a school for.'the education of In- 
dian children, but after Hjeing successfully con- 
ducted for a time in Saginaw County, it was trans- 
ferred to Isabelhi County. The Rev. August 
Craemer continued to be pastor of the church 
from 1845 to 1850 wlien tlie charge was given to 
tlie Rev. Mr. Roelilieleii. wiio remained its minister 
until 1857, when he was obliged to resigu his posi- 
tion on account of ill health. The Rev. Mr. Craemer 
died in Springtield. III., in ]May, 1891. He was 
professor of theology in tlie Concordia Seminary 
of that city, and was thorouglily respected and 
very popular in every tMniinumity where his lot 
was cast. 

In September, 1858, tlio He v. Ottoniar Fuerbrin- 
ger. the father of our subject, was called to the 
pastorate of the .St. Lorenzo Church, since which 
time he has been in charge of the same. He was 
born in Gera Reuss, Germany, .lune 3(1, 1810. He 
was educated in his native town and remained 
there until 1827, when he entered the University 
of Leijisic, from which institution he was grad- 
uated in 1830. lie afterward became tutor in a 
private school, (preparing boys for college. This 
position he held until 1H3!). wlien he decided upon 
coming to the New World. 

The elder Mr. Fuerbringcr upon coming West 
located for one year in Perry County, Mo., where 
he was professor of tlie classics in the Concordia 
College, which institution is now located at Ft. 
Wayne, Ind., and of which he is the only sur- 
viving founder. In 184(» he was called to take 
charge of the congregation at Elkhorn Prairie, 
Washington County, 111., and remained with them 
for the succeeding nine years, at which time he 
assumed the responsibilities of p.astor for the 
church at Freistadt, Wis., where he remained until 
he was called to Frankeiimulli, in !«,')«. Four 
years previous to his renutval to Frankenrauth 



the Rev. Ottomar was elected President of the 
Northern District of Missouri Synod and served 

until 1882. 

The father of our subject was married in St. 
Louis, Mo., Octobei 18, 1842, to Mrs. Agnes E. 
Walther, whose maiden niime was Buenger. Mrs. 
Fuerbringer was bom in F]tzdorf, Saxony, July 23, 
1819. Mrs. Fuerbringer is a lady of much energy 
and strength of character, and with these traits are 
combined the softer qualities of womanhood, thus 
(iualif3'ing her for the important duties which de- 
volve upon her as the wife of a minister. Our 
subject is one of a familj- of seven children, born 
to his parents, six of whom lived to grow to man- 
hood and womanhood. Our subject enjoys the 
full confidence of the church of which he is pas- 
tor and the good which he has accomplished in the 
uplifting of humanity can onl}- be measured when 
time shall be no more. 



I^.ROF. EDWARD MENTE, who stands so 
high as musical director and orchestral 
leader, has now been for a number of years 

^ a citizen of Saginaw. This city is noted 
throughout the country for its musical societies 
and the talent therein shown, its Germania and 
Teutonia Societies both taking a front rank among 
musical organizations. Much of the present crit- 
ical t.aste and development in Saginaw are due to 
the efforts of a few educated gentlemen who at- 
tained their own skill and musical education under 
some of the greatest masters of this country and 
Europe. 

The subject of this review lakes a leading place 
among lovers of music and as an author his excel- 
lent arrangements are appreciated and admired. 
Born in the metropolis of the countr^^ March 16, 
1851, he was reared under musical influences, his 
father being Charles Mente, a renowned soloist in 
Theodore Thomas' unequaled orchestra. His per- 
formances on the oboe have never been excelled 
and his devotion to his art made him a fit tutor 
for his brilliant son whose natural inclination for 
music was displayed at an extremelj^ earlj- age. 



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The father was amoug the best-known musiciaus 
of New York a quarter of a century ago and for 
twenty years was closely identified with the fam- 
ous Philharmonic Society. 

When hut twelve 3ears old Edward Mente be- 
came a close student of the violin and under his 
father's instruction made rapid advancement, so 
that his playing attracted the attention of some of 
the foremost artists, who urged his father to give 
him the advantage of European training. \t the 
age of thirteen the boy was sent to one of the 
greatest German masters. Prof. Weisnienann, of 
Saxe Weimar. German^'. There he devoted two 
years to close application Iieing completely fasci- 
nated with his instrument. He made rapid pro- 
gress and at tlie end of two years he returned to 
America and became identified with his uncle, 
Prof. Herman Mente, a renowned artist now con- 
nected with the Cincinnati Orchestra, and after 
some time returned to New York and played with 
his father for one season at Nililo's Theatre. The 
two following yeais he was in the oicliestra of 
T5ooth's Theatre, frequently appearing in solo parts 
and during the summer season played witli his 
orchestra at various summer resorts, his aliility as a 
performer and leader attracting the notice of 
musical people. He then organized and was for 
two seasons the leader of the Alice Dungan-Ling- 
hard Comedy Company orchestra, traveling 
tlirough various States. He also gave special in- 
struction on the violin at the Normal College at 
Deleware, Ohio. 

In 1880 Prof. Mente arrived at Detroit and 
there learning of the needs of Saginaw in a mu- 
sical line he determined to become a resident here 
and for five years he was the director of Rice's 
band and orchestra, finally merging it into what 
is now known as Mente's Orchestra. During most 
of this time he has been employed at the Academy 
of Music, a place of amusement which offers the 
people of Saginaw only first-class entertainments. 
Aside from these public duties his hours .are well 
filled in giving private instruction, and many of 
his pupils have made remark.able progress. 

Our subject plays with much feeling and his 
rendition of classical music has a verve, strength 
and pathos he.ard only when the instrument is 



touched by a master hand. Education is but 
growth and with such masters of composition and 
art as it now possesses, Saginaw may well hope to 
stand at the head in musical appreciation and ad- 
vancement. The Professor makes his own ar- 
rangement of music for orchestral work. Prof. 
Mente was married November 25, 1883, to Miss 
Mary JMontgomer}-, of Detroit, who was born Jan- 
uary 15, 1863, in Ilonesdale, Pa. Their two chil- 
dren are Albert Clark and Nathan Charles. Our 
subject is a Republican in his political views and 
an active member of the First Congregational 
Church. 



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^ I^ILLIAM B. BAI'M. We have here one of 
\/iJ// tlie prominent German-American'' citizens 
WH' wlio has shown his earnest devotion to 
American ideas and institutions, and who has 
been honored by being made the Mayor of the 
city of East Saginaw. While in that office he 
proved himself a competent and efficient incum- 
bent, and one who was wide-awake to the interests 
of the city. Mr. Baum was born in the city of 
Saginaw, on the East Side, .lanuary 23, 1856, and 
is the eldest son of tlie late Martin Baum, who 
emigrated to the United States in 1851, and came 
to Saginaw two years later. Here he became one 
of the active citizens of this growing village and 
kept what was known as the Sherman House, 
which is now in the hands of tlireeof his sons. The 
mother, Catherine Baum, is still living and occu- 
pies the old homestead, a fine brick structure on 
Genesee Avenue. 

The subject of this notice w.as educated in the 
city, schools, and he then entered his father's 
service in the Sherman House, continuing there 
until he reached his majority in 1877. ' The 
father carried on this successful hotel, which he 
built in 1873, until 1881. It is now owned and 
operated by liis three sons — William B.. Martin B. 
and .John B. \\illiaiii 11. liaum was elected Al- 
derman for four years in succession, and in 1888 
became Mayor of Ea-;t Saginaw. The follow- 



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iiifT year he was re-elei'te<] to tlial ollicc. it't-civiii<i' 
a majority of one tliou-<:uul. live limi<)rt'(l ami 
eleven votes, lie \v:i> tlie lii>l Mayor of l--ast 
Saifinaw who was iiative-lioiii in this city, and 
was the last Mayor of that eity liefore the con- 
solidation of the two eitio. Diirini;' liis iiiciini- 
l)enc_\ as Mayor and Alderman he was instrumental 
in liringinji: ahonl many sul»tantial im|irovements, 
inueh i)ro!;re>> lieinu' made luiiler lii> s|ieeial diit'c- 
tiun. 

For nine years Mr. liauiii «:i< 'rrea>urer of tlie 
Germania Society of East Sagiuii\v,one of the most 
prominent German soeietie-i of the Slate. He is Pres- 
ident of the Arl)eiter N'erein and Past Commander 
of the Knights of the Maecal)ees. Me has been the 
Lecturing Knight of the Klks. and liesides being 
a memlter of the Knight-^ of Pythias Lodge. No. 
96, he belongs to Lodge No. .{(I.L F. ,v A. M.. ;ni<l 
also to the Order of the Foresters. 

He is a Director of the People's Sa\ inL;s ll.auk. 
a menilier of the Fast Saginaw ( liili. an honoraiy 
member bolh of the .Stationary ICniiineer's ;ind the 
Police Fund, and ameinbirof the .Snoinaw ('ouiit\' 
Woi'ld'> l'",'\ir C'oinniis>ioii. 

The third extended trip through luirope made 
by JL-. Uaum was in 1M!(1. and while aliroad 
he visited Kngland. Holland, lielgiuin. ( iermiiny. 
Norway. Sweden. Finland. Uussia. Hungary, 
Austria. Switzerland. Italy .•ind France, .and his 
travels covered some seM'uteen thousand Furo- 
pean miles, lie is one of the most public-spirited 
citizens of .Saginaw and is always active in all 
efforts which aic iiitcudcd'to furtlici- the interests 
of his native city. In polities he is :i stanch 
Democrat and is recognized .as influential iii the 
ranks of his party in the State. 



.VH\FV (ill.l;i;Kr. .\1. l)..ou.' of the older 
^' physicians and surgeons of I'.ay ( Ity. came 
to thi> place in \H7i and now enjoys an 
extensive practice. Ilewasborn in Simcoe. 
Ontario, .laiiuai-y -'H. IMIC. .■md is .'i >on of .lohn 
W. and ( liristine (Sniith) (iilbert. The parents 
Still live on the old farm where the father was born 



in ISlS.and the mother was horn dnring the same 
year. They reared a family of five sons and one 
daughter, and celebrated their golden wedding in 
1K8X. 

The members of this family beside our subject 
are Isaac A., of the lirni of Piatt i^- (Till)ert. attor- 
nevs of Bay City; Albert, who lives at Sinjcoe 
with his i)arents; Frank t)., a member of the tirm 
of Gilbert iV J.ight, dentists of Pay City; Saman- 
tlia. the wife of William Culver, of Simcoe, and 
the Hon. Peter Gilbert, of Arenac, now Senator 
for this district in the State Senate, and whose 
popularity iu Bay City carried the vote there by 
eighteen hundred majority. Tlij family were in 
the early days F^piscopal Methodists in religion but 
now are more inclined to the Episcopal faith. All 
through the war they were ardent loyalists in pol- 
itics. 

The education of our subject was (obtained in 
the common and grammar .schools of Simcoe, and 
he studied medicine in the New York Homeopathic 
Collegi', taking a special conr.se in the ( )plitlialm(i- 
logical Hospital in that city, graduating from both 
ill March. I.STf. For six years he practiced his 
specialty as an oculistand aurist and then devoted 
himself to general practice which he has built up 
liiiely in this cits'. « 

The Doctor is considered one of the leaders 
among the liomeo|)atliic i)rofession in the Saginaw 
Valley, and is a member of the Homeopathic State 
.Medical society, and in the Saginaw \alley IIoui- 
eopathic Medical Society he has been Treasurer for 
three years. He is a niemlicr of the Masonic order 
and is Past High Priest of the lilanchard Chapter. 
He hasbi'longed to the Indeijeiuh'iit Order of Odd 
l''cllows but is not now .•ictive. but in .Masonic cir- 
( les has lieen intluenlial and is one of the projectors 
of the Temple Ihiilding .Vssociation. He is proba- 
bly doing as much for the .Masonic order as anv 
man here, and was projector of the Masonic Fair 
held here in December. l.S!ll,and was its President. 

Dr. ( iilbert was married. May 2(i. iMT.'i, to Ida, 
daughter of William Beeincr, of Siincoe, and thev 
have two children — Let.a and \'an. The elegant 
lionic in whicli they re-idcat No. (id.') N.( i rant Street, 
was built by the Doctor seventeen years ago and in 
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il V was established. Tliey arc membei's of the Trin- 
h\ Church coiigregatidii.aiul the Doctor lias taken 
an active part iu the movements of the Democratic 
party, altliough he does not care to seek otiice. 
lie was chairman of the llDard of IK'altli and h:is 
done mucli in hriniiin;; iili uit the presiMit effective 
system of this liraucli of the I'itv iiuverninent. The 
part of the t'ity charter referi-inL;' to the lioaj-d of 
llealtii was revised hy hiin.nnd the l;n\s which 
were written hy his luind >tiil govern the cit\' 
health depart:nenl and have stood tiu' lest of time. 
He is a member of the l>ay Couuty Horticultural 
Society and has been a warm promoter of all 
luovemeuts for building- up that branch of the in- 
dustries of the count V. 



W-tLi.lA.U li. l^l'.JN iN L)J> 
Police of West Hay 
^ .^ the city prison, is one 



aLLIAM H. LENNON, who is the Chief of 
City and Wardi-n of 
is one of the old settlers of 
the place. His kindly nature and thoughtful con- 
sideration make him a universal favorite, and he is 
ever ready to exchange a pleasant word with a 
friend and neighbor. He was ))orn in Hamiltoji. 
Canada, Feliruarv 11. 1847, and his father, Capt. 
Hugh Lenuon, was burn in Ireland and came to 
Canada when a boy. 

The Captain began as a l>oy sailing upon the 
ocean and worked his way to a Captaimy, and 
then entered the lake service until he retired and ; 
in his later years made his home in Ontario. He 
there obtained a Government position as jailer for 
eight 3'ears and died in 1855. His wife, whose { 
maiden name was Annie Ilogan, was born in Ham- t 
ilton and died the year previous to her husband's 
demise. They were both members of the Catholic 
Church. Of their six children threeafc living and J 
our subject is the only one who makes his h'lmc. in 
the United States. , ', 

Mr. Lennon was reared in Hamilton and Cayuga, 
and in 1863, after he completed his sixteenth year. 
he came to Hay City and found employment in 
lumbering and rafting for five or six years at vari- 
ous points in tiie Valley and there became pur- 
chaser for Cooper, Heath A- Co.. who were in the 



hoop business at Uiiionville and Sebewaing. The 
Village Council at Wenona made him Marshal in 
1874, and when the towns were.' consolidated he 
was ai)pointed City Maishal of West Hay Cil.yand 
held, that ottice until .Inne, 1.SS7. 

During his otlicial position Mr, Lennon was 
made Constable, and also engaged in carrying on a 
bazaar store on. Midland Street. This business had 
;i steady and healthful growth and was enlarged 
until June, 1891, when he sold out the stock. It 
was at that time, the larges); . bazaar store in West 
Bay City. He was Alderman elect for two years 
but resigned to accept the position of Chief of Po- 
lice,which was teiidered him in April, 1891. As Mar- 
shal and Constable in the earlier days he made 
many an arrest of Indians and veoodsmen, and he 
has seen this place grow from a mere hamlet with- 
out bridges or modern conveniences to a prosper- 
ous city with more than ordinary railroad facilities 
and all modei'n arrangements for carrying on bus- 
ness. 

The marriage of our subject, iu 1873, in Hamilton 
united him with Miss Isabelle Dunn, a native of 
that city. Their two children are William I), and 
Hortense E. Among the social orders he belongs 
to the Knights of the ^laccabees and the Royal 
Arcanum, and was one of the organizers of the 
lodge of Ancient Order of United Workman in this 
city. Politically, he is a Democrat and an influ- 
ential man in his party. He has held the office of 
Constable for thirteen years. In 1882 he was Dep- 
uty Sheriff and for two years more was Under 
Sheriff under the same iniin. 



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VILLIAM A. COLE is one of the pioneer 
fathers of Tittabawassee Township, Sagi- 
naw County, and a biographical histoiy 
of the enterprising nien wlio have made this .sec- 
tion what it is would be incomplete without a 
mention of his name. He is a son of Leonard and 
Hannah (Knapp) ( Ole. natixes of New York and 
Connecticut resi)ectively, and he i> a grandson of 
Henrv ('ole who was a soldier in the Revolution- 



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arv War. Hi.-; i^ieat-srrandsire was Loonaid Cole. ciistomed to take liis rifle, .sit down in the lee of a 



a native of Holland wlio c.-iino to the I'nited States 
in boyhood and who foiitrht in the Hevoliitionary 
War. lie was tlie fatlier of three sons who also 
"served tiieir conntry in that dari\ hour of her 
trial. He died at tiie age of al)0ut seventy years 
and his son. our suhject's grandfather, at the atre 
of sixty-one years. 

The subjeet of tliis sketeh was born January 1(5, 
lt('22. His |)aients eaine to Saginaw Co\inty in 
1845, and located a fai'ui near the State Road 
Bridge. Tliey then inirohased a farm across the 
river and cleared seventy-f(jur acres of land for. 
which thej' received a warranty deed and the use 
of the other seventy-four acres for ten j-ears. Our 
subject as a young man purchased fifty acres on 
.Swan Creek and lumlxMcd on this tract for one 
year. It was at the time literall}' a wilderness 
inhabited only by liears, wolves and deer. At that 
earl\' day the country was inliabiled liv about 
thirty or forty thousand Indians. Smallpox be- 
lame rife among the latter and after it had run 
its course there wt^re only about fifteen hundred 
left. 

June 2:t. iM.'iO. our subject w.as happily married 
to Mary A., daughter of Roger V]. Cook, a native 
of Ohio, although Mrs. Cole was horn in Pennsvl- 
vania. .hinuarv 21, I8."!2. Seven children were 
grante<l to our subject and his wife, but at the 
dictates of a mysterious prox ideiice the little ones 
were gathered to their long home, all d\ ing in in- 
fancy excepting lleiiiy A., the first born, who died 
when seventeen mouth- old. .-md Khoda A., who 
was five ye;irs and seven months old when she 
ilied. .Vfter his marriage, in IS')!, Mr. Cole 
lionght a f:iriii in Midland County, this State, and 
made it his home lor two years, thence removing 
to Saginaw Township where he lived one vear. 
He then purch:isr<l the eighty a<-i';'s when' lie now 
resides. It was in an entirely wild state and tlieir 
nearest neighbor lived at a distance of two miles. 
This he has all cleared and now owns a good home 
where he and hi> estimable wife are spending their 
declining years in comfort and I'elieved from ex- 
cessive care. On tiist coming to this place their 
ne.iresl market was at Saginaw, but when the fam- 
ily were in m^cil of fic.-h meal Mr. Cole wa.s ac- 



busli and wait for a deer, and ahvays had plenty 
of meat. 

In i)olitics our subject is a Democrat of the old 
style true-blue sort. His mind is stored with in- 
teresting reminiscences of events relating to the 
early history of this State and of the Revolution- 
arv period as told him by his grandfather when 
our subject was a lad. He and his wife are mem- 
bers of the Weslevan Methodist Church. 






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?OHN B. MORITZ. Numbered among the 
most enterprising of Bay City's young busi- 
ness men, is the stibject of (his biographical 
_ notice. He was born at Port AVashington, 
Wis., May 2fi. IH.tjI. and is a son of Jacoliand Bar- 
bara Moritz. His father was a l)rewer, as was also 
the grandfather, who had a large business on the 
Rhine, at INIainz. .b)hn H. received l:is education 
in Wisconsin, after which he learned the rudiments 
of the brewing business with his father. 

In company with his brother, Louis, our subject 
visited (Termany in IH73, rentaining there until 
1H7(). and devoting his entire time to acquiring a 
perfect knowledge of the details of the business to 
which he expected to devote his life. He visited 
and carefully examined all the large breweries of 
the Old World, among them those at Berlin aiul 
Munich, and upon his return from (ierman\' he and 
his brother found lucrative em[)loynient with the 
Philip Best Brewing Com])aiiy, of Milwaukee. 

Mr. Moritz remained with the Best Brewing 
Companv for some time, but resigned his position 
there to accept the superintendency of the Hansen 
Hop and .Malt Company, remaining in thai cai>a- 
city 1111(11 coining to this city in 1HH4. Here he 
became <uie of the [lartners of the Bay City Brew- 
ing Company, which succeeded C'. E. Young Ai 
Co. They remodeled and enlarged the works 
until at the (iresent time they have a capacity of 
about tw^enty thousand barrels. The company was 
incor()orated January 1, IHHI, with a capital stock 
of i5!r)0,()0(l. and the present ottieers are: Charles K. 
Young, ['resident; W. D. Young, Vice-President; 



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Ixxiis Moritz, Superintendent; and .1. B. Moritz. 
Secretary and Tieasurer. 

The Bay City l^rewing Cuniiiany aims esjiecially 
to supply till- domestic trade, and tlieir large es- 
tablishment give? employment to alx)ut twenty-five 
men. They have recently fitted up a new depart- 
ment, the l)Ottling works, and will bottle a jjrime 
(luality of export beer designed chiefly for family 
nse. Tlie ice houses in connection with the brew- 
ery have a cap.acity of four thousand and eight 
liundred and seventy-five tons. The engine-room 
is fitted witli a twenty-five horse-power engine 
which furnishes power for the whole concern. Its 
chief use is to pump brine through the endless sys- 
tem of pipes that are used to tone down tiie tem- 
perature of the storing, fermenting and other de- 
partments. A view oi the Bay Cit\' Brewery is 
presented on another page. 

Mr. Moritz has established a pleasant home in 
B.ay City, which is presided over by a lady whose 
maiden name was ]\Iary (Javord, and who became 
tlie wife of Mr. Moritz, in IWHfi. Mr. and Mrs. 
Moritz are quite well known in BayC'ity, and pos- 
sess genial disiiositions and charitable natures, 
whicii win for them many friends. 



i> ILLIAM II. WABNKR. (deceased) of East 
Sajrinaw. There are but few cities in the 




J/ I'nii n whose growth has been so rapid 
and wonderful as that of the city of East Saginaw, 
Mich. There were no natural suri'oundings to the 
locality, nothing inherent out of whicli to build 
e\'en a village, except it may fie the river on which 
the place is situated; but a small band of energetic, 
enterprising n.en, having the courage to follow out 
their coHN'ictiuns to a successlul residt, re.solved 
that a city should be built, and to this end they 
worked together. The labors of these men can 
never be prcperly estimated. The efforts thej- 
made, in the face of many obstacles, deserve to be 
c(jmniemorated in enduring history. Every f.ailure 
of a cherished scheme, instead of discouraging the 
early pioneers of East Saginaw, served simply to 
stimulate them to renewed endeavor. Some of 



these men died before their hopes were realized, 
but many of the projectors of the embryo city lived 
to see their anticipations accomplished. Of this 
handful of men, the names of Warner and Eastman 
gained and sustained a widely extended repute. It 
is the purpo.se of the writer to deal with but one 
of these men at the present time; but the circum- 
stances surrounding them make at least a casual 
mention of the partiiershi|i a necessity; for each 
of the partners liecaine. in tlie process of time, the 
complement of the otlier. 

William Harrison Warner was born in the town 
of P^nfield, Conn., on the '21st of August, 181.3. 
His father was a native of the State of New York, 
and the mother was of New England origin. They 
removed to Springfield. Mass., when he was two 
years old, and there gave their son such educational 
facilities as the common sclmols afforded at that 
early day. At the age of seventeen he ctmimenced 
an apiirenticeship at the trade of carpenter and 
joiner, witii (iideon (iai-dner, in Spiiiiglield, Mass, 
In his very early history he became a member of 
the Hampden Association, a temperance society 
which nourished in Springfield at that time; and 
to tlie princi|iles which were liien instilled in his 
mind, he attributed much of the happiness and 
prosperity which attended him through life. Mr. 
Samuel Bowles, the editor and founder of the 
Springfield Ii('i>ublir<iii. a ])aper of great influence 
and of wide circulation, was the President of the 
organization referred to, and the effect of such a 
life on the mind of young Warner could not fail 
to be beneficial. 

In 1836 the young man removed to Mt. Clemens, 
Mich., being then twenty-three years of age. and 
the master of a good trade. He continued in this 
pursuit, in the last named place, until 1854, when 
he made one more, and this time a filial removal 
to East Saginaw, where he continued to reside un- 
til the time of his death, which occurred March 18, 
1890. His first business enterprise, after settling 
in his new and permanent home, was the e.stablish- 
nient of a foundry and machine-shop, the fir,st of 
its kind in the entire Saginaw Valley. It was 
at this time also, that his partnershii) with L. II. 
Eastman was formed, under the firm name of 
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Ulceration for some twenty-five year?, until the 
deatliof the latter, wiiich occurred in 1H7!I. 

A short time sultsequent to the liuildinjr ol the 
niachine-»lio]j. Warner Ar Eiistmuii built a sawmill, 
and they wereanionjr the early successful pioneers 
in tlic manufacture of Sajiinaw's groat stai)lc. salt. 
As lias l)een stated, the history of this firm is iden- 
tified witli the history of the city, wiiich it helped 
to build. Mr. Warner's influence was ever u.sed to 
benefit the community of which lie was a member, 
and his firm was among the foremost in the aid of 
every important undertaking. 

It is not properly within the scope of such an 
article as this to give a history of all the many 
event.-; in wliicii Mr. Warner bore his])art. so man- 
fully and well, but it can .safely be stated that his 
life was a useful one for the consistent example he 
exhiliited throughout his history. It was marked, 
also, Ijy an earnest piety and a strict integrity of 
character, two salient points of great weight in a 
young and tliriving city. Mr. Warner was one of 
tlie organizers of tiie lir^t Congregational Church 
of East Saginaw, and one of its most useful officers 
and members. He was elected Deacon at the time 
of its organization, and filled that otiice until his 
death. In 1867 the machine-shop which he founded 
wjts sold to A. F. Hartlett iV Co., and is yet in .active 
operation. The sawmill and the lumber interests 
which the firm had acquired were sufficient to oc- 
cupy tlie attention of Mr. Warner and his partner 
from IHdT until lK7y, since which latter date Mr. 
Warner gave the matter Ins personal supervis- 
ion. 

.V friend who knew him well pnys this tribute 
to his reputation: "Althougli .Mr. Warner's life 
ha.s not been an exciting or an eventful one, it h.as 
yet been marked by consistent piety. He is kindly 
in hi.s judgment and is ever a peacemaker." The 
IliLfliest Autfiority h.as given to peacemakers an 
exiialtcd pi)-itioii. His was the privilege to i)re- 
vent broken friendshii)s, or to restore such ic l;i- 
lionsliips if once severed. 

.Mr. Warner was twice married. His liist union 
was with Mis> Clarissa 1). IJarrelt, of Hinsdale., N. 
H. Eight children were born to the parents, only 
two of whom survive. Mrs. Warner died in \HC,:\. 
Ill |M<;.") .\|i, Wanni iiianied Miss Kljza Khlied, a 



native of Erie County, N. Y. There were two chil- 
dren born, but none living of this latter marriage. 
In politics Mr. Warner was originally a Whig, but 
when that party became extinct, he, with many 
others of like mind, joined the Republican rank.s. 
He never .solicited pul)lic office or political jnefer- 
nient, but was ever willing to perform his part .as 
a good citizen, and to give such service as might 
lie demanded of him. He w.as one of the original 
stockholders in the organization of the First Na- 
tional Bank, and for several years was ^'ice-Presi- 
dent. 

Mr. Warner was indeed a father in Israel, and 
the fact that he was known everywhere as Deacon 
Warner, and that the title was affectionately and 
tenderly given him by all who know him, speaks 
volumes for the sincerity and thoroughness of his 
piety. His record of almost forty years in the Sagi- 
naw Valley, gives the story of integrity, fidelity 
and capacity, and his just and charitalile dealings 
with his fellow-men have deepened the impression 
made l)y his Christian profession and devotion to 
the church. The harmony between these two is 
his highest honor. He was not a man of words, 
but of actions, and lieing reserved he spoke only 
for a purpose. His nature was deeply spiritual, 
but found expression more in practical righteous- 
ness than in emotional utterances. A full share of 
affiictions was his, yet he lost no faith in the good- 
ness and mercy of God. He w.as always genial, 
helpful and a good counselor, and those who knew 
him best loved him most. 



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IlllLIP C. FLOKTEH. This genial and cul- 
Ij tured gentleman has a high standing in Bay 
City as an architect and superintendent of 
buildings, and has built up for himself a fine 
business which is well sustained by his practical 
knowledge and experience. He was born in Chat- 
ham, County Kent, Ontario, Canada, June 22, 1849, 
and is a son of Robert, whose father, Frederick, was 
born in Prussia, and was a soldier in the German 
.Vriiiy during the Xapoleonie AVars, and the Cri- 
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serving in the Commissary Department. He after- 
ward came to C'anada, and engaged in opiT.iling 
llounng and woolen mills at Cliatham. 

The father of our subject was a contractor and 
huildor and in 18(35 came to Bay City, and after- 
ward spent several years in Flint, lint linally re- 
turned to Chatham where lie now resides. He was 
a Deacon in the Baptist Church, and a man of 
sterling character. His good wife, Elmira. is ;i 
daughter of Philip Claus, a Pwmsylvanian liy 
birth, who is a farmer in Chatham. Our subject 
had only one brother and one sister, namely. 
Robert, who is a manufacturer at Chatham, and 
Jennie, who has p.assed from this life. 

Young Fleeter was reared in Chatham, and after 
studying in the city schools worked at his trade as 
a Iniilder, and when past fourteen years of age he 
traveled in different places and in 1863 came to 
the United States, and for eighteen years followed 
Iniilding in nearly all of the AVestern States, and 
for two and a half years wa-* foreman in the Pull- 
man Car Works. In 1881 he came to Bay City, 
and taking up architecture entered in partnershi)) 
witli E. W. Arnold i^' Co. This linn contin\ie(l 
until 1885, when it diSMilved, and the firm of 1'. C. 
Floeter c\r Co., was formed, Mr. Kaufman l)eing the 
[):irtnor in tills concern ; liut in 1881). our subject 
bought out that gentleman's interest, and lia-s since 
bB?n cirryiiig on the business alone. 

.Vmoiig the iiotabh' buildings wliicli have been 
designed and erected under the sui)er\ision of Mr. 
Floetfi- are the (iriswold Building, the Methodist 
Episcopal Church on Madison Avenue, tlie Episco- 
pal Church, llariiion tV Xerner's Business Block, 
and the line private residences of Dr. A'aughan. 
.lo^eiih Eistwood. and otiicrs. At East Saginaw 
he put u|) St. Paul's Church, also the large Mortu- 
ary A'ault. Ch:i|)el and Conservatory, and he rebuilt 
.St. .lolin's Cliurch. with it-; li'iiild house and 
I'ei tory at Saginaw City, also the Court Street 
Methodist Clrirch at Flint, Cirace E[)iscopal Church 
at Pt)rt IIuuiiii. tlie Miisonii' Teni|)le at Liidinuton. 
and thefainou. Wriylit House and sanitarium at 
Alma. The w.nkshops built for the Detroit, Lan- 
sing, and Xoi'theni Rtiilroad at Ionia at a cost of 
>i 175,0(1(1, and the large railroad depot at Claire 
are from his design, and ei'ected under his super- 



intendence, as were also thirteen railroad depots 
on the Cincinnati, Saginaw & Mackinaw Railroad 
and many other public and priv".te ediiiees in the 
State, and in adjoining States. 

The marriage of this prominent gentleman took 
l)lace in Chatham, Canada, and his bride was Miss 
Mary Lewis who was a native of that place. To 
them have been born three interesting children, to 
whom they have given the names of Fred, Grace, 
and Wave. Mrs. Floetei' is a prominent and active 
member of the Baptist Church of Bay City, and a 
lady who has a wide social influence. The political 
views of our subject are independent, and yet he 
inclines to the doctrines of the Democratic party. 
The Knights Templar recognize him as one of their 
most valuable members, and in all social circles he 
is esteemed as a leader. 



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•^^)IIOMAS D. CAMPBELL. This oentleman 

(am 



/4s^ i(j one of the pr.nnineut lawyers of Bay City 



being a precise, careful and earnest man 
.and a close reader of human nature. He has been 
a resident of this place for the past five years and 
is now a member of the tirm of Camiibell iV Con- 
mans. This gentleman is the i)o.s.-ies.sor of a large 
degree of common sense and originality of reason- 
ing and never .acts only after mature deliberation. 

He of whom we write was born in Barry County, 
this State and in the year 18(55, on the 'ioth of 
March, being a son of Duncan and Harriet (Camp- 
liell) Camiibell. The father came to this State from 
Canada when it was in a wild and unsettled con- 
dition and our subject passed his early youth in 
the Union schools at Middlesville and afterward 
attended tlie Michigan State Agricultural College 
at Lansing, being graduated in 188;i, .Subsequently 
he went to Ha-itini;s. I'.arry County, .and entered 
the law lirm of Kiiappeu A- A'auArmen, as a law 
student, where he spent two years with them 
studying, and then entered the University of .Mich- 
igan a( Ann .Vrbor, from which he was graduated 
in the Class of '8i;. 

After linisliing in the law school our subject 
cnme to tlii> city August 23, 1886, and entered 



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into partnership with S. P. Flynn. of \Vest Bay 
City with whom he reiiminetl about one year and 
a lialf wiien tlie connection was dissolved and Mr. 
Campbell continued in practice alone for some time 
when he entered into partnei-ship with L. P. Con- 
mans who is now Justice of the Pe-ice. Tiiey have 
their oflice in tlie Fisher Block where they have 
built up a splendid practice in the city. Jlr. 
Caniplicll lias always been an ardent Republican, 
one who does not swerve from the views and i)rin- 
ciples ])romul2ated b}- that political organization 
although he lias never been active, giving his en- 
tire attention to his professional labors. 

The gentleman wliose name heads this sketch 
was united in matrimony with Miss Anna C. Nev- 
ins. of Hastings, Mich., a daughter of the Hon. 
.lolin M. Xevins of the same place. Their mar- 
riage was eelel)rated January 23. 1889 and tliey 
have lieen blessed by the birtii of one child, a boy, 
Don B. Mr. Campbell is one of the leading mem- 
bers of the M.'isonie order of the city. 



v*^K()K(;i-: .Mori/rON. riieieaie few homes 
III 1^^^ in Saginaw County more attractive or de- 
'^^Jjj sirable than that of the subject of this bio- 
graphy. The owner of a fine farm of one hundred 
and twenty acres on section ."5(5, Jonesfieiil Town- 
slii|>, he has placed forty-eight acres under splen- 
did cultivation and emliellished the place with all 
the im|)rovements noticeable thereon at present. 
The commodious residence is surrounded here and 
there by shade and fruit trees, while in the rear 
are the barns and other outbuildings for the shelter 
of stock and storage of grain. IIis present pros- 
perity has not been secured without arduous exer- 
tions on his jjart, and in his efforts he has received 
the hearty co-operation of his estimable wife. As 
a stock-raiser and general farmer, he is ])rominent 
in the cominunity, and his piil)lic spirit and enter- 
prise are well known. 

Many years ago in (Canada a ceremony was per- 
formed which united in marriage Joseph .Moullon, 
u farmer whose native home was in A'ermont, and 
Elizabeth Mullen, w'id had emigrated to Canada 



from Ireland, where she was born. Neither f>f this 
worthy couple lived to be old, the husband dying 
in 1846, and the wife three j-ears afterward. They 
left a family of five children, four of whom now 
survive. Our subject, the third child, was born in 
Canada in 1840, and was therefore a mere child 
when doubly orphaned and left homeless and 
friendless to make his way against adverse circum- 
stances. He was taken into the home of a Mr. 
Cunningham, with whom he remained until he was 
eighteen years old, working on a farm and enjoy- 
ing none of the home comforts which most chil- 
dren have. 

When eighteen years old yir. Moulton com- 
menced to work out by the month and continued 
tiius employed for several years. When he was 
able to establish a home of his own, he was married 
October 24, 1860, to Miss Sarah L. Wilson, the 
daughter of William and Sarah (Underwood) Wil- 
son, natives of New York. Mr. Wilson died in 
1862, but his widow still survives (1891) at tlie 
age of eighty-seven years. She was a widow with 
five children at the time of her union with Mr. 
Wilson, and he had ten children by a former mar- 
riage. Their union brought to them five children, 
four of whom are now living. Mrs. Moulton was 
born .lune 10, 1844. in Canada, where she was mar- 
ried in her young womanhood. 

In January, 18G(), Mr. and Mrs. Moulton came 
to Michigan and located on their present farm, 
where he had built a shanty, and proceeded to clear 
the land. One year jirior to bringing his wife and 
children hither, he had come here in 186.5 and pre- 
pared for their removal. He took up a homestead 
claim of one hundred and sixty acres of timber 
land and struggled hard against hardships and [iri- 
yations. So (xxir was he that after buying a stove, 
bedding and a few dishes, in Saginaw, he had five 
cents ill his pocket, and was about Collin debt. .\t 
that time there were only three settlers in tliecom- 
nuinity, and his nearest neighbor was one and one- 
half miles distant. 

Ten children ha\'e been born to Mr. and Mrs. 
Moul'on. of whom .seven are now living, .as fol- 
lows: Ella 1^., the wife of Albert Wilson, and the 
mother of three children; Julia F., Caroline X., 
James W., Willinin .1.. Walton J. and Mabel G.. who 



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are still at home, and have received good educa- 
tions. Mr. Moulton has always maintained great 
interest in educational matters, helping to organize 
the school district where he resides and serving as 
a member of the School Board, and Director for 
many years. In politics he is a Democrat, and has 
been Supervisor of .Tonesfleld Township for seven 
years, Treasurer for one yeai'. Constable and Ovei- 
seer of Highways. He assisted in organizing the 
township of Jouesfield, and has been closely iden- 
tified with its progress. He has worked in lumber 
camps for twelve winters, and promoted tlie lum 
bering interests of this State. During the fire of 
1871, he lost his entire crop, but by almost super- 
liuman efforts was able to save his house and passed 
through the awful ordeal in safety, although the 
eyes of his eldest daughter were injured thereby, 
and continued weak until she was sixteen years 
old. The family are highly esteemed in the com- 
munity, and have contributed greatly to its pres- 
ent high standing. 



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iU^ ON. EMIL ANNEKE, of Bay City, was 
born December 13. 1823, in the city of 
Dortmund. Prussia. At the age of ten years 
I)) he entered the G.ymnasium at Dortmund, 
and pa'ssed his examination of maturity nine years 
later. He was then admitted to the University of 
Berlin, where he studied higlier mathematics, nat- 
ural science, and law. After completing his stud- 
ies, he traveled for his general information through 
Saxony, Bohemia, Austria, and other parts of the 
Continent. 

In 1848 Mr. Anneke took part in tlie Revolution- 
ary movement that swept over a large part of Eu- 
rope, and when those struggles had been subdued, 
and all efforts for the establishment of a (Jcr- 
man Republic proved unsuccessful, he, witli hun- 
dreds of other liberal young men, left his native 
countiy and came to the United States. He ar- 
rived in the city of New York in 1849. From 
there he went to Pennsylvania, where he engaged 
in school-teaching; but disliking this employment, 
he was offered and accepted a position on the edi- 



torial staff of the New York Staats Zeitung, which 
he soon after resigned to engage with a large mer- 
cantile house in New York as correspondmg clerk. 

Mr. Anneke retnained there until 185.5, when he 
removed to Detroit, Mich., and assumed the edi- 
torial management of a German paper. In the fol- 
lowing year he was appointed clerk in the Audi- 
tor-General's office .at Lansing. He took witli iiim 
to this olliee the same energy and precision lliat 
had characterized his life; he suggested many new 
improvements in the conduct of the office, and 
made his services so vahuible as Chief Clerk as to 
have them recognized by a nomination bj" the Re- 
publican party for the office of Auditor-General, to 
whicli he was elected by a large majority in 1862. 

So faithfully did Mr. Anneke discharge the du- 
ties of his position, that he was again tendered the 
nomination, and re-elected by an increased major- 
ity. At the expiration of his term he was admit- 
ted to the bar, and began the practice of law at 
Grand Rapids; during the summer of that year he 
was appointed Receiver of Public Money in the 
District of Grand Traverse. He resigned tliis po- 
sition, and removed to East Saginaw, where he re- 
sided until 1874, when lie came with his family to 
Bay City, where he resided until his death, whicli 
occurred at his residence on the corner of Tenth 
and Grant Streets. While a citizen of East Saginaw 
and Bay City, he was engaged in the practice of 
law and the real-estate business. 

Mr. Anneke's nature was domestic and retiring, 
and his happiest moments were passed in the pri- 
vacy of his home, to which he was greatly att.-iclied. 
His honor and integrity were unimpeachable, and 
he looked for the same virtues in others that were 
so strongly manifest in his own nature. He was a 
genial companion, a gentleman of the old school, 
generous in scanning the faults of others, and ever 
ready to lend a helping hand to his less fortunate 
friends. In business matters he was strict, but 
never exacting; economical, hut generous when the 
cause was worthy. He attached people to himself 
by his unostentatious manner, and his uniform po- 
liteness. His sufferings during his last illness were 
lightened by the administrations of his three sur- 
viving children, who anticipated every want and 
desire, and made, so far .as love could suggest, his 



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last liours |n'nccful ami cuiitfiiUMl. lli~ iliildicii 
who survive are: IMis. Charles V. Kusteier. ami 
Mis. Eiiiiim I-. Sullivan, of (iiand Rapids: and Ed- 
ward E. .Vnneke. a piominenl lawyer of Ha.v City. 
In politics Mr. Auneke was a stanch Hepulilican. 



^r^ U(iENE ZAHST. The industries of the Saj;- 
ife) inaw \'alleyliave lieeii worthily represented 
' W — ^ and jireatly developed by this gentleman. 
who is conceded to be the finest and ino.st practical 
hor.-ie-shoer in Hay City, and has met with unusiial 
success at his trade, of which he has made a special 
study. lie has the largest assortment of shoes in 
the Valley and carries on an exclusive horse-shoe- 
ing' Iiusiiipss. doiiis; the work in the most skill- 
ful m.aniier. and makiiisj a specialty of shoeing f.a.st 
and drivinjj hor.ses. His practical knowledge of 
his business, the accurate attention paid by him to 
all orders, and the uniform reliability of his deal- 
iiisfs. have secured for him a prominent pl.'icc in 
the conlidencc of the comiminity, and a piiispeiity 
which grows steadily from year to year. 

The ancestors of Mr. Zabst were of (uriiiaii or- 
igin, his grandfather, .lolni Zalist. Iiaving emi- 
grated to America early in this century and located 
in Ohio, where he died at the age of eighty-seven 
years. .lacob. the father of our subject, was born in 
the Province of Alsace. (4eimany. and was brought 
to America at the age of eighty years. In Ins ma- 
ture years he w.as united in marriage with demen- 
tia A. Page, a native of Ohio, and the young cou- 
ple settled in the IJuckeye State, whence thc\ 
afterward removed to Indiana. The father en- 
gaged in farming when a l.ad. but later learned the 
trade of a blacksmith, wliirh he >till follows in 
'I'oledo. Ohio. A brother of our subject, William 
E.. resides in Hay City, and has an established repu- 
tation as one of the finest profes.sors of music in 
.Michigan. 

( >ur subject w.'is born in Oreenlield. Ohio. Au- 
gust 2(1. 1H.J4. and was reared to manhood in \aii- 
oiis places in Ohio and Indiana, lie was (piite 
young when he accompanied his parents to Elk- 
hart, Ind., and Inter rctuiiied with them lo Ohio, 



and from there to Peru. Ind. At the age of fifteen 
he was apprenticed to learn the l)l:icksinitirs trade, 
serving an apprenticeship of six years. Next he 
went to Sandusky, Ohio, where for three years he 
was ai)prenticed to a practical horse-shoer, md li.is 
since made a special study of that line of work. In 
1XK2 he came to Esse.xville, Hay County, where lie 
entered the employ of .1. II. Hall, and remained 
with him six years, having charge of his horses in 
Alger, Arenac County. 

The year 1KS8 marked the arrival of Mr. Zabst 
in Hay Citw \\lici-e he embarked in business on the 
corner of .lohn and Catherine .Streets. He has the 
finest establishment of the kind in "West Hay City, 
and indeed in the .Saginaw Valley, and can do any- 
thing in his line, making a specialty of doctoring 
the diseased feet of horses. He owns his place and 
has by the exercise of .sound business judgment 
and economy become well-to-do. In his politics 
he is a stanch Republican, believing the iilatform 
of that partA licsl adapted to the progress of our 
nation. In all his ciiter|>nses Mr. Zabst has had an 
efficient helpmate in his wife, who prinr In her 
union with him was kiinwii .is Mi.ss Emma Russell. 
Mrs. Zabst w:i.-. born in IJie County. Ohio, where 
her marriage took place. She lias become the mother 
of one .son, Hurt, who is the finest cornet player in 
the liiited States, considering his age, which is 
oii'y thirteen years. He plays the most ditHcult 
solos with [lerfect ca.se and wondcirul skill, and his 
artistic genius has won foi- him a wide-spread lepu- 
tioii. 



AFAVETTE ROINDSNILEE. This gentle- 
man holds the position of Fiist Engineer 
of the West Hay City Electric Street Rail- 
way Power Hou.se. He is a fine i)raetical engineer 
and mechanic, is well known .and isalw.ays spoken 
of for his honesty and integrity. He stands high 
in the estimatit)n of the people, and is wcll-liked by 
everyone for his sociability and geniality. His 
home is on the cornerof Walnut and Ohio Streets, 
and is a comforlalile and convenient residence. 
His father bore the name of Evans, and w.is bora 



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in New Jersey. He settled in Lawreiiceburg, Pu., 
about the year 1825, where he was one of the early 
pioneers, following the tnide of a cooper. Ih 
passed from life in 1847. The mother's maiden 
name was Electa Madison, a native of Knoxville, 
Pa., and her parents were pioneer farmers tliere. 
She died in 1861; she and her husliand were of 
English and Dutch descent. 

The native place of him of whom we write, is 
Deerfield, Tioga County, Pa., where he was born 
June 24, 1833. His early boyhood days wiic 
strewn with but few advantages in any way, as his 
father was an invalid and at the early age of ten 
years our subject was stricken with rheumatism in 
the liij), which partially cripjiled him for twelve 
years or more. He being the eldest of five chil- 
dren left to his mother on his father's death, that 
same year he started out on his crutches to find 
something for himself. A young farmer Alfred 
Congdon, who lived near by, took a liking to the 
crippled boy and offered him a home, which was 
accepted gladly, and in a few months he was par- 
tially restored to health and able to help about the 
farm, and before the year was up could perform 
hard labor for a youth of his years. He remained 
with his benefactor for three years, when he went 
to live with his brother, Benjamin D. Congdon, 
also a farmer, with whom he remained four years 
About a year after this he concluded to finish his 
education, and attended wliat was known as the 
Union Academy for three months, when his health 
.again failed, and his education was postponed in- 
definitely. 

After recovering his health, Mr. Roundsville 
went to Lawrenceville, where he engaged as a lum 
ber ))iler at a steam sawmill owned by C. II. L. 
Eord,of Lawrenceville. The first vacancy they had 
for a sawyer, was given to him, and he became an 
expert at handling the "bar," but the heavy lifting 
necessary in handling lumber in those days, proved 
too laborious for him, and he abandoned the work 
and obtained a position as fireman, firing and learn- 
ing to start and stop the 9x18 inch engine. He 
continued firing and running small engines in 
Tioga and Bradford Counties during the next three 
years, when he went to Canada, and in the little 
village Bell Ewart, in the winter of 1857, obtained 



a position as second engineer, was afterward pro- 
moted to be first engineer and remained with them 
for eight years in what was considered a large mill 
in that village on the shore of Lake Simcoe. This 
mill was owned by Sage & TTrant, and he was in- 
duced liy the former to come to West Hay City, 
and here manage the engine in his mill. The H. 
W. Sage <fe Co's. mill was the largest in Michigan 
at that time. It had an aggregate of seven hundred 
horse-power, and had a capacity of two hundred 
thousand feet of lumber per day. During a (piar- 
ter of a century', the time Mr. Roundsville was em- 
ployed by this mill, they produced seven million 
feet of lumber. He remained in the employ (>( .Mr. 
Sage until October 28, 1889, when he resigned to 
take his present position as first engineer in the 
West Bay City Street Railway Power House. The 
engine is two hundred horse-power and furnishes 
power for ten miles of road, running from six to 
twenty cars. He feels some jirlde in having run 
the engine for so long for the largest mill in iSIich- 
igan. In his present position he has full charge of 
the powei--house engine which is a Corless engine, 
18x42, and three No. 20 Edison dynamos. He is 
well thought of by all the employes and the mem- 
bers of the firm, and is highly respected by his fel- 
low-citizens. 

This gentleman was married on the 29th of April. 
1858, to Mrs. Isabel A. Roy, born in Tioga County, 
Pa., and is a daughter of George Spencer, .an early 
settler of the same county. She was the widow of 
Monroe Roy, of Wellsboro, Pa., and had one son, 
John M. Roy, a salesman of Ford's clothing store. 
By her second marriage she has become the mother 
of one child, Ada, now Mrs. A. S. Beach, of De- 
troit. Mr. Roundsville was elected on the Board 
of Yill.age Trustees when Wenona was organized 
about 1866, and served four consecutive years; 
later he was President of Wenona for one year. 
He was Treasurer of the Wenona graded schools 
from 1867 to 1885, and was Collector of Royal 
Arcanum, Wenona Council No. 38. from 1878 to 
1890. He has been Alderman of tlie Fourth Ward 
one term. Our subject was a charter memher of 
the Fire Department, and ran the fire steamer while 
he was connected with it for seven years. He is a 
member of, and Collector of the Natifaial Union. 



564 



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He is also a member of the order of Free and Ac- 
cepted Masons. He l)elong* to liiaiicli No. ;?, of 
tlic Xatioiiiil .Vssoi-i.ation uf Stationary Knahu'cis. 
and repri'si'iitod his lioard in Xcw Yortc City in 1H>S!», 
at the Ninth Annual Sis>ion: was Corresponding 
Si't-rctary f(jr two years. He is liberal in his re- 
ligious view.s, but inclines toward the Second Day 
Adveutists. Has always been a stanch ]5ei)ulilican, 
.and cast his first vote for .Tolin C. [•"renKint. but 
differs from them on the money (luostion, believing 
in the Greenback tlieory. He has recently been 
elected a.s a member for five years of the Sage Li- 
biary Hoard of West Hay City. 



|l!_^ I'Ml'HKEY SH.VW. We have here anothci 
prominent citizen of Saginau who is of 
]*;astern birth and ti'aining. and who has 
now reached the age when he may .suitably 
retire from active life and spend the remainder of 
his days ;ipart from the bustle of the w'orld. For 
almost forty-two years Mr. Shaw h.as resided in 
tiie Saginaw \'alley, and during most of that time 
he has been identified with much of its material 
interests. He has witnessed every change which 
lias taken place here, and was him.-elf at onetime 
lost in the woods within a few rod.- of where his 
beautiful home now stands. Saginaw County owes 
mucli to him for its present prosperous condition. 
Many of the present well-improved farms now 
occupied by wealthy farmers were sold by him to 
poor men U> be paid for on easy terms, many 
times in .staves made from the timber on the land. 
In every business transaction he has l)een the 
soul of honor, and altiiough a quiet, unobtrusive 
citizen, his keen business sagacity and his faith in 
the future of the city ever led him to bend his en- 
ergies toward the advancement of its prosperity 
and renown. 

Our suliject was liorn at Westport. Ma.ss., Octo- 
lier (i, 1H0;», and he is the son of Job and Amy 
(McComber) Shaw. The father was born at Tiv- 
erton and was a son of Kathaniel Shaw. .Tob 
Shaw, who was a cooper, gave his trade to his son 



Humphrey, and they carried on the business of 
making oil casks at New Bedford under the firm 
name of .1. Shaw tt Son. Our subject is the eldest 
of six children, of whom three are living, and the 
sister and brother make tlieii- hoiiie at New Bed- 
ford, where the early days of llumijhrcy were 
passed. He remained in partnerslii|i witli his fa- 
ther until he was twenty-eight years old, and that 
liarent continued in business some years later, liut 
lived a retired life for some time before his death, 
which took place when he was eighty years old. 
His faithful wife survived him for nearly twenty 
years and died in her niiiety-lifth year. 

It was in January, 1837, that Humphrey Sliaw 
came to Michigan to engage in liuying supplies 
for fiil. wine and other large casks at ^It. Clemens 
for the home and foreign market, which business 
he conducted until December, 184!t. I'pon com- 
ing to S.iginaw he engaged in the .same line of 
business, working on salary for New York parties 
for five years, after wiiich he took charge of the 
business, independently assuming the lands which 
his employers had formerly controlled, and giving 
his notes for nearly *20,0()0. He continued in this 
line of work until the stave material was pretty 
well exhausted in this neighborhood and then be- 
came identified with Warner & Eastman in the 
foundry business, to which, however, he did not 
give his personal attention, but has been engaged 
in handling farming and pine lands, in which he 
h.as done so much to develop this jiart of the 
country. 

The first vote cast by this worthy gentleman was 
for Andrew Jackson, but since that early day he 
has lieen a Whig, and later a Reiniblican, and lias 
never missed a Presidential election, feeling it the 
dut.y of every citizen to cast his ballot when an 
opportunity offers. Yet he has never aspired to 
any public jiosition, preferring to serve his town- 
ship and county in other w-ays. 

When he was twenty-one years old Mr. .Shaw 
was united in marriage, at New Bedford, with 
Miss Sarah W. Bragg, of Asonet, M.ass., who died 
at y\t. Clemens. His union witli the present Mrs. 
Shaw took place .luly 4, 1801, at Hartford, P.i. Her 
maiden name was Mar}- Ann .Munii, and she was 
born near Ithaca, Tompkins County, N. Y'., and is 





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a daughter of Brewer and Betsey (Brigdon) Munn. 
Two of the three chihlren of tlic lirst inarriago 
died ill infancy, mid Saiaii Ann, who married 
George K. Newcoinli, of Saginaw, died in this 
city. Botli our .^uliject and his good wife are 
members of tlie Jefferson Avenue Metliudist Epis- 
copal Cliureli. of wiiich he lias lieeii a Trustee for 
twenty years, and he has Iieen identified with tiie 
church since lie was eighteen years old. Mrs. Shaw 
is active in all woman's work in her church and is 
prominent in the Ladies' Aid an<I Mi.ssionar\' So- 
ciety. ^Ir. Shaw has never used li(iuors as a bev- 
erages, neither has he used tobacco in any form. 

Athough he has just celebrated his eighty-sec- 
ond birthday, Mr. Shaw is a well-preserved man 
with a clear understanding and able to transact 
business affairs as successfully as ever. Almost 
every one of his associates have pas.sed from earth, 
yet he has not outlived his usefulness, and when 
the final summons shall come for him it will be 
the unanimous voice of all who know his life that 
an unwavering friend to his brother man and faith- 
ful servant of the universal Father has been called 
up higher. Too rapidly these grand old men are 
crossing the river. Mav thev not be foi'sotten. 




.UNCAN M(KE[>LAK. We have here a 
brief biographical sketch of the life of 
one of the most worthy of the former 
residents of Tittabawassee Township, Sag- 
inaw County, who came from that noble stock 
with which Scotia has helped to replenish the pop- 
ulation of Michigan. He was born in 1814, and 
Is a son of Duncan Mclvellar, Sr., a native of Scot- 
land, lie w.as married to Isabella A., daughter of 
Dougald and Mary (Weird) Mclvellar, natives of 
Scotland, where their daughter was also born, May 
22, 1823. Iler parents migrated from their native 
home to Canada, in 18.'?1, and there earned on 
agricultural pursuits. 

Mr. and Mrs. JIcKellar became the parents of 
ten children; their first-born was Dougald, who 



came to them on Christmas Day, 1846. and in his 
young maiiliood gave his life for the cause of lib- 
erty and the honor of his country. It was on 
Deeemlicr 24, 1862. the day before he was sixteen 
years old that he responded to the call of Abraham 
Lincoln and enlisted under the banner of his 
country, joining Coni])anv G, Eighth Michigan 
Cavalry. Although so young he manifested an 
interest and judgment commendable in n man of 
mature years, ami his service was highly valued, 
lie was att;iche(l to the Army of the Tennessee and 
participated in its various engagements up to the 
siege of Knoxville, when he w.as mortally wounded 
and the sacrilice was perfected. 

The seconil child of this family w.as Mary, who 
was born .lanuar\' 2!), 184'.). She was married to 
William Ilackelt and now resides in S.aginaw 
County; the second sou, Duncan, born Januarv 9, 
1852, married Elniira McDowell, and resides in 
Saginaw County; Katie born March 6, 1854, mar- 
ried .Tolin Tagiie and resides iu Oswego Count\', 
N. v.; .lohii, born March 16, 1856, married Ella 
Patterson, and resides in Snirinaw County; .lean- 
ette, born March 12, 1858, is now Mrs. Frank 
Ilartwell, of Hay City; Margaret, born .Iiine 4, 1861. 
is a deaf mute who has been highly educated at 
Flint, Mich., and is a young lady of rare intelli- 
gence and aliility. She makes her home with her 
mother. Neil, born November 8, 186:3; Edward, 
March 26, 1865; and Isabel, .luly 14, 1868, all 
reside at home with their mother, and the last 
named has been a teacher for the past two seasons. 

Mr. Mclvellar and his family removed from Can- 
ada to Lynn, St. Clair County, Mich., in 1857, re- 
siding there until November 1, 1863. Thence he 
removed to .Saginaw, working different farms 
until 1878, when he settled on the farm now occu- 
pied by Mrs. Mclvellar. Here he resided until the 
16th of December. 1880, when he was called from 
earth and the family w.as left to mourn" his irre- 
parable loss. Mrs. Mclvellar has shown herself to 
be a woman of judgment and executive ability in 
cariying on her affairs and in rearing and educat- 
ing such of her children as were not grown at the 
time of their father's death. All of them have 
received excellent educational advantages and 
have been trained in lives of Christian principles. 



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They are all inemhois of the Presbyterian Church, 
but are attendiuij the tiervices of the Methodist 
Episcopal body. A lithoirraphic portrait of Mrs. 
McKellar appears on another page of this volume. 



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B 



UDtxE JOHN W. McMATH. It is seldom 
that oHicial positions ol>tain for a consider- 
able lenjiftli of time, diuiuii' the changing 
administrations of our Kcpulilican form of 
Government, .ludge McMatli, who is a prmiiinent 
attorne\- in Itay City, h.is held the position of 
United .States Commissioner for the Eastern Dis- 
trict of Michigan since IHfil. He was born in 
Romulus, Seneca County. X. Y.. .lune ."?, 1821, and 
is a son of Samuel ami Mary (Fleming) .AIcMath, 
farmers by calling, but liciiig proprietors of a hotel. 
The father died when nwv subject was liut three 
years old. 

Ill the year 1^27. liefure the decease of the head 
of the f.'imiiy, the .McMaths came to what is now 
Willow Hun, four miles southeast of Ypsilanti. The 
family continued to live there for six or seven 
years. and then removed to i-enawee County, where 
the family broke up and our subject again tot)k up 
his abode near Ypsilanti, where he remained until 
he w.as twenty-four or twenty-five yeai's of age. 
The youth accpiired the rudiments of his education 
in the old Y'psilanti Seminary and later took a 
course in the Michigan I'niversity, entering in 
1846, and graduating in the Ciass of TtO, that 
had among its members such men as W. A. Moore, 
Ur. Fiske and O. M. r.arncs. The young man cap- 
tured the degree of l!;ichelor of Arts, and soon 
afterward began to read law. While i)ursuing his 
studies he taught for one year in Centeiville, Mich., 
and then l)egan reading in Detroit with Messrs. 
Backus it IIarbaugh,a leading law (irm at that time. 
He was admitted to the bar in October. 18.')2, and 
before the Suprenu' Court of which the Hon. .Sjin- 
ford M. Green was then Chief .lustice. 

Our subject began the practice of his profession 
in Mackinaw. He remained until 1 «().!, having 
been appointed Collector of Customs for the dis- 
trict of Mackinaw in 1H(5 l,.ind also Superintendent 



of J>ighthouses, that office being then ex-offlcio, as 
the district at that time included all points in 
Michigan north of Muskegon, also on the west 
coast and north of Saginaw Bay, also all points on 
the east side of the Sioux and Lake Superior. He 
also had supervision of the points in Wisconsin in- 
cluding and north of Manitowoc, which took 
in Green Bay, Appleton and similar places. He held 
that position until the summer of 18()7, when he 
handed in his resignation. In 18()3 the headquar- 
ters of that customs' district was located at the 
Sioux, and there he made his residence until his 
resignation, coming from that place to Bay City, 
which has been his residence ever since. 

On locating in Bay City our suliject resumed his 
law practice. He has been City Attorney three 
years, member of the Board of Supervisors one 
year. Alderman one year, and he w.as elected Pro- 
bale .ludge in 1872, serving until 187(). Soon after 
the expiration of his term of judgesliip he formed 
a partnerslii|) with the Hon. George P. Cobb, which 
continued until the time when .Judge Cobb took 
his jjositiou on the bench of the circuit court, in 
1888. Since that time he has been alone. l\Ir. 
McMath is known as one of the |)romiiieiit attor- 
neys of the city and his judgment is considered to 
lie distinguished by remarkable clearness, etpiity 
and foresight, having at his command the experi- 
ence gained from his extended readings of the best 
legal works. 

Our subject has taken an .ictivc part in politics 
as held by the Repulilican party. He has been a 
delegate to State and other conventions and .as a 
spe:U<er during various close-contested eampaigiis, 
has done his share of work that has had its bearing 
upon the general outcome. Aside from his legal 
work .Mr. McMath has been interested in real 
estate and in all that pertains to the building U)) 
and advancement of the interests of l>ay City. 

Judge McMath was married to Miss lllla .1., 
daughter of Reuben I). Hoys, of Ann .Vrbor, .Mich. 
Tlieir nuptials were celebrated in July, 18.')2. The 
one child of this marriage, William G., is now a 
resident of Diiluth and is eng.aged in, a real-estate 
and abstract oflice. He was Registrar of Deeds for 
]}ay County for one term .ind also carried on an 
abstract ollice here. He married Miss Minnie I\I. 



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Menton of Canada. Her parents reside on the east 
side of the St. Clair River, near llahy Landing'. 
.Tudge McMath and wife are members of tiie Pres- 
byterian Chureii of Bay City, and he lias been one 
of the Deacons of that bodv for nianv veai's. 



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|i!_^ ON. SANFORD M. (iREEN. Since 1867 
Bay City has been the jilaee of residence 
of .Tndge Green, who has flgnred as the 
presiding spirit in the Supreme Court of 
this State. Our subject was Ijorn in (Grafton 
Township, Rensselaer County, N. Y., May 30. 
1807. Possibly the fact that he was born under 
the Democratic administration of Thomas .Jeffer- 
son, ruled the trend of his own political prefer- 
ence, for he has taken a prominent stand in the 
policy of that p.arty since reaching his majority. 
Judge Green is a son of William and Nancy 
(Wright) Green, from old Rhode Isl.and stock, and 
who were a family of farmers. 

Our subject remained with his parents, and witli 
them went to Oneida CVumty when eight years 
old. Until sixteen years of age he had worked 
at home without acquiring even the rudiments 
of an education, but at that time he made an ar- 
rangement to purchase his time of his father for 
#40, which he afterward earned and paid. When 
in this way his own man, he began working inde- 
pendently, and studied under a private te.acher, 
continuing for the most |)art on a farm until nine- 
teen 3'ears of age, when he began teaching during 
the winters and working on the farm during tlie 
summer until 1826. This was at a time when our 
greatest statesmen were beginning to shine in all 
the lustre of their brilliant intellects, and stirred 
with a desire to distinguish himself in a legal di- 
rection, the young man Iiegan reading law with 
Mr. Lansing, then with George T. Sherman and 
for a period with .Judge Ford, and then with 
Messrs. Sterling & Bronson, of Watertown, N. Y., 
with whom he remained three years, and was ad- 
mitted to practice at the bar in 18.32, having al- 
lowed two years for classical study and five years 
in the law office, it being required that the appli- 



cant for admission to the bar should show seven 
years' reading. 

Our subject began his practice by opening an 
independent ottice in Brown ville, where he re- 
mained until 18.3."). when he went to Rochester, 
N. Y., and in the spuing of 1837 came to Michi- 
gan, first locating at Owosso, and at once was 
numbered among the enterprising pioneers of the 
town. lie remained there helping on with the 
organization of various municipal branches and 
interests until the vvintei- <if 1842, having been 
elected State Senator that fall. During the session 
of 1843-44 Judge Green had been a member of 
the .hidiciary Committee .ind also of other impor- 
tant committees, during which time a |)rovision 
was made for revising the statutes of the State. 
The commission to do this work was appointed bj- 
the judges of the Supreme Court and the Chan- 
cellor. Judge Green received the compliment of 
the appointment and \vas required to report at the 
session of 1846, thus being granted eighteen 
months in which to prepare and revise the work. 
The statutes as revised by him were voted on and 
adopted liy the session of 1846, going into effect 
in March, 1847. 

The original of our sketch was re-elected to the 
senate in the tall of 1845, and served during the 
session of 1846-47. On the expii-ation of his 
legislative connection he returned to Pontiac, 
which he has made his home from the time of his 
first election. He formed a partnership with 
Licut.-Gov. Richardson and continued to practice 
law with him until the spring of 1844. On the 
dissolution of this partnership our subject, whose 
press of business was so great that lie could not 
care for it alone, formed a partnership with fien. 
H. L. Stevens, with whom he had formerly been a 
partner in Rochester, N. Y. This partnership 
lasted until 1848. March 14, 1848, Mr. Green w.as 
appointed l)y (iov. Ransom, and the appointment 
was confirmed by the Senate, to the office of Judge 
of the Su|)reme Court, being. assigned to the Fourth 
District for holding courts. He served in that po- 
sition until January 1, 1858, when the present 
Supreme Court was organized. From 1858 until 
1867 the Hon. Mr. Green was Circuit Judge of 
the tlien Sixth District, and in tlie spring of that 



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year, having arrived at the age of sixty years, he 
resigned his position, anticipating a few years of 
pleasant practice wlien lie sliould retire. 

Removing to Hay t'ity. .Iiidire Green resumed 
the practice of law. Imt his ros|)itc from otlicial 
duties wa^ of brief duration, for live years later 
he was called upon to lill a vacancy in the Eight- 
eenth Judicial Court, which vacancy was caused 
bj- the death of .Judge Grier. lie presided on the 
bench for over thirty years, and during that time 
not the shadow of a suspicion derogatory to his 
lionor clouded his fair name. He has ever been 
an honest man and an upright judge, and in his 
advanced j-ears the veneration and respect of the 
people not only of Bay City but of the State at 
large, cannot but be gratifying to him, as being a 
tribute to his best qualities. In 1860 .Judge Green 
l)ublished a work on the i)ractice of circuit courts, 
of which twelve hundred copies were sold. In 
1877 he published a treatise on the practice of 
common law courts in ."Michigan, putting it forth 
in two large volumes, and ui l!S70 he published a 
treatise on townships and the duties and powers 
of township officials. In 18H2 a second edition of 
this w.as called for, and ten thousand copies were 
purchased by the State for llie use of its township 
officials. His latest work is "C'riine, its nature, 
causes, treatment and preventidii." This wurk 
was issued from the press of the .1. 15.' Lippincott 
Company, of Philadelpliia. and lias met with the 
success that it deserves. 

.Judge Green has given up the arduous duties 
of his profession, and at the present time ( 1891) 
employs himself in such coii<;eiiial wt)rk as does 
not make too heavy a drain upon his time and 
strength. He is Treasurer of llie Hay City Manu- 
facturing Company, Limited, which is a stock com- 
pany. Socially Judge Green was furinerl\- a 
member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
but when appointed to the bench his duties were 
so arduous as to necessitate the relincpiishment of 
many of his social relations. He has never been in 
any sensea politician, although ever striving by ex- 
ample and influence to arouse a greater interest 
in true statesmanship. 

Our subject W.1S married Keliruary 12. 1832, to 
Miss Marv Ann, eldest daughter of .ludtje Calvin 



McKnight, who was the Judge of the Court of 
Common Pleas of .leffei'son County, N. Y. From 
this union five children have been born, of whom 
ft)ur still live. They are: Mary Fiances, now Mrs. 
Russell Bishop, of Flint; William C who is 
eng.aged in real estate in Chattanooga, Tenn.; 
George .S., of Chattanooga, and Florence, now the 
wife of Albert H. Xan Etten, of Winnipeg, Mani- 
toba. Mrs. Mary Ann (irecn died on the 28tli of 
May, 1879, and as a woman of sterling worth and 
marked intellectual ability she was greatly missed 
by her friends as well as the members of her 
family, to whom she w.is especially endeared for 
her many personal excellencies. 



/e-ll DAM KOLH, a member of the firm of Kolb 
( @/l1| Bros., Brewers, located on Fitzhugh Ave- 

I ili nue, between .Sixth and Seventh Streets, is 
^/ a native of Salzburg, Mich., where he wa.? 

born January 15. 1867. He is the son of (ieorge 
Kolb, Sr., for whose sketch see the biography of 
George Kolb, .Ir. ( )ur subject received his educa- 
tion in this city, after which he attended the High 
School, from which he was graduated in 1886. Sub- 
sequently he formed a partnership with his brother 
.and bought the brewery of M. Westover. which 
was at the time of purcluase only a frame building 
with a capacit3' of eight thousand barrels per year. 
In 1890 these brothers rebuilt, putting up a large 
brick structure with a basement and three stories, 
which now has a ca])acit\' of sixty lliousaiul. Iiut 
only making thirty thousand and increasing as 
they have demand. 

This firm has one of the finest oflices in the city, 
it being linished in hard pine. They sell mostly 
to local customers. ^Ir. Kolb is one of the mem- 
bers of the Hoard of Water Works of the city, 
but he does not dabble in politics, as he has enough 
else to do. 

The subject of this sketch was united in marriage 
with ]Miss Mary Brenner, of West .S.aginaw, Octo- 
ber 29, 189(1. They are the happy parents of one 
child, whom they have ifiven the name of Lena. 






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Mv. Koll) and his wife reside in a fine and capacious 
residence at No. 90(5 C'enlei- Street, where they 
dispense a gracious hospitality. Socially our sub- 
ject is a memhcr of the Arheiter Society, of which 
lie is tiic present Treasurer. 



.AMKi> .MAMiAN. \Vc here iircsenl the 
portrait and personal sketcii of a well known 
attorney-at-law and the Police Justice of 
Bay City, who was horn in Caledonia, Ilaldimand 
County, Ontario, .lanuary 4, liS.')l. His parents 
were Tiiomas and Ann (CuUen) Mangan and his 
fatlier was a mechanic. In (.'aledonia he received 
his early education, graduating from the grammar 
school in IHG!), and immediately removing from 
that place to Hay City with the intention of study- 
ing law in the ottice of Marston cV Hatch. The 
senior member of this firm, Isaac Marston, was 
afterwards Chief .Tustice of the Supreme Court of 
Michigan. 

After remaining with Messrs. Marston tV Hatch 
for some time the young man entered the ottice of 
McDoneli and Cobb (the latter now judge of this 
Circuit). He remained with them until 1)S74 when 
he was admitted, after examination, to the bar, in- 
cluding all the courts of this State and the United 
States Court. Shortly after opening an indepen- 
dent ottice. in the fall of 1874 he was elected Cir- 
cuit Court Commissioner and after serving for two 
years was re-elected in 1876 for another term. 
While filling the duties of that office he also prose- 
cuted his private jiractice and thus established 
himself in his profession. 

In the s|)iiiig of 1H7H Mr. Mangan was elected 
.lustice of the Peace for Hay City and held that 
ottice up to the time of the establishment of the 
Police-Court. Since that time he has been the 
Police Justice and is tlu' only one who has ever 
served in Hay City in this capacity. He has dis- 
charged the res|)onsilile duties of his position with 
much credit to himself and great aceeptancy 
among the pe()i)le. Most of his time is devoted to 
the court where he has charge of a large amount 
of business, 



Our subject is a Democrat in his political con- 
victions and it is to that party he owed his first 
election. Although he has each time been elected 
on that ticket he has had a growing constituency 
among men of all parties and the esteem in which 
he is regarded is a just reward of his devotion to 
the duties of his office. He is a member of the 
.\ncieiit Order of Hibernians and of the Catholic 
Mutual Benefit Association. He is also a devout 
mcinber of the St. James Catholic Church and 
belongs to the order of the Knights of the IMacca- 
bees. 

Daniel Mangan was married July 6, 1874, to 
Miss Ellen Crump, of this county, who was born 
in Chatham, and is now the mother of six children, 
namely: Anna, Frank, Nellie, Lillian, Mollie, and 
Alice. Thomas Mangan, the father of our subject, 
was born in County Sligo, Ireland, and was there 
married, but remained in his native home only a 
short time after that interesting event. He mi- 
grated to Canada and afterwards to Bay City 
where he died in Februaiy, 1885, at the age of eighty 
one years. His devoted wife is still living an<l is 
now seventy-four years old. Our subject has a 
brother, James, in this city, and another brother, 
Thomas, in Buffalo, N. Y. Mr. Mangan may 
well be characterized as one of the able and strong 
men that C'anada has given to Michigan. 







DGAR R. KNAl'P, M. 1). The field of labor 
for a medical man is so broad that if his 
heart is in the right place and his head 
evenly balanced, with an ordinary degree of indus- 
try', he can scarcely fail to lie successful. The 
prominent features in the make-up of the physician 
whose liiography we are attempting to write, is a 
large amouiit of intellectuality, a commanding de- 
gree of dynamic power, a strong physical command 
and a thorough liking for his profession. The 
reader ma^' judge for himself of his success. 

Dr. Knapp was born in Dan by, Tompkins County, 
N. Y., February 7, 1834. His [larents were Richard 
and ISIary (Dexter) Knajip, both natives of Con- 
necticut who settl('(l in New York at an earlv date. 



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Our subject was reared on the home farm until 
eighteen j'ears of age, receiving a coninion-scliool 
education. He had. Iiowever, delermined to be- 
come a professional man and in 18;')2 entered the 
oftic* with his brother l!eni\ tlien practicing at 
.Vdrian. tliis State, now of l.athrop. t'al. Under 
his al)Ie tutelage he progressed ra])idly. and during 
the winters of 18o4-5r)-.T() lie liail tlie additional 
advantage of attending icctuies at the State I'ni- 
versily. He was graduated from the Medical De- 
partment in March. 1856, and began practice in 
partnership with hisbrollier at Adrian. After grad- 
uating, liowever, he located at Lindon, Genesee 
County, and there continued until enlisting in 
1861. 

Oui- subject joined Company E. Sixtli I luted 
States Cavalry, being mustered in at Washington 
as a private. He w.as stationed at the National 
Capital until March. 18(>2, and then his regiment, 
with llie .\rmy of the Potomac, as l>ody guard to 
< Jen. McClelland. took part in all the Peninsular 
campaigns. Kn listing as a private, in six w-eeks he 
was made acting hospital steward, and in 1862 was 
transferred to the Kirst United States Cavalry in 
the tield .-is acting Assistant Surgeon. After a lew 
weeks' .service in the regiment In was ordered to 
the Naval .School Hospital at Annapolis to act as 
Assistant Snrgeon. and was so employed until .lan- 
iiary. 186 1. Ai the last-mentioned date he was 
transferred to the Camden Street Hospital in Ual- 
tinu)re, and September 10, 18(;i,he was discharged, 
having serveil tor three ye;iis. 

On returning to Michig.'in in Xoveinbei-. 1861, 
our subject located at .Saginaw and resumed the 
pr.actice of his profession. The brother with whom 
he had studied w^as a homeopathic physician and 
he had |)racticed under that school until after his 
graduation, when he .'idopted tlir r( Linl.-ir ini'tlioil 
:ind continncil the same until he (■••nne to .S;iginaw, 
when he rc>uiiucl the Usi' of I lie honu'opalliic rem- 
e<lies. Dr. Ivnapp belongs to the Saginaw N'alley 
lloniropathie M<'ilicMl Society. His [iraetice has 
been eininently satisfactory aji<l he has fre(iuentlv 
been called into consnlt'ition by the leadin^■ reglt- 
lar physicians. 

( )nr sulijecl was ni;iiiied November 11. 18()5, to 
Miss Helen C. Clark, of Liiidon, a lad\ of marked 



refinement,who died only three years her marriage, 
which was celebrated .Seirteinber 14. 1868. Dr. 
Knapp was again married April !), 1871, the lady 
of his choice being ]Mi.ss Mary Emma Fisher, of 
.Saginaw, a teacher in the iiublic schools. She died 
November 16, 1877. There was only one child by 
this marriage, Edgar L., who was born .September 
24, 1873. He is a student in the High School and 
IS a very promising youth. The Doctor has resided 
since December, 1884, at his present home at No. 
1232. S. Washington .\ venue, where he has a very 
tine residence. 

Dr. Knapp is not radically attached to any party, 
voting as he believes to be for the best conditions 
of the public or private good. He belongs to the 
Presbyteri.an Church, although he w.as reared a 
Methodist. Socially, he is a Mason and stands high 
as a member, having taken the thirty -second de- 
gree. 



e APT. HARRY P. MERRILL. Theannounce- 
. ment of the death of this prominent mer- 
^_ chant and respected citizen of Bay Cit^- on 
November 17. 18'J1, brought a personal .sense of 
lo.ss and sincere sorrow tt) all wiio had known him. 
Not alone as an energetic and successful business 
man, but also as a v;ili;int soldier in defen.se of the 
Union, his ability wnn uni\ersal recognition, and 
his record m a private and pnlilii' capacitv is one 
of which his postcrit\ may be justl\- [ucnid. A 
[lublic-spirited man in every sense of the word, he 
always felt a deep interest in the prosperity of the 
city where he had ac(piired fortune and labored 
incessantly for its interests. As a soldier whose 
hr.'ivery won him renown, as a business man whose 
judgment and ability wei-e of an unusually high 
oilier, and .'is a i-itizen whose example is w-orthv 
tln' eninltition of the young, it is with pleasure that 
we record his name .•miong the repiesentative vh\- 
zeus of Bay Count\-. 

On March 1(1. 183!). Ibiiry P. Merrill was born 
in Daricn. (k'liesee County. N. V., his parents being 
Theodore S. and .\bigail (l)urfy) Merrill. He w.as 
descended from early and respected Eastern ances- 



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tors, his forefathers on both sides being prominent 
New England people. When lie was four jears of 
age his father, who was a merchant in Genesee 
County, X. Y.. removed thence to Michigan and 
embarked in tlie mercantile business in Sliiawassee 
County, at the same time conducting a farm. In 
1849, bereaved by the dcatli of his pai'ents, our 
.subject was thrown practically upon his own re- 
sources and at the aucof ten yc.irs conunenecd the 
battle of life for liiniself. He remained for ten 
years with an older brother upon the home fniin, 
and then with something of a sjiirit of adventure 
coui)led with the determination to make his way in 
the world, he went to Colorado, California and 
New Mexico, and eng.aged in trading and taking 
goods in the mining regions. 

Until the lireaking out of the Civil War Mr. 
Merrill remained in the far West and then return- 
ing to Michigan, enlisted at Pontiac in the Twenty- 
second Michigan Infantry as a private and in com- 
pany with his regiment proceeded to Lexington, 
Ky. His practical liusiness ideas were soon recog- 
nized by those m authority and he was detailed on 
siiccial duty in the cajjacities of purchasing agent 
for the (Government and inspector of horses. So 
valuable were his services and so liighly api)recia- 
ted, that he was continued in this department for 
more than two years, until at his re<iuest he was 
relieved of his duties in order to enter upon a more 
soldier-like life. He was commissioned Captain of 
Company H, Fourth Kentucky ^lounted Infantry 
Veterans, by (tov. Bramlette, and with the com- 
pany which he had recruited was sent to the front 
under Sherman, at Chattanooga. 

The branch of the service to which the mounted 
infantry belonged gave opportunity for active 
soldier life in skirmishing, raiding and hard fight- 
ing during all of tliat most memoiable campaign, 
and every soldier who marched from Atlanta to 
the sea has become historically immortal. On ar- 
riving at Atlanta the Fourth Kentucky was sent 
on a raid known as Stoneman's raid, operating on 
the south of Atlanta. It was on this exjjeditioii 
that Capt. Merrill, witli many others, was captured. 
AVhile a prisoner the Ihiion army I)ombarded 
Charleston and the Confederate forces sent more 
than one thousand of theii- pi-isuners including 



Capt. Merrill and placed them under the guns of 
the Union army to receive their fire. 

However Capt. Merrill had no intention of losing 
his life in that way and with another prisoner 
sought a means of escape liy tunneling under the 
street. They were discovered, recaptured and 
transferred to Columbia, S. C, where Capt. Merrill 
made another atlem|)t to escape, this time with 
more success. With his companion, Lieut. Charles 
Swoi)ej of Kentucky, he followed the San tee River 
from near Colunil)iM to its mouth, a distance of 
three hundred miles through the enemy's country, 
and during the twenty-two days of the journey 
lived cliiefly on raw sweet potatoes. AtCoUfinbia 
they were rescued liy a blockading steamer, from 
wliich they were transferred to a passenger steamer 
and reached New York in the spring of 1865. The 
sufferings which the Cai)tain had undergone un- 
fitted him for further active service and in April, 
1865, he resigned his commission and returned to 
Michigan. 

On November 80, 1866, Capt. Merrill and Miss 
Laura C. Crow, of I'outiac, were united in mar- 
riage, and two children were born to them — Frank 
C, now twenty-one years of age, and Maud, aged 
fourteen. In 1S68, his health being much imi)roved, 
our subject went to Saginaw and opened a grocery 
store, where he remained until 1871. At that time, 
he came to Bay City and engaged in business as a 
wholesale grocer with the late R. P. Gnstiii as 
partner. The firm of (iustin & Merrill was re- 
markably successful and the partners continued in 
Inisiness together until 1884, when the senior mem- 
ber of the firm retired. Since then the firm has 
been known as Merrill, Fitteld it Co., .ind in vol- 
ume of business are exceeded liy only one house 
in the State. 

The building oecupic(l by Jlerriii, Fitield lir Cti. 
is located at Nos. 1005 .and 1007 North AVater 
.Street and has a frontage of fifty-five feet on 
Water Street with a depth of one hundred feet to 
a warehouse, two stories high. 40x60 feet in dimen- 
sions and fronting upon the docks. In addition 
to this the Michigan Central Railroad has built for 
the firm an elevator with a capacity of one hun- 
dred thousand bushels of grain, which they occupy 
in connection with aiiothei- warehouse, 100x60fect 



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in (liincnsions. The store is well li^lited niul ven- 
tilated anfl contains all modern irn|ii(>vcnients for 
the display, sali'. and shiimuiit and storage of 
stoek. oi- the transaction of liusiness. A foiee of 
seventeen ch'iks is enii)loved. l)esides several tiav- 
elinfj men, ami in addition to a iarge liusiness in 
Hay City, the lirni enjoys a liea\ y traih' in Xortli- 
eni .Michigan. 

,\lthoilgh devoting a gii-al |ioilioii of lijs time 
to the grocery Inisiness. .Mr. .Merrill engaged in 
various other enterprises in all of whicli lie met 
with success. He wa- a Director in tlie Second 
National liank. President of the tirst C'liamher 
of Commerce in JJay City, and Commander of 
U. S. Grant Post, G. A. 1{. two terms. His 
opinion in ptiblic matters was greatly relied 
upon and his honesty was beyond (piestion. In 
vari<»us ways many of ilie city's interests have 
been committed to his care, and he was regarded 
as one of the most valiialiie citizens in tiiis part of 
the State. I'ci-soiially and socially he was une of 
the most agrcealile <if companions, of attractive 
appearance. plc;isant ad<lrcss. .'ind was held in the 
liighest esteem and affeclinn li\ his fellow citizens. 
In tlie prosecution of his liusiiiess interests he was 
ever active, yet he never failed in duty to the 
])uhlic. giving to its vaiinus concei'us his time and 
advice, and at all times having its welfare upper- 
most in his mind. He was a regulai' attendant of 
the Metlidilisl (liurcli niiil .an earnest iJepulilican. 
His <h'atli although not unexpected, came suddenly 
at the last, as night comes ipiickly after a long and 
l)eautiful twilJLjIit. 






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^^iNDliKW THOMSON. I'lii- smcosful 
iWyjII business man. whose well-earned ri'|iuta- 
;l* tion for e!iter|)rise anil scpiare dealing 
commands the respect of the community 
and whose genial nature ensures hi> pnpularitv. is 
one of the largest contraclois in the .Saginaw \'al- 
lev. liesi(U's contr.acting and building, he manii- 
facturo sash, doors and blnHl>.and general building 
supplies. 

Mr. Thomson was born in ( aithncss. Scotland, 



December 7, 1840. and his father and grandfather, 
both of whom bore the same name with himself. 
were wc.-dlliy fainiers in Scotland having an estate 
of some twelve hundred acres. The father came 
to .\merica after his marri.age and settled in Niag- 
ara Cotinty. Canada, where he carried on a farm 
.and afterward removed to Michigan, spending his 
last da vs in .Saginaw and dying there wlien seventy- 
niiu' vcars old. While in Canada lie belonged to 
the Kefoiin party, and after coming to the States 
became an earnest Republican. His wife was known 
in maidenhood as Barbara McKay and was also a 
native of Caithness, and a daughter of John McKay, 
a wealthy farmer of that region. She lived to 
reach her sixty-ninth year and died in Saginaw. 

Our subject is the eldest of eight children and 
was liroughl to America when tliree years of age, 
traveling in a sailer which was sixteen weeks upon 
the ocean and linally landing at t^uebei'. He had 
his training anil education in Niagara County and 
iiiiiiin Countv. attending the common schools and 
when si.vtecn years old was ajiiirenticed at(iard- 
ncr, Canada, for four years to a contrac-tor. He 
linalU engaged in this business for himself inde- 
[leiidently and put n]) there .some of tlie finest 
residences and most j)eiinanent lousiness houses in 
tlie place. 

It was in .luly, 1^1'2. that Mr. Thomson came 
to 15ay City where he undertook contracting and 
building and two years l;it.er removed his residence 
to West I!ay City, although he carries on as much 
building in the former as in the latter division of 
this tlouiishiiig town. He put up the Presbyterian 
Cliuich in West l>ay City, the i.ibrary building, 
the Water Works building, the Fisher Plock. tlie 
residence of the Hon. Mr. Fisher, and a niimlier of 
the best residences in West P>ay City. .Many of 
the best business houses in IJay City are his work 
and we ma\' particularize .■inioiig instances of his 
buildings the .h'niiisoii lilock. the .McFwan ISIock, 
the TayloiA' Rose Block, the Polish Church, which 
is the largest house of woisliip in the Sag- 
inaw X'alley, besides a niiiiilier of the linest resi- 
dences. He makes building a specialty and has 
done more work of tins kind than any other eon- 
tractor in West P>ay City. 

The planingmill and factory of .Mr. Thonisoii 



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was stai'ted in IcSSfi nnd lie now does a large joli- 
1)1111; liii^iness and his fat'tory for doors and sasli is 
the hnue-it in the <;ity. lie lias liuilt and sold a 
iiunilier of resideiiees and liis own lioiiic wliieli lie 
ei'ccted is on Midland Street, lietween Fremont 
avenue and t'liilsoii street. Tlie lady who became his 
wife ill (roderieh, in 11^()4. was JMiss Flora, daughter 
of Arcliihald Me(,Jiiarrie. and was born in Nova 
Scotia where her father was a fanner. Their three 
sons are .\ndrew I., who is now an attorney at 
hiw; William .1., who is a law student with Pratt 
i^' (iilliert; and Frederick, who is at home. 

Mr. Thomson was Supervisor of tlie Third 
Ward for one year and Alderman of the Sixth 
Ward for two years and did good service on vari- 
ous committees, being very efticient in effecting a 
complete system of city sewerage and in securing 
the franchise for the street car company. His po- 
litical views are in accord with the declarations of 
the lve|)ublicaii parly and in regard to religious 
matters he is connected with the Presbyterian 
Clnii'ch. He belongs to the Masonic order and 
the Order of Foresters, 



FNRY JAMES WALLACE. We aie grati- 
lY lied to be alile to ])resent the portrait and 
give a brief sketch of the life of (me of the 
former citizens of Saginaw, who did good 
pidiieei- work here and was useful in promoting 
all worthy objects while a resident of Saginaw. 
He was born .January 21. 1844, in Ketley, County 
r/M'd-<, Ontarin. His father, .Tames Wallace, was 
bom in Scotland, and his mother, Nancy (Mooncy) 
Walhice. was (f liish parentage but was liorn upon 
the ocean. The grandparents on both sides made 
their home in Canada after crossing the Atlantic, 
and it was n(>t until our subject was a young man 
that his father and mother came to Michigan and 
settled in Cas* City, wiiere they resided until their 
death. 

Henry .1. WiU.ice was one of nine children, 
seven of whon; .nre now living. He was reared 
upon a farm and remained at home assisting upon 
the |)lace until he reached the age of eighteen, at 



which time the fam'iiy removed to iMicliigan. He 
.soon entered the employ of Eber Ward and w'as 
engaged in ]irosi)ecting fov pine lands and in other 
work in connection with lumbering. He continued 
working for lumbermen in Saginaw, locating pine 
lands and during the winters was foreman of 
camps for various tirms. During the war he was 
for a time employed by the tiovernment as a 
bridge biiildei and was in that work for a nuinbei- 
of mcmths. 

Eora nuiiil)er of years Mr. Wallace w.as em|iloyed 
hy various firms and also engaged in prospecting 
for minerals in the Lake Superior region. After 
about three years, however, he gave up that part of 
his work and devoted himself entirely to pine 
lands, prosjiecting on his own responsibility. His 
death, which taok place .June 1.5. 1887, was the 
result of complications of the liver and the disease 
was greatly aggravated by overw<irk and exposure 
for many years. 

Mr. Wallace was not a i)olitician. but his vote 
and intluence were cast with the Republican party, 
.and in religious matters he sympathised with the 
tenets of the Presbyterian Church. He was mar- 
ried March 1;), 18()7, to Miss Eliza Jane, daughter 
of Capt. William and Florence (Stark) Willis, the 
former for many years a lake captain. Their chil- 
dren are: Edith Fallen, now the wife of Herbert W. 
Savage, whose liiography is found elsewhtre in this 
work; William James, who is residing at Portland, 
Ore.; and Florence Margaret, who is at home. 
Their daughter Edith has shown unusual talent in 
the line of art and has some very beautiful paint- 
ings which are the result of her work. The home 
in which Mrs. Wallace resides w.is planned and 
built by her husband and is a most delightful and 
ccnnfortable pl.-n e of abode. 



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HJJAM MUNSIE. This prominent in- 
surance and real-estate man, who has a tine 
othcc at No. HI.") Saginaw Street, has been 
in business in liay City for the pa>f four years. He 
was boi'ii in Dunifrie*. .Scotl.'tnd .■ind cMnie to the 




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United States with his parents when quite a youth. 
His educ-itioii was received partly in SeoUaiid and 
partly in this eountry- 

Our subject spent some years in Yoik County, 
Ontario, and for fifteen years he held the oltice of 
.Justice on the < Queen's C'oininission and was also 
Postm.a.ster of Nolileton. aii<l at the same time 
Keeveof the township. He held his commission 
as Postmaster from Sir .John McDonald and while 
in Canada was enuaiced in tiic incivantilc luisiness 
having three dry -goods stores on his hands at one 
time. 

When Mr. Munsie first came to the States he en- 
gaged in the life insurance husiiiess at Port Huron 
and from there removed to Saginaw where he re- 
mained until four yeai-s ago when he came to Bay 
City. For the three years that he was at Saginaw 
he was engaged in insurance and real estate and 
in every place where he has resided he has done 
well in husiness, |)ioviiig l>y his prosperity and the 
respect of his neighhoi's, his genuine finalities of 
integrity, ability and enterprise. 

Few men in Bay City have more thoroughly 
tlie respect of their fellow-citizens tliaii this one, 
who is conipMititively a new comer among them, 
and he has heen able to work up a good line of 
business in both city and country. He is a member 
of the Masonic order and i> \' ice- President of the 
St. .\ndrews' Society and is President of the Heather 
Curling Club. He is a true Scotchman at heart 
and loves to keep up the customs and traditions of 
his early Inmie and being an ardent admirer of the 
game of curling, he organized the club here only 
a year ago. It has had a )>h(iioiniiial growth and 
])romises to be one of the proniinent sports of this 
city. 

HAKI-F.S H. S.\KLK. This prosperous farmer 
whose beautiful tract of eighty acres is lo- 
cated on section Id, Tittabawassee Town- 
.sliip, Saginaw County, has his property well un- 
proved and in an excellent condition, .and devotes 
himself to mixed farming. His beautiful home 
and excellent barns are a cr<'dit to the township 
(ind attract the eye u{ every passciby. His par- 



ents, Stephen and Fammey (Vosburg) Sarle, were 
both of them born in the Empire Stiite, and the 
paternal grandfather of our subject was Benjamin 
Sarle, a native of Rhode Island and of English 
descent. 

He of whom we write w.as liorn in Saratoga 
County, N. Y. April 14, 1837, and there he had his 
happy home upon a farm, being helpful in many 
ways to his father and studying in the district 
school, enjoying the many jolly sports of a country 
lad as well as the drudgery incident to such a boy's 
life. He remained beneath the parental roof until 
he reached the mature age of twenty-four years, 
about which time he was happily married, July 27, 
1860, to Sarah Cooper, whose father, Cornelius, 
was a native of England who emigrated to the 
United States and settled in Onondaga County, 
N. Y. 

]Mrs. Sarle was born in Somersetshire, England, 
May 6, 1841, and came with her parents to this 
country when a little child. Her eldest child, Ida 
Frances, married Mortimer Wyman, who is a farmer 
and resides onl^■ a half mile from the home of our 
subject in Tittabawassee Township. The youngest 
child and the only son, Louie H., married Etlie M. 
Wyman and he also resides on section 10, Titta- 
bawassee Township and assists his father in the 
! operation of the farm. He is the happy father of 
1 two little stms, Robert T. and Charles H. 

When Mv. Sarle came to this [lartof the country 
and purchased the property on which he now lives 
it was in its wild condition. The ground was 
covered 1\\' a dense forest and the roads were only 
surveyed and partly chopped out. His first work 
was to clear a little space u|)on which he might 
erect a rude structure to shelter his family. He 
then felled the trees little liy little as he could, and 
clearing away the stum|)s, put the ground in a 
condition for raising crops, and it was indeed a 
happy day when they harvested the first product 
of their fields and fed themselves therefrom. From 
year to year he cleared more of his acres until he 
now has it all free from trees and stumps and h.as 
made of it a beautiful home with every adorn- 
ment and convenience. 

In polilieal matters ^Ir. Sarle is thoroughly con- 
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by the Reinililifan party, yet in local matters ho 
allows his vote tu be guided liy his own judgment 
rather than the dictum of party. In religious 
matters both he and his worthy wife are earnest and 
devoted members of the ^Methodist Episcopal 
Church in which they find a broad field for use- 
fulness. 



^^,EORGE H. DOWNING. The subject of 
III ,—— this sketch has been a resident of the Sagi- 
^^:^' naw Valley since the fall of 1865. He was 
born at Euclid, Ohio, November 12, 1846. His 
grandfather, .John Downing, was a native of Xew 
York, who emigrated at an early day to Ohio, 
where he spent the remainder of his life. His father, 
.loseph E., was also a native of New York, and 
followed the occupation of a farmer at Euclid, un- 
til some years after his marriage when in 1865 he 
brought his family to the Saginaw Valley. He was 
a cooper by trade and for some years worked as 
foieman in a shop. In 1868 he located on a farm 
in Kawkawliu, where lie hoinesteaded eighty acres 
in the woods, which he improved. He is a Repub- 
lican in politics .and has been Treasurer and .lustice 
of the Peace and also School Inspector. The 
maiden name of the mother of our subject w.as 
^lary E. .lolinson, who was born in New York 
State where she died. The seven children of this 
worthy couple are all living, as follows: Augusta, 
who resides in Grand Traverse; George H.; Frank, 
a resident of West Bay City; Charles, who resides 
in Cleveland, (Jliio; Clara, a resident of (Irand 
Traverse; William, a marine engineer at Pt. Huron 
and Eva, who resides at Kalamazoo. 

George II. Downing, the subject of this sketch, 
was reared in Ohio on a farm until eigiiteen years 
of age, when in the spring of 1865 he came with 
his fatiier to Sand I>eacli and was engaged until 
August of that year in sawmilling. The\' then 
located in Bay City and in November of the same 
year brought the remainder of the family t(j that 
pl.ace. For two years he remained at home and 
when of age took up the tra(lr of a cooper an(l 



worked in the cooper shops of the piincipal mills. 
For eleven seasons he was employed by Folsom ife 
Arnold on piece work; he also worked in Zilwau- 
kee, Carrolton and Saginaw. In the meantime he 
homesteaded forty acres in Kawkawlin, which he 
improved and lived on during the summers, at the 
same time carrying on his trade of a cooper, until 
1883. In 1886 he entered the employ of Pitts & 
Cranage, as teamster remaining with them for five 
years. In July, 1891 he was employed by R. P. 
Gustin & Co., in the same capacity and is at pres- 
ent with that firm. He owns twenty acres of land 
which is well-improved and which he rents out. 

Mr. Downing was married in October 1868, in 
Bay City, to Miss P.amelia Spicer, daughter of 
Ezekiel Spieer, a native of New York. Her father 
was one of the first settlers in Kingston, Canada, 
removing from there to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1850, 
afterward coming to Bay City, where he built two 
houses. He was a fine mechanic, lieing both a car- 
penter and mason. He bought five acres in what 
is now the heart of the city, and was engaged in 
clearing it up when he was taken ill and died very 
suddenly in 1854. In politics he was a strong 
Whig and in religion was a Baptist. The mother 
was Florence Maxon.a native of New York and a 
daughter of Charles Maxon, also born in that State. 
The latter was a very early settler in Lower .Sagi- 
naw and was the owner of the present site of the 
Pitts Ar Cranage Mills. His death took place in 
1854 under melancholy circumstances. He had 
been appointed on the Board of Health during the 
time when small pox was r.aging in that vicinitj'. 
and was helping in the care of the sick when he 
took the disease which caused his death. He was 
an active member in the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, and was highly esteemed in the commun- 
ity; he was of English descent. The mother of 
Mrs. Downing, who still resides in Bay City, is in 
veiy feeble health. After the death of her hus- 
band she became the wife of Henry Lockwood, 
who served tliroughout the War of the Rebellion 
in Company A, Second Michigan Infantry. By 
her first marriage Mrs. Spieer became the mother 
of four children: Mary, Mrs. (irahamof Bay City; 
Diana, who was accidentally killed by the kick of 
a horse; Pamelia, Mrs. Downing; and Clarissa, Mrs, 



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Smith, who ie,>i(lfs ill Bay City. Of tin- tliildren 
of the second iuaii-ia,i;e two are living — Florence. 
Mr;!. F. Jackson, residing in Hay City; and .lames 
Lockwood. of the same place. 

Jlrs. Downing is a native of Hay City, wliere 
she was horn .lune .'i(t. IHyl. receiving her educa- 
tion in the common schools of llanipton Town- 
shi|). Siie has been a niemlierof the Baptist Churcli 
for twenty-three years, in wliicii she is an active 
worker, also taking great interest in the Womens' 
Home and Foreign Missionary Society. Mrs. 
Downing is one of the few women wlio have be- 
come successful inventors, she being the inventor 
of the Downing Washing Machine on whicli she 
procured a jjatent .Inly 22. 1H',)(), and which has 
just been placed upon the market. It promises to 
be a great labor saving device, and a most hel[)ful 
addition to the laundry. It was given the first 
|irciiiiinii at the Ha\' County Fair as Vicing the best 
washing iiiachinc exhibited. Mrs. Downing states 
thatshe got the idea for her invention l)y washing 
laces with her hands, iinmeising and dipping them 
in the suds to save the fabric. 

Our subject and his wife have had a family of 
six children, all of wlioiii are deceased: William 
.\., died in infancy: ll.arrison, at the age of two 
and one-half year.-; LoiJima .M., aged live years: 
Newton, four _years: James Wilbur, two and one- 
half years and Flora H. four years. In polilics Mr. 
Downing is a Keiuiblic.'in. 



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IIO.M.VS K. 1I.\UI)1N(;, chief engineer of 
Cv the fire deiHirtment and fire marshal of Ha 



ay 
i^' City, has been connected with the fire de- 
partment here longer than any other man, having 
iieen with it since IMBG, and chief engineer since 
February, 1MH3. He is a man of broad intelligence, 
great popularity,, 'iiid has numerous friends; he was 
Vice President in I HIM) of Die N.ational Fire Jmi- 
gineer's .\ssociation. He has worked hard to se- 
cure for Hay City a good system with modern im- 
provements in the fire department, and it is owing 
to his energy and work that the city now has one 
of the finest fire departineiit>* in the State, 



Our subject was born at St. Catherines, Canada, 
and had his early training within sight of that 
stupendous object uf nature, Niagara Falls. His 
father, Robert, learned the trade of a shoemaker at 
(^ueenstown. Ireland, and came to Canada, where he 
cstalilished himself as a successful manufacturer of 
and dealer in boots, shoes, and leather findings. 
Tlieie he did an extensive business and spent the 
remainder of his d.ays, dying at the age of seventy- 
eight. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary 
Kelly, was horn in Drogheda, near Dublin, Ireland, 
and now resides in .St. Catherines. They had four 
sons .and three daughters, the eldest, John, served 
his country for three years in the Civil AVar, be- 
ing a member of the Kightli Michigan Cavalry. 

Thomas K. Harding was born March 31, 1847, 
and after studying at .St. Catherines, finished his. 
course at the Buffalo (X. Y.) High School. At the 
age of fourteen he was apprenticed to the printer's 
trade and worked for three year.s on the St. Cath- 
erines ConxtiUiUoH, a weekly paper, after which he 
took charge of the printing-office of the Joiinml, 
there, which he carried on for three years, and then 
after a short sojourn in Buffalo he came to Michi- 
gan, and was with tlie old ]).?troit ^hlre rlisrr for 
three years, and in 18(56 took charge of the Bay 
City .hntnial. baing foreman of the job depart- 
ment. Later he started the daily TrUnmc in con- 
nection with (t. Lewis, E. Kroenke, and .John Cul- 
ver, and in this he had charge of the job depart- 
ment. He afterward served Henry Dowe, and later 
James Birney. in the same kind of work, aiut then 
entered into partneisliip with ;\Ir. McMillan, and 
published the daily O/tscn'cr. 

Since 188:3 Mr. Harding has paid his entire at- 
tention to the fire department, with which he has 
been couiiected since 186(i. In the siiring of 18S:i 
he was api>ointed by the City Council as chief en- 
gineer, and he has built up this part of the city 
service until it is in as good condition as that of 
any city of Michigan. He is also connected with 
the common council as secretary of the house and 
building coiiiinittce. lie serves in the same capac- 
ity upon the Board of Klectric Light Control, and 
also u|)oii the Board of Building Inspectors, and is 
likewise inspector of buildings and churches. 

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gan State Fireman's Association a resolution re- 
quiring all insurance companies outside of the 
State, doing business in Michigan, to pay a per 
cent, of money to the Fireman's Benevolent Asso- 
ciation, but did not succeed in the matter because 
of the controlling influence of the insurance com- 
panies, lie organized and drew up tlie Constitu- 
tion for the Bay City Fireman's Mutual Benefit 
Association, and was its first President and is now 
its Treasurer. 

We have here to record as one of tlie most im- 
portant events in tlie life of Mr. Harding his mar- 
riage, in 1876, to Miss .Margaret A. Roache, who 
was born in Petersboro, Canada. Six children have 
Ijlessed this union, namely: Fred W., Robert F., 
Thom.is, Harry, Lee and Helen. The social orders 
with which this gentleman is connected are the 
Knights of Pythi.as, the Ancient Order of United 
Workmen .and the Knights of the Maccabees. 



<S^J DGAR B. FOSS. The lumber interests still 
1^ continue to be the leading and most lucra- 
.'|i — -:^ tive business in the Peninsular Slate, and 
those who have engaged in it from its develop- 
ment iiere have amassed large fortunes, and in fact 
thei'c is a prospect, as the forests are decimated by 
the woodmen, that these lumber treasures will grow 
in value. Our subject is one of the prominent 
wholesale lumber dealers who are located in B.iy City 
and in this end of the Saginaw X^alley, and although 
he has accumulated a handsome fortune, he is as 
enterprising now as in his younger days. 

Mr. Foss was born in Williinantic, Conn,, Febru- 
ary 28, 1851. He is a son (jf .lolm and Sarah B. 
(Slade) Foss, the former a native of Rhode Island, 
but of English descent; the latter of Uxlnidge, 
Mass. Her family were t^uakers, who had come to 
America from England to enjoy the freedom of 
their belief. Her father was a Quaker preacher. 
Mrs. Saiah Foss is now seventy-eighty years old, 
and still resides in Williinantic, Conn. She has 
been the mother of ten children, and of these our 
subject is the youngest. The niembeisof the fam- 



ily became scattered and distinguished themselves 
in various ways. One brother, .Samuel S., was Ad- 
jutant in the Eighth Connecticut Infantry, and 
served throughout the entire war, receiving a 
wound at Ft. Darling before Richmond. He was 
in partnership with our subject in the lumber busi- 
ness until 1883, when he w.as thrown from a buggy 
and killed. 

(Jur subject was reared at Wooiisocket and Pro- 
vidence, R. I. He attended the public scluiol at 
the former place, and w.as a student at the business 
college of the latter pLace. In 1867 he came West 
and was employed for a time as clerk in the office 
of 1). A. Ballon, at Kawkawliii. This firm wfic 
dealers and manufacturers of lumber, and one of 
the largest in this portion of the country. The 
young man was advanced from Inspector in the 
yards until in 1872 he became traveling lumber 
salesman for the firm of \'an Etten. Kaiser iV Co.. 
his route being principally in Ohio for several 
years. He pursued this business until l!^7is, when 
he with his brother Samuel S. bought out the lum- 
ber stock of his employers, but soon sold it and 
started into biLsiness in West Bay City, in 187'.>. 
The business was conducted under the firm naine 
of S. S. & E. B. Foss. wholesale lumber dealers, for 
.several years, and then the firm renn)vod its plant 
to Bay City. 

At his brother's death, E. B. Foss bought out his 
brother's interest and soon after took in .1. ;\i. 
Leiter. of Ohio, as partner, and for five year.? the 
concern w.as conducted under the name of Foss A' 
Leiter. Since that time our subject has been sole 
owner, doing business .as E. B. Foss A Co. Their 
yards are very conveniently located on the Flint 
& Pere Marquette Railro.ad, and have a capacity 
for carrying a large stock of lumber. They have 
several salesmen on the ro.ad wlio represent them 
in Ohio .and the Eastern Slates. They wholesale 
from theii- yards both dressed and rough lumber, 
and have first-class facilities for the manufacture 
of the liesl grades of dressed lumlier. The annual 
sales of the firm amount tv twenty million feet of 
lumber. 

Our subject was married in B.ay City, in Sei)tem- 
ber, 1871, his Ijride being .Miss Elizabeth Fitzgerald; 
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of tlie Jlethodist Kpiseoi)!)! Clmivli. Their marriage 
lias licen liiiijliti-iicd liy the iiivsciue of three chil- 
dren, viz: Walter 1.. Kduar II. and Kdlth II. The 
residence is located at No. KiOO Sixth Street. So- 
cially our subject heiongsto .Ioi)i)a I.odi^e. No. H1.5. 
F. A- A. M.. and to the ttay City Council. No. ;')3. 
R. A. M.. Hlanchard Chapter. No. 5'J. R. A. M.. 
and to Hay City Commandery. No. 26. He also 
lielonsjs to the Kniijhts of the Maccabees, and t«) 
the Royal .\rcan\iTn. 



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^^ ONSTANTINK WATZ. It is:ui uiKlcniMbIc 
(l( fact that the scholastic world owes more to 

^^^ German students and German educational 
institutions for methods of study, thoroujjhness of 
research and new branches of study than to any 
other nation. Its scholars are always enthusiasts, 
and being specialists, bring to their work a fresh- 
ness and vigor wanting in French, Knglish or 
American institutions. As Americans we have 
been (piick to recognise this fact and glad to make 
use of the intellectu;il acumen and tlujroughne.ss of 
Teutonic scholars. One wlio has left liis impress 
upon the youth of >Sagin;iw and always an impress 
for good, is Mr. Watz. and in his decease the citv 
has mourned one of its useful and patriotic adopted 
citizens. 

Our subject was born Ajiril 22. IH.'il, in Iloeelist, 
Havaria. His sixty years of life were replete with 
usefulness to his fcllow-nieii. He died April 20, 
IKill.at Saginaw City. He was the son of Philip 
and Anna .Mary Watz. He graduated at the Nor- 
mal Seminary at AVurzburg, Ravui-ia, and at nine- 
teen years of age became the assistant of his father, 
who was a teacher. He continued to be thus occu- 
pied until 1H.')S. when he came to the United States 
and was employed as a teacher in the (ierman 
Seminary at Detroit. 

Mr. Watz was married at Detroit, November 28, 
1851, to Miss Caroline AVachter. His reputation 
as an educator having preceded liim, in 1H(13 lie 
was induced to come to Saginaw as Superintendent 
of the school, wliidi w.as under the patronage of 
the Germania Society. Our subject was connected 



with that institution as long as it existed. Then 
for a short time he engaged in the grocery business 
on the West Side, in partnershi]) with William 
Moye, and in the fall of 1871 he accepted the po- 
sition of Superintendent of the (German department 
of the West Side public school, and there taught 
continuously for nineteen years, fairly dropping 
in the harness, for he did not leave his work until 
within four weeks of his death, which was the direct 
result of pleurisy. The sad ceremony of his inter- 
ment occurred on his sixtieth birthday, when he 
was laid away in God's acre with the greatest rev- 
erence by all who had been associated with him in 
scholastic work. 

I'nder Pros. Watz's supervision the work had 
grown to great porportions. At first he gave 
personal supervision to all his (ierman pupils, but 
during the last year (1890) it became necessary on 
account of the very large classes to have .several 
assistants. He was an accomplished musician and 
was a leader of the Germania Harmonic Society, 
and later of the Teutonic Vocal Societies, being 
the leader and instructor of these various bodies. 
He was also a virtuoso of the violin, which he 
taught, also the piano, flute, guitar and cornet. 
His favorite instrument, however, was the violin. 
His musical instruction was as much sought after 
as his linguistic work. 

Prof. Watz was an author of some note, and hav- 
ing made comparative philology a study under the 
most improved methods of ^Nluller, he was well 
qualified to write on this modern subject. He 
was also a well-known spe.aker upon social topics, 
and was a popular contributor to the programs of 
various societies. In his religious belief he was 
liberal, being a rationalist of the modern type. He 
was frequently called upon to offer consolation to 
friends and relatives over the bier of their departed 
ones. He was a thorough Shakespearian scholar 
and was as well acquainted with that prince of 
English dramatists as with his own Schiller and 
Goethe. He was thoroughly abreast of the 
times upon all educational subjects and never 
thought of sparing himself in his beloved work. 

Prof, Watz's wife still survives. She is the 
mother of six children — Herman, Oscar, Alma, 
Anna, Lena and Lottie. The first named is a drug- 



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ffist in business in Saginaw; the second son i.s a 
bridge-builder in Detroit; Anna married William 
F. Morse, M. D.; while the two youngest chil- 
dren are students, still brightening the liome life 
witli their merry, genial presence. Alma also is at 
home. 



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[(_, UGH M. GALE, M. D., C. INI. Many of the 
most prominent and worthy citizens of Ba}' 
City liave come from over the border, 
being Canadian iiy birth, parentage and 
breeding, but liave now become thoroughly Amer- 
icanized in the United States sense, and active pro- 
moters of the best interests of their adoi)ted com- 
monwealth. Snch an one i.s Dr. Gale, one of the 
lirominent and rising physicians and surgeons of 
Bay City, who has been in practice here since July, 
1885. 

Our subject was born in Elora, Wellington 
County, Ontario. November 1, 1855, and is a son 
of John and Miami (Bradt) Gale. As his parents 
were agriculturists he took his early training u[)on 
the farm and in tlie common schools, and after- 
ward studied in the Collegiate Institute of Elora. 

After graduating from this institution of learn- 
ing, he tried his hand as many an aspiring young 
man has done at the teacher's art, and after teach- 
ing in public schools for three years he became 
Principal of the schools at Palmerston, Ontario, 
while at the same time he was carrying on his medi- 
cal studies under Prof. Mills, of Montreal. 

After completing his last term at Palmerston, he 
went to be with Prof. Mills at Montreal, and re- 
mained there four years in attendance upon the 
McGill University, from which he was graduated 
in March of 1882, with the degree of Doctor of 
Medicine and Doctor of Surgery. He took a three 
years' hospital course in connection with his medi- 
cal studies, and was under Dr. Wallace, of Alma, 
for four summers, taking his practice during the 
Doctor's vacation. 

Subsequent to this experience the young Doctor 
located in Bad Axe, Huron County. Mich., where 
he pr.acticed for three years, and had an extensive 



ride through that portion of the county, but finally 
decided to come to this city, so that he might have 
a better opportunity for building up a successful 
practice. He has succeeded in building up for 
himself a reputation truly enviable for character, 
ability and skill, and his practice here soon eclipsed 
that which he had been able to secure at Bad Axe. 
Dr. Gale was on the 31st of May, 1883, united 
in marriage with Miss Anna McDowell, of Bad 
Axe, who is a daughter of William H. McDowell, a 
former resident of Bay City. They arebotli mem- 
bers of the Presbyterian Church, and peojile of 
earnest Christian character, and they are bringing 
up their little son. Esson M.. in the faith and prac- 
tice of the Christian religion. The Doctor bought 
a pleasant home at the corner of Twelfth and A'an 
Buren Streets, which h.as been the family residence 
for the past four years. He is a member of the 
Bay City Medical Society, the Saginaw Aalloy 
Medical Society, the Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows, and the M.asonic order. He was health 
officer of Bay City one year, and has been I'resi- 
deut of the Board of Health for two years, and is 
the present incumbent. 




■iT^ ONALD J. O'DOXNELL. The proprietor 
of O'Donnell's Business College and au- 
thor of a work entitled the Perfected 
Science of Arithmetic, was born February 
15, 1856, near the shores of Lake Siincoe in the 
Dominion of Canada. At the age of three years 
he lost his father and this misfortune and ill health 
together interfered with his early education and 
before his eleventh year he was |)ut to work ujidii 
a farm so that he attended school only during the 
winter for the next four years. 

At the age of twenty-two, this young man de- 
termined to fit himself for something broader than 
farm work, but being financially unable to attend 
college, he returned to the country school and 
after a thorough review of studies for four months 
he applied for and received a certificate as a 
teacher. At this examination only fifty of the 
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aminatioii was a (lilticult ami I'xliaustive one. 
Alter two years of very siiccessfiil teac-liiiiir lie do- 
tcrmiiiprl to bi'i-oiiK- a citizen of the Inited States 
and eanie to Saginaw intendins; to engage in rail- 
way work, in wliieli lie liad spent some time. Imt 
having made the ae(|iiaintanee of Mr. Frank 
I'.meriek, Prosecuting Attorney of Saginaiv County, 
he was secured to teach (irst the (;f)uldt<)wii and 
later the C'arrollton Schools. 

The unusual success which attended the studies 
ot his pupils in arithmetic ins|)ired him with the 
ideji of |)icp.ning a work on this liranch of educa- 
tion, which he (lid within a period of six montlis. 
during which tinu- he was |)iincipal of the t'ar- 
rolllon school. lie then gave an exhibition liy his 
piil>ils to illustrate the merits t)f his method, .•ind 
his little pupils did full credit to the demands of 
their instructor. Yet, as in many cases it is found 
lli:il new ideas must work their w.iy I'v the hardest. 
Mr. O'Donnell's plans were not received with all 
cordiality l>y the school otHcials and although he 
offered to give his books free for the sake of in- 
Iroducing them into the Saginaw Schools his offer 
was not accepted. In Feliruary, lHHf<. he opened 
a piivate .school with five or six pupils and soon 
made it a business college with constantly increas- 
ing mcinhership and reputation so that he now 
employs three addititmal teachers, occupying tli ret' 
apartments and Inning an additional night school 
of some forty pupils. 

The two volumes jnepared l)y I'lof. O'DoiuicIl 
are his Coinplete .\rithinetic and supplement to 
the same. In the former he leads the student's 
iniud to grasp the principle from oiiijinal reason- 
ing and does not depend upon the meniorizing of 
rule.-. lie thus makes the step forward in inathe- 
ni:itical science that has long been taken in gram- 
mar and other subjects, and he applies m.itlunetical 
principles to everyday business by a short and 
reasonable method .so as to save tiuu' and effort. 
The correctness and alacrity atlaini'd by his pupils 
is a wonderful testimoni.al to the value of his sys- 
tem. His second liook contains new and advanced 
ideas .'ind methods such as extracting the cube root 
and fourth and lifth root.s of numbers. 

Like all men who arc in the lead Mr. O'Donnell 
has met with unre.asonable opposition from those 



who should have been his helpers. Imt he is un- 
daunted in his determination to i)erseveie in 
bringing his methods before educatms, and the ex- 
hibitions which he has been able Iv give of the 
wonderful work of some of his pupils has caused 
many to look upon him as a man of remarkable 
genius in the nialliematicMl line. 









OliACK .IKROMK. Perhaps there are no 
~)jl more enterprising and cultured residents of 
'' Saginaw County, than tlu).sc, who. like our 

V(5^ subject, one of the lirst-class farmers in 
Frankenmiith Townsliip. are natives of New York. 
The agricultural inteivsts of New York have been 
for so long a time highly developed and ilia tlour- 
ishingciuiditlon. that the animus of the farnieis in 
that section lends to a higher standard in regard to 
the cultivation of the soil than is to be found in 
many other portions of the country. Public senti- 
ment, however, thus secured among the agricul- 
tural cla-i-i doe< not cease within its limits, but linds 
its way even to the -wild and wooly West." 

The residence of our subject on section 32. pre- 
sents a pleasing appi>arance. and is the seat of a 
fine cultivated farm. Mr. .leronie was boin in 
Tompkins County. N. Y.. .\ugust .'id. 184;"). lie is 
the son of ])r. .lames II. and Lisette (Atwater) Jer- 
ome, both of wlium were natives of ■roni|)kins 
County, X. Y. The mother passed from this life 
before their removal We<t. her decease occurring in 
1K6.'5; the father came to Saginaw and died in 
188,*?. The |)areiital family includes eight children. 
Horace being the fourth in order of tiirth. 

( )ur suliject passed his early life in his n:itive 
county, and suppleineiited his early training in the 
common .schools by attendance at the acaileinv in 
Truiiiansburg. Jind while in that institution studied 
surveying, which occupation has been useful to him 
in his settlement in the new country of Michigan. 
Mr. .leronie remained at home until 18(i2. at which 
date he came to Saginaw County, and his first work 
was to clear the land on which is now located his 
beautiful farm, and on which he makes his home. 
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has twice been a, candidate for Cmuitv Sui-veyor. 
but was defeated. Mr. Jerome has been a resident 
of Fraukcniiuith Town.sliii) since his coniiii"' liere. 
in 1862. Ilis excellent farm consists of one iinn- 
dred and sixty acres on section ;i2, and on vhi( li 
he has placed first-class improvements. 

Mr. Jerome was married in Saginaw County, 
Ma>^ 20, liS()(;. to Miss Martha E. Kenson, a native 
of this county. They have become the parents of 
three children — James II., (icorge W. and .hilm l'>. 
Our subject lias given his entire life to farming 
pursuits, together with his profession as Surveyor, 
both of which occui)ations he has found to be very 
profitable. Me is a firm believer m IJepublican 
principles, and is deeply interested in every move- 
ment which tends to secure the best interests of 
the farming community, and with this view he is a 
hearty worker in every good cause. ]\Ir. Jerome 
is a nephew of ex-(xOv. Jerome, and liy his up- 
right life is an honor to his ancestry. He takes 
an active interest in religious affairs in the town- 
ship, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church. 



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C^pSiHOMAS CRANAGE. The gentleman wliose 
|)ortrait is presented on the opposite page 
is a resident member of the firm of Pitts (t 
Cranage, manufacturers of lumber and salt in Bay 
City, and is President of the Michigan Salt Com- 
pany. He is also President of the Bay County 
Savings Bank, and Vice-President of the First Na- 
tional Bank. He w.as born in Shropshire, England, 
July 21, 183.3, and when less than two years old 
was l)rought to D'^troit by his father, who had vis- 
ited America before. 

Our subject was educated in Detroit, where for 
eight years after finishing school he engaged in the 
drug business. He became a member of the firm of 
Samuel Pitts ife Co.. with which he was connected 
until the death of Samuel Pitts, when tiie firm be- 
came Pitts A Cranage. For the last twenty-six 
years he has been manager of the business, his 
partners residing in Detroit. On tiie organization 
of the Bay County Savings Bank, Mr. Cranage l)e- 
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came connected with it. In 1K81, and after the 
death of its President, .Vlexander Folsoni, he con- 
sented tf) l)ecome President, wliich position lie now 
holds. For the ])ast fifteen years he lias been Di- 
rector and Treasurer of the Michigan Salt Associa- 
tion, is one of its heaviest stockholders, and on its 
reoi-ganization was elected President. 

One of the most extensive mill and salt projjer- 
ties in the State is owned and operated by Pitts it 
Cranage, and located at the foot of Washington 
Street, in ]5.ay City. In 1Kj')3 tiie pre.sent site was 
occupied by a mill of limited cap.acity, erected by 
Baughm.an it Partridge. In l«;)8the property was 
sold to the late Samuel Pitts, of Detroit, who in- 
creased its capacity to four million feet. In 1865, 
thecapacity of the mill was again increased, and 
the firm of Samuel I'itts it Co. was establislied. 
Three ^years later Mr. Pitts died, and the firm of 
Thomas Pitts it Co. succeeded, to be in turn suc- 
ceeded bv the present firm two years later. 

In 1874 the old mill which had a capacity of 
twelve million feet annually, was destro.yed by fire. 
A larger mill, however, was at once erected and the 
capacity increased to twenty-eight million feet. 
The planing mills, river frontage, dockage and 
shipping facilities, piling grounds, capable of hold- 
ing fourteen million feet of lumber, booms, a river 
frontage of one thousand, six hundred and thirty 
fiet, etc., make up, as stated, one of the largest and 
most valuable plants of the kind in Michigan 

The mill proi)er of the above firm is l.'iOxlOO 
feet in size, substantially built, and in all respects 
as complete in equipment as experience can sug- 
gest or mechanical skill supply. It includes a 
Wickes Brothers' powerful gang-mill, two circular 
saws, steam feed carriage, edgers, trimmers, lath and 
heading mills, with other requisite appliances and 
tools. The engines supplying the motive power to 
this immense school of production, so to speak, are 
two in number; one of two hundred and fifty- 
horse power, and the other one hundred and sixty- 
horse power, fed from three batteries of steel tubu- 
lar lioilers, one consistingof four boilers, each 5x16 
feet, and one of two lioilers, 6x1-1 feet in dimen- 
sions each, and one of three boilers, dimensions 
42 inches by 18 feet. 

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Samuel Pitts A- Co. was estaltlislied in 1H6.S, and 
now einliraces six wells and an extensive salt block, 
packing-house, cooperage, and other buildings nec- 
essary to the business, the steam for operating which 
comes from the large boilers spoken of in the i)re- 
ceding paragraph. The products of llic mill in- 
clude twentv-eight million feet of lumber, eleven 
million lath, one million two hundred thousand 
staves, and three hundred thousand pieces of head- 
ing, and that of the salt wells tiftv thousand bar- 
rels of salt. The former is shipped Kast, aud the 
latter is disposed of through Ihc Michigan Salt 
Company, of which the (inn is a member. 

The plant of Pitts A- Cranage is located in the 
heart of the cit3', enclosed by the tracts of llie Flint 
A' Pere .Mar(|uette and the .Michigan Central Rail- 
roads. They enjoy, in addition to the water facili- 
ties, rail shipping conveniences, the valueof which 
cannot he too highly estimated. It also includes 
within it.s area twenty-six tenement houses, erected 
also under the administration of Samuel Pitts it 
Co., for the special convenience of employes who 
pay a nominal rent only for the fullest complement 
of home comforts. The linn employ a force of one 
huiidrt'd and eighty hands, many of wliom have 
grown from youth to inanhood, n.iddle life aud old 
age in their service. They also have in .addition 
twenty-live horses, and do an annual business of 
ver\' large jiroportions. 

Of the members of the linii. Mr. Pitts resides in 
Detroit, and .Mr. Cranage m Uay City, wheie he 
directs operations. They are representative citi- 
zens .and manufacturers — types of the men who 
have erected cities and founded enterprises in the 
Lower Peninsula. 15.ay City owes its origin, 
growth, development and prosperity to the liberal- 
ity and pul)licspirit of this class of citizens, a class 
among which Messrs. Pitts and Cranage are, and 
have been the leading factors. 

Mr. Cranage's t.astes are not of the cl.ass which 
make men prominent in public or political affairs. 
Although a stanch Republican he was never nom- 
inated for office, but has held many responsible 
positions in which the interests of the community 
were involved. lie was the first President of the 
Bay City Lilirary Association, and has served upon 
the Hoard of Water Commissioners and Hoard of 



Education. At present he holds several positions 
of trust, being President of the Bay County Sav- 
ings Bank, Vice-President of the First National 
Bank, and President of the IMichigan Salt Co., 
one of the strongest organizations in the State. In 
all of these institutions he is a large stockholder, 
and devotes much of his tiine"to their inanagemeut. 
Mr. Cranage is held in high esteem by all who 
know him. While a thorough business man lie 
realizes that money getting is not the sole t)bbject 
in life. Fond of intellectual pursuits he may l)e 
found daily in his library during certain hours, 
while for the purpose of observation and recreation 
Mr. Cranage and his entire family have made two 
extensive European trips. In 181(1 he made an 
extensive tri]). visiting the Nile \'alley and assim- 
ilating the wonders of the countiy of the Pharaohs, 
and other lands wnimed by the tropical sun of the 
e(|uator. 

()ctt>ber 20, 1,S(;;5, Mi-. Cranage was united in 
marri.age with Miss .Julia, eldest daughter of the 
late Samuel Pitts, of Detroit. Three children were 
born of this marriage, hut the eldest died in 1H7."). 
Samuel Pitts Cran.age is now in the employ of the 
linn, and also otherwise interested in his father's 
business. Their only daughter, and the light and 
joy of the home, is Mary II. The family are wor- 
shipers at the Episcopal Church, of which our sub- 
ject has been AV^arden for the past twenty \ears. 
He has taken great interest in the erection of the 
present church, being on the Building Committee, 
and a liberal contributor toward its erection, .as he 
has always been to all charities and benevolent en- 
terprises. 



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'OIIN D. McKINNON. When one considers 
that the commercial and manufacturing in- 
terests of the Northern tier of Central States 
' and especially of that State which we are at 
present considering, dates its inception within 
the last score of years, its present flourishing con- 
dition is nothing short of marvelous, and the pro- 
moters of these interests must l)e looked upon as 
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the head of one of the most iiiii)i>i-t,<int of the in- 
fliLstries of the State of INIieliioaii. lieiiu'' I'lesideut 
of the iSIeKinnon Manufaetiiring' t'onii>aii\-. where 
miinhersof skilled mechanics are at woik mi lif)ileis, 
eiiCTines and all kinds of machinery. 

The tirni makes a specialty of |iateiited work, 
tiiriiini;' out larii'c nuinhers of water spacers. I'efuse 
burners, patent peerless ijrate bars, sawmill and 
marine machinery; they also have the advantage 
of a slip for hoisting- and dry-docking boats. Their 
place of business is located on the Saginaw Kiver 
between Klevenlh and Twelfth Streets. The shops 
were established by our subject in 1867. He began 
in a verv modest way with a lioiler shop, adding 
to that a machine shop and foundry, and in time a 
pattern shop, and thus building np his business 
to its present size and importance. The company 
was incorporated in the year 1884, as the Mc- 
Kinnon Manufacturing Company with a capital 
stock of ^.50,000. The firm, which comprises our 
subject and his two sons, Hector ]). and Arthur 
C, employs at the present time sixty-eight men, 
and in busy seasons from ninety-live to one hun- 
dred men are on their pay roll. 

The manufacturing plant of which our subject is 
President occupies four lots. The boiler shop is 
.50x800 feet, and this with the m.achinc shop and 
foundry nearly covers the space. The slip for dry- 
docking is 31x225 feet, and has a frontage on the 
water of fourteen feet, thus affording accommoda- 
tion for the largest light vessel. It is fitted out 
with hydraulic jiressure, so that they are able to 
raise the largest boats that navigate the Saginaw 
River, and indeed the company has most of that 
business for the citj' and vicinity. 

John D. McKinnon was born at Cape Ureton, 
Nova iScotia. March 17, 1841, and is a son of Don- 
ald and .leanette (Sutherland) McKinnon. The 
parents emigrated from Argyleshire, Scotland, to 
Nova Scotia, where the father became a contractor 
and builder. He remained there until 187(5, when 
they removed to l?ay City, and there he died in 
1887; the mother still survives. She is a member of 
the Presbyterian Chiu-ch, and has brought u|) her 
family in the same faith. 

Our subject was educated in Cape Breton, Nova 
Seotia, and at the age of twcnt\- went to New York 



City. He remained there for eighteen months and 
from that place removed to Chicago, 111. -\fter a 
short residence there he went to Cleveland, Ohio, 
where he learned the trade of a mechanic and boil- 
erm.aker. He remained there until 1807, when he 
came to Bay City and established himself in Inisi- 
ness. While in Cleveland he was one of the firm 
owning the Variety Iron Works, which was sold 
out, as far as his interests were concerned, on his 
coining West. Mr. McKinnon was among the first to 
establish an industry of this class in this sectitm. 
He has also been greatly interested in various 
steamboats on the river, and has been a prominent 
stockholder in the Bay City Spoke F.actory, al- 
though at the present time he is not connected 
with that firm, giving his whole attention to the 
manufacturing company, which is one of the larg- 
est of its kind in the country. 

On July 8, 1864 Mr. McKinnon was united in 
marriage to Miss .Vgnes, daughter of Robert and 
Mary Kirk, of Cleveland, Ohio. They have been 
the parents of two sons. Hector D. and .Vrthur C. 
In politics he is a Democrat, and has held several 
imi)ortaiit olHces, among which he has served as 
Alderman for four years, and is Bridge Commis- 
sioner at the present. He was a member of the 
Police Board for five years, and the Water Board 
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TRiEV. COLIN McBRATNIE, deceased. The 
jLs^ gentleman of whom we write was born in 
11 \V Wigtonshire, Scotland, May 1.3, 1828, and 
his decease occurred at his home in Saginaw, 
January 26, 1891. His parents were .lohn and Ann 
(Christeson) McBratnie, and our subject was tiie 
fourth ill order of birth of their family of twelve 
children, oiil\' four of whom are living at the pres- 
ent time, viz: (reorgc, Andrew, Mrs. Isaac Parker, 
and Mrs. C. II. Jewell. 

In 1852 our subject, in company with a younger 
brother, emigrating to the Unitetl States .and com- 
ing direct to Saginaw County,was engaged for two 
years in farm labor. They were followed later, 
however, by the mother and the remainder of the 
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^lii]). where the mother's ck'ath (Kriirred in 18()7, 
and upon whieh tiaet (ieorffe McHiatnie. a In-other 
of our subject, makes his home at the present time. 
Charles McBratnie, another brother, engaged in the ; 
War of the Union, enlistintr in the Sixteenth 
Michigan Infantry and was killed in tiie battle of 
Gettysburg. William, the brother who came to the ; 
United States witii our subject, became a prosper- 
ous and inHuential citizen of Saginaw County, and 
died some five j'cars ago. 

The Rev. Colin McBratnie engaged in the lumber 
business m Michigan, and after some time spent at 
Menominee secured a tract of pine land in Thomas- 
town Township, which he cleai'cd in partnershiji 
with his brothers, and when tliat was accomplished 
he luined his attention to the cultivation ol the 
soil in .Swan Creek, afterward James Township, 
Saijinaw' County. lie followed the life of an agri- 
cultiiiisl until lifteen years ago, of which calling 
he made a decided success. Soon after making 
Saginaw his home Jlr. .McHratnie enuaued in the 
grocery business, to whicii he devoted nuicli of Ins 
time and attention until his deatli. 

This outline of a successful business c;ireer com- 
prehends but a small ])art of the life work of ]\Ir. 
McHratnie, for while he was conducting to good 
advantage a |)rivate business his heart and soul were 
full to overflowing with love for humanity, and 
every day of his well-spent life fo\nid him minis- 
tering in word and deed to his fellow-men, and his 
memory is revered by many warm friends, who 
ever f(jund a hel|)ing hand in. and received words 
of c<jmfort from him. 

Over thirty years ago, having his heart touched 
by witnessing human suffering, and with a desire to 
accomplish all the good he could in the world, .Mr. 
.Mcllratnie bec.-iine idenlilied with the woik of the 
Methodist Kpiscoi>al Church, in l.S7.'i was ordained 
local preacher and thus more effectu.-illy cariied on 
the w(uk he so much loved, lie h;ul frequently 
addressed audiences upon those subjeets near his 
heart, an<l now entered heartily into the .active 
work of a minister, lie visited the poor and needy 
and had regular appointments ti) i)reacli to the un- 
fortunate inmates of the County Poor House. 

It is said of the Hev. Colin McHratnie liy a fiiend , 
that "he was one of thosi' local iireacheis who did 



not wait for some one to hunt up work for him 
to do, but found it for himself. He did as much 
l)astoral work .as ten pastors. He was a striking 
example of the usefulness of the local preacher; 
in ai)pearance he w.as of robust frame, and his 
beaming countenance always wore an expression 
full of hiunan sympathy. While lie had his own 
business interests to care for, he was, nevertheless, 
ever ready to minister consolation and offer [jrayer 
at the bedside of the sick or to i)oint a sinner to 
Christ." 

The Rev, Mr, McBratnie had frequently been 
called iiiion to till responsible public positions, but 
he cared very little for public honors, and though 
a Republican in politics was in no sense of the word 
a politician. He served twelve years on the Board 
of Supervisors of Saginaw Counts, and also held 
other public offices. His sti'ong social qualities and 
admiration for ties of friendship induced him to 
become a Mason, and l)efore his death he had taken 
the .Master degree. He was so thoroughly iin|>ressed 
with the principles of that order, and its doctrines 
being so much in accord with his own ideas, he 
was iutimatel}' associated with that fraternity for 
years. Of a peculiarly genial nature, he could 
appreciate the mirthful side of life, but laughter 
could bo easily succeeded by the tear occasioned by 
the misery and suffering of others. 

The gentleman of whom we write w.as united in 
marriage February 26, 1H56, to Agnes McCiilloch. 
also a native of Wigtonshire, Scotland, her birth 
occurring December 27, 1)^27. Mrs. .'McBratnie was 
the daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth (.McWherter) 
McCulloch. Her parents emigrated to America and 
located in .lames Township, Saginaw County, in 
1H3.'), where they were the very earliest settlers. 
On reiicliing Detroit they met James Frazcr, who 
was endeavoring to persuade emigrants to come to 
the Saginaw \'alley. and his (lescrii)tion of this lo- 
cality w.as such that the father decided to locate 
here, and with his brother Thomas set out over- 
land for the Saginaw Valley. The family followed 
by the water route. The grandfather of IMrs. Mc- 
Bratnie, IIut;h McCulloch, Sr., who was then an old 
mau, accompanied the family, but the hardslii|is of 
pioneer life were such that he survived only three 
months after reaching this i)lace. 








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Hugh McCulloeh lived about ten years after 
emigrating liither, his wife surviving until 1875. 
Mrs. MeBratnie was the third in order of birth of 
her parents' four eliildren, of whom one sister, 
Mary, is living at the present lime. She is IVIrs. 
Robert Fawcett, and resides iii C'iiieago. {Husuli- 
jeet and his wife liei-aliii' the parents of seven rhil- 
di-en, namely: .lames, who died when seven \ ears of 
age; John, a farmer in Thonia>town; Hugh i\le. is 
engaged in tiie gioeer\' business; Charley died 
when two years of age; William is a book-keeper 
for A. T. Bliss; Elizali.Hh is at home with her mother; 
Mary, wiio is a graduate of the Saginaw High 
School, is a teaelier in the Fifteenth Ward School; 
she makes her home with her mother. 




•' ERBERT A. FORREST. A Canadian by 
birth our suitjeet is now a resident of Sagi- 
naw. He was born in Collingwood, (,)n- 
i^) tario, March 10, 1860, and is a son of Dan- 
iel and Eliza J. (Stafford) Forrest, the former born 
in Scotland and the latter in the North of Ireland. 
They were married in Canada in May, 1856. Our 
subject is the eldest son of a family of eight chil- 
dren. In 1864 he came to Saginaw County with 
his parents, his father being a phjsician who hoped 
that fortune would attend his efforts in this new 
State, liesides giving his children opporttmities not 
to be found in the Dominion. 

After leaving the High School in 1877 our snli- 
ject enteied the office of Wisner & Draper, and 
after studying law under their tutorship for six 
years he was admitted to practice in the courts of 
Michigan in 1883. He remained with the firm with 
which he had previously been for four years 
longer. In 1885 he opened his present office, his 
specialty being commercial and real-estate law and 
he also deals largely in leal estate. He has an ex- 
tensive law library. 

Mr. Forrest has laid out an addition on the east 
side of the city, which comprises one hundred and 
eighty-four lots called Forrest's Addition. Many 
sales have ahead v been made in that <listrict. He 



is a Republican in politics and has served in several 
local offices. He was elected to the School Board 
from the Third Ward three times in succession, 
but resigned that office and served two terms as 
Secretary and Treasurer of the Board of Education, 
at a time when a bond of $80,000 was required, 
the outlay of the school being about $150,000 per 
annum. During his time the free text-book sys- 
tem was inaugurated and Mr. Forrest was one of 
tlie committee who favored the proi)Osition, the 
charter being amended by act of the Legislature, 
and Saginaw being the first city in the State to 
adopt the plan. The system has now been in use 
five years and lias given universal satisfaction. 

In 1881) Mr. Forrest was appointed by (iov. 
Luce a member of the State Board of Corrections 
and Charities. The board comprises four members 
that are m office eight years each, the Governor 
presiding as ex-officio member, and covers all the 
State, penal, charitable and benevolent institutions. 
Mr. Forrest has been appointed to the committee 
having direct supervision of the State Prison at 
Jacks jn, the Reform School for boys at Lansing, 
the Insane Asylum at Pontiac and the new Wayne 
County Asylum. He Ins besides twenty-one coun- 
ties in the northern part of the Southern Penin- 
sula, where he visits at least once a year all the jails, 
poorhousej, etc., and reports to the Board person- 
ally as to their condition. The Board compiises 
the following gentleman: Right Rev. George D. 
Gillespie, of Grand Rapids, who is Chairman, the 
Hon. James INI. Neasmith, of Vicksburg, Dr. Samuel 
Bell, of Detroit, and Herbert A. Forrest. 

In 1889 Mr. Forrest was a delegate sent by the 
Board to the National Prison Congress at N.ash- 
vill, Tenn., at which ex-President Hayes presided. 
He was also delegated to the convention of 1891 
held in Indianapolis, and at that convention made 
a stirring speecii; he represented the State Board at 
the Prison Convention in Pittsburg in 1891. He 
has given the subject of the Convict Lease System 
of Tennessee a great deal of study and personal 
investigation, and in the report of the proceedings 
of the State Convention of the Board of Corrections 
and Charities, held in 1890 at Howell, Mich., is 
found an interesting and exhaustive treatment of 
the subject of the "Colony and Cottage Care of the 



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Insane." Mr. Forrest greatly favorinjr the latter 
system. 

The donie-stie life of tmr ,<ulij ct was happily in 
aiigurated Noveinher 2.'). IHHl, l>y his marriage to 
Miss Lena L.. dangliter of AVilliani J^alce. of Sagi- 
naw. She was educated in Detroit at the High 
School, and is a most accomplished and pre-possess- 
ing lady. They have one son. Herbert .\.. .Ir. Mr. 
Forrest and his wife are members of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church. He is also greatly interested in 
the Young Men's Christian -Vssociation and the 
Epworth League, and has represented his church 
frequentl}' in lay conferences. He was recently 
elected one of the two lay delegates of the Detroit 
conference to the general conference of the Meth- 
odist Church which meets at Omaha in May, 1892, 
and enjoys the distinction of being the youngest 
member ever elected to a genei-al conference of 
the Methodist Episcopal Clnnch in this country. 

The attention of the reader is invite'd to ji litho- 
graphic portrait of Mr. Forrest presented in con- 
nection uilli this >l<el(li. 



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a IVH.l.lA.M II. I'.KLI,. This miitUiMMM. who 
\ /■J/l is the proprietoi- ot r.cll 's Art :\\\i\ Music 
'W^l Fniporium. is ••m excellent business niMU 
and well a(l!ipte<l to secure success in his line, lie 
is pleasant .■iiid :it't'Mlilc and a mini of mort' than oi'- 
dinary lilcniry taste and ability. llis friends re- 
gret that business interests ])re\cnl. him from de- 
voting himself exclusively to writing, for which 
he has a decided talent. 

Our subject w!is born in Aulmrn. N. V.. April 2. 
IH,")(;. ;iuil his father. \\'illiam. w:is bm-n iii Herki- 
mer, the same State, in ISOI. The giandfat her, 
William. Sr.. was boiii in Londonderry, Ireland. 
;ind came to this country with his wife .-md thn-c 
chdilren in the ye;ir 1H(MI. locating lirst in I'liila- 
delphia. but soon lemoving to New Y<irl<, where 
he carried on faruiing until |!S|2. He located 
afterwar<l in Cayuga County. an<l continued farm- 
ing luitil his <leath !il the age of eighty-eiiiht. Me 

had four sons wl II lived to .'in advanced age. 

The father of our subject liied at an earlier age 



than any of his brothers, but he lived to be seven- 
ty-nine. They were of Scotch-Irish blood, and in 
religious faith were adherents of the Methodist 
Ei)iscopal Church. 

The father of our subject was one of the most 
prominent men in Cayuga County, and became 
colonel of State militia. He had command of sev- 
eral regiments, and had not the State Legislature 
wiped out the State militia he would have been 
raised to a higher rank. He was a prominent 
local politician, and was Supervisor and Justice of 
the Peace for years. He was first a Whig and then 
a Free-soiler, and during the Civil War was active 
in raising and diilling men, and would have gone 
out as Captain had not his age prevented. After 
the war he became a Democrat, and during his 
later years was an ardent rrohibitionist. 

Col. Hell was twice married, his first wife being 
Sallic Be.ach, by whom he had six children, three 
of whom are living, and the mother of our subject 
was Mary Delano, who was born near Poughkeep- 
sie, X. Y.. and became by her lirst marriage the 
wife of .lohn Iloagland, by whom she had three 
children, two of whom are now living, while our 
suliject is the only child of her last union. The 
Colonel was a strong and devoted member of the 
.Methodist Church and a Class-leader therein. 
With his father and threi> otliers he built a church 
near .Montezuma, N. Y., and his death, which took 
place in |SH(l. was a great loss to the church. 

After studying in the common schools of Au- 
burn our subject graduated from the High School 
at the age of twenty, and then worked his way up 
in the liiisiiiess which lu' is now pursuing, begin- 
ning :it the bottom and coining up to his present 
position by dint of liai'd work and enterprise. 
I'.cfoie leaving his ii,-iti\(' liome he li;id built U]) 
not only a good retail but (|uite a wholesale busi- 
ness, and had the largest establishment for the sale 
of picture fr;imes .•ind molding in .Vubiu'n. 

.Mr. liell came West and in 18«(; settled in (;rand 
Kapids for a short time, liut soon cnnie to I>a\' Cil \ . 
and establislu'il himself in business, lie m:d<es a 
specialty of picture frames and moldings and also 
of musical merchandise. !ind deals in p.'iinlings and 
works of line art. artists" materials and musical 
instruments, The ori>-ans of wliit'h he m.nkes the 



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most sales are the Newniaiiii Bros, and Clough tt 
Wanen's, wliile liis favorite pianos are tlie Everett 
and tlie Howard. He tarries the larijest ;treneial 
line of his goods in Saginaw X'aUey, and is huiht- 
ing up a splendid trade liere, keeping one man on 
the road all tlie time. 

Mr. Hell was niariied in In inn Springs, N. Y., 
in l!^7'.t, to Miss JNlary Hoagland, a, native of tliat 
place, and tliev have two children — Fred K. and 
Lester II. Mrs. Lell is a devoted Clni^tian woman 
and a member of the Methodist K|iiseo|)al Church. 
While living in Cayuga County iMr. Lell was col- 
lector for his township, and is a stanch Democrat 
in liis political convictions. He belongs to the 
Free and Accejited Masons, and the Kuightsof the 
Maccabees, and is a menilier of the Masonic Temple 
Association. 



OHN AVILTSE. Tn him wliose name ap- 
pears ab(.)ve is owing, in comiiany with 
many other brave and dauntle.ss men, the 
[in'sent finely developed condition of this 
])ortion vf Saginaw County, for he is one of the 
pioneers who came into a wholly wild region 
and has made thoroughfares, farms, and has helped 
in no small degree to advance the interests of his 
place by his simple loyalty as a citizen. He is now 
a resident on section 9, Thomastown Township, 
and was Ijorn in Lucas County, Ohio, October 20, 
1826, and is a .sou of Cornelius and Electa (Cleve- 
land) Wiltse. His father was a native of New 
York and was born in 1796. Our subject's Grand- 
father Wiltse, who was of English desceut, was a 
Revolutionary soldier, a lilacksmith by trade and a 
fanner by calling. He died at the age of about 
eighty 3'ears. Cornelius, .Jr. learned his father's 
trade and also became a farmer. He built a boat 
and coasted to Ohio in 182."j, when he located in 
Lucas County, settling in the wildernes.s. 

Our subject's father located a tract of land from 
the Government in Lucas County and then went 
ninety miles on foot to the Land Ottice to enter it. 
Tliis was an experience in which much risk was 
run, for tlie countrv throngh whicli he traveled 



was full of savage animals, and the Indians had 
not 3et disappeared. He was peculiarly fitted for 
(lioneer life, having had a sturdiness of character 
that was undaunted in the face of |irivation and 
hardship. He denied :i farm of one hundred and 
twenty acres. 

Our siiliject's fntlier came here in 1837, making 
his wa\ to Pontiac by covered conveyance and 
thence, by reason of a heavy snow storm, by sleigh 
to Saginaw Townsliiii, where he settled on section 
11. His farm com|)rised one hundred and five 
acres, six or eight of which had been chopped off. 
He built a log house thereon and made his living 
by Iniiibering. traiipiHg and farming. He con- 
stantly had many traps set and killed large numbers 
of deer, liear and many wolves. His decease oc- 
curred in December, 1H6,"). and he was aged at the 
the time sixty-nine years. He was a firm lieliever 
in the etticacy of the Democratic party. Our sub- 
ject's mother was born in 1800. She reared eleven 
children and died in .Iiiiie 1869, at the age of 
sixty-nine years. 

Our subject was eleven years of age when 
brought to Michigan and recollects the moving 
and its various interesting incidents. He attended 
the pioneer school both in Ohio and in this local- 
ity. His mother taught for one summer under 
the rate bill system, in a log school house with 
open fireplace and slab benches. The youth began 
for himself at the age of twenty-three years. He 
was engaged as a farm laborer by the month and 
added his earnings to the family treasury. For 
five years he lumbered on the Tittabawassee Kiver 
and Swan Creek, and during four years of that 
time he ran a sawmill. He settled on his farm in 
18.53. There were then no improvements here 
and he built the first barn in this valley. He here 
owns eighty acres of land, seventy acres of which 
are under cultivation. At one time he held two 
hundred and twenty acres, liut has sold it all with 
the exception of that upon which he lives. 

Mr. Wiltse was married May 30, 1849, to llnl- 
dah Alma, a native of New Y'ork State, who was 
born January 1, 1830. They were the parents 
of eleven children, ten of whom lived to be 
grown. '1 hey are Eliza, Minnie, Mina, Cl.ara, Dan, 
F.eii, .Tames. Rhodn E. (wlm died in infancy ), .Tohii. 



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Rhoda and Edward. Mrs. Wiltse died in 1880. 
Our siilijeot has ever l)een an ardent liunlsman and 
has killed upwards of from two hundred to five 
hundred deer. He used re<ruiarl.v to jfo North for 
fifteen years to slioot deer. Tiie past tliree years 
are tlie first tliat lu> lias missed. He now devotes 
himself to mixed farming- and has a o't)od home 
and harns. On first coming to this country his 
playmates were often the Indian children and he 
learned to use their language. He is a Democrat 
in politics and has served as Supervisor of the 
township for five years, and also as Treasurijr and 
Highway Commissioner and has been Justice of the 
Peace for three terms. 



^I|AC'()I5 KNOBLAICH. proprietor of the 
I West Bay City Brewery, has iiiid charge of 
^1 th:i1 cnteri^Mse since IMHU. Imying it at 
A^/ that lime from .lolin Koliler and organiz- 
ing the West l)!iy (ily Brewing Comi)any. The 
old plant was entirely taken down and reluiilt, 
and the new brewery now has a capacity of 12. (Mill 
barrels a year, and gives employment to ten men. 
The i)i-oduet is sold mostly to the cit^■ trade, witli 
which tlie lioux' has a laige connection. .V view 
of the lireweiy appeals elsewhei'e in this voliiiiie. 
Mr. IvnoliiriiKli was liorn in Wurtenilnii'g. (ier- 
many, Keliru:u\ IH. lH;iI. In his native land he 
received lii> education and learned the ti.'ule of :i 
carpenter and joiner. At llic age of twenty-one 
he came to AmeiicM. and lii>l located in Cincin- 
nati. ()liii>. where lie worked at his trade, lie was 
there married to Miss .Mary K. ( iuethleiii im llie 
the i;llli of Septa ml ler, l«.'i;i. 

On .Viigust :5I. IH.'iC. Mr. Knolil:iiirli cniiic 
to Bay City and located in what was then known 
ius the village of Lower Saginaw. At that time it 
was heavily timliered and no streets were laid out. 
He Iniilt a small house, which he enlarged .as he 
was able, working (ir>t at his trade and afterward 
securing contiaels which he carried out. He 
finally lioughi the planing mill of Thomas Carnev, 
and there manufactured sash, (U)ors and blinds, 
carrying on that lui>iness for some seven years. 



He then took the position of foreman for Smith 
& Wiieeler, and while with them superintended 
all the inside work of the Westover Opera House. 

In 1 XTfi Mr. Knoblauch was elected County Treas- 
urer, and held that office for two years. In 1879 
he w.as chosen City Treasurer, and was re-elected 
at the expiration of his term of oflice. He Ims 
also been Supervisor for a number of terms. In 
1883 he bought an interest in the brewery, which 
represents a capital of $50,000, and of which he 
is now sole proprietor. He also owns two hun- 
dred acres of land in Kawkawlin Township, and 
property in Fraser Township. He has erected a 
fine residence at the corner of ^Madison Avenue 
and Third Street, and holds considerable estate. 
He is a member of the Arbeiter and Arion So- 
cieties. 

Mr. and Mrs. Knoblauch have a family of seven 
children living, namely: Catherine, wife of George 
Szyporski, a merchant tailor of this city; Rosa; 
.Io.sei)hine, who is i)rincipal of the Fifth Ward 
pulilic school; Oeorge, a machinist in Sacra- 
mento City,Cal.; Mary, wiio is Mrs. Arnold Nacht- 
weith. of Saginaw; Wilhelm; and Oswald F.. who 
is with his father in business 



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DAM WECST. AVe have here another of 
the well-known manufacturers of Saginawi 
/// t* one who conducts the Saginaw Carriage 
/' works on .lones Street near the Arbeiter 

Hall. This senior member of the firm of Wegst ct 
Beck was Ijorn in ^\■ul■telnberg, fiermany, November 
2. I.S.'i:!, ami his parents were (Jeorge and Rosa 
\\'egst. The father was in the employ of the 
(ioveriiMienl and died wlien Adam was only two 
and one-half year> old. The boy remained at hcmie 
attending school until nearly fourteen years old, 
after which he learned the cooper's trade, serving 
a three years' apprenticeship, and at the age of 
seventeen came to America in 18;)1. The sailing 
vessel in which they came was forty-eight days in 
making the voyage and in a shipwreck on Coney 
I.sland our subject lost all his baggage. 
The young man came West as far as Cleveland 



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n-ithm;t moans or acquaintances and after six 
months' service there went to Painesville, where he 
spent two years in a furnace and then returned to 
Cleveland and took up the business of a cooper! 
woiking for one employer for eight years and for 
one winter, during the cholera scourge, was at 
AVashington Ilarhor, Wis. In April, 1861, he came 
to Saginaw, where he became partner with Fred 
Rump in the cooper business and then became fore- 
man for Mr. Ten Eyck & Co., wlio was then employ- 
ing eighteen men. After that firm sold out he 
took the position of foreman for the Orange County 
Works at Carroll ton until 1886, after which he be- 
came a partner in the firm of AVegst & Mark, con- 
tinuing this until 1873, when he bought out his 
partner and carried on a large trade. 

In 1886 Mr. Wegst established a partnership with 
his son-in-law. Mr. Beck, and erected buildings at 
a cost of ^9,000, with one hundred and fifty feet 
front on .Tones Street and one hundred and twenty 
feet in depth. They enii)loy from ten to fifteen 
men and he gives liis attention entirely to their 
oversight. This firm also has a two-stf>ry brick 
storerodni on (ienesee Avenue, and the residence of 
our subject is at the corner of Park an<l (iermania 
Avenues. 

The marriage of Mr. Wegst took i)lace at Cleve- 
land, Marcli 23, 1856, and his liride was .I.acobina 
Celler, who came from Wurteinlierg in 18;)4. She 
died Kcbrnnry !(>, 18i)l, leaving one adopted son', 
.lohn.and two daugliters, Emma Eliza, now Mrs. 
Pliilip U.'ck.and Minnie, wlio was also adopted at 
tiie age of seven years and is now a young lady 
of twenty-ttto. Thev liad iiad one son. Otto, who 
died at the age of three days. On account of fad- 
ing health tliescn ,bihn was sent to Ct)lorado at the 
age of twenty-two and h.as resided there or in the 
West since since 1872, but for the Last nine years 
he has not been in active correspondence with his 
parents and the last time he was iieard from he iiad 
gone to Las \'egas. New Mexico. Mr. Wegst is a 
membei- of tliL' fterinauia Society and has filled var- 
ious otiices in the Workingman's Aid Society'. 
In his ciiurch eaniection he is associated with the 
Lutheran Church. 

J. Philip Beck, the son-in-law and partner of Mr. 
Wegst, was born in Ann .Vrbor, .luly 20, 1861, and 



is a son of Jonas and Mai tha Beck. He had bis early 
education .and his training in his trade at Ann 
Arbor, and in 1879 he came to Saginaw and after 
a year went to Detroit. For six months he found 
employment in the edged-tool works and also in 
the Michigan saw and file works, and then with $300 
capital opened his own business and in the course 
of three years has built up his trade so as to give 
employment to four or flA^e men. Mr. Beck is a 
member of the National Carriage Maker's Associa- 
tion of the United States and has taken premiums 
at the Chicago Exposition of the association which 
convened in 1890. 

The plant of this concern has a frontage of one 
hundred and fifty feet and the main building is 
two stories in height with a three-story structure 
in the rear, altogether furnishing about twenty-two 
thousand feet of floor space. The building is di- 
vided into various coniiiiodious departments for 
storage, finishing, upholstering, painting etc. Only 
skilled workmen are em[)loyed and every piece of 
work is guaranteed, so that no more beautiful or 
finely finished cairi.agcs are made than this estab- 
lisiiment turns out. Thoroughly seasoned second 
growtli hickory forms the running gear, and each 
woikman endeavors to excel in his own specialty. 
Every employe is imliued with Mr. Beck's enthusi- 
asm and pride and all work in complete harmony 
for the production f)f superior articles. Mr. Bck 
supervises all and inspects every detail. He is meth- 
odical in all his actions and the arrangement of 
each department shows the influence of a master 
hand. He was not favored with advantages for 
a higher education but he has inuloulited talents 
and native tact and ability and is a most successful 
man. 



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/,,., IICHIBALD M(Mn.LAN, editor-in-chief of 
\^/Ul the Tirnes-Pivss,occupiea a prominent place 
(// il not only among the journalists of Bay 
City, but of Michigan as well. He is a 
native of this State and was born in Detroit, June 
l.j. 1837. His father, who bore the same name as 
himself wa^; boi-n in New Hampshire, but came to 



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Michigan at a vei>- early day, so tliat tlie family 
ranks among the earliest American pioneers of this 
State. They came to Michigan in 18(t!l. and were 
residents of Detroit when Gen. Hull surrendered 
it to the Hritish in 1812. 

At the lieginniiig of the War of 1812, before 
the news of the declaration of hostilities had 
reached the settlement, (Grandfather McMillan was 
shot and scalped hy Indians almost in sight of the 
fort. He was accompanied b}- his little son, a 
lad of ten years, who vvas captured and carried 
into captivity by the savage foes. At the close 
of the war the child was exchanged and thus re- 
gained his freedom. Among the early pioneei-s of 
Michigan no woman was better known than ^lary 
McMillan, grandmother of our subject, who. iwt- 
witlistanding the hardships incident to pioneer 
life and the perils from Indians, was a courageous 
helpmate to her husband as long as he lived and a 
devoted mother to her children. 

The subject of this biographical notice received 
his early education, for the most i)art, in the com- 
mon schools of Michigan, and when in his seven- 
teenth year entered the office of the .lackson Pa- 
triot to \ea\ n the printing business. The famous 
Wilbur F. Storey, of the Chicago Timcn, had been 
editor of that paper, but about 1853 he went to 
Detroit and purchased the Free Press. Mr. Mc- 
Millan soon removed to Detroit and .secured era- 
jjlovment in the Free I'resn and other otiices, 
where he remained until 186.'5, with the excep- 
tion of a term in the Commercial College and the 
Wilson Collegiate Institute. New York. In those 
institutions the excellent common-school educa 
ti<m which he had received was supplemented by 
a thorongb course of instruction. 

In Maich. 18G3, Mr. McMillan enlisted in the 
'I'welfth Michigan Battery and was mustered into 
the I'nited States service with the rank of First 
•Sergeant, lie served until the close of the war in 
Kentucky and Tennessee, having received i)i-omo- 
tion to Fii-st Lieutenant as a reward for meritori- 
ous service. Returning to Detroit, he engaged in 
tlie mercantile trade until 1879, when he became 
editor and publisher <it the Dexter Leader, and 
there gained a .State reputation as a vigorous as 
>vell as humoi-ous writei-. In 187*; |io removed tf> 



Bay City, where he established the Observer, and 
continued as its editor until 1878. He then be- 
came connected as editorial writer with the Bay 
City Tribune and the Lumberman's Gazette. Dur- 
ing the following j-ear he assisted in establishing 
the Bay City Eceniny Press, which sjaeedily took 
rank as the leading pajier of the city. 

At the present time (1892) Mr. McMillan is the 
President of the Bay City Times Comi)any and 
editor-in-chief of the Times-Press, which was 
formed by the consolidation of the Evening Press 
with the Bay City Times. The Times-Press, -which 
is the only evening paper in B.ay City, has a large 
circulation and occupies a leading and influential 
position among the journals of the State. Mr. Mc- 
Millan is well known throughout Michigan as a 
vig<»rous thinker and a clear, forcible and elegant 
writer. He is also in no slight repute as an 
after-dinner speaker, for humor seems innate in 
his composition, despite his personal appearance 
to the contrary. 




s^ AMIKL S. STONE. I). S. Tins popular 
dentist, who learned his profession in FJast 
*■ Saginaw with Dr. E. L. Baker, and after- 
ward studied for three years with Dr. I. 
L. Smith, of Indianapolis, Ind., h.is his ottice at 
No. 412 Court Street, in the Andre Block, at West 
Saginaw. He entered Di-. Baker's office at the age 
of eighteen, having been a resident in his family 
for four years previous to that tune. He was bt>rn 
at Stone's Island, Saginaw County, March 2.0, 18.5(1, 
and is the son of Henry L. Stone, who settled in 
Saginaw County at an early day, when there were 
only two houses in East Saginaw, two in .Saginaw 
City and two in Bay City. 

The father of our suoject was a New Yorker by 
birth and was a Lake cai>taiii by vocation. He 
sailed the "H. L. Jlary," of Toledo, a schooner 
doing a general freight liiisine.ss. At that time the 
nearest grist-inill was at Flint and the settlers had 
t(i live ill true pioneer style. The captain had a 
brotlicr, Solomon Stone, wiio was one of the old 



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Indian traders and settled near his brother on 
Stone's Island, where he died only eight 3'ears 
ago, at the age of eighty-two. leaving one dangh- 
ter, who is stilt living in that vicinity. Capt. 
Henry L. Stone died while still serving as captain 
on the ■•II. L. Mary," and was buried on the 
banks of the St. Clair River. 

Samuel S. Stone is the youngest of the parental 
family. The others are Henry, who lives at i\Iau- 
mee; Minerva; Mary, who lives at Essexville, Bay 
County, and Alice, who lives at Maumee. The 
mother of this family died when Samuel was 
only six months old and his home was with an 
uncle until he reached the age of ton, when he 
was thrown wholly on his own resources. At that 
time he came to West Saginaw and did such 
work as he could find to do in connection with 
tugboats and indeed all kinds of labor, such as 
rafting logs. AViicn altout fourteen years old he 
Iteeame identified with Dr. Baker's family, and 
after tjiat made his home there, attending scliool 
during two terms and studying in the (jftice when 
not occupied otherwise. That professional gen- 
tleman, who did so much to forward the industry 
of this young man in his poverty and friendless- 
ness, still lives in the city and makes his home on 
Court Street. 

After tlius devoting four yeais to tlie study (if 
liis proros>ion witli Dr. Baker, young Stone went 
to Indianapolis, taking a thorough practical course 
of three years with Dr. Smith, and then returned 
to Saginaw and was in the employ of Dr. Baker for 
tiiree years, after which he opened liis own otliee 
and has j-ince been in active pr.actice most of the 
time in this city, although he spent two years in 
Reed City. 

The ninrri.age of Dr. Stone willi Miss Uebecca 
Whitney, daughti",- of Hiram Whitney, took place 
ISIarcli .'Jo. lf<7.S. .Air. Whitney, who was a carpen- 
ter and liad resided in tiiis county for tliirty years, 
died tiiree years ago, passing away .lune 13, 1888. 
His daughter was liorn in Oliio .luly 24, 18.53, and 
lias lieconu' tlir iiiotlier of four children — .Vlice, 
Bessie, Artliur and Daisy. Arthur died August 
8, 18'Jl, at the age of seven years, liis death hav- 
ing been the result of spinal meningitis. 

The political views of Dr. Stone make him inde- 



pendent in the matter of his ballot, as he prefers 
to use his own judgment in regard to its disposi- 
tion rather than vote for men and measures pre- 
scribed by party leaders. He gives his exclusive 
attention to his profession and has a handsomely- 
equiiiped oHice with a complete set of the finest 
dental instruments. He is prepared to do the best 
work, l)otli in the treatment of diseased teeth and 
in the mannf.acture and adjustment of plate work, 
in all of which he has been eminently successful. 



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HMD O. RUSLING, Manager and Secretary 
f of the West Bay City Street Railroad Com- 
pany, is an experienced electrician, having 
made a study of that science in his travels over the 
United States. When he came to this city the 
street railway was in rather a dilapidated condition, 
but by his natural executive ability and push he 
has succeeded in building it up in good shape, and 
is its present intelligent manager. 

Mr. Rusling is the son of .Joseph F. Rusling, and 
was born in New Brunswick, N. J., May 13, 1863, 
His grandfather, Sedgewick Husiing, was liorn in 
England. After landing in America, he made his 
home for a time in New York City, and later went 
to New .Terse3', where Sedgewick became a minister 
of the Gospel in the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
He passed his last days at Lawrenceville, Pa., after 
having lived a noble and useful life. 

The father of our subject was a prominent rail- 
road contractor, having built the Bound Brook 
route, now part of the Pennsylvania Railroad, of 
which he was made President. He later was in- 
strumental in building the Ohio Central Road and 
in all liis undertakings has been successful. In 
1883 he retired from active business life and set- 
tled near his farm in Lawrenceville, Pa., since then 
superintending the operations of his magnificent 
estate of one thousand acres in Steuben County, 
N. Y. Being of a somewhat inventive mind, our 
subject's father li.as olitained patents on several 
pieces of machinery, among which is a hay press 
which was the first of its kind that was ever put 
into lUMclicnl use. W'ry few iiien had more pro- 



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jjres.sive ideas and tendencies than Mr. Ruslinsr. 
and he was ever amhititms to stand at tlie head in 
whatever lie iinderloolv. He was the President of 
one of the Conferences lield in tlic Methodist Ei)is- 
copal Cliurcii of wliich (h-noniination lie wiis an 
active member. 

Miss Stella S. Orton w.nsthe maiden name of our 
subject's mother, who was born in ]/indley. N. V.. 
and was the danuliter of Milton P. Orton, a na- 
tive of New England, wlio was sri-aduatcd at Yale 
College; he w.as a iirominont jiliysifian and sur- 
geon residing in Lindley. X. Y. During the C'ivd 
War Dr. Orton had charge of the hospital on the 
.Tersey co.ist, where his decease occurred in 18(54. 
In religions affairs he was an active member of tlie 
Presbyterian Church. 

Ford (). Kusling was tlic third child in his ])ar- 
ents' family of six children, lie was educated in 
the academy of Lawrencevillc, Pa., l)eing graduated 
tlu'refrom when less than eighteen years of age. 
He then began studying to become an electrician 
and in 1881 came to East Saginaw an<l became an 
eni|ilove of the Swifi Klcctric Light Company, and 
a year later was made its Superintendent. When 
the company established a i)lant in Hay City, Mr. 
l{ll^ling was made Superintendent at this |)lace. He 
remained with that company until 1884, when he 
went to Chicago as expert for the Brush Electric 
Company, and traveled as a repre.scntative of th.at 
firm through the Northwest to the Pacific Coast. 
Two years later he became identifie<l with the 
Schuyler Electric Conipany, of Hartford, ('(uin., as 
expert electiician and tia\cled in their interest 
thi'((ugli the East and New JMigland fur one year 
and then spent three years in ereeting a plant for 
that company in Wichita, K;ui. Mr. Kusling next 
went to St. .Joe, ^lo., where he became Superinten- 
dent and electrician of an electric railway plant, 
then went on to Chicago iis special .agent for the 
Connecticut Motor Com|)any, and traveled for 
them all <jver the United States. 

In 1891 Mr. Rusling became Manager and Secre- 
tary of the West Hay City Street Railw.ay Com- 
pany and has revised the system until it is one of 
the best in the State, and gives perfect satisf.action. 
IJay City owes an incalculable debt to those of her 
businessmen who have been sullicientU' broad and 



far-sighted to plan such conveniences .and improve- 
ments in the city as conduce to the prosperity of 
business and therefore to the growth of the town. 
Such an one is Mr. Rusling, who has given a much 
needed stimulus to the manufacturing interests of 
the West Side l)v the im[)rovements which he has 
made in the street railw.ay system since coming 
here. 

In December, 1887, our subject took unto him- 
self a wife and helpmate in the person of Miss 
Kate Scott Clapp, a native of Elraira, N. Y., and of 
this union has been born two children, Stella Orton 
and Anna Scott. Mr. Rusling is a Free and Ac- 
ce])ted Mason, and is a memlicr of the National 
Electric Association. In politics he is a Repub- 
lican, but reserves the right to vote fc>r the best 
man regai'dless of party. 



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AMES (tRAHAM. The large-hearted owner 
of the fine farm on section 32, Thomastown 
Townshi[), is a native of the country where- 
in Tom Moore is held dear, and where the 
slunnrtick is the symbol of unity, devotion and 
faith. Mr. (iraham was born in County Tyi'one, 
Ireland, .September 8, 18811. He is the son of An- 
drew and .Tane ((4raliani) (irahani. His father was 
a shoe-maker liy trade and emigrated to Canada, 
settling in I'pper Canada West in 18.S1. He spent 
the remainder of hi> life in Dundas, Canada West, 
where he was tlie piMprietor of a shoe store. His 
decease occurred at the .age of ril\v-eight \'ears. 

The married life of our subject's parents was 
blessed by the advent of six children — .lames. 
Eliza, Andrew, who is deceased; Margjuet, ^Iar.>' 
(deceased), and .luhii. Mrs. Andrew (irahaiii died 
at the age of seventy-four years. .She was making 
her home with her daughter at the time. They 
were members of the Episcopal Cluirch. Heared in 
Canada, our subject was there sent to the district 
school, and spent the intervals of his school life in 
Work on the farm. On reaching his majority he 
ln'came iiidepend<'nl and worked for himself, rent- 
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INIr. Graham came to Thomastown Township hi 
the fall of 1852, making the iourney principally 
by stage. He was first employed by James Fraser 
in the lumlier woods, and in the spring of 185.3 
purchased eighty- acres of land which was thickly 
timbered. Upon it he erected a log shanty which 
was 18x24 feet in dimensions. He at once began 
the work of clearing, and was tiie only settler for 
miles around. There were no roads and no bridges 
and he used to go to Saginaw in a canoe. He was 
obliged to cut roads in order to gain an exit from 
his own farm. There was a large settlement of In- 
dians one and a half miles from his farm. It was 
to their advantage to live on friendly terras with 
them and they were constant visitors at the cabin. 
They used to trade venison for [lork, and our sub- 
ject learned their language. Many has been the 
time when the family were in need of meats, that 
Mr. Graham has gone out on his own farm and 
killed a deer. The wolves i)rowled hungrily around 
the cabin at night. The young man kept "'bache- 
lor's hall" for three years, and was engaged in lum- 
bering for eight winters on Swan Creek, taking 
pine off six hundred and forty acres of land tlie 
first year he lumbered on the Swan Creek. 

Mr. Graham became the owner of two hundred 
and forty acres here. He has sold off a small 
amount of this and now owns two hundred acres, 
one hundred of which are well improved. He 
was married in October, 1858, to Miss Phebe A. 
Bounting, a native of New .Terse}'. Mrs. Gi'aham 
was the mother of two children, Elizabeth and 
Anna. The former married John McBratnie, and 
lives with Mr. Graham on his farm; the latter mar- 
ried Frank Thomas, and lives at Hemlock City. 
Mrs. Phebe Graham died in July, 1863. 

In December, 1864, he of whom we write took 
upon himself the second time the duties and re- 
sponsibilities of married life, his bride being Eliza 
M. .Stiff, a native of New Jersey, who died on 
the 8th of December, 1887. Our subject is the 
owner of a neat frame house which was erected 
in 1873. His barns are large and capacious enough 
to hold the bountiful harvests which he has. Dur- 
ing the fire of 1871 he lost a barn containing grain, 
tiie fire involving the loss of i!2,(IO(). He divided 
tiie amount of the insurance, whicii w.as :s!5(IO with 



his law\'er. In his religious creed he inclines to the 
Baptist faith, while in political affairs he is a Demo- 
crat, although he was a voter for and admirer of 
Abraham Lincoln. He has held nearly all the town- 
ship offices and was Supervisor from 1883 to 1887, 
and was Justice of the Peace for twenty-five years. 
He has been School Inspector for eight years, and has 
held the office of Director ever since the district was 
organized in 1858, with the exce[)tion of three 
years. 



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"if/ OHN G. SCI I EMM, who.se place of business 
is located at No. 926 North Hamilton Street, 
Saginaw, is carrying on the brewing busi- 
ness. In 1866 our subject formed a part- 
nership with Chris Truheler, and the firm prose- 
cuted their calling under the firm name of Schemm 
& Truheler for three years, when the junior mem- 
ber retired. Our subject then took in as his [)art- 
uer Charles Schonheit, who remained with hiin 
until 1882, when Mr. Schemm became .sole proprie- 
tor of the brewery. 

When first engaging in the brewing Inisiness our 
subject, his partner, ]\Ir. Truheler, and one man did 
all the work. They erected a plant at a cost of 
over $10,000, being able to pay for only half of it 
at the time, however, and ran in debt for the re- 
mainder. Their output the first year was twelve 
hundred barrels of beer, and they have increased 
their capacity each year until they now manufac- 
ture ten thousand barrels. Their operations were 
so extensive that they were compelled to erect a 
larger and more convenient Iniilding, which was 
completed in 1890, and cost about *60,000. The 
main building has a frontage of one hundred four- 
teen feet on Hamilton Street, is one hundred feet 
deep and five stories high. Mr. Schemm employs 
sixteen men in his brewery. He makes his own 
malt, using about twenty-four tliousand bushels of 
barley yearly. The market for his beer is entirely 
local. 

He of whom we write was born in Bavaria, Ger- 
many, .January 7, 1834. - He is the son of Frede- 
rick and Callieriiie Sclieiiini, natives also of (ier 



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mail V. 'rill' faiiiih cniiic to Micliifraii in 1S52. and the same c-ountry where he first saw the light. The 
loeati'd nine miles from Detroit, where he ivisisteil fatlier. a milh'r and millwrijjht by trade, eanie to 
his fatiier in eleariiiir and iiii|iroviiiu- a farm, lie Ameriea in \>^-2i> and followed his trade for three 
eanie to Sasriiiaw in 1H(M. and for two years en- months at < Quebec. Thenee he removed to Mont- 
o-ay-ed as a teamster. .\t that time he did not know real, from there to C'hambly, eighteen miles east 
much aliout the biewiiii; Itnsiness, lint since eiigag- \ of Montreal, and after spending six years in that 
ini;- ill the maniifaelnre of beer gives it his personal place, went to Maskinonge. where he made his 
attention. .Mr. Schemm is the owner of sixty acres home three years. Next we find him back in 
of beautiful l;iiid within the city limits of Sagi- Montreal and later cm a farm in the e:isteni part of 
iiaw. Canada, settling there in IHS.'i and devoting the 
Mr. Schemm was united in marriage, October 2(), remainder of his life to developing it from its 
18at), in .Macomb County, this State, to MissEmily primitive condition to a cultivated place. His 
Heiser. also a native of (Germany. Our subject and death occurred when he was eiglity-lwo years old. 
his wife are the jia rentes of the following children: His wife died March I, 1S42. 

Kniilv. the wife of Charles Kcidcl. who is liook- ( )f the four children born to Peter and Agnes 

keeper in the odice of .Mr. Schemm's brewery: .\u- .McLean, three are now living, viz.: Elizabeth, the 

gusta. Mrs. John Friedlein: (icorge M..a iihysician. widow of Peter Maris, and the mother of seven 

' who has his office in the liariiard lilock: Dora is cliildrcn; .lolin. the subject of this sketch, and 



.Mrs. Christ Streb; Henrietta is at home with her 
parents; Ferdinand was killed in a boiler explo- 
sion of a shiiiglc-niill. Two children died lu in- 
fancy. Oui' subject is a devoted nieiiiber of the 
I-utheian Church. 



WJOHN M. LEAN. Saginaw County is the 
I home of many prosperous and iullueiitial 
^1^1 farmers, and among these perliaijs no one 
(^^/ enjoys to a greater degree the respect of his 
associates than the gentleman whose name intro- 
duces this biography. The line farm on section 
.'VI, .loneslield Township, is his property, and has 
tlirough his efforts been reclaimed from the wilder- 
ness. It comprises one hundred and twenty acres, 
of which sixty-live acres are iiiidei' splendid culti- 
vation, and the place is emliellished with a liist- 
class .set of buildings, the most conspicuous of 
which is the commodious residence erected by Mr. 
McLean in bSH,"). 

No nation in the world enjoys a more enviable 
reputation for thrift and peiM'verance than Scot- 



William, who lives in Indiana. The iiarents were 
members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he 
was collecting steward, and botli were active in 
all good works. He was a soldier in the British 
army at the time of the battle of Waterloo. Our 
subject was onl\ three years old wlien he was 
brought by his parents to America, and his boy- 
hood was passed in Canada. In 1H37 he enlisted 
in the .Sheaffor Loyal \dlunteers in Canada, serv- 
ing three and one-half years and participating in 
an engagement at Cisco Bay. He was promoted 
to be a Corporal, and in IKiO was made Sergeant, 
in which capacity he was serving :it ilie time of 
his discharge. 

-Vt the age of twenty-three years Mr. McLean 
started out in life on his own account, and coming 
to the State of ^'ermont, engiiged in the milling 
business. After sojourning there two years he 
went home and took care of his mother until she 
died. .lune (!. 1842, he returned to X'erniont and 
was married to Miss Flora Cameron, who was born 
.lune 12. 181.'), in Scotland. After that important 
event Mr. McLean lirst made his home with his 
father, and later went into the surrounding uncul- 
tivated country, engaging in building mills. Aftei' 
spending .seven months in this way he and his wife 
ri'inoved to Abbotsford, Canada, and settled on a 



land, the land of the thistle. In lliat otuntry Mr. 

McLean was born November 2.!. 1.S17. his parents farm, where they remained two and (me-half years. 

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machinery in a tannery at Milton, Canada, and 
engaged as foi'eman in the tannery. 

Thence Mr. McLean removed to Roxton Falls, 
Canada, where he built grist and saw mills and 
was employed in different occupations for twelve 
years. Tlien crossing into the United States lie 
remained at Springfleld, Mass., for eigiit montlis, 
and was afterward with a railrc)ad company two 
and one-half years in \'ermont. On July 4, 18(57, 
lie settled on his present farm which was then 
wiiolly wild and unimproved, and at that time 
there were only six families in the entire town- 
ship. Tlie pl.'iee comi)rised one liundred and sixty 
acres, wliicli he commenced at once to clear; lie 
erected a log house for his family. After a long 
and happy wedded life he was deeply liereaved by 
the death of his wife, .January 7, 18H8, she lieing 
aged seventy-two years, six montiis and twenty- 
six days. 

Mr. and Mrs. ]McLean hail a family of six chil- 
dren, of whom five are now living: .lane is the 
wife of J.ames Magauran, of .lonesfield Township, 
and thev have seven children ; Agnes, who married 
Robert Reed, of Wisconsin, has six children; Peter, 
who lives in California, is married and has one 
child; Donald lives in the West; ^Villiam .1. IL 
married Isabella McDonald and they, with their 
three children, live on the old homestead; Flora 
died in girlhood. For many years Mr. McLean 
has been a member of the AVesleyan Methodist 
Church, in which he has been very active, serving 
.as Steward, Trustee and Class- Leader. His chil- 
dren were given excellent opportunities for gain- 
ing good educiitions, and the three eldest were 
proficient in both the English and French Lan- 
guages. 

Mr. McLean has been Moderator of his school 
district for nine years and has also served as Di- 
rector. Through his efforts four schoolhouses 
have been erected, and two of these he built alone. 
LTpon national issues, he votes the Democratic 
ticket, but in local affairs he gives his support to 
tiie best man irrespective of party ties. For eight 
years he served .as Township Treasurer, for tvyo 
terms as Supervisor, and is now filling his third 
term as .Justice of the Peace; he is also at present 
Chairman of the Board of School Inspectors. 



When he surrendered the funds held by him .as 
Treasurer, he handed over *1,222.99 in cash to his 
successor in office, a fact which attracted notice 
because it was the lirst time a balance had beer 
turned over. Mr. McLean assisted in the organi- 
zation of the township in 1K7;!; he has served as 
Road Overseer for many years and has been instru- 
mental in advancing the interests of the com- 
munity. 



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^RED C. ROSS. Foremost among the busi- 
ness men of West Bay City is this gentle- 
man, who is engaged in a wholesale and 
retail lumber business off Midland Street on the 
Michigan Central Railroad, also in the maniifac- 
turino- of moldings and finishing lumber. l>oth hard 
and soft pine. In every relation of life he occupies 
a prominent position asone of the representative 
citizens of the S.aginaw Valley, and his thorough 
knowledge of all the details of his business has ex- 
erted a leading influence in securing for his enter- 
prises the prosperity and steady increase which 
thev have enjoyed from their inception until the 
present time. 

A native of this State, Mr. Ross w.as born m De- 
troit, .luly 11, 180;"), and w.as reared and educated 
in his native city. His father, D. A. Ross, was born 
.and reared near Mt. Clemens, this State, and at .an 
earlj'.age drifted into the lumber business in De- 
troit, where he w.as a pioneer lumberman, and was 
probablj' one of the largest car trade lumber deal- 
ers in .any portion of the State. In 1881 he came 
to Bay City and started in the wholesale and re- 
tail lumber business on the conn r of Bowery and 
Fifteenth Streets. He is now man.ager of the firm 
of Ross, Bradley & Co., lumlur dealers, in which 
our subject is also a stockholder. Having had over 
thirt3-five 3'ears exjierience in the lumlier business, 
he possesses a practical knowledge of every detail 
of the business, and h.as liecome well-to-do through 
shrewd investments. The mother of our subject, 
whose maiden name was Mary Daniels, died in De- 
troit in 1878. 

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ing children, Mr. Ross p.asse(l liis youth in Detroit, 
wliere he received the rudiments of his edueation 
in Ihe eomnion .seiiools, and later studied in the 
Ilisrli (School. He was graduated from (ioldsmith's 
Husiness College in IHHl. at the age of .'iixtecn 
years, and aeeonipanied his father to Hay City, 
wheie he worked in the othee and lumber yards. 
Two years later he went or. the road as tiie repre- 
sentative of the firm of Ross, Hradley ct Co.. in llie 
East, and had his headquarters in Philad(^iphia, I'a.. 
while his territory covered a large portion of the 
Kast. He did a large business and traveled over 
thirty thousand miles a year. In the fall of 1S!)0, 
Mr. Ros.s returned to Bay City, and has since been 
engaged in the lumber business for himself. He 
was a stockholder when the firm of Ross, Bradley 
tV' Co., w.as incorporated in .Tanuary. lHi)0, and still 
has an interest in the business. The enterprise in 
which he at present engages, w.as started liy iiini m 
the fall of 1H!((), as a successor to Moses Howe, and 
he now manages Ihe largest retail Inisiness in West 
Bay City. Steam-power is used in his establish- 
ment, and all necessary improvements have been 
added from time to time as needed. Wliile his 
business i-e(|uires his constant and close attention, 
and he can devote but little attention to politics, 
he is a strong Republican, and an ardent adherent 
of its principles. He has established a home alNo. 
i><)2 North Henry Street, and that attractive abode 
is presided over by his wife, whose maiden name was 
.\nnie Hernard, and who was born in Detroit. She 
became the wife of Mv. Hoss a1 B.ay City in IHiKI. 
and sli;ires with him tlic eslcein and good will of 
the comiumiily. They are llie |):ireiits of one son. 
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()X. (iKORGE W.YSHINGTOX, a promi- 
nent real-estate and insurance man of Bay 
City, is also interested in the business of 
millinery and fancy goods. He w.as born 
in County Roscommon. Ireland, .July 25. 1851. 
and when one year old came wrtli liis parents, 
(Jeorge and Margaret (Kenney) W.ashington, to 
this countrv. Thev settled in Hamilton. Ontario. 



and our subject spent his early life upon the farm, 
and received a good practical common-school edu- 
cation. 

Before he was sixteen years old, this young man 
came to Bay County, and located in AVesl Bay 
City, entering the employ of II. W. SageiVr Co., and 
of Weidman A' Wright, being their foreman in the 
woods until 1874. He then began his mercantile 
career in Wenona. which is now West Bay City. 
and bought a general stock and established him- 
self on Linn Street. Afterward he went to Mid- 
land Street, wliere he had a larger .store and re- 
mained in business until 1878, when he was elected 
Sheriff on the Democratic ticket, and was the 
only one who was elected on that county ticket 
during that campaign. lie served for two terms, 
being re-elected in 188(t, with a lai'gely increased 
majority, and his incumbency of that office was 
satisfactory to the citizens irrespective of party. 

This stirring citizen was somewhat remarkable 
iis a young m.an, as he was President of the vill.age 
of Wenona before he was twenty-two years old. 
and at the time of the consolidation of .Salzburg, 
Wenona, and Hanks into West Bay City, he was 
President of the village council, and was nomina- 
ted for its first Mayor, but declined to run. At 
the time of the second campaign he accepted a 
nomination and was elected Mayor, and w.as serv- 
ing in that cap.acity when he was elected SheritT. 
although he was not then thirty years old. 

On New Year's day. 18711. Mr. Washington re- 
moved to Baj- City, where he filled the office of 
Slieriff. resigning his Mayoralty of West Bay City 
that he might devote himself entirely to ids new 
office. After holding office for two terms, he went 
into the mercantile business again, locating on Wa- 
ter Street, where he carried on a general store and 
grocery until he was appointed Postmaster, which 
position he held until the close of Cleveland's ad- 
ministration, after wliicli he resumed business until 
.luh- 8, 1891, when he closed out his general nier- 
cliandi.se and grocery stock, and put in a millinery 
and fancy goods business which he operated with 
the help of his wife and sister, .and he is now en- 
gaged in insurance .and loans with an otiice in the 
Crapo Block. 

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sioners for constructing- stone roads in this county, 
iiavins: been appointed by the IJoard of Super- 
visors. He has lieen at various times interested in 
newspaper business, and now owns tlie phnnt on 
whicli the I>ay City Dcmncrat is printed. He has 
at different times been in the luml)er business in 
the North since 1874. wlien he lirst l)ecame inter- 
ested in it until 'the time when lie was elected Sher- 
iff of tlie county. He and iiis brother were at first 
the only men who were interested in West Branch, 
and had the first and onl3' store there for a long 
time, and practically established the town. His 
marriaoe witli Miss Adeline Campliell, of West Bay 
City, was solemnized November fi, 1884, and the\' 
have three beautiful cliildren — Adeline. ^Nlary 
Blanch and Edward. 




^P LONZO VANDUSEN. The pioneer farmer 
of whose life we here "ive a record came 
to Tittabawassee Township in 1800 and 
for many years labored here. Laying the 
foiuidation of the handsome property which he 
left to his widow when called hence liy death in 
l«',)(i. He was born in New York and just previous 
to coming to Michigan was united in marriage with 
Maria, daughter of .lohn and Chloe ((biddings) 
Stow. 

]\Ir. Stow was a native of the old Bay State and 
his wife w^as born in New York as was also their 
daughter whose nat.al day was .lanuary 27, 1827. 
Mr. Stow w'as a hard working farmer and was able 
to give his datighter very scanty opjiortunities for 
an education, but she was a young woman of more 
than ordinary ability and enterprise and was an 
efficient iielper to her young husband dui'ing the 
years which they spent together on their new farm 
in what was then called the far West. 

Industry and economy were piacticed by this 
young couple unlhnchingly, and before Mr. Van- 
dusen's death they had so arranged their proi)erty 
that a fine competence was seemed to iier through 
life and she is now enabled to spend the balance of 
her days in ease and retii'ement. They had cleared 
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forty acres of fine land and built a beautifid home, 
excellent barns and outbuildings before the dark 
angel of death called him away. He lived and en- 
joyed the Iruits of his labor for many years, and 
died at the age of seventy-four. 

Mrs. Vandusen is a lady of religious and charita- 
ble disposition and is more than ordinarily useful 
in the community. Her generous hand is ever 
ready to extend aid to tlie needy and her good 
business abilities and excellent judgment are often 
called into play in active measures of philanthroph3- 
and church work. She has been doubly bereaved, 
as her parents were both called away from life 
some years ago. She and her brother who resides 
in the State of New York, are all that are left of a 
family of five children who once gathered about 
her father's fireside. iMr. \'andusen's political 
preferences and vote were with the Democratic 
party. Mrs. ^'andusen has now placed her farm in 
the hands of a faithful tenant from whom she re- 
ceives a cash valuation for its use, and is thus re- 
lieved from all resijonsibiiity as to details of busi- 
ness. 

We invite the attention of our many readers to 
a lithographic portrait of Mr. \'andusen on an- 
other page. 



/OHN BARPv. :\Ir. Barr belongs to thai re- 
markable band of self-made men who 
^_^, through tlie most toilsome of marches has 
^^^ struggled upward to an acknowledged em- 
inence in social and commercial standing among 
the men of his locality. His name is a synonym 
in Saginaw County for all that is lionoral)le, benev- 
olent and worthy of a Christian. He now resides 
on section 18, Saginaw Township, and has been 
engaged for many years as a brick-maker, whose 
industry and excellent work have met with success. 
Mr. Barr was born in Cl.asgow, Scotland, .lune 1, 
1819. He is a son of Hobert and Margaret (Barr) 
Barr, both Scotch people. His father was a manu- 
facturer of fine muslins. 

Robert Barr died at the age of seventy-eight 
years. His wife, who was a native of Paisley, 



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Scotland, reared two children of whom our subject ■ 
alone now live.-*. She was a devoted Treslnterian 
in her religious life and died at the ajje of lifty-six 
years. Our subject's paternal <;;rand father was 
.lames Harr. lie was a curer and jiacker of hams, 
which were famous throughout the land. He was 
a man of means and died al the age of eighty 
yeai's. 

While a resident of (Uasgow our subject attended 
sehof)l to some extent and was reared rigidly in 
the faith of the l'res?jytcrian Church, attending 
Sunday-school twice every Sunday. .\t eight and 
a half years old he was set to work in a tobacco 
factory, receiving twenty-six cents per week. He 
continued at that enijiloyment for live years, at 
the end of which time he was the recipient of only 
lifty cents a week. Me then served an iipprentice- 
ship ill a machine shoi>, but his w(irk brought only 
a few shillings. l)iseourage(l liy the progress he 
was making in his native land he determined to 
seek his fortune in America and worked for two 
years to get money enough to make the voj'age. 
He came to this country in 1H12. in a sailing ves- 
sel and was sixty-one days on the voyage. It was 
a disastrous year for seafaring men. There w-ere 
many storms and many ships were wrecked and 
that on which our subject sailed was badly dam- 
aged. 

Locating at .AUmtreal, Canada, Mr. Karr was em- 
ployed in a machine shop for three months on the 
first iron boat ever made in Canada. He worked 
there for one year, then spent one month in To- 
ronto and afterward shod horses for si.\ months at 
Niagara Kails. Mr Barr then rebuilt a steam en- 
gine at Chippewa, Canada, four miles from the 
falls ami then started for Albany, N. Y., on the 
canal, but was prevailed upon to stop and work in 
the shops at Cohoes, N. Y. Tiiere he helped to 
construct the liist knitting looms ever built. He 
then built fire engines for eight years at Watei-ford, 
N. Y. 

\\'liilc em|)loyei| at Waterford .Mr. I5arr twice 
distinguished himself as being a man of unusual 
presence of mind and Inaverv. for twice he rescued 
boys from drowning. On one occasion hearing a 
commotion and rushing out to learn what it was, he 
found tiftv men on the bank and before their eves 



a drowning boy. The child had gone down for 
the last time and waiting only to find out the spot 
wheie he had last appeared, he dived to the 
bottom and brought him up apparently- lifeless, but 
after much work the lad was restored to life and 
lived to thank his rescuer with all his heart. .Vfter 
working six months on planing machines in Al- 
bany, Air. 15arr returned to CWioes and there 
worked for one year. He was then employed for 
four years at Rochester, rebuilding engines for the 
New York Central Ivoad, and at the end of that 
time he came to Saginaw. 

Our subject's reputation as a skilled machinist 
began in Saginaw on his rebuilding of the first 
steamboat engine in that city, and since that time 
he has done much repairing that could not have 
been done by any one else. He settled here per- 
m.anently in IHOT). having purchased his i>resent 
faini in IH;')!). At the first-named dale he went 
into the brick-making business, beginning on a 
small scale, and emi)loyiiig only seven men and 
later often .as many as eighteen. He averaged 
from one million, two hundred thousand to one 
million, three hundred thousand brick per year, 
and many of the brick used in Saginaw and 
shipped to Bay City have come from his yard. He 
is the owner of forty-nine acres of land which he 
farms to some extent. 

He of whom we write was married at Hamilton, 
Canada, in October. IH4 7. to Agnes Briee, of Kdin- 
liui-g, Scotland. They had one child, but both 
wife and child died within two yeai-s. September 
22, 1864, oin- subject was .again married to Mary 
Heslop, who is still living, and who is an amiable 
and charming wom.'ui. The family residence, which 
is a line brick dwelling, was erected in 1888. He 
is also the owner of two fine residences in the city 
(»f Saginaw, in which he has lived for two years, 
l)ut now rents. He also owns nearly fifteen acres 
in East S.agin.aw. Both our subject and his wife 
are associated with the Presbyterian Church, in 
which .Mr. Barr has l)een Trustee for many years. 
Our subject is one in wlumi the milk of human 
kindness is dispensed most liberally. He is very 
philanthropic and all woithy causes find in him a 
ready heli)er. Me gave *300 to help erect the 
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aided cither churclies. Ilf lias fiiin faith in the 
platform as constiiieted hy the Hepiililicaii part>'. 
Although he has been fieipieiitlN' uiyed to accept 
ottice, he has no amlntion in that direction. No 
man in all the country is better or more favorably 
known tlian he of whom we write, not only by his 
business associates, but liy the school children, for 
whom he always has a kindly word and who feel 
him to lie their friend. 



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:«! )»;RKl-!iS liKOS. In rei)resentins- the tirm 
\/\l/l ^^''ose name we have now oiven we find 
V^^y such a unity of purpose. ]>lan and work 
that it is easy to class the gentlemen who compose 
it under one head. The dii'ect management of the 
business is now largely in the hands of Harry T. 
and William J. AVickcs, sons of Henry 1).. one of 
the original managers and still one of the heads of 
the firm. These young men have grown up with 
the business and are thoroughly familiar with 
every department of the work. They are gentle- 
men of culture and business ability and it is a 
pleasure to be conducted by them through the 
works. The firm of Wickes l>ros., of East Sagi- 
naw, iMich.. has no superior, in its peculiar line, in 
America. Its prominence has aided in giving 
character to the city in which its operations are 
conducted. Nor is this all. Lumbering and the 
manufacture of lumber has become the chief 
basis of the life and enterprise of the entire Sagi- 
naw Valley, and the mammoth works of the 
Wickes liros. have borne an iiii|iortant part in this 
accomplished fact. 

The founder of this noted lirni, Henry I). 
Wickes, is entitled to the honor of being ranked 
among the prominent men of Mieiiigan. He was 
born in Yates County, N. Y., on the l!»tli of Au- 
gust, 183.3. His father was a farmer and cabinet- 
maker, a combination of trades seldom known in 
the present day. In 1839 the family home was 
removed to Redding, Steuben County, New York, 
where young Henry AVickes attended the common 
schools of that early day available to boys of an 
ambitious turn. There were no free colleges, vv 



comparatively free institutions, where a elassicjil 
course of studies could be followed. On the con- 
trary, the little red school-house at the junction 
of the cross-roads was the chief seminary, and 
there the boys were taught by the "school-mistress" 
in the winter, and wej-e expected to obtain their 
outfit of mental training in a few years of such 
privileges. And they were deemed privileges, in 
deed; the term is not a misnomer, for of the many 
eminent men, in all the varied walks of life in 
America, but few among them possessed more fa- 
vorable opportunities for a thorough education; 
and yet the natural talents of many of that earlier 
generation were of such a sterling and advanced 
character, and they gave such heed to the privile- 
ges they did possess, that they more than hold 
their own when compared with the young men of 
the present time. 

The natural lient of llenr3' D. Wickes' mind was 
towards anything and everything of a mechanical 
nature. As a bo^' he turned his attention to the 
invention of ingenious devices, something that 
would simplify and benefit lalior. At the age of 
nineteen years he began an apprenticeship at the 
foundry and machine Ijusiness. at renn Yan, N. Y., 
and in this pursuit he continued for two years. 
He then spent another year at Auburn, N. Y., 
perfecting himself in the trade for which he had 
always had a predilection, and Irom there he 
journeyed to Flint, Jlich. Here a few more 
months were devoted to his chosen vocation, and 
then his brother, E. N. Wickes, joined him, and 
they formed a company with II. W. Wood, un- 
der the title of H. VV. Wood ct Co., to conduct 
the business of foundrvmen and machinists. 

This was the actual start in what may be called 
an eventful life, and hei'c Mr. Wickes fully util- 
ized his abilities as a (iractical, painstaking me- 
chanic — a title of which he is justly proud. Man}- 
of the prominent lumber-mills of Flint and East 
Saginaw were fitted up with the gang-saws for which 
this concern has since become so noted during the 
succeeding four years. But the Sagiiiaws were 
then gaining an enviable notoriety for push and 
enterprise, aiming to .secure the position of the 
base of supplies of Northern Michigan; and there 
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PORTKAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



At lirst two lots of land were seciirod and the 
ground cleared of timlier, preparaloiy to the erec- 
tion of shops; for the cnibryo '•eity" of East Sagi- 
naw had not long liefore emerged from the prime- 
val forest. This was thirty years ago and the two 
eity lots have now grown to sixteen city lots, with 
shops covering the entire area. 

In l«(;i, Mr. Henry I). Wiekes and liis brother 
pureh.ased the interest of .Mr. Wood, and they then 
formed the partnersliii) wliieli h.-is since become 
such a popular title in their line, known as Wiekes 
Urns. In the year m83, however, the concern 
having assumed such large pri>|)'jrtions, it wa.s 
deemed advisable to organize a joint-stock corpor- 
ation; liut the same general name was adhered to, 
the Company consisting of Heiu-y 1). Wiekes, his 
two sons, and his brother, K. N. Wiekes. The 
business done by this corporation has grown to 
mammoth proportions. It should be borne in 
mind that all through the .Saginaw \'alley, and 
thronghnut the I'liper Peninsula of Michigauj 
lumber manufacturing is the most important of 
the many imijortiint industries of that wondeiful 
State, and then the growth of an institution like 
that of Wiekes Pirothers can be understood. Com- 
jilete mill outfits have been sold for European use, 
and the rcpuialion of its workmanlike ability has 
beconu' world wuU'. 

With such .'in industry to organize from its in- 
ception and to ahl in its growth for nearly two 
score years, Heniy Wiekes has had but little time, 
and still less inclination, to indulge in political 
ambition; but he is a good citizen, and has done a 
good citizen's part by giving of his time and val- 
uable services for many years to make a success 
of East Sagii aw as a community, and he has 
gained the respect of the community in that ca- 
pacity. He is a A'estryman of St. Pa\d"s Episcopid 
Church, in East Saginaw, and his fellow members 
have learned to love him as an a.s.sociate. He is 
always ready to ai<l every object looking to the 
welfare and good of his fellow citizens, and they, 
in their turn, have given him of their esteem and 
good-will. On ,Scpteml»er 21. 18.j8, Mr. Wiekes 
was married to Miss .Vnn S. I'.aitey, the daughter 
of .larvis Mai ley, of Flint. Mich. There have been 
three ehildien of this union; and of these, two 



sons are connected with their father in liusine.ss. 
The plant belonging to Wiekes liros., occupies 
space that extends six hundred feet on Tildou 
Street and runs back for two hundred and forty 
feet, reaching to Washington Street, and comprises 
boiler shop, machine shop and foundry. About 
x.SOO.dOO capital is re(|uired in order to carry on 
the business and some two hundred an<l twenty- 
five men are employed. Although most of the 
business is done l\y correspondence, two salesmen 
are kept upon the road. The [lay loll runs to 
about ^I4r),()(iii annually and many of the men in 
their employ have been with the firm foi- twenty- 
live or thirty years and are skilled workmen. 

The Wiekes engines are the heaviest engines 

I built in the I'nited States and the gang-saws made 
by this linn are the best manufactured. They 
built the first iron frame gang-saw about the year 
1870 and over three hundred of these are now in 
use. They also build heavy plate bending rolls 

' for the manufacture of boiler and ship plates with 
direct engine attachment to e.ach machine. These 
machines weigh from thirty-four to forty-nine 
tons. 

Wiekes 15ros. are now making the rolls for the 
Pacific Co.ast Plant of the .Vmerican Steel Barge 
Company, of West Superior, .'uid these machines 
are valued at about $r),aOO each. The si)ecialty of 
this house is in the heaviest marine boilers and 
they have turned out boilers for large ocean ships, 
some of them weighing lifty-two tons. At present 
eight boilers are being made for the United States 
Government. The plant of this concern is the 
largest in the State of Michigan, and their hy- 
draulic riveter has a weight of one hundred and 

! sixty-five tons and co.st *3(l,()(l() and is the largest 
one in the West. 






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-41 ffcU.LIAM (;LAZH':H. To behold the pro- 
\^/l gress and culture of Maple Grove Town- 
\^ysfj ship, Saginaw County, one would scarcely 
imagine that a few years back it was little more 
than .-i forest primeval and possessed only the 
charms of natuie. This township is rightly named 



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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RliCORD. 



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hi'iiiii' in very triitli a luapk' lirovo and luio wull 
:ida|)te(l to business and pleasure aliite. Aniung 
tlie pioneers wiio hewed out the foundation of 
many lieautit'ul farms, is tlie suliject of this sketeli. 
He makes his home on se tion ;i.'i, and has lieen 
largely insti'umental in hi'lnging ahi)Ul many of 
the new sucees<ful methods of advancing business, 
educational and social systems. 

Mr. (<ln>;ier's liirth ocurred in Linciihishire, 
England, on the (iUi of July, liS:!2. Ilu is the son 
of William and Elizalietii (Hardy) (Hazier, also 
natives of Ijincolnshire, wlieie they resided until 
their death, the father dying in 1840, at the age 
of forty -six years, and the mother in 1H(;2. The 
father followed the peacefuV pursuits of a farmer 
and was very successful in all his dealings. The 
j)arental family numbered ten children, namely: 
Jiebecua, Joseph, Elizabeth, Samuel, Jane, John, 
Mary, William. Ann and Tliomas. Rebecca mar- 
ried Joseph Shei)herd, and died in England; Jos- 
eph resides in England; Elizabetli married William 
Buzzard and also makes her home in England; 
Samuel remains in England; Jane mai'ried Mr. Met- 
ton Miller; John died in his native country-; Mary 
makes her home in the British Isle; Ann died 
when young, and Thomas came to the United 
States; he was married and died in Saginaw County 
leaving three children — Charles E.,Eva Ann, Min- 
nie Maude. 

Our subject was reared on the farm in his native 
country and his parents were unable to give him 
more than an ordinary education. In 1855 he 
cam^ alone to the United States, having left the 
most of his family in England. Upon landing in 
New York he at once came West, first stopping in 
Howell, Livingston County, this State. He had 
been enabled to save but little money when start- 
ing out for himself, and so worked as a common 
laborer in that vicinity for about seven years. He 
then saw a better opening for him in Romeo, Ma- 
comb County, whither lie went and worked (»n a 
farm, remaining thus engaged until he came to 
Saginaw County, in 18()8. 

Mr. Glazier's first purchase of land consisted of 
one hundred and sixty acres, upon which he now 
resides and for which he paid $1,(10(1 in cash. His 
tract was in a wild state when it came into his 



hands, l)ut with his characteristic energy and in- 
dustry he has pl.aced it under most excellent culti- 
vation, and during the period of clearing his farm 
he worked at intervals in an hotel in Romeo. Mr. 
(ilazier is a prominent farmer in Maple Grove 
Township and all who know him rejoice in the suc- 
cess which has attended his labors. He has placed 
his farm under the best improvements and supplied 
all the necessary luuldings. 

January 8, 1875, our subject was united in 
marriage to Mrs. Irene (Mazier, the widow of his 
brother Thomas. Their nuptials were celebrated 
in Maple Grove. Mrs. (ilazier was born July 23, 
1849, in Lapeer County. Mr. Glazier now owns 
one hundred and twenty acres of land. In i)oli- 
tics he is independent, voting for the man rather 
the party. He has held the office of Justice of the 
Peace and fullilled all its duties in a manner cred- 
itable to himself and satisfactory to his townsmen. 
To our subject and his wife have been born one 
child — Ilda, who was i)orn Augut 13, 1879. 

Previous to the union spoken of above, the wife 
of our subject was married to Thomas Glazier, and 
to them were granted three children — Charles A., 
Eva A., and Minnie IMaude, who died aged sixteen 
years. 



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ipXsEWTON DOUGLAS LEE, iM. D. We are 
I jj gratified to be able to present the portrait 
lk\,JUi} and life narrative of one of the old settlers 
and most reliable jirofessional men of Saginaw. 
He was born in wiiat was then Delaware (now 
Morrow) County, Ohio, Septeinlier 20, 1823. His 
father, Asa Lee, was a manufacturer of woolen 
goods, also handled grain and lumber and owned 
a large farm. He was a native of IMassachusetts 
.and a member of the famous old Lee family o\ that 
State, whose ancestors came from England in 1634 
and who in that day si)elled their name "Leigh." 
Through some differences in the famil}' the name 
w.is changed in 1667 to Lee. The grandfather of 
our suliject, Capt. Benjamin Lee, resided in IMassa- 
chusetts and was a Heviilutionary soldier. 

Sarah (Meacliaiii) l,ec. the mother of our subject. 



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P0R^l^\^^ and biographical record. 



was a native uf .Massnoliiisi'tts and wa? a dcscciifl- 
aiit of the I'ilmirii Fatlicis who scttlod in :\Iassa- 
diusetts ill lfi2ii. and her fallii-r was killed in 
a naval eiijiaifeiiient on Loiitj Island Sound, 
during the War of (lie Revolution. Asa Leu re- 
sided at Lexington, Ky., and was a eoini>anion in 
Ixiyliood days of Henry Clay. He was at one lime 
a slave owner, tint became c()iiviiice<l of the ini(iuity 
of hiniiaii slavery and set 4'30,(l(ni worth of slaves 
free, lie then removed to Ohio and settled in 
lileiiden Township, Franklin County, near Central 
College, whieh he as.si.sled in starting, lie wa.s 
only forty years old when he die<l August 10, 
in;)3; his good wife survived him many years, liv- 
ing to be seventy -six yeai''' "''1 ''I'l'l |ia>siiig ;iway 
in 188(1. Of the five ehildreii in the family the 
Doctor is the oldest. Ilislioyhood was pa.-'Sed in 
( Miio, where he studied in the common schools and 
then entered Central (\>llege. After completing 
his studies there he devoted liini.self to teaching. 

While |»i'siding at the teacher's desk. young Ia'c 
found opportunities ff)r iiursuing his medical 
studies; at the age of nineteen he began reading 
with Dr. Ulymer, and afterward studii d with Drs. 
Swingley it Douglas, lie then took his lectures at 
the Willoughby Medical College and there re- 
ceived hi.- diploma, in the >pring of 1817. 

The young Doctor (ommenced his practice in 
Detroit with Dr. Pitcher, one of the ]irominenl 
])liysiciaus of thi,-- .State wliicli asMiciatioii gave 
the young man an excellent start in his juxifes- 
sional career. .Vfter staying at Detroit for six 
months he went to I'ontiae, Mich., on acci.niit of 
poor health and from 18-17 to 185(1 contented him- 
self with a small practice as he was not strong ' 
enough to push business. In lis.'iO he reiiiovccl to 
Saginaw, establishing himself in his pr.Mctice as a 
|)liysiciaii and at the same time undertaking den- 
tistry as there were no dentists then in this little 
city of live liiiiidred people, lie has continued in 
this work up to the present time and has a verv 
liea\ y pra<lice. 

Dr. I,ee formed a matriinonial union in 18;')."^ 
with Miss Mary .daughter of Kleazer.Iewett and wife 
of .Saginaw. When Kleazer.Iewett first came to this 
ngiou he wa> the agent of the American Fur Com- 
pany and in those days the military posts were al- 



mo.st the only settlements and Indians were numer- 
ous. The three children of the Doctor and his 
wife are, Gertrude; Kdgar .lewett, who is connected 
with the Flint A' I'ere Marquette Railroad; and Jes- 
sie, w'ife f)f .lolin M. Fraser, Lumber Inspector. In 
1880 the Doctor was elected Coroner which posi- 
tion he has lield since, and for the last twenty-tive 
years he has been Health Officer of the city most 
of the time. 



ON. ROWLAND COXXOR. M. S. This 
notable eitizeu of Saginaw was born .June 
H!. 1842, in the city of New York. His 
l^^ father, .lolin Henry Connor. a.s well as sev- 
eral generations of his forefathers, was born in the 
.-aiue city, and was among the older class of New 
York merchants and bankers. The mother, Cath- 
arine A. Reiner, was a native of the same city and 
of (u'rinaii p.irentage. Our subject attended public 
scho;)ls and liually the college of the city of New 
York, and in 1860, being then eighteen years old, 
he was graduated from that institution which three 
years later c(Mifei red u)ioii him the degree of Mas- 
ter of .Sciences. After his scholastic cour.se he 
taught for one year in public and private schools 
and then entered the Theological Department of 
the St. Lawrence riiiversity at Canton, X. Y., be- 
ing graduated therefrom two years l;iter. and was 
ordained as a minister in 18();i. 

Mr. Connor settled as pastor of a cliuroh at 
Kingston, N. IL. and later at Concord, that State, 
and in 1H(>(! received a unanimous call to the 
School .Street Church at lioston, where he remained 
until 1874. From that time until 188(1 he w.as 
engaged in literary work in Xew York and Boston, 
being one of the proprietors and editors of the 
Nulioii and contributor, also, to the Triljtinc of X'ew 
York, the I[<-niliJ ixntX Iiii1i:r of Boston, Lijipincolt's 
Magazine, and other peiiodicals. His articles have 
been widely circulated and read. In his early man- 
hood he came under the intlueuce of Wendell Phil- 
lips Mild others of that wonderful coterie of lead- 
ingminds which were W(uking upon the proI)lem of 
human liberty, and became a co-worker with them. 



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serving on the executive eonimittee of the Amer- 
ican Anti-Slaveiy Societv. In its service he was 
ever ready to expend liis energies. He wrote, 
tallied, and preached upon tiiis theme. His mind 
was not I»>und down iiv dogmas and forms, and 
he paid the penalty wliirh has often liecii h'vied 
upon geniu^ and inde|)eiidfn'-.' and was severely 
criticised. 

I'pou leaving New York in l.SSO Mr. Connor 
came to Saginaw and iiere formed a lil)eral relig- 
ious society and began s|)e:iking first in the Acad- 
emy of Music, and later in his church. His .sermons, 
or lectures electrilied his hearer. They were u|)on 
such themes as Darwinism, Pliilosoi)hy of Evolu- 
tion, the Hihle of Higher Criticism, and the great 
religions of tlie world. He was elected a memlter 
of the Board of Education, and during the cam- 
paign of 1888 was made a memlwr of the ^Michigan 
State Legislature. 

The members of his congregation are gathered 
from all classes and creeds: Jew and Gentile, black 
and white, Protestant and Catholic unite with him 
as a leader. Hisscientific lectures have been highly 
appreciated, while his earlj- training and experi- 
ence have given liis character a business bend and 
added acuteness to his conversation. While a 
member of the Legislature, our subject served on 
various important committees, and one of his most 
important movements was an amendment to the 
general Banking Law in the interest of Savings 
Bank depositors, which was largely due to his per- 
sistent efforts. 

Tlie consolidation of the two Sagiuaws was the 
work of Mr. Connor, and that necessitated no less 
than live additional bills in order to emilile the 
consolidated charter to run smoothly. He has ever 
made it liis aim to prevent injudicious legislation 
rather than to procure the passage of new laws. 
He was at one time candidate for Sjieaker of the 
House liut the death of his only brother occiiiring 
at that tune prevented his making any canvass, 
liut notwithstanding this fact lie received a tie vote 
in the caucus though he was not elected. 

The niarriage of our subject, which took [ilace 
Novemlier 21, 18()9, brought to his home a licl|i- 
mate in the person of jNIiss Emma, daughter of 
Andrew .1. Hilton, of Hoston.and a son .and daugh- 



ter have I>een born to them. While lier home was 
in Boston she was a member of the old Radical 
Club, as was also Mr. Connor and he was secretar}- 
of it for a time. In this clnli they were brought 
into association with such men as Emerson, Alcott 
and Higgins. Mrs. Comior is a brilliant conver- 
sationalist and was esteemed most highly in the 
literary circles in Boston. Their daughter, Mil- 
dred Bartol, was naincd in honor of old Dr. Bar- 
tol and the son Manley, wlio is now a student 
at the State [Tniversity, was naincd for a friend of 
Theodore Parker. I'pon being elected to the Leg- 
islature in 1888 Mr. Connor gave uj) the charge of 
ids religious society and decided to enter the legal 
profession for which he was well fitted, and lie was 
admitted to the bar in 189(1. He was sulisequently 
re-elected to the T.,egislature and is still a member 
of that body. 



||--,A/LAVILS E. KINNEY. Among the farmers 
rn^^St and stock-raisers of Chesaning Township, 
[\ Saginaw County, we find this native son 
of Michigan, who was born in Lenawee County 
February 24, 1849. He is a man of more than or- 
dinary intelligence and very successful, especially 
ill the line of dairy produce. His parents. Nelson 
and Margaret (l^ouugs) Kinney, were both lioni 
in the PJmpire State, liut came to Michigan and 
took a farm in Lenawee County in tlie spring of 
1842, going onto a piece of wild land, where he 
still lives, and which he has brought to a high 
state of cultivation. The father was liorn in 181/), 
and the mother in 1«I7. in the family there were 
six children, including two pairs of twins, all of 
whom are still living excc|)t the eldest son. Our 
suliject was one of these twins, his mate being his 
sister Florence, now Mrs. Mills, of Jonesville, Mich. 
He of whom we write had his early training 
uiion the farm and received a common-school edu- 
cation. At the age of twenty he began to work 
at the carpenter's trade, which he had acquired 
from ob.servation and practice, without taking an 
apprenticeship. For s<'vcntocn years he devoted 



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himself to this work in New York and Mioliigaii. . intr. first in tiu' common schools and afU'rwaid in 
and also worked in the coac-li shops of the ]>ake the colleiiv at Stuttiiart. Later he entered the 
Shore iV Miehisran Southern Railroad, and at other mereaiitile liusiness there as a elerk in a laryc dry- 
times fonnd employment in caliiiiet shops. He .uoods house, where he remained for five years, 
liouyht his pleasant home in 187H, purchasing one serving an apprenticeship which gave him a fine 
livnidred and twenty acres on section :! 1, (hcsan- business education and being promoted from the 
ing Township. This he has cleared and liroiight lower to the toj) round of the commercial ladder, 
to a fine state of cull i v;ition >o that he raises from After leaving the lirm with which he had been 
ninety to one hundred bushels of oats to the acie. for so long .Mr. Schcurmann came to America and 
The beautiful home in which the family of our spent eight months in New York City before corn- 
subject resides is oiu' that is built from his own ing on to Detroit, and later to Saginaw City which 
design. It was on Kebruaiy 22, IH7(l, tliat he he rcMclu'd in ISril. He was with a relative for a 
took to himself a wife in the person of INliss Ellen time on a farm, and also cleiked in various stores. 
A. Karnsworth, of Krie Countv. X. Y.. where she Finally he entered .lohn Derliys large est.ablish- 



was born October 12. 1H47. Her paients. William 
K. and Cordelia (Dole) Karnsworth. were both na- 
tives of the old IJay State. The two children of 
tliiscouplc ai'c AVallcr 1... who u;is born in .Vdiiaii. 
this State. December 21. l.S71.:uid Kdith C., who 
Wilt- born in this township .Maicli II. 1HH(I. Jlr. 
Kinney is a member of the Disciiiles' Clmi-ch and 
is identified with the order of the Knights of the ■ 



ment, and continued with him until 1H;")7 at which 
time he came to l!ay City with Henry Klatou, and 
eng.aged as clerk in .a general store. Afterward he 
was with liindei- A' Co., shipping and commission 
agents and ilealers in white oak staves, who also 
had a general store liusiness. wholesale and retail. 
Ill l.S(;(; our subject opened a shoe store for him- 
self on Water Stn^et, in what is now the Zehner 



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Maccabei's. He was for many years a Ucpiibliean Block, where he continued for live years and then 
and is now an earnest and hearty i'rohibitionist, conducted a large business in the Watson Block 
but li.-is iic\er been a seckei' for ullice. I for about five years more. In 187(1 he removed to 

No. 8(12 Xorth AVater Street, where he occupied a 
large store prior to removing to his new building. 
He began with a sm.all store, and has gradually in- 
creased his business and his facilities until he now 
has one of the finest shoe stiuvs in this part of the 
State, and gives employment to live clerks. A 
very successful business man, his good fortune is 
due to his cnterpi ise !ind energy. He has taken 
considerable interest in real estate and in vessel 
pidpeit\'. in all of which he has been [irospeied. 

Ricli.-ird Si'lK'urniann was married Septeinl)er 18, 
I8(;i, to :Miss Cornelia Boiitell, of Bay City, and 
of their six children four are still living: (Jrace is 
ilie wife of Albert Et/.old; Fi;ink is with his father 
in business, as is .mIso Richard. .Ir.; while Minnie is 
at home. Our subject is one of tlic Trustees of 
the Congregalioii.'il Church of this cit\'. and has 
been a member of the I'.oard of Kdncation for the 
past ten years, lie has scived on the i.oard of 
Police Coiiiiiiis>ioncis and has lilled various local 
olliccs, such MS I'reasurer and Township Clerk. He 
h;is been a member of the Independent Order of 



ICH.VRD SCIIK! K.MAN' N, the oldest shoe 
dealer in B:i\- City, in point of business 
,V eslablishmelit. is located in the new Seheur- 
^^[£);niMnn Block cm \\':ishingtoii A\ cuue. lu ar 
Center Avi'iiue, where he has a line store 2.") x 1011 
feet. The block, a view (if which is shown on an- 
other page. w;is built by hiiii III ihe fall of ISIM. 
and has an elegant front of piesscd brick. cut stone 
and co[iperwilh <ival top. arched doors and a splen- 
did exjiaiise of plalc:iiiil decorative glass. Itisone 
of the finest fronts in the city or indeed in the State, 
and the upper part is littfd with elegant glass of 
excelleiil di'-iL;ii. The whole building is of supe- 
rior plan and woikiiinii'-liip. mikI contains all of the 
latest iinprovcnieiits. 

.\lr. Scliciiniiauii WMsbmn in B;h1cii. (icrinaiu. 
.^ugusl 2.'), I8:il.and i- a son of Finest Scheiir- 
mann. He was educated in his native home, stuih- 




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Odd Im'IIows for >ixloon years. Twi'iity ye.irs ago 
he built the hcaulifiil rosideiifc wliifli the family 
still oeeu])ies on the conier of Fiftii .V venue and 
.ladvson Street, and this has ever heen the center 
of a happy domestic and social life. 



AVID .1. WEIJI). Oiu- subject is a native of 
Aureli\is Township, Inj>ham County, this 
State, and was born August 7, 1843. He is 
a son of William and Jane (Wright) Webb, and a 
grandson on the paternal side of William Webb, 
who was born in England, and who came to the 
United States about 1832. settling in Onondaga 
County. Js. Y.. where he devoted himself to his 
calling, that of a farmer. His son and our suli- 
ject's father, ^^'llliam, was also born in England. 
and came with his parents to New York. He was 
there married to our subje( t's mother. They 
i-eared three children — Matilda, David J. and 
Mar^-. The young people were brought up under 
the teachings of the liaptist C'hurch. 

The family of which our subject is one came to 
.Michigan and settled four miles west of jMason, 
where the father died not a great while after com- 
ing here, his death occurring in 181(;. Our suli- 
ject's motlier afterward married Mr. Deering, and 
from that union one child, Estella, was born. 
After his father's decease our subject made his 
home with his grandparents Wright until fourteen 
years of age. lie is self-educated, his ojjportuni- 
ties in an educational way being exceedingly lim- 
ited, but being ambitious to make up these de- 
ficiences he has read and studied by himself. 

At the age of fifteen years Daviil Webb began 
to work at the cabinetmaker's trade, in which he 
continued until the time of his enlistment, in 
March. 18(il. when he became a memliei- of Conir 
pany IJ, Thiid .AHchigan Infantry, entering the 
service for three months, but soon afterward he 
re-enlisted for three years. He took part in the 
various engagements of Hull Hun, Hampton Roads, 
Meclianicsville. in the siege of ^'orklown. Williams- 
burg ,'ind Fair Oaks. In the last-named engage- 



ment he w.as wounded in the right forearm. .Vfter 
being four months in hos|iital at Washington. Mr. 
Webb was di-scharged October 1, 18G2. He came 
to Michigan in February, 1803, and immediiitely 
enlisted in the Sixth IMichigan Cavalry, acting 
with the (Quartermaster as sutler. In the summer 
of 186f he returned to Lansing, and the same 
summer came to Saginaw and engaged in lumber- 
ing, and has been .so interested almost constantly 
ever since. 

In August, 1870, our subject purchased one 
hundred and sixty acres of land on section 10, 
Braut Township, locating here in May, 1871. He 
now owns two bundled acres of land, having 
cleared and improved one hundred and eighty. 
W'hat property he has has l)een amassed by his 
own efforts. He has served his township as Com- 
missioner and is now in his eleventh year as Su- 
pervisor of the township. He is a Democrat in 
politics and has done his party good service. 

iSIr. Webb married. May 22, 1867, Miss Alice, 
daughter of Benjamin and Belle Colvin. The 
lady was born in Erie County, N. Y'. They have 
had eight children — Charles R.. Myrtle V.. Carriw 
M., Alice B., Estella .T., William, (irace and David 
.1. ]\lr. .and Jlrs. Webb are honored and respected 
members of society. As a citizen our subject 
strives to advance the best interestsof the locality, 
and by his puritj- of purpo.se and honesty of action 
he cannot fail in the desired result. 



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ECTOR E. WILLIAMS. It is not to be gain- 
.said that climatic influences have a great 
deal to do with human temperament. This 
(''•I is illustrated almost invariably among the 
young men who have come hither, or have settled 
in any part of the Fnion, from Canada. Almost 
invarialily they arc char.acterized by great indus- 
try, clear-headedness, and are far-seeing, shrewd 
and capable. Of these our subject is no exception. 
His line farm, which is located on section 22, 
Thomastown Township. .Saginaw County, attests 
the thon ugliness and abiiily with which he em- 
braci's evcr\ undi'rtaki ng. His efforts in an agri- 



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cultural way aiv conducted on a sciontilic plan 
rather than liy fnive i>f nuiscle, and its advantajjes 
are seen in the lioiintifiil harvests stowed away in 
Ids ujranaries and thi' sleek kine that l>rowse in 
his lields. He was Ijorn in Ipper ( anada. ( )et()l)er 
2!». I«2!), and is a son of Daniel and Catherine 
(Howell) Williams. 

Our subject's father was also a native of Canada, 
and was horn ])eeenil)er II. 17ilSI. His fattier, 
A\'illiain Williams, was a native of Wales, who 
came to America wiieii a hoy and settled in Con- 
necticut, niakini" his liviiiy liy peddling clocks. He 
accumulated enough in this way to start into liusi- 
ness handsomely. He served through the Kevohi- 
tionary war, thougli. sooth to say, on the Tory 
side. After the war lie removed to Canada. Ik- 
died there at tlie age of eighty-four years. 

Our suliject's father was a farmer and owned 
over a thou-sand acres of land in Canada. He 
came to the .States in November, 1«.')7, and settled 
where his son now lives and with whom he made 
his home for several years, Miially removing to Da- 
kola where he died in 1KH7, at the age of eighty- 
six 3^ears. He was educated for the ministry, 
being of llie I'lii versalist persuasion, but although 
he was a man of great mental strength and in- 
telligence, he did not show a liking for his chosen 
profession. He was a Republican in politics. 
His marriige with our sulijecfs mother was 
blessed by tlie birth of seven children, all of whom 
are yet living, viz: Leonora, Nancy A., Hector, 
James, Charles. Klizabetli and Catherine. The 
niolher died at the age of eighty-three years; she 
was a Methodist in her religious creed. Her father, 
Jl.aj. Howell, was a native of Ireland, where he 
married his second wife. He .served as a major in 
the British Army during the Kcvoliilionarv War 
and w.as elevated to the position of Major-( u'neral 
after the w'ar when in Canada, having charire of 
the British troojjs there. In recognition of his ser- 
vices the (iovernor gave liim several thousand 
acres of land and al.so a pension. He died in "Can- 
ada at an advanced age. 

Our subject was reared in his nativi.' land on a 
farm and was early employed in a woolen f.'ictorv. 
He attended school a short timeand began work in 
the woolen factory at tlie age of (iflcen. and w;is 



there employed for four years. He then went upon 
a farm and began for hiniself and at the age of 
twent\-two years assumed control of the home 
place. He there owned one hundred acres, which 
he farmed until he came to the States, in the fall 
of I8i")(>. 

March Hi, lis.">l. our subject w.-is married to 
Caroline Town, a native of Ogdensburg, N.V.,wlio 
was born ]\Iarch 10, 1832, and was a daughter of 
Robert and Ann ^NI. (Tibbetts) Town, both natives 
of the Knipire State. They moved to Canada 
when ,AIrs. AVilli.ams was but six months old, and 
there lier father died at the age of eighty years. 
Her mother also died at the age of sixty-eight 
years. Mr. and Mrs.Williams have been the parents 
of seven children, of whom are living — Adeline, 
Manl\-, Anna, Harriet, Jacob and Sarah; Kleazer, 
, died :it one and a half years old. 

The journey from Canada here was made by rail, 
steamboat and stage. There were two brothers 
who had preceded our suliject to this place, and 
after Hector had worked for one month, meantime 
prosiiecting, he jiurchased his present farm of two 
hundred and forty acres, and moved into the 
woods; not a stick of which had fiecn touched. He 
was obliged to clear the way and built a log house, 
which was 12x211 leet in dimensions. The Indians 
were freipient visitors at his caliin. and panthers, 
as well as deer and wohes made frequent encroach- 
ments u])on his domain. Our subject assures the 
writer that he u.sed to drive the deer to the house 
with the cows, and has killed many of them. His 
nearest neighbor lived at a distance of three miles. 
Mrs. Williams was her husband's able second in 
his work of clearing and farming. She used to 
walk to Saginaw and carry back therefrom grocer- 
ies, and lias freciueiitly picked and liuincd brush 
until her hands were blistered. The winter nuniths 
were devoted more or less by our subject to lum- 
bering on Swan Creek, where he ran a camp for 
which his wife (ooked for five years. He rafted 
his logs down to Saginaw. Mr. Williams devotes 
himself to mixed farming. He is thorough in all 
tilings, and has one of the best places in the local- 
ity. He keeps good graded stock, and owns one 
hiiiidn'd and forty-seven .acres, of which one hun- 
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ariys. a si'oiid lioust' niid tVaiiU' liani. In l.sTl he 
siis>taiiied a severe loss by Hi'e, Ins inopeH-ty lieiiig 
damaged to the extent of $3, 700, on which tlierc 
was i|!l,loo insurance. Mrs. Williams wove thirteen 
hundred yards of carpet in eighteen months after 
tlie tire, in order to make up as much as she was 
alile of their loss. They are hoth members of the 
^lethodist Churcli. Our subject is a Republican in 
politics and has held various townshij) offices, hav- 
ing been .School Inspector, Road Commissioner, etc. 




ILTON 15. 1)K LAND, .lustice of the Peace 
and Notary Pulilie at Saginaw, was born 
in Candor. Tioga County, N. Y., November 
20. 1M20. His father, Charles DeLand, a 
native of New York, was born in Hartford Town- 
ship, Washington County, in December, 1797. lie 
was a Baptist minister a number of years. He was a 
son of .Joseph, and the grandson of Daniel J)eLand; 
Daniel was a son of Paul, and he the son of I'lulip 
DeLand. The latter was the first American ances- 
tor and came to this country in lfi94, settling in 
the colony of Massachusetts. He came from Ports- 
nioutii, England, to this country; these ancestors 
were Ihiguenots. The mother of our sultject was 
Susan \Vihnarth, daughter of William and Susan- 
nah (Cai)ron) Wihnarth; she was descended from 
Puritan anccwtors on both sides, and was born in 
Stockl)ridge, Mass. The father, being a ministei', 
made many changes in his place of residence; they 
removed to .Michigan in May, 1847, where he 
preaciied in different |)laces, finally settling in 
Flushing, Genysee County, where he died Febru- 
ary 7, lH(i4. li niiig some time l)efore retired from 
active service. Hi-< wife also departed this life in 
the same place, February 4, 1871. 

Milton I>. wa-i the second son and child in a 
family of six. of whom four are living. When he 
was thirteen years of age be went to Seneca County 
and there attended tlie district school. He com- 
menced teaching at the age of eighteen, and taught 
his last school in lH61-t)2. He was married, No- 
vember 23, 184 1, to jNIiss Rachel Livingston. She 



was boi-u and reai'ed in the town of Lodi, Seneca 
County, N. Y., and was the daughter of Adam and 
Amy (Spence) Livingston, of Scotch descent on 
her father's side, her mother being of Scotch and 
1 rish descent. 

In the spring of 1845 our subject located in 
Washtenaw County, where he spent five years. He 
then removed to Flushing where he settled on a 
piece of new land, which he cleared up and there 
spent fifteen j'ears. Selling out in the fall of 1864 
he removed to South Saginaw, where he still re- 
sides. He has served two terms as Supervisor and 
has been elected Village Clerk. He has also served 
as Assessor and Trustee. In 186(5 he became No- 
tary Public, and in 188.5 was elected .Justice of the 
Peace, serving four years, and was re-elected with- 
out op()Osition in 1881) by the full vote of both 
parties for the term of four years, but the consol- 
idation of the Saginaws terminated the office at 
the end of one year. He was then re-elected in 
1890 as before, l)y the full vote of both parties, for 
a term of four years. 

The family of our subject consisted of three ciul- 
dren. namely: Salina, wife of William II. Brearle}^, 
who is proprietor of the Deli-oit Journal-, Alice, 
who died in 1876, and Milton L., a druggist in 
Saginaw. Mr. Del^and .and wife are members of the 
Michigan Avenue Baptist Church, and are in every 
way respected citizens. Politically, he is, and has 
always lieen, a stanch Democrat, and is influential 
in the ranks of his party in this locality. 



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//^s APT. DANIEL M. PIERCE. Our subject 
II enjoys at the presenttime the distinction of 

^^(' being one of the oldest captains running on 
the Saginaw River. His experience in his line ex- 
tends over a varied history of this region, and no 
one more than he realizes that times are not as 
they "(mce were, yet through the many changes he 
has maintained his jovial temperament and is a fa- 
vorite with all whom business or pleasure lake by 
the way of the watei'. 

()ur sulijccl wa> born in Middlelieid. ( )tsego 
County, N. Y., Scptciiiln^r (!, 1837. and is a son of 



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N:illi;iii aiKl I'lill.v ( lU'als) Pioiee. The former was 
honi in .leffiMsoii C'uinily, N. Y.; lie l()f)k |i:ut in 
the War of 1812, aiirl was present at the battle of 
Saekett's Harbor and at Hiiffalo. He lived to the 
a<i:e of ninety-four years, and was one of the pen- 
sioners of the (iovernnient. The family is noted 
for its lonjifevity and our subject's patcrn.ai grand- 
sire, who was a farmer in Otseyo County, lived to 
be all but one hundred years old. 

Nathan Pieree, who was a earpenter by trade, 
cane to Hay City in lull. There were at that 
time only four or live frame and loir houses here. 
He employed himself in doing earpenter work. and 
ill building lishing boats. He also improved a farm 
between IJay City ami Kssex ville an<l died in West 
Hay City about IHHl. For many years he had been 
a Mason. ( )ur suliject's mother died in this city 
in IHK). 

Tlie family of which our sulijeet is one eoin- 
prised ('apt. IJenjamiii Pieree of West Hay City; 
Charles, of Mackinaw; .Mary, who is deceased; 
Serena; Cordelia, Mrs. .1. D. lluckins; Cai>t. .loshua, 
of Sarnia. Canada, and tlu^ ui'iitleman of whom we 



being between Detroit, Hay City and Alpena. He 
was then made second mate on the steamboat 
'•Huron," spending half of the season of 1861 on 
that ves.sel and the remainder on the boat "iSIag- 
net." 

In 18()l-(i,"). oui' sulijeet was on the "Huron" as 
tii'st mate, the boat |)lying between S.aginaw and 
(ioderich, Ontario, and he wiis with it when it was. 
wrecke<l at the mouth of the Saginaw, .\fterward 
he became mat'3 and i)ilot of the "ICmeiald." and 
in the fall of 1866, when the "Huron" was rebuilt 
he resumed his place as mate, continuing until 
.Inly, 1860. He then became a (lartner in the tirm 
of II. S. Raymond & Co., dealers in newsiwipers 
periodicals and stationery, whose liead(iuarters 
were in the ))ost-otlice building. He was with this 
com|iany for fourteen \'ears, spending two .seasons 
of the time on the steamer '"IMusic." In 1882 he 
left the news business and after a rest of a year 
became Deputy Collector of Customs at the jiortof 
Hay City, holding the otiice for two years and three 
months, until he was displaced during Cleveland's 
administration. While he wjis thus connected the 



write. Daniel M. Pierci' was reared in his native ] report.s on clearance and collections showed Hay 

City to be next iu iiiiportance to the [lortsof Cleve- 
land and Ihiffalo. 

After leaving (;oveiiiineiit em|iloy Capt. Daniel 
Pierce became Captain of the "Metropolis" and f<ir 
four years iilied between .Saginaw, Hay City and 
Alpena. In 1890 our subject purchased an inter- 
est in thee.Kcnrsion steamer ■'Wellington R. Hurt" 
in partnership with Alessrs. Maxwell iV' Lee, he 
him.self taking coiiiinand and in 18;) 1 he .sailed be- 
tween Toledo and Pansliurg on the Maumee River. 
He is the veteran ('ai)tniu on that river, as well as 
the Sagin.aw. 

Capt. Pierce was iiianicd in Hast .Saginaw in De- 
cember, 1866, to Miss S. Ro.se Savers, who was born 
in London, Kiigland, but who was brought by her 
parents when a child to Stratford, Canada. She 
died ( )t'tober 27, 1888. .She was the mother of five 
children, whose names are, Charles, who is mate of 
the propeller "Sanilac," which sails between this 
point and Cleveland; Maude, who died in 1882 at 
the age of ten years; Mabel. Lilly and Otto. The 
family residence is located in the Third Ward at 
No. .'>] I .Vdams Street, ami he also owns some wihl 



place until 1811, when with his parents he came 
West by way of canal to Hiiffalo, N". Y., and thenee 
by ste.ami'r to Detroit and proceeded to Hay City 
by schooner. His (Mlucatioiial .•idvantages after 
locating here were limited, .attending .school only 
three months out of the year, and his knowledge 
of the three "R's" was obtained in the old-fash- 
ioned schoolhoiise, the facilities of which were very 
slender. The |)rincipal industry of this vicinity 
then was lishing, which was a most (ongenial oc- 
cupation to our subject. He became skilled in the 
handling of gill nets and seines, anil thus were oc- 
cuiiied many of his lioyhood days until he was lif- 
teeii years of age; he then beg.an tugging on the 
Saginaw River, on the "John Lathrop" for a 
couple of seasons, and when eighteen years old 
was advanced to the position of master of the 
vessel, continuing on it for four seasons. 

On winding up his coiinceliou with the ".lohn 
Lathrop" our subject began outside sailing, lirst.as 
wlieeliiiaii on the side-wln'cler "Coliiinbia," on 
which he reiiiaiiieil fnr three seasons ;inil was pro- 
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land in Cheboygan, Midi. Socially he is a member 
of tiie Free and Accepted Masons .niid belongs to 
the Scottish Rites. He has attained to tlie Thirtv- 
second Degree in Masonry and is a Knight of the 
Maccaliees. He belongs to the Mystic Shrine of De- 
troit and to the Elks. On its organization he was 
elected President of the Excelsior Marine Benevo- 
Ici t Association. This body is composed of cap- 
tains holding tirst-class certificates. His family 
have been bronght np in the faith of the Episcop.-d 
Church, of which his wife was a loyal and consist- 
ent member. In politics he is a true blue Hepub- 
lican. 



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E^'. IIOHATK) A. BARKER. This able 
1 and useful man, whose sphere of activity 




(J^ \V has been a broad one in various lines and 
)^ who has now retired from the work of the 
ministry, is carrying (m a general merchandise 
business in Oakley. He was born in Byron Town- 
ship, Genesee County, N. Y., May 27, 1X26, and is 
a son of Augustus and Mary (Eastman) Barker. 
The father is a native of Vermont and the mothei 
of New York. The birth of the father took place 
May 22, 1786, at Brandon. Vt., and his marriage 
occurred at Attica, N. Y., .hme 18, 1812, and im- 
mediately after this event the young man enlisted 
in the New York ^'olunteers for the War of 1812. 

Our subject spent his boyhood and youth upon 
a farm in New York and received a common-school 
education before coming to Michigan, wliither he 
migrated at the age of eighteen witii his parents 
who located in Eaton County, in 1844. It was 
during that winter that Horatio Barker began 
teaching and in 1848 he futher extended his edu- 
cation by a year'sstudy at Olivet College, continu- 
ing after that to follow the calling of a teacher 
for a number of years and lieing for two years en- 
gaged in the city schools of Lansing. 

During tlie time of his work as a teacher Mr. 
Barker also began preaching and after a year or 
two of service in this line he was ordained about 
the year 18.50 as a minister in the Free Baptist 
Churcli. lie preached in Lansing for some tlirec 



years and continued lor quite a period to give 
himself entirely to the wmk of the ministry. Dnr- 
iug this time he w.as pastor at Leoni, Stockhridge, 
IjCxington, Chester and Grand J^edge. He w.as 
married November IT), 185.5, at Stockbridge, Mich., 
to Mary .Tane, daughter of .lohii and Mary A. (Pat- 
terson) Sonles, who was born in '^'ates County, 
N. Y.. October 24, 1X3.'). 

In 1863 Mr. Barker received tlie appointment as 
princijial teacher in the lieform School at I>ansing, 
which he held about three years and tlien resigned 
to acce^)t a call to a church at Gilbert's Mills, Os- 
wego County, N. Y., where he remained fm- two 
years after which he removed to Springville, Erie 
County, where he was largely instrumental in 
liuilding a large church. After two years at that 
place he took a pastorate at Green Oak, Livingston 
County, Mich., where he spent six years, and then 
removed to Lansing and two years later to Oak- 
ley. 

His views having so changed that he could not 
conscientiously' remain as a pastor over a Baptist 
Church, he removed to Oakley. Mich., and there 
organized a new church on the princiiile that all 
whom Christ received ought to be received into 
membership in the church, that errors of doctrine, 
not sulHcient to prevent our becoming Christians 
should not prevent our becoming members of 
any real church of Christ. Hjs church afterwards 
became associated with the Congregational churches 
of Michigan. He etmtinued as pastor of thai 
organization for seven or eight years and was 
abundantly useful in his ministry. During all his 
residence at Oakley he has bi^en engaged in the 
merchantile business. 

While in Lansing the Rev. Mr. Barker built the 
Free Baptist Church thcre.doing about three-fourths 
of the work uiion it himself. This was the first 
cluireh erected in the central jiart of the city of 
Lansing. While |ireaching in Chester his voice 
failed and he moved to Lansing and stud- 
ied law. and after pa-'sing a very crcditalile 
examination was admitted to the bar. He has never 
followed that profession as when his voice was re- 
covered he took the pastorate at (iilhert's Mills. In 
his political views he finds himself in sympathy 
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I'liihiliitionist. He lias bei-ii .lii>tic-i' nf the I'eai'C 
for four ycafs and while in Lansintr lie served for 
five 3" ears u])(iii the Hoard of Aldernien. ^Ir. Har- 
ker was for a mmilier of years coiimcted with the 
Masonic fraternity. I'ut is no' now an aetive mem- 
ber. 

.Mr. and Mrs. Harker have had four children and 
the eldest of that numlier. Ida N'ietta. was horn in 
Oneida. Katon County, this State, Sei)temlier 21. 
18;)!>. anil is married to(l. 1). Lansinji, a f.niiuM- of 
Hrady Towiisliii) who lives in Oakley. Their one 
child is named l{a\inond 1>. Lansinfr. The second 
child of our subject died in infancy and the third 
Florence R., who w.as born in Lansing, March 2H. 
186i>, is now Mrs. Charles X. C. Sliirreff and lives 
in Cliesaning where her husband is the station 
assent. They have one child named I>ee H. The 
foiu'th ehihl — Myrtns K. — died at the age of twelve 
in Oakley. 

i' [ .VMlvS BR1-:M\KU. I'Ik- future of our great 
commonwealth depends upon the stability 
and integrity of the young people of to-day, 
}vg/ and among tho.^e who are contributing to 
the general progress, is the gentleman whose name 
introduces these paragraphs, and whose life thus 
far has been crowned with success. One of the 
young and enterprising business men of West Jiay 
City. Mr. I5reiniier is engaged in doing a large 
business in i)luinbing, steam and gas litting, and also 
manufactures a great deal of copper and sheet iron 
work. 

.Mr. Ilremner is now in the cu'ly piiiue of life, 
having l)een born .luly 2, ISCO. in Walertown. 
.Ietfcr.son County. N. V. Ili> father. .Mexander 
Itreinner. was a native of l)unde(>. .Scotland, and 
lii> father, also named .Mexander IJrenuier. was a 
niei-ehant in the Land of the 'I'histle where he died. 
.Mexander .Ir.. came to .Vnierica when less than 
fifteen years old. and spent six yeai-s in Canada. 
Thence he caine to the States and located in Water- 
town. X. Y.. where he learned the tanner's trade, 
lie then started in business for himself, haviuLT a 
t;iniiery on the IJlack River, which he continued 



tocarry on with fair success for a numbei- of years, 
when the liark running short, he was compelled to 
sus|)eiid operations. 

When abandoning his trade in New York, our 
sul)ject"s father became manager of the P.eardmore 
Tanning Company at Braceliridge. Canada, which 
he managed successfully for nine years, when they 
sold to Shaw Bros. He is now proprietor of the 
Tilsonliurg Tanuerv' at Til.sonburg. Canada, where 
he is doing a line business, beinu only fifty-eight 
ye.'iis of age, thus having many years of useful- 
ne.ss before bin. Ills wife, the mother of our sub- 
ject, w.-is Miss Margaret Mann, a native also of 
Dundee, Scotland. She was the daughter of Will- 
iam Mann, who. after coming to Canada, followed 
the occupation of a farmer in I^asheen. 

Nine children were born to .Mr. and ilrs. .Vlex- 
ander Ihemner, .James being the eldest but one. He 
was reared in New York State until reaching the age 
of ten years, when his jiarents removed to Canada. 
He attended the High .School there until fifteen 
and then returning to the .States was apprenticed 
to learn the plumber's trade in Watertown, N. Y., 
and which occupation he followed for three and 
one-half years. In l.s8(l he went to Minneapolis. 
Minn., where he worked at his trade and attended 
night .school for two years. He later took a course 
at the Commercial College and in 1882 made a tour 
through Washington, Colorado, Oregon, Vancou- 
ver's Island, then visited the cities of Minneapolis, 
Duluth and Chicago. Then he went to Detroit 
where he remained a while, then to Cadillac in which 
latter iilace he remained for two and one-half years. 
In tlie spring of 1889 the gentleman of whom 
this sketch is written came to Bay City where he 
entered the employ of Clements, then AVlieeler i^' 
Co. The following year he started into business 
f(»r himself and has built up a fine trade, having 
j done work in some of the finest buildings in Bay 
( ity. He owns two lots on 3Iountain Street and 
erected a beautiful residence for hiin.self in 18111. 
lie was married in Ayre, Canada, February 2.'}, 
1887 to Margaret Crozier. a native of Canada. Mr. 
Bremner is identified with a number of social 
orders, being a member of the Knights of Pythias, 
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the 
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conscientious and active member of the Westiiii li- 
ster Preslivtei'ian Chureh and in politics is a truc- 
lilue Hepulilican. Mr. l?remner is one of the repre- 
sentative men of West Hay City, is a gentleman of 
thorough integrity, enterprise and intelligence and 
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'MOS M. SWITZKR. of the firm of Switzer 
ife Eastwood, lumber dealers, has been in 
business here since 1K70 and his firm has 
its docks on the river near the Michigan 
Central Railroad, lie was born in (Quebec, Canada, 
February 16, 1836, and his parents were Amos and 
Diana (Switzer) Switzer. The name Amos lias 
been in the family for some eight or ten genera- 
tions, and our suliject has the family record by 
which he is able to trace his lineage back to 1107, 
when the family was connected with the Palatinate 
Court. 

The father of our subject was a civil engineer 
and was born at Limerick, Ireland. Our .subject 
studied in the grammar school at Petersborough, 
Ontario, and again at Victoria College in Cobourg, 
after which the family removed to Norwich, On- 
tario, and our subject went to Vienna, Ontario, 
and there engaged in the lumber business with 
Wallace & Scott, remaining with them until 1860. 
At that time he came to the States and spent two 
years at Clevel.and and two years at Chicago, .and 
then removed to Toledo, where he remained until 
1870. During all that time he was engaged in the 
lumber business and after leaving Toledo he came 
to Bay County and located at Kawkawlin, remain- 
ing with O. A. Ballon & Co., for eight years. 

When he left Kawkavvlin Mr. Switzer came to 
Bay City and has here been engaged, first in inde- 
pendent business and afterward in comi)any with 
others up to the present date. The Arm with which 
he is now associated w.as formed in August, 1881, 
.and they are doing an exclusively wholesale bus- 
ness and handling large quantities of himl)er. Mr. 
Switzer has been, and still is, a Democratic Alder- 
man, although elected from a Kcpnblican ward, 
the Ninth Ward of Bay Citv. wiiii-h is one of the 



best as regards character and standing, lie is also 
one of the trustees of the Bay City puljlic lilirary 
and helped to organize the l>iimbernian State Bank 
of West Hay City and for some years was one of 
its directors. 

Our subject wrs married in December, l>^7;i. to 
Miss Josephine Armstrong, of Toledo, .and they 
have two daughters, (irace W. and .Inlia Craniige, 
for whose thorough education and training they are 
warmly solicitous. Mr. Switzer is a member of the 
Bay City Cf)inm.andei\' of the Knights Templar. 



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OIIN C. NOTTINGHAM. M. 1). We here 
present a brief biograjihy of the most prom- 
inent physici.an and surgeon of the Homeo- 
pathic School in B.".y City, who is also Presi- 
dent of the Saginaw Valley Medical Society, .and 
worthy of honor as an old soldier of the Civil 
War. He wiis born in Muncie, Ind., February it, 
1812, and his father .lames, w.as a native of Ports- 
mouth, Ohio, and descended from Lord Notting- 
ham, of England. 

.James Nottingham early learned the trade of a 
cabinet-maker, and came to Indiana when a boy. 
locating at Muncie, where he married and afterward 
engiiged in the manuf.acturing business. In 1852 
he removed to Grant County, Ind., where he loca- 
ted on a farm until he retired from .active life, and 
for the education of his children made his home 
in the village of Jonesboro and there spent the re- 
mainder of his days, dying at the age of seventy- 
six. He was an earnest member of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church, and his wife, Nancy Hussell. 
w.as a Baptist Ijy faith. Her father, O. il. Kussell, 
was a Welchman who became a pioneer of Muncie, 
and died there at the age of ninety-eight. His 
daughter died at Muncie, and Mr. Nottingham was 
subsecjuently married again. Our subject was the 
child of the first marriage, and his brother, Owen 
P., belonged to the Fifty-fourth Regiment, Indiana 
Infantry, and served for three years in the Civil 
War. 

Having had ills early training in Muncie. .lohn 
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Acadciny. and lii> yniilli wm> >|jciit u|i(ni tlii' farm, 
and in tlie licst private sfiiuuls wIik'Ii tliat part of 
tin- State afforded. At the a^e of eighteen he enlisted 
inAus;ust, 18til. in Company A, ICighlh Indiana lii- 
fantrv.and was sent to Missouri wliere the reuiment 
cngajred in raiding and sivirmishing until Marcli, 
1863. This young soldier tool< part in engagements 
at Pea Ridge, Cotton Plant. Poit (iibson, Champ- 
ion Hills, Jaekson, Uig IMack. Viekshurg.'.laekson. 
Vt. Espcranza, Harpers' Feriy. \\ineliester. Fislier"s 
Hill, Cedar Creek, and other points. He icceived 
more than one wound, and at both Winchester and 
Cedar Creek was in eonnn.'ind of his company, 
being then Orderly' .Sergeant, lie spent some time 
in the hositital, an<l was taken prisoner and kept 
for four weeks at \'an Buren. .Vrk.. after whieh he 
was exclianged. During that sli()rt imprisonment 
lie suffeied the pangs of linnger an<l was almost 
starved. He had to take ;\ march of one hundred 
and lifly miles, and after his return to the Union 
forces, the ball which had lain in his left hand 
through all that time of tri.'d was extracted by (he 
surgeon, and he went home on a furlough. His 
most serious wound w.-is at Cedar Creek, when a 
ball In'oke tlie bones of his arm. iuit owing to his 
own determination and the skill of his surgeon, 
the arm was saved. 

This brave soldier returned home in .July. 18(1,'), 
in a terribly worn and I'xliausted condition, and 
aftei' recuperation he entered the Purdy Commer- 
cial College at Indianapolis, from which he gradu- 
ated, and then returned home, and was elected 
C'lunty Treasurer in 18()(!. After two years svr- 
vice in tliat office he took up the study of nu'di- 
ciiie. which had lieen his choice fiom boyhood, 
.^fter studying by himself lie entered in 1871 the 
Bennett Medical College of Chicago, and giadu- 
ated therefrom in IHT.'i. Dr. Nottingham took up 
the practice of medicine in Marion. Iiid.. until 
18,h2. .•iiid there filled the ollice of County l'h\si- 
cian. After that date he located in Bay City 
which has been his center of operations since that 
time, .•ind here he has worked up a large priictice. 
lie was one of the organizers of the Saginaw \';d- 
ley Medical Society, and a member of the lia\('it\- 
dispen.sary, and also of the (iraml Arnn Post in 
Afarion. where he (illed Iheiillicc of Coiiiiii:mdcr. 



He now belongs to the I'. S. (Irant Post here, and 
is also a Free and Accepted Mason, and a Knight 
Templar of the thirty-second degree. He is prom- 
inent in the State llonieopathic Medical Society, 
and also a member of the American Institute of 
Homeopathy. His political views bring him into 
a<'ti\e alli;nice with the r;mk of the Republican 
parly, .-ind he is iiiMuential in this direction. 




IIAINCY II. SlIKARKR. The affable 
Teller of the Bay County Savings J5ank, to 
^' which position he h.as been promoted in 
recognition of his business-like (pialities, is the 
gentleman whose n.anie stands above. He has held 
his present post in the bank since its incorporation 
in 1884. ]\Ir. Shearer was born in Detroit, Decem- 
ber 11, 18r)8, and is a son of .lames Shearer, whose 
biographical sketch will be found on another page 
of this Rkcoim). Our subject was but seven years 
old when his family removed to B.ay City. Here 
he I'eceived the rudiments of his education .and 
graduated from the High School. 

On liiiishing his preparatory coursi' and passing 
satisfactorily and with honor an examination, he 
entered Cornell University at Ithaca, N. Y., and re- 
mained at that institution for two years. While 
there, meeting young men from ;ill portions of 
the country and indeed of the globe, our sub- 
ject was inevitably liroadened ;uid his outlook, 
even upon business life, was much more extended 
than it otherwise would have been. Returning 
home he entered the real-estate firm of .Tames 
Shearer it Son, which was finally changed to the 
name of Shearer Bios., luv becoming one of the 
managers, the firm being our subject, Oeorge 
Henry, and .Tames B. Shearer. His connection with 
them lasted until after entering the bank. They 
did :i very large real-estate business in the city, 
but our subject now gives his whole attention to, 
and his interests center exclusively in the bank. 

Chauncy II. Shearer was united in marri.age 
April (!, 1880, to Miss M. Loui.se, daughter of 
Chai les (i. Deshler. of Columbus. Ohio. Two chil- 



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dren have graced this union, both da uiil iters, who 
bearthe names of Maruaret K., and Marie Ldiiisc 
D. Mr. and Mrs. Sliearer are \v()rsiii|iers at the 
Trinity Episcopal Church, and are numbered 
among the prominent young supporters of that de- 
nomination. Tliey have a hjvely home in the 
finest portion of tlie city and it is located at No. 
101.") Center Street. 









I^ARRISON COLEMAN, one of the promi- 
IjV nent men of Saginaw, was born in Conesus, 
iiW^ Livingston County, N. Y., May 30, 1840. 
(^) and is a son of David and Elsie (Gray) 
Coleman, natives of New Jersey and both now 
living at the old homestead in New York. Our 
subject is one of four brothers and seven sisters, 
and one of these sisters, Mrs. .1. J. Harvey, is now 
living in Saginaw. At the age of twenty-two this 
young man enlisted in August, 1862, in Company 
I, One Hundred Thirty-sixth New York Infantry. 
During the first year of .service this regiment 
was attached to the Eleventh Corjts of the Army 
of the Potomac and was in the battle of the Wil- 
derness iindei' Hdokcrand in the (icttysburg- cam- 
paign, but was afterward detailed on service at Ei- 
mira, N. Y., for nine months. Mr. Coleman was un- 
der Gen. Sherman at Chattanooga and continued 
with him through that campaign and took part in 
the (irand Review at the National Capital, after 
which he returned home.' He came to Howell, Mich., 
with J. .1. Harvey and engaged in the hotel and liv- 
ery business for two yeai's, ))ut in 1H()7 t-hcy came to 
Saginaw and established themselves in the livery 
business on Germania and Eraulein Streets, where 
they continued for twelve years. At the di^ath of 
the pioneer liveryman, A. W. (iates, they purchased 
his stock and stables and also secured the property 
where J. J. Harvey is now located. 

Messrs. Coleman it Harvey began the undeitak- 
ing business sixteen years ago but in 187II our sub- 
ject purchased Mi\ Harvey's interest and is now 
carrying on the business of funeral director as well 
as undertaker and liveryman. His barn is two 
stories in height and measures fi0.\l"20 feet. The 
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stable is 60x66 feet and the store 20x80, and he has 
in addition a morgue and a vault. His property 
fronts one hundred and forty feet on AV.ashington 
Street, with sixty feet on Water Street and one 
hundred and twenty feet on Tuscola Street. He 
has some *4.'),00() invested in the business, besides 
his residence, which co.st i|5,000 and is one of the 
handsomest and most commodious in the city. 

The undertaking department of Mr. Coleman's 
business is in charge of W. Frazee, who has been 
identified with it for sixteen years. As a funeral 
director, no man can surpass him and everything 
in connection with his business is carried on accor- 
ding to the most approved methods and with the 
utmost convenience to customers. The Super- 
intendent of the livery is E. G. White, who has 
served here for eleven years. His three hearses are 
of superior make and one of them is considered 
the finest in Michigan, as it cost over 451,500, and 
a number of his coaches cost over iitl,000 each. At 
this stalile are some thirty carriage outfits and 
about thirty horses. Mr. C'oleman's reception 
rooms are large and finely finished and admirably 
adapted for the piirpose of funerals, many of which 
are held here. 

Mr. Coleman has ever been a lover of fast horses, 
although not a breeder; is one of the oiiginatorsof 
the old East S.aginaw Trotting As.sociation, and 
was its Sccretaiv for nine years. This was one of 
the leading associations of the country and on its 
tracks "(ioldsmilh IMaid" first became (jueen of the 
turf, licating"Dexter's" time and becoming cham- 
pion of tlie world. Mr. Coleman is also interested 
in, and for one year was Secretary c>f the Union 
Park, of Saginnw, which, in ISitl, li.-id the f.aste.st 
seven-lieat race ever trotted over any course. His 
advancement has been constant and unbroken, as he 
came here a poor man and owes his splendid success 
in l)usine.>*s to close apjilication and a constant effort 
to please his customers. He is a prominent mem- 
ber v{ the l)o;i]d of Trade and stands high among 
Sai'inaw's best business men. 

Our suliject was married .Ian nary !."», 1K67, athis 
old home in New York to Minerva Thomas, of 
Livingston County, N. Y., a lady of refinement 
and a great favorite in Saginaw society. Mr. Cole- 
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with several of the social onlers, being a member 
of the Jlasonic fialeinity, of tlie Chapter and 
Knights Templar, and an ollicial member of the 
Grand Army of the Republic. 

In cf)nnection with this biographical sketch will 
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HKI) WARD STONE, editor of tlie Saginaw 
x» Evening Xptra, was born at Niagara, Ontii- 
rio. Canada, .Inly 1, 18C2. He attended the 
district .school and worked (m a farm during vaca- 
tions, and later entered the High School at Niag- 
ara. His father was a clergyman and in 1874 the 
son accompanied his parents to ^Michigan, where 
they settled in Kenton, (ienesee County*. 

In 188G this young man was graduated from 
Kalamazoo College witli the degree of Bachelor of 
Arts, and he had in tlie meantime also taken a 
course in a business college and had done some 
newspaper work. He spent two seasons as a com- 
mercial traveler and was also a reporter in the 
Michigan Legislature, during the session of 1887. 
In the spring of 188H lie entered the ollice of the 
Kalamazoo Tclerfrajih where he remained for two 
years :iiid a half and also did otlier newspaper 
work. 

The marriage of Mr. Stone look place in .\ugust, 
1889. and he was then united with Miss Lizzie L. 
Warrant, of Kalamazoo. In November, 1890, he 
removed to Saginaw and became managing editor 
of the EreiuiKj Ac/'s. He is also .secretary of the 
company wliich owns and pujilislies tliat paper and 
the Weekhj Neics, besides having business interests 
elsewhere. He has proved liimself. altliough still a 
j'Oung man, <me of the enterprising and inlluential 
citizens of Saginaw. 

The Ercniit'j News first appcarerl as a six-colunin 
quarto. May 2, 1881, and was [julilishcd by Messrs. 
.Seeman & Peters. The first issue was printed on a 
pony job press, but better facilities were soon 
added and the paper grew in circulation and iiifiii- 
ence. In due time the size of the paper was iii- 
crea.sed to eight pages, and .luno 8, lHS7,tlie Wcfkli/ 



Netrs was started. Both papers were sold by the 
original owners November 12, 1890, to theSagiuaw 
Ereninfj News Company, which is composed of 
pr.ictical newspapermen and is otlieercd as follows: 
President, Kugene McSweeney; Vice President, 
,]. T Winshi)); Secretary, V. W. Slone; Treasurer, 
C. H. Cardner. 

Tlie Ereninfj News owns the afternoon franchises 
for both the associated press and the united press 
reports, besides employing a competent corps of 
special correspondents. Under its new owners this 
paper is beinu rapidly improved and is broadly ex- 
tending its field. The Weekly News is issued every 
Wednesday and circulates all over Northern Mich- 
igan. Both pajjcrs are strongly Democratic and 
intlueiitial in sliaping the i)oliey of the party. 



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the dual occupations of a tiller of 
the soil and a minister of the Gospel, Mr. 
Carson finds abundant time for the duties 
of botli callings, and is widely known .as a promi- 
nent farmer and a successful preacher of Saginaw 
County. His home is a pleasant residence in 
Ricliland T<)wnslii|). where he owns thirty-eight 
acres of good land, and he is also the owner of 
a fine block in Chesaning. He is the son of .Sam- 
uel .•iiid Elizabeth (Willoughby) Car.son, who were 
of Irish and Welsh descent respectively. His pa- 
ternal grandfather w.as Robert Carson, who was a 
soldier through tiic Revolutionary War. The 
members of the Carson family, so far as tlie rec- 
ord extends, have been principally farmers and 
people of worth and enterprise. 

In Ohio the parents of our subject made a per- 
manent home, lesiding first in Harrison County 
and later in Seneca County, where the mother 
died in l««iy, and the father in 18G6. Of their 
eleven children, ten grew to years of maturity, 
and nine engaged as teachers. Six now survive. 
.Samuel Carson was a member of the Protestant 
Methodist Churcli. to which his wife also belonged, 
and in wliieli >lie was an active worker. He was a 
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tics as a AVhig, taking a pioniinent jiarl in sup- 
porting- Willinin Iloniy Harrison for President in 
1840. In Seneca County, wliere liis intlnence was 
considerable, lie was C'oiint3' Commissioner and 
lield otlier olliees of minor imiMjrtance. When he 
first settled in that county lie purchased three 
liundred and twenty acres of unimproved land, 
whicli he embellished with first-class buildings. 
He also planted a good orchard, and continued to 
improve the place until his death. 

December 21, 1826, our subject was born in 
Harrison County, Ohio. While young he removed 
with his father to Seneca County, and there re- 
ceived a common-school education. Having been 
reared on a farm, he gained a practical knowledge 
of the best way of carr\'ing on agricultural pur- 
suits, and remained at home until after he was 
twenty-one years old. He learned the trade of a 
carpenter, at wlucli he served an apprenticeship of 
three years, and then found employment at his 
calling for eight succeeding years. He was mar- 
ried, .January- 1, 1853, to iSIiss Catherine iVIoore, a 
native of Ohio, who was a teacher prior to her 
marriage. Of the eight children born of this union, 
four now survive, the parents having lost three in 
the space of eleven days. .Tohn F., the eldest 
child, is married and lives in South Dakota; he 
now has an appointment from the Government to 
teach an Indian school in the Indian Territory. 
Rosa Ella, the wife of L. Sanderson and the mother 
of four children, makes her home in Uieiiiand 
Township; George 15. married Maggie Currie, and 
lives in Chesaning; Martha Belle is the wife of 
Johnson Currie, of Fremont Township, and they 
have two children. The mother of these children 
died May 23, 1865. 

Mr. Carson was again married December 19. 
1874, his wife being Catharine Ann (Best) Crane, 
a native of Canada. At the time of her niarringe 
to Mr. Carson she was a widow and had one cliild. 
now deceased. She was liorn .lune 11, 1836, to 
Conrad and Catharine ( Loucks) Best, the former 
a native of (Termany and the latter of Vermont. 
They resided in Canada, wliere he engaged in 
farming, and where he died in 1861. Mrs. Best 
survived until 1885. They were the iiarents of 
nine children, six of whom are now living. One 



child blessed the congenial union of Mr. and Mrs. 
Carson, a daughter, Effie, who died August 23, 
1886, aged ten years, four months and three daj'S. 
Effle was a remarkably bright and beautiful child, 
the pride of her parents, and already well known 
for her talent for singing. Although Mrs. Carson 
has never had but two children of her own, she 
has taken the part of a mother to"twenty-one chil- 
dren, whom she has reared to maturity, and her 
kindness of heart and love for children are well 
known in Saginaw County. 

For five years Mr. Carson followed farming in 
Ohio, whence he removed to Michigan in Janu- 
aiy, 1867, settling in Bradj^ Township, this county, 
upon a new and heavily timbered farm of one 
hundred and sixty acres. Of this he cleared and 
cultivated eighty acres, and there built a barn, 
40x60 feet in dimensions, and a residence. After 
making it his home eight years, he removed to 
Richland Township and settled on section 13. In 
1888 he removed to his present location. Mrs. 
Carson owns an eighty-acre farm and they are in 
comfortable circumstances. In religious belief 
Mr. Carson and his estimable wife are both mem- 
bers of the Methodist Ejiiscopal Church, in which 
denomination he has often ofHciated at funerals 
and marriages, besides being popular as a preacher. 
He united with the Free-Will Baptist Church when 
twenty years of age and was ordained to preach 
in that denomination. Mrs. Carson is teacher of 
the Bible class in the Sunday-school in Hemlock 
City, also President of the Ladies' Aid Society, 
and formerly was connected with the (>ood T(^mp- 
lars' Lodge. 

Socially Mr. Carson is a member of the Inde- 
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and in his jiolitical 
preference is a I\e|)iiblican. He has served as Su- 
pervisor of Brady Township two years, and of 
Richland Township four years. He is interested 
in educational affairs and has served as School 
Director. A gifted speaker and eloquent, he h.as 
frequently been called upon to deliver patriotic 
and political addresses, and while on the County 
Board made a telling speech in favor of building 
the Court House in Saginaw. He is honored as a 
veteran of the late wai', in which he and three 
brothers ser\ed with valor. He w.as in Comiiany 



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C, One Hundred and Sixty-fourth Ohio Infantry. 
in wiiieh lie served as Duty Sergeant, and was 
stationed with his comiiany at Arlinston Heiiihts, 
Va. He w:is honoralily dischariied in Auiruist, 
1864, and returned home with a icconl of wliicli 
his friends may be justly jiroiul. 



'i^DVVlN PARK. There is no resident of Sagi- 
Ir" "'^^^ Valley who is more highly esteemed 
JlLs^ than this gentleman, who since 1817 has 
made his home in Hay City, and therefore justly 
merits the honored name of pioneer. AViien he 
came here there were neithei- railroads nor wagon 
roads, and many a time has he walked the entire 
distance from Hay City to Flint, or to his lisheries 
at Au Sable, .\lthough he has inct with misfor- 
tunes in his business adveiituivs, his sawmills hav- 
ing been burned to the ground on three different 
occasions, he has retrieved his losses to a consider- 
able extent and now jio.ssesses sutlicient of this 
world's goods to enable him to i)ass his declining 
yeai-s in comfort. 

The family of which .Mr. Park is a ineinber 
traces its ancestry to England. His father, Will- 
iam, was born in Massachusetts and was an early 
settler of Tioga County, X. Y., where lie engaged 
in farming operations. A devoted adlierent of 
our Government, he served as a siilili(r in tlip War 
of 1812. In 1824 he located in Ithaca, X. Y., 
where he died two years later of consuniiition, 
being at that time only thirty-five years old. The 
mother of our subject, whose maiden name was 
Hernice Whiting, and who was btini in Massachu- 
setts, wasa daughter of William WhitiiiL;. a fanner 
in the old Bay Slate, whence he eniigiatcd to New 
^'ork. I'pon the mother, who was a lady of great 
refinement and splendid infoinialion. devohcd 
the care of the seven children conipiising her 
family. She was twice married after the death of 
Mr. Park and spent her last years in Tioga County, 
N. Y., where she was tenderly eared for by our 
subiect. 

Tiic only siir\'iyiiig niembcr of the f.aniih-, 



Edwin Park, was horn November 5, 1822, in 
Speedsville, X. Y. lie was a more child when he 
was orphaned liy his father's death, after which 
sad event he was taken into the home of a Mr. 
Williams, of Tioga County, and there remained 
for .several years, assisting in farming operations. 
When he was sixteen his benefactor died and he 
managed the farm for one year, after which he 
worked out until the fall of 1842. At that early 
date in the history of this State Mr. Park came 
hither, stopping first in Detroit and thence suc- 
cessively visiting Chicago, Ottawa, Buffalo and 
Pontiac, where he secured employment on farms. 
In the spring of 184() he came to Thunder Bay 
Island, where for one year he engaged in fishing, 
and then, in 1847, located in Bay City. 

Forming a partnership with C. Munger in the 
fishing business on Thunder Bay, ]Mr. Park was 
til us engaged until the fall of 1848, when he es- 
tablished a store on Water Street, between Fourth 
and Fifth Streets. The store which he built was 
a frame structure with good docks, and w.as well 
supplied with a full line of general merchandise. 
He made a specialty of buying and selling fish, 
which he ship|)ed to varif>iis points in the East. 
During the early part of 1H.t2 he went to Lake 
Siiiierior in a sail boat for the purpose of trying 
the fishing, and landing at F^agle Harbor, con- 
tinued there until .lune of the same year, when he 
sojourned on Isle Royal for a few months. Jn 
1854 A. Munger was taken into the firm, which 
continued successfully in liusiness until 18(;(i 
when Mr. Park .sold his store and for a twelvemonth 
was landlord of the Wolverton Hotel. 

Later Mr. Park, together with Mr. Munger, oper- 
ated a farm, and in 1862 the former gentleman 
eiiiliarked in business as a tug and vessel man, 
continuing thus eiig.aged for six years. He owned 
at one time three tugs and oarges, which he later 
sold in order to engage in the lumber business at 
Ilatton. He first purchased a mill and later built 
a .sawmill, which uiifortiinatcly Inirned down in 
less than one year after its erection. Nor was 
this his only loss, for one year later his shingle 
mill was destroyed by fire and .January 1, 1891, a 
mill which he had fitted up with Hist-class ma- 
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ing with continued heavy losses by fire, he ceased 
operations in the himlier business in 1891, and is 
new retired from the duties which formerly cn- 
ffaged liis entire attention. 

Besides considerable wikl land which iMr. Park 
owns, he also holds some real estate in Bay City 
and owns a beautiful residence on the conier of 
Fourth and Adam Streets. Tiiis dwelling, wliich 
lie erected in 18o5, he still occupies, and it lias 
been liis home since a sliort time after his marriage. 
His wedded life, which began August 11, 1852, by 
his marriage to Miss Theresa Wells, is of great 
happiness. Mrs. Park is the daugliter of William 
and Persis (Dunham) Weils, natives of tlie Em- 
pire State, wlierc their daughter was .also born. 
Three children came to liless tlie union of Mr. and 
Mrs. Park — William, wlio died at the age of twenty 
years; Bernice, who remains at home witli lier fa- 
ther; and .leniiie, tlie wife t>f David Hurst, train- 
master on the Michigan Central Road in Bay City. 

Wliile his private affairs have engaged Mr. 
Park's attention very closely, he has never re- 
fused his aid to iniblic enterprises for the welfare 
of the city. He has always voted the Democratic 
ticket and is a devoted adherent to the principles 
of that party. He has served as Alderman of the 
Second AVard for three terms and filled other po- 
sitions of responsibility. He is a member of the 
Royal Arcanum and the Order of Chosen Friends, 
and socially is a most agreeable com]ianion and 
entertaining conversationalist. 



JV^RANCIS HOOD, the owner and proprietor 
rp^Sj) of two stave mills, is justly numbered 
_l5, ^ among the influential citizens of Saginaw. 
He belongs to the class which forms so large a per- 
cent of the population of the Ignited States, of for- 
eign-born citizens. A native of Prussia, (lermany, 
he was born December 23, 1826, and is the son of 
Henry and Magdalena (Miller) Hood, natives of 
the Fatherland, wlio passed their entire life in 
(Termany. In the family there were five eliildren 
two daughters and three suns, and of these Francis 
was the youngest. He jiassed his youth in tierman^' 



and availed tiimself to the utmost of the excellent 
opportunities for gaining a good education. 

At tlie age of thirteen j-ears our subject left 
school and afterward devoted his time to aiding 
his father in the farm work until he was nineteen, 
when he emigrated to the United States and after 
an uneventful voyage landed in tiueliec. Thence 
he proceeded to Cleveland, Ohio, at which place 
he spent eight months. From there he removed to 
Oswego. N. Y., where he spent two years in learn- 
ing and following the cooper's trade. For a time 
he traveled as a journeyman and visited various 
portions of the Empire State, stopping m Waterloo 
and engaging in business as a cooper on his own 
account. Between the years 1852 and 1874 he 
resided in Dresden, Yates County, N. Y., and 
was employed in coopering and the stave business. 
In 1874 Mr. Hood left the Empire State and 
coming to Michigan started a mill, first in St. 
Charles, Saginaw County, and three years later 
moved his family from New York State to Sagi- 
naw City, where he has since resided, and engaged 
in manufacturing staves and heading, operating 
six mills at one time, located at the following 
places: St. Charles, Oakley, JMenill, Saginaw 
County; Reese, Caro, Tuscola County; Wheeler, 
(Tratiot County. Having sold four, he now owns 
two, one at Merrill ,and the other at Wheeler. He 
markets at Philadelphia and throughout the United 
States as far West as San Francisco. His mills are 
supplied with the latest and best improved ma- 
chinery, and one hundred men find steady em- 
l)loyment in the two establishments. The daily 
output is from forty thousand to fifty thousand 
staves, and aliout five thousand .set of headings. 

He was first married to Miss Mary J. Brown, 
of Dresden, N. Y., who left at her death one child, 
Emma, now Mrs. M. J. Gardner, of Reese. The 
second wife of Mr. Hood bore the maiden name of 
Mary II. Ellis, and was the mother of two children 
Henry and Frank. In 1889 Mr. Hood was married 
to Miss Jennie Murray. Mr. Hood is a stockholder 
and Director in the Commercial National Bank at 
Saginaw and owns two farms in this county as well 
as a tuie place in New York State the estates being 
well improved and finely cultivated. 

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termed a self-made man, for when he landed in 
Cleveland, Oliio, his entire worldly possessions 
consisted of twenty shillings and the first employ- 
ment which he secured was at ^5 per month during 
the winter season. Througli tlie exercise of excel- 
lent judgment and shrewd investments, he has 
accumulated a large pro])erty and liecome prosper- 
ous. He h.i.s an attr.ictive home at No. H2(l Cleve- 
land Street and has given to liis children splendid 
advantages l)csides aiding them financially when 
they started out in life for themselves. In his pel 
itical affiliations he is independent and is a hearty 
supporter of every mwusure having for its aim tiie 
development of the county's iiest resources. 

In connection with this sketch will he found a 
lithographic jiortrait of Mr. Hood. 



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fOIIN MULIIOLLANl). It has l)een the 
pleas.ant privilege of the biographical writer 
to present to the notice of the reader in 
otlier portions of this volume an outline of 
the personal histories of several officials of the Bay 
County Savings IJnnk. Tliis hook would not be 
complete witiiotil mention of its genial Treasurer. 
.John ]Mulholland. 

The Hay Connty Savings IJank is well known 
throughout tiie Slate as one of the most reliable 
monetary institutions. The utility of savings 
banks .as .agents for the i)romotion of thrift anions;- 
all classes, especially witii tho.sc of modest means. 
and aiding their securing financial independence, 
is unquestioned, and to su|)ply such aids to the in- 
dustrious residents of Bay County and vicinity, 
was the Bay County Savings Bank established. It 
w.a.s organized iii»Fel)rii.nry, 188 4, and commenced 
operations on llie .')tli of .March following. It was 
at once successful and success hiis .accompanied its 
career ever since. 

The bank occupies elegant piemises at No. 2t)2 
Pluvnix Block, whicii is (in Hie corner of Wasii- 
ington and Center Avenues, Bay City, and is one 
of the most conveniently located business blocks 
in the city. The rules of tlie bank provide for 
the payment of interest to the depositors at the 



rate of four per cent, jier annum, and deposits 
made cm or i)rit)r to tlie fifth d.ay of the month 
draw interest from the first of that month, and 
when made after tlie fifth, interest begins on the 
first dav of the succeeding month on all sums de- 
jiosited for at least three mouths. 

The solid character of the above institution is 
expressed in its annn.al report, rendered .lanuary 
1, 1892. which siiowed the capital stock to be ^50,- 
000, with a surplus of $2.5,000, an undivided profit 
of *.'),000, and deposits approximating *l(l(l.OOO, 
and it is further emphasized by the f.act that the 
1iank has \m\d semi-annual dividends of five per 
cent, to stockholders since the first year of its or- 
ganization. The present officers are as follows: 
Thomas Cr.anage, President; G. Henry Shearer, 
Vice President; .lohn Mullioiland. Treasurer; and 
its Board of Directors consisting of Thomas Cran- 
age, (i. Henry She.arer, Darwin C. Smalley, H. M. 
(iillett, Gustavus Hine, Newell A. Eddy and John 
Mullioiland. Our subject gives his undivided .at- 
tention to the affairs of the bank, in which line his 
experience peculiarly fits him, having been con- 
nected with the First National, formerly Bay Na- 
tional Bank, for fourteen years, and was one of the 
principal organizers of the Bay County- Savings 
Bank. The bank is one of the soundest in the 
West, and its man.agement is a guarantee of its 
solvency and business methods. 

To return to a more personal consideration of 
our subject, outside of his relations with the bank 
— Mr. Mullioiland was born in Ann Arbor,August 
22, 1814, where he received his education. He 
came to Bay City in March, 186i), and w.as em- 
ployed in the Bay National Bank for fourteen 
years. During that time he held the positions 
first of book-keeper and then of teller. 

Mr. Mullioiland remained with the First, or Bay 
National Bank, until the organization of the pres- 
ent institution .and has since given it his undi- 
vided attention — not a draft on any other bank 
and not a signature that lie should make has 
lieen deputized to anyone else. There is such a 
thing .as having a natural aptitude for the bank- 
ing business, and not all men can be successful in 
this deiiartment any more than in other walks of life. 
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ness, and besides being a practical, keen and 
slu'ewd business man, lias aided in shaping the pol- 
ic}"^ of the bank, together with its Directors, prom- 
inent among whom are its President, Thomas 
Cranage, and H. M. Gillette (the bank's attor- 
ney), upon whom Mr. Mulholland relies implic- 
itly, both as to tiieir judgment aufl to their dis- 
interested advice to others. Our suliject is per- 
sonally interested in Bay City real estate in con- 
nection with f>hearer Bros. 



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GUIS IMORITZ. The brewing industry is 
III (^ fast ranking among the most important in 
J^\ this great country. Its owners employ a 
vast amount of the cereals in the manufacture of 
their beverages. Bay City lias a large brewing 
establishment, which was incorporated under the 
laws of the State, .Tanuary 1, IISIS.'J, and of this our 
subject is Superintendent. Mv. JNIoritz was l:)Orn at 
Port Washington, Wis., May 12, 18.")8. lie is a son 
of .Jacob and B'ii'l)ara (lloefner) Moritz, his father 
being a tierraan 1)^' birth, and a brewer in our sub- 
ject's native place. 

Louis Moritz received the rudiments of his edu- 
cation in his native pLace. lie was then placed in 
Engleman's School in Milwaukee, after which he 
spent five years in Europe, lie had learned his 
father's l)usiness and during tlie years of his travel 
abroad spent much time in noting the methods em- 
ployed in the noted breweries of Europe, and on 
returning to Milwaukee entered the employ of 
Philip Best, being in the malt liouse. After that 
he was employed as brewer for K. Schreir, of She- 
boygan, Wis. He remained witli him as brewer for 
four years. 

On the organization of the brewing company in 
Bay City Mr. Moritz was offered the position which 
he now holds and has been Superintendent ever 
since. He has also had charge of tlie rebuilding of 
the plant. They now have a capacity of thirty 
thousand barrels per year and give employment to 
eighteen men at one time. INIr. Jloritz being the 
only practical brewer in connection with the linn, 
gives his whole personal attention to the business. 



He has, however, extensive outside interests. He 
is part owner of the barges "Arizona" and "PI3'- 
mouth," whicli are extensive carriers of coal and 
ore. 

Socially our subject belongs to the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows, also to the Knights of the 
Maccabees, to the Arbeiter and Druids. He is a 
member of the Board of Water Works and is now 
serving his sixth year, representing the Fifth 
Ward. Our subject has a very pleasant home 
which is located on Twenty-third and McCormick 
Streets, and in it is to be found all the elements of 
a happy domestic life. 

Our subject was married to Miss Anna Bidgen- 
bach of Niederinendig, Ciermany, November 2.5, 
1875. Their union has been blessed by the advent 
into the family of seven children, whose names are^ 
Bertha, .John, Paul, Ernst, Alma, Gertrude and 
Charles. 



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\fl OIIN DRAKE. We give here a life sketch 
of one of the most prominent and genial of 
the old settlers of Bay City, who has been 

Deputy Assessor of Internal Revenue, 

and also Deputy Collector, and is said to be the 
oldest insurance man in the State. He has resided 
in liay City ever since 18.51, and during that year 
erected a mill here. He was liorn at Patna, in 
Ayrshire, Scotland, in August, 1819, and his father, 
.John, who was a merchant tailor there, removed 
to Canada in 1834 when his son was about fifteen 
years old, locating in Hamilton, where he spent 
some 3'ears, then came to Bay City and remained 
a few years, then returned to Komoka, Canada, 
where he died. The great-grandfather was of En- 
glish birth, and removed tf) Scotland generations 
ago. The mother, whose name was Margaret 
Baird, was born in Ayrshire. 

The parochial schools furnished the education 
of our subject until he readied the age of fifteen. 
After coming to Canada he clerked for four years 
in a dry-goods store in Hamilton, and then re- 
moved to London, and there clerked for eighteen 
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self at Delaware, and carried on a country store 
for eleven years, beiiiof also Towiisliip ClcrU and 
Postmaster for most of that time. 

In 1851. y"""S J^''*^'*'" t"""'' '" l'"y City. ;iii<l 
here Imilt a steam s."»wmill, in conjunction with liis 
brothers .lames and Snmuel. and liou^ht ])ine lands. 
He soon heaan tlie manufacture of lunilier, making 
his liome al what was tlien calU'il Lower .Saginaw, 
when tliey had mail only once a week. He lieljied 
m various w.ays to iiuild up the little town, and 
remembers that he ijave the nails for the hiving of 
the first sidewalk in Lower Saginaw. Tliis was in 
IS.'jS, and the following year he sold his pioperty 
here and located in Detroit, where he engaged in 
tlic commission and insurance l)usine.ss,but returned 
two ye.ars later to Lower Saginaw, and engaged in 
tlie manufacture of himher at tlic Zilwaukie ^liils, 
which he oi)erated t\>r two years. 

The panic of 1H.')7 oliliged 'My. Draki- to close 
his business, and at the same time lie was attacked 
with rheumatism wliich adlicted him for three 
years, during which time he did littk' liusincss. 
He was State Agent for the swamp lands for four 
or five years, and gave away much of it to settlei'S 
on the homestead plan, some of whidi is now very 
valuable. Since 1H.')H he has re])resented the Home 
Insurance Company, of New York, and in 18()2 he 
was appointed Assistant Assessor of Internal Reve- 
nue for the Fifth District, which ollice he tilled 
for five years, and again performed lho.se duties 
in 1872, after whicli he acted as Deputy Inter- 
nal Revenue Collector for four years, while at 
the same time he carried on his priv.ale business, 
and was successful in boih lines. He has repre- 
•sented tlic Hartford Coni()aiiy for twentv-nine 
years, and now has dealings with nine companies. 
He formerly traveled extensively, but now does 
more home business. 

London, Canada, was the scene of .Mr. Drake's 
marriage, in 1844, and his bride was Miss Emma 
Dickson, who was born in Ajjpleby, England, and 
came to this country with her parents in 18.S1. 
She died September 1 0, I8.H(;. and had been the 
mother of four children, all of whom have pa.s.scd 
to the other life. .Mr. Drake becanie .a Mason in 
181(;. in C.-inada, and li.as now reached the Roval 
Arth degiee. He i.> a cliailer member of the 



Episcopal Church of I>ay City, and was active in 
building both chapel and church. For twenty 
vears he w.is a A'estrvman, and has also been the 
Treasurer and Secretary of this religious body. 
He is a strong Republican in his political views. 



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APTISTK lU'RTON holds the responsible 
position of Sui)erintendent of the Pitts ife 
Cran.age Mill, that does so large a lumber 
and log business. He is also interested in 
liine lands and is associated with Andrew Kent 
of Onier. .\reiiac Countv, in lumbering, and with 
tlie same gentleman has imiiroved and is operating 
a faini of one hundred and sixty acres of land in 
Merritt Township, seven miles from IJay City on 
the gravel road. This place is well cultivated and 
well stocked. 

Mr. lUirton was born in ISrantford, Ontario, .July 
31, 1842. He is a son of Robert and .\lice (John- 
son) Hurton. both natives of Irel.and, the former of 
Belfast and the latter of Dublin. Robert Burton 
was a yeoman in liis native Land and a landowner. 
He came to Canada about 1830 and located at 
Brantford, where he improved a farm. He was very 
loyal to the (Jovernment of his adopted country' 
and died in 187.5 at the advanced age of eighty 
years. His father came from England and settled 
ill Ireland. Our subject's mother was the daughter 
of an Irish landowner and farmer, who also came 
to Canada. She died at the age of seventy years. 
The family of which Baptiste is one comprised 
ten children, eight of whom lived to be grown. 
Our subject is the fifth in order of birth. He was 
reared in his native place .and there attended the 
common .schools. He remained at home until the 
winter of 1863 .and then came to Detroit, Mich., 
and for a time was engaged in working in the 
lumber woods for R. C. Rennic. In the spring 
of 18fi4 he removed to Bay City and wasemployed 
with Messrs. Pitts ^ Cran.age. He was first pLaced 
ill charge of the logging department and worked 
up until he was placed in the scaling department, 
in the winter of 1 865-66. In the year of 1870 he 
was made suiierintendent of the business and has 
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Mr. Burton was married in Bay City December 
31, 1871. his bride being Miss Alice M.,a daujrliter 
of SaniiR'l Drake, of this city. Their residonce is 
located at No. 7(17 Monroe Street. Socially, our 
subject is a Knight Templar and has attained to 
the thirty-second degree in Masonry, anid also to 
the Mystic Shrine. lie belongs to the Ivnights of 
the Maccabees and to the Royal Arcaiimii. In 
church relations he and his wife are connected with 
the Trinity Episcopal t'hurch. He is a Republican 
in his political attiliations and has been a delegate 
to State and county conventions. He is a member 
of the Bay City Business Men's Association and is 
a willing su])i)orter of all the liest enterprises of 
the i)lace. He is a stockholder in both the liay 
County and Commercial Banks. 



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ips^ TEPHEN L. WKiftlNS. It gives us plea- 
^^^ sure to chronicle the events in the career 
of a man whose tendencies have always 
been in the upward directicm. The gentle- 
man whose name heads this sketch, and whose 
portrait is shown on the opposite page, is 'a suc- 
cessful man, not only in a business way l)y attain- 
ing a good financial standing, Imt by rising to the 
best ideal we have of manliness. He is the owner 
of five hundred acres of excellent I'arming Land 
and has an interest in tvventy thousand acres of 
timl)er lands. His farm is located on section ;3"2. 
Buena Vista Township, Saginaw County, and is 
fitted out with ever^y possible convenience for the 
successful prosecution of his calling. 

Mr. Wiggins was born in Dover, Me., October 
22, 1828. His father was Elisha AViggins, one of 
the earliest settlers in Dover, Me. Ilismotiier was 
known in her maidenhood as INIiss Susannah I>am- 
bert, .and was also a native of the Pine Tree State. 
Both the parents died in their native State. Our 
suliject received his education in the common 
schools and w,as always found to be an apt and dil- 
igent student. Being liic eldest son of liis pa- 
rents, he w.as called ii|ion to assist his father in the 
farm work, which proved to be an excellent train- 
ing for him in his subsequent occupation as a 



farmer. He remained in Dover on his father's 
farm until reaching his majority, when he decided 
to venture out in the world for himself, and went 
to the lumber districts of Pennsylvania, woiking 
three years in the employ of others. 

Xt the expiration of the three years spent in 
Pennsylvania, Mr. Wiggins returned to his native 
town, remaining there only about six months, 
when, like many another young man, he was seized 
with the California fever, and went thither in 1852, 
and engaged in mining and lumbering, for live 
years. He was in the mines for about a ye:u- and 
a half, and the remainder of the time was spent in 
lumbering on his own account. When returning 
to his native State he made the trip via the Isth- 
mus, and passed the succeeding live years in farm- 
ing and railroading in Maine, assisting in the build- 
ing of railroads. 

In the fall of 1802 Mr. Wiggins came to Saginaw 
and tooU charge of a lumber camji on the Titta- 
bawassee River. However, he followed tiiat busi- 
ness only two years, when he again returned to 
Maine and followed farming pursuits for a period 
of three years. Einally disposing of his property 
in the Pine Tree Slate, he returned to Saginaw and 
engaged in lumbeiing in company with his brother, 
George B. The brothers continued in partnership 
until the summer of 1888, since which time our 
sul)ject has carried on his lumbering interests on a 
smaller scale. While engaged with his brother, 
they put out as high as twenty million feet of logs 
annually. 

Our subject lived in Saginaw until the fall of 
1874, when he settled in Buena A'ista Township, 
where he has superintended the oper.ation of his 
farm in connection with lifs lumber interests,which 
have been very extensive as he is at the present 
time interested in twenty thousand .aciesof timber 
lands. He also has mining stock in Montana and 
Colorado which net him handsome returns. He 
has made his iiiHuence felt in the township and is 
looked upon as one of the leading men in the He- 
pulilican [larty. 

.July m. I8(;(l, Ml-. Wiggins was married m 
Dover, Me., to Miss Frances B. Dorr, who was 
born in Dover. Mrs. Wiggins is universally es- 
teemed and admired for both abilit\ and culture. 



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Her maternal grandperents were in si direct line 
from the lluU'iiins. wlio came over in the "May- 
flower," and were persons of marked ability' and 
for siifce?>;ive generations were famous musicians. 
Mr. and Mrs. Wiggins jiave an adoi)tod daugliter, 
Fannie, who now resides in East Saginaw. She 
was married Deeemher 23. 1 8i)l, to Edgar L. Doore, 
who died Keliniary 9. 18!I2. In social and domes- 
tic life Mr. AViggins is considerate and courteous, 
in husiiioss dealings honest and straightforward, 
and Ills reputation in every respect is most excel- 
lent. 



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(jWiUA II. WlirrNKY. editor and proprietor of the 
ll Merrill Sentinel, was born Marcli 12, 18/)6, in 
|i^ Ilartland Township, Livingston County, and 
is the son of .1. W. and Elizabeth (Davis) Whitney. 
His father was born in Massachusetts in 1816, and 
followed llie occupation of a farmer; his mother 
was born in Rhode Island in 1828. After their 
marriage the parents came to Michigan in 18,51, 
settling on a partially improved farm in Livingston 
County, and devoting the ensuing years to adding 
necessary improvements to the phice. which Ibcy 
still occupy. 

Eiglit children were boiii to. I. W. and Klizabetli 
Whitney, and of this family six are now living, as 
follows: Sarah I.; .JayS.,who is married and resides 
in Illinois; Ira IL, of this sketch; .loUn is married 
and makes his home in Osceola County; Esli E. is 
married and resides in Detroit; Ilattie R. became 
the wife of C. Taft and is now living on the Whit- 
ney homestead in Livingston County. The mother 
of these children is a consistent member of the 
Baptist Church, while tlie father is a I'niversalist 
in Ills religious belief. He has taken an active in- 
terest in local polities and is a stanch Republican 
in his belief. In Livingston County, where heand 
liis good wife still reside, they are highly esteemed 
as public-spirited citizens and wortlw people whose 
highest ambition has been to rear their children to 
noble manhof)d and womanhood. 

Tlie Ijoyliood years of our subject weie passed on 
the old homestead, where lie gained considerable 
knowledge of .agricultural pursuits ami wlicuce in 



the winter he would go to the district school. 
When eighteen years old he started out in life for 
himself and learned the trade of a printer in the 
office of the !Milford Tivies in Oakland County. 
There he worked foi almost seven years and after- 
ward followed his trade for a short time in Lud- 
ington. Reed City, Big Rapids and Bay City, be- 
ing employed in the latter city in the job rooms of 
the Tribune. In .June, 1888, he came to Merrill 
and four months after his arrival purchased the 
Senline/, which he has since conducted alone and 
successfully. 

In 1882 Mr. Whitney was united in marriage 
with .Miss Kate Fralick, who was born May 17, 
1858. near AVhitmore Lake in Livingston County. 
Mrs. Whitney is the daughter of John and Katie 
(Logan) Fralick, who came to Wayne County, this 
State, about 1827 and settled on an unimproved 
farm. Mr. F^r.aliek survives at the age of sixty-nine 
years, but his wife passed from earth in August, 
1881). Their four children are all living, viz: 
Charles, a resident of Toledo, Ohio; George, who 
makes his home in North Dakota; Mrs. Whitney 
and Miss Anna. The Iiapp3' union of Mr. and 
Mrs. Whitney has been blessed with one child, a 
daughter, Cecile May, who was born April 25, 1884. 
They are members in good standing of the Con- 
gregational Church of Merrill, and she is a teacher 
in the Sunday-school. Politically, he is independ- 
ent, .as is also his paper, making it his aim to sup- 
port the candidate who, in his judgment, is best 
qualified for tlie office in question, irrespective of. 
party ties. Since the organization of the village 
of Merrill in April, 1889, he has held the position 
of Clerk, and has contributed his quota to the de- 
velo]iment of the jiLace. 




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ILLIAM 11. SULLIVAN is one of the pnnn- 
inent plumbers and steam fitters of Bay 
City, having been here since 1869, and he 
is located at the corner of Fifth Street and Wash- 
ingt<m Avenue. He was born in Oswego, N. Y., 
November 23, 18 18. and is a son of Michael Sulli- 
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town ami leanu'd the phunljer's trade there, begiu- 
iiing to .serve his time as an apprentice at the age 
of thirteen, and after completing it working at his 
trade in that part of the State until 1869. 

Tins gentleman after coming to P)ay City was 
engaged for eight years with the Bay City Gas 
Light Company and then established himself inde- 
pendently in 1877 and he is thus the oldest plum- 
ber now residing in the city. His first location 
was on Center Street and he continued there until 
188.5, when he sold out his business. This he re- 
sumed, however, four years later, and now has a 
good degree of the custom of the cit3'. He con- 
stantly employs ten men and has had charge of 
fitting up some of the best buildings in the city. 

For four years Mr. Sullivan was Supervisor for 
the P'ourth Ward, but of late has not been in poli- 
tics. His home is in a fine part of the city, being 
situated on Seventh Street between jNLadison and 
Monroe. Under his happy roof he and his wife, 
who was Miss Catherine Sherid.an, of Oswego, N. 
y., enjoj' the companionship of their two daugh 
ters, Catherine and Mary Frances. He is a mem- 
ber of the Knights of the Maccabees and also of 
the National Union and throughout his residence 
here he has distinguished himself by liberality in 
taking hold of all enterprises which would pro- 
mote the growth of the city and has been an etli- 
cient helper in securing railroads and other con- 
veniences. 




(^^^in-:()D()RE TROTMP.LEY. Among the old- 
est of the native-born citizens of Bay 
County is this gentleman, who is a repre- 
sentative of a pioneer family and has b.y his life 
added lustre to the worthy name he bears. He 
was born on Water Street, Bay City, September 15, 
1846, and is the son of Joseph Trombly, whose 
sketch will be found in another portion of this 
volume. The family of wliiih he is a meml)er 
comprises five living children, namely: .loseph; 
Adeline, Mrs. Beebe; .lames, Theodore and David, 
and for further particulars in regard to tiie life of 



each the reader is referred to their pei-sonal 
sketches, which ajipear in the Rkcoko. 

The boyhood da^ys of our subject were passed in 
Banks, and as there was no school in that place 
the children of the Tiombley family received in- 
struction under the parental roof. Our subject 
had meager opportunities for acquiring knowledge, 
but to say that he availed himself of every possi- 
ble opportunity for extending and enlarging his 
information is but to state what actually occurred. 
Careful reading and observation have to a great 
degree overcome the deficiencies of his early edu- 
cation and he is now a well-informed man. Un- 
der the careful guidance of his parents he was 
reared to a stalwart manhood and gained those 
principles of honor and uprightness M'hich have 
characterized his entire life. 

In his childhood our subject assisted his father 
ill fishing, and in his .early manho<;)d he built a 
sailing vessel, the "Phil Sheridan," capacity ten 
tons, and with it he fislied in the Little Charity 
Islands for about seven years. Then selling that 
boat he purchased the "Josie Trombley" and man- 
aged it for seven or eight years. Since selling 
that vessel he has engaged in fishing at the mouth 
of the river, and has met witii success in that busi- 
ness. Ills record as a fisherman is unexcelled, he 
having caught stuigeon with a weight of one hun- 
dred and seventv-Hve pounds, and trout weighing 
forty pounds. He owns over two hundred and 
twenty acres on section 2, Huron Township, which 
he uses for fishing purposes, and about two or 
three miles of that land lies along the lake. He 
owns two sail boats, h.as about twenty-five or 
thirty lots in Banks, besides the residence in which 
he makes his home on the corner of Fifth and 
Marchand Streets and the brick block on the earner 
of Washington and Sophia Streets, 60x30 feet in 
dimensions. 

The marriage of our subject to Miss Ida Brooks, 
took place at Bay City in 1872. The bride was 
the daughter of AVilliani and the granddaughter of 
.Joseph Brooks, who was born in New York and 
followed farming pursuits. The father, who was 
born near llamilton, Canada, was a farmer and lum- 
berm.an, and came in 1865 to Bay City, where he 
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he was engaged as a jolilicr lu-ro but now resides in 
Canada. His wife, wliose maiden name was 
Anifrilla Mcrritt. wan liotii in Canada and was the 
dauglitcr of .loliu Mi'irill. a soldier in llif \Vai of 
1812. Slif died in iianlo in IHHfi. leaving three 
ehildion. .Mis. 'rruinl)liy. llie eldest in the family, 
was born near llaniilton, Canada, in 18.58. and was 
educated at Hay City. 

Ml', and Mrs. Trombley liave four children, as 
follows: .Fo.'iei)liine M.. Charles L., (iladys M. and 
.lay !•". In his jiolities Mr. Trombley is a firm Ke- 
pulilican and has served on juries and as a <lele- 
gatc to county conventions. Socially he lielongs 
to the order of the Maccabees. He is |)articularly 
fond of hunting and has shot more than fifty deer. 
During the fall of each year h^ usually goes to 
Northern Michigan and there finds an excellent 



opportunity for displaying 
man. 



skill 



as a hunts- 



7 KKDKHIt K A. TAS( IINEH. Many of the 

7 

K\ most thrifty and intelligent citizens of this 
section of Slichigan were born and reared 
on the other side of the Atlantic, and to England 
and Germany especially is 15ay County indebted 
for some of her most enterprising and prosperous 
citizens. To this cla.ss belongs our subject, who 
was born in Prussia, Germany, and is a son of Mar- 
tin, who was a farmer there, and who died at the 
age of eighty-five years. The mother died aged 
sixty years, and both were valued members of the 
Lutheran Cluirch. 

Our subject is the only one living of the nine 
children l)orn to his parents. He was reared in his 
native land, on the farm. ;iiid received but a com- 
mon-school education. When sixteen years old he 
began working out by the year for ¥12 a month 
and clothed himself. He gradually received more 
wages, and when twenty-one years old enlisted in 
the German army, serving for three vear.s. In 
the year IHfiO he entered the employ f)f the rail- 
road and three years later left Bremen on the sailer 
"Victoria," and after a seven weeks' voyage, landed 
in New York, whence he came direct to Detroit. 



On December 2(). 1H()3, Mr. Taschner enlisted 
in the Nineteenth Michigan Infantry, and the fol- 
lowing February was sent South and was with 
Sherman in the battles of Kenesaw Mountain, 
Pumpkinvine Creek, in all the battles of the 
(Georgia Cami)aign, Peachtree Creek, .Jonesboro and 
Atlanta. He fell back to Nashville under Thomas, 
.'ifter (ien. Hood. After the close of the war he 
still remained in the service of the Government, 
and went to Augusta, Ga., remaining six or eight 
months, then to Little Rock, Ft. Smith, Ft. Gibson, 
Cherokee Nation, Fayetteville (Ark.), Huntsville, 
then back to Fayetteville, protecting the l)Order. 
He remained there until his time was out, and was 
honorably discharged December 26, 1868, and be- 
ing a well-drilled soldier, he was said to be the 
best man in the Nineteenth Regiment, and it was 
only because he could not speak or read English 
that he remained a private all through the five 
years. lie contracted the rheumatism in the service, 
•and now suffers severely from it, but in spite of all 
this he is yet a congenial and whole-souled man, 
well-read in his native tongue, and held in the 
highest respect by his comrades and many friends. 

Upon his return from the army, !Mr. Taschner 
came to Bay City and worked in the mills for F. 
E. Bradley, firing and piling lumber for eighteen 
years. He was then employed in the E. B. Foss 
Lumber Yard, sorting lurnber, in which occupation 
he is now eng.aged, although able to do but light 
work. He h.as been a resident here since .Tanuary 
1, 1869, and now has a comfortable and attractive 
home at No. 216 North .lackson Street. The resi- 
dence adjoining the one in which he lives is also 
owned by him. 

Mr. Tatichner and Miss Caroline Black were 
united in marriage in the year 1870. The lady 
is also a native of Prussia, (Germany, and is a 
daughter of Karl Black. She came to this country 
in IHlSlt with her parents; the father died in 1888, 
and the mother is now residing with our subjectat 
the age of seventy-eight years. Twelve children 
were lioin to our subject and his wife, seven of 
whom are yet surviving: August, .John, Fred, Au- 
gusta, Herman. William and Bertha. This patriotic 
gentleman is a member of I'. S. (^rant Post, (i. A. 
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He and his wife are consistent meiiil)er.s of the 
Emanuel Lutheran Chnrch, and the views advanced 
by the Republican party have a stanch su])poiter 
in Mr. T.asciincr. 



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RANK 1). PEIRSON, Superintendent of the 
^") mills and salt works of H. W. Sage (k Co., 
of West Bay City, is a man of push and 
great business ability. He is one of that class of 
men which lias added greatlj', not only to the linan- 
cial strength of the city, but also to her reputation 
among the cities of Michigan. Mv. Peirson is a 
man of genuine and wide-spread [jopularity, and 
was born in New York City, September 6, 1848. 

The gentleman of whom we write is the son of 
Franklin D. Peirson, a native of Massachusetts. 
His father, the grandfather of our sul)ject, was born 
in Connecticut, in which State he followed farm- 
ing. He later removed to INI.assaciiusetts. and from 
there to Columbia County, N. Y., making the re- 
moval about the year 1810. He was in the AV'arof 
1812, and died in 18.j(), thoroughly respected for 
his upright life. The Peirson family are of Eng- 
lish descent, the great-grandfather of our subject 
having been born in England. 

Franklin D. Peirson was a physician and surgeon 
in his native State, but later took up agricultural 
pursuits at Tarry town on the Hudson, where he 
had a farm. He then removed to Newburg, where 
he is living a retired life at the present time, hav 
ing reached the venerable age of eighty-two years. 
He is a true-blue Republican in politics, and in 
religious matters clings to the tenets of the Baptist 
Church. The niothei- of our subject bore the 
maiden name of Cynthia Landon, a native of 
Stephentown, Columl)ia County, N. Y. She passed 
from this life in 1852, when twenty-eight years of 
age. 

Our subject was the youngest of a family of 
three children born to his parents, and is the only 
one living at the present time. He passed his boy- 
hood days at Tarrytown, where he attended the 
common schools, and later attended Paulding In- 
stitute for two years at Irvingtim, N. Y., which 



closed his educational advantages. He then went 
to Columbia County, where he remained for about 
three years. For the two succeeding years he had 
some expei-ience in clerking and book-keejjing at 
Tarrytown. and then went back to Newbuig and 
engaged in farming with iiis father. 

In the spring of 18(59, Mr. Peirson came West to 
Michigan, and located in Saginaw A'alley, at We- 
nona, then a small place. He soon entered the 
employ of Sage it Co., as book-keeper, reinaniing 
in that capacity in their store until 187;), when he 
entered the mill otHce, also as book-kee[)er, and so 
well did he till tliat position that he was made the 
head book-keeper of their establishment, remain- 
ing .as such until 1880. wlien he became Superin- 
tendent of their mills and salt works, wliicii are the 
largest in the Saginaw Valley. The salt works turn 
out ninety thousand barrels of salt per season, and 
h.as seven wells, being located on a site of twenty 
acres, one-half mile south of the city, on Midland 
Street. 

Mr. Peirson is also interested to some extent in 
real estate, and in all his occupations he has been 
more than ordinarily successful. He has lieeii 
greatly interested in the upbuilding of the business 
interests of Bay C'ity, and his power cannot be 
lightly estimated. He was one of the organizers 
of the Home Electric Company, and was its Secre- 
tary and one of its Directors from its inception 
until it was consolidated with the Hay County 
Electric (U)mpany. He is also a stockholder and 
Director in the Logger's Boom Company of West 
Bay City, and has been its Secretary for several 
years. They do an immense business, handline 
logs from the AuGres River. 

In 1885 our subject laid out F. 1). Peirson 's 
first addition to West Bay City, which consisted of 
forty acres. His home is located on the corner of 
Ohio and Litchlield Streets, where he entertains his 
friends in a most hospitable manner, and which 
bears every evidence of the cultured tastes of its 
inmates. Mr. Peirson was married August 16, 
1875, at Kingston, Ulster County, N. Y., the lady 
of his choice being Miss Julia C. Budington, and 
to them have been born two children, bearing the 
names respectively of Mary and Helen. 

In politics Mr. Peirson is a Republican, and has 



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served his fellow-citizens in various responsible 
positions, havinir been Aulennan of the Third 
Ward four terms and President of the Council. He 
was also on the Hoard of Water AVorks for one 
term. Soeially he is a Kniiiht of the Maccabees, 
and a menilier of the Hoval Arcanum, and in re- 
ligious iiiMtters is an attendant of the Jiaptist 
Church. Iiavinir served that congreaation .asTrustee 
and Treasurer. Air. Peirson is a man of unusual 
intelligence and enterprise, anil liberal and broad 
in his thought and life. His wife is a i)rominent 
member of social circles in West Hay City, and 
they are most esteemed and lionored for their up- 
right lives. 




^., M)KKW 1. THOMSON. This well-knowii 
(^Oi and prominent young attorney of West 
Kay ( ity, has his ollice in Fisher's IMock, 
aci'iitral location, and is establisliiiig-.M very 
successful i)iac1ice here and at the same time is 
attaining an excellent |)rofessional standing among 
his brethren of the legal fraternity. Tiie family 
to which he belongs is well known in this part of 
tlie .Stale as he is the son of Andrew Thomson, who 
is represfcnted elsewhere in this lecord niid whose 
success .as a luisiness man and cinitractor has made 
him i)roniineut Ihi'oughont this region. His grand- 
parents were born in Scuihuid. where they were 
members of prominent and wealthy f;imilies and 
this young man inlieiits the sturdy traits of the 
Scottish nationality. 

Andrew l.Thom.son was born in (ioderich, Onta- 
rio, Canada, .Inly «, IHlif), but as his parents re- 
moved to tiie States in his early childhood and 
made their home in l!ay City, he here received his 
education and training. He attended the ward 
schools of Itay City and after completing the course 
of study i)rescribed in them entered the High 
School and took a thorough course there, graduat- 
ing when he was only lifteen years old. Krom his 
earliest childhood he had felt a desire to become a 
lawyer, and during his vacations and after com- 
pleting his High .School course he pursued studies 
in that direction. He w.as thus dccnpicd until 1H83 



when he entered Olivet College, where he spent 
two years. He w.as there a member of the Adclpliia 
Society and devoted himself thoroughly to his 
literary studies until he tompleted his Sophomore 
year, after which he returned to Ray City. 

The young man now totik up the study of law 
and for two years was in the otlice of Simonson A- 
fiillett and after that for two or three years with 
Pratt iV' (iilbert, and during all this time he made 
steady progress in his legal studies and at the same 
lime gained an insight into the practical business 
of a lawyer. In -luly, 1X90, he was admitted to the 
Michigan Bar by .ludge Cobb. 

Upon being read^- to liegin his professional cai'eer 
the young lawyer was invited to cast in his lot 
with his preceptors, Pratt i^' (iilhert, and under 
their auspices liegan his practice in Pay City. In 
the summer of 1891 he thought best to become 
more independent and located iu Fisher's ]Jlock 
where he is building up an excellent practice. 
His political convictions bring him into line with 
the Republican ])arLy and for its success he is 
earnest and active. He is a member of the Pres- 
byterian Church and an active worker iu its ranks 
and belongs to the Knights of Pythias. 

On December 30, 1891, our subject was married 
to Miss Edith M. Pheen, a \'0ung lady well known 
iu this city, and they at (mcc moved into a neat 
home which had been erected and fitted for their 
reception. Our subject also entered into a busi- 
ness partnership on January lo, 1892, with J. Hil- 
ton Hoffman, a young lawyer whose ability and 
learning bid fair to place him in the lead of his 
profession. 

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APT. ZACHARIAII BASKINS. We are 
pleased to notice In-ietly the career of this 
ca|)tain of police of the .Second Precinct, 
West .Side, who is one of the tried and proven de- 
fenders of the life and property of the citizens of 
.Saginaw. He is one of the bravest (^tticers of the 
very etticient (lolice force, and has the high respect 
of all who know him. He was born in the Queen's 
dominions, near Ottawa, Canada, .Inly 21, 1859, 



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and his parents, Thomas and Eliza (O'Neill) Bask- 
ins, are both natives of the Emerald Isle. They 
had sought the AVestern World when in youth, and 
united their fortunes in Canada. Both have been 
for years respected citizens of Saginaw. 

Our subject is the eldest of seven cliildren, and 
remained with his parents until he reached the age 
of eighteen, when he came to Saginaw and found 
employment as so many others have here in the 
lumbering trade. He worked in the luml)er camps 
in the winter, doing the hardest of the hard labor 
required m that department of the lumber busi- 
ness. In summer he worked on the i-iver running 
logs, and in other similar capacities, and through 
fourteen years he gradually' rose in the esteem of 
his employers, becoming more liighly valued for 
his excellent work. His towering form and robust 
and commanding appearance, often excited remark 
and he was frequently asked why be did not get a 
position on the police force, and he was finally ap- 
pointed to .such a position in October. 1)S82. 

For four years this patrolman served the city, 
and became a popular and conspicuous member of 
the force. On more than one occasion was he 
placed in trying positions where his nerve and de- 
cision made for him a reputation of honor. A 
notable example was during the labor troubles of 
1885, popularly known as the great strike. At 
ever}' call for assistance he was ready and he took 
no inconsiderable part in preserving the p(!ace and* 
preventing bloodshed. His services were recog- 
nized by his superiors, and in 1886 he was ap- 
pointed Chief of the Saginaw Cit}- Police Depart- 
ment, the duties of which position he performed 
acceptably until the consolidation of the cities. 
The department numbered eleven men. all noted 
for their valor and bravery, and thoroughly drilled 
and disciplined under the personal attention and 
instruction of Mr. Baskin. 

After the union of the two Saginaws, our suliject 
was made Captain of the Second Precinct, whicli 
consists of the West Side, and at the same time he 
received an increase of salary while lie kept author- 
ity almost equal to what he formerly possessed. 
Under his supervision the depaitment luas attained 
a high degree of proficiency, and the pe.aee of the 
city lias been faithfully kept. S.aginaw is noted 



for its law-abiding people, its orderly streets, and 
its freedom from much tliat tends to lower society. 
Mr. Baskins was married Octolier 22. 1888, to 
Miss Ella Hunt, a daughter of Thomas Hunt, de- 
ceased, .and she had received her education in the 
city schools. Capt. Baskins is a man who has many 
friends, and in his political connection he is quite 
independent. He is connected with the Masonic 
order, and is a member of the Royal Arch Masons 
in the .Joppa Cliapter, where he h.as been foremost 
in lodge work. He is also identified with the 
Knights of the Maccaliees. He was at one time a 
member of Company I), Third Regiment of State 
Militia, and after six years service, was honoralily 
discharged with the rank of Sergeant. 

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'jf7 EE E. .lOSLYN. Our subject is one of the 
I ^ most prominent young attorneys of Baj' 
/J^Y, City. He is also Circuit C'ourt Commis- 
sioner and has attracted consideralile attention 
from the fact that he has fine oratorical powers, and 
being a well-balanced reasoner his arguments are 
usually convincing. He has already taken quite a 
prominent place as a political speaker and without 
doubt hiis a bright future before him. 

Mr. Joslyn w.as born in Darien, Genesee County, 
N. Y., July 23, 1864. He is a son of AVillis B.jind 
Amy R. (Foster) Joslyn, both natives of the Em- 
pire State. The family lived in Genesee County 
until 1871, when they removed to Alton, Pa., and 
in 1873 came to Michigan, locating in Diyden, 
Lapeer County, where jMr. Joslyn was engaged in 
contracting until 1888,when he located in West B.a}^ 
City, and now resides there, being still engaged in 
contracting and building. Our subject's paternal 
grandsire, Benjamin .Joslyn, who for years was in 
the hotel business in New York, served in the War 
of 1812. He died at the age of eightj'-flve years 
iu West Bay City where he had been an early set- 
tler. Both our subject's parents still survive and 
are active workers in the Universalist Church. 

The fifth child in order of birth in a family of 
seven, Lee E. Joslyn was but nine years of age on 
coming to Michigan. He remained at home until 



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he was graduated from the Dryilcii llii^li ScMkjuI in 
1881 and then entered the law ottiec of .Iiidije 
Stickney, witli whom lie studied dnriny the .suin- 
nier.s for tliree years, spending the winters in teach- 
ing sehool. Ills work being principally in Lapeer 
and Oakland Counties, and during this time he was 
Principal of the Otisville High School. Then for 
two summers he studied under ex-nienilier of Con- 
gress George II. Durand. of Flint, and in the fall 
of 1885 came to West Hay City as Principal of the 
First AVar<l .school, and in .lune, 1881), he was ad- 
mitted to the Michigan liar at Hay City under Judge 
(lage, of Saginaw. .Inly i:?, 188fi, he opened a law 
otiice in West Hay City, where he continued until 
May, 1888, when he opened an ollice across the 
river with Judge McMalh, remaining with him 
until .\pril. 1891.w-hen he came to his present place. 
lie h.asa pleasant otiice in the Munzer ]>lock and a 
good law practice. He deals quite e.xtensively in 
real estate and also in collections with Mr. Dodge. 
In the fall of 1888 Mr. Joslyn was nominated 
and elected Circuit Court Commissioner on the 
Democratic ticket, with the Hattering majority of 
thirteen hundred and twenty votes. He lookpos- 
se.ssion of his ollice January 1, 1889, and on thor- 
oughly canvassing the county was re-elected in 
1890 with a m.ajority of about twenty-four hun- 
dred votes, the highest on the ticket. In .Vugust. 
1886, he was elected on the Hay County Hoard of 
School Kxaminers and in 1887 became Secretary of 
the board, which position lie resigned Sejiteniber 
26. 1887. 

S(K'ially, our subject belongs to the Knights of 
Pythias, and is Pa.<t Chancellor. He has been a 
member of the (J rand Lodge of Michigan two terms, 
is also a member of Wenona Lcjdge, Xo. 2r)6, 
F. <fe A. M., and belongs to the Ancient Order of 
I'nited Woi-kmen and to the Independent Order of 
Foresters, of West Hay City. In church work Mr. 
Joslyn has identified himself witli the Universal- 
ists. He w.as one of the organizers of the Young 
People's Christian I'nion of the Inivcrsalist Church 
and is now its President, and in 1889 was a dele- 
gate to the Lynn (Mass.) Convention of the Young- 
People's Christian Inion, and at that time was 
elected President of the National organization. 
It w;is he who di;\flcil the constitution of llic or- 



ganization, which since its beginning has increii.-<ed 
from twenty-six to over <me hundred and sixty 
societies, with a membership of ten thousand, and 
is represented in twenty-one States. 



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'OHN G. EDP:LMANN. Our subject, who 
resided at Xo. 716 (iencsee .Street, .Saginaw. 
wa-< born in Havana, Germany, March 28. 
1829. In July. 1817, in company with his 
jiarents, .lolin G. and Christiana (Faul) Edclmann, 
he located in Blumtield Township, .Saginaw 
County, where his father died the following year. 
At this time there were only nineteen families set- 
tled in IJlumtield Township, and the people had to 
be suflicient unto themselves. Our subject's mother 
continued to live in that place until her death, in 
1881, at the age of eighty-two yeai's. 

Immediately after his mother's death, our sub- 
ject came to East Saginaw- and took a contract 
for clearing a tract of twenty acres of land lying 
. between Warren and Second Streets, reaching 
north to (lenesee Avenue. Its ownei-s were Alfred 
Hoyt and Norman Little. He was the first (Jerman 
to locate in East .Saginaw. After a few years spent 
on the farm he removed to Bay City, in 18(!-l, 
where he was engaged in the grocery trade, and 
was proprietor of the meat market until 1867, when 
he came to Saginaw. Mr. Edelmann here purchased 
an hotel located on (4enesee Avenue and .after run- 
ning it a couple of years he bought the corner at 
(ienesee and Park Streets. This he has since im- 
proved and in 188(; erected a handsome brick 
block. 

Mr. John Edelmann continued to run his hotel 
until he lost his wife and since that time h.as been 
engaged in the real estate and insurance business, 
handling farm property largely. He probably 
handles more of this property than any other man 
in the county. At one time he was Superinten- 
dent of the AuSable Lumber and Shingle Com 
pany. lie w.as also a railroad contractor and h.as 
been interested in nearly all the roads coming into 
the city, lie has also lieena large citv eonlractoi-. 







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grading street?, having eliarge of sewer worl<, etc., 
his contracting extencUng over the last fifteen 
years. 

Our subject was married in lilumlicld Townsliij), 
Saginaw County, to Magdelene Keller, a widow 
whose name was Unsoelett; she died Februaiy 20, 
1881. Of afamil3^of seven children born from this 
union four are now living. They are Margaret 
M., J. George, Carl M., Frederick William, who is a 
physician of high standing, (ieorge is a hardware 
man, while Carl is a traveling salesman for a hard- 
ware compan\% 

At the outset of his career as an American citi 
zen our subject cast his vote with the Democratic 
party, but of late years the Republican partj' has 
stood highest in his favor. lie has held a number 
of ottices, both in the municipality and in the 
county. As a railroad man Mr. Edelmann began 
as foreman in the construction of the Flint it Pere 
Marquette Railroad, building the Salina branch of 
four miles. The next year he took a contract and 
although he had had no previous experience in the 
work his quickness and foresight helped him to 
make a success of it. Tliere is a much-prized heir- 
loom in the Edelmann family that is of enough in- 
terest to mention in connection with their history. 
It is a spinning wheel two hundred years old, hav- 
ing been handed down from mother to daughter 
through the successive generations. 



\TF^/ H. bliss, founder and President of the 
"~ International Business Colleges at Saginaw 




and Bay City, Mich, and Ft. Wayne, Ind., 
is well known throughout the State as an educator 
and occupies a prominent place among the citizens 
of Saginaw, while his institution ranks among the 
most useful and flourishing enterprises of that city. 
Although but a few years old, being established in 
1885, the college has an enviable record, and an 
annual attendance of between four hundred and 
five hundred students testifies to its rejiutation as 
a business educator. Its quarters are in a fine block 
in the business part of the city and are handsonu^ly 
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fitted up with every needful appliance to carr3- on 
the several departments. It is under able manage- 
ment. 

Here a young man or woman can be trained to 
commercial life by practical work in any branch, 
stenography, telegraphy, correspondence, banking, 
wholesale, retail or commission trade, each of these 
being represented in the course of study and trans- 
actions being carried on as they are in everj'day 
experience. This method is facilitated by the es- 
tablishment of two branch institutions, the one at 
Bay City being opened in 1889, under the manage- 
ment of Prof. .J. jM. Ressler; that at Ft. AVayne with 
Prof. W. .T. Elliott as manager, w.as opened in 1890 
with an attendance of fifty students the first 
month. 

Each of these colleges occupies a handsome bk)ck 
of buildings and is thoroughly equipped. Over 
tw^enty superior teachers are employed, each a spe- 
cialist in his particular branch, while President F. H. 
Bliss has direct supervision of all three institutions 
and personally' superintends the reviews, examina- 
tions, etc. Board and tuition are furnished at re- 
markably low rates and altogether these colleges 
offer unparalleled advantages for a thorougli busi- 
ness training. 

A l)iograi)hical sketch and portrait of the man 
who has .accomplished so much in such a short time 
will be interesting in this connection. Mr. Bliss was 
born in Eric County, Pa., March 3, 1861, and was 
the second son of A. E. and Louisa (Harrington) 
Bliss. Both were natives of New York and of En- 
glish descent. They removed in an early day to 
Pennsylvania, where the father carried on a gen- 
eral stock farm; about 1866 they removed to Ashta- 
bula County, Ohio, where they still reside, the 
father eng.iging in business as a stock-de.aler. 

F. II. Bliss received his early education in the 
common and High School of Conneaut, Ohio, and 
when quite young began teaching in the coun- 
try and afterward in the village of Conneaut. He 
subsequently took a commercial course and was 
graduated from Clark's Business College at Titus- 
ville, Pa., in which institution he became a teacher. 
Later he went to Erie, Pa., filling the position of 
head teacher in the business college at that place 
for three vears. In 1885 he came to Saginaw, 



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opening his prosciit iiislitutioii to which lie devotes 
his entire time and enei'<,fies, and wiiich. us has al- 
ready l>een stated, lias i)roved a very siiwessfiii 
enterprise. 

Mr. Hliss was married in 1HX4 to Miss Stella 
Bugliy. of Ivingsville, Oliio. daughter of Henry 
lUigliv. Their jileasant iionie is enlivened by the 
presence of one little daughter, named Madge. 
Politically Mr. Bliss is a Kepuhlican. 



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« jkUAAAM MKU'Uli-l.. The .Merrill family 
\rJ// have for thn-c-(|uarters of a century lieen 
W^ prominently connected with tlie nianufac- 
turiflg interests of the I'eninsular State. Hoswell 
T. Merrill, the grandfather of William Merrill. 
made the first separators for threshing grain ever 
huilt in .Michigan at his shop in the village of Bir- 
mingham, (Jaklaiid County, a vill.'ige he himself 
platte(l a'nd founded not a great while after 1826. 
He had come fnim New York, locating at first at 
Poutiac. liut soon after removing to liirmingham, 
where he erected a machine shop and foundry and 
where he did an extensive business in fiis own 
line, lie afterward became identified with the 
machine business at Battle (reek, but subse(|uentlv 
returned to Birmingham and at this writing is still 
a hale and hearty resident of that place, and at the 
.age of eighty-eight is enjoying his latter years as 
greatly as he enjoyed the days of his youth. 

George W. Morrill, the sou of tlu' gentleman of 
whom we have spoken above, now a resident of 
Bay County near Kssexville and the father of our 
subject, was the founder of the extcii>lve business 
conducted by the linn of .Mitts iV- Merrill, and suc- 
ceeded his father in his business at Birmingham in 
about IISIH. In 18.")l he rcMiioved his plant to 
Saginaw, bringing his family and outfit overland by 
teams. .\t that time the nearest machine shop was 
located at Flint and fearing the results of a similar 
business established on the Saginaw, the proprie- 
tors refused to make a little machinery for Mi. 
Merrill, .-ind after taking his plans there in vain he 
was compelled to bring them home and make his 
machinery by the slow process of hand work. 



George Jlerrill was identified with nearly all 
the important developments of the early days oi 
Saginaw. He made the machineiy used in boring 
and fitting the first salt well, and was one of the 
company organized to first bore for Inine. Me and 
Stephen 1{. Kirby were sent to Syracuse, N. Y., to 
investigate the .salt business. They were to report 
u])oii the neccssarv means of development. The\ 
were there told that the ••Saginaw people were 
all right, and all they needed to make salt was a 
(piantity of S\racuse brine."' When the first well 
had reacheil a deiith of several hundred feet the 
drills became fastened, and after days of trouble 
and effort the company became discouraged and 
most of the stockholders advised its al)aiidonnienl, 
but Mr. Merrill insisted that the drills could be 
recovered, and studying the matter thoroughlv 
succeeded in regaining the tools. The woik ju-o- 
gressed and resulted, as all the world knows, in 
revolutionizing the salt trade in geneial. 

(icorgc Merrill's enterprise grew as the mills in- 
creased and the salt wells developed, and in 187(>, 
he was succeeded by the present firm although he 
has been identified with the business up to a <iuite 
recent date, renujving to his extensive farm after a 
residence of thirty-seven years in Saginaw. Will- 
iam .Merrill is the only son and eldest child in a 
family of four children born to his parents. His 
advent into the world was made at Birmingham, 
this State, .lanuaiy 13, 18.')1. He graduated from 
the State University with the Class of '71 and at 
once became connected with his father in business. 
He became a thoroughly practical machinist and 
the excellent work for which the linn is noted is 
under the constant supervision of the trained eye 
and active brain of our subject. He has elaborated 
a number of practical ideas and many patents have 
been granted him. Nearly ail the si)ecialties man- 
ufactured by the firms are the result of his fertile 
brain. 

William Jlerrill was married in I<s7;i, to Jliss 
Eudora B. Woodruff, of Ann .Vibor. They are the 
liarents of five children, whose names are, Hubert 
W., Elizabeth G., .Mice E., (ieorge P. and Edith .1. 
The extensive |)lant which the business occupies lias 
a frontage of three hundred and twenty-live feet 
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feet depth tci the river, the renr liaviiig exeellent 
dockage and containing slips where boats are 
hoisted bv hydraulic pressure for the purpose of re- 
pairs. The front space is all occuiiied by the liuild- 
ing, covering a Hoor sp.ace of upwards of twenty- 
four thousand S(juai'e feet. 

The company have in their eniphn' about forty 
skilled workmen, many of whom have been with 
the firm for a quarter of a century. The products 
of the plant are mainly sawmill and marine ma- 
chinery, also agricultural implements and the trade 
covers a territory from Maine to Florida and west 
to Oregon. Special attention is given to the |)ro- 
duction of Mitts' i(r ^[errill's sawmill specialties, 
such as lath mill and lath bolter, the J-Cureka Searfer, 
or lapping machine for band saws .and the remark- 
able and famous edging or slab grinder, justly cel- 
ebrated as the most economical appurtenance to a 
wcll-equi^)ped saw-mill. This remarkable machine 
consists of a ponderous wheel, weighing several 
hundred pounds and revolving rapidly in a sul)- 
stantial iron frame, and armed with several keen 
knives on its ground surface. All kinds of waste 
lumber, slabs, lath, etc., are fed to it and are liter- 
ally "chewed up,'' the knives cutting all tlie ends 
and the chips passing into a carrier that feeds the 
boilers, or loads into carts for filling, or to bins 
where they become available for fuel. In the use 
of this well-named "hog," all such refuse m.aterial 
is disposed of at once and much labor is saved in 
hauling and piling it for future use. The "hog" 
is in use in a large number of the greatest lumber- 
ing plants from Maine to Oregon and the demand 
for these machines is constantly on the increase and 
surpasses the capacity of the establishment. 



eAPT. HENRY BENNETT is a master sailor, 
residing at Bay City, and was born on Wolf 
Island, in the St. Lawrence River (one of 
the Thousand Islands) September K), 1844. ilis 
father was Philo D. Bennett, born in the same 
place as his son in 1821. The grandfather 
claims the Mohawk Valley as the ]jlaee of his birth 
which occurred in 1793. Fie journeyed to Wolf Isl- 



land when a lad of thirteen years, and followed the 
occu|)ations of a farmer and a sailor. He fought in 
the War of 1812. He was of an old Eastern fam- 
il.\' and died at the rii)e old age of ninety-eight 
years. 

Philo D. Bennett was a sailor from early boy- 
hood, and became a master when fifteen years old. 
He came to Bay City in 1806, and has owned a 
number of different vessels. lie died here in 1872. 
His wife, Catherine Ecklin, w.asa native of Canada, 
where she was born .Iiiiie 14, 181!t,and was a daugh- 
ter of Thom.as Eeklin, a native of England, who 
was a soldier in England, and fought at the battle 
of Waterloo, under Wellington, where he lost a 
limb. His wife lived to be ninety years old. The 
mother of our subject w.as twice married, and by 
her first union had two children. Her marriage to 
the father of our subject resulted in the birth of 
seven children, five still surviving. Our suljject 
was the eldest of the famil}', and was reared to 
farm pursuits receiving his education in the com- 
mon schools. 

In 1803 ISIr. Bennett began sailing as man afore- 
mjist on the schooner "Messenger" and the next 
year became mate on the schooner "Elizabeth," 
which sailed on Lake Ontario. He then wason large 
vessels on the I'jjper Lakes, but in 18()(), came to 
Hay City and engaged in sailing with Capt. Estes. 
In the fall of 18()tl, Capt. Bennett began wheeling 
on the steam barge "Yosemite," .and was promoted 
to second mate and sailed two seasons, then became 
mate on the steam barge "Eclipse" and for several 
seasons was on different vessels. In 1881 he be- 
came master of the "Benton" for E. .1. A'.ance ct 
Co., and was on this boat for seven years without 
any' accidents. He carried lumber from here to 
Buffalo and Cleveland. C. E. Eastman & Co., then 
engaged Capt. Bennett as Master of tlie "Wilhelm" 
and he sailed her for three seasons. He is now en- 
gaged on the "FoLscnn," owned by William Mitch- 
ell it Co. 

This gentleman resides at No. 212 Adams Street. 
I n 1872 he was married to Miss Eliza Beard, daugh- 
ter of Ceorge Beard, a native of England, where 
he was born in 1821. He was a carpenter and 
builder by trade, and married in his native coun- 
trv. Ill \Xii he came to this ciumtrv and settled 



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in Toronto. Canadii. In l.'^ds. lii> camoto lia.v City 
and ena;agcd at liis trade under tiu' firm name of 
Beard it Sons. He married Alary P.iimer. who 
pas-sed aw.ay in IHH2. Tiiis couple were tlie wortliy 
l)areuts of eiirlit eliildren. seven of whom tliey 
reared to years of maturity. The wife of our sub- 
ject was l)orn in Toronto and reared and educated 
there, and came to Micliiiran with her parents. 
Siie has become tlie motiierof foiu-chii(b-en — Will- 
iam P.. Alva .1.. Neil P. and Bessie K. (apt. Ben- 
nett is a charter meniher of llie Excelsior Marine 
Benevolent .V.ssoeiation Xo. ;"), and h.as l)eeu Vice- 
President since its organization. He also belongs 
to the Free and Ac<'epted Alasons, the Royal .\rcli 
Masons, the Royal Arcanum, and the Ancient Or- 
der of Uuitcd Workmen. He and his wife are con- 
.sislent members of tiie Methodist Episcopal (lunch, 
and the Captain is a stiong adherent of the Repub- 
lican |ilatfiirm. 



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SCAR DUNCAN CHAPIN, deceased. This 
former citizen of Saginaw was born at 
Brunswick, Medina County, Ohio, Sei)temlier 
26, 1826, and his parents were Seymour and Aesah 
(Unlet) Chapin. The mother wa<a daughter of Isaac 
Ilulet, who took n[) an e.vtensive tract of land on 
the Western Reserve and was one of the earliest 
settlere there. The Clia])ins first settled at Spring- 
field, Mass., in the early d.ays and in 18()1 at a 
re-union of the faiuil\ nl ihat place fifteen hundred 
Chapins were present, .Mil (lescen<lcd from Samuel 
Chapin of early days. . I. (J. Holland was one of 
the family. 

Our sul)ject was the youngest in a family of six. 
At the age of ten years he was left an orphan bv 
the death of his mother and he lived wilh an older 
brother. Harlow, who died September 27, IMIU. 
Our subject was engaged in steam boat service on 
the Ohio River, lieing Captain of various boats, 
running frf»m Pittvsburg to Cincinnati. In .lune 
of 1861 his l)oat was sold to the (lovernment and 
he came to Saginaw. He then 1: ought an interest 
in a sawmill at the east end of the Mackinaw 



Bridge which was burned October 9, 1871 the same 
night as the Chicago flie. It had a capacity of 
seven million feet of lumber and had a capital in- 
vested of ¥75.000. 

The firm at that time was Chapin, 15arber A- Co., 
and they operated two salt l)locks in connection 
with the mill. This was mostly a loss on account of 
the insui'ance companies losing so heavily at that 
time by the Chicago fire. Soon after they bought 
the S. Webster i\Iill at Bay City with a stdl greater 
capacity. He did an extensive lumber business. 

The death of Mr. Chapin took place. October 
24, 1879 and was the result of heart failure, which 
had been lioubling him for some >ears. He had 
not been able to su|)ervise the work personally for 
a year and a half but he was constantly- consulted 
by his partner. He was an ujiright liusiness man, 
but not connected with any religious organization. 
Ill- was mariied August 14, 1849. at Marietta. Ohio, 
to loliza, daughter of Col. David Barber, who was 
born May lO, 17'.»it and died November 1. 1886 at 
Marietta. 

Tilt wife of Col. P>aiber was Lydia, daughter of 
Timothy St.anlev. IMrs. Chai)in was born at Chester. 
Meigs County. Ohio. .July 12, 1828, and her father 
was a prominent resident of that ])lace, biing 
County Treasurer and Postm.aster. He was after- 
ward a well-known merchant at Marietta and was 
notalile in business and political circles. His first 
vote was cast in 1820 and he never missed an elec- 
tion from that time until his death, being at times 
carried to the polls because he was unable to walk 
there. Originally he w.asa Whig and later a stanch 
Republican. 

In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Chaiiin the eldest 
child was Charles Barlier, who graduated at Louis- 
ville AIc<liial College, and practiced medicine in 
Saginaw until his death. .lanuary 30. 1888, at the 
age of thirty-seven; he wasa successful inactitioner. 
He left a widow and one son. .Seynioui'. both of 
whom are living at Cleveland. The second child is 
Florence, Airs, (ieorge (ireenwood, of Dulutli. Fol- 
lowing her is David S. of Portland, Ore., and Kate 
W., wife of (ie(jrge '1'. (Tanible, with whom Mrs. 
Chapin makes her home. 

Mr. Chapin was a man of solid attainments and 
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ardent supporter of the Repiibliciin party and took 
an active interest in all matters that pertained to 
the advaneement of the business interests of tlie 
eit3', being one of the promoters and organizers of 
the Salt Assoeiatit>n. His every business venture 
was a sueeessfnl one and yet lie at times suffered 
heavy losses. 



)DWARD A. GYDE, the senior partner In 
the firm of Gyde &. Wylie, is engaged in 
the manufacture of coiled elm hoops at 
the foot of Youmans Street, in Saginaw. The 
business was established in this city in IMKG and 
has an annual output of eighteen niillion hoops, 
carrying on an ever increasing business and 
employing .some eight}- men. Not only is it 
one of the largest hoop factories in the United 
States, but sales are made all over the world. 

Mr. G_yde was l.iorn near Fremont, Ohio, Febru- 
ary 29, 1848, and is the son of .James Gyde, an 
Englishman. When seven and one-half years old 
he came to Saginaw County and with his father 
settled in IngersoU Townshi|i, JMidland County. 
There James (iyde became one of the first pioneers, 
and took [lart in organizing the township, acting 
as Township Clerk for fifteen years. IIis death 
occurred in 1875 in Ohio. AlM)Ut the year 1868 
the young man began liusiiiess for himself, by 
opening a grocery store at Carrollton, jMich., with 
a capital of $1,500, the savings of some five years' 
work in the lumljcr woods, which by an injudicious 
.system of credit he lost in one season. lie then 
returned to (Jhio, where he worked as a flieinan in 
a stave mill and so(.)ii became engineer, then man- 
ager. At the end of six years he found himself 
owner of the entire plant worth ^10,000 and con- 
tinued to operate tliat establisliment until 1882, 
when timber became scarce. Me suffered a loss by 
fire of * 12,000 in 1880, but rebuilt, and later, sell- 
ing the propertj', returned to Saginaw. 

After reaching .Saginaw Mr. (iyde decided to 
enter into business in Michigan and built a mill 
at Freelaud, which after operating for a \ear he 
sold, lie then built a mill at ^Mei'shons .Station, 



this city and there remained from 1883 to 188C, 
when he built his present e.st.ablishment. His mar- 
riage, which took place at Sandusky, Ohio, October 
20, 1878, brought to his home a bride in the per- 
son of Miss Carrie Kariiey, .-uid to them have been 
granted two daughters, Kitty and Caddie. 

The political views of Mr. (iyde are in .symjia- 
thy with the Republican party, but he is liberal 
in his thought and can understand how others can 
differ from him in opinion. He is a member of 
the JNFasonic order. While at Freeland a circular 
saw burst and one of the pieces struck his left hand 
which was lying on a block and cut off the hand 
just below the thumb .as clean and sijnare as though 
it had been done by the surgeon's knife. He re- 
sides at 416 North Washington Avenue, where he 
has a fine home. His partner, .Tames T. Wylie, was 
united with him in business in April, 1891, and 
they are conducting their affairs with even greater 
vigor and prosperity since the formation of the 
firm. 

The lithographic [)ortrait of Mr. Gyde accompa- 
nies this sketch (if his life. 




IjENJAMlX II. M.VirnX, who is engaged in 
the undertaker's business in Hay City, has 
((^)jjj , probably been longer in that line of business 
than any other man here, as it has been his 
life work. He is a son of Oliver ]Martin, of New 
York City, wlu> was the first man to manufacture 
and keep on hand colHns in that great metropolis. 
He came West and .settled in Ann Arbor in 1845, 
when our subject wa^ onlv five years old, and there 
he continued in business until his death, when his 
son, Oliver, .Tr., took charge of the establishment, 
and still continues in its man;igement. He died 
in 1882, leaving a widow, who was in her maiden- 
hood Miss Phrebe Hawkins, of Ithaca, N. Y'. To 
them had lieeii born three sons and two daughters. 
Fi'om the time our subject was old enough to be 
out with his father, he was with him constantl\' in 
the factory and furniture wareroonis, and driving 
the hearse and almost without knowing it the 



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l)oy had acquired all Die details of the business. 
The father experienced a disastrous fire entailing 
a less of some *42,0()(). and about that time the son 
came to Hay City and in IK75 establisiied an un- 
dertaker's room on Center Street, wliieh lie has 
now removed to No. 717 Saginaw Street, where he 
is carrying on the largest business of this kind of 
any man in tlie city. He is also interested in real 
estate. 

Mr. Martin was married .luly 1«, 18(;i, to Miss 
Henrietta I'liillips, of Ann Arbor, and they have 
one son, William L., who is in busine.ssat Cheboy- 
g.an and Ashland, Mieli., is one of the best known 
and most prominent lumbermen in either place and 
indeed throughout that valley. This son married 
^lissPhd-be Reavor, of this city, and they have one 
ciiild, Oliver H. Martin. Our subject is a member 
of the Royal Arcanum, the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows, the Knights of the .Maccabees, and 
the National Union, but li.as never dabbled in poli- 
tics. He was brought u\> a Baptist, but is now an 
attendant and supporter of the Univcrsalist Churcii. 



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(^^HOMA.S A. 15AIR1). M. I). There i 
ljfp^>^ sibly no more jKipular, and at tlie same 
V^^ time thoroughly well-read physician in Bay 
Citj-, than the one whose name we have now writ- 
ten. He has a liigii standing in his |)iofession. 
and his wortii is thoroughly recognized through- 
out tliis part of the .State, lie was born in Wood- 
stock. Ontario. Canada. His fatiier. Thomas Baird. 
who was tiurii in (il.-isgow, Scotland, came to Can- 
ada with liis parents when he w.as only fifteen 
years old. Mis father, the grandfather of our 
subject, had been a wholesale grocer in .Scotland, 
and it was in \Hi\ tliat lie loc-ited in Woodstock 
in the same line of business, and remained there 
until his death. 

The father of our subject was a commission 
merchant and shipped to ports in Kngland and 
Scotland. Foi- many yeais he carried on a suc- 
cessful liusincss in provisions and grain, and is 
now living a retired life. Mis religious trainin<r 
was received among the Reformers, and he was for 



many years a member of the Prcsb3'tcrian Church. 
His wife, Margaret, was the daughter of William 
Miller, who was born in Scotland, and after coming 
to Canada engaged in farming near Goderich. He 
is a prominent man in h)cal politics and an Klder 
in the Presbyterian Church. 

Our subject is one of ten cliildren, all of whom 
are still in this life, and seven of tjiem are in Can- 
ada and three in Michigan. The Doctor was born 
July 2.5, 18()2, and after studying in the Woodstock 
school until he was fourteen he entered .St. Cather- 
ine's Collegiate Institute. After finishing that 
course he matriculated at Toronto University, and 
in 1881 entered the Medical Department of the 
Mcfiill University, at Montreal, where he con- 
tinued his studies for four years, graduating in 
1885. After that he took a Post Graduate course 
in the Polyclinic, in New York City, and in Feb- 
ruary, 1886, located in Bay Citj^ and engaged in 
pr.actice. He has done much excellent surgical 
work here, and has been successful in every line of 
effort. 

Dr. Baird was marriecl in Bay City, in 1887, to 
Miss Jennie Rivet, a native of Ottawa, Canada, 
and their children are Fred and Margaret Helena. 
This gentleman was a prime mover in starting the 
Northwestern Hospital here, of which he w.as Sec- 
retary for some two years, and in wliicli he has 
been a.ssociated with Drs. Tapper, ^IcClurg and 
iMcTavish. He is- a member ( i the Saginaw Val- 
ley Medical Club, and among the social orders he 
Ijelongs to the Royal Arch M.asons, the Knights of 
the Maecaliees, the Order of Forestei-s, and in 
l)olitics is a true blue Repulilican. 



,., IKILLIAM K. TAPERT. This foreign-born 
* /// American who has been many years in this 




part of the country, and was formerly in 
the meat business in Bay City, is now interested in 
real-estate and has a fine farm of forty -one acres 
in Portsmouth 'J'ownshiiJ. He was born in Saxony, 
near Gotlia, .July 24, 1843, and his father, Henry 
E. w.as there a meat dealer and hotel keeper, and 
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In 1850 the fatlier sold his Itusiiioss and started 
witli his family of wife and elevi^i cliildfen for the 
New World. The vessel in whieh they sailed was 
wrecked off the coast of Newfoundland, and the3' 
would all have been drowned had it not been for 
tiie bravery of a Newfoundland dog which swam 
out to them, bringing a line by wliii'h they were 
able to be hauled to land. In that way three hun- 
dred and fifty passengers were re.scued in three 
and a hnlf days. They remained for ten days 
with little to eat and suffering greatly with cold, 
as an iceberg was near them, and then the riovern- 
meiit sent two vessels to bring them to(^neliee. f)n 
this last part of the trip they were again wrecked 
as their vessel had a collision, but escaped without 
serious injury. U))on reaching Detroit, Mr. Tapert 
engaged in the meat lousiness, and thus continued 
until Ins death in 188.'1 Tiiis sad event was caused 
by a fall on the pavement, which resulted in lock- 
jaw. His wife, whose maiden name was Adelhide 
Frank, died in 1885. leaving seven children. 

Our subject was seven years old when he came 
from (iermany. and attended public schools in De- 
troit for al)out two years, but as they had lost all 
theii- possessions it was necessary for him to go to 
work at an early age. At the age of ten he learned 
cigar-making, and followed it foi two years, and 
then for three years was apprenticed to a silver- 
smith, and did journeyman work for a year. After 
this he was employed in his father's market, re- 
maining with him until he was twenty years old. 

In 18(5;] our subject entered (Government em- 
l)loy as a butcher at Nashville, and was there for 
'six months, after which he followed the same em- 
])loyment in Chicago before returning to Detroit, 
wheie he engaged in the meat business of the city 
liall market until 1868, when became to Bay City, 
and entered into partnership with Kied fSimon & 
Co. Two 3'eai'S later he began an independent 
business and took as a partner Mr. liertch with 
whom he continued for two years, after which he 
carried on his business alone until 1891. when he 
.sold out his establishment and retired from trade. 

The marriage of William E. Tapert ami INIiss 
Catherine .Schoeller took place March l.'i, 18()(;. 
This lady was born in Germany and came to this 
countr>- with her mother who still resides with 



her. They have two ciiildren. William G. who is 
head book-keeper of Swift's Beef Co., and (ieorgc 
P., who is with the hardware firm of Gidney Bros. 
The finely improved faini of forty-one acres was 
entirely unlnoken and unimproved when it came 
into the possession of our subject, and he now has 
fine buildings upon it, and is carr\ing it on him- 
self, lie is an active member of the German- 
JjUtheran Church, and when their house of worship 
was erected in 18!)0 he was Chairman of the Build- 
ing Committee. He is a true-blue Repuljlican. and 
cast his first Republican ballot for Alirahain Lincoln 
and has been a consistent adherent of the party 
from that da^• to this. 



\ip^'KIKNl) 1). RUNDKLL, a respected resident 
t?^) of Brady Townshij), Saginaw County, who 
^ is a farmer and stock-raiser upon sixty 

acres of land on section 13, was born in Eric 
Count}', N. Y., June 7, 18.St. His father, James 
Rundell, was a native of the old Bay State and the 
mother w.as a New Yorker and bore the maiden 
name of Abigail Knapp. They came to Leslie, 
Eaton County, this State, in 184(1 and a year later 
removed to ^'evay Township, Ingham County, 
which remained their home until the death of the 
mother March 4. 1851, after which the father, who 
was a blacksmith. dis[)ose(l of his farm and removed 
to Felt's Corners, Ingham County. 

The son had no oppoi-tunity for education until 
he was ten years old and during the next six years 
had but scanty advantages. At the age of sixteen 
he began to assist his father in tlie shop, wcirking 
there in the winters and upon the farm and in the 
brick-yard during the summer, and at the age of 
twenty again entering school and studying for two 
winters. 

Miss Mary P. 'J'urner of Lima Township. Wash- 
tenaw County, became the wife of our subject 
August '23, 1856. She wixs born in Onondaga 
County, N. Y.. Ain'il3(l, 1837 and is a daughter of 
Eli and Permelia Turner, both of whom died wliile 
she was young. AfliT ( Mri\ing on the blacksmith 



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trade for two years in Insjliain County, ]Mr. Rundell 
removed first to Henrietta, .laekson County, then 
to Panna and afterward to Hunker Hill. He en- 
li.sted in N'oveniher, 18()."^ in Company I,Si.\lii Jlieli- 
igan Heavy .Vrtillery and l)eeame a part of the 
arm}' of the Gulf. Western Division. He .saw an 
exciting .service at Port Hudson and took part at 
Dolphin Island. Moliile B.ay, in the capture of 
Fts. Gaines and Morgan. Mr. Rundell was on 
board the steamer ''Clara IJell" when slie w.as set 
on tire l>v guerrillas and burned to the waters" edge, 
two men were killed and thirteen wounded, and 
three hundred mules and seventy iior.ses were 
burned. ( )wing to sickness ^Mr. Rundell spent .some 
time in ji hospital at New Orleans and at other 
pl.'ices and received liis discliarge September .5, 1 
186."). I 

AVIiilc in the St. i.diiis Hospital at New Orleans 
this brave young soldier was carried out as (iead, 
and lay in the dead house all night and only escaped 
interment the next day through the careful 
scrutiny of Dr. Motrem, the regimental surgeon, 
who discovered f.aint signs of life. While at Dol- 
phin Island lie was knocked off from a gang plank 
by a wave and came near being crushed l)etween 
two vessels. When he entered the army he weighed 
two hundred and fifteen pounds and brought b.ack 
only eighty-two and one-half pounds when he re- 
turned. His family had been living in Lansing 
during his absence but after his return lie bought 
forty acres in Elba Townshi|), tlratiot County, and 
removing his family to Klsie. Clinton County, 
l)egan working in a blacksmith shop. 

After an eight years residence in Elsie Mr. Hun- 
dell removed in 187."! to Oakley where he followed 
blacksmithing and .after awhile hunght forty acres 
of land which he cleared and sold, and having pur- 
chased another eighty liuilt a house upon it which 
be parted with before buying his present home in 
ISS.'i. 

Three children of .Mr. and Mrs. Rundell have 
passed on to the othei- life and those who are still 
here are .\rtliur I)., who was born Decembers. 1861 
in Parma. .lackson County, and now lives in 
Brady Township; Wesley . I., born Octobir 7, 1866 ! 
in Elsie, and Sarah .1. .Inly IC. I8(i<,l in Kllia Town- 
ship, (Jraliot County, Mich. . 




To each one of these children has been granted 
an excellent common-school education and the 
parents have brought them up in the faith and 
doctrine of the Free Will Baptist Church, of which 
they are members and where Mr. Rundell is a 
Deacon. In his political views he is quite inde- 
pendent of party leaders and follows his own judg- 
ment in the selection of candidates for his ballot. 

HARLES .1. BOrSFIKLl). This young gen- 
tleman, who is Secretary and Treasurer of 
the sUL^cessful and enterprising lirm of 
Boustield it Co.. is a [xipular and thoroughly re- 
spected citizen of Bay City. (For full details of 
the factory and business of this tirm we refer our 
readers to the biography of Alfred E. Bousfieid 
upon another page of this record.) 

Our subject was l)orn in Cleveland, Ohio, .lanu- 
ary 9. 1862, and is a .son of .Tohn and Sarah 
(Featherstone) Bousfieid, whose biography is given 
in the sketch of their sou Alfred. Charles was 
reared in Cleveland and educated in the public 
and high schools of that cit}- until he reached the 
age of seventeen, when he entered his father's of- 
fice as bookkeeper for the Ohio Wooden Ware 
Manufactory Company, and remained there until 
1884, at which time he came to Bay City with 
his brother Alfred, and located here, forming with 
him the firm of Bousfieid i% Co. Since his first 
coming here he has been Secretary of the business, 
and hiter liecame its Secretary and Treasurer. 

This young man h.as a biilli.ant future before 
him as be has naturally tine (lualifications for a 
liusiness career, and is po.ssessed of more than or- 
dinary entcrpri.se and energy. His heredity and 
training have given him a thorough command of 
business methods, and his social qualities attract 
the good will and interest of all who know him. 

Charles J. Bousfieid is Master of the Lodge of 
Free and Accepted Ma.sons in Ba^' City, and a 
member of the Council and of the Roj'al Arch Ma- 
sons. He is Ca|)tain-General of the Bay Cit}' 
Commandery of Knights Templar, and has reached 
the thirty-second degree of M.a.sonry, besides being 




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a member of tlie Mystic Shrine of Detroit. The 
Masons of Bay City are now constructing a Tem- 
ple at the corner of Madison Avenue and Sixth 
Street. Tliis gentleman is a charter member and 
Trustee vf the Building Association and Chairman 
of the Building Committee. This beautiful build- 
ing is being i)ut up at an expense of $75,000. Mr 
Bousfield was a delegate to the Grand Lodge at i 
Saginaw, and also to the (irand Chapel at Grand 
Rapids. He is a stanch Republican in liis political 
views, and is a member of the Kniglits of the Mac- 
cabees. 



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ft ENRY G. OBENAUER. Indisputably the 
largest hardwood lumber commission busi- 
ness in the State of jMichigan is under the 
(^5) management of IMr. Obenauer. who has op- 
erated as a pine and hard wood lumber mei chant 
since he was fifteen years old. He is very promi- 
nently connected with the lumbering interests of 
this State, and partieulaily with Ba3' Cit^-, where 
he has liis office in the Payne Block. He began 
business for himself in tiiis city in 1880, operating 
on Lakes Michigan, Huron and Superior as well as 
the Saginaw River, and buying and selling lumber 
on commission. At the above-mentioned date he 
took into partnership John E. Byrns, formerly' of 
Buffalo, and later W. S. Clements entered the firm 
which has gradually worked up to their present 
high standing as business men. During the past 
season (1891) tliey handled thirty-live million feet 
of lumber .and expect to double their business be- 
fore the next season. 

It is with pleasure, therefore, that we present the 
portrait and record the important events in the life 
of Mr. Obenauer, who ably represents the exten- 
sive business interests of Ba3' County. He was 
born in Evansville, Ind., May 4, 185S), and is a 
son of Heniy G. and Emma (Lippert) Obenauer, 
both natives of Germany. The father, who is a 
man of rare intellectual attainments, emigrated to 
this country in 1851 from the Fatherland, where 
he had received a splendid education, and was en- 
gaged as a teacher of languages. He was about 



twenty-two years old when he came to America, 
and made his first home in Cincinnati, Ohio, where 
he taught various languages, and where he was 
married to Miss Emma Lippert, a resident of that 
city. 

The parents of our subject came to Michigan in 
1862, and engaged as teachers in the schools of 
East Saginaw, later coming to Bay City, where Mrs. 
Obenauer followed her profession until 1880. Her 
pen has been in constant requisition as a writer for 
the press in diffeient parts of the counti\y, and her 
articles have appeared in several Eastern magazines. 
She has been especially active in the crusade against 
the social evils in Northern ^Michigan, and is a 
woman of progre.ssive thought and advanced ideas. 
In the work of the Woman's Christian Temperance 
Union she has for years taken a prominent part, 
besides being Secretary of the State Alliance, and 
Superintendent of the Manistee Industrial School. 
She finds a religious home in the Congregational 
Church. 

The family of which our subject was a member, 
comprised nine children, seven of whom lived to 
mature years, namely: Henry (4., of this sketch; 
Philip, of Detroit; William, who makes his home 
in Albany, Ore.; Victor, llie principal of the Marsh- 
all (Mich.) city schools; Emma, wife of .Tames Ta- 
them, also of Albany, Ore.; Olga, principal of the 
Ladies' Seminary, of Seattle, Wash.; and Mamie, 
who remains at home with her parents. In his 
childhood our subject came to Saginaw, where he 
received a good ])rMctical education in the High 
School. After completing his schooling, he entered 
the employ of McGi-aw & Co., of Bay Cit}-, at that 
time the largest lumber firm in the West. The ex- 
perience which he thus received was of inestimable 
value to him and enabled him after a clerkship of 
three years, to start in ))usiness for himself. The 
lumber business has been his life work, and has 
brought to him, through his shrewd financiering 
and excellent judgment, a marked degree of pros- 
perity. He now ships lumber to different markets 
throughout the United States, but more particu- 
larly to the East. 

In his social relations Mi. Obenauer is identified 
with the Royal Arcanum. His i)rivate interests 
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little tliiii' to flcvoto to |>iililic nlTairs, and takes lit- 
tle interest in jjolities fui'tlier than to ca.'-t liis bal- 
lot t'(ir the eanflidate.s of the Republican party, lie 
was maiiied July 2. 1H«I. to Aliss Josephine, the 
(laughter of Uobert and Marsraret (Allen) MeKini. 
Mrs. Obenauer was hoin in Perth, Ontario, and is 
descended from Scotch ancestors. She came to I'.ay 
City in her girlhood, and recrived her education 
in the High School of this jilace. after which she 
engaged as a teacher, and at the time of her n)ai- 
riage was priucijial of the Farragut Street school. 
Two children blessed the union of Mr. and JNIrs. 
Obenauer, one of whom died in infancy, while the 
other, (Juy iMenzics. is still beneath the parental 
roof. Mrs. Obenauer and his estimable wife are at- 
tendants of the Congiegatio)ial Chui'ch. and con- 
trilnite liberal!}- to all benevolent enterprises. 



,, ETKH WEHNTZ. Among the (ierman 
fj American cilizen.s of Chesauing Township, 




Saginaw County, is the one whose name 
we have just given, whose finely cidtiva- 
ted farm is situated on section 1. He was born in 
Havaria, Decembei- 1. DSll.and is theson of Philin 
and Magdeleua (I'ickics) Werntz, who came to the 
I'nited Stales when theson was only five years old. 
For the next fifteen years they lived in iS'ew York, 
where the father became possessed of some fiftv 
acres of land near lUitTalo, where the stock yards are 
now located. 

A common-school education was all that was 
granted our subject, but a* he was a boy of bright 
and capable mini), he jirofited well by the instruc- 
ti<m received. and speaks with lluency br)11i theGer- 
man and Knglish languages. The father came to 
Michigan in 1861, bringing with liim liis wife and 
two sisters — Mary, who married Philip \'alknier. 
and Amelia, who married Kdwin A\'ere. The lat- 
ter died :!fter coming here, leaving two chil- 
dren. 

WIh'u tiic family came herein l«lil they traveled 
by rail to the nearest station, which was then Co- 
runna. The following spring the father puich.ased 
forty acres of land and proceeded to imjjrove it, 



and as he was without means he was obliged to 
work very hard and get along with as little expense 
as possible. His son. oui- subject, determined to 
help his father in every way possible, md freely 
devoted his time and strength to making a success 
of this pioneer work. Together they cleared and 
cultivated the soil and in 18()() bought anothei- 
forty acres of land and in 18H1 added an eijual 
extent, and ten 3ears later added another forty to 
the farm, so that they now have a quarter section 
of land. They put up new barns in 1877 and a 
j'ear later addecl a new house to their possession.s. 
Our subject was married in 1808 to IMiss Anna 
Swallow, but their life together was not long, as 
the\' were not congenial to each other and sepa- 
rated. 

The marriage of our subject with Miss. F^lla 
Muffitt, of Chesaning. took i)lace November 23, 
188(). She was born in F",rie County, N. Y., May 
27, 1857; and is the daughter of John and Julia 
(Strong) Muffitt, both New Yorkers and still liv- 
ing in Chesaning Township. By this union our 
subject has two children — John Philip, born April 
19, 1888, and Leona May, born January 2, 189ti. 
The political opini<ms of Mr. Wernlz bring him 
into alliance with the Kejiublican party, and with 
it he casts his vote, liis religious training asso- 
ciates him with the Lutheran Cluircli, with which 
his parents have been connected. 




■' ON. HYP( )\ A. SNOW. Among the learned 
and skillful attorneys of Chesaning is the 
gentleman whose name appears above and 
ls2^ who was born in IlaiK >ver Townshij), Jackson 
County, this State, August 21, 18u(), and is a sou 
of Joseph A. and Jane E. (Porter) Snow. The 
father was a native of Vermont and the mother of 
i^lassachusetts. They came to INIichigan in 1831), 
and located land in Jackson County, where the 
head of the family became a prominent and well- 
known agriculturist. When in the army he lost 
his health through sickness and exposure. He 
died in Saginaw County in 188(). 

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ily of six children, all of whom are iiviiig. He 
was reared on a farm and knew little outside of 
farm life until he entered the Normal School in 
Iowa City, Iowa, to which State his father had j 
moved when his son was about eleven years old. i 
He entered the school at the age of fifteen and 
was a pupil tutor, carrying on his own course and 
teaching others in order to get funds to continue 
liis studies. In the fall of 18(59 he graduated and 
taught for six or seven years. At Shell Rock, 
Iowa, he taught for four years and the remainder of 
the time at Hanover. While engaged as a teacher 
he had taken up a course of reading in legal lore 
and was about to be admitted to the bar. 

(Jur subject's hopes in a legal direction were 
delayed by the failure of his health. His physi- 
ci.an recommended him to take outdoor exercise, 
and according to tliis advice he went to Kansas 
where he purchased a farm and gave to it his at- 
tention. Hi' regained his health and was ad- 
mitted to practice at the bench and bar after an 
examination before the Supreme Court Octolier 12, 
1882. He began the practice of his profession in 
Hanover two years before lieing admitted, and 
after his admission lie moved toChesaning, coming 
here in 1882. 

Our subject w.as married .Vpril (I, 1873, to Miss 
Anna Stevens, of Hanover. She was a daughter 
of Gillett and Elizabetii Stevens. Lawyer Snow 
is a Democrat in his political faitii and lias ))een 
elected to many responsible offices by his party. 
He has been Supervisor of the township, President 
of the Loard of Education and has served one 
term in the legislature, to which he was elected in 
188(). On a renoniination he positively refused to 
serve, as it interfered with his legal business. 
Until recently Mr. Snow lias ln'cii X'illage Attorney, 
but now declines to serve in that capacit}' for 
lack of time to give it proper attention. 

The domestic ciicle includes three children — 
Arthur B., Albert Elwood and Alice Luella. The 
eldest was born in Hanover, November Lj, 1874. 
During the legislative session of 1890-91, he 
distinguished himself as a most gentlemanly little 
page. Albert was born July IG, 1878, and Alice 
was born in Chesaning. Marcii 24, 1884. While a 
member of the legislature Mr. Snow was on a commit- 



tee of private corporations, also of the Universitj' of 
Michigan and also on several minor committees. 
He was the author of the bill for asses-sing mortgages 
and deducting the same from the value of the 
real estate, and although it failed to go through 
the Senate, passed the House, and he has since had 
the i>leasure of seeing it become a law. 

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LBERT AV. PLATTE, who was born in 
Soest, Prussia, in 18G(l, is a Professor of 
instrumental and vocal music and compo- 
sition at Saginaw. His education was ob- 
tained in his native country. After leaving the 
common schools he entered the Teachers' State 
Normal School at his birtiiplace. which afforded 
great advantages in music. Here he remained for 
three years, devoting his entire time to literary 
and pedagogical studies, but especially to music, 
enjo_ying the iiitructions of Concert-master Loeser 
on the violin, and of Prof. Knabe, a pupil of 
Loeschhorn and llMiipt in IScrlin. in piano and 
organ playing. In 1«79 he was gra<luated with 
high honors, and received the "grand diploma" for 
organ playing, the highest which that institution 
could bestow. He subsecjuently became teacherand 
professor of music in the State Asylum for the 
Blind, wliich situation he resigned in 1882 to come 
to the I'nited States. 

After staying for some time with relatives in 
Toledo, Ohio, our subject was invited to take charge 
of the Rev. Mr. Kreling's class at Saginaw, while 
that instructor was absent in Europe, whither he 
had been called on the death of his father. After 
Mr. Kreling's return Mr. Platte decided to remain, 
thinking Saginaw a splendid field for his profession. 
He was engaged as Slusical Director of the Gei- 
mania Society; liecame organist in one of the lead- 
ing churches, and built ui) large classes in instru- 
mental and vocal music, besides devoting himself 
largely to composition. 

In 1887 the Professor returned to Europe to 
further perfect himself in his chosen profession, 
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quite extensively tlirougli Germany. Austria, Italy 
and Switzerlaud he resolved to settle in Munich 
where he was admitted into the highest class of the 
Royal Conservatory and lia<l the sj-ood fortune to 
study or^an and higher composition with the fam- 
ous conductor and composer .loseph Rhcinberger. 
He continued his piano studies under the guid- 
ance of the distinguished piano virtuoso, Prof. 
H. Schwartz, and orchestra and ensemble music with 
Prof. L. Aliol, chief Concert-master at the Court 
Opera. In iMunich .Mr. Platte completed the com- 
position of a contata for chorus, orchestra and 
organ, which work Avas successfully perf<jrined at 
one of the conservatory concerts. Returning to 
Saginaw he organized classes in vocal and instru- 
mental music and has gained a broad reputation as 
a competent and thorough teacher as well as a su- 
perior performer upon the i)iaiK) and oi-gan. 

Our subject has erected a handsome building es- 
pecially lilted for his profession and for the lietter 
accommodation of his students at No. 537 Millard 
Street, and he is well patronized by the best people 
of Saginaw, the majority of his jjupils coming from 
the most prosperous people of Saginaw and neigh- 
boring towns. In his compositions he gives him- 
self mostly to the production of church music and 
songs. He is now the organist and choir-master of 
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and has brought the 
music of that congregation to a iiigli standard. 



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Vf/ AMKS D. WILSON. This well-known faimer 
and stock-raiser of Hirch Hun Township, 
makes his home on section 35, upon which 
he settled in the spring of 1871, when he 
first came to Saginaw County. It was then all a 
dense fcrest and he has done a vast amount of pio- 
neer work, having helped to clear four farms. He 
and his good wife have been eye witnesses of the 
growth and development of this county from that 
day to the jiresent and they recall many an inter- 
esting incident of pioneer life. 

Our subject is a native of Onoudago Count.v, 
N. Y., and was born December 20, 1817. His par- 
ents were James and Hoba (Tal>er) Wilson, and his 



father was a native of New York, with Irish ances- 
try and became a soldier in tlie War of 1812. His 
grandfather Wilson was, according to the family 
records a soldier in the War of tlie Revolution. 

•lames Wilson was early beieavcd as he lost his 
mother when he was ten years old and his father 
died two years later, and he was then thrown upon 
his own resources. As a conseipience he received 
but a limited school education, but lias added to it 
by independent study since he has gained years of 
maturity. For a number of years he boated on 
the Erie Canal and in the spring of 1837 made the 
trip by Lake Erie to Detroit, .and then journeyed 
on foot to Oakland County. .Vftcr a short time 
he, with a companion, footed it through toSaginaw 
County. 

For a number of years our subject followed farm- 
ing in partnership with his brother, and iHd a vast 
amount of clearing. He was married May 4, 1842, 
to Ann E., daughter of Milton and Persis (Bout- 
well) Le.ach. She was born in Madison County, 
N. Y., November 20, 1822. Her father is said to 
have been a soldier in the War of 1812. Through 
most of her girlhood she made her home with an 
aunt and with her removed at the .age of eight to 
Onondago County, N. Y., and in 1837 they came 
to Michigan and settled in Oakland County. Mr. 
and Mrs. AVilson have been blessed by the birth of 
four children, and three of them are still living. 
They are: Caroline, wife of Hiram Conlee; Lewis 
F. and Clara, who is now Mrs. Al vein Struble. The 
family resided in Oakland County, until the spring 
of 1871, when they came to their present home. 

While a resident of Springfield Township, Oak- 
land County, Mr. AVilson served as Treasurer of 
the Township, and also as Constable and Dei)uty 
Sheriff. He has also served on the School Board 
of his district and is an enterprising and public- 
spirited man, one who is ever ready to turn his 
attention and thought to the problems which arise 
in regard to the management of local matters. He 
is earnestly desirous tha't the best resources of the 
township and county shall be developed and ready 
to lend a helping h.ind in that direction. He has 
a fine tract of eighty acres the result of the accu- 
mulations of himself and worthy helpmate. He 
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prudence and active co-operation of his wife, who 
has stood by him in all the hardship* and priva- 
tions of their earlier >ears. 

This gentleman is a member of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church and is useful iu the councils and 
activities of that body. His political views have 
always kept him in line with the Repulilican [inrty. 
He cast his first ballot for William Henry Harrison 
for President t>f the United States. All the neigh- 
bors rejoice in the prosperity and happines.s of this 
worth v citizen. 




UGUST C. FITING. During the many 
years that Mr. Filing has resided in Sagi- 
naw County, he has maintained a reputa- 
(^' tion for integiity and energy, which has 

placed him among the most prominent farmers of 
Richland Township. He owns and operates a fine 
farm of two hundred acres, advantageously' located 
on section l;j, and of the entire place seven ty-fi\e 
acres are under good cultivation. The estate is 
embellished with first-class improvements, includ- 
ing a commodious residence, two ample barns and 
other substantial out-buildings for the shelter of 
stock and storage of grain. 

Mr, Fitiug is a native of Prussia, and was born 
Oetoljer 31, 1844. His father, Frederick, was like- 
wise a native of Prussia, born May 12, 1819 and 
was a wagon-maker by trade. His mother was 
Regina (Zebel) Fiting, who was born in Prussia, 
October 6, 1812. After their marriage the parents 
remained in their native land until 18.56, when 
they came to America, landing in New York, Au- 
gust 20. 'J hence they proceeded as far as Buffalo, 
where their money gave out, and they were com- 
pelled to stay until they had earned enough to pro- 
ceed further. Two months after reaching the city, 
they started for Michigan reaching Saginaw County 
when this region was in a blaze during the great 
fire of 18.56. 

In those early days settlers were few and at re- 
mote distances from one another, and the fertile 
soil had few improvements and was mostly uncul- 



tivated. The family settled on a farm in Thomas-' 
town Township, where the father with the aid of his 
sons built a log house for the aliode of the family. 
Thej- remained on that place three years, making 
improvements on the farm, and in the meantime 
the boys contributed to the support of the famil3' 
liy running a ferry across the Tittabawassee River, 
Next they removed to Richland Township and set- 
tled on eighty acres where the father still lives. 
Few improvements had been placed upon the farm, 
and its only building was a rude log house. This 
was replaced ))v a frame house of moflern construc- 
tion and larger size, which still stands on the old 
homestead. 

There were hut seven other families in Richland 
Townshipwhen Mr. Fiting removed hither in 1859, 
and of these but two families now remain, the 
others having removed hence. No roads had been 
opened and the farm was covered with a thick 
forest growth. In those days Mr. Fiting was .ac- 
customed to go to Saginaw with oxen .and sleds, 
there being no wagons or horses in the county, and 
the trip there and return (fourteen miles) consumed 
three days. JNIany were the hardships which this 
pioneer f.amily experienced, and the f.ather, who 
now rests from his active labors, is passing his de- 
clining years in comfort on his farm. His wife died 
December 1, 1889. She was survived by her three 
children: Wilhelmina, the wife of Fritz Simon 
and the mother of two children; our subject, and 
Charles H., who resides on section 15, is married 
and the father of seven children. Both parents 
were members of the Evangelical Church, and he 
donated the ground for the present church in 
Richland Township, In his politics he has always 
been a stanch Republican and has held various 
township offices. He was elected Treasurer of Rich- 
land Township in 1862, and held that ottice eight 
3'ears; he w.as the first Highwcay Commissioner of 
the township, and has served as a member of the 
School Board twenty years. 

The second child in the parental family was our 
subject, who received his schooling in the old 
country and came to America when twelve years of 
age. In Saginaw County he learned the trade of 
brick-making and was thus employed several years. 
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until lie was niarncd. This important event in his ' 
life ocetined ,l\ily .'51. 1«71. and tlie luifle was 
Christina Kastoi'f. a native of !\[eckleiil>nro:, Cer- 
many and the danghter of Carl Kastorf. She was 
born, October 23, 184!l, received a good education 
in the German language, and accomiianiccl lier fa- 
ther to Michi<r:m in 186!l. setlliiiff in .Saarinriw 
County. After liis marriage our subject remained 
in his father's house until his own residence was 
completed, it being liuilt just across the road from 
the old homestead. He then settled in tliat place 
and has since make it his home, devoting his atten- 
tion to general farming. He has the l)est of modern . 
farm machineiy to assist him in his work, and has 
always been a progressive man. His father brought 
the first rea|)er and mower ever seen in this town- 
ship. When it was shipped in here tlie small-pox 
was raging in the neighborhood, and Mr. Fiting 
reipiested the Inspector to send the reaper into the 
neighborhood, assuring him that they would not 
expose the people outside, but the request was re- , 
fused. l"i)(m going for it they were arrested and 
tried for exposing outside people, but were after- 
ward honorably discharged. 

Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Fiting 
four of whom now survive: Louisa. Frederick. 
JvVdia and Christina, all of whom are receiving 
good educations both in the (ierinan and English 
hmguages. .\t i)resent (18'.)1) the son is a. student 
at the Jnternational Husiness College of Saginaw. 
The members of the family are idcntitied with the 
Evangelical Lutheran Church, in which Mr. Fiting 
h;is served as Trustee, Secretary and Treasurer, and 
from the organization of the church has Ijeen one 
of its pillars. It is now in good condition, with a 
large membership, although when it wsis organized ] 
in 1880 the membership was only seventeen. In 
political matters, Mr. Fiting is a Republican, and 
has served as Trea-surerof Richland Town.ship, also 
.Justice of the Peace for ten years. He has been 
School Director for many years and is now Moder- 
ator of the School IJoard. His first vote was cast for 
.\braham Lincoln at his second election to the 
Presidcnc.v, and before he was a voter he was elec- 
ted Constable. 

After the de.ath of his wife, which occurred, ]May 
-1, 1889, Mr. Fiting was again married, IMarcli 30, 



1891, to J\rrs. .Tustina (liuhii) llelli)ap. This esti- 
mable lady was l)orn in Poniinern. (Germany, in 
1850 and came to America when twenty-three 
years of age. She was the wirlow of ^Vugust Hell- 
pap, and the mother of four children, only one of 
whom survives, a daughter. Louisa. 



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EHAUN B. BEAiniE'ITE. This gentleman 
has been a resident of West Bay City since 
^ 1865, and for the last two years has con- 
ducted a grocery and produce business. He was 
boni ill Laver. Canada, May "24, 1821. His father. 
Francisco IJeaudette.wlHi was a blacksmith by trade, 
and his mollier, .lulian Fisher, were both natives of 
Canada. Their family comprised four children, of 
whom our subject was the second born. 

jMr. Beaudette, the father, was reared in Canada, 
where he. learned the blacksmith's trade and there 
carried it on for a number of years In 1865 our 
subject came to the United States, locating in Hay 
City, where he found employment in the mills 
there working for .lames Shearer and afterward for 
Taylor A jMoulthrop. In 1889, linding his health 
failing, he concluded to change his occupation and 
0|iened up a grocery store which he has since lieen 
successfullj- conducting. He was married in Can- 
ada to Miss Ella D. Lore, who was also a native of 
that country. They arc attendants at St. Mary's 
Church and in politics Mr. Beaudette is a Demo- 
crat. He is highly respected by his neighliors and 
associates. 



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ACOB ARMSTRONG, residing at Oakley, 
Saginaw Connty, was bom in Montgomery 
^^. . County, N. Y., July 23, 1812, and is a son 
l^fJ of Andrew and Elizabeth (Winters) Arm- 
strong, both natives of the Empire State. The 
father's people are of Irish ancestry and the 
mother's a mingling of (ierman and English stock. 
When our subject was quite a little boy his parents 
removed to the vicinitv of Trov, N. Y., and after- 



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ward made their lionic in Oenesee County, that 
State, when lie was ahovit eight years old. 

The father who had [ircviously been a day l.a- 
liorer then Iwught a small faim in (lenesee C'oiinty, 
and there made a liome ujton whieh he lived until 
his death. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, 
and had a land warrant as a reward for his service. 
This warrant came into tiie hands of our subject 
and lie sold it for >i'4() at .lackson. .hicob Armstrong 
grew to man h (Kid in (ienesee County, N. Y., and 
when old enough worked b}' the m(mth to help 
the family along and thus was able to receive only 
a limited education. 

The family in which our subject grew to mat- 
urity consisted of eight children and six of them 
are still living. The oldest brother. Henry, went 
aboard a nianof-war and was never heard from 
again, and the second lirotlier, INIichael, who is now 
eighty-three years of age, makes his home in Oakley. 
The sister Eliza died leaving (juite a family of 
children. John lives in Leslie, highani C'ount3% 
William in .Tackson County, and Julia who is the 
widow of Herman Laker who died in the armj', 
makes hei' home at Eaton Rapids while Sheldon 
lives in Lansing, so that all who are still in this lifi; 
are residents of Michigan. The marriage of our 
subject, November 23, 1836, in Genesee County, 
X. Y., united him with Miss Lucy Luml)ard by 
whom he has three living children. One son, John 
Dwiglit, died at Nashville, Tenn., while a soldier 
in the Union army; Henry L. is a farmer in North 
Dakota; George farms upon eighty acres in Brady 
Township; and Mulford is a liverym.an at Elsie. 

Pi'evious to his marriage Mr. Armstrong had 
visited Michigan and located land in Jjeslie Town- 
.ship, Ingham County, and his family was the third 
to locate in that township. He was present at the 
first township meeting and was then elected Con- 
stable and Collector in the spring of 1837. The 
same j'car he took the census for Ingham County, 
under an act of Legislature and also served as 
Highway Commissioner, .School Lispector, Town- 
ship Clerk, and Justice of the Peace. While resid- 
ing there he was deei)ly bereaved b^- the death of 
his wife who passed from earth. December 13, 
1868. 

The present Mrs. Armstiong became the wife of 



our subject March 29, 187.5, .and previous to that 
event was Mrs. Eliza (Jhidge) Walker, a daughter 
of the Rev. John G. and Ann (Flyun) j\Iudge. 
This lady w.as born in Dearborn, W.ayne County, 
Mich., April 3, 1H33. Her hrst marriage Wiis with 
Daniel Wilder Rood, by whom she had one child, 
Emma Louisa, who in Jvme, 1m:((), was married to 
Luther Y'ale Howell, a merchant in Oakle3'. In 
1874 our subject sold out his jiroperty in Ligham 
County, and removed to Oakley the following year. 
He now has one hundred and thirteen acres of 
land, part of it on section 3(1, and i)art on section 
36, besides owning village i)roperty and as fine a 
residence as there is in town. He has here .served 
as Justice of the Peace, and also on the Board of 
Trustees and the School Pioard, and he and his 
good wife are members of the Congregational 
Church. They experienced great difliculties in 
their first migration to Michigan as the Hats of 
Grand River were at that time overflowed, but 
their brave iierseverance brought them through. 




ON. ANDREW CROSBY MAXWELL, at- 

torney-at-law, has for more than thirty 
years been closely identified with the pro- 

©) gressof Bay City. Like most men who have 
attained distinction in the professions his success 
is the result of his unaided e.xerlions. He is a na- 
tive of New York and was born in Pompey Hill, 
July 11, 1831. He comes of Scotch parentage, his 
parents, Robert and IMargaret (Crosby) Maxwell, 
both being natives of the "Land of the Thistle." 
In 1819, on their wedding day, they emigrated to 
America, landing in New Y'ork City and proceeded 
thence to Pompey Hill, N. Y. 

In 1844 the parents of our subject removed West 
to Michigan and .settled in Oakland County; the 
father died in 1864 and the mother in 1867. They 
were the parents of eight children, three sons and 
Ave daughters, our subject being the fourth in order 
of birth. His brother Samuel is a Supreme Judge 
of Nebraska, and one of the law lecturers of the 
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University of Chicago. I'litil lie was thirteen, An- 
drew C. ]\[axwpll resided in New York, where he 
was a student in tlie coiiiinon schools and an acad- 
emy. In 1«11 lie acconi|)aiiicil liis parents to Oak- 
laud County, this State, and .'lidcd in clearing a 
farm in White I>ake Township. 

After remaining West one year Mv. Maxwell re- 
turned to the Em|)iie State and made his home 
there for two years. Coming to Michigan the sec- 
ond time in 1M17 he commenced to woi-kouafarm 
and was thus cugnged for over two years. In 
September, IHI't, he entered Olicrlin Cc^Uege, Ohio, 
where he w.as a studenl until June, 18r)2, in the 
meantime pursuing .selected studies instead of t.ak- 
ing the regular college course. Upon his return 
to Oakland Connty he entered the law office of 
Lieut. Gov. O. D. Richardson, with whom he read 
law for several mouths. During the winter of 
1852-53 he taught aseleet school in Lapeer, mean- 
while keeping up his legal studies. 

In XSr/.i Mr. .Maxwell was adniitted to the liar 
and commenced the |)r;icticc of liis profession in 
I^ai»eer where lie at once secured a l.'irge i)ractice. 
In the fall of 18.')4 he was elected Prosecuting At- 
torney of Lapeer County, which position he re- 
signed after holding it one year, lie w;is elected 
to the House of Hepresentatives in the fall of 18(U 
and represented his fellow-citizens with distin- 
guished ability. In lH()G-()8 he was a candidate 
for State Senator and came within a few votes of 
being elected, in spite of the fact that he was the 
Democratic nominee in a district overwhelmingly 
Republican, lie was a delegate tf) the National 
Convention at St. Louis in 187(!, when Samuel 
Tilden was nominated for the I'residcncy, and was 
a candidate for Congress on the Democratic ticket 
in 1882. but was defeated. lie now devotes his 
attention to the practice of law and agricultural 
pursuits, owning twt) large farms. 

Mr. Maxwell was marrii'd in Lapeer, in Decem- 
ber, 1853,10 Miss Sarah, daughter of Oliver H. and 
Amanda (Harrison) Hart, a pioneer family of the 
county. Mrs. Maxwell was a faithful member of 
the Presbyterian Ciiurcli, and a loving wife and 
mother. She died December 27. 18itl. leaving two 
children — Robert, who is in business in liav City, 
and Jennette.who lives at home In securing inipoi- 



tant imjirovements in Bay Citj^ Mr. Maxwell has 
been very prominent and by his unaided efforts 
.secured alargeapi)ropriation from the (iovernnieut 
to dredge out the mouth of the Saginaw River. 
He also secured the construction of the famous 
stone roads of Bay Couutv' and the Third Street 
bridge between Bay City and West Bay City. 



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I OSKPH DOAN. Mr. Doan combines the 
work of a teacher with that of a store- 
keeper. He was born May 12, 1853, in the 
town of Yarmouth, County of Elgin, On- 
tario, and was a son of Joseph and Susan (Clark) 
Doan, liotli of whom were born near Niagara Falls, 
Canada. On the paternal side the family is of 
English ancestry and originally came from the 
North of England. The mother was of Dutch de- 
scent. They were farmers and reared their four 
boys and five girls in the wholesome atmosphere of 
country life. They were Ba|)tists in tlieii' religions 
sentiment. 

Country life in the place of our subject's nativ- 
ity, is almost ideal during any season. To be sure 
there was the routine of farm labor to be gone 
through, but always time for the various sports for 
which that locality is noted. There was sleighing 
and skating during the winter. The early si)riug 
were engaged in the maple sugar camjjs. Fall was 
the harvest season of the fruit of the vine, and 
among such a merry family as that of which oui- 
subject was one there was always something brew- 
ing in the way of entertainment. .loseph Doan 
was educated in the public schools near London, 
Canada, and later entered the commercial college at 
London, Ontario, from which he graduated in 187(), 
and at twenty years he began teaching in Ontario 
and has ever since been engaged in the work, with 
the exception of one year. 

In the fall of 1878 the gentleman of whom we 
write cro.ssed to the States and located in \\'ashte- 
naw County. ^lichigan; one year later he came to 
Brant Township, where he has since resided. For 
the past four years in connection with the store 
which he luus at Leutz, the ])o.st-offlce has been 




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statioucd tliei'ciu, he having served as Postmaster 
for the past six years. Socially Mr. Doan is a mem- 
ber of the Free and Accepted Masons. He was 
foi marly a Baptist in liis church relations and his 
wife is still a member of tliat denomination. 
Politically our subject favors the policy and tactics 
of the Democratic party. 

Our subject was married to Miss Belle, daughter 
of John and .lane (Fitzgerald) McNabb, whose 
parents came from Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Doan 
are the parents of three childi'en — (Jlive A., Cora 
M. and Edward L. Mr. Doau is the owner of one 
hundred and twenty acres of land in (nand 
Traverse County, this State. 









^^ APT. BEN.JAMJN F. PIKRCE, to whom be- 
[l( p longs the distinction of being the second 

'^^v' oldest surviving settler of the Saginaw 
Valley, was born October 14, 1^14, in Adams, Jef- 
ferson, County N. Y. He is descended from wor- 
thy- and patriotic ancestors who held positions of 
prominence in the East. Grandfather Milo Pierce, 
who was a native of Otsego County, N. Y., was a 
farmer and passed his entire life in his native 
county. Nathan I'ierce, father of our subject, w.as 
likewise born in the Empire State and served dur- 
ing the War of 1812. His trade was that of a car- 
penter and cabinet maker, and he possessed consid- 
erable genius as a mechanic. 

Some time during the '40s Nathan Pierce came 
West to the Saginaw Valley, where he operated as 
a farmer until his death at the age of ninety-four 
years. In his religious belief he was a Universalist. 
The mother of our subject was known in maiden- 
hood as Polly Beals and was a native of New York, 
her fatiier having been one of the founders of the 
village of Adams, in Jefferson County. She attained 
to the age of sixty-five years and reared to years of 
maturity twelve children, Benjamin F. being the 
eldest. Another membei' of the f.amily is Daniel, 
whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. 

In the village of Adams, N. Y., our subject 
passed liis youth and received a very limited edu- 
cation in the log schoolhouses of the district, his 
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total attendance therein amounting to only three 
months. At the age of thirteen, he commenced to 
learn the the trade of a tanner and currier. He 
did not follow the trade, however, but at the expi- 
ration of his term of apprenticeship of three years 
he bi.gan selling threshing machines of one-horse 
power, continuing thus engaged for about two 
years. Then followed a sickness of about the same 
length of time, after i-ecovering from which he came 
West by the advice of his phj'sician. 

(Jur subject took passage on a sail vessel in the 
spring of 1839, at Sackett's Harbor, and after an 
uneventful voyage landed on Thunder Bay Island, 
where he remained fishing during the ensuing sum- 
mer. In the fall of the same year he proceeded to 
Ba}' City, where at that time onl}' five or six fam- 
ilies resided. Soon after his arrival he opened a 
store on the corner of Third and AVater Streets, in 
in a building which still stands at the foot of Third 
Street. He commenced to trade with the Indians 
for furs and continued in that way for about twelve 
years, in the meantime also carrying on large fish- 
ing interests and having boats of his own plying 
the lakes. He was prudent in his expenditures 
and judicious in the management of his business, 
which enabled him to imrchase the schooner "Julia 
Smith". He sailed as Captain and used the vessel 
in bringing freight from Cleveland and Detroit to 
the Saginaw V'alleyand returning with fish. 

After a time Capt. Pierce sold the ."Julia Smith" 
and bought another schooner, "Ellen", wliich he 
man.aged three years as a freight boat, and also 
carried on a store in Au Sable. Among the Indians 
with whom he traded he was quite popular, being 
known as Nobby Quanaina (Master of Vessel) and 
learning to use fluently both the Chippewa and 
the Tawas language. Afterward he engaged in 
steamboating with Capt. Cole in the "Scott", which 
he sailed some years and then sold in order to buy 
the tug ".lohii Lathrop". That boat was sailed 
three or four years and then sold to George King, 
Mr. Pieice retiring fi'oni the captaincy to devote 
his attention to his property intere.st-s. 

At different times Capt. Pierce has been engaged 
in various real estate speculations, usually meeting 
with success. He lias platted several additions to 
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Second Ward, the second consisting of about the 
same amount of land, and tlie third, in 1891, being 
in the Second Ward also. He platte<l a jjortion of 
the city of An Sable in early days in company with 
Col. Little and has engaged in the real-e.-stati! busi- 
ness in that city until the present time. He owns 
and resides in an elegant dwelling on tiie corner 
of King and First Sfreel-i in the Scnnul Ward and 
there he lives, retired from his former active duties, 
alihougii he still maintains his real estate interests- 

Capt. Pierce was married in Erie County, N. Y., 
to Miss .laiiet R. Weaver, who was l)oru near Au- 
burn .-ind reared to womanhood in Erie County. 
Mrs. Pierce died January 28, 181)1. at tlic age of 
sixty-five years, leaving three children, namely: 
Curtis E,. Pro.<eeuting Attorney of Bay County; 
Nettie, Mrs. J. Taylor, of Toronto; and Caddie, 
Mrs. Ste|)hen Flynn. of West Bay City. In his 
political belief the Captain is a tiiorougli Democrat, 
but does notaspire to official honors. He was chosen 
to serve as Alderman of Wenona (now West Bay 
City) and during his term of service on the School 
Board was greatly- interested in the building np of 
the schools. In liis religious sympathies he is a 
I'niver.salist. and his solid traits of character have 
given him an enviable position among his fellow- 
citizens. 

A litliograi)liic portrait of Capt. I'icrce .accom- 
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J [AMES SJUTll is one of the respected farm- 
ers of Brady Township, Saginaw County. 
He is at present residing on section 13, 
where he has a well-improved estate. He 
came to Saginaw County in the fall of 1868 and 
has since made his home in the above-named town- 
ship, his farm at the time of his purchase bearing 
few improvements. Our subject was born in Seneca 
County, Ohio, Seiileinber 1. 18.36. He was the son 
of Jonathan and Elizabeth Jane (Bigham) Smith. 
natives respectively of IVnnsylvania and Ireland. 
The mother of our subject w.os brought to the 
United States by her parents when an infant. She 
was the daughter of AVilliam and Jnne Bigham, 



who settled in Ohio at the time of their coming to 

this country, and in that State spent the remainder 
of their lives. The father of iNIr. Smith when a 
young man li'ft his native .State and made settle- 
ment in Ohio where he worked at his trade of a 
cabinet-maker. He was married to our subject's 
mother in the Buckeye State and started out in 
life anew by locating on a farm in Seneca County. 
He resided on that trad for many years, when, his 
wife having died, he went to Crawford County. 
Ohio, and lived with his daughters, Mrs. Blair and 
Carson, with whom he remained until his decease, 
which occurred when he was seven ty-seven years 
of age. 

The parental family of our subject numbered 
seven children, live of whom lived to re.ach mature 
years. Our subject was the eldest in the family, 
then came Mary E.. now^Irs. John Ilarbaugh, who 
resides in Brad^y Township. Saginaw County: Saiah 
R., who is Mrs. Carson and makes her home in 
Crawford County. Ohio; Eliza A., ]Mrs. Blair, also 
of Crawford County; Jonathan R., a resident of 
S.aginaw. 

( )ur subject's father being a farmer, he was reared 
to a knowledge of agricultural pursuits and with 
the educational advantages which at that i)criod 
were possil)le in the country. He was married. 
July 4, 1863, to Miss Emeline Lemon. Mrs. Smith 
was a native of Ohio, having been born in Seneca 
County on the loth of March, 1838. Previous to his 
marriage in 1861, Mr. Smith enlisted in •Company 
B, Seventh Ohio Infantry, and was mustered into 
service on the side of the I'nion. He saw much 
hard fighting while in the army and w,as in many 
skirmishes. lie was in the battle of Cross Lanes, 
W. ^'a., and at the battle of Winchester was 
wounded, which disabled him from farther .service, 
and he received an honorable discharge. 

On his return from the arm\" Mr. Smith again 
engaged in the peaceful occupation of a farmer, 
which he followed in. the summer and taught 
school in the winter until 1868. when he came to 
Saginjiw County, and purchased the one hundred 
and twenty acres of land which i> now in his pos- 
session. For eight winters after coming to this 
county, he taught school in two districts. His land 
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the improvements which give evidence of the en- 
terprise and judgment of tlie owner. 

Mr. and Mr.*. Smith are the parents of two chil- 
dren — Nellie, who is tiie wife of A. D. Randall, 
and Hannah J. who resides witii hi r parents. In 
various public capacities JMr. Suiilh has advanced 
the interests of his fellow-meu. He is now .Justice 
of the Peace, which office he has iield since 1874. 
He has ever taken an active interest in educational 
matters, serving as School Superintendent for one 
year and a number of years as .School Inspector, 
and in every war possible has advanced the 
standard of proficiency. His vote is cast with the 
Republican party. Socially he is a member of the 
Masonic fraternity, also of the Grand Army of the 
Republic and the Union A'eteran Union. Mr. 
Smith is a member of the Methodist Protestant 
Church, and does all that he can to elevate the 
moral standard of family, home. State and church, 
as well as to make his own example cori'espond 
with the principles of trutli and justice. 









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j>ILLI AM F. MORSK, M. I). While the hu- 
manitarian features have for centuries 
been recognized among all classes and na- 
tions, it is only within the past few years that 
medicine has been classed a> a science, capable of 
being probed by the severest study, and original 
discoveries made that show how dependent human 
nature and physical well-being is u|)on the ulterior 
agents of nature. The least skillful if our .accred- 
ited physicians of to-day are vastly wiser in re- 
gard to their chosen calling tlian the most learned 
of several centuries ago. 

Our subject is one of tlie younger phyxicians of 
Saginaw, whose training ha-* been carried on in 
the light of the latest and most approved metiiods 
of stud^-. He was born at Shrewsbury, Xt., No- 
vember 18, 1857, and is a son of William F. and 
Diana (Pillsbury) ^Ioi>e, the former a native of 
Rhode Island and the latter of A'ermont. The 
youth remained at home and was reared in his 
native village until sixteen or seventeen years of 
age when he clerked in a store, lie afterward at- 



tended the Iligii School of his native place and at 
the age of eighteen began teaching. As with most 
young men tlie consideration of what he should 
devote himself to in life was u]ipermost in his 
mind, and considering his natural inclinaticm to be 
for the medical profession, with that in view he 
entered the medical department of the university 
at Burlington, Vt. After a three 3'ears' course 
there he graduated in the Class of '82, which num- 
bered one hundred students. He also enjoyed the 
advantage of hospital practice and began to prac- 
tice his general profession at Stoneboro, Pa. 

After two years passed in Stonel)oro, Dr. Morse 
came to Saginaw, in the spring of 1884. For four 
years he was upon the Hospital Staff of St. IMary's, 
acting both as surgeon and general physician, 
and since the organization of the Saginaw Hos- 
pital he has been recognized as one of the most 
efticient men on the Staff of that institution. 

The metal of which our subject is made was 
early tried, for at the age of sixteen years, he was 
thrown upon his own resources, but with a self re- 
spect that elevated him above petty considerations, 
he rose to the line of his future prospects, paid his 
way through college ,and although he was in debt on 
coming to S.aginaw, he soon freed himself from 
that incumbrance and built u)) a fine practice that 
pays him over *3,0(H) per aniiuiii. He has a neat 
home and a well-equi|)ped otlice, on whose tables 
may be found tlie latest literature pertaining to 
his profession. Dr. Morse is particularly success- 
ful in the treatment of children's diseases, and 
man^' of the coining generation of this city will 
have him to thank for the prolonging of their 
lives. 

The original of this sketch was married October 
29, 1885, to Mi.ss Anna, daughter of Prof. Con- 
stantine Watz, who for twenty years served as 
Principal of tiie High .School and is known 
tliroiighout this portion of the country as a teacher 
of liiiih standing. Mi.ss Watz was born in Sagi- 
naw, May 7, 1803; she was educated in the High 
School, in which she afterward taught. She was 
an expert kindergarten teacher and highly consid- 
ered in an educational way. Our subject and his 
estimable wife are the parents of two bright chil- 
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have counted inucli. Our subject is a Repul)licaii 
in politics but does not inti'iost himself greatly in 
tlie niacliincrv of the govoniincnl.'il idea. II(f is a 
great lover of music and much of his leisure time 
is spent in devotion to tliis art. 



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IJ^^l KIA'IX ASKLTON. Among the many 
worthy and capable farmers and stock- 
raisers of {'hi'saning Townsliip, Saginaw 
County, none is moic worthy of notetiian 
Mr. .\selton. He was Ixirn on the line between 
\'erniont and Canada on the .shores of Lake Cham- 
plain. I'Vl)ruary 1 1, 1H3(!, and is a son of Isaac and 
Nancy (Chilton) .^selton. both natives of tlie.same 
place where their son was born. The father was of 
Dutch descent and the mother of mixed Scotch 
and Knglish lilood. They removed to Washtenaw 
County, Mich., wlien their son was hut three years 
of age and four years later made their lionie upon 
unbroken land in Ingham County, wiiere they 
lived until 18.')«. At this time they removed to 
Cold Water, liranch Couutw this State, where the 
fatlier undertook hotel keeping for three years and 
then went to .lackson County and bought anotlier 
farm .after which they removed to Chesaning and 
from there to Ionia County, where he died in 1880, 
Our subject was brougiit up on ;i fai'm in a new 
country and had but poor opportunities for educa- 
tion. At the age of nineteen he began jobbing 
and chopping and four years later went to Wis- 
consin where he worked on the river, rafting lum- 
ber duiing the sumniei- and chopping in tiie woods 
during the winter, and then returned to AIiciiii;an. 
In Sejjtcmbe}-, 1H,")7 he was marriec] to Miss Kliza- 
heth iMincklei', and l)y that marriage there were 
three ciiildren, two of whom are still living: 
Mariam, wlio nianicd .lohn Coll.ard and lives in 
Brady Township with her husband and three chil- 
dren; and Elnora who is Mrs. .lames Shaw, and 
lives in New Haven Townsliip, Shiawassee County 
and is the mother of three children; .Tohii M. died 
in 181)((. 

After marriage our subject farmed in liranch 



County for one year and then came to New Haven 
Township, Shiawassee County, and bought forty 
acres of wild land. Here he lived for four years 
when his wife died and he sold his place and re- 
turned to his fatlier 's in .lack.son Count3', after 
which he rented a farm, and made his home in 
I'errv, Shiawassee County. His second marriage 
united him with Sai'ali J. Countryiiian on the 2nd 
of April. l.SIJI). After a four years residence in the 
village of Chesaning he bought his ])rcsent farm 
of forty acres and afterward bought forty acres in 
Shiawassee Country. Jlrs. Sarah Aselton lived but 
about a year and a half and lie next inairied Lu- 

f ciiida I'liidclia Madison who bore t<i hiui four I'hil- 
dreii: Isaac, Klizabeth, Edgar and Oiville. Eli/.a- 
bt'th is now the wife of .Tames. Richards, a farmer in 
New Haven Township. In .Tune, 1885, the mother 
ot these children was called from earth and Mr. 
Aselton w.as married .Tuly :i, 1891, lo Mr.s. Marth.-i 

I Duiilap. ( )ui- subject has a hf)ii.se and lot at .Six 

i Mile Creek, where he lived for some three years. 

, He has in past years lieen a Democrat in politics 
but was never an oHice-secker and is now an Inde- 

! pendent in politics but has been attached to the 
Patrons of Industr\'. 



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liEN.TAMIX F. WE]',.STER,who isade.alerin 
pine lands and lumber at the corner of 
(ienesee and Washington .Streets, Saginaw, 
was born in Detroit, September 8, 18.53, and 
is a son of Samuel H. and Angehiie (Rice) Webster, 
of whom we have spoken more in detail above. 
He is the only child in the family and has lived in 
\ Siiginavv since his early Tioyhood, receiving his 
, education here in the High School. True to the 
training and inlluence of his father, he early en- 
gaged in lumbering and handling pine lands, not 
only in Michigan but also in Wisconsin and Min- 
nesota, and has also been ipiite a dealer in farming 
Lands in Michigan. 

Benjamin Webster was married .lune 4, 1879, 
to Miss Leoni, daughter of .1. \\. Livingston, of the 
Iloyt's Dry-goods Company, This lady was born 
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in Saginaw. Sho is tlie mother of one son — Benja- 
min F.. Ji'. Their liappy home is at the corner of 
Warren and Tliompson Streets; this couple are 
higlily esteemed in social circles. The ])olitical 
views of the young man, as of his father, are in 
harmony with the declarations of the Kepulilican 
party, and he is connected with the Masonic order, 
being a Knight Templar. 



aiOMAS MUNN, of Bay City, is a nianu- 
(/(Ki^' facturer of all sorts of sawmill machinery 
and supplies, such as edgers. lumber 
trimmers, lath and bolters. He also manufactures 
a rotary gang, which lie invented and patented, 
and which is the only one made in the United States. 
Lumbermen are just beginning to appreciate the 
value of this machine, the more so ,as they are now 
discussing the saving of timber. Besides this Mr. 
Munn makes many other improved. forms of ma- 
chinery, among them INIunn's im|)roved four-roller 
gang, and ahso the |>enduhim slide, l)oth of which- 
have an increasing use in the iranufacture of lum- 
ber. 

Our suliject liegaii his manufactuiiiig interests 
in Bay City in 18(18. He was first interested .as 
lialf-owner in the Valley Iron Works, but selling 
that finally, he built his present factory at Twenty- 
third Street, at the Flint A- Peie MaKpiette Railroad 
crossing. Thomas JMunii w.as born in Philadel- 
phia, .Tanuary "25, 182!t, and is a sf>n of Samuel 
(i. and Sarah ((iardiier) ■Munn. He received his 
early education under the lienelicent influence of 
the Quaker city, but picked n|) a large amount of 
practical, common-sense knowledge in his after ca- 
reer. He came West with his father when about 
fourteen years old. 

A natural mechanical genius, Mr. ]\Iunn soon 
made himself master of the millwijght business. 
He followed that exclusively for over eighteen years 
coming tt)-Bay City in liS()l. He put in the Kawkaw- 
lin mill, the O. A. Ballon and the Shaw it Williams 
Mills of Saginaw. He also suiieriiitended the At- 
lantic Salt Works at Bav Citv and a mill for .b>hn 



L. Woods & Co., and indeed much of the work of 

this class in this portion of tiie country has been 
the outcome in one way or another of his busy 
and fertile mind. Finally Mv. Munn confined 
his attention to jierfecting hi- own inventions and 
settled down to manufacturing for himself in Bay 
City, which has been his home since 1861. Since 
devoting himself to the work in which he is now 
interested and which includes a machine shop, 
foundry and brass works, giving employment to a 
large number of men, he has greatly increased the 
mechanical facilities of his shop. 

For eleven years Mr. Munn has served on the 
Board of Pjducation and for three terms was its 
President. He has been greatly interested in the 
development and improvement of the methods 
employed in the city schools, believing our edu- 
cational policy to be the anchor and life of the 
Republic. With that in view he never loses an 
opportunity to forward public education. Aside 
from these interests which he does not consider 
necessarily allied to the political issues, he litis re- 
fused municipal ofHces. In 1890 he was nomi- 
nated State Senator b3- the Labor iiarty, which 
nomination was endorsed by the Republicans, but 
the times were unpropitious to the claims of the 
labor party and he failed to secure the election. 
Once before he was nominated to the same posi- 
tion and friends and political opponents alike eon- 
ceeded him the election, but by mistakes and fraud 
he was debarred from (lualifying. being counted 
out liy thirteen votes. 

Our subject has for four years served as Presi 
dent of the Tem[)erance Reform Club, and feels 
that the nio\'ciiient has been of great benefit to 
this vicinity. He was reared in the faith of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church. His aim in life has 
been |)cculiarly pure and siiigle-miiided and has 
been wholly to better tlie condition of his fellow- 
men, especially of the laboring classes. He feels 
that the lime is not far di.st:mt wlien there shall 
be more universal fellowship and money shall not 
he the standard of social and political rights to 
the degeee that it now i.-. 

•J.anuary 13, 18,52, Mr. iMunn was married to 
Mis3 Sarah E., daughter of Cornelius Willegar, one 
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Our siibjeot and his wife arc tlu- parents of three 
sons airrl one daiitrhter. Of the:<e Oeorire II. and 
Frank ('<. are in liusiness with their fatlier; Chjirles 
is in the drug bu-siness in Bay City: Kditli is llie 
wife of K. <^. Injrersoll. of Canton. III.. ;iih1 1i;is 
one son, Max. 

A lithographie jiortrait of Mr. .Muiiii ;icc<piii- 
panies this sketch. 



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ELON B. ALLEN, an active, energetic busi- 
ness ni.an. and one who h.is successfully 
coped with the ditliculties of some of the 
hardest phases in life, is the gentleman 
whose life-hi.story we are about to attempt to give 
in outlini. Mr. .\llen was born in the town of 
Porter, Niagara County, N. Y., November 28, 1844. 
He is a son of David P. and Clarissa A. (Timothy) 
Allen, natives of the old Bay .State. David Allen 
was a son of Philip Allen, who is a farmer in 
Mass,aclnisetts. He went to New York about 18:5;') 
and there resided until his death, which took place 
in 1850. He reared his six children, whose names 
were: David P., Whitmore, Palmer, Clara.. lane and 
Louisa, in the faith of the Preshyterian Church, 
giving them that best of all inheritance, a good 
parental record and good constitutions. 

Our subjecfs father came to Michigan in KS(j7 
and settled in Clare County, where he entered and 
improved a farm and there still resides. During 
the Civil War he served in a New York regiment. 
He and his wife have been for many .\ears con- 
scientious followers of the cieed as held by the 
Presbyterian Church. They reared a family of 
nine children, who are: our subject, Myron, Charles 
P., Herbert, James D., Helen E., Sarah L., Minnie 
E.,and Irva D. Our subject's mother was a daugh- 
ter of Elkana and Clarissa (Tower) Timothy, na- 
tives of Massachusetts, but early settlers in New 
York. 

Our subject was reared on the home farm. He 
early attended the district school and there ali.sorbed 
equal amo\nits of book-learning and niiscliief. He 
began for himself on the farm, working by the 
month oral whatexcr he could find 1o do. lie 



spent two years in the oil regions during the great 
excitement and in the fall of 1868 came to Sag- | 
inaw. where he entered the employ of Mr. H. .\. { 
Tildou and was engaged in manufacturing lumber '. 
and salt for ten y-ears, after wliich he rented a salt 
block and conducted the business himself for three 
years. In 1879 he built the salt works at (iarlield 
and in 1H80 located there. He had purch.ased four 
hundred acres of timber and at once set himself to 
clearing and improving the same. He now owns 
one hundred and twenty .acres of Land in Clare 
County and four hundred acres of pine lands in 
upper Michigan. 

AVhile clearing his land Mr. Allen has been oper- 
ating his .salt well. He now holds the position of 
Postmaster at (4articld. He is a Republican in 
politics and socially a JNIason, and a Knight Temp- 
lar. He made his own way in the world, for many 
years striving manfully with adverse circumstances. 
Mr. .Mien has for the past three years been engaged 
in l)reeding Clydesdale horses. 

Our subject was married December 16, 1875, to 
Nellie, daughter of William and Laura (Gould) 
McKnight. Their married life has been very 
• pleasaht and the future seems to promise blessings 
and comforts in proportion to the struggles of the 
past. 



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irlLLI.VM SMITH, .h;., is a farinerand stock- 
il raiser on section 21, Chesaning Township, 
^\f/ where lie owns eighty acres of land. He 
was born in Worcester C\)unty, Mass., March 25, 
lM;i8, and is a son of William and P^liza (Boyden) 
Smith, the formci- a native of Massachusetts and 
the latter of New Hampshire. Our subject was 
about four years of .age when his father came to 
Michigan in 1X12, and purchased the land on 
which they made the old homestead, and upon 
which our subjei't still lives. 

Our subject had but slender educational advan- 
tages, hut attended a school taught by his sister, 
Eliza Ann, now IMrs. William P. Allen, of Chesa- 
ning. At the age of sixteen he began carrying 
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Sau'inaw City. He liad to go sixteen iiiik-s liy 
buat and soiDetimes, when the river was s^o that 
he eoiikl not go by boat, w.ns ol)liired to foot it. 
lie carried the mail fur two war* and at tlie age 
of eiu:htee)i liegan to work at the earpentei-'s trade, 
whieli lie followed Hve 3ear.s until enlisting in 
C'onii)any (i, Sixth Michigan Cavalry, September 
3, 1^(!2. He was in Clen. C'uster's Urigade in the 
Army of the Potomac and was in seventeen differ- 
ent battles before he w.as wounded, having in one 
instance his horse shot from under him. The first 
battle in which he participated was at Hanover, 
Pa. He was also at (iettysburg and was wounded 
at Raccoon Ford. Va. Later he was in the en- 
gagement at Kai)idan Ri\'er, Culpejier Court House, 
and September I-t, 1M6,3, was shot through the 
liody. Using his musket as a crutch, he hobliled 
as best he could from the field, the enemy [jressing 
close lieliind. He was sent to Douglas Hospital. 
Washington City, and there hay for eight months. 
After surticiently recovering our subject again 
joined his regiment in .lune, If^liJ. He later had 
two horses wounded in liattle, and since coming 
from the war he has never been able to recline on 
the side on which he was wounded. He was 
mustered out of service November 2o, 1 «(!.'). at Ft. 
Leavenworth, Kan., receiving liis discharge at 
.lackson. this .State. They had been with Gen. 
O'Connor fighting Indians in the West, and our 
subject helped to build Ft. Reno. 

It was Mr. Smith's intention to return to the 
West after making a visit home, but meeting Mi.ss 
Klecta Hooker, he concluded to stay, and was mar- 
ried toiler Sei)tember 1. 11^(37. She was a native 
of Hamburg, Erie County, N. Y., and born May 
17, 18.50. She was a daughter of Audress and 
Amanda (Lobdell) Hooker. Their marri.age has 
been blessed by the birth of three children, two of 
whom are living: Nettie E., who was liorn August 
;i, 18()9, is Mrs. .lohn C. Edsall and lives in Cleve- 
land, Ohio; .lames W., born Decemlier HI. 1877, is 
still in .school: Fannie F. died in infancy. 

Mr. Smith remained with his parents, taking 
tare of them until their decease, his mother dy- 
ing May 17, 187;'); she was born in 180(). The 
father, who was born Apiil 28, 18(111, died May 
25, 188;"), He was a i»romiiient. Democrat and 



held various oltices in this township, having been 
Supervisor-and -liistice of the Peace. He was the 
first Postin.aster at North Hampton, the post-ottice 
being in his own home. He was always known as 
.Iiidge Smith. The original of our sketch is also a 
Democrat. He is a member of the .Masonic frater- 
nity and also of the (iraiid Army of the Republic. 
Our subject's father was County .ludge for four 
years, and while in Massachusetts was commi.s- 
sioned Captain of the Militia by Gov. Levi Lin- 
coln, and served for several years. 



•|, MLLLVM .1. DUNNIGAN, who is now the 
\jjj// Constal)le of Bay City, and was at one 
W^ time the Marshal, is well known through- 
out the Saginaw Valley as a man of fearless cour- 
age. In the old pioneer days when he first came to 
what was then called Wenona, which is now West 
Bay City, there were only two stores there and a 
few sawmills. 

Our subject was born in London, Canada, March 
1, 18r)2, and his father. Patrick Dunnigan, was 
born in Ireland and was there married. At the 
age of twenty-one he enlisted in the English Army 
for a term of twenty-one years. He was one of 
the "(Queens Ovvn" and took part in the Crimean 
War. He finally retired on a pension and coming 
to Canada, located at London. There he bought 
a farm some fifteen miles out of the city, but later 
sold it and located in Ihe city. Three d.ays after 
this transaction he was murdered on his way home 
and his body was thrown into the Thames River, 
where it was found next morning. It is sujiposed 
that the murderers believed him to be in iiossession 
of quite a sum of money. 

The mother of our subject, Catherine (Tobias) 
Dunnigan, was lioin in County Cork, Leland, After 
the death of Mr, Dunnigan she was united in mar- 
riage with Patrick Malley, and came to Bay Cit\'. 
The\- both died soon after coming to this place. The 
Dunnigan family consisted of four sons and one 
daughter, namely: Paliick, who is superintendent 
of the Saginaw B:iy Towing Assot'ialion ; IMichacl, 



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who is in the employ of tlie Midiiofnii (Viitial Hail- 
roafl; Edward, who lives at A>lilaii(l. Wis.; Mary, 
who i.s Mrs. .1. E. I>yoiis. <if ('levi'l.'md. Ohio, tiiid <nir 
sulijeet. 

AVilliaiii Diiiiiiiaaii was reared in Ldiidoii, Can- 
ada, until he reticiied the age of nine years, and in 
1861 he eame to what was then called Wenona, 
and attended the conunon sciiool, until he reached 
the age of fourleen. when he fonnd employment in 
the sawmills, for some twelve or fourteen years. 
On account of rlieumatism lie finally left the saw- 
mill and liis employers, who esteemed him very 
highly, sought and obtained for him a position on 
tlie police force of West Hay City, which he en- 
tered June 9, 1881. 

Our subject remained upon the police force until 
18H7, when he was appointed l>y the City Council, 
Chief of Police and JIarshal. and .served the city 
in tliat cap.icity until .Vpril, 1891. In 1888 he 
engaged in the liverv business, buying out jMr. 
Baily, and carried on tiie business until the .spring 
of 188,1, when he solii out the concern. He owns 
a farm of eighty acres of well-improved land in 
Merritt Township, this county. 

Duiing the time >Ii'. Dunnigan was Marshal he 
had .several exciting encounters. At one time in 
arresting a colored man, Peter .Saunders, who h.id 
killed a man, he had great ditticulty in gaining ad- 
mittance to the house where Saunders had secreted 
himself. The criminal defied any one to i onie up 
the stairs, threatening to shoot, but .Mr Dunnigan 
ascended tiie stairs and by i)arlcying through the 
closed doors induced the man to give liimself u|), 
telling him that it was lietter to be locked up safe 
in jail than to be mobbed, as there were five Inin- 
drcd people outside. However l)rave this crowd 
miglit have lieen in niolil)ing the man, not one ex- 
cept i\Ir. Dunnigan dared to enter the house. 

Another desperate encounter took place. .March 
-t, 1891, and was with the lunatic. Henry Collikcr, 
who had murdered .Vndiew Polsftn. The shot he 
received from this desperado caused a serious case 
of blood iioisoning and it w.-is only through his 
having so vigorous a constitution that he escaped 
death at that tinu', and he has never entirely re- 
covered from its effei'ts. When he retired from 
the police force as Marshal he had been in that 



' part of the city's sen'ice steadily for ten years, 
'and during that time he had been connected with 
all the principal ca.ses and arrests. 

^Ir. Dunnigan was married in West Hay City, 
in 1876, to Miss Ella Prulgeon, who was born in 

: St. Clair County, Mich., and was the daughter of 
John Pridgeon. a native of England, who lived in 
St. Clair County when he first came to America, 

1 but now resides in West Hay City. Three sons 
have been granted to o\u' suliject and his estimable 
wife, Edward, Arthur .and William. .Mr. Dunnigan 
is a member of the .\ncient Order of Hibernians 
and belongs to St. Clary's Catholic Church. He 
was a sti'ong Democrat until 1889, and at that 
time became a Republican, although he understood 
fully that his change of politics might result in a 
lo.ss of otiice as Hav Cit\' is a Democratic town. 



f^^KED II. PHIEUK. The poimlar dealer and 
«g) furnisher of gentleman's wearing apparel, 
\\ in Chesaning, is he whose name appears 
above. His stock includes, besides clothing, hats, 
caps and general furnishing goods. He is a Can- 
adian by birth, having been born at St. Polycarp, 
forty miles north of Montreal, Canada, September 
2, 1860. He is a son of .Io.seph and Eveline M. 
( Abaire) Prieur. The parents, though natives of 
Canada, were of French ancestry. They still sur- 
vive. The father is a fanner and resides where 
our subject was l)oru. 

As a boy Fred was taught the French language, 
and aside from this he received but little educa- 
tion until fourteen years of age, at which time he 
went upon a mail l)oatas .second steward. During 
the two summers in which he w.as so employed 
liis youthful perceptive faculties were constantly 
bristling with the effort to assimilate all the new 
ideas and facts that came to him. 

At the age of sixteen our subject took a place as 
office boy in an hotel in Iroquois, Canada. He 
remained there two years and beg.an to learn to 
write and speak English, and later attended an 
English school for about three months. He then 
came to Michigan and located in S.aginaw, April 





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8, 1879. He soon went, liovvevcv, to West Branch, 
where he was employed in another hotel for one 
year, and (lurinii- tlie year 1KK()-81 lie attended 
school in Sai>in:tw. 

Mr. Prieur then entered the employ of (J. Esta- 
brook ct Co. .lune 2;t, 1881, and there acqnired a 
good knowledge of the clothing business, being 
with the firm for seven years. While thus em- 
ployed he was married, .Inly 7. 1885, to Miss Jenny 
M. Bennett, of Saginaw, but born in the same 
place as our subject. Her natal day was JIarch 
23, 1865. In June, 1888, Mr. Prieur opened up 
business for himself in Chesaning. He had saved 
up a comfortable sum from his salary, and with 
the aid of his employer, Mr. Estabrook, who has 
been as kind as a father to him, he li.as been able 
to build up an excellent business, and now enjoys 
the confidence of all the people in this vicinity. 
Mr. and Mrs. Piieur have been blest with two chil- 
dren — a son, Arthur H., who was born May 14, 
1886, and a daughter, Ida C. who was born May 
25, 1887. He of whom we write is a Republican 
in politics and one of the Trustees of the village. 
He and his wife are in their religious creed mem- 
bers of the Holy Catholic Church, Mr. Prieur hav- 
ing been confirmed at the early age of ten j'ears. 










LONZO W. AUSTIN. The portrait which 
appears on the opposite page is that of a 
veteran of the late war and a useful citi- 
zen of Chesaning. A native of New York, 
Mr. Austin was born in Steuben County, May 19, 
1839, and is the son of Rufus and Nancy Austin. 
At an early age he was Ijereft of both parents, 
losing his mother when two years of age and his 
father when but five. There was a large family of 
children left, and Alouzo W. being the youngest 
was cared for by a sister until he commenced to 
be self-sustaining. When twelve years old he 
worked by the month for *5, and from that time 
was employed at whatever he could get to do. 
During the winter seasons he .attended school, 
bought his clothes and books, paid his rate bill 
and discharged his Imard bill by doins^ chores. In 



that w.ay he received a fair common-school educa- 
tion. 

When the late war broke out Mr. Austin was 
living in (4eneseo, Livingston County, N. Y., and 
in the fall of 1861 he enlisted in Company D, One 
Hundred and Fourth New York Infantry, which 
was incorporated with the Army of the Potomac. 
Among the engagements in which he participated 
were the battles of Cedar Mountain, Thoroughfare 
(ia]i, Rappahannock, Culpei)er and the second 
battle of Bull Run. He was wounded in the arm 
and one side by a musket ball and three buck- 
shots, one of which he still bears about him. The 
same day on which he was wounded his right arm 
was amputated on the Held near Centerville, Va., 
and he was sent to Finley General Hospital at 
Washington, where he remained five weeks, being 
desperatelj' sick a part of the time. On receiving 
his discharge, he returned home and foi' three suc- 
ceeding years was unable to work, but during 
that time received a pension. 

In 1865 Mr. Austin came to Michig.an and lo- 
cated in Ingham County, east of Lansing. Later 
he removed to Wayne County, where he had 
charge of the toU-sjate f)n the Detroit cVr Saline 
Plank Road for about four years. Prior to ac- 
cepting the last-named position he was married ui 
Ingham County, June 27, 1866, his bride being 
Miss Jennie Sowle, a native of Okemos, Ingham 
Count}'. Mrs. Austin is a prominent member and 
Treasurer of the Woman's Relief Corps, in which 
she has held all the important offices. She is a 
lady of unusual executive ability and has con- 
ducted business successfully for several years. Her 
fine social qualities are universally recognized and 
her presence adds lustre to any circle in which she 
may mingle. 

In the fall of 187<l Mr. Austin came to Chesan- 
ing, where for f((ur years he managed a general 
store and for some time maintained the position 
of Street Commissioner. A Republican in his po- 
litical preference, he has served under his party 
in several capacities, having been Marshal and 
Trustee of the village. His pension has been in- 
creased at various times until he now receives 845 
per month. He is a charter member of Pap Thomas 
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and in 1^<8H organized AVnflj-worth Command Xo. 
2(1, of tlie I iiion \'ctc'i'airs I'nion. l)('|mrtment of 
Micliii^an. in wliicli he liolds the position of Colonel. 
He and lii.-i c'stimalile wife liavc one eliild — .Toim 
'P.. who w;ui 1)0111 in ('lu'saniiiir April 17. 1X7:5. 
He i.s now a ineinlK'r of tlie Sons of X'eterans and 
a voutli of urcat in'oinisc. 

'OlIN (;. BUCHANAN, who is llie proprie- 
tor of the t'anipliell House, has been a resi- 
dent of Bay City since Octolier. 1861). He 
was born in County Lanark, (,)ntario, on 
Deeemljer l.i, 1H4'.», and is a son of Peter and 
Catherine ((4albraitli) Buchsinan. The father was 
a tailor by trade and resided at different times in 
various villasjes in Canada, and there the hoy ob- 
tained his education in the coininoii scliools, com- 
pleting his studies in the Canadian Literary In- 
stitute at Woodstock, after wliicli he came to 
Miciiijjan, locatiuf;: at Bay City, as above slated. 
The young man first found employment in the 
woods among tlie luinl)erinen. and was able after 
a little to take the position of a scaler, .and after- 
ward that of foreman, and continued thus until 
18X1, when he went into tiie lumber business for 
himself, remaining in that line for some six years, 
l)eing largely interested in culling and nianuf.ac- 
turing. While still in this business he became the 
pro|irietor of the !Moultun House, which he bought 
in llie spring of 1881. Some five years later he 
liought the Brunswick House property. and relitted 
it, putting in sleaiii and other conveniences, and 
carrying on the house successfully something over 
two years. He linally .sold his property to the 
(Joverninent as that site was desired for the new 
fiovernment building. 

Mr. Hnchanan bought the Campbell llou,-c 
Block, a fine brick building with one hundred and 
twentv-flve feet frontage on North Water St: ■ t 
and one hundred feet fnmtage on Third St 
buying also an additional lot running bac : 
Saginaw Street. Upon this lot he erected an : 
tiou to the hotel, which he devoted to the ki' 
lauiuUy and the rooms for the help. The h< 



has sixty-four rooms available for guests, and it is 
thoroughly heated throughout by steam, and has 
electric lights in every mom. .\bout ^^ln.odii were 
expended by hun in retilling and improvements 
u))oii taking the house, and in all respects it is 
now a (irsl-class hoslelrv. The hotel i)roperty 
comprises six stores, two fronting on Third Street 
and four on Water Street. He also owns another 
brick block on Third Street. Mr. Buchanan is well 
adapted to achieve success in this calling as he is 
aci'ommodating in his nature, and genial and 
kindly, and thinks no trouble too much in order 
to make his guests comfortable and contented. 

Our subject is now the Alderman for the Sec- 
ond Ward, to which position he was lirst elected 
in the spring of 1888, and again in the spring of 
18!)(). He is a nu^mber of .Toppa Lodge, V. iVr A. M., 
of the Blancliard Chapter, of the Bay .City Coun- 
cil and Commandery. and the Michigan Sover- 
eign Consistory of Detroit. He is also a mem- 
ber of the Mystic Shrine of Detroit, and has 
taken thirty-two degrees. He is President of the 
Bay Cit}' Branch of the Northwestern Building 
& Loan Association at Minneapolis. His marriage, 
September 2;'), 1876, united him with .Jane .leiikius, 
of Canada, and they have two children — Peter 
and .Vlbert, 












j^d<' AMUEL F. HOFFMAN, who now resides 
^^^ in Oakley, S.aginaw County, was liorn in 
l^l^l Herkimer County, N. Y., May 19, 1835, 
and is the son of John and Annis (Farmer) 
Hoffman, both natives of New York. The father 
was of Dutch origin and the mother was a native 
of Yankee laud. The parents removed to Kirt- 
land, Ohio, when this son was only two years old. 
and there the father bought land and .'icttled. 

Our subject was brought ujf on a farm and re- 
ceived a eoramon-school education. He came to 
Michigan when twenty years old with his parents, 
locating in Delhi Township, Ingham County, this 
.State, where our subject and his father both owned 
land. That parent died September 2,t. 18(')1. while 
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Samuel Hoffman l)Out;ht out the interest of the 
other heirs in his father's estate and took earc of 
his mother until within a few years of iier death, 
wiiich occurred Seiilemhi'i- 1(1. 1891. lie was mar- 
ried on the "i.'itli of ^larch. IH60, in Lansino;. to 
Miss Ida Polhemus. of Dt'lhi 'I'ownship, a dauoh- 
ter of .loab and Elmiua (Scoville) Polhemus. 3Ir. 
Polhemus came to Michigan in 181:9, has lived for 
many years in Ingham County and died in Febru- 
ary, 1888. Mrs. Polliemus was the motlicr of four 
children. Mrs. Hoffman was the third in order of 
birth and is tiie last remaining member of the 
family. Mrs. Polhemus died in Detroit, Mich., 
in 1851. Mrs. Hoffman was born in Attica, N. Y., 
December 25, 1842, and liei ancestrj- on her fa- 
ther's side was of Holland origin and on the ma- 
ternal side was to lie traced to New England stock. 

While owning and operating a farm in Delhi, 
fiur subject also carried on a sawmill and lind a 
general store for several years in Holt during war 
times, liesides serving as Postmaster under Presi- 
dents Lincoln and .lohiisoii. lie kept an liotel for 
about a year and then bouglit a farm near the 
village of Holt, but sold tliat [n'operty and removed 
to Parshallburg in 1872, where lie carried on the 
Havana Mills for about two years. 

The removal of iL\ Hoffman to this county was 
in 1875, and he then started a general store in 
Oakley, in partneishii) with Jlr. Sackrider, and 
joined with that gentleman in his lumbering in- 
terests, which they still curry on, although they 
sold the store in 1885. They own land there and 
are engaged in farming and in breeding lilooded 
Lesters and Sliropshires, Shorthorns, Durhams, etc. 
One hundred acres of finely improved land is 
comprised in their farm here, and they have four 
hundred acres in Brant Township besides eighty 
acres which Mr. Hoffman owns in his individual 
right. 

The first ballot cast by our subject was for John 
C. Fremont, and he supported Horace (ireeley, 
since which time he has been a Democrat. He was 
the first President of the village and served in that 
capacity for two .\ears, since which time he has 
been on the board much of the time and is now 
Trustee. He serves as delegate in county and 
State conventions and li.as never been defeated 



for any ollicc for wliich he was named. He is a 
Mason of the Royal .\rch degree and a man of 
prominence in that order. Mr. Hoffman has five 
children living and tincc have been called hence, 
as follows: .lennic Louisa died July 28, 1«78, aged 
ten months and eight days; Clarence S.. Ai)ril -l, 
11^82, aged eleven years, eleven mouths and nine- 
days; Floyd P., November 20, 1882, aged three 
years, eleven months and eighteen days. Of those 
living, Carrie married Fred Piper, a druggist of 
Lansing; Julia is a teacher, and Lester, Marsh and 
Louie are at home. 



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FWIS L. MINSON, -One of the very besl- 
^ hearted fellows in existence," such is what 

^ a friend said to the writer in referring to 

the subject of this sketch, who is an old lumberman 
and now a promineul farmer residing on .section 
20, Saginaw Township, one and one-quarter miles 
from the corporate limits of the city on what is 
known as the "crossroads." Mr. Munsoii was born 
in the town of Otiseo, Onondaga County, N. Y., 
September 19, 1833. He is a son of Thomas Mun- 
son, a native of Middlebury, New Haven County, 
Conn., and born in 179(). He settled, however, at 
an early date in New York, and was there pressed 
into service at the burning of Buffalo during the 
War of 1812 under (ieii. lirown. He removed his 
family to Michigan in 1843. 

The family made the journey fixjin Sodus Point, 
N. Y., to St. Clair, ^lich., across the lake on the 
steamer "^'.^ndalia." Our subject's father resided 
in St. Clair County live years, and then made his 
home for live years in Macomb County, spending 
the same length of time in Lapeer County. He 
came to .Saginaw in 1.S59, and spent his last days 
with his son, our subject, dving in 1867. He was 
a well-read and intelligent man. who espoused the 
political theories as held by the IJepulilican [larty. 
Our subject's mother was prior to her marriage a 
Miss Anna Beach. She was born on the (ireiiadier 
Islands in 1799, and was of Scotch descent. She 
was a kind-hearted niolher, and reared eitfht chil- 



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drcii. whose names are — Alfi'ed, Susan, Nelson, 
Jerome, Lewis I>,, Knos, .lane M. anfl Cliarles II. 
Mrs. Miinsoii was inclined 1<> tlie I'reslnterian 
faith; she died .\pril 1!», IXfiC. 

Onr subject was brouglit to .Michitran when ten 
years of age. He had iKuim liis scliool life in New 
York, and afti'r coming to jMicliiaan, spent a little 
time in .school in St. (lair County. U'iien lifteen 
years of age he liegan to he self-supporting, work- 
ing as a common laborer in the lumber woods of 
St. Clair County. For thirty-seven years he was 
engaged in the lumlier business, and it is doubtful 
if any man knows more of the business than does 
he. He served .is forenum for Wright cV' Howard, 
aiul for a time lor David W;ird. of Pontiac, and 
was afterward in the lumber business for himself 
for fifteen years. His lumbering ex|)loits extend 
over a wide area of country .-ind follow the Titta- 
bawassee, Mola.sses. Tobacco and Chippewa Rivers. 

!\Ir. Munsou's Hrst recollections of Michigan in- 
clude adventures with Indians, deer, wolves and 
bears, and in his life in the lumber camps many are 
the stirring experiences that he has had. He re- 
tired from lumbering tu \WCy. and h;is since de- 
voted himself ti) bucolic interests and pleasures. 
He was married October 24, 18()7, to Amelia Will- 
iams, who was born in ^■ictor, N. Y., October 25, 
184(). Mrs. Munson is a lady who at once com- 
mends iierself to the good graces of those with 
whom she meets. Able, intellectually and every [ 
other way, she is a model hou.se>vife, and is the 
proud possessor of her husband's full confidence 
and love. They are the parents of four children, 
whose names are I'harles, Carrie, Myrtle and .Vnna 
— all of whom are still at lumie. 

The original of this sketch purchased his present 
farm, which is known as theSwarthout homestead, 
and one of the fust farms .settled in the township, 
in 18H2. He removed here the followingyear. The 
place com|)rises forty-.seven acres, all of which is 
under cultivation. It is one of the richest tracts 
of land in the S.iginaw A'alley, having a sub-soil of 
clay that rctwins moisture and a light, rich and 
loam3' surface soil. Mr. Munson has gone into the 
business of farming on the scientific plan, making 
a study of the work. He keeps thoroughly posted 
\>y reading the best literature of the day on this 



specialty. He raises some fine graded horses for 
sale, and is the owner of a fine animal of the 
Chdesdale. Messenger ;iud N'orman breed, that 
weighs sixteen hundred pounds ;ind which he keei>s 
for breeding i)urposes. 

Mr. Munson is a natur:d uicclianic, and has a 
small shop on his farm, where, aside from his own 
work, he does some custom work in blacksmithing 
and woodwork. He has just completed a very fine 
large frame residence, one of the best in the town- 
ship, which he has built at n cost of ¥l,i)0(l. It is 
modern in style of architecture and in finish, and 
is a model of beauty and convenience. He also 
owns a residence in the city on the corner of Ham- 
ilton and Wayne Streets, which is rented. Mrs. 
Munsc>n is a member of the Christian Cliuich. Our 
subject is a Republican in politics. 



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RP:D J. J. SCIirp:TT. AVe give herewith a 
S' sketch of the proprietor of the City Alills. 
which is one of the most prominent and 
successful of the business interests of Saginaw. 
^Ir. .Schuett carries on both a custom and a merchant 
trade and his mills have the roller process. The 
report of the ]>oard of Trade for 1890 gave as their 
output five hundred and thirty-two barrels of fiour, 
and made the statement that they had bought 
twenty-four hundred and sixty liushels of wheat 
during that year. 

The si)ecialty of this mill is the i)opular br.md 
known as the Favorite, and there is probably no 
brand manufactured in Saginaw which has gained 
more surely in public favor than this. The house- 
keepers of the present d.ay are not easily satisfied 
and will not accept an inferior brand of fiour when 
they are attempting to make good and toothsome 
l)read, and the favor with which this Hour has been 
received by them shows its excellent qualities. The 
City Mills manufactures also rye. graham and buck- 
wheat flf)ur and constantly has on hand a large 
supply of feed, com and oats. 

Mr. Schuett has been in Saginaw since April. 
1890, and during the first six months w.-is in part- 
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was rebuilt ill 1H82, and lias had the roller process 
for the last five years, liusiiiess had been greatly 
increased during l.s'ji), and since that time it has 
been growing so that 18!ll will probably show four 
times as large an output as that of the jirevious 
yeai-. 

Our subject was born in Nankin Township, 
Wayne County, Mich., sixteen miles west of De- 
troit, August 4, 1860. His parents, John C, and 
Elizabeth (Langerman) Scliuett, were both natives 
of Mechlenburg, Germany. The father came to 
the United States in 18.06, and after being married 
settled upon a farm in Wayne County and devoted 
himself to clearing away the forest, improving the 
land and jiutting it in a condition for raising 
crops. It was in 1861 that lie removed from Wayne 
County to Saginaw, and he resided for five year.s 
in East Saginaw, where he carried on his trade as 
a carpenter and then removed to lUiena Vista, this 
county, where he cleared another farm and made 
his home for twenty years, not removing from that 
property until April, 1890, when he came to Sagi- 
naw .and is now with his son in the mill. 

He of wiioin we write remained at home, assist- 
ing his father upon the farm until his marriage, 
which took place, October 28, 1883. She who be- 
came his bride was Miss Margaret Schuitz, of Bridge- 
port. Soon after this event his mother died and 
the father has since made his home with his son. 
Our subject has one step-sister, Mrs. Loie Pitch, of 
East Saginaw. 

Both father and son are Republicans in their 
political convictions and are in hearty agreement 
in regard to matters of public importance. They 
are members of the Lutheran Ciiurch at South 
Saginaw, and are highly respected by all with whom 
they have dealings. 

For some four years Mr. Schuett was agent for 
agricultural implements both in Saginaw and Tu.s- 
cola Counties.' He has recently given his mill an 
overhauling, putting in several pieces of new ma- 
chinery and an unusuallj' fine outfit for the man- 
ufacture of buckwheat flour. His machinery is all 
new and he is thus able to make the choicest grades 
of Hour. His father was the first man to locate in 
Bnena Vista Township, and the country around 
was then under water and no crojis could be raised 



upon it until it was properly drained. The enter- 
prise of Mr. Schuett in thus pioneering this move- 
ment greatly raised the value of property on 
adjoining tracts. 



£^ AMUEL H. WEBSTER, of East Saginaw, is 

Ni^ a son of Benjamin E. and Jane (Slade) 

'\J^: Webster, who were both natives of New 

Hampshire, of English ancestry, and the 

maternal grandfather, Samuel Slade, was one of 

the heroes of the Revolutionary AVar. ( )ur subject 

was one of four children, all but one of whom are 

still living, and one sister, Lucy (Mrs. Peter Dixon) 

resides in Saginaw. 

The name of "lumberman" in certain portions 
of Michigan lias come to possess a rank and merit 
which do not attach to any other trade or calling. 
To be known as a lumlierman, especially in the 
Saginaw Valley, carries with it the "hall-mark" of 
wealth and i>rominence in the affairs of the world. 
The prominence has been fairly earned, for no 
nobler set of men, taken as a class, exist within the 
limits of the Peninsular State. 

Samuel H. Webster comes of New England stock 
and was born in Surry, Cheshire County, N. H., 
on the lyth of December, 1822. The son of a farmer, 
he secured only the rudiments of a common-school 
education; and yet the district school of the older 
Eastern States gave the children of those early 
days as good opportunities for learning as many 
of the high graded schools of the present time can 
offer, or else how can the fact otherwise be ac- 
counted for that our men of eminence, having had 
no other facilities for mental improvement in their 
youth than that first mentioned, stand the peers of 
many who were college-bred? The fact must be 
that 'the boys of that olden time felt the impor- 
tance of learning, were imbued with the idea that 
education is an important factor in the struggle 
for wealth and distinction, and they determined at 
least to give the teacher a fair chance. 

Young Webster followed the course pursued In- 
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scliool ill tlic winter season, and tlien devoted liis 
hoyliood and yonng nianliood in aiding- his father 
in the management of tlie farm. Tiiis eontinned 
until lie reached liis twentietli year wiien the ac- 
tive personal duties of liis life were entered upon. 
At first he devoted two years to railroading, acting 
as superintendent in the construction of a line. 
Then followed an interval of hotel-keeping in 
Boston, and this episode was followed by a liieak 
in all the old estalilished relations of his life. 
Like many other young men, especially those f>f 
Yankee birth, he wanted a wider field of opera- 
tions than any that the old home offered to her 
sons, and he jirofited by the advice that Horace 
(ireeley was so often giving in that day. He went 
to the West at the age of twenty-five, and at first 
settled in Detroit. Here he remained for seven 
years engaged in commercial pursuits, and then, 
believing that the lumlier business presaged fame 
and fortune in the future for himself, he journeyed 
north to Saginaw City, in the same State, in IS.OG, 
and remained there tiMi years, since when East Sag- 
inaw has been his liome. 

Mr. Welister's first ini|)oit;int venture in this 
direction was to unite liim.self in partnership 
with Myron liiitman, of Saginaw City, an<l then 
to purchase a sawmill at Zilwaukie, on the Saginaw 
Hiver, and to operate the same. They were among 
the pioneers in the salt-making business, putting 
down the second or third well, an industry then 
in its infancy, but it has since l)ecome one of the 
most important in the laud. A salt block w.as built 
and operated in connection with the mill just al- 
luded to. Mr. Weteter retained his interest in this 
l)roperty but a few years and then having sold the 
property his active mind needed further employ- 
ment. 'J'his he secured by erecting another mill 
and salt-block at Carrol Iton, a short distance only 
from the scene of his former labors, and this proj)- 
erty he operated successfully alone for several 
year.s. In time he sold his Carrollton jjlant and 
built another mill and salt-block at Itay City. He 
retained his interest in this venture for some five 
years and then sold out only to re-engage in the 
same business at Portsmouth, near Bay City, where 
he erected another mill and established the neces- 
sary salt-works. This pro|)eity. loo, he disposed of 



after having established it permanently. His mind 
was of unceasing activity, needing emphiyment 
constantly and finding it fully iu these many suc- 
cessful endeavors to develop the resources of the 
wonderful land iu which he had made iiis home. 
Since the l)uilding and selling of the Portsmouth 
mill in 1880 Mr. AVebster has devoted his time to 
the management of his investment in pine lands. 
He had no predilection for public otHce. but lie has 
always performed a good citizen's part by leeling 
an earnest interest in his country's welfare. 

^Ir. Wclwter was married at the age of tweiity- 
twci to Miss Angeline Rice, a daughter of Kli 
Rice, of Bartonville, \t.\ tliey have but one child, 
a son, Benjamin F., who is now associated with 
him in liusiness. One of Saginaw^'s most eminent 
citizens gives this estimate of the hold Samuel 11. 
Welister possesses upon his fellow-men, and the 
rank accorded to him among them. It w.as an 
opinion formed on long experience, and it is a 
truthful one. He says: "Mr. Webster has had the 
happy faculty of being alile to so move among men 
as to win business success to himself without incur- 
ring the envy or hostility of any. His so( ial ways 
and his kindlj' manner toward all with whom he 
comes in C(mtact, his heart}' appreciation of the 
merits of others, and his enjoyment in whatever 
brings good to them; his integritv, which h.as been 
tried by the vicissitudes of fortune, and found to 
be sterling and true; all of these things have won 
for him a position among his fellows, which is one 
of the greatest prizes of life. 



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S»l IrlLLlAM ROESKR. a prominent dealer in 
\/jJ/l fi8'''<^i'ltural implements and farm maehiii- 
W^ ery at Saginaw, is a native of Germany, 
and was born in .Tauuary, I82."), at •Halle. Prussia, 
where salt was manufactured over one thousand 
years ago at the time of Charles the (iieat. The 
early days of our subject were passed upon the 
farm where lived his jjarents, Frederick and Jo- 
hanna (Schuieder) Roeser, and his education w.-is 
gleaned from tiie text books of the schools of 
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mous colleges of that city and to say that he availed 
himself to the utmost of the opportunities for men- 
tal research offered to liim, is l)ut stating what 
actually occurred. 

At the age of seventeen years, the school days 
of Mr. Hoeser were brought to a close 1)V his en- 
trance into the mercantile business as an apprentice 
in a large establishment, where he remained for a 
period of three years and acquired an understand- 
ing of all departments of the business. At the 
expiration of his apprenticesliip he accepted the 
position of clerk and liookkee|)er in the same es- 
tablishment two years, and otlier firms until 1850, 
when in company with his two elder brothers, (ius- 
tavus and t)tto, he sailed for the United States, 
landing in New York City. 

Arriving in this countiy, jonng Koeser at once 
came AVest making his first stop at Detroit and 
coming thence to Saginaw, where he met a former 
acquaintance in the per»on of the Rev. Mr. Sivers. 
In .lune, llSuO, he settled on a piece of land in 
Tittabawasset Township, when that region was an 
unbroken forest and only thinly settled along the 
river and the woods an Indian hunting ground. 
He commenced to clear away the trees and to cul- 
tivate the soil In 18;3:") he established a general 
store in Freehand, a vill.age which he platted and 
laid out, and carried on merchandising in connec- 
tion with farming pursuits. In 1886 he sustained 
a severe loss in the destruction of his store by tire, 
with but small insurance. During his residence in 
Tittaliavvassee Townshij) he held tiie following 
oHices: Township Clerk for twelve years; .Justice 
of tiie Peace for twenty-seven years; Treasurer two 
years and Supervisor for ten years, and was serving 
in tlie latter capacity at the time of his removal. 

In 1888 Mr. Roeser removed to Saginaw where 
his present business was establLslied in 1880, in 
which he lias built up a large piitronage. He was 
married in 1851 to Miss Theresa, daughter of Au- 
gust Von Vasold, a (lerman of noble birth, and 
they are the parents of the foUowing children: 
O.scar, merchant of (irand Island, Neb.; Herman, a 
farmer; William, who is in business with his father; 
Clara, wife of E. .Solms; Charles L., who was born 
in Tittabawassee Township, April 9, 1861, and is 
now in i)artnersliip with his father: Francis and 




Albert, who both reside in Grand Island, Neb.; and 
Frederick, who is at home. ]\Ir. Roeser has taken 
into partnership his son, Cliarles L., an active and 
stirring young business man, who is also Rcgistr.ar 
of Deeds of Saginaw County. Tlie hrni carries an 
excellent variety and quality of stock, and owns a 
tine building and sheds for the storage of their 
goods several hundred feet long. 

When the Repul)lican party was organized in 
1854, Mr. Roeser joined its ranks and has since 
been a devoted adiierent to its principles. For 
several years he was President of the (German pio- 
neer Society and of the Teutonia Society of Sag- 
inaw. His pleasant home at No. 407 S. Harrison 
Street, is the center of a happy and liospitable 
home life. 



HARLES M(LELLAN. Of the farmers in 
the populous and well-to-do Township of 
V Saginaw, none are more eminently fitted 
for the position of leader tlian he whose name ap- 
pears above. His native intelligence is quickened 
by a progressive tendency that naturally pushes 
hiin to the fore. He is one of the largest farmers 
in the township and moreover a native of the place 
upon which he now lives. He was born June 30. 
1848, and is a son of Penjamin and Emeline 
(Palmer) McLellan. Tlie former was a native of 
New Hampsliire and w.as born October 18, 1818. 
He still survives and makes his home in this town- 
ship with his son-in-law, James A. Slocuni. Our 
subject's mother was born June 5, 1827. She 
died December 13. 18!)0. 

Benjamin McLellan came to Michigan in 1831, 
and was one of the first settlers in this locality. 
He walked from Detroit to this place, following an 
Indian trail from Flint to .Saginaw. It was one 
vast wilderness and inhabited only li.\' Indians, 
bears, deer and a very occasional white settler. He 
was in very limited circumstances at the time and 
bought from the (iovernment the tract of land 
upon which our subject now lives. There was a 
log cabin and about ten acres cleared and he began 
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ing on intimate terms with the Indians. B^v care- 
ful management and hard work he secured four 
hundred acres of land, mucii of wliicli was cleared 
and improved; this was ultimately divided between 
his children. Both lie and iiis wife were devoted 
Christian people and l>elon}jfed to the Presbyterian 
Church. They were the parents of nine children, 
six of whom are living at the present time, and 
whose names are: Charles, Frank, Clara. Ella, Will 
and John. The deceased children arc Jenny, 
Nelson and Amanda. 

Our subject was reared upon the farm where he 
now lives. The rudiments of his education were 
attained at the district school in the vicinity and 
his acquirements there were supplemented by six 
months in the Bryant iV' Stratton Business College 
of Detroit. He began for himself at twenty-four 
years of age. Mr. McLellan was married, October 
3, 1872, to Emily .1. Chapin. who w.as born in 
Grand Blanc, Genesee County, January 26, 1842, 
her parents being early settlers in that county. 
Three children have been born to these parents. 
They are Bertha, Benjamin and Winnie. 

Mr. McLellan has a fine farm of two hundred 
and thirty acres, most of which is under excellent 
cultivation. He raises a large quantity of grain 
and pays considerable attention to the raising of 
graded stock. He has a neat and attractive and 
well-furnished home th.at is greatly to the credit 
of its owner and the township. .Mr. JIcLellan and 
his amiable wife are members of tlic First Presby- 
terian Church of Saginaw. Our subject is a Re- 
publican in his political creod. 



(i, IfcKSLKV KMCKKWIUK'KK 
"J^^ of this farmer and stock-rr 



^ESLEY KNICKFRBOCKER. We are grat- 
iresent here a sketch 
■raiser, lesidingon 
section 33, Chesaning Township. Saginaw County, 
whose ability and character have made him widely 
known throughout this section of country. He 
was born in Madison County, N. V.. September 26, 
182U, and is a son of Hiram and Julia (Tousley) 
Knickerbocker, the father being a native of Con- 



necticut, of Holland stock, and the mother a native 
of the Empire State. 

Our subject was brought up u])on the farm and 
received from his father thorough training in farm 
duties and early developed a taste for mechanics 
which has made him useful in other lines of work. 
He received a good common -school education and 
attended the Union school at Morrisville, after 
which he took a High School course but did not 
graduate. After reaching his eighteenth year lie 
followed work upon the Erie Canal for some twelve 
years beginning at tlie lowest round of the ladder 
and rising to the position of a captain, in which 
place he served for four years. 

In the spring of 1862 the young man came West 
and locating in .Saginaw began to work at carjientry 
which he follow'cd for two years, after which he 
undertook the manufacture of salt and was one of 
the originators of the method of manufacturing 
that useful commodity by the steam process, and 
in fact was the first man to m:ike a success of that 
process. He was at that time in the employ of 
Sears it Holland, of East Saginaw and remained 
with that firm for nine years. He then went into 
the employ of C. & E. TenEyck, also manufactur- 
ers of salt and during the five j'ears he was with 
them intioduced his method. He was also the 
original inventor of the process for cleansing dairy 
salt. He did not take out n patent but it has been 
patented since by J. W. Bartow. After leaving the 
firm with which he had been for some time he was 
for one year in the employ of Warner <\r Eastman. 

In the spring of 1880 Mr. Knickerbocker bought 
his present farm of eighty acres and upon it he has 
placed substantial im])rovements and has cleared 
and placed under cultivation all that was uncleared 
at the time he took it. He was married March 20, 
1871, to Jliss Amelia Carlton, who was born in 
Birmingham, Oakland County, ^lich., in November, 
1840. She is a daughter of Richard and Elizabeth 
(Davison) Carlton. To them has been born one 
interesting daughter, Nellie, her natal day being 
August 19, 1878. 

The Democratic i^arly in its declaiatioiis ex- 
])resses the views of our subject on (lolitical affairs 
but he cannot be called a politician. He is a mem- 
ber of the Order of Odd Fellows and has served 





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as delegate to the Orand Lorluro Ix-sirles dlliiio- all 
the chairs in the Suboixliiiate Lodge. He ha.s a 
knack for turning his hand to almost anything in 
the line of mechanics and is often called upon to 
set up and repair engines. 



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11^ ON. LORENZO T. DURA XI). 'I^his rep- 
resentative attorney of Saginaw was born 
in Morehouseville, Hamilton County, N.Y., 
December 9, 1849. At an early age he came 
with his father and mother, (ieorge H. and Margaret 
(McMillen) Durand, to this State. They settled 
first in Genesee County, whence they came in 1863 
to Saginaw, and here our subject lias since made 
his home. His earlj' life was spent upon the farm 
and his education was begun in the primitive dis- 
trict schoolhouse, and completed in the jnililic 
sciiools of Saginaw^ 

Wlien his school days were finished Mr. Durand 
turned his attention to the study of law, entering 
the office of A\^ebber & Smith, who were then 
among the leadiug law firms of the Saginaw Val- 
ley. He remained with them for several years learn- 
ing the practical details of office liusiness as well 
as devoting a great deal of time to the study of 
authorities, and then entered Michigan l^^niversity^ 
from which he graduated in 1870. Upon leaving 
the University he became the assistant of the Hon. 
Dwight May, Attorney-General of the State, lie- 
ing a close student and a hard worker these oiijjor- 
tunities furnished that splendid legal training and 
knowledge which has contrilmted so largely to his 
success at the bar. 

In 1878 Mr. Durand was elected on the Demo- 
cratic ticket to the office of Prosecuting Attorney of 
Saginaw County. He was then only twenty-eight 
years old, but gave so good satisfaction that he se- 
cured his re-election at the expirati< n of his term, 
and this was both times by a handsome majoiity 
in a county which had been considered leliably 
Republican. His skillful and efficient discharge of 
that trust won for him an envialile record. 

Mr. Durand has been repeatedly urged to acce])t 
a nomination for Congress and at the last Demo- 
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cratic State Convention his name wo\ild have been 
presented for the position of Attorney-General had 
he given his consent. Up to the present time, 
however, he has chosen to be a worker in the ranks 
of his party and to devote his energies and his 
talents to his chosen profession in which he has 
built up an extensive and lucrative practice and 
which he adorns as one of the best counselors and 
advocates of the Saginaw Bar. His law library is 
large and extensive. 

In addition to a large clientage Mr. Durand holds 
the special positions of President and Attorney of 
the Central Bridge Company. He is also Vice- 
President and Attorney of the Saginaw Union 
Street Railway, one of the leading electric roads of 
the State and is Mce-President and Attorney of 
the Saginaw County Savings Bank, one of the 
strongest among the recently estal)lished banks in 
the Valley. He was unanimously chosen recently 
by the Mayor and the Common Council to fill the 
long term as member of the Board of Public Works. 

In 1872 Mr. Durand was married to Miss Florence 
C, daughter of the Hon. John Moore, formerly 
Circuit Judge of this district. They have one 
daughter, Carrie M., who was graduated from the 
Saginaw High School in the Class of "91. Mr. 
Durand is one of the leading IMasons of the State 
and has been Eminent Commander of St. Bernard 
Comraaudery for three terms. He is a gentleman 
endowed with the gift of making friends and is 
exceedingly popular with all classes. As a lawyer, 
citizen and friend, he is held in high esteem and 
has a broad influence. His portrait is ])resented 
in connection with this sketch. 



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^ jy.lLLIAM L. NIEMANN. This prominent 
\r^j// young man is one of the best known citi- 
V^^ zens of Bay City, and is engaged in the 
manufacture of cigars at No. 609 Ilariison Street, 
besides carrying on a wholesale and retail trade in 
the same line. He was born in Chicago, .Tanuary 26, 
1860, and his father, William, who was born in 
Germany, came to America previous to his mar- 
riage, and engaged in the cigarmanufacturing busi- 



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■ ness in Chicago 
ness until In- wa 

1»71. but after this disaster lie at oiiw lesuuied 
operations, and l)uilt a bloek of hiiikliDgs on a 
business street. He died Sejjtenilier 2i;, 1890, leav- 
ing liis widow, Elizabetii (Hill) Nieniann, in Chi- 
cago. She also was born in (iermany, and is a 
Lutheran in her religious belief, as was also her 
husband. Tliree of their four children are still 
living, and our subject is the eldest of tlie family. 

AVilliani L. Jsiemann w.is educated lirst in a [iri- 
vate school, and afterward in the (ierman- Ameri- 
can Institute of ("liicngo. From earl3' boyhood he 
worked with his father, and at the age of nine had 
mastered a good deal of the liusiness. At the age 
of fifteen he began working at the trade as a steady- 
occupation, and remained with his father for three 
years, after which he engaged in the same work in 
Milwaukee for three years. He distinctly remem- 
bers the great fire, as he was then a lad of eleven 
years, and was right in the midst of it. 

In 1881 he came to Michigan and worked at his 
trade at Detroit, Pontiac and Owosso. and the fol- 
lowing year came to Hay City, and for seven years 
worked for Beebc it Braddock, and when the firm 
changed, continued for Braddock, Bateman & Co. 
In 1888 he went to West Bay City, and started a 
factory, taking (ieorge Bauei-s for his jjartner. 
This firm of Baucrs & Niemann continued for more 
than a year, and then our suliject sold out his in- 
terest to Mr. Oustherhoust, and located here, start- 
ing this factory and entering into partnership 
with James Mellon, under the firm name of Is'ie- 
mann it Mellon. In .January, 1891, our subject 
bought out his partner's interest, and became sole 
proprietor, and is carrying on a successful business, 
employing sonic four or five men constantly. The 
favorite brands which he produces are: the -N. iV 
M." "The Little Phil." -Pearls" and "Oklahom.i." 

Mr. Jsiemann w.as married in Bay City in 1881, 
to Miss Kmina, daughter of Ansel W. Watrous, who 
came here from the South in ISfil, and estalilished 
himself as a cabinet-maker. This lady was born in 
Bay City, and she is now the mother of one beauti- 
ful child. Bessie. Mr. Xiemann w.as Constable for 
four years, and has been frequently made delegate 
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he had a successful busi- 



ler of the C ig:ir-makers International I'nion No. 
urned out in the great fire of I 184, and belongs to the Independent Order of Odd 

Pellows, the Ivnight-s of the Maccabees and the 
Arbeiter Society. He is poi)ulrtr. not onlv in liusi- 
ness but in social circles. and is active in promoting 
the welfare of the citv. 



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;ILL1AM .1. LOXKLAXl). This well-known 
and highly esteemed citizen of Saginaw, 
who is still carrying on his profession as 
attornev-at-law, was born in Norwich, Windsor 
County, \'t., November 11, 182H. His parents, 
William and Sarah (Hutchinson) Loveland, had a 
family of eight children, and carried on a farm in 
A'ernionl. The father died in his native State. On 
both sides of the family there is a noble, patriotic 
record, as .Iosei)h l^oveland. the father of William, 
Sr., was one of the Minute Men of the Revolution, 
and the grandfather, Hutchinson, was also an ac- 
tive patriot and was a member of the company 
that had (|uarters at the blockade at Bethel, a town 
adjoining Royalton, and in company with his 
troops pursued the enemy after the burning of and 
massacre at Royalton. 

Our subject attended the district school and 
spent his boyhood days in his native county, and 
in 1841 entered Kimball riiion Academy, where he 
spent three years. He subsequently entered Dart- 
mouth College, from which he was graduated in 
1848, and at once took up the study of law, which 
he pursued with vigor and perseverance, and was 
admitted to the bar in Windsor County, Vt., in 
18.-,1. 

The opening [iractice of the young attorney was 
in his native home, and he afterward removed to 
I.#xingt(m, Sanilac Count\, Mich., then spent two 
years in Tuscola County. It was in 1856 that he 
removed to Saginaw, which lie has ever since made 
the scene of his legal practice, and where he has 
built up an excellent clientage. This able and ac- 
tive practitioner has devoted forty-one years to 
his profession and is esteemed as one of the reliable 
attorneys in this part of the State. 

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been reorarded in Saginaw, is indicated In ilu- fact 
that he was elected .Tiistice of tlie Peace for two 
terms, and also Circuit Court Commissioner. In 
both of these jwsitions he proved liiniself of great 
value to the community, and in his ijuiet unosten- 
tatious way he has ever aided in maintaining true 
principles and the dignity of the law. In politics 
he is a standi Republican, and has been for many 
3'ears. 

The marriage of Jlr. Loveland to ]Miss Susan 
Nelson Briggs took place in 1867. This lady is 
a lineal descendant of Miles Standish. She was 
born in Middleborougli, Plymouth County. Mass., 
and is a daughter of the late P^benezer liriggs, who 
was a native of Massachusetts. TJie pleasant liome 
of this couple is at No. 1619 North Michigan Ave- 
nue on the "West Side of the city. 




ON. SAMUEL A. PLUMMEH. This old 
resident of West ]ia>' City lias been very ac- 
tive in all pulilic matters, especially in the 
fire department, which he organized, and it 
is now recognized as one of the best in the State, 
lie is still Chief of that department and Superin- 
tendent of the West Bay City Water-works, and he 
has in past years filled the otHces of botli Alderman 
and iMa_yor. 

Mr. Plnnimer was liom in China, ]\Ie., Feliriiarv 
17, 183;'), and remained there until after hi' had 
completed twenty years of life. His father, the 
Hon. Samuel Plummerwas born in AVhitelicld.Me., 
and his grandfather, .Tohn, was an Englisliman wlio 
came to this country and settled in the Pine Tree 
State wiien a young man. Tliere he was married 
and settled upon the farm in Whitefiel(l,and after- 
ward in China. He was a soldier in tlie Iliitish 
army and was thus brought to America during the 
Revolutionary War. He liecame a thoiougli Amer- 
ican in his feelings and took part on the side of 
the Patriots during the War of 1812. 

The father of our subject carried on a large farm 
of two hundred acres and was also in the milling 
business. He was the Treasurer of his township, 
and during several terms was a n ember of tiie 



Maine Legislature. He died in 18MS at the age of 
eighty-four. He has two brothers still living, .John 
M., eighty-seven and A. P., eighty-five years old. 
His early political views were in harmony with the 
Whig party and later he became a Republican, and 
in religious matters he was an Episcopalian. The 
mother was Iluldah. daughter of James (iray, and 
was born in Litchfield, Me. The family claims the 
best blue lilood of Massachusetts. Mrs. Huldah 
Plummer lived to complete eighty-one years of life 
and died in 1887. She had six children; one of 
her sons, Charles II., was a memlier of the Second 
Maine Regiment, and served for two years in the 
Civil War. 

The district school and the duties of farm life 
afforded occupation for our subject during his 
earlier years, and after he reached the age of 
twenty-one he was engaged in lumliering on the 
Penobscot River. He always avoided legal com- 
plications and never sued or was sucft. In June, 
1866, he came to West Bay City and entered the 
employ of Sage, JlcCiraw A Co., as their head saw- 
yer and in 1869 he became the Superintendent of 
the Sage Mills, continuing tiius until 1876 when 
he started in business for himself. He bought out 
James ^Monroe and entered into iiartnersliip with 
E. T. Carringtoii under tlie firm name of Carring- 
ton it Plummer, doing a dock and commission 
business in wood, produce and brick. 

Two years later Mr. riiiinmer dis|»osed of his 
interest in the business but continued lumbering 
on the Tittabawassee Biver and superintending 
lumbering camps for several years. He was instru- 
mental in organizing the city governmcni in 1866 
and has been connected with it in one way or 
another most of the time since. He became Alder- 
man in 1870 and continued in that position for 
many years, being at one time President of the 
Council. In 1886 he was nominated and elected 
to the Mayoralty on the Democratic ticket and 
served for two years, liesides completing one un- 
expired term of S. O. Fisher. For over twelve 
years he was on the Board of Aldermen, and has 
been instrumental in building up the city. 

Mr. Plummer organized the fire department in 
1871. bought the old steamer "Defiance" and has 
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he was also Chief of the fire department, and in 
1891 he again accepted that position and he has 
also been successful as Siii)erintfiident of the Water- 
works, of which West Bay City has an excellent 
system. Tlic State Insurance Adjustor states that 
this city has as good :i tire depaitiiicnt as tliore is in 
the State. 

Our subject was manicd at Cliiiia, Me., in 1854, 
to Miss Addie Pratt, a native of Windsor, Me. Mr. 
Plummer is a Democrat in his political views and 
has been Chairman of tiie City and Ward Com- 
mittee, as well as delegate to county and State 
conventions. He is a nie:nh','r of the Royal Ar- 
canum, in which organization he acts as Trustee. 



JOHN ARMSTRONG, who is now counted as 
among the oldest settlers of Birch Run 
Townshij), Saginaw County, is a native of 
Cumberland County, England, and was 
born August 2, 1808. His parents were John and 
Dorothy (Thompson) Armstrong. He was married 
in his native country .where he had been from early 
boyhood engaged in agriculture. His schooling 
was taken in the Englisii pay-schools, but he never 
was able to attend them after he was eight years old. 
His marriage in 1830 united Mr. Armstrong with 
Ruth IIutton,who became tiie mother of six children, 
three of wlioin are still living, namely: .lames, 
David and Hannah. Tlie daugiiter is now tiie wife 
of Benjamin Banker. Tiie inotiier of these children 
was called from earlli in 1841. In 18o3 our sub- 
ject was married to Rebecca Pearce, a native of 
AVorcestersbire, England. Siie was born .June 14, 
1818, and is a daugiiter of Samuel and Elizabeth 
(Miles) Pearce, both of whom were natives of Eng- 
land. Mrs. Armstrong became the wife of our sub- 
ject in Toronto, Canada. She had migrated with 
her parents to Canada in 1829, and there had her 
education and training. 

It was in 1841 that Mr. Armstrong came to tliis 
country with his first wife and their five children, 
and after a voyage of five weeks and one day tiiey 
landed in Ciuebec. ('aiiada remained the family 



home until 1849, when our subject came to Sagi- ^ 
naw County, Midi., and in 1853 he settled in his 
present home, where he and his family found many | 
hardsliips to encounter. In those early days the 
deer used to come frequently to the door of their 
log cabin. 

Mr. Armstrong lias served as Highway Commis- 
sioner, and is a Republican in his political views. 
He and his good wife are esteemed as among the 
representative pioneers of the county. They own 
one hundred and seventeen acres of fine land, 
wliicii have been accumulated through years of un- 
remitting toil. While lie was a resident of Toronto, 
lie and a Scotchman, William Douglass by name, 
formed the first lodge of Odd Fellows in that city, 
and it is said to be one of the very first that was 
formed in Canada. " Uncle John," as he is famil- 
iarly known in Birch Run Township, is one of the 
most interesting characters, historically, in the Sag- 
inaw Valley; his venerable face and form are 
known far and wide, and his presence is hailed 
with genuine delight at all social gatherings. By 
a long life of devotion to duty, which has been ac- 
companied by a kindly interest in his neighbors, 
he has earned the good will of all who know him. 

JULIUS W. IPPEL. No more popular busi- 
ness man is to be found in Saginaw than 
he whose name stands at the head of this 

'■JJ sketch. His personal friends are legion and 
his business acquaintances api)rcciate most highly 
the gentlemanly, courteous business manager. The 
store recently opened by Mr. Ippel has quickly 
taken a front r.ank in the opinion of buyers, and 
though estal)lished only a few months his cus- 
tomers are numbered among the best families, and 
the well selected line of goods and the courtesy 
accorded each shopper, whether a purchaser or not, 
ensures success in the endeavor. Eight years 
spent .as business manager for IMr. Bauman gives 
I\Ir. Ippel a wide experience in buying and in 
meeting the demands of the city trade. 

J. W. Ippel was born at West Bend, AVis., August 
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(Caste) Ippcl. The father was engaged in gen • 
eral merchandise, and in 1868 engaged in the 
grocery business and continued therein until his 
death. The father was from IJingen, on tlie Rliine 
and the motlier was a native of Switzerland, and 
is still living in Saginaw. She has two children; 
her daughter, Mrs. Jolin A. Wirtii, resides in 
Saginaw City. 

At the age of seventeen our subject went to 
Milwaukee to engage iu the mercantile business 
and after nearly two years entered the dry-goods 
establishment of Jacob Bauman and remained with 
him for twelve years, during eight years of that 
time being manager of the business, and frequently 
going tp New York to attend to the affairs of the 
firm, and helped to push outside interests, open- 
ing a branch store at St. Louis, Mich. Tiie pres- 
ent business enterprise of our subject, whicli was 
opened in Octolier, 1891, is doing linely and is 
conducted on a strictly cash basis. 

The marriage of Mr. Ippel took place April 21, 
18!ll,and he was then united to Miss Anna C, 
daughter of Eugene Rigler, a druggist of this city. 
This interesting and accc>m|)lished lady was born 
in Saginaw and was educated in tlie lligli School 
here. Siie takes a deep interest in her husband's 
business matters and her experience in Mr. Bau- 
man 's store, where she was employed for some 
time, makes her his capable assistant in the new 
store. He is a Republican iu liis political views. 









^^ APT. JAMES E. LIKE. Pleasure-seekers 

(l( _ of Bay City and vicinity entertain the 
^^- most delightful recollections of the steam 
yacht " Laura," wliicli, during the summer seasons 
plies the waters of Lake Huron and brings to its 
passengers a pleasant release from the noise and 
heat of the crowded city. The '• Laura," which is 
a passenger vessel of twenty-two tons, is manned 
with a splendid crew, and is owned and run liy 
Capt. Like, as an excursion boat. The Ca|)tain is 
also engaged as a contr.actor of iron work in 
Wheeler's ship-yards, and is a tine iron-worker as 
well as a i)ractical machinist. 

Capt. Like traces his ancesti y tu lldii.'i ml, whence. 



at an early day. members ot the Like family emi- 
grated to America, (irandfather Abraham Like 
was born in Athens, N. Y., and was a farmer at 
Hudson, removing from that place in 180;') to 
Minnesota, where he engaged in agricultural ])ur- 
suits at Kasson until his death, in 1887. He pos- 
sessed a tine physiipie, weighing two hundred and 
twenty-flve pounds, and was over six feet in height. 
Nor were his mental abilities inferior to his phj'si- 
cal development, and he was widely known and 
universally revered as an upright man and puldic- 
spirited citizen. The blood of good old Revolu- 
tionary patriots flowed in his veins, nor was the 
honored name of the family ever tarnished by any 
act of his. He came of a long-lived family, his 
mother, who was aScutt, of Rhode Island, attaining 
to the great age of one hundred and thirteen years, 
while he reached the ripe age of ninety-six years. 

James E., father of our subject, was born in 
Hudson, N. Y,, and became a boiler-manufacturer 
and practical mnchinist. During the Civil War 
he had a shop in (Jeneva, l)ut as he most earnestly 
desired to enlist in the service of his country, he 
offered a man |i 1,(100 to take charge of his shop so 
that he would be free to go the front. The Gov- 
ernment, having a cc)ntract with him, would not 
take him on draft. In 18()(j he came to Bay City, 
where he built a shop on the corner of Eleventh 
and Saginaw Streets, and, that place burning down 
in 1867, he rebuilt the following year. Some 3'ears 
later he sold out and buiit a boiler shop on the 
corner of Water and Ann Streets, running 
it under the name of Like cfc Company, and selling 
in 1887 iu order that he might retire from busi- 
ness. 

The spring of 1891 marked the removal of .Tames 
E. Lik^. Sr., from Bay City t(,) ilinnesota, where 
he settled on his farm, near Kass(jn, and is there 
at the present time, engaged in cultivating its two 
hundred and thirty-four acres. At the age of 
sixty-six j'cars he is in splendid health and having 
a good constitution, bids fair to attain to a 
rounded old age. In his jjolitical sentiments he 
is a linn adherent of the principles of the Re])ubli- 
cau party, and the Methodist Episcopal Church 
claims him as one of its earnest and active mem- 
bers. In 1867 he was beii'aved b\- the death of 



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his wife, who was known in maidenhood as Sarah 
E. Plass, and was horn in Chatham. N. V.. her fa- 
tlier iiaving been one of llie prominent fanners of 
Columbia County. Our subject is one of seven 
eliildreii, four of whom still survive, namely : 
J.amesE., Jr.. of thissketeh; Hattie, Mrs. .1. ll.Wells, 
who resides in Constantine, this .State; Smith Cor- 
don, whose home is in New York, .•iinl .liilia. wife 
of Iloraee Leadbetter, of Flint, Mich. 

The early recollections of our sulijeet .'ire asso- 
ciated with Ray City, as he accompanied liis p.a- 
rents hither at the age of six years. His native 
State, however, was New Yoi'k, wheie lie was born, 
in (Jeneva, April 10, 18fi(l. When he came hither 
Bay City w.as a small hamlet, without a single 
brick block and destitute of the tine im|)rovements 
which to-day pl.ace it among the jirincipal cities of 
Michigan. The conunon-school education which 
he received w.as brought to a close at the age of 
fourteen years, when he commenced to learn his 
tr.ade. He soon became a practical machinist and 
received wages .according to his ability, earning .as 
much as ^i.ifi |)er day when a mere lad. His work 
was jirincipally obtained here, although at time he 
was in Ei'ie, Pa., and in other [ilaces. He liecanie 
a member of the tirm of J^ike it Company when 
only fourteen, and in 1HH7 he bought out his fa- 
ther's interest and closed the shop. He then came 
to West Bay City, where he l)egan contracting 
ship work in Wheeler's ship-yards, and has since 
been engaged in that way. lie has assisted in tin- 
ishing fifty or more \essels ;ind has an en\iable 
reputation as a relial)le workman. 

The residence of the Captain is located at No. 
305 State Street, and is presided o\er by the lad\ 
who, since IHM.'i, has l)een his eflicient helpmate. 
Miss liaura 'IVxtor, as she was known in maiden- 
hoo<l, was born in Stratford, Canada, and is tli_e 
daughter of Charie.'- 'iextor, a native of (ieimanv, 
who came to Canada from his native land, and 
later established a home in K.ay CitA. He was one 
of the finest scul|)tors and artists in the Inited 
Slates, and his death, in I.S'.IO. brought testimonies 
of regret from the members of the profession 
throughout the country. Capt. and Mi's. Like are 
the parents of two children, .\rtliur and Cail. 

The politic.'il belief of our subject has brouglit 



him into clo.se affiliation with the Republican 
party, to which he is strongly attached. He has 
served as a delegate to county and State conven- 
tions, and is a member of the ward committee. He 
bek)ngs to the .Masonic fraternity, the Order of 
M.accabees, No. l'J4, Bay Commandery, and is 
Commandei' of Ray Division No. 10, Uniformed 
Uank K. O. T. M., .and .also Captain of the Di- 
vision. 

A lithographic portrait of (apt. Like accom- 
panies this sketch of his life. 



DWAKD SMITH. A worthy representative 
of one of the grandest el.asse.s — the agricul- 

' tural — our subject is making the most of 

his life and the resources of his line tr.act of land, 
which is located on section 20, Chesaning Town- 
ship, Saginaw County, and which comprises one 
hundred and fifty acres. Mr. Smith w.as born in 
Walpole, IMass., August 18, 1830, and is ii son of 
William and Eliza (Boyden) Smith, the former a 
native of .Massachusetts and the latter of New 
IIani|)shiie. Our subject's father came to Michi- 
gan in the fall of 1842, and purchased his tract of 
land here of O. S. Cha|iman, beginning asa pioneer, 
for the land w.as entirely wild and there were no 
roads traversing it. 

Our .-ubject was about twelve years of age «m 
coming to this locality. He helped to clear and 
improve the farm. Their first home ivas a board 
house I(ix21 feet in diniensioiis. They afterward 
tore thatr down in order to m.ake room for a more 
commodious residence. Edward was one of a fam- 
ily of six boys and one girl, all of whom are still 
living, with the exception of the oldest brother, 
who at his death left two children. Two of our 
subject's brothers. \\'iVli;im and .lames, were in the 
army. 

'i'lie original of this sketch managed to pick up a 
(•((mmou-school eihication. attending three winters 
in Owosso. He began to do for himself .at the age 
of twentv-<ine, taking jobs of lumbering. When 
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of land near C'hesaning, which lie afterward sold 
and purcha-sed his present home, lie has at various 
times owned a number of tracts of land. lie had 
nothing given him tv help him begin iiis business 
career, and what he now has he has made himself. 
Our subject did not leave the bachelor ranks un- 
til about forty \'eais of age. lie was married 
April 28, 1872, to Miss Alice Smith, who was no 
relation, however, to her husband. She was born 
in Oakland County March 1,1850, and reared in 
the same county. Our siil)ject takes pride in the 
fact that he is a stanch Democrat. He has been 
School Inspector and Iligiiway Commissioner. 
While he is liberal in his religious views, his wife 
is a believer in the doctrine a.s held by the Meth- 
odist Episcopal Ciiuicii. 



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EV. .JOHN II. P. PARTENFELDER. 

Among the clergymen of Bay City, none 
cii \V has been here so many years as Mr. Parten- 
1 felder, and none deserves more favorable 
mention as a Christian worker of experience and 
ability, a genial true-hearted friend and a man of 
learning and i)ublic-si)irit. lie has lieen since 18(58 
the pastor of the German Evangelical-Lutheran 
Church, which is established upon the foundation 
of the unaltered Augsburg Confession. Since com- 
ing here he has been an ellicient and active citizen 
in forwarding every enterprise both public and 
private, which he believes will conduce to the 
prosperity of the town. 

Mr. Partenfelder was born August 5, 1843, near 
Kulinbach, Bavaria, (Jermany, where his father, 
Andrew, and his grandfather Henry were shoe- 
makers. The father was tiie only son of an only 
son. When he brought his family to America in 
1852 he was $250 in debt, but he licgan working at 
once on the plank load in .Saginaw at (ifty cents a 
day until he was taken with ague, and after his 
recovery he engaged with a shoemaker, and later 
had a shop of his own at Saginaw. His eyes failed 
and he retired from that Inisinessand began a small 
dairy, wliicli he carried on until the death of his 
wife, after which sad e\(Mit he returned with Jiis 



children to Bay City where he is now living at the 
age of eighty. 

The father is a man of intelligence and a great 
reader, a valued citi/.en. and a stanch member of 
the Lutheran Church. In his political views he is 
in alliance with the Democratic party. His wife 
who died at Saginaw in 1882, liore the maiden 
name of Kunigunde (Jraebncr and was born in 
(Jcrmany. Her father, John, who was a tailor by 
trade was also a fine musician and could perform 
upon various instruments. 

The parents of our subject had four sons and 
one daughter, namely, Conrad, who died at the age 
of seventeen; John Henry Philip; our subject; 
Catherine, who died at the age of nine; Henry 
is employed in the cracker factory at Bay City, and 
Prof. John Partenfelder is a teacher in Milwaukee. 
The son John Henry was eight years old when he 
left (TBrmany in 1852, and he there received a good 
l)ublic school education, and after coming here at- 
tended German schools until he reached the age of 
fourteen. He was then confirmed, and left school, 
and for nine months was with his father, working 
at the shoemaker's trade. 

In 1858 theyoung man entered the Concordia 
College at St. Louis, Mo., and there studied until 
1861, at which time the college was removed to 
Ft. Wayne, Ind. and he went there and continued 
under its instruetit>ns until 1865, when he gradu- 
ated. During the Civil War he earnestly desired 
to join the army, but was dissuaded by parents 
and teachers. He then took three years of study 
at the Concordia Theological Seminai-y in St. 
Louis, Mo., and after graduating in 1868 came to 
Bay City .as pastor, and was here ordained, and 
began his labors. He had only a small church of 
twenty members, but he has built it up to a large 
church and congregation. 

In 188:3 Ml'. Partenfeldcr's congregation secured 
the site, which is now owned by his church and 
Ituilta schoolhouse and teachers' residence and par- 
sonage, and in 181)(l built the church, which was 
dedicated August ;51, 18!)(l. The congregation now 
includes one hundretl a)id forty families and aliout 
one thousand souls. During his early years here 
he taught school in older to help liimself along, 
and to build up cilucat ion.'il :id\'antages for his 



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jjeople. He is a member of the Michigan district 
of the Missouri Synod, and of the Home and For- 
eign Missionary Comniittep. and lias just closed a 
sucet'ssfiil conference in liis church here. 

Our subject was married in IXdi) to 3Iiss Bar- 
bara Kann, a native of the I'nited Slates who died 
in 1K74, leaving one son Ernest, who is now a 
member of the Class of "94 of the Concordia Sem- 
inary. Mr. Parteiifelder's second nian'iage took 
place in Xorris, Wayne County, this State in 187.5, 
and united him with Miss Kmma, daughter of Hev. 
George Speckhart, who was born in (iermany, and 
was there a teacher of the deaf and dunil>. After 
coming to America he became a I^utheran minis- 
ter, and continued in that work until he was called 
to establish the Asylum for the J)eaf and Dumb of 
which he was the President and Su|K'iintendent 
until his death. This is a successful and ([uitc re- 
nowned institution and the only one of its kind in 
the United States under the care of the German 
Lutherans, and in it the children are taught to 
speak. Of the eight children of our subject 1)3' his 
second marriage, six are living, namely. Walter, 
Lothair, Edwin, Bernard, Alma, and Louisa. 



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JOHN BURKHARI) GOETZ, who has a tine 
estabiishnu'iitas a Horist at No. 2 1 ().') ^Macki- 
naw Street, Saginaw, established the liusiness 
in the spring of 1879,securingatthat time a 
half acre of uiiimjiroved land. I )uring the first year 
he built a small greenhouse measuring 12x24 feet, 
and his .sales amounted to some $200. His invest- 
ment has been about the same each year and he did 
not expect ia.\n(\ returns. He was born at Pfaffen- 
doi-f, Bavaria, (Germany, September 7, 1844. His 
parents, Peter and Katarin ( Hitliwager) (Utctz. 
gave him the best advantages which they could 
secure. His father died in Germany, and he has one 
sister still living at the old homestead in Bavaria. 
At the age of fourteen John began to learn his 
trade and for two years workeci at it m Bamberg, 
being with a prominent florist. At Nuremberg he 
was for two years private gardener for a gentleman 
who was in the wholesale business, having charge 



of his fine private garden. 1 le carried on the same 
line of work at Weisenburg. He then spent some 
time in visiting Augsburg, Munich and Wurzburg, 
and linally returned to his own home, expecting 
to come at once to America. He sijent some time 
at Nuremberg assisting in decorating the city and 
railway station for the reception of the King of 
Bavaria and the Kinperor of Austria, who were 
travelling together. 

In 1868 Mr. Goetz came to America, embarking 
on a vessel at Bremen and landing in New York. 
He at once secured a position in a vegetalile garden 
near (ireenheld, N. .1. i.,ater he took a position in 
the greenhouse of a wealthy gentleman and then 
worked for a florist in Brooklyn, N. Y., familiariz- 
ing himself with all the details of the business as it 
is transacted in America. Having an old friend 
in Saginaw he was led to come hither and soon be- 
gan business here in a small way. In the meantime 
he secured work in mills and lumber yards to sup- 
l)ort himself, but as soon as possible gave up other 
employments and devoted himself entirely to the 
pursuit of a florist. 

Mr. Goetz has seven large greenhouses, six of 
which are heated liy steam and one by hot water, 
and the plant is in all worth some %5,000. He 
makes a specialty of decorating and designing. He 
devotes his entire attention to his constantly in- 
creasing business and is now adding to his space 
and arranging further sjiecialties. He has recently 
established a branch store in East Saginaw, in 
the Utility Block, South Washington Avenue, 
where all kinds of cut flowers and floral designs 
are arranged in the most artistic styles and care- 
fully shipped to any point. 

Mr. Goetz was married in 1878, at Lake Kidge, 
Lenawee County, to Miss Maggie Beland, who 
died in 1884. Two years-later he was united with 
Miss Odelia Zerahni, of .Saginaw. By the first 
marriage there were two sons born, Henry and 
Frederick. In political matters Mr. Goetz is a 
Republican, l)ut is .so absorbed in his business that 
he pays little attention to political movements. 
This enterprising florist h.as over eight thousand 
rose plants. His heating apparatus is economicall}- 
and conveniently arranged. His first arrangement 
for heating, the hot smoke flues extending from a 




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furnace one liundred feet through the greenhouses 
and ending m an elevation of but a few feet, was 
tlic wonder of all who saw it and displayed his 
skill and mechanical ingenuity to a remarkable 
degree. A most persistent and energetic man, 
much if uot all of the work about his first houses 
was done bv liimself and he frequently labored far 
into the night making sash and frames for his 
buildings. 

The attention of the reader is invited to a view 
of the greenhouses owned and managed by Mr. 
Ooetz. 

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'JY/AMES PASSJIOKK. On section 21, Huena 
Vista Township, Saginaw County, may be 
seen a beautiful twenty-acre farm which is 
^^^ adorned with a comfortable residence and 
lirst-class farm buildings. This property, a view 
of which is presented in another portion of this 
volume, is owned by Mr. Passmore who, in addition 
is the possessor of houses near the city limits of 
Saginaw. 

Our subject was liorn in Cornwall, England, 
March o, 1834. When he was about seven 3-ears 
of age his parents emigrated from England and 
made settlement in Montreal, Canada, where they 
remained for five years. Their next removal was 
to Whitby, Ontario County, Canada, where they 
lived until our subject attained his majority. In 
the meantime he had received all the school ad- 
vantages which were possible for his parents to give 
him and grew up to promising young manhood. 
Although he made his home in Canada, he went 
to Rochester, N. Y., at the age of seventeen years 
and learned the trade of a mason, which occupa- 
tion he has followed more or less to the present 
time, with signal success. 

Mr. Passmore met his future wife in Canada in 
the person of Miss Amelia Curvel and their nup- 
tials were celebrated in that province Jul}' 2(5, 
1855. Mrs. Passmore was born in Lower Canada, 
Januaiy 9, 1837. After their marriage the young 
couple located m Whitliy Township. Ontario 
County, Canada, and made that their home for 
eleven years, but in the fall of 18(;(i thought to 



better their condition by coming to Michigan, and 
upon their removal hither settled in .Saginaw. 
Mr. Passmore followed his trade in that city, l)eiiig 
engaged in liuilding many of tlie public buildings 
and finer residences. He remained in the city, 
however, but one year when he w.as enabled to 
purchase his present place on section 21, wlicre 
they have since resided. 

Mr. and Mrs. Passmore lia\'c l)ccome the parents 
of eight children, viz.: Charles D., Thimias J., 
Frances A., Luke J., Amelia. Nellie, Mary A. and 
•James L. Charles 1). has followed the same business 
as his father, and is a mason by trade; Thomas J. is 
a carriage manufacturer; Frances A. is the wife of 
Robert Law; Luke .1. is in the lumber business; 
Amelia died in childhood; the others are at home. 
The parents of our subject were Thomas and jNIary 
(Williams) Passmore, both of whom were natives 
of Cornwall, England, and upon emigrating to 
America, lived in Canada until their death, which 
occ urred in Whitby. Tiie father of Mrs. Passmore, 
Ijukc Curvel, was born in France, and his death 
occurred in Saginaw. Her mother, wliose maiden 
name was Frances Heuno, i)assed her last days in 
I'pper Canada. 

Our subject has been Justice of the Peace for 
four 3'ears, and also served acceptably as Overseer 
of Highways. Politically he supports Republican 
principles with his voice and vote, and is ever 
found to be u})on the side of right and justice. 
IMr. and Mrs. Passmore with their daughters are 
conscientious and popular members of the Baptist 
Church, and are very highly esteemed in the circle 
in which thev move. 



?)ZRA F. STARKWEATHER, a prominent 
and representative citizen of section 33, 

J) Birch Run Townsiiij), Saginaw County, is a 
native of Ontario County, N. Y., and was born Oc- 
tober 15, 1824. He is a son of Ililus and Cather- 
ine (Tucker) Starkweather, natives of Vermont 
and New York, respectively. His paternal grand- 
father was a soldier of tlic War of 1812. and tiie 
son of a Revolntionni \' Cohmcl. 



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FORTH AIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



Our subject )>assefl his hoyhood days in his na- 
tive State until he leached the aj^e of fifteen, wlien 
he went with liis parents to Delaware County-, Oliio, 
and in 1«37 they came to tlie Wolverine State and 
settled in Oakland County, where they were anion"; 
the earliest ])ioiieers. This remained the family 
home for many years. 'I'lie early education of our 
suhject was very limited, and he had few advan- 
tages for study, but imiiroved conscientiously wliat 
was offered him. and thus secured a good founda- 
tion upon which he has Imilt in native life. 

Kziji Starkweather and Ruth Weston were mar- 
ried .lanuary 30. 1848. Tins lady was born in 
Oakland County. Mich.. Feliruary 4, 1831. and is 
a daughter of Oiriu and .Mary (l>ailey) Weston, 
both natives of New York. They had migrated to 
Michigan about the year 1827, and, like the pa- 
rents of our suliject, were i)i()necrs of ( )akland 
County. They settled in the unbroken forot and 
had to cut a roadway through the trees to their 
farm, as iKnie liad ever lieeii made in that direc- 
tion. They were without means, and the liard- 
shii)s Mild iirivations of pioneer life bore heavily 
upon them. They had four daughters, viz: Sarah, 
wife of .ioseph Oiay; .lane, who married Albert 
Dunning; Mrs. Starkweather, and Klizalicth, who 
is deceased. 

To Mr. and Mrs. Starkweather have been born 
seven children, and si.\ of them are still in this life. 
<Tlie.\' are Charles, Elmer, I'laiik. .loliii. Edward, 
Katie, (the wife of W. A. Forbes), and George 
(decea.--ed). In the spring of 18()3 Mr. Starkweather 
brought his family to .Saginaw County, and took 
up his residence in the City of Saginaw, and con- 
tinued there for a number of years, devoting his 
energies to teaming and lumbering. 

The farm where he now resides became the fam- 
ily home in 1873. It was a place wliicli had been 
chop])ed over to some ixtent, but had not been 
thorouglily cleared, and there was still a great deal 
of work to lie done in pre|)aiiiig it for cultivation. 
Besides the W(u-k upon the soil, Mr. Starkweather 
has d<nie much in improving the place and putting 
u]) buildings, and the eiglit\' acres is now a highlv 
cultivated and rii-hl\ pinductive estate. In all his 
endeavors he has been ably seconded 1>\- his de- 
voted and intellii>ent wife. 



Our subject has found his political views to be 
in harmony with the declarations of the Democratic 
party, and he casts hi.s vote for the men and mea- 
sures presented on its ticket. He has served as 
•lustice of the Peace and Highway Conimi.ssioner of 
township. The excellent social qualities and high 
integrity of this wortli_v couple bring thcni into 
the front rank of the citizens of their townshi)), 
and their prosperity is sincerely rejoiced in by all 
who know them. 




IDDLETON .S. ISEACII. We herewith 
pre.sent a sketch of the life of a merchant 
'Ij of Birch Run, Saginaw County, who has 
also .served the coiiiiiiunity as Notary I'ul)- 
lic. He is one of the native sous of .Saginaw 
County, and was born September lo, 184'J, and his 
])arents, Hatteii M.and Mar3'(Bow) Beach, are still 
residing in Bridgeport Township. He was reared 
to man's estate in his native county and his boy- 
hood experiences were such as come to all pioneer 
lads. He did much of the hard work of the farm, 
felling trees, clearing away stumps, breaking the 
virgin soil and putting In the first crops and en- 
joyed the sports which make life so fiesh and 
breezy to the young in any community. 

A good common-school education was granted 
to our subject in his boyhood, as his district was 
more advanced than many, and he availed himself 
thoroughly of all op|)ortunitles presented to him. 
In 1878 he made his first venture in mercantile 
business, although he had devoted himself previ- 
ousl}' to farming, and had already been married 
for three years, as in 187;') he was united with El- 
nora, daughter of Theodore .Smith. Their three 
children are Alfred, Eugene and Hattie, all of 
whom are living and are the objects of true par- 
ental solicitude and care on the jiart of Mr. and 
Mrs. Beach. It is the desire of our subject and his 
wife that these young people shall become useful 
and honored members of .society and do credit to 
an honorable ancestry. 

The store of Mr. Beach mcasiues 18x32 feet in 
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chandise, such as is usually fnuiid iu a village store. 
For seveial years lie lias lieou outiimissioned as No- 
tary I'uhiic and in that capacity he has proved 
himself oMiginsi' to the general community. He 
has served as Clerk of IJirch Uun Township for 
several years and also as Treasurer for two years. 
He is a Democrat in politics and a member of the 
Knights of the Maccaltecs, and in that order he 
has acted .as Finance Keeper, which position his 
character and well-known integrity fit him to till 
with the full conlidence of his fellow-members. 

This public-spirited citizen takes a deep and 
abiding interest in all educational matters and has 
ever been one of tlie most active in promoting 
progress aioug this line. His own experience as a 
teacher, which extended over several years, gave 
him an insight into the teacher's side of all ques- 
tions which arise between school officials and pa- 
trons, and his own genuine interest as a parent in 
the training of his own children has fitted him to 
see the needs of the community. His two years 
term of service as .Superintendent of the schools 
of Birch Hun were years of [)rosi)erity to the 
schools and he enjoys the confidence of the busi- 
ness commuuitv iu all his relations. 



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<* IMI.LIAM H. iMCKLKSS. The biographer 
\/\//i i-'' 'il^'-^vs gratified to place before his read- 
^0^ ers the life narrative of those men who have 
brought themselves to the front in business mat- 
ters, notwithstanding trials and difficulties of ser- 
ious proportions. To attain success when all is 
favorable is, of course, creditable, but to rise super- 
ior to financial tempest is better worth a record in 
these pages. Mr. jS'ickless is a man who under 
severe reverses h.as"come to the top" and by cour- 
nge and hard work has built uji a successful trade. 
He is in the wholesale and retail lumber business, 
besides carrying on an extensive planing mill and 
box factory. 

Our subject was born in Loudon, F>ngland, Au- 
gust 12, 1848, and his father, Charles, had a tin- 
shop in that city, being a tin-smith by trade. In 



18;j;! he brought his family to America and estab- 
lished his trade in Pontiac, this.Statc, but remained 
here only one decade and then returned to Lon- 
don, where he carried on his former business 
through the remainder of his life. He was an 
F^piscopalian in his church connection. His wife 
Mary (Drewitt) Nickless. was born in l^ondon and 
died in Michigan in 18H4. 

Our sultject was the second in a family of four 
children and resided in London until he reached the 
age of five. ^Vfter coming to Pontiac he attended 
school until the age of ten, when he began working 
upon the farm, and in 1862 went to Oil City, Pa.,and 
clerked in a store, while at the same time he at- 
tended school. Tliree and a half years later he 
went to Pitthole City and helped to est.ablish there 
the first store and put in the first load of dry-goods. 

In December, I860, the young man returned to 
Pontiac and engaged on a farm for three years, 
and then went to .St. Clair, where he served in a 
County Clerk's office and in the office of the 
office of the Repuhliran. of which his brother-iu- 
law, H. P. Wands, was editor. In 1871 he came to 
Bay City and worked at the carpenter's trade, and 
in 1885 bought the box factory from Foss & Leiter, 
forming a partnership under the firm name of 
Nickless it Hart. 

Mr. Nickless continued iu tliis lin<; of work and 
carried on this box factory until 1887, and then 
bought out his partner and carried on the business 
alone, until August 9, 1889, when the factory was 
desroyed by fire and August 19, he lost his lum- 
beryard by fire, after which he built the mill which 
he now operates and started again. His losses were 
very great at that time, as he lost not only the mill 
but stock and lumber-yard, and upon the latter 
there w.as no insurance. Besides manufacturing 
boxes he makes crates and box shooks, and ships 
by car-loa<ls all over the Tnited States. He also 
makes a retail business, of making and furnishing 
flooring, siding, ceiling and moldings, and 'ships a 
car-load a day of the jjroducts of the mill, using 
over a hundred thousand feet of lumber per week. 

^Ir. Nickless is the only man in the Saginaw 
\'alley who is carrying on the box business alone, 
.as every other establishment is 0|)er.ated in partner- 
sjii]) or by corporatiidis. He gives employment to 



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some twenty-live liniids. and lias a fine boiler and 
engine of one luindii'ii lioise-power. with self-feed- 
ing attachments to furnace. His wife, to whom he 
was united in H:iy City in 1H7:5. is a devout meni- 
lierof tlie Methodist Ei)isc(>i)al Ciiureh. Her maiden 
name was S.irali .1. Hellamy. and she is a native of 
I'enusylvaiiia. Her two children are Arthur W. 
and \y. Howard. .In, and tlicir residence is at the 
eorricr of KifHi Avenue and I'.irney .Streets. Our 
subject is a member of the Ancient Order of 
I'nited Workmen and of the Knights of the Mac- 
cabees, and in politics he is a Prohiliitionisl with 
leanings toward the Democratic party. 



KHTRAM MOORK <k SON. contractors and 
builders, have licen eng.aged in tiiat busi- 
<^jjl! ness as partners for the past seventeen 
^i:^<^ years and now hold a in'ominent position 
among the citizens of IJay City. Po.sse.ssing sup- 
erior ability, tiie methods which they have followed 
have commended them to the confidence of the 
pcopU' throughout the I'ommunity and have mer- 
ited liie SUCCC.-.S which has attended their entei- 
prise.s. By close attention to the details of their 
business and careful sujiervision of the same, they 
have gained tiie patronage of the peojjle of Bay 
County and during the past year (1891) erected 
nine residences, a number of which were as fine as 
can li(^ found in the city; besides that, during the 
dull season tiiey built six elegant residences for 
sale and by so doing, gave employment to all their 
men during the entire year. 

The senior nieiulier of the firm was bom on 
I'rince Edward Island, December 20, 1824, and 
while still quite young learned the trade of a car- 
penter, commencing when thirteen years old and 
continuing for live years in the employment of 
one man. In 1845 he began taking I'oiitracts and 
gradually by industry and attention to his busi- 
ness, secured as much work as he could do. When 
ready to establish a home of his own he was ni.i:- 
rie<l to Miss Eliza Lea. who like himself was 
born on the Island, and the young couple made 
their home in their native l.'ind until 1873, when 



with their family they removed to Bay City. The 
partnershii) above mentioned was formed immed- 
iately after coming here and the firm has since 
engaged in a contr.icting business with marked 
success. 

Unto Mr. Moore and his wife, eight children 
have been l)orn, .as follows: Anna; Mary, wife of 
James R. Davison, of Charlottctown, Prince Ed- 
ward Island; .lohn. who i.s a teller in Prince Ed- 
ward Island Bank at Charlottctown; W. B. G., in 
partnership with his father; Walter, Edmund and 
Bertram, who are in Santiago, Cal., and Carrie, 
who is still at home. The third child in this fam- 
ily, W. B. G., was born on the Island, .Tuly 2y, 
1852, and there received his education, which was 
a good one. As soon as old enough, he began to 
assist his father in his business and upon coming 
to this city formed the partnership which still ex- 
ists. He was married November 14, 1878, to Miss 
Catherine E. .Tannin, who at the time of the mar- 
riage was residing in Bay City, but was formerly a 
resident of Chatham, f)ntario. Two children have 
blessed their union — Arthur and Frank. The mem- 
bers of the family are identified with the Madison 
Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, and are lib- 
eral contributors to all benevolent measures. 



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f' )OLNA KETCHUM, a farmer and stock- 
raiser residing in ChesaningTownship, .Sag- 
inaw County, has a line eighty -acre farm 
here, from which he derives excellent crops. He 
was born in Crawford County, Pa., .June 30, 1847, 
and is a son of Benjamin and Maria (Place) 
Ketchum. The father died when this son was a 
little boy of six years, leaving a f.amily of eight 
children for the mother to support and educate. 
.She never married again, but devoted herself to 
the task of caring for her little ones, .and this ne- 
cessitated earnest efforts on the part of the chil- 
dren to assist her in the support of the family. 
For this reason ^'olna began at the .age of ten years 
to work for neighbors b\' the day, and later by the 
month. 

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had removed to La Grange County, Tnd. When 
our sul)ject was twenty-oiio years of age he liegan 
to save his wages in order to purchase property, 
and at the age of twenty-five had $700 ahead. At 
that time he was taken sieli and worked no more 
for tliree years, which used up all his savings. He 
was married February 10, 1872, to Miss Eliza C. 
Ellis, of White Pigeon, St. Joseph County, tliis 
State. This lady w.is born at La Grange, Ind., 
August 28. 18.54, and was a daughter of .lames .and 
Cornelia (Dickenson) Ellis. The father was l)()rn 
in the Green Mountain State, and the mother was 
by birth a New Yorker. To Mr. and Mrs. Ketchum 
have been born seven children — Victor II., who 
was born in St. .loseph County, this State, Septem- 
ber 20, 1873; .Tames Ellis, born in Chesaning, Feb- 
ruary 8, 1876; Ernest, .January 11, 1878; Omar, 
August 30, 1879; Anna B., .June 28, 1889; Ben- 
jamin, .January 20, 1890; and Volna, .June 14, 
1891. 

Our suliject worked on the railroad in St. .lo- 
seph County, and in the woods when lie first came 
hither, and valiantly took hold of any work wliich 
he could find to do, by which to gain an honest 
liveliiiood for himself and family. It was in 1874 
that he moved to his ple.asant home, whicli he had 
bought in March of the previous year. It was all 
woods and swamp, and he has had a great work to 
in clearing and ditching it, liut he has it now all 
in good condition, and has built ujjon it a new 
house and l)arn. He is a member of the Masonic 
fraternity, in which he has progressed to the sev- 
enth degree, and he also belongs to the Modern 
Woodmen. He is a member of the Repul)lican 
party. 

^» OSEPH MATHEWSON. We have here a 
resident of Birch Run Township, Saginaw 
County, who has faithfully served his fel- 
low citizens as Supervisor and has been in- 
fluential in effecting real progress in the affairs of 
the county. He inherits from Scotch parents and 
ancestry the shrewd ability and sterling integrity 
which marks the hardy and noble race, and these 
qualities have been of service to the people of the 



township. He w.as born in Dunbar, Scotland, No- 
vember 5, 1819, and is a son of William and Alar- 
garet (Sproul) Mathewson. His father was a na- 
tive of the North of Ireland, as was also liis mother 
and both were of Scotch descent. 

After the marriage of the paients of our sul)ject 
they removed to Scotland and resided there for 
nine years, and later the father spent two years .as 
a Collector for the Government in Ireland and 
then with his family emigrated in 1824 to Canada 
and settled a few miles north of Toronto, where he 
taught school for a numlier of years. In 1836 the 
family came to Michigan, making tlieir home for a 
number of years in Lenawee County, sulisecjuentlj' 
residing for a short time in Detroit, after which 
the family removed to Flint where the father of 
our subject died, and the mother afterward died in 
Saginaw County. 

A common-school education was given to .Joseph 
Mathewson, but he had no opportunities for higher 
training, and has had to depend upon himself 
largely for further culture. He was married in 
18.50 upon the 3d of .July, to Caroline Smith a n.a- 
tive of New York. They became the parents of 
eleven children, of whom eight are now living, 
namely: Addie, wife of Charles Beach; David, 
George; Margaret, Mrs. .John Campbell; Clark, 
.John ; Lizzie, who married Robert Parker, and 
.Josepli. In 1847 he had come to Saginaw County 
and since that time his home has tieen within its 
confines. When he first settled upon his farm in 
the woods it was an unliroken wilderness and he 
and his family endured great liardships; now 
they are over they love to recall the incidents of 
pioneer life and to tell of the m.any deer hunts 
he has had. His fine estate now comprises one 
hundred and fifteen acres and it is all the reward 
of a steady and unfiagging industry and an honest 
endeavor to provide for the future. In those days 
their most frequent callers were Indians, and deer 
and wolves were all about their door. 

During the days of the Civil War our subject 
served as enrolling officer of Birch Run Township 
and he is the first man who was ever elected Super- 
visor of this township, and served his fellow-citi- 
zens for four years in that cajjacity. He is said to 
lie the oldest settler now living in the township. 



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and there is no more interesting or will-known 
fliaraeter iierc than lie. His iwlitical views bring 
liim into liannony witli tlie i)Olie.v and movements 
of the Uepulilioan party, and in all mailers lie is 
tiioroughly enterprising and puliiic-sjiiriled and 
exerls a liroad and strong- inMncnce. 



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DWARD HOl'WKH, who was lioni in On- 
tario Connty, N. V.. .Inly 17. li-i;?;t, is a >im 
/I' — --/ of Edward and Elmina (Thayer) llopjx'r, 
tlie father lieing a native of New York and of 
Cierman and English blood, and the mother a Peun- 
sylvanian of English descent. Our subject now 
h.as his farm on section .32, Chcsaning Township, 
Saginaw County, and is raising good crops and an 
excellent grade of cattle on this property of fort}- 
.icres. His parents were from New York and .set- 
tled in Livingston County. Mich., when he was 
only two years old, and as the father was both a 
farmer and a mechanic, llie boy early learned 
farm work, although the father lived williin tlic 
boundaries of the village of I'arshallville. 

Edward Hopper leceivcd but a limited e<inca- 
tion, attending school only two or three nionlhs 
in a year, and early began working for wages. He 
entered the army in ISf!;'), enlisting in Company 
J), Sixteenth Michigan Infantry, and was in the 
Army of tiie Potomac. He did not participate in 
any battle, but was with the regiment through all 
its term of service, except for two weeks spent in 
the hospital at .leflferstniville. just before coming 
home. He took part in the (!rand Review at 
Washington, and received his honorable discharge 
in July, l^fii'i. At one time they were three davs 
without provisions, and he received a serious in- 
jury one dark and stormy night when on the 
march by stepping into an unseen hole and thus 
wrenching his back and hij). from which he never 
recovered. He now receives ^fi a month pension. 

After returning from the army, Mr. Hopper ])nr- 
sued various calling.s, and \v;i> mai'ried .June 1. 
IH72, to Miss Clara X. Chase, of 'I'vrone. Living- 
ston Counl}'. where she was born, .Tuly 22. IHM. 
She is a daughter of Nathan and Eli/.ji (Tanner) 
Chase, the father a native of Ohio, .■ind Ihe niollicr 



of New Yoik. She received a fair common-school 
education, and was w-ell fitted for teaching, but 
never pursued it. After their marriage, Mr. Hop- 
per for Ihrce years carried on the farm belonging 
lo his wife's mother, after which he made his home 
in Havana, Chesaning Township, where he farmed 
for awhile, and in 1877. settled in his present home, 
which he had purchased many years before. He 
then cleared it up and still has it in agood state of 
cultivation. Thev have five children, Ada Planche, 
born Septemlier 22, 1874, at Tyrone, Livingston 
County, in the same house where her mother was 
born and married; Howard Nathan, born August 
4, 1876, at Havana, this county; Mabel M., born 
August 8, 1878, on the present farm; Alice M., 
born July 29, 1880, and Florence Ella, born July 
4, 1882. All the younger children had their na- 
tivity on the farm, which is still their home. Our 
subject was brought up a Democrat, l)ut is now a 
I'rohibitionist in i)rinciple, though not a strong 
])arty man. Mrs. Hopper is a member of the Meth- 
odist Episcopal Church, and while her husband is a 
believer in the truths of Christianity, lie is not a 
member of any church. 

/^ HARLES T. NEWKIRK.M. 1)., is numbered 
[I among the most prominent practicing phy- 

^^/J sicians and surgeons of Northern Michigan, 
and also owns a pharmacy on the corner of Third 
and Washington Avenue, Bay City. There is no 
other resident of Hay County who is so frequently 
brought before the public as he, not only as a skill- 
ful i)hysieian and successful surgeon, but also as an 
intluential memlier of political, business and social 
circles. He has traveled extensively both in Soutli 
America and Europe. It has ever been his en- 
deavor to advance the standard of his profession 
and his labors have made him conspicuous among 
the medical fraternity as well as the general public, 
lie belongs to the American Medical Association, 
the Stale ^ledical Society, of which he has been 
Vice-President, and was one of the organizers of 
the Bay County ISIedical Society, where his keen 
intellect and brilliant attainments have received 
universal recognition. 



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Dr. Newkirk was horn near Simcoe, Norfolk 
County. Can.afia, Docemliei 1(1, 1842, and is de- 
scended on the i)ati'rnal side from tlie German an- 
cestors who came from their native couiitr_v to the 
region of the Catskills in New York. His grand- 
fatlier, Peter Newkirk, was a farmer in Norfolk 
County, Canada, wliither he emigrated from the 
Empire State, and lie lived to the advanced age of 
ninety years. During the Canadian Rebellion he 
w.as very active as one of McKenzie's right hand 
men. The father of our subject was the Rev. 
Moses Newkirk, a native of Simcoe, and a self- 
made man of noble principles and fine powers. He 
was well informed on all subjects, and to the large 
family which he reared, he gave splendid educa- 
tional advantages. He made it a study to see that 
his sons had the best of opportunities, and in order 
to keep them in school would often go in debt and 
pay high rates of interest on his indebtedness. He 
was a large farmer, a successful financier and very 
prominent as a minister in the Wesleyan Methodist 
Churcli. Politically he was a prominent reformer i 
and served as ]\Iagistrate. His death occurred at 
the age of seventy-eight years. 

Catherine (Topping) Newkirk, the mother of the 
Doctor, was l)orn in Woodstock, Canada, and was j 
the daughter of .lohn Tojiping, who came from his 
native land, Ireland, to Canada .and engaged in 
business as a civil engineer. There were nineteen 
children horn to the parents of our sul)ject, twelve 
of whom attained to mature years. Dr. Newkirk 
was reared on a farm Init had good school advan- 
tages, attending the University at Toronto, and 
Victoria College. He entered upon his medical 
course under the preceptorship of the Hon. John 
Rolph, and was graduated in 18G3 with the degree 
of M. D. After practicing a short time in Canada 
he removed with his family to South America, and 
there spent nine months learning the Spanish lan- 
guage at Buenos Ayres. On p.assing his examina- 
tion he was appointed by the Governor as Doctor 
of the Province of Corrientes and was also made 
Surgeon of Argentine Hospital, which position lie 
resigned in three months to accept a similar one in 
the Brazilian army. 

In a short time the Doctor became First Surgeon 
of a division with the grade of Major and held the 



position for four years in active campaign all the 
time during the Brazilian and Paraguayan War. 
Not a day passed hut they heard the cannon boom. 
Dr. Newkirk remained in service until after the 
close of the war when he returned to Canada and 
after a brief visit there with friends he went back 
to South America and at Assumption, in Paraguay, 
began the practice of medicine in connection with 
the drug Ijusiness. He passed through several epi- 
demics of small-pox, yellow fever and cholera. 
His brother, Dr. Daniel Newkirk. died of small- 
pox about this time and his family also becoming 
sick, he became disheartened and determined to 
return to Canada, where he could engage in quiet 
practice. 

Closing out his business in Assumption, the Doc- 
tor with his family went to Buenos Ayres, where 
he had engaged pass.age on a steamer. He found, 
however that the yellow fever had broken out in 
its most malignant form; hundreds were dying 
daily and the citizens who were abie were fleeing 
from the city as were also the missionaries. With a 
degree of heroism and self-denial characteristic of 
liimself, the Doctor at once decided to remain. 
Having sent his family to Canada he again devoted 
himself to the work of saving life and allaying 
suffering. He was in constant communication with 
the authorities for the prevention of the spread of 
the disease and by his advice many sanitary i)re- 
cautions were taken, which doubtless cut short one 
of the most frightful epidemics known. An idea 
of the danger can be formed when it is mentioned 
that 26,000 persons died in thirty-five da3'S. 

During this plague the Doctor was four months 
in Buenos Ayres, and rarely worked less than 
eighteen hours a day. His hotel was constantly 
besieged with hundreds of persons who were 
anxious to secure his services; some offered the 
most extravagant fees, but he insisted on taking 
them in rotation, the poor receiving the same at- 
tention as the wealthy. His heroic conduct w.as 
highly applauded by the press at Buenos Ayres and 
the committees of Montserrat presentc d him with 
a splendid album in testimony of his services to 
the sick. The ovation paid him upon his depart- 
ure was a most distinguished compliment; on his 
w.ay home lie stopped a short time at Rio Janeiro, 



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where he was warmlv wi'lo<imcd hv old army i gate to county and State conventions. Few are 



officers and siirgcuns willi wlmni lie served in 
Parajfuay. 

hnniediately upon arrivinu' in Canada Dr. N'ew- 
kiri< set altout liiiding some good location to enter 
upon the pi-actice of liis i)r<ifession. and after vis- 
iting New York, Ciiicigo and oilier jil.aces lie 
coiieluded to settle in H.ay City. His previous 
experience at once .secured liini a large practice 
and lie has lieen a very succes.sf ul practitioner of the 
Saginaw Valley. He devotes his time to his jirac- 
tice, although he has a pharmacy and is interested 
in real estate. He has erected five fine residences 
here and owns and occupies a heautiful dwelling 
on Tentli .Street. He has also been interested in 
other enteriirises and cor|iorations, holds ])roi)erty 
in Chattanooga. Tenii.. and in tlie vicinity of 
Diiliith. Minn. Tiie Doctor has been ofTered a prfi- 
fcssorshlp in the College of Physicians and Sur- 
geons in Chicago, hut feels contented with his 
surroundings in liay City. 

In 1H(;2 Dr. Newkirk and Miss Mary ,1. Ander.son 
were united in marriage. The liride was horn in 
Cleveland. Ohio, and is the daughter of John 
AndersDii, who w\is horn in Ireland and came to 
Canada, where he was ])roniineiit in the Canadian 
Rebellion as a .McKcnzie man. Having to llee for 
safety to the I'liited States, he located in Cleveland, 
Ohio. There are two children in Dr. Newkirk's 
family: Dolores and Harry. The daughter, who 
was liorn in Corrieiiti's. South .\iiierica. was a grad- 
uate of Leggett's Academy in Detroit and later 
.studied at \'assar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; 
she married M. R. 'l'oii.«ey and resides in Chicago. 
Harry is .-it present (l«!tl) a cadet at Orchard Lake. 
Socially Dr. Newkirk is identified with the ;\Ia- 
sonic fraternity. He was County Physician for 
more than ten years, until his resignation. He is 
now President of the Hay City Hoard of ICduca- 
tion, and has been a memlier of the School Hoard 
twelve years. In edueatioiial affairs he has always 
manifested a great interest and has assisted several 
through college who otherwise would not have en- 
joyed a collegiate education. He is Surgeon for 
the Michigan Central Railroad and the Chieas'-o iV 
Grand Trunk Railroad. In his political alliliations 
he is a Republican and has olfi'ii served as dele- 



so well posted on the tarift' (|uestion as he. and 
when there was a joint discussion between him and 
Rev. Dr. Conner on that subject, peo])le fiocked 
from far and near to enjoy the discussion, and 
those who could gain adinittaiice to the crowded 
hall witnessed one of the most interesting debates 
in the imlilical history of the State. It is ])eihaps 
unnecessary to add that Dr. Newkirk's usual suc- 
cess did not desert him at that critical moment 
and it was felt by .-ill that his arguments were un- 
answerable and convincing. 



AMKS D. PEARSALL. Wc are pleased 
here to present a sketch of one of the most 
well-known and highly resjiected business 
J men of Bav Citv. He is now acting as 
County Coroner, liesides having a fine business as 
funeral director, lie was born in Hrighton, Onta- 
rio, and his father, William, and his grandfather, 
.lolin Pearsall, were both born uiioii Long Island, 
The latter was a farmer and Revolutionary soldier 
who removed to Prince Edward County, Canada, 
and there carried on agriculture until his death at 
the age of ninety. He was a devfiut member of the 
Episct>pal Chinch. The Pearsalls for eight gener- 
ations have been in this country, but they trace 
their descent from Alsace, France. 

The father of our subject removed to St. Clair 
County, JNlicli., in 1><70, locating in Hrockway, 
where he engaged in farming, and remained until 
his death, at the age of sixty-seven. He w.as a 
Democrat in his political belief, and a Catholic in 
religious faith. His wife, whose maiden name w.as 
Hridget Finnegan, was born in County Monaghan, 
Ireland, and came when a child to Canada with a 
brother, as her parents remained in their native 
home. She died in H.ay City, at the age of sixty- 
seven and of her eleven children, eight are living. 
Her son Miles was a soldier in a New York regi- 
ment, and served for two years in the Civil War. 

.lames Pearsall was born in February, 18r)4, and 
in Canada attended the common school; he came 




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to the United States when sixteen years old, and 
as he grew to mantiood took chargv of his father's 
estate. In 1877 lie began handling niirscry stock, 
and a year later located in Bay City, and continned 
in this line of Ixisiness for six years, keeping some 
six or seven men on the road, traveling in Miclii- 
gan, and conducted a very successful liusiness. 

In the fall of 1885, Mr. Pearsali engaged in the 
undertaking l)usiness and in tiiat of funeral di- 
rector, and in this as in all he has undeitaken, he 
iuas achieved remarkable success. In 1881) he was 
nominated and elected to the office of County Cor- 
oner upon the Democratic ticket, and was re- 
elected in 1888 and 1S90. He lias thus served 
from .January 1, 1887, to the present tiiiu", and has 
met with many peculiar experiences. 

The marriage of Mr. I'earsali and Miss Alice 
Bradley, whicli took place in St. Clair, established 
a home of more than ordinary happiness. Tliis 
lady w.as born in Prince Edward County, Ontario, 
Canada, but had most of lier training and educa- 
tion in St. Clair County. Her cliildren bear tlie 
names of Burl, Harry. Winfield, .lohn. Mary A. 
and Ivoy. The family is connected with tlie St. 
James Catholic Ciuirch, and Mr. Pears.ill has been 
Vice President of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Asso- 
ciation. He belo-igs to the Ancient Order of Hibern- 
ians, to the Knights of the Maccabees, and to the 
order of Foi'csters. He is a strong Democrat pol- 
itically, and frequently a delegate to county, con- 
gressional, and State conventions. He is like- 
wise a member of tlie city committee, and Chair- 
man of the Ninth Ward Committee. His liusiness 
also brings him iato the membL^rsliip in the State 
Funeral Directory Association. 






IIARLES F. ZOELLER. City Treasurer of 
Saginaw, is one of the German-American 
^'^>g^' citizens of whom our country m.ay justly 
lie proud. For almost a quarter of a century 
he has been identified witli the business interests 
of the Saginaw Valley, and none stands higlier in 
financial circles tlian he. His ciiaracter is unim- 
peachable, and file interest wliich he lias at all times 
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displaj-ed in public enterprises stamps him as a man 
of great intelligence and excellent judgment. His 
strong, determined, yet kindly face looks at the 
reader from the opiiosite page, and his name is hon- 
ored wherever it is known. 

In Bavaria, (ierraany, where he was born April 
2, 1842, Mr. Zoeller passed the early daj's of his 
life. His f.ather, Vitus Zoeller, came to this coun- 
try in 18.50, being a political refugee on account of 
the Revolution in Germany in 1848-49. His 
mother, Caroline (Greiner) Zoeller, did not emi- 
grate from the Fatherland until 1865, The re- 
mainder of their d.ays were passed in New York. 
Charles w.as a child of but twelve years when he 
came to the United States in the year 1854. 
and his education w.as mostly gained in Bavaria, 
although he studied after he came to this country 
until he gained a fair coininand of the English as 
well as the Germau language. Upon reaching the 
age of sixteen, he removed South to Tarboro, N. 
C where he followed the trade of a painter. 

At the lireaking out of the Civil War Mr. Zoel- 
ler entered the Southern army as a private in the 
First North Carolina Infantry, lielonging to 
Loyd's and Manly's Batteries successively, and 
was promoted to be First Lieutenant just before 
the close of the war. He participated in many de- 
cisive battles, among them the eng.agements at 
Bethel, Ch.incellorsville, Gettysburg, Antietam, 
Spottsylvania Court House, and was present at the 
snriender at Appomattox. At the close of the 
war he returned to Tarboro, N. ('., and engaged as 
a clerk in an hotel. About that time he was mar- 
ried to Miss Rosa \. Whaley, at Newbern, N. C. 
This lady, who w.as a iiMtive of New .Jersey, and a 
daughter of Lawrence Whaley, died at Saginaw in 
1881. She was the mother of eight children, five 
of whom are living. 

In 18(57 Mr. Zoeller came to Saginaw, and carried 
on the business of painting until his election as City 
Treasurer. His election to the office which he now 
holds took place in 18Hi). and was for a term of 
two years, and since the consolidation of the two 
Sagiuaws he was made one of the new officials, .as 
he had served only aliout ten months on his first 
term. He had also been for two terms Alderman 
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he is a pronounced Democrat. He is a member of 
Germania Lodge No. 7i), K. it A. M., the Knights 
of the Mawabee-s, tlio Knights c>f Honor and the 
Teutonia Societv. 

Tiie present Mi's. Zoeilcr became tlie wife of our 
subject in 18H3. and is now the mother of two 
bright and promising children. Her maiden name 
was Emma I'lessner, and she is a daugliter of Dr. 
M. C. T. I'lessner, a prominent physician of Sagi- 
naw. The deliglitfiil home of this family is situ- 
ated at No. 115 .South Andre Street on the West 
Side. Mr. Zoeller lias the linn confidence of the 
bu.siness community and it is universally believed 
that his iiicuiiibencv of the office is adapted to for- 
warding the interests of the city. 



Jll OSEPII V. I,K ROrX. who is engaged in the 
I insurance Imsiness, and keeps a real-estate 
li and loan office at Baj' City, is also the man- 
.^^ ager of Le Palriote, winch is owned by the 
firm of Le Roux & Maucotel, and has resided in 
this valley since IHGS. Among the French-Cana- 
dian citizens of ^liclugaii, he is one of the most 
prominent and he is a man of both talent and 
judgment. He was born at Riviere de I'lsle, St. 
Ignace Parish, Soulanges County, Canada, Octo- 
ber 20, 184(), and is a son of Julien and Clothilde 
(Montpetit) Le Roux. His paternal grandfather, 
Antoine, was born in Canada, and was a son of 
Hubert Le Roux. who came from France. 

The family have been agriculturists ever since 
coming to this country, and the father of our sub- 
ject died in 1 868, leaving to his family the farm 
whicli liad been his for many years. His widow 
resides on the old homestead, and is a dauirliter of 
Pierre Montpetit, of French descent. ^She married 
a second time. The child of her first marriage, 
Gabriel Martin, resides in Canada, and by her union 
with .lulieii l,e Roux, she had live sons, of wliom 
four are living, namely: George, Joseph 1". and 
Alexandre, who m.'ike their home in 15ay City; 
Pierre, who resi<les on the old homestead with tlie 
mother; and Paul, who died in infancy; also five 
daughters, of whom three are living, namely: 



Azilda, Mary and Hermine, who are living in Can- 
ada, and Anna and Alphonsine, who both died at 
the age of eight yeans. 

Our subject had his training ujioii the home farm, 
remaining there until he was sixteen veal's old. and 
in the meantime attending French schools most of 
the time, being only six months in an English 
school. At the age of sixteen he entered as a clerk 
into the general merchandise store at Coteau Land- 
ing, of the Hon. William Duckett, a member of Par- 
liament, and was with him four years, eventually 
taking charge of tiie business. After he severed 
his connection with Mr. J>uckett, he engaged 
in liusiness at Coteau .Station, in partnership with 
Joseph Asselin, and continued for eighteen months 
the firm being Le Roux & Asselin. In Deceiiilier, 
1808 he came to IMichigan, settling at .Saginaw, 
where he engaged as a clerk in the clothing busi- 
I ness, being for one year with Messrs. Schott & Co., 
of .Saginaw City, and afterward serving in the same 
capacity for the firm in East .Saginaw three years. 

It was in 1873 that young Mr. Le Roux came to 
Ray City, and entered the clothing business on 
Water Street, in partnership with Messrs. .Schott <k 
Co., with the firm title of Schott & Co. In 1876 the 
firm was changed to .1. P. Le Roux & Co., and i n 1 884 
he became the sole proprietor. Two years later he 
sold out his business to accept an appointment as 
Dejiiity United States Marshal, under Cleveland's 
administration. This office he filled for four years 
and at the same time he has been building up an 
interest in the insurance business and attending to 
his duties as a Notary Public. He is agent for 
some of the best companies for both life and fire 
insurance, and he also attends to real-estate con- 
veyancing and the placing of loans. 

Upon the 1 1th of August, 1890, ]\[essrs. Le Roux 
et Maucotel purchased Le Pair hie., a weekly French 
paper which was establisiied here in 1879, and 
has a splendid circulation all through the French 
districts of Michigan, as it is the only paper in this 
language |)ublished in Michigan. 1 1 is issued every 
Thursd.'iy, and is an eigl^t-column quarto devoted 
to the interests of the French iieople at large and 
very successful in every sense of the word. It is 
independent in i)oliticsand thus is acceptable to all 
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is building up a fine nin of business and it recuni- 
niends itself to all cufitomers by means of the 
promptness, thoroiijilincss mikI "ood taste of its 
management. 

Our suliject was maiTJed in Saginaw, in ISTo, lo 
^liss P^ulalie, daughter of Michel Desrosiers, of 
Saginaw, f ormerl\- of ( )ttawa, Canada. He eame 
to Saginaw in IHtiis. Mr. Le Roux belongs to the 
La Fayette and St. Joseph French Benevolent So- 
eieties, in which he has ever lieen an ottieial mem- 
ber, and is also connected with the Knights uf the 
Maccabees. As a Democrat he is earnestly inter- 
ested in the success of his party, and is frecpiently 
a delegate to countv and State conventions. 



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UTHER HOLLAND, No. 7(ir> Holland Ave- 
(?§) nue, jNHch., Agent of N. Holland, of Buffalo, 
N. Y., with whom he has been connected 
for a period of thirty-two years. 




,ANH:L H. TROMBLFY. We are grat- 
ified to he able to |)resent lieie a sketch of : 
one of the most active and prominent | 
citizens and business men of Bay City. 1 
He is lumber inspector and shipper and is more j 
than ordinarily enterprising and prosperous. For 
his ance.stry our readers are referred to the sketch 
of his father, Mader Tromble. The .son has, as 
will be noted, changed his patronymic by the addi- 
tion of one letter. He has been for seventeen years 
engaged in tlie same business in Bay City, and 
took it up when only fifteen years old. 

This gentleman was born in South I5ay City, 
which was then known as Portsmouth, January 27, 
1858, and there he had his education tirst in the 
common school and afterward in the High School, ; 
from which he would have graduated in three i 
months had he not left school. When he beoan 
luralier inspecting at the age of Hfteen it was for i 
p.arties in Bay C'ity, and he carried it on there for 



three 3'ears, after which he worked for five years 
for Andrew Walton, and for others in the Saginaw 
Valley. In 1 882 he started an office of his own, 
and engaged in an independent business, locating 
in South Bay City until 1886, when he formed a 
partnership under tlie tirm name of McHoskill, 
Trombley ifr Bi-owii, wiiich connection lasted for 
two years, after wiiich our subject bought out the 
whole business and has since carried it on indeiiend- 
entl^-. 

Mr. Trombley h.as gradually increased his l)iisi- 
ness until it extends through many parts of the 
State, and includes hardwood and pine .as well as 
logs. It is increasing every year and is growing 
more and more successful. His pleasant home is 
situated at the corner of South Center and McCor- 
mick Streets, and the lady who presides over it 
with so much grace and dignity became his wife 
in 1881. She was Miss Cai'rie, daughters of V. W. 
Delaud, an old settler of Flushing, but now living 
a retired life at Saginaw. Tliej^ have one child. 
Carlos, in whose training and education they are 
greatly interested. 

Mr. Trombley is one of tiie most active and zeal- 
ous members of the Baptist Church of South Bay 
City, in which he was a deacon, and the Assist.ant 
Superintendent of the Sunday-Sciiool. He is a 
leader in the movement which is now in contem- 
plation toward building a new church on South 
Center Street. In his political views he is a stanch 
Prohil)itionist and an earnest worker in the cause 
of temperance. 



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AMES MURPHY. The subject of this sketch, 
who is now deceased, was a vigorous, ener- 
geticand amiiitious man, whose business in- 
%^' terests were also pulilic enterprises and to tlie 
advantage of others besides himself. He was the 
proprietor of extensive brick works near Painesvillc. 
on the south bank of the Tittabawassee River. Born 
in County Mayo, Ireland, in 1838, he was a sou of 
Thomas and Sarah (Cannon) ^lurphy, both n.a- 
tives of the same county .as w.as him.self. His father 



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died of heai-t disease at llic asje of lifty-two years. 
Ilis motlier roared seven children, four hoys and 
three girls. Siic brought her family to America in 
1863 and located at Ann Arbor. 

Thinking a change advisable and to tlie advan- 
tage of her growing sons, Mrs. Mnrpliy moved 
from Ann Arbor to Thoma.stown Township. Here 
slie passed her latter years and died at the good 
old age of seventy years. Our subject was reared 
on a farm and educated in the district schools. 
The family were limited m circumstances and the 
lad was obliged to make many shifts in order to 
obtain the comforts of life and those things dear 
to young manhood. He worked in a l>ri(kyard liy 
the month in summers and sjieiit a short time in 
the lumber woods during the winters, lie then 
started a brickyard (m the west bank of the Titta- 
bawassee Kiver, in Thomastown Township, and 
continued to run this for three years, lie then 
started his present yard near Painesville. 

Our subject began business on a small scale and 
increased it from time to lime until he manufac- 
tured two million brick per annum,sliipiiing them to 
Saginaw, Hay City and .Ia<'kson, and many of the 
brick buildings in Saginaw are built from the pro- 
ducts of his yards. He was a hard worker and a 
good manager. His farm included one hundred 
and thirty acre.s. Here he carried on fanning to a 
small extent, paying the greater pavl of his atten- 
tion to the making of brick. The handsome resi- 
dence which his family now occupies was ei'ected in 
1H83. It is completely furnished with all the 
comforts and conveniences so necessary to modern 
life, and is finely finished. 

Mr. Muri)hy was married in Ireland .lanuary 10, 
18G0, to .Miss Mary A'any, who was born at a dis- 
tance of only half a mill' fiom our subject's home. 
May 13, 1812. They were playfellows and school- 
mates. Mrs. JIurph\- has vivid recollections of 
the voy.'ige over the ocean to America, which lasted 
six weeks jind three d.ays. She is the mother of 
eleven children, .all of whom are living. They arc 
Bridget, Anna. Thomas, .lames, .lohu, Michael, 
Henry, Sarah, Neal, .Maggie and .Iose])li. 

Mr. Murphy passed nw.ay from this life, October 
15, 1890,and was as much missed in social as in com- 
mercial relations. jMrs. ^lurphy is a woman of good 



business judgment and still carries on the farm and 
brick business with the aid of her sons. She, as 
was her husband, is a member of the Catholic 
Church. ^Ir. Mur]jhy was a radical Democrat in 
his political afliliation, but had not a great deal of 
time to interest himself in politics. Socially, he 
belonged to the Knights of Honor, to the Macca- 
bees and the Catholic Benevolent Association. The 
cortege that followed all that was earthly of the 
man to his last resting-place, was the largest ever 
.seen in this section of the country. and was carried 
out with all the pomp and ceremonials of the (lif- 
erent societies to which he belonged. Of humble 
origin, the success which crowned his efforts 
jirovcd his work to have been not in vain. He 
had many friends and admirers. 



AMES T. EMERY, of the linn of Emery ct 
McLaughlin, manufacturers of Marblehead 
lime, and dealers in Buffalo and Portland 
^5^^' cement, brick etc., pipe building, stone, 
sewer pipe, also wood and coal, and manufactur- 
ing agents for the Virginia tire brick and clay, is 
one of the sagacious and -thrifty liusiness men of 
West liay City. This successful lirm w.as organized 
in April, l.ssS, and is now one of the best business 
houses of its kind in the city. 

The gentleman whose name initiates this sketch 
is a native of the I'ine Tree State, having been 
born in Orono, Me.. September 25, lHr)7,and a son 
of Nicholas iMuery. \\'hcii our subject was an in- 
fant of one year his parents lemoved to Wisconsin 
and some years later came to B.ay City, the father 
taking the jiosition of Su|)crintendent of Sage's 
mill for many years, but is now deceased. 

Our subject received his education in the schools 
here and at (Jieen Hay. having but nicjiger advan- 
tages. He lirst commenced working in thelumtter 
business in this' city for Mr. Sage and then served 
as foreman under his father. He finally commenced 
in business for himself, entering into partnership 
with Mr. McLaughlin, which connection has con- 
tinued until the present day. They have a Tinm- 
ber of large lime kilns in their yards, which is near 




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Third Street bridge, and with their business and 
dealing in coal give employment to ten men all the 
time Ijeside those employed in unloading boats. 
They have the largest coal trade on the west side 
of theriver,as they also liave in building material, 
shipping in very large amounts both by car and 
boat. In one year they shipped three hundred and 
seventy-five car-loads of building material besides 
what was taken in boats. They have the contract 
for furnishing supplies of everything in llicir line 
for the new Government building which is being 
erected at Bay City. 

In all the country there is no more ardent and 
consistent Repuljlican, no man of better impulses 
and stricter iutegritj' than Mr. Emery. He has 
served his fellow-citizens as Alderman two terms 
of two years each for the Third Ward, the duties 
of which were faitlifidly performed and" conscien- 
tiously discharged. He is a prominent member of 
the Wenona Lodge, F. ct A. M., and of the Bay 
City Chapter. Mr. Emery was hapiiily married to 
Miss Minnie C. Hubbard, of St. (ieorge, New 
Brunswick, September 21, 1881. This union has 
been blessed by the advent of one child, to whom 
they have given the name Ltuiisa. 




1^^^ KS. ADELINE (TROMBLE) BEEBE. The 
capability of women for managing large 
business interests is proved by a host of 
" widely known and influential ladies, who 

occupy positions of honor and trust in the liusiness 
world. Among this class Mrs. Beebe may be named 
and the extensive real-estate interests which are 
under her charge are managed with signal success. 
She is the daughter of Joseph and Soi)liia (Shepe- 
ton) Tromble, earl}^ settlers of Bay County, who 
are represented elsewhere in this work. 

The earliest recollections of Mrs. Beebe are of 
pioneer scenes in a new country amid i)rimitive 
surroundings, and she recalls the present thriving 
city where she now resides when there were but 
three houses in its limits. She has witnessed with 
no little interest in the growth and progress of Bay 



City and now looks out on splendid structures which 
stand where once rose the smoke of the wigwam; 
on churches and schoolhouses which mark the 
spot of former forest trees, and on a teeming pop- 
ulation where once the Indians roamed alone and 
unmolested. 

On the corner of Twenty-fourth and Water 
Streets stood a building familiarly known as the 
old Center House, and in that plain frame house 
Mrs. Beebe was born i\.ugust"27, 1843. When three 
years old she accompanied her parents from Bay 
City to Banks, and the first school which she at- 
tended was on Saginaw Street between Second ard 
Third. To reach the school house she was com- 
pelled to cross the river and during the winter 
seasons she was drawn across the ice on a hand 
sled by her father and brothers. For a time she 
received private instruction at home, later at- 
tended the school in Banks, and at the age of four- 
teen years went to Detroit to attend the Convent 
of the Sacred Heart of Mary. After remaining 
there three years she returned home and afterward 
received instruction in the schools here. On ac- 
count of the ill health of her mother the responsibil- 
ity of the charge of the household early was 
thrown upon her, and she remained at home until 
her marriage. 

On June 3, 1863 Jefferson Beebe and Adeline 
Tromble were united in marriage. Mr. Beebe 
was born in Ohio, where his father, Lewis, was a 
farmer, and at an earl}' age removed from the 
Buckeye State to Southern Michigan, settling in 
Shiawassee County. When eighteen years old he 
came to Banks, where he was employed in mills, 
also engaged in fishing for some years. He was 
the owner of the "Evening Star" until he sold out 
his (ishiiig interests in 1884. He is a practical 
millwright anil machinist, and is now engaged as 
foreman in the mills, and in various lines. Polit- 
ically he is a strong Republican, has served as Ald- 
erman of the First A\"ard, and for a time was Pres- 
ident of the Board of Trustees of Banks. Socially 
he belongs to the Order of Maccabees. 

The attractive residence in which IMr. and Mrs. 
Beebe have established a pleasant home is situated 
on the corner of Washington and Bangor Streets, 
in West Ba^■ City, and was erected by ]\Irs. Beebe 



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in 1869. She al!<() owns several lots niid liousct; 
and aliout twenty acies of fine land within the 
coiiJOrate limits of West Hay <^'it.V- I" leligious 
matters she is a faithful member of St. Mary's 
Catholic Church and socially is identified witli the 
Ladies Tent of tlie Knights of the Maccnhees. In 
her younger years she was very skillful in the use 
of the oar and frequently rowed across the Sagi- 
naw River alone. Mr. and Mrs. IJeetie have had 
five children, — Jennie L., (Mrs. Palmer) of West 
Hay City; Amanda. (Mrs. Palmer) who died in 
188.5 at the age of nineteen years; Frank .(..Charles 
Harvey and Joseph, who died at the age of nine- 
teen months. 

The attention of the reader is invited to the lith- 
ographic portrait of Mrs. Beehe which aiipears in 
connection with this sketch of her life. 



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eAFr. ROHERT .1. MEDLER. This well- 
known and popular vessel master and pilot 
has his residence at No. 609 State Street, 
Saginaw. He has for over forty years been iden- 
tified with the water transportation interests of 
Michigan, and no other man who lias sailed the 
lakes has a wider or more loyal acquaintance. For 
thirty years he has stood at the helm of the best 
river and coast boats of Saginaw River and Hay, 
and probably no living nuui li.is been so closely 
identified with its water transportation. Like many 
of the wide-awake men whose lives have been inter- 
woven with the growth of the Saginaw \allev, 
Capt. Medler was born in Canada, liis birth having 
occurred on the Hth of May. IH.JO.at Port Hurwell, 
Ontario. 

Our subject comes honestly by his natural dis- 
position to navigate nature's own higliw-.-iys, as his 
father, Jacob Medler, was a sailor and shipbuilder. 
The father was a native of Xova Seotia, one of the 
greatest centers for shipbuibling and water com- 
merce. Tlie maiden name of our subject's mother 
was Elizalieth Stanley, a native of New Hrunswiok. 
where she was married when quite y(»uni»-. Thc\ 
came to Michigan when our subject was in his 
seventh year. Here the father conducted an hotel 



at what has since proven to be West Michigan's 
most popular inland resort. at that time. Reed Lake, 
but now (irand Rapids. 

In 1837 the family of our subject became iden- 
tified with a new portion of the Wolverine State, 
and were among those whose efforts were spent in 
developing what has since become the finest of 
many fine sections in .Alicliigan — the Grand River 
\'a!lev. Here the lad grew to manhf)od. assisting 
his father in the work of clearing the farm, and 
when a removal was made to (iraiid Rapids, where 
.Mr. .Medler engaged in ship carpeiiti\ , oiii- subject 
received his initiation into the secrets of water 
navigation. 

When eighteen years of age young .Aledler be- 
came a deck hand on the ''Paragon" in its trips be- 
tween (iraiid Ra|>idsand (irand Haven. After be- 
coming familiar with the river, he was made pilot, 
a position of the greatest responsibility and requir- 
i«g such efforts of stability and determination, that, 
were they expended in any other line of business, 
would be crowned with success. It is unnecessary 
to say that our subject possessed all the qualities 
that would make of him a trusted pilot, and con- 
tinued to |)low the waters of the lower Grand River 
for fifteen years. One of the noted vessels of 
which he was master and pilot was the ill-fated 
"Daniel Ball." He was engaged in those capacities 
when the vessel was constructed, in IHGO. and was 
her pilot when the elements ended her eventful 
career, an occasion which is most vividly impressed 
upon the minds of many of Saginaw's citizens, .as 
a large number of them were alioard when she was 
grounded and were compelled to stand in the water 
until they were rescued from their uncomfortable 
position. 

Upon the construction of thetirand Haven Rail- 
way in (Ti-and Rajiids, the river trade was so dimin- 
ished that Capt. iledler turned his attention to 
more favorable occupations, and accordingly' in 
IHfii he came to Saginaw, which was then doing 
an immense water trade. His first engagement here 
was as Master of the "Neln-aska," a boat used in 
conveying cargoes of salt and lumber to port, as 
the water in the river was not sufficient to .allow 
the large lake vessels to leave the bay. The "Ma- 
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became her Master, and until 1873, when the "Ball" 
entered this harbor, his services were given to the 
"Mason" and the "Reynolds." After the destruc- 
tion of the "Hall," Cajit. Medler was employed to 
su])orintend the construction of a boat to take her 
place, and the next season found him master of 
the "Wellington R. Burt," a boat with a carrying 
capacity of six hundred passengers and built at a 
cost of *2 1,001 1. 

Capt. Medler was thus employed on the river 
until business becoming so reduced it was deemed 
best to transfer him to the trade at Toledo, but the 
Captain preferring to remain nearer home, the sea- 
son of 18111 found him Master of the steamer "Fer- 
ris," running in connection witli the I'ontiac, Ox- 
ford & Northern Railroad, from C^aseville across 
the b.ay to Tawas. a distance of thirty miles. He 
met with a disaster wiiile lying at the stone pier at 
Caseville, which was the second whieii had oc- 
curred to him in forty years, his boat being burned 
to the water's edge .July 25, 1 81) 1 , occasioning a total 
loss. 

The pleasant home of Capt. Medler is at No. 
609 State Street, and is presided over by his ami- 
able wife, who for thirteen years has shared his joys 
and sorrows. His service has been free from dis- 
tressing accidents by explosion, collision or similar 
casualties, and only two men out of the thousands 
he has employed have lost their lives, .and they 
fell overboard and were di'owned before assistance 
could be given them. Tiie Captain himself has 
not escaped so entirely, as he met with a severe and 
painfulaccident September 23, 1877, which resulted 
in the loss of one of his feet. As the boat was 
moving from the wharf the Captain stepped to the 
engineer and gave orders to pull back to the shore 
and inadvertently set his foot into the coil of rope 
which had been cast off from the cavel. As the 
vessel continued to move back, the coil tightened, 
and being drawn to the gunwale, the immense 
strain of the coil about his foot was sutticient to 
cut his boot, stocking and part of his foot entirelv 
off. He was thus confined to the hospital for many 
weeks. A second accident sometime later crushed 
the remainder of the same foot and caused greater 
dirticulty than he had experienced before. 

Capt. Medler has hosts of wnrmfrii^nds in Mich- 



igan, and his record as a vessel master is surpasse<l 
by none. His credentials from the Government 
stand unquestioned, and in every respect he is 
looked up to as a grand and noble man. His life 
has not been a period of ceaseless sunshine, but 
dark clouds have passed over him and shadows of 
painful memories linger in his old and weather- 
l)eaten heart. Death's relentless hand has twice 
entered his home and taken from him those most 
dear. 

Our subject was married in 18.51, to Miss Maria 
Houghtaling, of Lansing, and who passed from 
this life in 1873. They had become the parents of 
two boys, one of whom, Jesse, is a captain. He 
served as mate to his father ou many of their trips. 
The other son, Robert II., is an engineer on the 
"Metropolis." Our subject was again married in 
1875, to Mrs. Julia June, a woman possessing rare 
traits of character, and who died just eighteen 
months after her marriage. December 25, 1877, 
Capt. Medler was a third time married, the lady of 
his choice being Mahala Louisa, a daughter of Will- 
iam and EUzal)eth Brate, a cousin to his first wife. 
Mrs. Medler's parents were among the early settlers 
of Tuscola County, having located there in 1855. 
Mrs. Brate is now a hale and hearty lady of eight}-- 
four years, and makes her home with her daughter. 
Mrs. Medler had been previously married to Elijah 
Stiles, a builder and contractor of Caro, Tuscola 
County^ One child, a daughter, has been born to 
our subject and his present wife, who bore the 
name of Elizabeth; she died when two years of 
age. 



ENRY M. CAMPBELL. This prominent 
Inisiness man of Bay City belongs to the 
firm of McLean A Co., and is also connected 
with the Valley Soap Works. He has been 
in the former compan\- for nine years and has 
been Superintendent of the business since the time 
of the building of the lumber mill. This part of 
the country has been his home ever since he was 
five 3ears old, and many of his playmates were In- 
dians, and he went shooting with them when game 
was so plentiful that it could scarcely be given 




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awa.v, and tlio liiii'st saddle of venison was not 
often worth more than twenty-live cent^. 

Our snliject was liorn near Sparta, N. Y.. Scp- 
tenil)er lit, 1842, and is the son of Willi.iiii II. and 
Mary (AVillianis) ('ani|il>ell, of Syracuse. Tiie fa- 
llier was a mechanic, Imt when the boy was still 
small decided to try his fortunes in the West, and 
coming to (Jenesee County, .-settled three miles 
north of I'Mint. His father, .lolin ('aiiii>licll, accom- 
|)aniiMl him. and toirctiier they liouijlit a large i 
farm, which they improved, and where they made 
their huine for many years, and tiiere for a lonff 
while William II. was .Justice of the Peace of Pine 
(•rove Township. 

Henry C'ampliell commenced his education in 
Genesee County, and came to Saginaw County 
with his father, who took up the milling and 
lumbering liusiness and remained here for the re- 
mainder of his life, dying in 1870. At Sagi- 
naw, in 1867. the youth was first in the employ 
of Seth McLe.an (his present partner), and after a 
time he became manager in his business, having a t 
great advantage in his complete knowledge of 
milling as he was able to build a mill from begin- 
ning to end. 

AVhen Mr. McLean removed to this place young 
Campbell came with him, and in 1881 became a 
partner of the concern. He built the mill which 
the firm now uses some eighteen years ago. Its 
cap.acily is one hundred thousand feet a d.ay and 
It IS fitted up with gang and circular saws, edgers, 
lath machines, and all of the latest improvements 
necessary to operating a mill of that capacity. 
The establishment gives employment to about one 
hundred men. The firm has also put in two large 
salt blocks which have an average of two hun- 
dred liarrels per day. 

The Valley .Soap Works are owned and ojierated 
by McLean dv Co.. which in that connection is 
known as the X'alley .Soap Company, and w.as 
started in the _\ear 1891. Here are m.anufactured 
all kinds and .as fine brands of soap — toilet, bath 
and laundry — .as any f.actory in the country. The 
works have a capacity of one hundred and fiftv 
boxes a week, and the business is constantlv en- 
larging and bids fair to eclipse many older estab- 
lishments. It h;is all the modern appliances and 



is run by steam. ,V new patent process is being 
introduced of which the firm has bought the right 
for u.-<e in this valley, and it is .selling the right 
to jobl)ers, keeping men on the road all the time. 
Our subject has been Alderman for the Sixth Ward 
for four years and was elected the third time, 
but was genvni.-indered out by the "sfiuaw buck" 
Legislation. 

Our subject is a inemlier of the liusiness Men 's 
Association of Uay City, and is considered therein 
a representative man. He lives at No. 1021 Broad- 
way, and his home is a fine one of his own remod- 
eling. On the 26th of March, 186.">, he was mar- 
ried U> Miss Mary .1. Callagan,of O.akland County, 
and to them has been granted one son — Arthur 
\i. Mr. Campbell is a member of the Knight* of 
Pvthias of the LTniformed Rank. 



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HOMAS PARKER. One of the old settlers 
;'/p-*\ of Saginaw Townshiii, who is now a farmer 
and brickmaker on section 19, is he whose 
name -appears above. A native of Scotland, his 
has been a history that is marked by many inter- 
esting features. He was born August 22, 1819, 
and is a son of Isaac and Kllizabeth (McColloch) 
Parker, both natives of Scotland. Isaac Parker was 
a weaver in early life, but owned a small tract of 
land and worked as a laborer. He came to Amer- 
ica in 18,')4, and died at the age of sixty-seven 
years. He and his wife were the i)arents of four 
children, whose names aie Hugh, .lane, .John and 
Thom.as. 

When a'lout twoyearsc)f age, our subject lost his 
mother who was twenty-five years of age at the time 
of her death. She and her husband were devoted 
Presbyterians. Young Thomas divided his time be- 
tween his books and the farm work. When coming 
to -Vmerica in "46. he was five weeks on the voyage, 
which was made memorable by that awesome cere- 
monial — a burial at sea, for there had been several 
deaths vn the ves.sel. which also p.assed through 
severe storms. 

About six years after his marriage to Miss Jessie 
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ily came to i\Ii(_-bis>a,ii via the Krie Canal to Hiiffalo 
anrl theiice by lioat to Detroit. He had but little 
money and the i)rices at hotels and in traveling 
were exorbitant and soon exhausted bis purse, so 
that he was olilitred to leave his family at Detroit, 
and started on foot for >Sag'inaw, where he bad an 
uncle. Stopping- at a house to rest, he was be- 
friended by its owner, who, on hearing his story 
offered to bring his family to Flint. This lie did, 
but Mr. Parker was [(enniless, and two weeks after 
the family was settled here, his wife died. Slie 
was the mother of three children — Mary. Ellizahctli 
and one that died on the way to this State. 

Mr. Parker engaged in lumbering for James Fra- 
zier, but contracted the ague, from which he suf- 
fered to such a degree that he was obliged to go 
back to New York State, where he remained for 
fifteen months. While in Michigan Mr. Parker 
shot many deer, and had some memorable encoun- 
ters with these animals. He was on friendly 
terms with the Indians, and spent two years in 
lumbering on the Pine and Chippewa Rivers. Af- 
terward with an uncle he lumbered a tract on 
Card Creek, and then began for himself, a;id has 
gone over a great portion of the present farm land 
along the Tittabawassee River and on Swan Creek. 

Our subject was one of the pioneer lumbermen 
of this region. He was on the water week after week 
rafting, and sold his logs to Mv. Frazier, receiving 
for the best #3 a piece when delivered. He spent 
several winters on the Big Cedar, and was in tlie 
lumber business in all over twenty years; during 
that time he floated many a raft of logs down the 
Tittabawassee to the Saginaw River, and thence to 
Bay City, and so accustomed was he to the work, 
that he slept on his rafts to waken in tlie morning 
near Bay C'ity. Such a life was not without dan- 
ger and narrow escapes. On one occasion he was 
hauled from under the ice by an Indian, and has 
ever since had a friendly feeling for the red men. 

In 1850 Mr. Parker purchased eighty acres of 
land in Thomastown TownsIii[), Saginaw County, 
settling upon it in 18.51. That was his home until 
1867, when he removed across the Tittabaw.assee 
River, and located on his present farm. He had 
established extensive brick works herein 1859, and 
is the oldest brickmnker in the country. He used 



to average five million brick per year, and at one 
time oi)erated three yards. He now averages from 
twelve to fifteen thousand brick per year and soon 
expects to retire from the active proprietorsliip of 
his l)usiness. He has been more successful in this 
venture than any other man in the locality. His 
beautiful home, a view of which a])pears on another 
l)age, is a large brick inansi(in on the banks of the 
Tittabawassee Kiver, and was built in 18(50, at a 
cost of $12,000. 

Mr. Parker was married a second time in 18.")1, 
to Ellen Alexander (iarden, who was born in Ft. 
William, Scotland, August 23, 1818. They have no 
children. Mrs. Parker is a lady of great dignity, 
and is beloved by all who know her. She and her 
husband have been members of the I'resbyterian 
Church for many years and were instrumental in 
building the cluirch of that denomination in their 
neighborhood, in which he has served as Trustee 
ever since its erection. He has filled the position 
of Sunda3^-school Superintendent for yeai's, and he 
and his estimable wife have taught the Bible classes 
for sixteen years. 

Our subject's chief pride is in his Re publican ism, 
which he has always felt to be synonymous with 
the highest patriotism. Under his party he has 
held the position of Highway Commissioner, was 
for one year Supervisor of Thomastown Township, 
an<l lias also tilled the various school offices. 



%./\\ OSES M. HAHRIS. Situated picturesijuely 
on the banks of the Tittabawassee, six 
miles west of Saginaw, on the river road, 
in Saginaw Township, is a farm on which 
already the softening seal of time has been i)laced. Its 
owner is one of the few pioneers who are still 
identified with the interests which they have 
helped to formulate and organize, passing through 
therefor, i)rivations and hardships incident to early 
settlement. The farm is located on section 13; 
its owner, Mo.ses Harris, was born in Rochester, 
N. Y., December 26, 1826. He is a son of George 
and Amanda (Ireland) Harris. His father was a 
native of New ^'ork. hut of Welsli ancestr\'. 




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Our Mihject's jjiandfatlier, Ileiiiy Harris, who 
was iMjrn in Wales, cainc lo America when a yoiins 
man, just previous to the breaiiintr out of the Rev- 
olutionary War. tiironfjh which he served. He was 
a man of exce|)tional physical streni^th. and in his 
prime stood six feet two inches high. He is said 
to have been so strong that lie could pick up a 
liarrel of pork with ease. He was of commanding 
appearance and lioie a military .air. He followed 
farming in .New York State, and lived to the re- 
markable age of one hundred and ten years. 

( )ui- .subject's father was noted for his geneiosity 
and liene\<ileiice. The soul of honor himself, he 
too freipiently took others at his own standard. 
He served as a soldier in the War of 1812, and 
then ran a bo;it on the Erie (anal for ten years, 
and from his savings purchased a farm and was at 
one time the owner of three hundred acres of land. 
In 1h;U he sold his place for *il5,()()0, taking 
*2,(i<Hi cash and notes without security for the 
balance. The i)urclia.sei- soon after took advantage 
of the bankrupt law, so that IMr. Harris was the 
loser of *i:i.(">(i. 

.Vfter selling his New York farm, our subject's 
father w<'nt. in IH.'M, to l.orain County. Ohio. 
That farm he cleared and remained upon for a few 
years, and then traded for a farm in Uochester 
Township, Oliio, which he had not seen, and that 
farm he traded for a faim in Tittabaw.assee Town- 
ship. It vv.as represented to be a fairly inii)roved 
place. having go(Kl st.age service and other advan- 
tages. In truth it was one. solid wilderness,and quite 
beyond the then bounds of civilization. Soon after 
settlintr upon the place he divided it among his 
.sons, and pas.sed the remainder of his life with our 
subject, at who.se home he died at the age of sixty- 
three yeai-s. He was not connected with any sect, 
but was a devoted student of the Hible, imitating 
as closely as he could the example of Christ. At 
his death he confided his wife to the care of his 
son Mo.ses. 

Our subject's molher was born in Schagtacokc 
N. Y. She had eleven children, of whom ten lived 
to be grown, eight boys and two girls. .She was a 
kind-hearted and conscientious Christian woman, 
and a member of the Methodist Ki)iscopal Church. 
Her gentle spirit, marked by angelic sweetness. 



passed the portals of the world beyond after a toil- 
some life journey of ninety-two years. Her later 
life was spent with <jur subject, who fullilled in 
letter and spirit the promise made to his father. 

Mo.ses Harris went with his parents from New 
York to Ohio when eight years of age. lie well 
remembers the tedious journey by packet-boat to 
IJuffalo and thence across the gi-eat lake. When 
six hours out on the lake, and in the dead of 
night, a collision took place and excitement ran 
high. The boats were badly damaged and had to 
make for land with all haste. While living in 
Ohio his young strength was taxed with the work 
of clearing the farm, but the hardships here en- 
dured were but a preparatitm for greater ones to 
follow. The work of clearing had scarcely been 
completed in Ohio when the journey to Michigan 
w.as made, lo recommence a more arduous task. He 
was willing, however, and industrious, and began 
by working out and renting land, .and finally se- 
cured thirteen and a half acres as payment for 
clearing a tract for a neighbor. On this he built 
a log cabin and engaged Indian labor .somewhat 
to liel|) him with the work of clearing. The larder 
was supplied chiefly with the victims of his gun, 
and potatoes were regarded as luxuries. He u.se<l 
to dry corn by the stove and grind it in the cof- 
fee-mill ill order to make meal for the corn bread. 
He was then given charge of the County Poor 
Farm, which he ran for five years, clearing most 
of it during that time. He purchased his present 
farm in 1878, and hard work shows in its result of 
well-tilled fields and conifortjible rural residence. 

.Mr. Harris is the owner of ninety-seven acres of 
good land, and li.as prospered greatly in the last 
twelve years. In 18.")8 he w.as married to Jane 
Aldrieli. Her first husband was (ieorge W. Aid- 
rich, by whom she had two daughters, both now 
marric<l. She was born in County .\ntrira, Ire- 
land, and has been her husbiind's faithful compan- 
ion and co-worker, and his success is due in no 
small degree to her untiring help. She has en- 
dured privation and hardship most iincompKain- 
iiigly, and deserves the greatest credit for the w.ay 
ill which she has maintained lier.self throughout. 
She has reared twti children, .loliii .1. and Ilattie, 
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church relationship, slie and. her children being 
members of the Presbyterian Church, while lie is a 
memlier of the Methodist sect. Our subject takes 
great pride in his association witii tlic Republican 
party, which he feels to be specially adapted to the 
jrovernment of this nation. 




ANIKL THOBIPSOX. The sturdy inde- 
pendence of character found in people 
who have been reared in mountain dis- 
tricts, is characteristic of our subject. He 
cares less for the opinion of his fellow-men than 
for the conviction that what he does is right and 
best. Mr. Thompson was born November 15, 1831, 
in Catskill, (ireene County, N. Y., and is a son of 
Samuel and Hannah (IJevall) Thompson. His fam- 
ily is of Scotch origin, his paternal grandsire hav- 
ing been born near Edinburg, Scotland. His father, 
Samuel Thompson, was born in Columbia County, 
X. Y., and was a farmer. His father, John Thomp- 
son, was a member of Morgan's Rifles, and was en- 
gaged at the battle of Saratoga. 

In the fall of 1860 Mr. Thompson's family came 
to Michigan and settled on eighty acres of Gov- 
ernment land on section 21, Brant Township. 
There the father resided until his death, which oc- 
curred in October, 1883, when at the age of eighty- 
seven years. Kor many years he had been a de- 
voted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
He was twice married. His first wife, Hannah De- 
vall, boro lain three children. The eldest, Hannah 
.1., is deceased, Daniel and Tobias are the otlier 
two. Our subject's mother died in 183(5, and his 
father some time afterward married Eliza Devall. 
She bore him one child, John II.; her decease oc- 
curred in 1886. 

On the maternal side our subject was descended 
from Frencli ancestry. His mother was born m 
Albany County, N. Y., and was a daughter of Da- 
vid Devall. Our subject was reared on a farm and 
received the advantages of a limited common- 
school education. At the age of fifteen years he 
began to earn iiis own way by working out by the 
moiilh and also by giving his time on tlie iioiiie- 



stead. He moreover worked for some time in a 

sawmill and in October, 18.")7, cnnic with a ln'other 
to IMichigan, locating in St. Charles Township, 
Saginaw County. He remained until June, 185!), 
and then returned to the Empire State, but the 
following year came back to Saginaw Count\ and 
iiought eighty acres of land in iiartnership with 
his brother, making over the deed of the same to 
their mother. 

Decemlier 18, 1861, Mr. Tliomi)son enlisted in 
Company E, Fourteenth Michigan Infantry, and 
with that body engaged in the following encoun- 
ters: They were first at Corinth, then at Brent- 
wood, Lavergne, Stone River and Chickamauga. 
The night following the last engagement our sub- 
ject was paralyzed on the right side and was taken 
to Hospital No. 16, in Nashville, lie remained 
there for one montli and spent the next year in 
hospital at Louisville, after which he was placed in 
the invalid corps in Company G, Twelfth Regi- 
ment, it l)eing a veteran reserve. They were .sent 
to Washington and our sul)ject was made First 
Duty Sergeant. From the National Capital he was 
sent to Fort Lyon and was made (Quartermaster 
Sergeant, acting in that capacity until he was mus- 
tered out of service, January 7, 1865, when he re- 
turned to his home and was for a time engaged in 
farming. 

In the fall of 1869 our subject purchased eighty 
acres whereon he now lives; it is located on section 
28, Brant Townsliip. This he has cleared and im- 
jiroved and added forty-one acres to the original 
purchase, but has given a portion of the farm to 
his son. Mr. Thoin|)son has occasionally been en- 
gaged ill lumbering during the winters. He has 
been a|)pointed to various local offices and h.as 
served two terms as Justice of the Peace and Com- 
missioner of Highways. His first vote was cast for 
Franklin Pierce, the next for In'emont, and from 
that time he was a Repulilican until 1868, when he 
returned to the Democratic party, working with it 
until the formation of the Greenback party. He 
was Chairman of tiie State Grecnliack Committee 
that nominated Benjamin Butler ou the Presiden- 
tial ticket, and was one of the men who engaged 
in the organization of the Farmer's Alliance. Mr. 
Tli<)ni|)soii has been engaged in .Soulliein Ohio and 



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other States for the (iieenhack party and for the 
I-'ariiier's Alliance, and has done i>()od seivice for 
l)oth of these. 

Onr snhject was married in September, 18()(», to 
.Miss Cynthia S. Stone, a native of Onondaga 
County. N. Y. This niarriaj^e lias been l)lcst by 
the advent into tlie family of four children. They 
are: William K.. Kllen. wife of Kdgar Whaley. 
.Vnna and .lolin H. In I H(i(l .Mr. Tliom|)son relates 
that he and lii> wife landed in Michigan with only 
sivty-lhree cents and ••dthough tlie\' have not been 
exempt from misfortune and ti'ouble, they have 
been prosperous and now enjoy the comforts of a 
pleas:nit rural home. Socially our subject l)elongs 
to the Independent ( )rde]- of Odd Fellows and the 
Knights of Labor, lie is President of the Sub- 
ordinate Alliance and President of the County 
.\lliance and oi-ganizer of the Kighlh Congressional 
District, and is Chairman of the Kightli Congres- 
sional District of the Peo])!e's Party. 



fp\i:\\ HOWARD .MA( (^IKAKY. of Saginaw. 

iiti* whose name has come so pi<Mninently before 
the public as a party to the coiitioversy with 
Bishop Leonard, was born May 27. imil. in 
Albemarle County. \'a. He was the youngest of 
eight chiblren and his parents were Thomas How- 
!ird and Sarah Jane (Garland) M.aet^ueary. The 
family was of Seoteli-Irish origin and came to 
.\merica at tlie close of the eighteenth centurv 
settling on a plantation in Virginia. 'I'lie maternnl 
grandjiarents were Clifton and Diana (Kinsolving) 
( iarlaud, and both these families were of Knglisli 
descent and came to this country about the time 
that the Macfjuearys emigrated. They were both 
well-known families in \'irginia and several of 
them were influential in politics, law and the 
church, although most of them were well-to-do 
planters. Clifton (iarland. however, lost his prop- 
erty and Ills children were deprived of main- ad- 
vantages. 

The parents of young .Mact^ueaiy began life with 
limited financial means and although the father 
was rapidly acquiring a competence his death. 



which took place in Apnl, 1861, left his widow .and 
three children in rather a destitute condition. Five 
of the children of this family had died liefore the 
father and one soon followed him. Howard, the 
youngest cliild, was thus left entirely dependent 
upon his mothei', who husbanded her meager re- 
sources and by dint of industry, managed to send 
him to tlie i)aioehial school until he was thirteen 
years old, at which time his health failed and he 
left school and began work upon the farm. He 
soon regained his health l)Ut found it necessary to 
continue farming which he did for five years, and 
then went to Washington Vhy. where he continued 
his struggle for existence, barely succeeding in 
making a living for himself and mother. After 
eighteen months spent in raerc4intile business in 
Washington he was enabled by friends to secure a 
comfortable home for his mother, and to enter col- 
lege, thus le.alizing his most ardent dream. 

This ambitious student entered Norwood High 
School and College in the fall of 188(1 and after a 
tliree years' course, he decided to enter the minis- 
try, and went to the Episcopal Theological Semin- 
ary near Alexandria, A'a., where he took the three 
years' course in two years and graduated in 188,5. 
His graduating essay sounded the ke\' note of his 
subse(iiient career .as it was on '"The Liberal Educa- 
tion of the Clergy." At the time it created con- 
siderable comment but was not considered objec- 
tionable, except l)y a few conseivatives among the 
clergy. On the littli of July. IHHi^, he received 
De.aeon's orders from the Right Rev. (ieorge W. 
Peterkin, D. D., llishop of West A'irginia, and took 
charge of the Parishes of Fairmont and Morgan- 
town, W. \'a. 

.\n ac([uaintancc which si)niiig u[> in 188(; with 
I'rof. Jo.seph LeConte, of the University of Cali- 
fornia, exerted a great intluence upon the thought 
of Mr. MacCieary, .as he was a radical evolutionist. 
Y(ningMac(,^eary's favorite studies were apologet- 
ics, history and the natural sciences. After a pas- 
torate of eighteen months in Fairmont, he was 
called to the Episcopal Church of Canton, ( )hio. 
and there his most notable work was done. He 
hail been educated in the strictest orthodoxy but 
his scicntitic studies finally Itegaii to undermine 
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with the church on the question of endless punish- 
ment, and he was led to accept the doctrine of evo- 
lution by a thorough study of Darwin, Huxley, 
Tyndall, Spencer, LeConte, Winchell and others. 
He soon abandoned the Calvinistic dogmas of Ad- 
am's fall and the atonement. 

In a careful examination of the origin and in- 
spiration of the Scriptures Mr. IMacQueary read, 
first, the orthodox side, choosing Westcott, CJodet, 
Lightfoot, and others, and next the critical side, 
including Baur, Zeller, Keim, Renan, etc. The re- 
sult w.as a complete revolution of opinion on this 
important question and a loss of faith in tiie mira- 
cles of Scriptuie. 

For a long time he suffered much uncertainty 
and doubt as to whether he ought not to resign 
from the ministry, yet he did not want to give up 
the work, as he considered the dogmas of less im- 
portance than the moral teachings of Christianity. 
He advised with many friends among the bishops 
and clerg}^ most of whom told him that his de- 
parture from the standards of the church was not 
sufficient to justify his withdrawal from the min- 
istry, and that as a Protestant he had the right of 
private judgment. lie finally decided to remain 
in the ministry, and believing tliat he might help 
others, resolved to speak out boldly his opinions. 

In 1890 the publishing firm of Appleton l)rought 
out Mr. MacCiue.ary'sbook, entitled the "Evolution 
of Man and Christianity," and this volume imme- 
diately raised a storm of controversy. The chapter 
which gave the most offense was that on miracles, 
in which the author takes a different view of mir- 
cles from that commonly entertained. The Epis- 
copal Church Congress shortly after, invited him 
to spe.ak on Biblical Criticism, and this request 
roused such a vehement i)rotest in the religious 
papers that Dr. Leonard, lately elected Bishop of 
Ohio, was forced to take action against Mr. Mac- 
Queary, and sent him a formal '"admonition,"' in- 
sisting uiion sid>missiou and a promise that he 
would not again express his [lecuiiar views, l)ut 
Mr. I\Lac(^ueary declined to make such a promise. 

In November, 181t(). he attended the Church 
Congress in Philadeljihia, although he did not 
speak there and went thence to New York and 
consulted a number of clergymen .as to the course 



he should pursue. After this ho returned to Can- 
ton and found his formal "presentment" to the 
Bishop awaiting him. Again an effort was made 
to adjust the disturbed relations but in vain, and 
Mr. MacQeary was arraigned before the ecclesiasti- 
cal court of the Episcopal Church of Oliio in 
Cleveland, on the 7tli of .laiuiary, 18!)1, the cliarges 
preferred against him being liis rejection of the 
virgin birth- and the bodily resurrection of Jesus. 

This court consisted of the Rev. Jlessrs. Y. P. 
Morgan, H. D. Aves, and A. B. Putnam, of Cleve- 
land, the Rev. VV. H. f4ailagher, of Painesville. and 
the Rev. George F. Smythe, of Toledo. TJic Hon. 
George T. Chapman, a lawyer, acted as chairman 
and legal .advisor to the court. The prosecutor 
was the Rev. Cyrus Bates, D. D., and ^Ir. Jlac- 
Queary defended himself, assisted by the lion. J. 
H. MacMath, as legal adviser. The trial lasted 
for two days. He claimed that the churcli places 
the Scriptures above the creeds, and that in the 
Bible there are two views given of Christ's nativ- 
ity and two of his resuri'ection, .and that, .as a 
Protestant, he had a right to accept cither view, 
and that either interpretation was allow.ihle. 

As all readers of the newspajjcrs know, this trial 
caused a profound sensation and made Mr. Mac- 
Queary a conspicuous figure in the theological 
world. After two and a half months' delibera 
tion, two of the judges, Messrs. (Gallagher and 
Sm3'the, voted for acquittal, and tiie other three 
voted that Mv. ^MacC^ueary should be suspended 
from the ministry for six months, and if during 
thiit time he did not promise "not to teacli or ]nib- 
lish liis peculiar views" he should lie deposed from 
the ministry. The division in the court created 
•as much comment as the trial and the verdic* was 
generally said to settle nothing. 

On the 18th of March Bishop Leonard pronoun- 
ced sent(uice upon jMr. MacCJueary, and he imme- 
diately resigned his parish in Canton without 
attempting to hold any jtart of it, and accepted 
invitations to preach and lecture elsewhere. He 
preached in Jamestown, N. Y., Cliic.ago, Pittsburg, 
Hartford and St. Louis, and addressed the Nine- 
teenth Century Club of New York City. He spent 
the sununer of 1891 in Virginia for the recovery 
of his health which was suffering. 



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In llie ineantiiiH' Mr. .Madiueaiy liad discovered 
lliat tlie sciilciict' |ir<)ii<)Uiu»'(l upon liiin was un- 
miHinicHl. ill that it iiiiposi'd two piMialties for one 
offense, and lif tlicii'fore moved the Bishop on 
Se|>tenil>er l>t, to restore liiiii t<i tlio ministry, tnit 
tiie liisliop availed himself of a teclinieality to 
ohantce tiie sentence from a definite to an indefin- 
ite suspension. Mr. .Maet^iieary tliereforo decided 
to lake the matter into the civil courts and enjoin 
the Bishop from further suspending him, for lie 
questioned his riu'ht to so alter the sentence. 

\i this juncture he received a call to the First 
I'ni vei-salist Church at Saginaw. Mich., and con- 
cluded to accept it rather than to contend in the 
court* for what he believed to lie his ri<,dits. On 
September 22, he renounce(l the ministry of the 
Kpiscojial Church, which renunciation was formally 
reco<fni/.ed on tlie 2.')tli of that month by Bisliop 
Leonard. At the same time another book by Mr. 
Mact^ueaiy, entitled "Topics of the Times," was 
brought out by Lovell. This hook deals with so- 
cial and theological i)roblems and supplements his 
previous work. He has also published various arti- 
cle* ill papers and j)eriodicals and is recognized as 
a man of strong raind and earnest purpose even 
Iiv those who differ radically from him on theo- 
logical (juestions. On .hinuarv 14, 181)2. he was 
married to .Miss Emma Clarkson Harris, the accom- 
jilished daughter of the Hon. John T. Harris, of 
Harrisonburg, Xn.. who was for many years the 
Representative of that district in Congress. 

A special to the Baltimore Sun from Harrison- 
burg, Va., gives the following information con- 
cerning a social event that i» of interest to many 
readers of this work: 

"Mi.ss Emma Clarkson Harris ami the l{ev. How- 
ard Maci^ueary were married here to-(hiy at noon. 
The ceremony was perforincd by Hev. Charles E. 
Woodson, rector of the Episcopal Church at Frank- 
lin. \'a.. and a cousin of the groom. The marriage 
took place at the residence of the bride's father, 
and was attended only by immediate relatives of 
the parties, no invitations having licen issued. The 
bride is the second daughter of .Judge .lolin T. 
Harris, a distinguished member of the Virginia 
bar and for many years the representative of this 
iHstrict in Congress. Mi;,s Harris, who was edu- 
cated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart at Man- 
hattanville. New York City, is a beautiful and 



accoin]}lislied lady and luis a large circle of friends 
in \'irginia and Washington City. The groom is 
well known in religious and literary circles, his 
work on the "Evolution of Man and Cliristianity" 
liaving recently caused his trial for heresy in the 
Episcopal diocese of Ohio while serving a church 
atCanton.and resulting in his ultimate withdrawal 
from the Episcopal ministry. He now has charge 
of a wealthy I'niversalist church at Saginaw, Mich. 
Although the marriage to-day was exceedingly 
quiet, it was attended by a number of relatives 
from a distance, and the bride received manj' 
handsome presents. After the ceremony a wed- 
ding breakf.ast was served, and Mr. and Mrs. Mae- 
(^ueary left on the afternoon train for Washing- 
ton. From there they will go to St. Louis and 
Chicago, reaching their home in Saginaw on the 
22d instant." 



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,^r^ EELEY R. BIRCHARD. It has often lieen 
^^^ observed that busine.ss capacity is an in- 
lll/\)}) herited trait, and that to one who has this 
characteristic, oiiportunities for success 
seem to come almost unsought. Social and educa- 
tional advantages f)f course add to the ca|)ability 
of such a mail, luit he must have these native traits 
in order to succeed in a l)usiness way. Such capa- 
bilities belong to our subject, who is engaged in 
painting and decorating in West Bay City, besides 
being a stockholder in the Street Railway Com- 
pany. He was one of the organizers and is a stock- 
holder of the Peoples' Savings Bank, and is inter- 
ested to some extent in real estate. 

Mr. Birchard was born in Willa AVana, Pa., Feb- 
ruary 26, IXiu, and is the son of George Birchard, 
a native of Sdioliarie County, N. Y. The grand- 
father of our subject, Daniel Birchard, was a native 
of EnglancL and on coming to America located in 
Schoharie County, N. Y., where he engaged in the 
lumber business. Later he removed to Willa 
Wana, Pa., where he was one of the pioneer lum- 
lierincii. He was a )iatriot in the War of I.S12.and 
passed his last days at Ithaca, N. Y.. dying at the 
age of ninety years. 

freorge Birchard followed the same occupation 
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He resided in PeuiiMivauia until 1873, when his 
sawmill being burned, he came to Miciiigan and 
located in Clinton County, where he farmed until 
1881, when he came to West Bay City and is now 
living a retired life. lie is an influential member 
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is active 
in all good works which have for their object the 
elevating of society and the community in general. 
Socially he was a i)r(miinenl M.'is(m. His wife, the 
mother of our subject, was ^Mrs. Sarah A. (Seelcy) 
Birchard, a native of Pennsylvania, and the daugh- 
ter of Mr. Seeley, who was a farmer in Massachu- 
setts. Mrs. Birchard could trace her ancestry back 
to the landing of the ''Mayflower." She died when 
our subject was but four and one-half years old, 
after having become the parent of three children, 
Jlr. Birchard of this sketch l)eing the only one liv- 
ing. His two sisters were named Dell and Ann. 

Seeley R. Birchard of whom we give a brief 
sketch, was reared in Willa Wana, Pa., where he 
attended the common schools, and when fourteen 
was sent to Chemung Academy at Chemung, N. Y., 
from which school he was graduated four years 
later. Then determining to start out in the world 
for himself, our subject chose Michigan as his place 
of future operations and located in Reiley Town- 
ship, Clinton County, where he remained on a 
farm until he was twenty 3'ears of age. He then 
went to DeWitt, and for three years worked as an 
apprentice at the painter's trade. Later he went 
to Grand Rapids, where he remained one winter 
and then went to St. John's, Clinton County, and 
occupied the position of foreman in the finishing 
department of the St. .lo'm's Manufacturing Com- 
pany, when having been industrious and economi- 
cal he had saved a sutlicient sum of nione}- to en- 
able him to start in business for himself. He con- 
tinued alone a short time, however, when in the 
spring of 1882 he came to Saginaw and took charge 
of the Munger Works, until July, 1882, when he 
located in AVest Bay Cit^". His place of business 
is located on the corner of Midland and Walnut 
Streets, and he is engaged in doing some of the 
finest work in the city, the large contracts which 
he has taken giving him the benefit of a broad ex- 
perience. He has gradually drifted into handling 
real estate, and owns the A'an Alstine Block, where 



the Peoples' Bank is located. He also possesses 
other valuable property in West Bay City, and has 
a very pleasant residence on the corner of Ohio 
and Fremont Streets. 

The gentleman of whom we write w.as married 
in St. John's, this State, May 13, 1883, the lady of 
his choice being Miss Mattie Kipp. Mrs. Birchard 
w.as born in Perrinsville, Wayne County, this Stale, 
and by her union with our subject, has become the 
mother of two interesting children, Glenn and 
Fred. jNIr. Birchard 's interest in educational affairs 
has led him to be placed on the School Board, 
which body he has served as Secretary for four 
years. Socially he is a Free and Accepted Mason, 
belonging to Wenona Lodge, No., 256. He is also 
a Royal Arch Mason, being identified with Blaucli- 
ard Chapter. No. ;■)(). at Bay City; the B.ay City 
Council of the Royal and Select Masons; the Bay 
City Commandry, No. 26, of the Knights Templar; 
IMcCormick (irand Lodge of I'erfection; and the 
Michigan Sovereign Consistory at Detroit. He is 
also a member of Nobles Mystic Shrine, and the 
Knights of the Maccabees. Mr. Birchard took a 
trip to Europe in 1891 with the Bay City Crusa- 
ders, and can recount many an interesting tale of 
that journey. In [jolitics he is an adherent of Re- 
publican principles, having represented his party 
in both county and State conventions as a dele- 
gate. He is serving on the City Republican Com- 
mittee at the i)resent time, and has been a member 
of the County Committee. 



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I'GENE FIFIELD. We have here a repre- 
sentative of the firm of Merrill, Fifleld &: 
Co., the largest wholesale house in Northern 
Michigan. Mr. Fifleld also has the finest stock 
farm in the Saginaw Valley and a magnificent herd 
of imported and full-blooded Ilerfords, in fact the 
largest herd of that kind in the State, also a large 
flock of imported Shropshire sheep. Besides this 
stock farm he has a well-improved and highly cul- 
tivated farm in Oakland County. 15ut more than 
his material prosperity the people of Bay City take 
priile in Mr. Fifleld on account of his character, as 



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he is universally fonceded to lie a ninii of strict 
inteirrity, whose tran^sni-tions ari' <>iV('iiio(l liy true 
and lionorahlc husini'ss i)rincii)lc's. 

Our subject was horn in Waterford, Oakland 
County, this Statf. March ;j. 18;')1. and his father 
was the Hon. Francis W. Fiticid. who horn in Og- 
den, Monroe County. N. Y., and removed when a 
hoy to Central >«ew-York. whence he came to 
Michijjanin IH'-iX. His grandfather, Samuel Fifleld. 
was born in Salshury, N. II., .Vugust 23, 1793, and 
took part in the War of 1812. He located in Mon- 
roe County, X. v.. where he had a farm some twelve 
miles from Rochester. He came to Jlichigan in 
1838 hut did not live long after his settlement in 
Waterford. His faithful companion, who was in 
maidenhood Sarah N. Norris, of New Hampshire, 
came to Hay City with a daughter and died in 1884 
at the extreme age of ninety-one years. 

The father of our subject was sixteen years old 
when he came to Michigan and soon after. arriving 
here he began teaching, and after his father's death 
took charge of the farm and the family, as he was 
the eldest child. He cleared two hundred and fifty 
acres and farmed it all until 18(52 wiien he engaged 
in the merciiandiie and milling business in Water- 
ford, being a successful merchant there. In 188;5 
he weut to Van Huren County where he has a line 
fMiiii of three hundred and twenty acres, and he is 
lliere engaged in raising full-blooded Norman 
horses, Shropshire sheep and Holstein cattle. He 
is a Democrat, politically, and has served not only 
a-i .lustice of the Peace and .Supervisor in Water- 
fonl, l)ut was in 1862 made a member of the State 
Legislature from O.ikland County. He is prominent 
ill the Mas',)nic frats'rnily and a hard worker in 
everything which he undertakes. In 18.j8 he was 
elected Worthy Master, wiiich otiice he heid for 
twenty-one succeesive years. He was born in 1821 
and has therefore reached the limit of threescore 
years and ten. His good wife, whose maiden name 
was .loan .Morris, was lioin in New York and came 
to Michigan with her father, who died .shortly after 
their location in Oakland County. Slie is iiowsev- 
enty-one years old and in feeble health, as she has 
experienced four paralytic strokes within the last 
seven years. 

Foiu- boys and thrive giils constituted the fainiiv 



in wliicli our subject grew to maturity, and three 
of this numlier still survive, our subject and two 
sisters, namely: Annettie, who is Mrs. Lanning, of 
Decatur, Van P>uren County, and Ilattie, now Mrs. 
Bradt, of Flint. Our subject w.as reared upon a 
farm and studied in the common district schools, 
after which he took three years in Clarkson Acad- 
emy and received a certificate to teach. During 
his vacations he assi.sted his father in the store and 
in 1871 and 1872 he took charge of the stave 
mill at Newport, where he did an extensive busi- 
ness both in milling and in general merchandise 
which was connected tlTcrcwith. 

On the 9th of November, 1876, Mr. Fifield came 
to iJa}' City and became a partner tirst in the firm 
of Oustin & Merrill, which afterward became Gus- 
tin, Merrill & Co., and finally Merrill, Fitield & Co. 
The business was located in the Denison Block on 
W.ater .Street and occupies three floors, with a fron- 
tage of four stores. The firm also owns and oper- 
,ates an elevator, which is the largest in the valley, 
and carries on a business in wholesale groceries .and 
lumbermen's supplies .as well as grain and produce. 
Their grain business is the largest in IJa^' City. For 
eight years they ran a branch store at West Branch. 

Both at the State Fair at Grand I?a{)ids and at 
the tirst Detroit Exposition Mr. Fifield received 
premiums on his live stock, and indeed h.as received 
mi>re premiums for excellence in this linethanany 
other man in the .State. .\t the head of his herd 
stand "Harold" and other notable Herefords arc 
"Greenhorn Fifth," an imported .animal, and "Al- 
ger," a three-year-old of his own r.aising. In Octo- 
ber, 1891, he took first premium on "Alger" and 
second on "Harold." At three different times he 
has imported cattle and h.as brought about two 
hundred into the country and is now looked to as 
source from which to seek the finest stock. He has 
also been successful in sheep and has taken (>rem- 
iums on his Shropshires wherever shown. He is 
considered the largest breeder and imitorter in 
Michigan especially in the line of Herefords. He is 
a member of the Executive Committee of the State 
Agricultural Society and w.as re-elected to that 
position in 1891. 

The marriage f)f Mr. Fifield and Miss Hattie B. 
ll.'iinniond took jilace February 16, 1875. This 




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lady was born in Independence, Oakland County, 
and is a daughter of Joel Hammond, an early set- 
tler from New Jersey, who was very successful in 
Michigan and upon his death left an estate of 
^40,000. One child, Nellie, has blessed the home 
of Mr. and Mrs. Fifield. Mr. Fifield is prominent 
in the Masonic order, beingan official member in the 
Knights Templar, Scottish Rite and the Mystic 
Shiiiie, and also one of the Trustees of the Masonic 
Temple Association. Me belongs to both the Amer- 
ican Hereford Breeders Association and tlie Amer- 
ican Sliroiisliire Association and is active as a mem- 
ber of the Kepubliean party. 



'ill AMES C. DANFORTH. In reviewing the 
varied interests of West Hay City, with a 
desire to convey to our readers a knowledge 
of its resources and its prominent citizens, 
we are called upon to notice the life of this gen- 
tleman, who is the most extensive sewering and 
paving contractor in West Bay City. As a soldier 
in the late war he has a eieditalile record, and as a 
citizen he possesses the confidence of the commun- 
ity. His portrait is presented in cdnnection with 
the following biographical notice. 

In Java, Wyoming County, N. V., our subject 
was born August 25, 1843. His father, John Dan- 
forth, was born in Dungavin. Ireland, in 179H,and 
was reared on a farm, learning the trade of astoiie 
cutter and mason in liis youtli. In 1827 he emi- 
grated to the United State?, locating in LeRo^', 
N. Y., and removing thence to Java, which was at 
that time but sparsely settled. He pureliased one 
hundred acres in the Holland I'urch.ase and built 
thereon a log house containing two rooms and 
roofed witli bark. After placing substantial ini- 
jirovements on tlie place he sold it for «.')(! per acre. 
In 1858 John Danforth removed to Mt. ^lorris. 
where he engaged in the grocery business and also 
ran a canal boat with the assistance of his sons. In 
1867 he came to Bay City where he bought some 
real estate and remained until his death in 1878. 
A prominent Democrat, he held vaiious township 
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offices, and during his residence in New York 
I served as an officer in the militia. His religious 
belief brought him into sympathy with the Catho- 
lic Chuich, of which he w.as a devout member. His 
wife, whose maiden name was Mary A. Carroll, 
was born in Drohcade, C'ounty Meath, Ireland, and 
was the daughter of Michael Carroll, a linen man- 
ufacturer of that place, who came to the United 
States aliout 1830, locating in Wyoming County, 
N. Y., where he died when more tlian eighty years 
old. Mrs. Mary A. Danforth passed away in 1862. 

Three children were liorn to tlie parents of our 
subject: Catherine, now Mrs. Kcenan, of Midland 
County, this State; our subject, and Patrick who 
enlisted in 1863 in the One Hundredth Pennsyl- 
vania Infantiy and served until the close of the 
Civil War, his decease taking place January 2, 1892, 
in Cleveland, Ohio. Our subject was the second in 
order of birth and remained upon his father's farm 
in Java until fifteen years of age. On the removal 
of tlie family to Mt. Morns he assisted his father 
m the grocery business for a time, and afterward 
ran a boat on Erie Canal between Olean and Al- 
bany, becoming a captain, and for tiiree years car- 
rying on a successful business. 

In November, 1863, Mr. Danforth entered the 
service of his country in the War of the Rebellion, 
enlisting at Rochester in Company II, Fourteenth 
New York Heavy Artillery. The regiment was 
mustered in at Elmira and sent South into Vir- 
ginia. Mr. Danforth took part in the following 
engagements: Battle of tlie Wilderness, S|)ottsyl- 
vania, North Anna River, Cold Harbor; the siege 
of Petersburg June 16, 19, 20. and July 30; South 
side Railroad August 20, and Yellow House. He 
was wounded at Petei'sburg June 20, receiving a 
gunshot wound which fractured his right leg above 
the ankle. 

In spite of his injury Mr. Danforth went into 
battle witli his regiment July .'50, at Petersburg, 
where he was again severely wounded by a bayo- 
net thrust through the abdomen. This laid liim 
up for awhile, liut with indomitable spirit he in- 
sisted on getting well and in a few weeks after- 
ward was again with his regiment. He was engaged 
with liis company in tearing down and destroying 
corn-cribs when he was caught under a falling crib 



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and l>:i(lly liiisIuiI. 'i'liis incapacitated liim for 
service for a lonj^ time liut lie ifiiiaincd willi liis 
reginu-nt until tiie close of the war and was dis- 
charged May 17, 1865, at \Vashingt(Hi. whore lie 
took pail in the Orand Review. 

Mr. Danfuitii returned home after his discharge 
from tiie army and in the spring ol tlie same year 
took a trip to Ireland where he remained for three 
niontlis, visiting relatives. Returning iiome in the 
fall he went to the Pennsylvania oil regions, visit- 
ing I'ithole City and West llickney. There he in- 
vested in land and l>()red for oil, and was there 
during the great excitement which ensued on the 
discover3' in that region. However, he was not 
successful in his undertaking and soon afterward 
went to IJutTalo where he engaged in the black- 
smith and wagon business. 

In the spring of 18()7 Mr. Danfortli sold out and 
came to Midland City and here he engaged ut the 
hunlii'ring businc<< until l.siil) when he removed to 
Wenona, now West liay City. For si'veial years 
he acted as foreman in a number of lumber camps, 
among them those of IJailev it Co., on tlic Kille 
River where he remained for two years with sixty 
or eighty men under liiin. He was also cm[)l<)yed 
in Sage's mill for four years. For live years he 
served as Street Commissiduer of West Bay Citv. 
during which time he did much hard work for the 
city in the way of improving the streets. 

In 18M2 Mr. l);inforth resigned his j osition to 
engage in th.c construction and |)uttinginof the 
water-works, taking the conti-.act to lay seven miles 
of mains, which took over a year's time to com- 
plete. He also took subsequent contr.acts fov the 
same work, and in fad may be called the father of 
the water-works system of the city. The mains 
were laid in IHK.') and he has since Itecn engaged 
in sewer contracting, putting down =<20.0(i(l worth 
of city sewers in IHHl). His contracts with the city 
this year (181)2) will aggregate ssl 1,000 for sewer- 
age and *32,0()() for pavements. 

Mr. Danfortli was married Octolier 10, 1870, in 
Saginaw City, to .Miss Mary A. Abraham, a native 
of County Kilkenny. Inhoid, who w:is reared in 
Goderich, Ontari.t. They have twocliildien: Ktta, 
who is attending St. M:iry"s School at Monroe, 
Mich., and Mary A., at home. Of late vears Mr. 



Danforth has been a Republican and opposed to 

adopting free trade. He served as Alderman of the 
Fourth Ward and also one year as Constable. He 
was a member of the building Committee of St. 
Mary's Cliuivh, and also belongs to the Catholic 
Mutual Uenetit Association, the West Hay City 
Huilding and Loan Association, and the West Bay 
City Business Jlen's Association. He has been a 
delegate to both county and Slate conventions. A 
genial and social man, of fine appearance, he is 
very poiiiilar wherever known. 



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APOLKON LA FRANCE, of the firm of 
y V. La France & Scm, is an enterprising and 
^ progressive young man, who, with liis fa- 
ther, is carrying on a large livCry and undertak- 
ing establishment in West liay City. Francis La 
France was boi'u m Canada of French ancestry, 
and was a blacksmith by trade, residing near Mon- 
treal. In 1871 he brought his family to Bay City 
and located at Banks, then South Bay City, after- 
ward removing to West Bay City, where he ran a 
blaiksmith shop for awhile, afterward drifting into 
the livery business, from which his present large 
establishment has grown. His wife, whose maiden 
name was I'liilomcna Beaudoin, was born in Mon- 
treal. Fourteen children were born to this couple, 
of whom ten are now living, and of whom our 
subject was the sixth child. 

Xaiioleon La France was reared and educated 
in Bay City, assisting his father in his livery busi- 
ness, and in 1887 became a partner in the firm. 
They built their large stable in November, 1889. 
It is 18x90 feet in dimensions with twenty-five-foot 
posts. The upper floor of the building is fur- 
nished as a large public hall and is used by dif- 
ferent organizations as a place of meeting. The 
establishment is the largest of the kind in West 
Bay City, and is amply supjilied with excellent 
teams and conveyances of all descriptions. In 
181H the firm added undertaking to their livery 
business, of which our subject was made manager. 
He is also interested in real estate and in farming. 
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Loan Association, and a similar Association in De- 
troit. He belongs to a nunilier of social orders, 
tieiug a member of the Iron Hall, the Foresters, 
tlie Kniglits of the Maccabees and the Ancient 
Order of the United Workmen, (le is well known 
in business circles and will undoubtedly make his 
mark in the world as a business man. 



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/RANK B. FLORENTINE, M. D. This well- 
(5^^ known professional man, of .Saginaw, is a 

native of Illinois, having been born in the 

city of Chicago, .Tune 16, 1849. Ilis |iarents, Jo- 
seph and Cecile (Bergeron) Florentine, were born 
in Orleans, France, and emigrated to the United 
States ill 1849. the Doctor being born soon after 
the arrival of the family in Chicago. 

From the age of seven to twehe our subject 
attended the common school, and then the High 
School. At the age of fifteen he entered the ser- 
vice of his country, in March, 18().'), and served 
one year as a private in Company II, Fifty-eighth 
Illinois Infantry, and was mustered out in March, 
1866, at Montgomery, Ala. 

Upon his return to Chicago the young man de- 
cided to attend secular schools for tive years 
longer, at the same time keeping up the study of 
medicine under the late Prof. Moses Gunn, of 
Chicago, and afterward with Dr. D. K. Cornell, 
of St. Louis, ISIo., also taking special studies and 
pursuing a course at Bourbon nais College and 
Kankakee (111.) High School. Afterward he taught 
.school for awhile at Kankakee, Watseka, Beaver 
and Pleasant Grove. Later he spent some time 
in the College at Eureka. 111., where he attended 
to his classical studies. 

In 1872 the Doctor went lo Paris, France, in 
order to complete his classical studies, remaining 
there eighteen months. Then, upon his return 
home, he entered Rush Medical College, Medical 
Department of the Northwestern University of 
Chicago, being graduated therefrom in 1876. Only 
a few weeks after he graduated from the latter in- 
stitution he located in .Saginaw, where he has re- 
sided ever since in the pursuit of his profession. 



In 1889 he again visited Europe and took special 
courses in gynecology and surgery, and after his 
jeturn to this country located on the East Side of 
the city, where he h.a.x since conducted his profes- 
sional work. 

Oursuliject is a member of the American Medical 
Association, the Michigan State .Medical Society 
and the Alumni Association of Knsh Medical Col- 
lege. He is also a member of (iordon Granger 
Post, No. 38. G. A. R. He was married, in 1877, 
to ]\Iiss ]Marie Louise Andre, daughter of the 
Hon. Alexander iVndre, of the well-known real 
estate firm of Andre Bros., of Saginaw, and they 
have been blessed by the gift of two children, 
namely: Edward Alexander, aged thirteen, and 
William Herbert, aged seven, with whom they re- 
side at No. 507 South Washington Avenue. 

The Doctor h.as been a member of the Board of 
Health and Health Officer for a number of years. 
He is also a liberal contributor to medical journals 
and has translated some valuable works from the 
French and (icrman languages into the English 
vernacular. 

■Xi IVTLLIS MILLER, proprietor of the Chesan- 
\jjJl/ "'" -•l''S'«''*, was born in Cayuga County, 
W^ N. Y., March 6, 1858. At the age of ten 
years he accompanied his parents, William H. 
and Matilda A. Miller, to Steuben County, Ind., 
and four years later to Hersey, Osceola County, 
Mich., where he served an apprenticeship of three 
years in the Osceola OidUne ottice. He was also 
einpl03'ed .as a compositor on the Lake County 
Star and Reed City Clarion, and filled the posi- 
tion of assistant editor on the last-named journal. 
On January 1, 1878, Mr. Miller came to Chesan- 
ing and bought a half interest in the Chesaning 
Argus, which had been established the previous 
year. The following July he purchased his part- 
ner's interest, and since then has conducted the 
paper alone. He was married February II, 1879, 
to Carrie C. Warren, who was born in Kalamazoo 
and is a daughter of Joel R. and Caroline C. 
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to a family of joiirnalifst-s, and three of her iiiick's 
were interested in tiie iievvs|)a|iei' buf-iness. one of 
whom was A'olney Ilascall, for liiirtv veins editoi- 
of the Kalamazoo Gazette; her 2rrandfallu-r and 
father were srifted writers, and she has inherited 
a taste and <,Mft for the work that has been of 
great assistanee to her husband in their married 
life. 

Two ehildren have lieen liorn to Ml'. Miller .ind 
his wife — Olive llaseall and Nellie Warien. The 
elder. Olive, was transferred to the heavenly home 
November 2, lf(7it, and sinee that sad event the 
whole eoiirse and tenor of the i>arents' lives seemed 
to chanire. and they sonjiiit to learn more of the 
mystery ealled death, the result of whieh served 
to turn tlieiii from Materialism to S|)iritualism. 
This ehanjfe was made most ai)parent in their 
newspaper work. Mr. Miller never hesitatin<{ to 
give his sentiments on any (juestion. 

Previous to the advent of the Argus several fu- 
tile attempts had been made to start a pai)er in 
Che.saning, only to prove a disastrous failure after 
the novelty had worn off. Therefore it was with 
the greatest ditliculty that the Afijitx won the eon- 
fidehce of the people and suceeeded in plaeing it- 
self on a sound liasis. This is owinji; almost en- 
tirely to the indomitable will and eourage of the 
editor, whose trials in the beginning would have 
diseouraged many an older head. I'pon coming 
to C'hesaning Mr. .Milli'r put all his earnings intt) 
the ofliee. and wliatevei- lie has of this world's 
goods has been gained by hard labor, jiush and 
enterprise. At the beginning of his ii.ewspa|)er 
work hei-e he was the youngest proprietor and 
editor iu the State, being then only twenty years 
of age. He may truly be said to be a self-made 
man, and. as he himself aptly remarks, a graduate 
of the '"Woild's College." 

Mr. Miller h.ns the satisfaetion of .seeing the 
Argus looked upon as the "people's pajjer," it 
having a wide-s|ireail eireulation, and its inllu- 
euee reaching not only throughout this county- 
but into the surrounding communities. IJesides 
its home circulation it is a welconu- visitor to 
many homes in all part.s of the State, and in al- 
most every .State of the I'nioii. The ^l»v/w,s, al- 
ways independent in politics, has within the past 



four years been aggiessively so, but ever 071 the 
side of the people. It li.as labored zealously in the 
progressive and reform movements agitating the 
counti-y, and in behalf of the industrial class it 
h.as taken sides with the Patrons of Industry and 
the Alliance organization. It always favors re- 
ligious and political freedom, and any move- 
ment that will benefit humanity. Hy thus uphold- 
ing what he Ixlieves to be princi[)les of justice 
and right, Mr. Millei' has many times l>rought 
down upon his head vials of wrath, threats and 
jiersecutions from those who differed with him. 
lint tlirounh it all he held his ground and stood 
firm until victory li.as crowned his efforts, and he 
now has the support of almost the entire com- 
munitv. 



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HARLES GLASER. This gentleman is the 
'.. CityJComptn iller of AVest l}ay Citv,to which 
olHce he was appointed by the City Council 
in August. l>^91,and wIulIi beholds satisfactorily 
to all concerned. He was born in Northern (Ger- 
many, November 4, 1839, and received a thorough 
education in his native place, going through the 
Latin school at the city of Magdeburg, .and then 
attended the University at Halle, taking a Civil 
Engineering course, graduating with the degree of 
Civil Engineer. He was then examined by the 
(tovernment examiners, and entering the service 
of the Prussian (iovernment in the cap.acity of an 
engineer, remained in that otlicc until coming to 
the ITnited States. 

On December '24, 1866, Mr. (xla.ser arrived in this 
couuliy, and landing in New York State, went to 
Connecticut and remained there for three ^ears. 
He had intended staying here but a short time 
only, coming on a visit but deciding to remain here, 
in 18(5!) came to West Bay City, entered the em- 
ploy of the .lackson, Lansing ife .Saginaw Railroad 
to explore the lines from here to Mackinaw. He 
worked for this road five years and ten months, 
and \intil the line was built to G.aylord. He then 
entered in the contracting liusiness, doing his fli-st 
work ni West Hay City [laving the streets. Sub- 



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sequentlj' in 1881 this gentleman engaged with the 
Michigan Central Raih-oad as Chief Cleik in tlie 
Locomotive Department, and held that position 
for ten years, when he was appointed Comptroller 
of West Bay Citj', which position he is tlic incum- 
bent of to-day. 

Mr. Glaser was married to Miss Mary Ketekson, 
who was born in Denmark, lint lived in Hamburg, 
(iermany, from her early childhood. This event 
occurred March 23, 1867. T^vo children have been 
the result of this happy union, who bear the names 
of Nettie and Ella. Onr subject is a member of 
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Roval 
Arcanum, National I'nion, and the Knights of the 
Maccabees. The pleasant residence in which he re- 
sides was erected by himself and is located at No. 
209 North Linn Street, where he has resided some 
time. 



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APT. ,)OHN W. .JORDAN, who is an old 

I "_ sailor of thirty years' experience, was born 
^'^' in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, November 2(5, 
1839. His father. Mills Jordan, was a native of 
Virginia as was also his grandfather, who was a 
soldier in the War of 1812 and a wealthy planter, 
belonging to the F. F. Vs. He became disgusted 
with slavery and gave his slaves free papers, bring- 
ing them with him on his removal to Ohio. He 
engaged in the banking business in the Ituckeye 
State and there died. 

The father of our subject was married in Ohio 
where he followed the trade of a carpenter and 
joiner, dying in Akron, that State, in 1847. He 
was a Whig in politics and in religion a Congre- 
gationalist. His wife whose maiden name was 
Catherine Bascomb, was born in County Donegal, 
Ireland, her parents being natives of Seotland. 
After her parents" death which occurred wlu'ii she 
was quite young, she came with her uncle to this 
countiy and resided in Albany until twelve years 
of age, then removing to Cuyahoga Falls. She 
died in 1851, leaving five children of whom four 
are living. Of this family our subject is the second 
child and only son. 

John W. Jordan resided in Akion until fifteen 



years of age. When only thirteen years old he 
went to work in the railroad shops of the Cleve- 
land, Zanesville it Cincinnati Railroad, at Akron, 
where he remained for two years, a part of the 
time .acting .as fireman (m a passenger train between 
Akron and Millersburg. He then came to Cleve- 
land where he wtirked for a time as a mechanic, 
but being taken ill and suffering from weak lungs 
he eng.aged as a sailor, hoping to regain his health 
in that way. This proving to be the case and the 
life proving congenial he has continued thus en- 
gaged ever since. He first sailed in the "Charles 
Meares" between Chicago and the east shore of 
Lake Michigan, and one year later embarked on a 
vessel in the lumber trade at North Sandusky, 
serving three years before the mast. 

When twenty-two years old Mr. Jordan was 
made mate of the .schooner "A. Rust" serving in 
that capacity' for one year. Afterward he was 
mate of the "William Kelley," running to St. Joe, 
for a season, and was then made second mate of 
the p.assenger propellor "Genesee Chief," sailing 
between Buffalo and Saginaw, in which position he 
remained fur two seasons. For one season he was 
mate of the steam barge "Salina," for two seasons 
master of the tow barge "Gardner," master of the 
propellor "Trader" two seasons and master of the 
steam barge "Holland." in the iron and lumber 
trade for three seasons. He then spent one season 
on his farm in Lucas County, where he owned 
forty acres of improved land. 

Returning to his life as a sailor ('apt. Jordan 
served as mate of the "Prindeville" for two 
seasons, mate of the propeller "Arizona" three 
seasons, made one trip on the "Genesee" and the 
remainder of the season on the ' McBrier" and the 
next spring fitted out the schooner "(lallatia," of 
which he was Captain for three months. He after- 
ward sailed on different vessels, among them the 
"Maine," "Mineral Roi_k," and in 1891 made one 
trii) on the "Maine" s))endiiig the balance of the 
season on the steamer "Burlington," engaged in 
the lumber trade. He .sailed the propellor "S. D. 
Caldwell" one season and part of a second season, 
until the arches were broken. The Captain then 
rebuilt it and during the remainder of the season 
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he lia-s been a sailor, and during the thirt^'-six 
years has never hnd a fatal act-idi'iit on any <if his 
vessels. 

C'apt. .lordan was nianied in I'.ryan. Ohio. .lanu- 
ary 30, 1H()5. to Mis-s Mary A.Smitli. who was Ikhii 
in lIuTitinirton Comity. Ind. Mrs. Jordan is the 
dau<iiitei- of .Saniucl Smith, a native of Pennsyl- 
vania, and an early pioneer of Indiana, who later 
located in Lueas County. Ohui, and there died, 
llis wife whose maiden name was Amanda .Sterling', 
wa,s also a n.ative of I'cnnsyhania. and died in 
Ohio. .Vmoni; six children Mrs. .lordan was the 
second in order of liirth. Two of her brothers 
served in the Civil War, George being a member of 
the Fourth Ohio Keiriment, and .laeob a Sergeant 
in the Fourteenth Ohio. The latter died in a few 
years after his return home, from disease contracted 
at Lf)()kout Mountain. Mrs. Jordan was leared in 
Oliio,-to which State her father removed when she 
was fifteen years of age. 

Our subject and his wife have three children 
namely: John W., who is a lumber inspector in 
the emi)loy of MeCormick Hros., of Menominee; 
Jessie M. and M. ( lertrude. both at home. Mr 
Jordan is.', charter member of the liay City Branch 
No. ;■), of the Kxcelsi(jr Maiine Benevolent Society', 
and also belongs to the Masonic fraternity. In 
politics he is a Reimblican. lie is a sociable, jovial 
man, an excellent eompaniiui. and lias been very 
successful in his business operations. 

In coinurctioii with this notice appears a portrait 
of Cai)t. Jordan. . 



eAFr. IRA F. HOLT owns and operates the 
Detroit, Bay City Si Al))eiia Line of steam- 
ers, that ply between S.aginaw.B.ay City and 
Alpena. Although his home is in Delidit. lie car- 
ries on his business in I!ay City. He was boiii in 
Kno.sburg, Vt., July 11, 1S2',I. llis father, Nicholas 
M., w.as born in Berkshire C'oiinty, Mass., while his 
grandfather. Aliial. w.-is a native of Connecticut, 
and took part in the Revolutionarv War. 

The father was engaged in the leather business. 



and carried on a tannery and the manufacture of 
boots and shoes, conducting a prosperous business 
at Knosburg and Burlington, lie was a AVhig in 
his political views, and a stanch adherent of Henry 
Clay and Daniel Webster. In IM'J he made his 
home at Colden, Erie County, N. Y., and in 1854 
removed to Brecksville, Ohio, where he spent the 
remainder of bis diiys upon a farm, dying in 1867, 
at the age of sixty-six. 

Ann Reynolds w.as the maiden name of the 
mother of our subject, .and her father, Joshua Rey- 
nolds, of Berkshire County, Mass., was a faimer. 
At the age of thirteen years, he entered service in 
the Revolutionary War as a drummer boy, and 
served until the close of that period of condict. 
While still young he located at Knosburg. \'t.. and 
there carried on an extensive contracting and 
building business. He spent his last days at Colden, 
N. Y., and died at the age of eighty-six years. He 
was of Scotch descent and a man of sterling and 
upright character. Mrs. Ann Ilolt lived to be 
eighty-five years old, and died at Brecksville, Ohio, 
in 188!t. She was an earnest Christian, and a mem- 
ber of the Congregational Church. 

The .six sons of this mother were Arrabert V., 
Ira F., Edgar A., Liiinan S., JosiahM. and Lorenzo. 
The last died at the age of twenty years; Arra- 
bert died of consumption contracted while in the 
army. Edgar and Josiah were both in the array 
for a short time and Liiman S. served through the 
entire war. under Kilpatriek. Custer and Me.ad. 
Our subject was brought up in the hilly country 
of Vermont, and attended school in the district 
sehoolhouse, studying DabolFs Arithmetic and the 
old English Reader. 

At the age of sixteen, this youth went to Buffalo, 
N. Y.. and ol)tained a position in a wholesale gro- 
cery. Six months later his emi)loyer failed in 
business, leaving the boy iienniless in midwinter. 
He soon obtained a |)osition until the opening of 
navigation, when he went on a steamer as clerk, 
and later traded on the boats. He was highl}^ suc- 
cessful in this line of business, and w.as able to se- 
cure good credit, trading between Buffalo and Chi- 
cago, and following this business until he was 
twenty-three years old. 

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Pearl M., daughter of Lorenzo Ward and grand- 
daughter of Judge Williiini Ward, of N'ennont. who 
served his country in the War of the Kevohition, 
and who afterward, during a long life of nearly 
seventy years, served with integrity and honor his 
town and tState in various otiicial capacities. 

After his marriage, Mr. Holt removed to Lake 
Superior, and was one of the pioneers of Superior 
City, where he engaged in speculating in real estate 
and w.as fortunate in leaving without experiencing 
serious losses from the unlooked for depreciation 
in lands. While there, the site of the present city 
of Duluth was laid out directly across the bay from 
Superior City. 

(ioing from there to Milwaukee, Jlr. Holt took 
charge of Scott's Milwaukee & Grand Haven Win- 
ter Line, and in summer the boats ran between 
Cleveland and Lake Superior ports. In 18()7 he 
removed to Detroit and built his present home on 
Cass Avenue. In 1869 he established an express 
business on the boat line l)etween Bay C'ity and 
Alpena in connection with the American Express 
Companj'. This was when lumliering on the Lake 
Huron shore was at its height, and the large amounts 
of express matter, shipped to the lumber camps 
made the business profitable, .lust previous to pay 
days at the lumber camps, as high as $30,000 
would be sent through the express at one time. 

In 1872 Capt. Holt and others purchased the 
line of boats between Bay City and Alpena. In 
1880 he established a line of steamers from Duluth 
down the north shore of Lake Superior and con- 
tinned this line until 1887, when he placed the 
boats on the north shore of Lake Michigan. In 
October, 1890, he purchased his partner's interest 
in the Bay City and Alpena Line, and has since 
concentrated his steamboat interests in this line. 
In summer his boats make trips to Mackinaw, and 
they constitute the only important line of pas.senger 
and freight boats out of the Saginaw Valley. He 
is interested in the iron lands of the Vermillion 
Range on the north shore of Lake Superior, and 
lias had interests in boat lines running out of Du- 
luth, Green Bay, Mackinaw and other points on 
the lakes. 

The two children of our subject aie Marion ^\'., 
who is now Mrs. S. B. Ilnber.of Detroit and liank 



I., who was born in Detroit and was graduated 
from the Detroit High School. He li.as steamboated 
for the p.ast few years, and is now in charge of the 
office at Bay City as Secretary and Treasurer of the 
Detroit, Bay City cfe Alpena Line. The Captain is 
a true blue Republican in his political views, and 
is greatly interested in the welfare of his party. 
The flrst President he voted for was (i en. Scott, of 
the Whig party in 1852. 



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-p^ AMUEL S. CARSON. We are plea.sed to 
>^ be able to give here a sketch of this gen- 
tleman, who is now not only Justice of 
the Peace and Notary Public, but Pension 
and Loan Agent at Chesaning. He was born in 
Dorman Township, Harrison County, Ohio, June 
26, 1834, and is a son of Samuel .and Elizabeth 
(Willoughby) Carson. The father, a farmer, re- 
moved to Seneca County, Ohio, in 1836, and 
bought land, and there spent the remainder of his 
days, and thus our subject was reared upon a 
farm and after studying in the common schools 
took one term at an academy at Republic, Seneca 
Count}'. He liegan to teach at the age of twenty- 
two, thus disposing of his time during the win- 
ters, while he farmed in the summer, and was thus 
employed for five winters previous to the War of 
the Rebellion. 

This \'Oung man was united in marriage Feb- 
ruary 29, 1860, to Miss Sabia E. Miller, of Seneca 
Country, Ohio, a native of Tuscarawas County, 
where she was born in September, 1842. The do- 
mestic life of this cou])le was interrupted by the 
enlistment of our subject under his nation's ban- 
ner in August, 1862, in Company F, One Hundred 
and Twenty-third Ohio Infantry. This regiment 
became a part of the Army of the Potomac, but 
the service of the young man was not prolonged, 
as the fever which attacked him settled in his 
head, causing deafness, on account of which he 
received his honorable dischaige in March, 1863. 
Having returned to Seneca County, Mr. Cai'son 
remained there until 1865, when he sold his prop- 
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land and engaged in fai-niing and stock-raising 
until aliDiit tliree year* ago, wlicn he removed to 
the vilias^e and l)egan to give his attention more 
closely to Ihe pension business, which he had pre- 
viously taken up. He beeame Notary Public 
some twelve years ago and was elected to the of- 
fic-e of Magistrate during this current year. 

Previous to attaining his majority Samuel Car- 
son had hired his time of his father for six months, 
promising to pay ifX per month, and coming to 
Michigan, in 18")l. he cut cordwood at twenty- 
five cents a cord in order to cancel tiiis ol)ligation. 
After spending two years in .Michigan and one 
year in the lumber woods of Wisconsin, he re- 
turned to Ohio, and there began the teaching of 
which we have spoken. 

Our subject is a nieniber of "Pap" Tliomas Post, 
No. 121. (J. A. H.. in which he is (^uartermaster- 
.Sergeant. His children are: Celia, ,Mrs. George 
Bennett; William S., a farmer in Chesaning Town- 
ship, Saginaw County; llattie, the wife of Sey- 
mour O. Sanford; Ktta, who married Andrew Zull; 
Samuel, Ethel and Bethel. The tliree Last-named 
live at home. 

Robert Carson, the grandfather of our subject. 
served under Gen. Washington throughout the 
seven years of the Revolutionary War, and Samuel 
Carson, the father of our subject, was a soldier 
under Comnu)dore Perry on Lake Erie during the 
War of 181-2, and took part in the celebrated vic- 
tory. He was the father of five sons, four of 
whom were soldiers in the Civil Wai-, and being 
each in a different division, never met while in 
the army, but all lived to come home, and three 
of the four still survive. 

One of these .sons. II. II. Carson, wa^ a minister 
of the Gospel for thirty-six years and Chaplain of 
the Grand .Vrmy Post at Owosso. His death was 
caused by his horse getting bewildered in a storm 
and walking off a bridge, so that Mr. Caison fell 
into the river .and for several days his body drifted 
under the ice before it w.is recovered. Tarling- 
ton B., a younger brother of our subject, lielonged 
to the Fourteenth Ohio Infantry, and is Post- 
master at New Washington. Ohio, and Georo-e W. 
belonged to the One Hundred and Sixty-fonrth 
Ohio Infantry, and is now a minister of the Meth- 



odist Episcopal Church, at Hemlock Cit}% this 
county. Our subject, who receives a monthly 
pension of *"22 from the (Jovernment, is so afflicted 
with deafness that he is obliged to use artificial 
ear drums in order to attend to busine-js. 



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EHOMK K. STE\ENS. This dealer in re.al 
estate and abstracts has the best set of ab- 
stracts of titles in this county. His jilace 

of business is at No. 214 North Hamilton 

Street. Saginaw. He was horn at Cleveland, Os- 
wego County, N. Y., March 3, 1836, and was seven 
years old when the family came to^Iichigan in the 
fall of 1H43. They came to Saginaw in the fall of' 
1848. At the age of fifteen he went to Detioit, 
and was employed for four years in a wholesale 
grocery, going thence to Racine, AVis., where he 
kept books for a lumber firm for alxjut three years. 

The young man then spent four years at Chi- 
cago, and in the spring of 1861 returned to Sagi- 
naw, and was senior member of the firm of Stevens, 
Poole ct Co., wholesale and retail dry-goods mer- 
chants. In 1870 he severed his connection with 
this firm, and was elected Register of Deeds of 
Saginaw County. Our subject is a Republican in 
politics, and is poi)ular with the men of his party, 
lie was re-elected as Register of Deeds in 1872, and 
again in 1874 serving in all, six years. 

In 1877 Mr. Stevens engaged in the real estate 
business having extensive dealings in both city 
and farming pioperty and having the control of 
over one hundred thousand acres of farming land 
both improved and wild, located m Saginaw and 
adjoining counties. He has also a great deal of 
city [jroperty which he sells on easy terms to actual 
settlers, and it is well worth the while for those 
who wish to secure homes to see what he has to 
offer. 

Our subject was married in October, 1862, to 
Miss Mary E. Coy, of Canandaigua, N. Y., and 
their children are Charles C, Bessie E., (Jeorge J. 
and Clara E. Charles is in business with his father 
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and of Orchard Lake Military Academy. George 
w.as also Graduated at the High School, and is at 
present Deputy County Treasurei' of Woodhury 
County, Iowa, and makes his home at Sioux City. 
He had previously served for some years as corres- 
ponding clerk in the Sioux City National Hank, 
and it was on account of his work there that he 
was able to secure the splendid [josition which he 
now fills. The daughters also are graduates of the 
High School. 




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ICHAEL RIEGEL, tiie accommodating 
and popular Postmaster of Salzburg, is 
also engaged as a general merchant, hav- 
ing his place of business on tlic corner of 
State and Morton Streets. He was born at (iundel- 
fingen, near Augsburg, Bavaria, (iermany, Decem- 
ber y, 1852, and is a son of Michael Hiegel, Sr., 
also a native of the Fatherland. Tlie paternal 
grandfather of our subject, John K. Kicgel, was in 
the German army and went to Russia under Na- 
poleon, when the army was destroyed and eacli 
soldier had to get back as best he could. Mr. Riegel 
came hone on foot and alone, and the sufferings 
which he endured it would be impossible to nar- 
rate. He was a fancy linen weaver by occupation 
and resided near Augsburg. He lived to the good 
old age of ninety-eight 3'ears, and died, beloved 
by all who knew him. 

Michael Riegel, Sr.. was a rope manufacturer, 
and carried on business in Ulm for a numlier 
of years. He, however, returned to Ids native 
( 4 un del fin gen, where he proseruted his calling 
until his death, in 1886, at the age of .seventj'- 
six years. Magdalene Stalil, the motlier of our 
subject, was born in Wurtemburg, CJermany, in 
1809, and was the daughter of J. Carl Stahl, a na- 
tive of Wurtemburg, and a manufacturer of toys, 
which were made from bone. Mrs. Riegel died the 
same j^ear as her husband — 1886, when seventy- 
seven years of age. In church relations they were 
conscientious members of the Lutheran Church. 

Seven cliildren were included in ihe parental 
family, of wliom our subject w.as the youngest in 



order of birtli. Septimus G. served .seven years in 
the German army, and when mustered out was a 
Lieutenant; he now earries on the manufacturing 
business established by his father in Germany. 
.John K. served in the .-Vustio- Prussian War, in 
1866, in which he was a Corporal; he came to Amer- 
ica ill 1867, and died in West liay City. Chris- 
tine is now Mrs. Eggert, and resides in West Bay 
City; .Jacob also served in the Austro-Prussian 
War, and is now a rope and sea-grass manufacturer 
in the old country; George served three years in 
the German army and makes his home in AVest 
Bay City; Lizzie. Mrs. Fasnacht, makes her home 
in Germany. 

Our subject was reared in the vilhige of (Uindel- 
lingen, which nuiiiliered five thousand inhabitants, 
and attended the common school until thirteen 
years of age, wlien he spent one year in a select 
school. After completing his studies he was ap- 
prenticed for three years to a locksmith, and then 
learned the trade of a machinist in Augsburg and 
traveled through different parts of Bavaria, Aus- 
tria, Bohemia, Wurteinbui'g, Baden, Hesse-Darm- 
stadt and the Rhine Provinces, occu])ying in all 
all about eight months. On his return home from 
his travels he decided to come to .Vnierica, and in 
.Tune, 1871, sailed from iViitwerp. Holland, to 
Hull, then to Liveri)Ool, and on the steamer "Brit- 
tanic," came to Boston, landing on .Vmerican 
shores .July 20, of that year. He worked at his 
trade m New York City, and in February, 1872, 
came to West Bay City, then Wenona. 

After being engaged in different occupations for 
sever.al years Mr. Riegel, in 1878, started in the 
grocery business on Fitzhugh .\ venue, in Salzburg, 
where he remained one year and then removed to 
State Street. In 187i) he was appointed Postmaster 
under President Hayes, and h.as l)eeii retained in 
that capacity ever since. In 1885 he purchased 
his present store l)uilding, and is engaged in doing 
a fine general merchandise business. 

jMiss JMary B. Smith became the wife of <iur sub- 
ject in 1878, their marriage being solemnized in 
West Bay City. Mrs. Riegel is a native of Franken- 
lust Townshij). Bay County, and is the daughter 
of .John Smith, an old settler in that place. Mr. 
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eliiklren, viz: Elinoia. .lolin M.. Fred W., Oscar, 
Minnie, Freddie an<i Sf|iliiiiiis I-",. 

Oui- siilijwt lias hecii :i nienilier of the ISoard of 
Kducalioii for the |>ast .-ix years, liavina: lieen 
President of thai liody in IS'.Mi-lM. Soeialiy lie is a 
nienilier of llie iii(ie|ielident Order of Odd Fellows, 
of wliicli lie is Past (irand; lie also served as Dis- 
triel Depnty. and lias been a delegate several times 
to the (irand Lodue. He is President of the Ar- 
heiter Soeiet_\ at \\'esl IJay ('it\,whieli order he 
joined in 187;'); lie is also a nienilier nf the Uoyal 
Areannni, and the Kniiflits of the Mai-caliees, and 
is Coiniiiander of Havarian Tent. In polities ho is 
a liini |{f|Milili(Mii and has heen a delegate to State 
and eunnty eonveiitioiis. 

A litliouiaphie iiortrait <if .Mr. Riegel aeeoni- 
paiiies his personal sketch. 



1,'AVI'lS I.OKI) 
Siipcrintendent 



1)1 Nli.VR. who 
;:(i Sfcretarv o' 



has 
tile 



iieen 
Hav 



City Water Work>sinee they were organized 
laiHiaiy, 1S72, lia~a high standing as a eivil 
engineer, as well as being a man of rare social 
(jiialities. lie w.as born in Kllsworth. Conn.. Au- 
gust 13. IHIC. ;Mid rciiiained thereuntil he le.iehed 
the age of eighteen, when he came to l!ay City. 
His father, the Hon. Horace Dunbar, was Ixuii in 
Conneetieut. and his giandfather, .Varoii, was also 
a Connecticut fanner, of Scotch descent, of an old 
New Eiiirland family, originating here in the sev- 
enteenth eentnr\ . 

The father had a line farm of one hundred acres 
in Litchlield County. Conn., and was luoniinent in 
his part of the State. He occupied a scat in the 
Connectieui Legislature during one term, and for 
years was Selectman for his township. IJ'S politics 
were of the Republican stripe, and he was a mem- 
ber of the Congregational Church. His death 
look place in May. and he was then seventv-four 
years old. 

The mother of our subject was Ann .leanette, 
daiightei- of Kiastus Lord, who was a Connecticut 
farmer, of English descent. She died in M:i\. liS'.M. 



only three weeks from the date of her husband's 
demise, when she was seventy-two years old. Of 
her five children, four grow to inatnrity, and our 
subject i> the youngest of the number. His brother, 
Everett S.. of the Thirteenth Connecticut Infantry 
held the rank of First Lieutenant and served for 
three years. He was reared on the farm, and took 
his education in the common district schools, but 
was able to attend winters only, after reaching the 
age of twelve. He was the only one left at home 
when his brother went into the war. and nothing 
but his parents' wishes restrained him from accom- 
panying that brother. 

After the return of Lieutenant Dunbar from 
service to his country, our subject came West and 
studied engineering as an apprentice under Andrew 
Hi:ggins,of liay City. The young man had pursued 
studies in this line for some time at home by 
himself, and w.as considertihly advanced and well 
])repared for thorough instruction. He became 
Engineer Huggin's assistant, and was with him 
nearly a year. After this he entered into partner- 
ship with William Mercer in the civil engineering 
and surveying office, and remained with him until 
he was called tosuperintend the construction of the 
water works, at which time this partnership was dis- 
solved. 

From April. 187(1, to April, IX12. Mr. Dunbar 
lilled the office of City Engineer, which he finally 
resigned. Our subject had charge of the con- 
struction of the buildings, and putting in all 
the machinery; he laid out all the mains, and has 
added to them from time to time since .lanuaiy, 
1872. The HoUey system has been thoroughly in- 
corporated, and the works have forty miles of pipe 
and a capacity of ten million gallons a d.ay. Not- 
withstanding that the duties of this position absorb 
nearly the entire time and attention of Mr. Dunbar 
lie has been made Acting Assistant Chief of the fire 
deiiartment. 

This gentleman was married in vSpring Arbor, 
Ontario, in 187ti, to Miss .Jennie McKay, a native 
of Canada, whose father. .lames McKay, a Scotch- 
man, is a fainier at Spring Arbor, Ontario. She 
has become a mother of three children, namely, 
Jessie ^L. who graduated at the High School in 
l!^'.ill, and is now a member of the Class of "ita in 



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the University of Michigan ; James H., who is a 
giaduate of the High School, of the class of ''.U. 
and has joined the Civil Engineering Class of '[):> 
in the Michigan University; and the youngest son, 
Everett S., who is still at home. 

The ortice of County Surveyor was lillcd for four 
terms by Mr. Dunliar from IsijG to 1«7(), at which 
time he was re-elected, but failed to (jualify. He 
is a memder of the American Water Works Asso- 
ciation, and attends the National meetings; he is 
also a prominent member of the IMiciiigan Engi- 
neers' Society, and is well known in the order 
of Masonry. His political sentiments are in har- 
mony with the declarations of the Republican 
party, of which he is a stanch adherent. 

aOL. CHARLES R. HAWLEV, who is the 
Colonel of the Third Regiment of the 
' Michigan State Troops, is also the leading 
dry-goods man of Saginaw Valley. He owns the 
finest dry-goods block in the State, and in size it 
is outdone by only two establishments in Detroit 
and one at Grand Rapids. Col. Hawley was born 
in Chenango County, N. Y., and is a son of Dr. 
B. M. Hawley, who was born in Delaware County, 
and was a son of William Hawley, a native of 
Connecticut, whose ancestoi's came from the North 
of Ireland. 

The father of our subject was a physician and 
surgeon of the Eclectic School in Chenango 
County, N. Y., and later lie practiced at Painted 
Post, Steuben County. He was Captain of a com- 
pany of New York State Militia, and in politics 
was a "Henry Clay man." The mother bore in 
maidenhood the name of Abigail Hathaway, and 
was born in Delaware County, N. Y., being of an 
old Massachusetts family, which traced its ances- 
try back to Plymouth Rock. The mother, who is 
an earnest member of the Presbyterian Church, 
still resides with our subject, but the father died 
in 1869. 

Our .subject is one of nine children and had his 
early training at Painted Post, N. Y. He left the 
common schools at tiie as;e of fourteen to begin 



clerking in a dry-goods establishment at Olean, 
N. Y. He continued with ills employer, N. S. 
Butler, until he reached the age of twenty-two, 
when he was taken into partnership under the 
lirm name of N. S. Butler & Co., whicli connection 
lasted mitil the fall of IHGo, win ii uui- subject sold 
out and came to Bay City. 

Here Mr. Hawley established hiuiself in the. dry- 
goods business with his former partner, Mr. But- 
ler, having the firm name of C. R. Hawley & Co., 
and started on a small scale on Water Street ad- 
joining the Frazier Block. Later he removed to 
the corner of Center and Adam Street*, where he 
continued until the fall of 18'Jl,when he located 
in his large, new. magnificent store. 

In 1875 Mr. Butler retired from the firm, and 
since that time Col. Hawley has been virtually 
alone, and has been the most successful dry-goods' 
man in Saginaw Valley. His splendid store occu- 
pies a space 75x100 feet in dimensions, and is four 
stories and a basement in height, with a com- 
modious elevator and with cut stones and Tennes- 
see marble front, splendidl3' lighted with plate 
glass. The plans of this building were laid by 
Col. Hawley himself, and he has shown himself 
as good an architect as merchant. The first floor 
is devoted to general and fancy dry-goods, the 
second floor to cloaks, shawls and dress-making, 
the third to carpets and curtains, and the fourth 
to manufiicturing. 

A branch store w;is opened in Alpena in 1876, 
and is still running under the firm name of Haw- 
ley tV Fitzgerald, and is the leading and largest 
dry-goods house in Aljjena. The Colonel was an 
organizer and is a stockholder in the Bay County 
Electric Light Company, and also in the Bay 
County Mutual Building & Lo.an Association. He 
is also a stockholder and director of the Commer- 
cial Bank and member of the B;iy City Business 
Men's Association. 

Col. Hawley is a charter meml)er and one of the 
organizers of Company 1). Third Regiment Mich- 
igan State Troo|)s, and has worked his way ui) 
from Sergeant to Colonel, being very active in 
matters pertaining to the militia, and was on duty 
during the riots in Saginaw as Major command- 
ing two comi)anies. Hi- residence is on the corner 



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of Eighth and Slicridiin Streets. He is tMniiiciit 
Cuiiini.indtM- of the Hay City Coniiiiandery of 
Kni^'hts 'IVin|ilar ami is conneeted with tlie Mys- 
tic Shrine of Detroit, besides lieing one of the 
Ma-^uiiie 'iVnipU- Association, and Cliainnan of Fi- 
nance Coniuiittee and a member of the Knights of 
the Maccal)ee>. lie is a prominent and intlnential 
Kepubhcan and .-in earnest woriier in tiie church 
aii<l Siinilay-sciiooi of the l'resl)yterian denomina- 
tion. 



t^^ .\.MrKI, ClirRfll. Tiieownerof Ciiurcirs 
planing and saw mill which is located in 
Ciiesaning, was born in Chenango County, 
N. Y., November 13, IH.II, and is the son 
of .lehial and .\my (Smith) Church, natives of Con- 
necticut, where they were married but afterward 
removed to New York. The father came to .Jack- 
son, this State, early in the year 1834. He was a 
carpenter liy trade and purcluised land near .Jack- 
son, where oui- subject spent the first thirteen years 
of his life, at which time they removed to Meridian, 
Ingham County, where the father bought land on 
the west side of Pine Lake. Here our subject made 
his home until he was twenty-six. or twenty-seven 
years of age. meantime in his l>ovhood, receiving 
but a common-school education. His father died 
when the lad was but eighteen years of age. so that 
he was thrown upon his own resources. 

From eighteen to twenty-one < ur subject was 
helping to build the plank road from Lansing to 
Howell and was then engaged in building bridges 
and began to learn the carpentei's and joinei's 
ti'ade. He was at thai w<Mk for almul four vears 
and then began work in a sawmill in Ukemos, Ins- 
ham County. He had married just prior t<i enter- 
ing the mill. His bride was Miss Mary Hunt, of 
Meridian Township. Their nuptials were solemn- 
ized August 2.'i, 1H.')7. 

February II). IH.')!). Mr. Church removed to Clies- 
anin.irand was employed by R. H. Nason, in a saw- 
mill and remained m Chesaning three and a half 
years. He then removed ti) Ft. Dodge, Iowa, and 
in the year spent there cleared ^1.000 In the jew- 
elry busine.s-s, but was not ))leased with the coun- 



try, and retin-ned to Chesaning. He resumed liis 
mill work and finally rented a mill, which he oper- 
ated for six years. The mill was burned, however, 
and our subject purchased the mill site and put up 
a new mill; it was located about five miles from 
Chesaning. He moved that mill to this place in 
l!^S.'). He h.as added to it and now employs six- 
teen men when running full force. 

Mr. Church has been blessed with a family of 
eight children. He lost one of his children when 
only six weeks old, another at the age of tive^ears 
and two daughters, one aged seventeen and the 
other nineteen. Four still survive. They are 
Clarence. Jesse, Charles O. and Clara. The eldest 
son lives at West Bay City, and is engaged as en- 
gineer for the West Bay City Manufacturing CoLi- 
|)any. The other children are still at home. Our 
subject is independent in his political views. lie 
was .Justice of the Peace and Township Clerk one 
term. He is a self-made man, and avers that like 
others, he worked b^' the da3' too long. With the 
aid of his faithful wife, he has amassed a comfort- 
able fortune. They are generous and kindly to 
the poor, and stand high in the estimation of the 
communitv. 



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;RANCIS W. ALLEN. This well-known and 
S) very popidar citizen of Saginaw Township, 
Saginaw County, was born in Syracuse, N. 
Y., September 15, 1829, and is a son of Harvey 
Allen, a native of Vermont, who in his younger 
days removed to New Y'ork, and there carried on 
the double vocatii»n of carpenter and farmer. His 
migr.ation to Michigan was in 1835, and he then 
located near Pontiac, where for some eight years 
he woiked at his trade, and afterward farmed on 
shares for a time, as he did not buy property until 
18(>(l, when he purch.ased one hundred and twenty 
acres at Greenville, Alontcalm County, Mich. 

Through most of his career ILarvey Allen was a 
local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
and did good i)ioneer service in this line in Oak- 
land County, and was active up to the time of his 
death nt the age (^f eightv-eight. He was a str(mg 



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Abolitionist before tiie war. afterw.ird a sturdy Re- 
l)ahlic.in. His wife, wliose maiden name was Me- 
linda .l.aekson. was of German descent and reared 
eleven ehildren. living to the .age of eightv-foiir 
years. 

Our subject came to Michigan at the iige of six 
years, when Pontiae was a village, and when more 
Indians than whites were seen tliroughout this por- 
tion of tlie State, and deer and beai's were often 
met during tiie walk which the children must take 
to the log schoolhouse. He began for himself at 
the age of eighteen in a sawmill in Montcalm 
County, and after four years' experience there he 
went into the lumber woods at Port Hvu'on. where 
he laliored for over fifteen years working in tne 
Black River and Elk Creek region, having charge 
of tlie Port Huron Boom Company two years. 

]\Ir. Allen came to S.aginaw County in 186(5 as 
foreman for Rust cfe Hay. working for them four 
years in the woods, and then engaged .as foreman 
for Swift ct Lockwood, and for twelve years was 
in the employ of that firm, during most of that 
time being tlieir general inan.ager. superintending 
the mills and buying logs. He tiien began jolibing 
with Martin INIannion on the Xorth Branch of the 
Tobacco River and on Cedar River, and remained 
with them for nine 3'ears. but in 18H() removed 
onto the farm on section 9, which he had purcliased 
in 1874, and wliich was then all pine stumps and 
swamp land. 

Miss Amanda Carpenter, who was born at Fort 
Huron, Mich.. .Tune 1, 1840. became tlie wife of 
our subject, Ma}' 24, 1857. Her parents, Newton 
and S.arah (Smith) Carpi nter. were natives of Ver- 
mont and Ohio respectively, and both I >ecame early 
residents of Michigan. To her have l;)een born three 
children — Fred, George and Millie. The two sons 
liave married and are in business. The elder is a 
fireman, and the other is emploved in the null. 

The large frame house occupied by our subject 
was built by him in 1875, .and he erected his com- 
modious l>arn in 1876. Mixed farming is carried 
on by him on his well-improved area of ninety 
acres, and the ])l.ace is in an excellent condition. 
A productive j-oung orchard is upon the pl.ace, and 
delightful shade trees adorn the ground about the 
home. Fifteen hundred bushels of grain were 



raised upon this place dvumg 18!in. In the city of 
Saginaw Mr. Allen owns an excellent liouse and 
lot which he has in the hands of a tenant. 

The principles of the Democratic party are thor- 
oughly endorsed by our subject, and he has held a 
number of public ottices, having been and is now 
Township Treasurer, Sui)ervisor, Overseer of High- 
ways and Superintendent of the Poor Farm, to 
which he has just been elected by the Board of Su- 
pervisors. He was also Alderman for four years in 
the city of Saginaw. For over thirty years he lias 
been a member of the .Masonic order, :ind belongs 
to Saginaw ^'alley Lodge and the St. Bernard Com- 
manderv. 



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'OHN M. IIEMMETKR. In this good man 
wo have one of the most highly esteemed 
and thoroughly respected of the elderly 
-^^ residents of Saginaw County. His home, 
where he is leading a retired life, is situated on 
the cross roads in Saginaw Township, just outside 
the city limits of Saginaw, and it is notable for l>e- 
ing one of the most attractive and commodious 
homes in its township. He was born in (Germany, 
September 24, 1832. and there his boylu o<l days 
were spent and his early education (jbtaincd, after 
whicli he learned the trade of a in.ason. 

The migration to America of this young man 
took place in 1847, and when Saginaw was only a 
village, he settled ujion his present (il.ace. He has 
watched the development of this little town, which 
was then just beginning its wonderful industries 
in the lumbering direction. Scores of sawmills are 
now within sight where then only oni' stoo<l. Deer 
and bears abounded throughout all that region and 
Indians were mucli more plentiful than whites in 
what might well be culled :i wilderness, although a 
grand one and full of wonderful possibilities. 

Besides carrying on a farm. .Mr. Ilemnieter did a 
great de.al of contracting and Imilding, not only 
in Saginaw, but also in other parts of the St^ite. 
His skill as a mason gave him a wide reputation, 
and to him were awarded such large contracts .as 
the buildings put U|) by Charles Beiijriniin. ^lich.ael 



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Kundiiiurer and \Vi-l>li. Stone A- I o. I If also luiilt 
tlic 1:11^1' ami lianiK«inic ciiiirtliuiise al Ml. I'li'asanl 
and also tlu' tivi'-stoiv huildiiig tliere. 

Tli(> lioiiu' of <iur>nlijcH-t is situatod upon a heaii- 
tiful tract of land wliicli his sons have cultivated 
ever since tliev were large enough to take charge 
of that work, as he has geueiall.v devoted himself 
to the pursuit of his trade. Hefore dividing his 
e.'itate. as he has done among his (•liii<lrcii. he had 
one hundred and lifty aci-es and iiis lieautiful hriek 
mansion was erected in IHfiH. The large frame 
liarn and outliuddings are a credit to the establish- 
ment and well titled for the pinposes for which 
they w-ere erected. His line iiro|)erly is the direct 
result of the industry and enter|)rise of himself and 
family, as he had nothing to start with and has 
made .a genuine success of his work. Hesides his 
farm he also has city pro|)erty, and he ha^ l)een lib- 
eral with his children. 

The maniage of .Mr. Ilciiinu'ter took jilace ,hine 
12. 1S17. and he wjis then unileil witli Mary Leid- 
lein. a native of Oermany, to whom were liinn ten 
children, seven of whom are living, viz: Christ, 
Adam, Michael, Maggie, .lolin P.. Lilly and \\U\- 
iam. The meniliers of his family are earnest and 
consistent memliers of the Luther m Church, and 
the father is in his political views att.'ulied to the 
Democratic party. He has been Overseer of High- 
ways and School Director, and is now filling the 
ofHec of Asse.ssor of District Xo. 2. Our subject 
was the organizer of the building of the Lutheran 
Church at S.iginaw. and builtthe Lutheran Church 
at FranUeiiMiuth. 



\,KLSON NI';LLI:s. Prominent among the 
J: busine.ss men, and especially the lumber- 
men of Hay City, is the gentleman whom 
we now name, who is lumber inspector and ship- 
per, the .senior membei' of the liini of N. Nelles A- 
Co.. in which his son. , I. .Vlexander Nelles, is the 
junior partner. He is a powerful, finely built man 
having a splendid physi(|ue, and a good constitu- 
tion, which gives him a great advantage in busi- 
ness over many men of his years. He was born in 



York. Canada, IMarcli 2, 18.30, and his father, Col. 
William Nelles. was a native of the same place, 
where his grandfather, Warner Nelles, was an early 
settler, about the year 1790, having come from his 
luitive State, New York. The family is of Eastern 
origin, and descende<l from Knglish and Oerman 
stock. 

Col. William Nelles was in the English militia, 
and fought in the War of 1H12. and then in the 
Can'idian Rebellion, when he was Captain of a 
Coinpanv of Horse, and later was promoted to be 
Colonel of a ^lilitia Regiment. He filled also the 
oflice of magistrate. He belonged to an htmorable 
family, and some of his uncles were ineml)ers of 
the rpjier House of Parliament. He was a man of 
conservative views, and a member of the Episco- 
pal Church and died at the age of sixty-five. His 
wife bore the maiden name of Margaret .Sophia 
Clement, and was born at Niagara, Canada. Site 
died in that province, at the age of fifty years, 
having borne eleven children, ten of whom grew 
to inaturit\'. 

The rluties of farm W(uk and the district school 
tilled u|) the boyhood of our subject, and he re- 
mained at home until he reached the age of twen- 
ty-two, when he started out for him.self, working 
as he could liiid opportunity. Two years later he 
began as a tally boy in lumber inspecting, working 
his way up until four years later he took charge 
of the business as .agent for an Albany, N. Y., 
house, insiiecting and sliipiiing lumber to them 
from ^'ienna, Canada. After being in their em- 
ploy for tivL' years, he undertook .shipping on his 
own aci'ount and carried it on for five years, and 
during that time was commissioned as Ensign in 
the Canadian Militia. 

It was in 1870 that this young man came to Ray 
City and during his first year here, acted jis in- 
spector for George B. Whitman, and the next year 
began business for himself as inspector of lumber 
and now ships from sixteen to thirty million feet 
of lumber per year, taking his son in partnership 
with him in 1888. 

The marriage of our subject with Miss .lane E. 
Alexander took jilace in Shelby. Ohio, in 1865. 
This lady was born in St. Thomas. Canada, and she 
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have grown to man's and woman's estate, namely: 
Margaret A., now wife of H. G. Gates, who is an 
Ensign in the United Stat(\s Navy; J. Alexander, 
who is his father's partner; Helen E., who is a 
graduate of a High School, and is now a member 
of the Michigan University; while Fred N. and 
Charles A. are at home. The political views of onr 
subject are of the Democratic persuasion, but he is 
not radical in the expression of his opinions. His 
experience of more than thirty-tive years, in the line 
of lumber inspecting, gives linn a high standing 
among the men of the trade. 



^^ EV. JOHN G. SANSON is tlie pastor of St. 
Mary's Catholic Church at West Bay City, 
which is located at the corner of Walnut 
^^) and Clara Streets, 'i'he parish was estab- 
lished in 1873 by the Rev. Father Canters and was 
then a mission. During the same year a small 
church was erected which at th.at time served as a 
house of worsliip for all the Catholics living in Bay 
County west of the river and was a branch of tlie 
Church of St. Joseph of Bay City. As liie work 
grew a larger structure was needed and was l)uilt 
in the latter part of 1«8I, and was consecrated 
November 30. 1881. 

This structure is a large frame churcii capable of 
seating about nine hnndred and was built by 
Father Schutjes, who remained in charge of the 
parish nutil he resigned, October 22, 1888, when 
Father Sanson was appointed with Father Scrembs 
as assistant and these two able Priests were sent to 
this parish August 23, 1889. Tlie church now has 
fully one thousand families within its bounds and 
it has been found necessary to divide it. Thus 
there will be in a short time two congregations, 
one French the other Englisli. In connection with 
the church tliere is a parochical school in an ad- 
joining building and the Sisters House and Con- 
vent of the Sisters of ]\Iercy is near b^y. The new 
School for the accommodation of the branch jjar- 
ish which will be formed soon is aheady comi)leted. 
It is one of tlie finest buildings in liie city. The 



building of the new chuirli will be )ici;im early 
this spring. 

Fatlier Sanson was born in department Morbe- 
ham, France, province of Brittany, June 26, 18.51, 
and received his education in iiis native home. 
He came to Canada in 1874 and studied theology 
in the Grand Seminary of Montreal. His ordina- 
tion as Priest took place March 19, 1881), and he 
was made assistant at the Catlicdral at Grand 
Rapids remaining there for two years. He came 
to this city as assistant to Father Schutjes in 
March, 1888. 

The charge of tlie church was conferred upon 
him, October 22, of the same year, and in this ca- 
pacit}' he has served ever since. He has been very 
efficient in the organization of the new parish and 
in the building of the new school and church, and 
is doing good service among his iieople. 



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'X^ I>;ILL1AM M. SMITH. ( )iic uf the prominent 
\/\j// ^"*^ influential agriculturists of Saginaw 
V^\^ Township, lives two and a half miles west 
of the city of Saginaw, on what is known as the 
"cross road" on section 20. He was born on this 
same farm, December 8, 1840. He is a son of John 
M. Smith, a native of England, who was born in 
1816. He was orphaned when four years of age 
and when seventeen years old came to America to 
seek his fortune. He was employed first at Lock- 

j port, N. Y., and thence went to Buffalo, and from 
that place proceeded to Detroit by boat and thence 
walked to Genesee County. Although so yonng 
in his English home he had learned the advantage 
of river facilities, and made up his mind that 
Saginaw was destined to be an important river 

I port, hence he walked to the town, reaching it Sept- 

I ember 20, 1836. 

On coming into Saginaw John .M. Smith came 
into i)ossession of a copy of the Detroit Daily Free 
Press and this our subject now has in his possess- 
ion. He engaged to chop a tract f)f land and con- 
tinued to work by the month for two years, and 
then took a contract for chopi)ing out a road from 
Saginaw to Tittabawassee, now known as the "cross 



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road" wliicli ciossi'- our sulijcffs faiiii. Ilaviinr 
caicfiilly hoaidiil his earnings, in 1838 he was en- 
ahU'd to purehase foity acres of his jiresent 
farm. It was then iieavily woo(l('(i. lie sel- 
th^l npon it and ck'ared it u|i. Tii' Indians were 
at that time nnmeroiis and hardsliips were many. 
He was i)ros|)er('<i in liis dealinus and. notwith- 
standing: tlie disadvantaijes againsl wliieh he ia- | 
hored, at the time of his dcatli. whieli occurred 
Septemlier. 187.'). he wa> the owner of tinec hun- 
dred and twenty acres of land. lie was a man of 
strong: character and sterling integrity and had 
licen reared in llic faitli of the l'",|iisc()|iai Cliui'ch. 
He was a Democrat in politic-. 

January I. 1840. John M. Smith married Miss 
Margaret .Swarthoul. wiio was horn in New York in 
1811). and came to this townshi|i in 183;'). They 
reared li\e children — \Villiam M., (Jeorge A.; Mar^- 
11. . Mrs. McLellan: Nellie. Mrs. Dermonl; and Hud- j 
son K. Her decease occuried Decemher 2. 1874. 
Our suhject attended school in the log sciioolhouse 
when the rate liill system was in vogue. His youth- 
ful (Lays were spent on the farm, helping his father 
ciear the land until he was twenty-live years of age, 
when he went to Northern \\'isconsin. thirty miles 
north of Black River Falls, and worked one year in 
the lumher woods. 

(ioing to Lawrence, Kan., our subject was en- 

sjagcd for one ^•earat bridge building on the Kansas , 

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it Pacific Railroad, and one year on the Northern ' 

Missouri Railroad then bnilding to K:msas City. I 
The three following yeais he served as foreman of 
the bridge and b\iilding department on the Mis- 
souri, Ft. Scott ,V (Julf Raili-oad, and then pur- i 
chased one hundred and sixty acres of raw land in 
Crawford County, Kan. Mr. .Smith improved this 
place, plantciia line orchard and a grove of maples, ! 
erected good buildings and in 1878 .sold it and I 
then returned and took po.ssession of the old home- 
stead farm where he now lives. 

Willi.ani M. Smith was married March 13, 1871, 
to Julia K. Palmer, who was born in IJvingston 
County, N. V.. April 22, 18 1(1. She is a lady whose 
presence alone will cominend her to strangers as 
well as friends. Our snbjcit and his wile have 
never been blest by the gift of children. They 
have in thcii' family, however, one aiiopted daugh- 



ter, licssie, whom they took at one and one-half 
years of age. and who is now si.x years old. 

Mr. Smith is owner of one hundred acres of land 
land on the home place, all of which is under culti- 
vation, with tlie exception of a small timber lot. 
The farm is level and is one of the best tracts in 
Saginaw County. He carries on mixed farming 
and makes a specialty of the dairy business, fui-- 
nishing customers in Saginaw, Chicago and IJruns- 
wick, X. J., with butter. He also ships considerable 
butter to Philadelpliia. and keeps constantly from 
ten to twenty cows. 

Mr. and Mrs. Smith are active members of the 
Michigan Avenue Jlethodist Kpiscopal Church of 
Saginaw, and he belongs to the Board of Directors. 
Formerly he was a Democrat, but after the election 
of Grover Cleveland cast his vote with the Prohi- 
bition i)arty. In 18',(() he ran for Congress on the 
Prohibition ticket and polled twenty-one hundred 
and six votes, a large increase over any previous elec- 
tion on that ticket. The family occupies a com- 
fortable and attractive residence whii'h was Iniilt 
ill 188,"). Mr. Smith is a man of great energy and 
h;is been a hard worker throughout life. 



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,1,,^ ENRY GUNTERMANN. As the most im- 
portant town in Bay County, and its 
county seat, most of the oHicials reside in 
Bay Cit_\'. Anif)ng these is our subject, 
who IS Sheriff of the county, where he has been a 
resident since 1864. Mr. Guntermann was born in 
Germany, March 20, 1849, and when only sixteen 
.years old made the journey alone across the At- 
lantic. Well educated in his native language, and 
of a l)right, (juick turn of mind, he soon familiar- 
ized himself, not only with American manners and 
customs but with the English language, and made 
himself of great service to a l)aker in B.ay City, but 
soon l)raiiclied out in the bntchei business for him- 
self, and in 1870 opened a meat market in Kaw- 
kawlin. Later he opened the same kind of a mar- 
ket in Salzburg, and afterward returneil to West 
Bay City. He conducted markets in both places 
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West Bay City was located on IJiin Street, -where 
he had a fine brick block, and conliiuied there un- 
til Novemlier, 1890. 

When in Salzburg, our subject was for a time 
interested in a hotel besides his meat business. The 
first otHcial position he held was that wliicii he 
now holds as Sheriff, to which he was nominated 
on the Democratic ticket. He was elected l)v a 
majority of twenty -four hundred. 

Our subject married Miss Hattie DeTriver, of 
Salzburg. To them have been born five children, 
viz: Nellie, Carrie. Maggie, Fanny and George. 
Mr. Guntermann is socially a member of the Inde- 
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the Ancient 
Order of United Workmen. He belongs to the Ar- 
beiter Society and in bis church relations is a Pres- 
byterian. His membership is with the church at 
West Bay City, although he attends at Bay City. 
Our subject is one of the German-American citi- 
zens whose industry and thrift so jielp the com- 
mercial interests of a locality. 







HARLES R. HAMILTON, M. D. This wcU- 
known physician and suiireon is one of the 
^■' oldest medical men of the Saginaw Valley 
He now carries on a medical galvanic and electric 
sanitarium. He was born in Windsor County, Vt.. 
January 28, 1827, and there had his early training. 
His father, Capt. Walter Hamilton, was born in 
Brookfield, Mass., and was a grandson of the Scotch 
Duke of Hamilton, whose son came to Brookfield, 
Mass., generations ago. 

The Duke owned the largest part of the North 
of Ireland, besides having large possessions in 
Scotland and was heir to the throne of Scot- 
land under the Stuarts, being next after Prince 
Charles Edward. He was obliged to leave Scot- 
land on account of a conspirai.'^- against English 
rule. After coming to America he gained pos- 
session of a large tract, of land and was suc- 
cessful as an agriculturist. He had nine sons who 
married and settled here. Our subject is of the 
same family as Alexander Hamilton, and the de- 
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ceased United States Surgeon-General F. H. Hamil- 
ton; also the jiresent United States Surgeon-Gen- 
eral Hamilton. 

Walter Hamilton, one of four sons, all liv- 
ing to be near ninety-five, was the father of 
Dr. Hamilton, and was left an orpli.an at the 
age of twelve years and learning tlie hat- 
ter's trade, located at Sharon, VI., and there en- 
tered upon the business of a clotliier and hatter 
and became a successful manufacturer. Later he 
removed to Rochester, N. Y., where he lived retired 
until his death at the .age of near ninety years. He 
was captain in the State Militia and also in the War 
of 1812. He was a Whig in his politics and a Pres- 
byterian in religion, being a member of the Wash- 
ington Street Cliuich in Rochester. 

Mehitable, the mother of our subject, was born 
at Canterbury, Conn., and was a daughter of Eben- 
ezer Dyer, a Revolutionary soldier who at one time 
acted as a spy for AVasliington at the siege of York- 
town. He came home a pauper, having served 
seven j-ears as a Revolutionary soldier, crippled 
for life, and used 1400 for army purposes, 
never repaid, and later engaged in farming 
and hotel keeping in Norwich, Vt. The Dy- 
ers are a prominent old family of Massachu- 
setts. Tiie mother of our subject died in Rochester 
when about ninety j ears old, through an accident 
in falling down stairs. Her nine children grew to 
maturity and estalilished families, and seven of her 
grandsons were active in the Civil War, all serving 
through the five years, none of whom were mor- 
tally wounded, each holding commissions, least of 
which was First Lieutenant, and the highest (Quar- 
termaster-General — thus maintaining the family 
record for patriotism. 

Our subject was reared to maturity in Sharon, 
Xt., and early_ picked up the details of the carpen- 
ter's trade. He was educated in the common 
schools and the Royalton Academy and at the 
age of nineteen W(!nt to Boston and became 
a draftsman. A year later he went to Roch- 
ester, N. Y., where he studied medicine under 
Dr. Mathews. He had liegun his stu<lies under Dr. 
J. Dennison, of Royalton, and while in Rochester 
assisted himself by taking a professorship for two 
years in Eastman's I'.usiness College. At Cincin- 



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nati he completed his inedical studies under Drs- 
Mussy c^' Wood, and then located at St. Mary, \a., 
where for six months he carried on his practice. 
On account of ill lieallh lie left that place and re- 
turned to Hochester. 

Tiie dental husiness now attracted the attention 
of our subject and while he was recuperating in 
health he took a position in a dentist's ofHce and 
gained a wide reputation in the manufacture of arti- 
ficial teeth on irold i)lates. After being in the office 
of anotiier for several years he opened an ollice of 
his own and was successful, but a severe att.ack of 
congestion of the lungs led him to believe that he 
must change elim.-ites. (xoing to Southern New 
York lie opened an otiice near Addison and theie 
practiced dentisti'v .-ind mediiine for twelve years. 

In 1H66 Dr. Hamilton came to Michigan and 
opened a dental odice at Sa<;inaw and for nine 
years was the leading dentist there, at the same 
time ijracticinir medicine. In 1H(!1) lie w.as burned 
out but he continued his practice until he lost his 
liealth and then removed to Ilarrisville on the 
lake shore and there resumed his double vocation. 
He afterward sojourned teinporarily at St. Charles, 
Freeland and at I-^ast Tawas and, his health being 
quite restored, he went to White Rix'k, Huron 
County, Mich., where three years lati'r he h>st sev- 
eral thousand dollars in the great Michigan lire. 
Afti'rward, he lemoved to Ubly, Huron (kniiity, 
where he built a residence and practiced medicine; 
later he went toTyre and built an liotel which was 
burned, having thus been a third time burned out. 
Thence he i)roceeded to Port Huron, where he 
remained for a short time. 

In July, IHill, Dr. Hamilton came to West liav 
City .and established hinself herein practice, and 
also opened a .sinitarium. He has made a >tud\- of 
electricity since he was sixteen years of age. and 
in his experimenting has made many discoveries, 
which are quite unknown to most electricians. His 
sanitarium is located at No. Oi:5 nroadwa\and has 
all necessary- conveniences to make it a piactic:il 
success. 

The lady who became the wife of Dr. Hamilton 
at St. Charles, .lanuary 13, l«7(i, was .Mrs. Mary 
(Smith) Short. She is the daughter of :Malaiul 
Smith, a native of Manchester, England, .ind for- 



merly a prominent citizen of Belmont County, 
Ohio, where he followed farming pursuits. He was 
made Sheriff of that county and afterward .Sheriff 
of Putnam County, ill., and his last da^'S were 
spent on Apple Hiver in Wisconsin. His wife, 
Elizabeth, daughter of .lohn Parr, was born in the 
North of Ireland, and her father, who was of 
Scotch birth, brought his family to this country 
and settled in Ohio, where many of the family now 
live. 

After the death of ^^Ir. Smith. Mrs. Smith, in 
1817, married again, and in 18;52 she crossed the 
jilains to California, and at Mayfield, where she and 
her husband were known as "Cncle .lim" and "Aunt 
.lira," eslalilished an hotel which was known as 
••riicle .11 Ill's Cabin" and became one of the most 
noted in the Stale. .She died in 1871 and her 
funeral was the most larsrely attended of any that 
had taken place in the St. (lair \'allev. 

]Mis. Hamilton was one of seven children; her 
oldest brother, .T. P. Smith, wjis Chief of Police for 
years in San Francisco and two brothers, Nathan 
and Samuel, were in the army during the Civil 
War. She was born in Belmont County, Ohio, and 
early renio\ ed to Illinois, where she lived until 
18r)4. She was educated at (iranville Academy 
and married Capt. William H. Short, a Kentucki.an, 
who was a Captain in the Mexican War and a 
very wealthy farmer and speculator in Illinois. He 
made his first trip to California in 18,")(l and then re- 
tnined f<ir liis family,takingtliem asix months' jour- 
ney across the plains with oxen and horse team, and 
]).a.ssed the scene of the Mt. JIeadt)w Jl.assacre the 
next day after its occurrence; the Indians were still 
there. The danger was so great that had it not been 
for the knowledge Capt. Short possessed of the 
Indlaii ••uid Spanish languages and warfare, the 
family would have perished. 

The first home of the Captain and his wife was 
in the St, (lair \'allev and afterward they were in 
the gold mines in Placer County, INIrs. Short lieing 
the lirst white woman ever in the place. They were 
successful there liut later removed to Mayfield 
where Capt. .Short had a ranch of six hundred and 
twenty .acres. .\t the outbreak of the Civil War 
he raised a company, having received a captain's 
commission, and seivecl to the close of the war. .Vf- 



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terward he located in Idaho, where he sojourned 
until his death, wliieli oecuned from disease con- 
tracted in the United States service. Mrs. Short's 
eldest .son, Charles II., was killed in the United 
States service in the Northwest; William II.. her sec- 
ond son, resides in Idaho; Elizabeth was Mrs. Al- 
len, of Sacramento; Alice is Mrs. J. Otterson, of 
Idaho; Ella (Mrs. Mushett); and Sarah (Mrs. Ah- 
bott) resides in California. 

On account of ill health Mrs. Sliort came East 
and tried the effect of different climates, coming to 
St. Charles in DS/A. Slic found great improve- 
ment in her health and sojourned there until her 
marriage with Dr. llanulton. She has studied 
medicine and is a i)rofessional nurse, giving elec- 
trical baths and treatment. A remarkable woman, 
most delightful in conversation and of great busi- 
ness capabilit.y, she has lieen one of the prominent 
pioneer women of California, and is still interested 
in Idaho lands, left by her former husband, Capt. 
W. H. Short. Her first son by Dr. Hamilton 
bore the name of Walter (i., and after his death 
she had another son to whom she gave the name of 
Walter H. The Doctor is a Past (irand in Odd- 
Fellowship, and was the original and first organ- 
izer of the Patrons of Industry in the State of 
Michigan. 

The attention of the reader is invited to a litho- 
graphic portrait of the Doctor which appears in 
connection with this biograi)hical notice. 



■^f] MADISON .lOHNSTON, who is an old set- 
tler in this region and is now practicing 
surveyingand civil engineering in Bay City, 
has resided here since the fall of 1853, at 
which time this place was known as Lower Saginaw. 
He was born and reared on the frontier of Wiscon- 
sin, his liirtli place in Brown County, that State, 
and his natal day February 18,1833. His father 
Capt. Johnston was a native of Oxford, Ya., and 
an old Indian fighter, who saw service under old 
Anthony W^ayne. The grandfather who took part 
in the Revolutionary War was of Scotch descent, 
and one of the F. F. ^''s. 



Capt. George .loIm.ston, spent his early life upon 
a A'irginia plantation, and served in the United 
States Army through the War of 1812, after which 
he was sent with his regiment to old Ft. Mackinaw, 
where the}' were stationed for several years, and 
later at Ft. Howard, where the Captain was in 
command of the Fort. When the Blackhawk War 
broke out, he took his old com|)any and a squad of 
volunteers and commanded them through that 
period of warfare. Subsequently he was stationed 
again at Ft. Howard, where he remained in com- 
mand until- he resigned, after which he engaged as 
an Indian trader, buying and selling furs, and died 
at (xreen Bay in 1850, at the .age of .seventy-two. 
He was a man of powerful frame, measuring six 
feet and two inches, and weighing two hundred 
and twenty pounds. He feared nothing; and was" 
greatly admired by the Indians, and had many 
friends among the Menominees, Winnebagos, and 
Pottowottamies. His real-estate grew in value 
after his death, and this left his family in com- 
fortable circumstances. He was a Jacksonian Dem- 
ocrat and in religious jireferonce was attached to 
the Episcojjal service. 

The mother of our subject was in her maiden- 
hood Phyllis McFearson. She was born in ISIontreal, 
Canada, and her father John was a native of ISIass- 
achusetts. He was a sailor on the high seas as 
well as on the lakes, and was the first one who 
drew a .sailing chart of the upper lakes. He was a 
powerful man of fine person and active habits, and 
spent his last da3's in Detroit after giving up the 
captaincy of his boat. The mother was reared in 
that (itj', and died there at the age of seventy 
years. She was of Scotch descent, and a Roman 
Catholic in her religious belief. 

Our subject is the youngest of a family of eight 
.sons and one daughter. One of his brothers, 
Thomas J. Johnston was a (ieneral in the Confed- 
erate Army, and after the war became a Catholic 
I'riest, and before his death. Canon of the Dioce.se 
of .San Antonio, Tex. His death resulted from his 
being thrown from a carriage while riding with 
(ien. Ord, at San Antonio. 

Madison John.ston was brought ui)in (ireen Bay 
and attended the log schoolhousc during three 
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lie reached the age of sixteen, when he began trad- 
ing witli the Indians, buying their furs, and carry- 
ing on an extensive Iiusiness witli them. He spoke 
liie Menominee language, and was a fine shot, and 
his courage, and tiie Indian's superstition in regard 
toiiis fatiier protected him from many dangers to 
wiiieli lie was exposed. In 18j3 lie came to Detroit 
with Ills mother who died three years later, and 
after that lie came to Hay City, to be with his 
cousin .lames Watson, in whose store (which was 
the first one at Lower Saginaw.) lie became a clerk. 

After a year this young man engaged in fishing, 
buying a vessel, which he named the "King 
Fisher," and having some boats built to do fishing 
in Saginaw Uay and Thunder Hay. This business 
prospered until IHOl, when disaster befell him, and 
he was obliged to sell out for ,a mere song. He had 
studied and practiced civil engineering in Wiscon- 
sin, and he now took u|) that line of work. He 
was elected County Surveyor in \H()i. and served 
until 1H()8, when he was re-elected, but declined 
to ([nallfy, as his local practice eng.aged all his 
time. In 1 H7;!, however, he accepted the ollicc of 
City Surveyor, and held it until 1881, when he laid 
aside business here. Two 3'ears later he took a 
journey to I londuias. Central America, prospecting 
and placer-milling (ui the Polia River. He acted as 
the President of the Hay City Mining Company, 
but although he found some signs of gold, he did 
not liave the appliances for working it, and re- 
turned to Hay City the following summer. 

Since that time our subject has devoted himself 
to civil engineering, and is the oldest man in that 
profession here. Previous to 18,')3, he and his 
brother John located the first mail route from 
Escanalia River to Marijuette, and this route 
marked by blazed trees was used for many years. 
His marriage with Ilaunali Keed. a native of 
Paynesvllle, Ohio, took place In 18.58, and she died 
leaving five children, two of whom survive, 
namely, Carrie (Mrs. Parker) and Belle. 

The second niarri.age of our suliject w.as solemn- 
ized on Christmas D.ay, 181MI, in Cincinnati, Ohio, 
the bride being Miss Mattie, daughter of 11 M. 
Starke, an early settler at Eagles, Clinton County, 
where this lady was born. Her mother, Rebecca 
Kilbourn, w.as a native of New York, and still 



lives, m.aking her home in Cincinnati. Mrs. .John- 
ston was the third of a family of nine children and 
had her education here. She taught the first school 
in the Pinconning log schoolhouse, Vieginning with 
thirty Indian and four white pupils, and she was 
then only seventeen years old. The Democratic 
party commands the vote and influence of Mr. 
.lohnston and he has been Influential on the AVard 
and City Committees. 



c«^^HE SAGE LIHRARY, of West Bay City, was 

i^^ first establi.shed in the fall of 188.3, by H. 
\^^' W. Sage, of Ithaca, N. Y., who has exten- 
sive business interests here, donating a handsome 
three-story Iirick I)uilding erected at a cost of H7,- 
000 and also eight thousand volumes of books. 
Aftcrwanl by consent of the city, the school liii- 
rary was merged with this, which made a fine addi- 
tion to its collection of works. In 1888 Mr. Sage 
made a proposition to the city, that if it would 
furnish -^1,000 per year he would also give tlie same 
ammint for ten years toward the support of the 
library. Tlio offer was accepted, thus giving the 
library an income of i!2,0()() each year besides the 
school lifirary tax. 

The Directors consist of five members from the 
city, the Evangelical clergymen of the place, and 
the President of the School Hoard, and the Mayor. 
The number of volumes at present in the library is 
seventeen thousand, five hundred, and two thou- 
sand cards are in constant use. During the past 
year (1891), twenty-eight thousand eight hundred 
and ninety-five volumes were taken out, which was 
hardly an average, as the libraty was closed for a 
a time from accident. The previous year there 
was an average of thirty thousand, seven hundred 
and thirty-four books drawn out, which is perhaps 
the average number during the past years. 

New cards are issued to any resident of West 
Hay City on the guarantee of any property owner 
of tlint |)lace. and besides the immense rfumber of 
works thus placed within reach of the people of the 
city, there is also a reading room, containing a full 
line of papers and periodicals, and open for the use 




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of all. The present corps of oflic-ials at the library 
consists of J. H. Plum, President; J. E. I.enion, 
Secretar}'; Mrs. M. F. Ostrander, Lilirarian, and 
Miss Emma Ostrander, Assistant Librarian. 



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^' OSEPH VOITII. For its present wealtii and 
high standing Saginaw County is greatly 
indebted to the sturdy and enterprising 
tillers of the soil, who have lieen instru- 
mental in developing its vast agricultural re- 
sources. As one of the early pioneers of tlic farm- 
ing community, and a man of iirominence in its 
civic and religious circles, it gives us pleasure to 
present the portrait and biography of Mr. Voith 
to our readers. He has long been associated witli 
the agricultural interests of Maple Grove Town- 
ship and has built up a comfortable home on sec- 
tion 27, where he settled in October, 18.'54. 

To Mr. Voith belongs the distinction (if having 
been the first pioneer settler and landholder for 
farming purposes in the tovvnsliip of Maple Grove, 
County of Saginaw. At the time of iiis settlement 
the country was covered with dense forests of ma- 
ple, beach, basswood, sycamore and various other 
kinds of trees. By the enterprise and muscle of the 
pioneer these forests have been removed and now 
broad fields without stump or tree gladden the eyes 
of the old settler, who is reaping the rich reward 
of tiie hardships and trials of earlier years. 

Mr. Voith was bom in Bavaria, Germany, March 
10, 1832, and is the son of Antton and Wallnirga 
Voith. His parents emigrated to the United 
States in 1852, landing in Baltimore, and thence 
proceeding to Crawford County, Ohio, where the 
mother and a portion of tiie family remained 
while the father and three sons went to the Lake 
Superior regions and worked in the copper mines. 
After remaining at work in the mines about six 
months, the father joined his family in Ohio, and 
in 18.54 came to Saginaw County and settled in 
township 9, north of range 4. 

The parental family numbered six children, viz: 
Blalius, .Joseph, Sefrin us, Mary, Barbara and Anna. 
Blalius died in ]\Iaple Grove Townshiii, in 1871, 



leaving four children; Safrinns went to California 
soon after their coming to the United States, and 
has not been heard from ; Mary is the wife of George 
M. Henige; Barbara is now i\Irs. Leibic; Anna mar- 
ried Mr. Arttman and died in Majile Grove Town- 
ship in 1870. 

Our subject is the third in order of birth of 
his parents' familj', and after coming to America 
worked for one year in the copper mines of Lake 
Superior. He then came to the Wol/erine State 
and located in Maple Grove Township, where he 
purchased one hundred and sixt3' acres of land on 
section 27, all of which was in its primeval state. 
During 18.55 he raised two hundred and ten l)ush- 
els of corn and forty bushels of potatoes. In the 
following year he raised one hundred and fifty 
liushels of corn, tliirty bushels of winter wheat and 
lifty bushels of potatoes. lie continued to im- 
prove tixe place until 18G;i, when he sold 
one hundred and forty acres on section 27. to 
George M. Henige and purchased one hun- 
dred and sixty acres on section 22, which he 
afterward sold. He then located on section 28, 
upon the tract which he owns at tlie present time. 

In 1856 the first settlers met in Mr. Voith's 
shanty for the purpose of organizing and naming 
the township. At that meeting one John Smith 
was selected and sent to Saginaw for the purpose 
of effecting an organization, which, however, was 
not completed until the following 3'ear, when the 
early settlers again met about tlie month of Maj', 
and elected 15. Turner to represent their interests 
in Saginaw. The result was that the township was 
given its present name — IMaple Grove. 

At the time of the late war Mr. Voith was the 
possessor of three hundred and sixty acres of land, 
and from time to time he paid liberally for volun- 
teers to be credited to his township. In 1865 he 
enlisted in the Union ami}' and served six months 
in defense of the stars and stripes, joining Com- 
pany' D, Sixth Michigan Infantry, and afterward 
being transferred to the Sixth Michigan Heavy 
Artillery. With his regiment he was sent to Fts. 
Gaines and Morgan, Ala., and there exposure and 
privations caused him to lose his health, which he 
has never since regained. 

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resiimod as;riciiltiir:il life, and is now the possessor 
of eiglity acres of c-ultivatecl land, wliicli is embel- 
lished with eomniudions and sultslantial building. 
However, he rents his land and is livinj; a some- 
what retired life, fully meriting the re>t which he 
has so hardly eai'ned. 

In politics Mr. V'oith has always been indepen- 
dent and thus re>erves his right to vote for the 
best man and not for i):uly principles. Although 
he is not an otHce-.-^eeker, he has been lionored by 
many of the local oHices within the gift of the 
people to bestow. He has ever been earnestly in- 
terested in his adoi)ted township and h.as sought, 
as far as in him lay, to promote its prosiierity. Tn 
religions matters he is a Roman Catholic, and is 
one o< the founders of that church in Majjle 
Grove Township. He assisted in building the first 
church at this place and presented the bell which 
is now used on the new church building. He has 
been exceedingly liberal in his donations to the 
church and has contributed much to aid in the 
promotion of education. 



^ LONZO DUNNING. It is of thrilling in 
terest to one whose heart is loyal to our 
countr3'"s honor to hear an old soldier re- 
count the scenes of conflicts, the weari- 
some marches, and the exciting episodes of the 
Civil War. .\niong those who can interest and 
instruct is the gentleman whose name appears at 
the head of this sketch, and who is one of the well- 
known farnu-rs of liuoiia N'ista 'IV^wnship, having 
bis fiiu' farm of one Iniiidii'd and ten acres located 
on section l!2. 

jMr. Dunning was lioiii in Cluulfstoii. Penobscot 
County, Me.. .July 28, 1832. His father was Col. 
.Tohii Dunning, also a native of the Pine Tree 
State. His mother bore the maiden name of Abi- 
gail Page, and was a native of the same Stale as 
her husband. They both passed their Last davs in 
Maine, dying in ('liarlest(,n. Our subject receixed 
a good education in his native place, having been 
enabled to enter High School.and for about eleven 
years w.as a teacher. He made Charleston his home 



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until 18(i6, when he started out to see something 
of the world for himself, and that he was success- 
ful ill Ills undertakings will be .seen by a perusal 
of this sketch. 

Our subject was married .lanuary 2(1, 1854, to 
Miss Elizabeth Foss, also a native of Charleston, 
Jle. -Vfter his marriage he located on a ])ortion 
of his father's farm, wlii, li he continued to make 
his hoiiu' until 18()(1, in the fall of which year he 
came to Saginaw and engage<l in the lumber biisi- 
iies-( with Roby Ireland as his partner. The,\' oper- 
ated together lor two years, when Mr. Dunning 
sold out his interest and launched out in the lum- 
ber business for himself, thus for some time being 
successfully' engaged, when he decided to relinquish 
all claims in that line of business. He made Sagi- 
naw City his home until 1876, when he removed 
to lUiena Vista Township, where he had purchased 
his beautiful farm, upon which he is at present re- 
siding. 

August 11. 18().'J, Mr. Dunning enlisted in Com- 
pany D. First Cavalry, and fought bravely for 
the preservation of the Union until the close of 
the war. While on a cavalry raid near Coalfield, 
Va., he was wounded in the right leg but with 
that exception passed through the conflict un- 
harmed, other than what would necessarily follow 
the privations and hardships with which a soldier's 
life M'as surrounded. As before stated, our sub- 
ject is the proprietor of one hundred acres of ara- 
ble land, and besides this is interested in business 
with his iwo sons in Menominee, this State. 

Mr. Dunning became the father of three children 
by his first marriage, viz: Frank I... Herbert A., 
who died at three and a half years, and Melville 
A. Mr.s. Elizabeth Dunning died in Charleston, 
Me., in 180;'), previous to our subject's migration 
to the Wolverine State. October 20, 1869, Mr. 
Dunning was again married, in Saginaw, to Miss 
Alice L. Rollins, a native of Bangor, Me. By this 
marriage he has become the father of three chil- 
dren, the eldest of whom died in infancj*. The 
others are : Cliffe A., and Arlene L. 

Our subject has been honored by his townsmeu 
with the office of Justice of the Peace. He is iden- 
tified with the Jlasonic fraternity, in which he 
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manifested by his alliance with the Goiddii (u-anjrer 
Post, G. A. R., of Saginaw. He is a licliever 
in and an adherent to the principles of the 
Republican party, belicvinir that party to be in the 
right. 

The family of Mr. Dunning have a host of warm 
friends in Saginaw County, and are nniversally 
esteemed by all who enjoy the pleasure of their 
acquaintance. Mr. Dunning is a man of high re- 
j)ute and is well liked by all who know him. 



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<4l iV^H.LIAiM L. PECK (jccupies the responsible 
\/\l/ position of Train Dispatcher for the 
^^^ Mackinaw & Saginaw Division of the 
Michigan Central Railroad at Bay City. Xcw 
York is his native State, his birth having occurred 
there October 24, 1864, in Marilla Township, Erie 
County. William II. Peck, father of the gentleman 
of whom we write, was also born in Jirie County, 
N. Y., while his father, the grandfather of our 
subject, was born in the Green Mountain State, 
and on making New York his home located in 
Erie County, where he followed the combined 
occupations of a farmer and carpenter. He spent 
his later years, however, in sawmilling and died 
at Alden in 1872. 

William H. Peck was a sawyer in New York, 
and when coming to Michigan at an early day ran 
a sawmill in Muskegon. He later removed to Illi- 
nois, where he farmed for a time, and then re- 
turned to New York and followed his old occupa- 
tions of farmer, sawyer and carpenter. On the 
breaking out of the Civil War he enlisted in the 
Union Army, but was not accepted on account of 
physical disability. He again decided to come 
West, and in 1877 made Caledonia, Kent County, 
his home, where he was employed for one year in 
the manufacture of woodenware. I'Y'eling a de- 
sire to once more try farm life, Mr. Peck removed 
to Minnesota, and locating near Rochester, once 
more engaged in cultivating the soil. The failure 
of crops that year so discouraged iiini that he re- 
turned to Caledonia, Mich., and worked once more 



in the wooden-ware factory for three or four 
years. He is now residhig at Shelby, Mich., en- 
g.aged in business for a brother. 

Our subject's mother w.as born at Alden, N. Y., 
and was known in lier maidenhood as Miss Mary 
Edson. Iler fatlier was a native of Vermont and 
bore the name of Linas Edson. He was a woolen 
manufacturer at Alden, N. Y., and later removed 
to Iowa, where he died; the mother's decease oc- 
curred in 1882, at Caledonia. 

William L. Peck is the oldest of the three chil- 
dren born to his parents, only two of whom are 
living at the present time. He was reared in New 
Yor]< until reaching the age of twelve years, when 
he spent one year in INIinnesota. He then re- 
turned to Michigan, and when sixteen years of age 
began to learn the art of telegraphy at Caledonia, 
and a year later took the position of night opera- 
tor at Grayling on the Michigan Central Road. 
After holding that position a short time he was 
m.ade Station Agent at Ogemaw, where he re- 
mained for six montlis, when he became agent at 
Beaver Lake. 

In 1884 our subject came to West Hay City and 
took the position as general clerk in the Michigan 
Central freight otlice, and two years later became 
operator in the Train Disjiatcher's ottice. In .Jan- 
uary, 1887, he became train dispatcher, and is 
now the fourth oldest dispatcher m this place. 
In occupying the various positions which we have 
enumerated, Mr. Peck has done an incredible 
amount of hard work. Personally he is a very 
genial gentleman and has hosts of warm friends 
throughout Michigan. 

Ma.y 15, 1889, was the date of our subject's mar- 
riage with Miss Nellie, daughter of .Joseph D. and 
Delia (Pierce) Iluckins, their marriage being sol- 
emnized in Bay City. Mrs. Peck's father was a 
farmer and lumberman, and came to Hay City 
when a young man. He is now residing on a 
beautiful farm in Kawkawlin Township, Bay 
County. !Mrs. Delia Huckins was born in New 
York State and is the daughter of Nathan Pierce, 
of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Huckins 
have become the parents of three children, two 
of whom are living. The wife of our subject was 
reared in West Bay C'ity, where she was gradu- 



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ated from tlielliij:li Siliool when seventeen years 
of age, and was cnjjaLfed as a teaelier for about 
four years after finishing her education. 

Mr. and IVIi-s. Peck, of this sketcli. liave two 
chiklren — Ralph and Ward. Our snl)ject is a 
Knight of the Maccaliees, l>eing identified with 
Valley 'IVnt. In politics he is a l)elie\ er in Re- 
publican [)rinciplcs. 

<ji^ZRA (i. (iODDARI). a civil engineer of 
lUj Saginaw, who came here in 1H(!2, was born 
/ 'IL^ in Worcester, Mass., October 10, 1823. He 
attended school until he reached the .age of fifteen 
or sixteen years and made good advancement in 
his studies, his specialty being in the mathematical 
and mecli.Tnical line, in which he gained much 
local ri'p\itation for .-i young man. He was also a 
great reader in his boyhood and became familiar 
with Rollins' Ancient History while driving an 
ox-team in the field, l.ater he had the advan- 
tage of a course in the grammar school at AVorces- 
ter, and on the Worcester it Xashua Railroad 
commenced the profession of engineering, and 
soon became familiar with the use of engineering 
instruments. During his last year there he was 
made .Supervising Engineer and liad charge of 
track laying and supervision of a division of a 
road near Worcester. 

After this Mr. (ioddard assisted in locating the 
Huflfalo, Corning it Xew York Railroad and the 
Richmond it Dansville Railway, in Virginia, hav- 
ing chaige of the road from Richmond to Appo- 
mattox. He then assisted in locating the Virginia 
Central line, which runs across three ridges of the 
Alleghany Mountains; lie also located the New Jer- 
sey Central Railroad and had charge of construct- 
ing the western end of the Xortli Carolina Central 
Railroad, after which he returned to Ni^w York 
and aided in the construction of the Buffalo, Corn- 
ing it New York Road, and afterward made re- 
connoisance of the lx>uisville it Covington Rail- 
road. Returning to Huffalo. he was first assisUint 
in the construction of the road from Livonia to 
Uuffalo, after which he was appointed Chief En- 



gineer for the Cleveland & St. Louis Railroad in 
Ohio and Indiana, and also the Terre Haute it St. 
Louis Road. 

Subsequent to the completion of these roads Mr. 
(ioddard made the first survey of the Flint & 
Pere Marquette Railroad, which was carried on in 
the winter through great sufferings and privations 
through a dense wilderness. He then surveyed 
the Winona & St. Peter Road in Minnesota, and 
the Parkville & Gr.and River in Missouri, continu- 
ing there until the outbreak of the war. At that 
time he returned to IMassachusetts, and by the re- 
quest of Gen. Barnes went to Fortress Monroe and 
for two years had charge of all the railway work 
there and at Annapolis, Md., being in the Govern- 
ment employ in civil capacity as engineer. He 
was on railroads, commencing as rodman, for 
twenty-three years, and w.as Chief Engineer of 
eight railroads, and at the age of twenty-nine was 
Chief Engineer of three roads at a salary of ^7,500. 
He possessed great practical ability in his profes- 
sion, and stood high in every work in which he en- 
gaged, and obtained his education mostly in the 
field and private stud\'. 

In 1862 Mr. Goddard came to Saginaw, desir- 
ing to engage in such business as would enable 
him to be at home with his family, and as many of 
his friends were interested here, he was at once 
appointed City Engineer and located in this city, 
investing extensively in lands, and has lumbered 
more or less nearly every year since in Saginaw. He 
l)ecarae interested in pine lands in ^Mississippi and 
bought a large mill at the mouth of the Pearl 
River, besides handling a great deal of pine in 
this section of Michigan, especially on the Sagi- 
naw River. He was one of the first owners of the 
St. Paul waterworks. 

The mairiage of Mr. Goddard to Miss Rhoda 
Vincent occurred in Ithaca, N. Y., in 1854. Mrs. 
Goddard died July 5, 1887, leaving two children 
— Vincent A., who is in business with his father, 
and Lizzie, who is also at home. Mr. Goddard is 
a philosopher and a logical reasoner from cause to 
effect and his mind is strongly inventive and me- 
chanical in its line of thought. He is a spiritualist 
in his religious belief and claims to have had many 
interesting proofs of his theory. 





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The quick perceptions of Mr. Goddard have 
been worth thoiisanrls of dollars to the railroads 
which he has surveyed, as he sees almost instantly 
how to make elianges that will straighten the road 
and reduce the grade. He has acted in a limited 
capacity for various lines of railroad in and around 
Saginaw since coming here, and in every line of 
work which he has undertaken has achieved a ;e- 
markable success. 




\f.-^ ON. TIMOTHY K. TARSNEY, of Saginaw, 
ex-Representative in Congress from the 
Eighth District of Michigan, w.as born Feb- 
ruary 4, 1849. His parents, Timothy and 
Mary A. Tarsney, were born in Sligo and West- 
meath Counties, Ireland, respectively, and immigra- 
ted to this country in 1831. They lirst located in 
Rochester, N. Y'., and thence removed to Manliat- 
tcn, now known as Toledo. In 1844 they settled 
in Medina, Lenawee County, Mich., and in 1848 
purchased a farm in Ransom, Hillsdale County, 
where they permanently located, the father en- 
gaging at the trade of a blacksmith in connection 
with his agricultural operations. 

The subject of this sketch attended the common 
schools in Hillsdale County until twelve years of 
age. Inclining to mechanics, he entered a machine- 
shop at Hudson, Lenawee County, for the purpose 
of learning the machinist's trade. In February, 
1864, he wentinto the Government service on mili- 
tary railroads in Tennessee,and served to the close 
of the war. Again entering a machine-shop, he 
worked there until February, 1866, when he went 
East Saginaw, and there ran a. steam engine. 

In 1867 the United States Board of Steamboat 
Inspectors gave Mr. Tarsney a certificate as marine 
engineer, which occupation he followed upon the 
Saginaw River and the lakes up to and including 
the season of 1872. It was while so engaged that 
he conceived the idea of entering the legal profes- 
sion, and purchasing a copy of BLackstone's Com- 
mentaries, read law while sailing during the summer 
months, and during the winter months attended 
school and tlie law department of the University 



of Michigan, graduating from that institution in 
the Cl.ass of '72. 

During the following season Mr. Tarsney was 
engaged as chief engineer on the lakes and on the 
close of navigation engaged in the practice of law 
in Saginaw. In the spring of 1873 he was elected 
Justice of the Peace, being the only candidate 
elected upon the Democratic ticket. He served in 
that capacity until 1874, when he resigned that po- 
sition to engage in the practice of law, in which 
occupation he has been engaged ever since. He 
is a member of the firm of Tarsney & Wicker, one 
of the largest and most successful law firms in the 
Saginaw Valley. 

Mr. Tarsney served as City Attorney of East 
Saginaw from 1875 until 1877, and resigning the 
position on account of increasing private business. 
In 1880 he was nominated for Congress in the 
Eighth District of Michigan, on the Democratic 
ticket, against Roswell G. Ilorr, Republican, run- 
ning over two thousand ahead of the electoral 
ticket, but was defeated. In 1882 he was nomin.a- 
ted Attorney-General of the State, but was defeated 
with the entire ticket. Two years later he was un- 
animously chosen by the State Democratic Conven- 
tion as first deleg.'ite-at-large to the National Dem- 
ocratic Convention held at Chicago and represented 
the State at that convention on the Committee on 
Resolutions. 

Later Mr. Tarsney was nominated for Congress, 
and was elected by a plur.ality of sixteen hundred 
and twent3'-tvvo over Roswell G. Ilorr, his oppo- 
nent. In 1886 he was re-elected by a vote of 
eighteen thousand three hundred and one to sev- 
enteen thousand six hui.dred and fifteen for Ros- 
well G. Horr, Republican, and nineteen hundred 
and thirty for George AV. Abbey, Prohibitionist. 
At no time has he sought or desired public office, 
in every instance having been .selected without 
solicitation on his part. He is a member of the 
Roman Catholic C'hurch, and from his youth has 
been an ardent Democrat. 

On Oetoljar 1, 1873, Mr. Tarsney was married at 
Ann Arbor, Mich., to Catlierinc O'Brien, of that 
place, and they are the [larents of six children, 
four of whom are now living. In the Forty-ninth 
and Fiftieth Congress Mr. Tarsney rendered effi- 



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c-icnt serviw :is a nicniln'i of llif llousi- Coinmit- 
U'l's on Lalioi arul (onuiu'ice. lie was esiict-ially 
activp in iirmnotintj tlic iiilcri'jts of his constitu- 
ents, and his detei'ininiMl niid < iicrjiL-tic fiulit to se- 
cure for KasI Sasinaw the location of a I'nited 
States Court, and tlic passaiire of an appropriation 
bill for a puliiic liuiidin<i in tlie same city, sjained 
him considerahle distinction. In 1H8H lie was 
again tlie choice of his |),-uty for tViiisiress, hut was 
defeated on tlic I'lritf issue in tlie cnunlrv, not 
the cities. 

A lithofrrapliic jiortrait of Mi', larsney acconi- 
panies this sketch. In personal appearaute he is of 
rather slender huild, sliijhtly above the averasje 
iieight. and i|uick in action. lie is impetuous, and 
when his mind is made up on any subject requir- 
ing his attention, moves promptly. In debate he 
is courteous, but strikes Imldly from the shoulder, 
and never (piails in the presence of an enemy. 
Karly in ])olitical life he aciiuired the ,sobri(iuet of 
the •' Young i.ion of theSaginiw Democracy,'" and 
it still adhei'cs to him. 

Socially Mr. 'rarsney has few eipiais, his ready 
Irish wit and apt repartee winning hosts of admir 
ers. In busniess he is the soul of honor, always 
fulHIIing every obligation impo.sed upon him, and 
in a business as well as social sense few men of his 
years have achieved greater succes-. lie is the 
soul of kindness and generosity. While in Isabella 
County it was not at all unusual for him to s|)end 
time anil money in light ing ciises for poor people 
where there was no prospect of remuneration. 



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'!(_ ON. Al.i:\AM)KI{ Z.\(;KLMKYKK. Not- 
1) withstanding his name, which would pro- 
^^' claim him a 'renton.oursubject is a native of 
J^ not only .Vmerica, but of Michigan, and as 
such liie Stale may well be proud of him. foi- he isa 
manly man and a gentleman. .\s a man of ability, 
he has occui)ied various positiims of trust, and his 
county lias taken pleasure in exalting him to one 
of its highest positions, having elected him He|)re- 
sentative of the State Legislature in winch lie 
served during the teiiii of IHH'.l-'.Hl. In |ii> i,ii. 



vate interests he is at the head of the largest ice 
business in Michigan. 

Our subject was born in Saginaw, this .State, Oc- 
tober 28, 1858. In early boyhood, however, he re- 
moved to West Hay City with his family. His 
father, Louis Zagelmeyer, was in the lime business, 
hut has now retired from active business interests. 

; He was born in (Jermany, l>ut came to .Vmerica 
and located in Saginaw in 1841), Our subject's 

j young ideas were trained in the public schools of 

West Hay Citv, anil as a voung man learned of his 

. . ... 

father all about the Ijuiningof lime. He remained 

I with his father until 187;t, and the last three years 

! of that partnership saw the inauguration of their, 

immense ice business. He then took charge, in 

partnership with his brother Frank, of the Marine 

Ice Company, and in the spring of 1887 this was 

incorporated with the Young Bros. Hay County Ice 

Company. Our subject is now Secretary and Treas- 

I urer of this body, and since his entrance upon the 

duties of the business he has revolutionized the 

I methods. They have the largest ice plant in the 

I State, and are the only dealers in lake ice in the 

Saginaw N'alley, and handle nothing but lake ice. 

They have a cap.acity for fmty thousand Ions, which 

is the largest amount handled in Michigan by any 

one firm. 

It is no longer a subject of wonder how all the 
ice is used, for both summer and winter tinds it in 
demand both for culinary and scientific |)urposes, 
.Mr. Z.agelraeyer is ,a heavy slii[ipei' to various por- 
tions of Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, He has now 
a two years' supply, and owns his own barges and 
tugs. Aside from the interest spoken of above, our 
subject owns valuable real estate. His residence is 
located in West H.ay City, on the corner of Main 
and Water .Streets. He is the owner of the beauti- 
ful steam pleasure yacht, "Zero," which is sixty 
eight feet in length and twelve feet from beam to 
beam. The Hay County Ice Company occupies an 
office, barn and ice depot at the foot of Centre Ave- 
nue; they are Hnely located, and central to all 
portions of the city. 

Our subject was married in AVest Hay City, to 
iNIiss Kmnia Hrenner, of .Saginaw. Their nuptials 
were solemnized April 3, 1K81. Three children 
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die and Leona. For tlii-ee years Mv. Zagolmeyer 
was Supervisor of the Fiftli Ward. He vv.as Comp- 
troller of West Bay City for two years, and his 
election to the State Legislature was confirmed in 
1888. He served most satisf.actorily. representing 
the people of this locality to their hest interests. 
He served on the Fishery C'oramittee and u|)on oth- 
ers of miuoi im]3ortanee. In the business of the 
company one of the notieealile features is their 
splendid liorses tliat are attached to tiieir ice wag- 
ons, having the finest draft horses in the State. 

Socially our subject is a Knight Templar, and in 
Masonry he has attained to tlie tliirty-second de- j 
gree, and also belongs to the Mystie Shrine of De- 
troit. He is a member of the Salzburg Arbeiter 
Society and of the Arion, of liay City, lie also lie- 
longs to the Royal Arcanum and the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows. In n political way he is a 
stanch and faithful supporter of the Hcpublican 
party, and has been frequently selected by his fel- 
low-townsmen to represent them as a delegate to 
county and State conventions. He has now, how- 
ever, retired from active political life. 



■^^ HOMAS F. RODWELL, M. D. It is with 
ifit^^ sincere pleasure that the biographer takes 
^^^ up his pen to give a life narrative of any 
worthy member of that profession whicli ministers 
to the physical comfort and well-being of the com- 
munity by means of the healing art, and this grat- 
ification is largely augmented when one can feel 
that the subject of the sketch has attained an hon- 
orable position in his profession througii botli 
ability and character. This physician, of whom we 
now speak, residing at Carrollton village, on tjie 
outskirts of Saginaw, may thus be depicted. 

Dr. Rodwell was born in Ancaster, Wentworth 
County, Ontario, Canada, December 14, 1858, and 
his father, Alfred Rodwell, was a native of New- 
market, Cambridgeshire, England, w-here he was 
born September 4, 1832. His grandfatiier, Thomas 
F. Rodwell, was a country gentleman, who was at 
one time Secretary of Foreign Legations. The 
father came to Ontario, Canada, in I8;)3, and for 



some four years took charge of an engine in the 
car-works at Hamilton, after whicli he farmed un- 
til 1874, and now lives a retired life, althougli he 
still carries on gardening to some extent, and thus 
fills up his days with usefulness. In his religious 
belief he adiieres to the church of his forefathers — 
the Episcopal — and in |)olitical matters he is <le- 
eidedly independent. 

Alfred Rodwell took to wife Maiy .1. Fiilkerson, 
who was born in Ancaster, Ontario. January II, 
1833. To her was granted but one child, our sub- 
ject, and she is still living and makes her honn; 
with her son in this township. She also is attached 
to the Episcopal Church. Her father was a native 
of New Jersey, and removed with his parents to 
Ancaster when only three or four years old. There 
he spent his life upon a. farm, living to reach the 
age of sixty-five years. Our subject had his early 
training upon his father's farm, and began his ed- 
ucation in the common schools, but later attended 
the Collegiate Institutes at Hamilton and Water- 
down, Ontario, graduating from tiie latter school 
in 1879. 

After teaching for three years in the public 
schools of Ancaster, Thomas Rodwell began, in 
1882, the study of medicine at Detroit College of 
Medicine, devoting considerable time to hospital 
work in Detroit and New York City. He was 
graduated at Detroit in 1885. and the following 
year began a general practice here. He has done 
considerable work in the line of minor surgery, 
but makes a specialty of diseases of the throat, 
lungs and chest. 

The marriage of Dr. Hodwell took place March 
i, 1881, his bride being Anna McDonnell, who was 
born in Burlington, Wentworth County, Ontario, 
March- 9, 1858. This lady is a devout member of 
the Roman Catholic Church, and she is now the 
mother of one daughter, Mary J., born September 
22, 1882. 

The political convictions of Dr. Rodwell have 
led him to aflilliate with the Republican party and 
he is now Township Clerk of Carrollton Town- 
ship. He twice ran for Coroner, but was defeated, 
although he went far ahead of his ticket. He is a 
popular and prominent member of several of the 
social orders, and belongs to Seymour Lodge No. 



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272, F. & A. IM., in Canada, and to the Howard 
Lodge No. 220, I. O. O. F., at CarioUtoii, as well 
as to the Knijrhts of the Maeenhecs, Knights of 
Honor, and IiKlipcndtnt Order of Foresters. He 
is active and etiicient in his oonneetion with the 
C'arrollt(ni Fire I)e|):irtnient, and is the iiealtli offi- 
cer of tlie village. His interest in cdncation has 
hroiiglit him into active work in connection with 
.xchool matters, and for four years he has acted .as 
School Inspector. Besides his professional duties, 
he has taken an interest in the luml)er industry, 
and is a junior partner in the lirm of Cook it Hod- 
well, at i'lurt, tliis coui.ty, where they have been 
running a mill f<n' the past Iwo years. 



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^;ILLIAM F. DKNFKLD, the Secretary and 
Treasurer of the 15oard of Education of 
Sjiginaw, Fast Side, was horn in \atick, 
Mass., December 3, 18.57, and is n son of Frank, -md 
Margaret (Weigard) Denfeld, both of whom are 
natives of (4erm:iny. I lis father euiigr.ated to the 
United States in isf.i; his uiutiiei- came later, in 
18,52. The parents htul bei'u maiTied previous to 
leaving their native land. 

Our subject pas.sed his school days at Westbor- 
ough, Mass,, and began his course in Latin in the 
High School. He then entered Amherst College 
where he remained two yeari and iheu went to 
Brown University, Providence, R. l.,and was grad- 
uated in the Cla<s of '81, after which he taught 
for one year. Later he became a student in the 
Law Department of the University of Michig.an 
and was admitted to the bar at Ann Arbor, Janu- 
ary 15, 188;}. After this he went to Lexington, 
Ky„ where he was for a year in the oflice of Mor- 
ton & Parker, and in the fall of 1884 he came to 
Saginaw and here taught for eighteen months .and 
at the same time carried on his law studies. He 
commenced the practice of law alone. 

Thi.s gentleman was appointed, in .Inly, I.'sh?<,.is 
Secretary and Treasurer of the Board of Kducation 
for East Saginaw. and by reapijointment each year 
he has continued in thai ollicc for four \cais, al 
the same time conlinuiug his law practice. Ills 



marriage which took pLace September 24, 1888, 
united him with Mi.ss Elizabeth Theiss, of Saginaw. 
Mr. Denfeld is a member of Ancient Landmark 
Lodge, No. 303, F. A- .V. M., also of Saginaw Val- 
ley Chapter No. 31, K .A. M. His plea.sant and 
commodious home is the center of a pleasant social 
life. 



.^/^ ARA B. ARMSTRON(i, B. S.. A. M., M. 

^^^ This leading lady physician and surge 
VVL^-JI^ of the Saginaw Valley belongs to the Ho 



jp^ ARA B. ARMSTRON(i, B. S.. A. M., M. D. 

lom- 
copathic School and is the only woman 
surgeon of any note in Bay City. She was born at 
Newtown, near Cincinnati, Ohio, and is a daughter 
of El lab and Mary (Whitlaker) Armstrong. The 
grandparents were among the early settlers of that 
part of the country, and the family calling had 
l)een that of milling to a great extent. The father 
of tliis laily followed that business, and his brother 
,Iohn w.as a member of the Ohio Legislature. 

At the Normal University at I^ebanon, Ohio, our 
subject received her literary and i)art of her med- 
ical education, taking the degrees there of Bachelor 
of Science in the Class of '80, and the following 
year being made liachelor of Alts while the degree 
of Master of Arts was conferred n[iou her later. 
For some years she taught in Hamilton C'ounty, 
and for six or seven years had charge of the Art 
Department of the Normal University of Lebanon, 
Ohit). During that time she studied medicine in 
the department of regular medicine and then prac- 
ticed for three years, after which she attended the 
lIoineo|)athic Department of the University of 
Michigan at Ann Arbjr, graduating therefrom in 
the Class of '8'J, When she entered the University 
she went in as assistant to the Chair of Theory and 
Practice and then look a post-graduate course. 

After leaving Ann Arbor Dr. Armstrong re- 
turned to Lebanon, Ohio, and practiced there for 
nearly a year before going to New York, where she 
took the post-graduate course for one year in col- 
lege and hospital, |)aying special attention to sur- 
gery, and then returned to Michigan. She chose 
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Januaiy, 1891. Here she has built up a fine repu- 
tation and has a desirable practice. Besides her 
professional career slie is looked upon as a leader in 
matters of art and music, as she is very proficient 
therein. She gives much attention to vocal music 
and is the soprano in the First Baptist Cliurch, be- 
sides singing before many of the societies of the 
city. 

In August, 18i)l, Dr. Armstrong was elected a 
member of the School Board of Bay City for a term 
of two years, and it is believed that her intelli- 
gence, her educational experience and her progres- 
sive ideas will be of vast value to the schools of the 
city. He genial nature and thorough accomplish- 
ments make her much sought in the social circles 
of the place, and slie is soon to become a member 
of the Michigan State Homeopathic Medical Asso- 
ciation, and the Saginaw Valley Homeopathic Med- 
ical Association. Dr. Armstrong is a member of the 
Equal Suffrage Association with which she became 
united soon after locating here. 



fiEV. ALEXANDER DANSKIN, M. A. The 
Grace Presbyterian Church of Saginaw Cit}', 
is fortunate in having for its pastor a gen- 
tleman of blameless character and upright 
life, a sympathizing helper to the needy, and a prac- 
tical Christian in all the details of everyday exist- 
ence. He is richly endowed with all those gifts of 
mind and heart which appeal most strongly to the 
deepest affections of his parishioners. His pen is 
that of a ready writer, who feels keenly every truth 
which he records, while he is a deep thinker and a 
fluent speaker. 

The parents of our subject were Alexander and 
Anne (Preston) Danskin, who for many years re- 
sided in Canada. The father, who has always fol- 
lowed agricultural pursuits, is now a resident of 
Marengo, Iowa County, Iowa, and at the age of 
seventy-seven years, is still hale and hearty, bid- 
ding fair to retain possession of his mental facul- 
ties for many years to come. The mother died in 
1880. Eight children came to bless the parental 
home, our subject being the fourth, and he was 



born in Huntington, Canada, .luly 31, 1819. He 
was only three years old when lie accompanied his 
parents to Iowa, and in Marengo he [jassed his 
youth in a comparatively uneventful manner, al- 
ternating attendance in the iiublic school with work 
on the home farm. 

After completing the course of study in the 
grammar school of Marengo, Mr. Danskin became 
a student in the Presltytcrian Academ\' at Cedar 
Rapids, Iowa, where he fitted for college. Later he 
entered Wabash College, at Crawfordsville, Ind., 
and was gradu.ated from that inslitutifin in 1874. 
He spent the two ensuing years in Lane Theologi- 
cal Seminary, at Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, and in 
1876 entered the McCormick Theological Seminar^' 
at Chicago, graduating in the spring of 1877. His 
first charge was at Cott.age Grove, Wis., and in the 
spring of 1878 he accepted a call to the Presby- 
terian Church in Keota, Iowa, where he rem.ained 
as pastor for three and one-half years. In October, 
1881, he accepted the pastorate of the Presbyterian 
Church in Warren, III., and in 1882 came to Michi- 
gan, having charge of the church in Sault Ste. 
Marie in the Upper Peninsula for four years. The 
church at Vassar, this State, extended to him an 
invitation to become pastor in 1886, and accepting 
that call, he remained with them until he came to 
Saginaw City in 1890. 

The church of which the Rev. Mr. Danskin is 
pastor, is located on the corner of Fayette and 
Dearborn Streets, and is a handsome brick edifice, 
which, when completed will be one of the most ele- 
gant in the city. Its cost will be about $10,000, 
and it will be an ornament to this portion of the 
city in its finished beauty. In all his ministerial 
labors our subject has been heartily assisted by his 
wife, to whom he was married in 1877, Mrs, Dan- 
skin was known in her maidenhood as Miss Helen 
.1. Lemon, and is the daughter of the Rev. Alexan- 
der Lemon, a Presbyterian minister of Ripon, Wis, 
Three children have come to bless the union of our 
subject and his estimable wife — Mary L., Helen 
Louisa and George A. 

The Rev. Mr. Danskin is characterized by liis fear- 
less and untliuehing devotion to the truth, and 
those who know him best can most feelingly testify 
to his earnest pietv- In his life, as in the lot of 



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everyone, an- nianv minor chords, but through 
varying modulations they will, in the Providence 
of God. combiiif at la-it in tlie- luirnionious final 
chord, whose sweetness and purilv will linger long 
in the memory of those to whom he has ever been 
a faithful friend and eonsecr.-ited teacher. 



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iOIIX L. .I.\('KS()N. This manufacturer of 
steam engines, salt well machinery, saw and 
shingle mill machinery, and ca.stings of all 
kinds, has his estalilishment at the corner of 
Water and .lefferson Streets in .Saginaw. .\fter 
carrying on his l)usiness for eight years ami con- 
ducting it successfully he met a great loss in Au- 
siust. IHH.'i. liy the works being destroyed by fire, 
lie was not. however, to be daunted by this mis- 
fortune, and .'it once reliuilt and has a liner outfit 
than before. 

The works of Mr. .Jackson comprise a two-story 
brick machine shop (iOx 1(1(1 feet in dimensions with 
nil ell ;i((xIO(t feet, and a large foundry and yards 
covering half a block. A fifty horse-power ensjine, 
seven lathes, two forty-two-inch planers and four 
drills. are part of the plant and machinery w^hich 
are well adajjted to the successful prosecution of 
the business up(m a large scale, the whole making 
up a machinei'\ equipment which hardly li.as a su- 
perior in the State. One specialty of this firm is a 
new automatic cut off engine, the recent invention 
of our subject, one of which he has put up in Oer- 
main's new mill and another is in the new Crescent 
Match Factory, of which he is \'ice-President. Mr. 
.lackson is a thoroughly practical man, and by 
strict attention to details secures the uniform su- 
periority in materials and workmanship whicli 
marks all the products of his wojks. 

Our subject was born in Saginaw County, Au- 
gust 111, 1854, and is the only son now living of 
Thomas L. and \'eronica (lilatz) .lackson. The 
father was born in .Amsterdam, Holland, of English 
parentage. September I (i, 182;'», his parents being 
Thoniiis and Hannah (Leonard) .l.ackson. The fa- 
ther of our subject is still living and for the past 



twenty year.s has been Superintendent of the Poor 

in Saginaw. He wa* bereaved by the death of his 
wife in 1881. 

.John L. .lackson passed his boylu)od days upon 
the farm up to the age of nine years, when he re- 
moved to Saginaw with his parents and here at- 
tended school. After leaving the public schools, 
he entered Parsons' Commercial College, and there 
took a full course, graduating in 1871. After that 
he learned the trade of a machinist with A. F. 
Bartlett & Co., of Saginaw, with whom he remained 
for five years, and then traveled as a journeyman 
to different cities for some four years. He then re- 
turned to Saginaw and started in his present busi- 
ness on a small scale. The boiler works which are 
operated under the firm name of McGregor A: Jack- 
son, are engaged in the manufacture of steam boil- 
ers and sheet-iron ware and of this valuable indus- 
try Mr. .Jackson owns a half interest. 

.John L. .Jackson w.is married upon New Year's 
day, 1881. to Miss Sadie Smith, of St. Louis, Mich. 
Mrs. Jackson belongs to a New York family, and 
she is now the happy mother of three children, one 
son and two daughters. Mr. Jackson, who is a 
Democrat in his i)olitical views, has served .as Ald- 
erman for the Thirteenth Ward for one term. The 
pleasant home of this family is located at No. .304 
South (iranger Street, West Side. 



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^Ml LFRED 1). TI VY. This gentleman, who held 
(@£j|| the position of .Secretary of the West .Side 
Business College of Saginaw, .and was also 
a partner, and subsequently establishing 
the Cottage Academy, located at No. 801 South 
Washington Avenue, was born December 4. 1852, 
in JyCwiston, Niagara County, N. Y., a village sit- 
uated near the foot of (^ueenstown Heights, from 
which a fine view is had of the monument erected 
to (ien. Brock of Revolutionary fame. 

Mr. Tivy is next to the youngest son of Alfred 
and Mary Ann (Heaton) Tivy, the father a na- 
tive of Canada, of Irish and Welsh descent, who 
was born near Toronto, and died in 18H(;. in the 
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smith and fanner by trade. The mother was of 
English descent and was born near Lewiston in 
1813. She remembered hearing her mother tell 
how, during the War of 1812, she was forced to 
flee with her babe to the woods for safety, spend- 
ing the night behind a log in the snow, but for- 
tunately- being found and rescued the next day. 
In the fall of 18,53 this worthy couple removed to 
Michigan and located in Tuscola, where they de- 
parted this life, leaving a family of nine children. 
Of these six are living, three sons and three 
daughters, all residents of this State. 

Alfred D. Tivy attended the common school at 
Tuscola until eighteen years of age. He then 
taught school for a time at Williams, Bay County, 
afterward attending college at Akron, Ohio. Com- 
pleting his course there, lie next taught in the 
Union School at Coieman, this State, following 
which he became Principal of the Potter School, 
in East Saginaw, which position he filled with 
credit for four years under Superintendents .1. C. 
Jones and C. B. Thomas. The following year 
was given to work in temperance reform, in which 
he took a great interest. After this he entered 
into partnership with J. C. Brown in the man- 
agement of the West Side Business College. 

Mr. Tivy has been associated with the Pi-ohi- 
bition party for the past two years, and during 
that time has been Chairman and Secretary of the 
County Committee. He has also been Scci-etarj' 
of the Eighth Congressional Committee and a 
memlier of the State Committee, of which Charles 
T. Russell is now Chairman. While a teacher Mr. 
Tivy was instrumental in furthering the interests 
of the County Teachers' Association and was also 
a member for several years of the State Teachers' 
Association at Lansing. As a Cood Templar he 
was sent as a delegate to the (iraud Lodge, which 
met at Lansing in 1890. Mr. Tivy is a member 
of the Universalist Church located on South Wash- 
ington Avenue, West Saginaw. In 18;H) he was 
elected State Secretary of the Young Peo[)lc's So- 
ciety of Christian Endeavor. 

The marri.ige of our subject with Miss May 
Bullard took place .hine 19, 1891, at Saginaw. 
Mrs. Tivy is a daughter of Peter Bullard, who is 
now a resident of Kansas. Sh(> is a la(l\- of culture 



and has charge of the instrumental music depart- 
ment of the college. The family reside in the 
college building and entertain their many friends 
in a most hospitable manner. 



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ON. JOHN NORTHWOOl), Grand Mjistei- 
of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows 
of Michigan, and Past Department Com- 
mander of the Department of Michigan 
Grand Army of the Republic, is one of the most 
prominent, energetic and enterprising pioneers of 
Saginaw County, having his residence in .Maple 
Grove Township. He is a son of William and Mary 
Northwood, natives respectively of the counties of 
Shropshire and Norfolk, England. The parints 
were among the first settlers in Maple (irove 
Township and this was the first family that perma- 
nently settled within its borders, the date of their 
location being in Novemhsr, 1854. 

Our subject was born at Addle Hill, St. Paul's 
Parish, London, England, July 17, 1838. He at- 
tended the parish schools of the city of l>ondon 
from the age of four to eleven years. Li 1849 he 
came with his parents to the New World, where 
they made location at Wellington, Lorain County, 
Ohio. They remained there about one year and 
then removed to New Hudson, Oakland County, 
Mich., but not being satisfied with the new home 
in about one year they went to Detioit. There 
they remained until 1854, the date of their coming 
to Maple Grove Township. Diii'ing all that time 
our subject had been attending school whenever 
opportunity afforded, but soon after the family's 
arrival in Detroit he, being in his fourteenth year, 
strong and hardy for his age, shipped as a cabin 
boy oil board the steamer "Ruby," running between 
Detroit and Port Huron. He followed the lakes 
for three years and then came with hi> father's 
family to Maple (irove Township. 

Mr. Northwood was married at Flushing, (iene- 
see County, Mich., January 27, 1864, to Miss 
Martha, a daughter of Origen and .Savillah (Hart- 
sock) Packard, the former a native of New Hamp- 
shire, of English descent, and the latter of I'cnii- 



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sylvaiiia, descended fioni (U-rmaii stock. When 
nineteen yeai'S of age our subject had full charge 
of the parental family, eiidurin"' all the hardsliijjs 
of pioneer life, not only in cuttino; and cleaning 
up the forest but in a hundred other ways. 

On the breaking out of the Civil War Mr. N'orth- 
wood entered tiie Union army as a private soldier 
in Company C, Sixteenth Michigan Infantry. He 
served with his regiment up to and through the 
Peninsula carajjaign and participated in the siege 
of Yorktown, Hanover Courthouse, and the seven 
days' fight l)efore Richmond. He was wounded in 
the battle of Gaines Mills, June 27, 1862, minie 
balls passing through both arms, and he was 
obliged to have his right arm amputated. He was 
taken prisoner at Savage Station, Va., June 30, and 
for twenty-six days was confined in Libby Prison 
when he was exchanged. He then repaired to Phil- 
adelphia and entered a hospital, where he remained 
until the 18th of August, 1862, when he received 
an honorable discharge. Upon his return from 
the army Mr. Northwood went immediately to 
Maple Grove Township and resumed his manage- 
ment of the farm. 

The Hon. Mr. Northwood has always voted the 
Republican ticket and has served his township in 
nearly all its local ollices. In 1863 he was elected 
Township Clerk, and the same year was appointed 
enrolling officer of the Sixth Congressional District 
with the rank of Second Lieutenant. He has also 
been Supervisor, Justice of the Peace and School 
Inspector. He also acted as Notary Public for 
fourteen years. He has always taken a deep inter- 
est in the cause of education, using his means and 
influence in promoting the same and has acted as 
School Director for twenty-seven years. Although 
not a member of any religious orginization, Mr. 
Northwood always gives liberally of his means to 
the support of the Gospel. 

After holding the numerous local offices referred 
to above, Mr. Northwood was elected in 1884 to 
represent his district in the l^egislature, and while 
there was instrumental in locating the Soldiers' 
Home at Grand Papids. He thus illustrated him- 
self to be the friend of the old soldiers, and Gov. 
Luce appointed him upon ins staff as Paymaster- 
General of Michigan State troops, with the rank of 



Colonel. In 1886 he was elected Department Com- 
mander of the Department of Michigan Grand 
Army of the Republic, and commanded the depart- 
ment at the National Encampment held at San 
Francisco, Cal., in 1886. 

February iK 1874, the Hon. Mr. Northwood was 
initiated into Chesaning Lodge, No., 103,1. 0.O.F. 
and subse(]uenth- into Chesaning Encampment, 
No. 76. That encampment being defunct he united 
with the Encampment at Owosso, No. 54, and 
afterward with Flushing Encampment, No. 14, 
becoming identified with the latter because it was 
nearer his home. He was also a member of Semper 
F'idelis, Canton No. 9, Patriarch's Militant at 
Owosso and is now a member of the C. E. Rulison, 
Canton No. 34, Patriarch's Militant at Flushing. 
He at once became an active woi'ker in the lodge 
and soon passed all the chairs in both the Subor- 
dinate and Encampment lodges,and became a prom- 
inent member of tlie Grand Lodge, in which he 
filled appointed offices, and in 1889 was elected by 
the Past Grands of the jurisdiction as their Grand 
Warden, which office he filled so satisfactorily that 
in 1891 he was elected Grand Master of Michigan 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 

The Hon. John Northwood owns a farm of three 
hundred and forty-three acres which is highly im- 
proved. He has several large barns on his place, 
one of which is 45x75 feet in dimensions and which 
is used exclusively for the storage of his farm ma- 
Gjiinery and which contains everything needful for 
a first-class farmer from a hoe to a steam thresher. 
He has a mill upon his farm to prepare the feed 
for his cattle, of which he has some very fine 
specimens. His residence is beautiful indeed and 
bears all the improvements of modern life, being 
heated throughout with steam, has telephone con- 
nections and is furnislied in a manner which illus- 
trates its occupants to be people of rc^finement and 
means. 

Our subject deals in real estate, loans and col- 
lections, having his olHce at New Lotlirop. He is a 
keen business man and is self made in tlie fullest 
sense of tiie term. His school advantages were very 
limited, but lie has supplemented the knowledge 
which he thus gained in early life by systematic 
judicious reading and is one of the most intclli- 




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gent and cultured men of his township, and indeed 
of tlie county. He h:is figured very successfully ;is 
a public speaker in liotli the Orand Army of the 
Republic and in the Odd Fellows l>odge. He is a 
stanch Republican. 

The Hon. Jlr. Xorthwood and his wife are the 
parents of one daughter, Mary S., who is the wife 
of J. W. r.ullock; they make their home with oiii' 
sulijeet. They have adopted as their son a nephew 
of Mr. Northwood's, John W., who is a ton of a 
deceased sister of our suliject. 



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f^^ ON. GEORGE W. WKADOCK. The por- 
trait on the opposite page represents the 
first Mayor who has executed the wishes of 

^ the people over the consolidated Saginaws. 
He is one of the foremost and representative citi- 
zens of this enterprising city, and his election to 
its most honorable otfice w,as fortunate, for altlunigh 
a young man he had already distinguished himself 
as a lawyer. Modest and evenly balanced, his 
judgment is excellent, and is relied upon by men 
of greatest experience, infiucnce and wealtli. He 
arrogates to himself no precedence that is not will- 
ingly accorded him, and his present prominence is 
the result wholly of merit. 

Our subject was l)orn in St. Mary's, Auglaize 
County, Ohio. November G, 1853. His parents, 
Lewis and Mary (Cullen) Weadock, were born, 
reared and married in Wexford County, Ireland, 
and were the parents of three children when they 
emigratedto the United States in 184il. The father 
died December 8, 1863; the mother survived her 
husband until October 11, 1876. The ashes of both 
rest peacefully in the cemetery at St. Mary's. 

The boyhoc}d days of our subject were spent on 
his father's farm until he was seventeen years of 
age. He received his primary education in the pub- 
lic schools of his native place and early displayed 
the qualities of an earnest, painstaking student. 
He taught from the time he was eighteen years of 
age until 1874 in order to enable him to enter col- 
lege for the study of law, which he was reading 
during the hours free from scholastic duties. Un- 
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der the tutoi-ship of Col. S. R. JIoll, of St. Mary's, 
his first knowledge of Bl.ackstone was acquired. 
In 187.5 he entered the University of Michigan, 
where he studied law for one year, and then en- 
tered the law office of Wilson * Weadock at Bay 
City, the latter being his brother, the IIon.T. A. E. 
Weadock, ex- Mayor of Bay City, and piesent Con- 
gressman from that district. 

After passing a most satisfactory examination 
before the Examining Board, which eomjirised 
Judge George P. Cobb, the Hon. T. F. Shepherd, 
and the Hon. H. II. Hatch, Mr. Weadock was ad- 
mitted to the bar at Bay City, September 11, 1876, 
before Judge Sanford M. CJreen. Coming to P^ast 
Saginaw in January, 1877, he entered the office of 
r. E.-Tarsney, and August 1, of the same year, 
formed a partnership with that gentleman which 
existed until 18i)l. The firm ranked as one of the 
most successful in the Saginaw X'alley. 

Possessed of a pure moral character, kind and 
courteous to old and young, long strides having 
been made in his ambition to accpiire an honorable 
eminence at the bar and among men, it surprised 
no one when Mr. Weadock was nominated Mayor 
of the city on the Democratic ticket, still less wh( n 
his election was announced, March 3, 1890, with a 
majority of seven hundred and fifty over Dr 
L. W. Bliss. He was re-elected in April, 1891, with 
a majorit\- of twc) thousand, five hundred and 
eighty-one votes. During his term of ofliec he has 
given the city a successful business administration 
and has proved himself a strong and well-balanced 
man. 

When the two cities were consolidated it was 
tacitly understood between the representatives 
from each side, that whereas the county buildings 
were on tiie west side, the new city hall should be 
placed nearly midway between them, and that the 
Government I)uilding should lie located near the 
luisiness center of the east side. Subsequent to the 
consolidation a fight was made to clijinge the site 
of the city hall and have it brought nearer tiie 
business center of the east side. 

Mayor Weadock took a decided stand in this 
matter to carry out in good faith the understaiid- 
iug had with the committees prior to the consoli- 
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site was selected and a handsome edifice erected, 
costing nearly *!l7r).0()tt. A decided stand was 
necessary regarding tlie site of the (Government 
building. Parties interested in real estate endea- 
vored, for personal advantage, to change the loca- 
tion. The matter of bridges over the Saginaw 
River, making closer and more intimate connection 
between the parts of the city, is another subject 
upon which an impartial and unbiased decision was 
made l\v Mr. Weadock. 

Public improvements iiave been pushed during 
Ma3-or Weadock 's term of otiice, and many inno- 
vations have been made tiiion old methods. Brick 
pavement thai ha-s proved so economical and satis- 
factory wherever tried has lieen introduced, and 
several blocks already laid. Sewers and water rtiains 
Lave been extended, sidewalks built and the fire 
limits more closely defined, greater efficiency and 
skill been developed in the police force, new appa- 
ratus and electric appliances introduced into the 
fire department, and the care of the jjoor more 
economically and efficiently administered. 

While Mayor, Mr. Weadock found it neces.sary 
to investigate the office of the Police Court Clerk, 
and when the investigation was completed, the 
condition of the office was such that IMayor Wea- 
dock insisted upon the resignation of the Police 
Court Clerk. Mr. Weadock also found it neces- 
sary to prefer charges against the City Clerk, which 
charges, after a vigorous defense, were sustained, 
and the Clerk removed from office. After ins re- 
moval, he insisted upon lelaining the office, wiien 
he was removed therefrom, under the direction of 
Mayor Weadock. by the Chief of Police. Mr. 
Weadock believes that a public office is a i)ul)lic 
trust, and that no man should accept an ollice un- 
less he intends to perform its duties faithfully and 
cfflciently, and should he lie guilty of malfeasance 
or misfeasance in office, he sluiuid be removed, ir- 
respective of personal or party considerations. 

In all these vaiious features of municipal ad- 
vancement and government, every precautuin has 
been exercised that it may not jirove burdensome 
to those for wliom the municipal government ex- 
ists. Tlu^ tax-payer has ever been in mind, aiul 
where po.ssible and the best interests of the city 
conserved, it has been deemed advisable to defer 



making improvements. The spirit was strikingly- 
manifested by Mayor Weadock in his address to 
the Council, recommending that paving of all cross 
streets, not main thoroughfares, be deferred until 
a majority of the property-owners affected should 
petition for such improvements. In all these va- 
lied interests Mr. Weadock has been deeplj' and 
directly interested, and every official act and pri- 
vate utterance has but shown his loyalty to Sagi- 
naw, and without fear or favor, regardless of polit- 
cal consequences, he has done in every instance 
what his judgment, formed only after thorough 
investigation, approved, and what the best minds 
of the city itself have since acknowledged w.as for 
the city's best interest and well-being. 

In his home life our subject is happy, as so up- 
right and honorable man deserves to be. He was 
married September 16, 1878, at Saginaw, to Miss 
Anne E. Tarsney, sister of the Hon. T. E. Tarsney. 
The lady was born in Hillsdale County, this State, 
Decemlier 27, 185(), and prior to her marriage she 
was a very successful teacher. Eight children have 
brightened and gladdened their home, viz: Louis 
T., Ceorge Leu, .lohn Vincent, Bernard Francis, 
Mary Louisa, Joseph Jerome, Catherine Elizabeth 
and Raymond Isadore. Mr. AVeadock and famdy 
are identified with St. Mary's Catholic Church. 

W YMAN G. WH.LCOX, Postmaster of Bay 
'§) City, gives his attention wlioHy to his offi- 
cial duties, although by profession he is a 
lawyer, and his success in that direction is already 
assured. He h.as resided in this place since 1884, 
and is one of the most public-spirited and enter- 
prising of the citizens who have contributed to the 
prosperity of the Saginaw Valley. A native of 
Oakland County, this State, he is the son of L. J. 
Willcox, who settled in Oakland County in 1824. 
At that time the surrounding country was nothing 
more than a wildeiness, and it required years of 
painstaking effort to bring the soil to a first-class 
condition. 

The mother of our subject bore the maiden name 
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Green, an early pioneer of Onkland County. INIr. 
Willcox, Sr., came liither from < )neida C'oiiiily.N.Y., 
by way df Canada, on foot, carrying his ride in liis 
h.and.and made settlement in -\von Township. O.ik- 
land County, where for many years lie was one of 
the leading business men. He was a mill owner and 
farmer as well as a large buyer of grain in Oakland 
and adjoining counties. For many years lie con- 
tinned in the milling business, but sold his mill 
some years before his death and retiied to his farm, 
which comprised six hundred acres. He was not a 
politician in the sense of being an office-seeker, al- 
though he served as Supervisor and in other local 
offices. His wife passed away in 1834, but he sur- 
vived until the summer of 1885. 

Lymiiii G. AVillcox is of patriot lilood, his ances- 
tors having fought in the Revolution and the War 
of 1812. He was educated in the public schools, 
and at the academy of Romeo, and was a student 
in Hamilton College, at Clinton, N. Y., from which 
he was graduated with the degree of Li.. ?>. Af- 
ter that he established himself for the pr.actice of 
his profession in Detroit, where he remained until 
tlie breaking out of the war. He then laised a 
company of one hundred and fifty men of which he 
was commissioned Captain. On being incorporated 
with the Third Cavalry, his regiment was seiitinto 
training at St. Louis, Mo., .and thence to New Mad- 
rid (Mo.), Island No. Id, from which i)lace they 
were dispatched to Pittslmrg Landing and Shiloh. 

With his regiment Capt. Willcox took part in 
the siege of Corinth, after which he went into Ala- 
bama, and at Tuscumbia was put in command of 
his regiment, taking part in the battles of lukaand 
Corinth. In the summer of 1862 he was [iromoted 
to be Major, and with Gen. Grant's army went 
down through Mississippi to Granada. His sol- 
diers occupied Oxford, where he was appointed 
Provost-Marshal. At the close of that campaign 
his regiment was ordered to Tennessee, and spent 
the winter of 1862-6.5 in that State, being engaged 
in frequent skirmishes. While encani[ied near .lack- 
son, Tenn., in March, 1863, an incident occurred 
of considerable interest to the i)arties immediately 
concerned, and showed the bright and practical 
side of the American chai.actei', even when eng.aged 
in civil strife. 



G. D. Penn, the Rev. Mr. Harris, .1. Hall and Mr. 
Pinkston, (the last two were snbsequentl_y killed 
liy the Confederates,) residents of Lexington. Hen- 
derson County, Tenn., called upon Maj. Willcox at 
his camp, and after a friendly conversation with 
him on general topics, relating to the condition of 
the county, one of them remarked: "Alaj. AVillcox, 
could our peopk be made to sec the condition of 
affairs as you do, we think it would lead to a more 
friendly- feeling. A f ( w days afterward the fol- 
lowing correspondence took place: 

Lexington, Tenn., March 28, 1863. 
Ma.i. AVii.lcox: 

Di;ah .Siu: — After consulting several citizens -in 
this vicinity, I found it met the aiiprobation t)f 
all, that you should address them, and, thereupon, 
Thursday, April 2, 1863, was fixed u])on for you 
to do so, and was t:o published throughout the 
county. I would be much jjleased to have you call, 
and make my house your home, while you are 
among us. The citizens are all anxious for you to 
l)e here on that day, and I hope you will make it 
convenient to be present. 

Very Respectfully, (i. 1). Pi;\x. 

Cami" Nkai; .Ia( kson, Tknn., 

Jlarch 28, 1863. 
<;. I). Pknn, Ks(^>., and otheus: 

Gentlemen: — It will give me great pleasure to 
meet the citizens of Henderson County. I accept 
your invitation, not as a compliment to myself,liut 
as an indication of p.atriotism, and an earnest desire 
on your part, to mitigate the calamity of this terri- 
ble war, and reconcile citizens, who are now in 
open contlict with each other. 

I will lend my t(mgue as readily as my sword for 
the good of the cause; and I desire all, irrespective of 
political oi)inions, to be present, and assure you no 
person conducting himself peaceal)ly at the meet- 
ing, whatever may be his sentiments or position, 
whether he be a Confederate soldier or a Union 
man, shall be molested, but will be permitted to 
depart as freely .as he comes. 

I>et us have a good old-fashioneil citizens' meet- 
ing, without an element of war aliout it. 
Ydur fellow-citizen, 

L. (i. \Vll.I.((IX. 

Western Tennessee was then being overrun by 
both Union and Confederate soldiers, and a novel 
expedition of the kind proposed w.as attended with 
c'onsiderable hazard. But after getting permission 
from the Department Commander the invitation 
was accepted, and although Maj. AVilleox w.as ad- 



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vised by Gen. Kimball, tlieii in command, to take 
a large force with him, he went to Lexington, a 
distance of twenty-eight nnles, with an escort of 
only eight men, and addressed a large meeting 
composed of 'Southern citizens, some of whom woi-e 
the Confederate uniform. The result of the meet- 
ing was the development of an earnest Union feel- 
ing in that section and the organization of a I'nion 
force in West Tennessee. Twenty-four days later, 
April 26, Lieut. Bingham, a brother-in-law of the 
Miijor, was killed on the hanie road, a few miles 
out from Lexington. 

From Jackson the regiment made regular cav- 
alry expeditions through Mississippi. On the ex- 
piration of their term they came home, then re-or- 
ganized and returned to the field of battle. In 
the fall of 1864, on .account of the failure of his 
health, our subject resigned his position, and re- 
turned to Detroit to resume his law practice. Soon 
afterward he was ap]K)inted Register of the Ignited 
States Land OtHce at Traverse City, which position 
he held until 1870, when on account of sickness in 
his famil}' they made a trip to California. In the 
meantime, in connection with E. L. Sprague, he 
had established and edited the Traverse Bay Eagle. 
He served one term as prosecuting attorney and 
Circuit Court commissioner for Antrim County. 
For several years he was a correspondent for the 
Western Rural, Chicago Tribune, and other publi- 
cations, and has always been a strong, forcible 
writer. 

After the return of the family from California, 
Mr. Willcox practiced for a time at Pontiac until 
he was appointed Receiver of public moneys at 
Detroit. In the summer of 1885, he assumed the 
position of editor of the Bay City Tribune, and lo- 
cated here at that time. For one 3-ear he contin- 
ued his editorial work, and was soon afterward ap- 
pointed Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Hay 
County, in which |)osition he served for two years. 
Soon after the expiration of his term of otiice he 
was appointed Postmaster of Bay City. His popu- 
larity is shown by the fact that the committee ap- 
pointed by the member of Congress from this dis- 
trict to designate the dioice of the jieople, voted 
unanimously for Maj. AVillcox among thirteen ap- 
plicants. He assumed charge of the otHce in May, 



1889, with a commission for a full term, dating 
from .Tanuary 8, 1890. The post-otlice now has a 
force of twenty-one sub-workers, and to the otiice 
he devotes his whole attention. 

Mrs. Willcox, whose maiilcn name was Azubah 
Bingham, was jirior to her marriage, a resident of 
Detroit, and is the inother of two children, (leorge 
B., who assists his father in the post-odice, and 
Minnie H. The various members of the family are 
identified with the First Presbyterian Churcli, of 
Bay City. The ISLajor has been Commander of 
Dick Richardson Post, No. 117. G. A. R., at Pon- 
tiac, and .also Adjutant of I'. .S. Grant Post, No. 
67, in this city, besides .serving in other otli- 
cial capacities. He is a member of the Bay City 
Lodge of Free and Accepted Ma.sons. 






Oll.N ,IKXNlN(iS. Our .subject is one of 
the younger Canadian- American farmers 
now located in Br.ant Township, Saginaw 
_ County. He was Ijorn in Simcoe County, 
Ontario, May 12, 1819, and is a son of Tiiomas 
and Margaret (Moore) .Jennings, natives of Can- 
ada. His piiternal grandsire came to this country 
from Ireland, and he has transmitted to his chil- 
dren and children's children much of the fresh 
originality for which his countrymen are noted. 

Our subject's father was a carpenter by trade 
!ind convinced that he could better himself l)y 
locating in the States, about 1870 he moved to 
Duluth, Minn., where he died in August, 1889, at 
the age of sixty-eight years. He was a Roman 
Catholic in his religious inclinations. His wife 
still survives; she has been the mother of nine 
children, whose names are Kiizabeth, .John, Mar- 
garet, Thomas, .James, Robert, Peter, Ellen and 
Ann. Our subject's father for a number of years 
was the proprietor of an hotel and .lohn .lennings 
was there reared. In this way he met with many 
men in his boyhood that have had their influence 
upon the social and governmental facts of the na- 
tions. He received his education in the district 
schools in the vicinity of his home, h\it at the age 
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In the spring of 1867 our subject went to Bay 
City, and was there engaged in the lumber woods, 
and ever since that time has spent lus winters in 
getting out tlie harvest of the Northern State. His 
summers were spent in work in the mill. In 1874 
he located where he now resides on one hundred 
and fdity acres of land on section 3, Brant Town- 
ship. This he has cleared and improved and has 
made of it a fine farm. ISIr. Jennings has served 
as Commissioner of Highways for four terms. Al- 
though he favors the policy of the Democratic 
))artv, he is not so strict in his adherence to any 
line of political work that he cannot see good as 
well as mistakes in both sides, and tries to en- 
courage the former In' voting for the Itest in all 
l)arties. 

Our subject was married March 28, 1870, to Miss 
Colvin, a daughter of Benjamin and Arabella 
(Hunt) Colvin. They are the parents of five 
children : Edna A., Benjamin P. , Thomas P., Robert 
P., and Ilancy L. Mr. and Mrs. ,Iennings are highly 
honored anumg the jieople of the township. They 
came to this locality without means, but liave 
worked hard and accjuired a comfortable c(Hn- 
pelency. 

^^s AFr. WILLIAM E. PIERCE, who has spent 
(l( p almost his entu'e life upon the water, is at 
^^^' present Captain of the }>ropeller "Benton," 
in which he also has a pecuniary interest. He is an 
old resident of West Bay City, iiaving lived here 
since 18,51, being brought hither sooi. after his 
birth, which took place at AiiSable, November 28, 
of the same year. His father, Charles M. Pierce, 
was born in .Jefferson County, N. Y., near Cherry 
Valley. Fin- the sketcli of tiie grandfather, Nathan 
I'ierce,see that of Capt. B. F.Pierce in this volume. 
The fatiier of our subject was reared and edu- 
cated in New York and came to the Saginaw ^'al- 
ley about 18-13, where he taught one of the first 
schools in Lower Saginaw. lie afterward engaged 
in fishing and sailing, building crafts and owning 
large fishing interests at AuSable and Beaver 
Island where he employed seven boats in that bus- 



iness. He was a fine mechanic and was engaged 
in building and dealing in real estate. In 1884 
he began trading along the Huron Post and at 
Sault Ste. Marie, making his headquarters at Sail- 
er's Encampment. F'rom 18.')7 and 1870 he re- 
sided in Collingn-ood and 15rucc Mines, Canada, 
returning to Bay City in 1870. He was a Demo- 
crat in politics and an industrious, hardworkmg 
man . 

The mother of our subject, whose maiden name 
was Hannah Perrott, was a native of Cork, Ireland. 
Her father removed to the United States and 
bought a farm in Lower Saginaw, about 1844, be- 
ing among the first Irish families in Bay City. He 
was a cooper by trade and ran a shop on AVater 
Street until he retired from business in 1860. His 
death took place in Canada. Of the children of 
this couple three sons and two daughters are living, 
of whom our subject is tlie eldest. 

William K. Pierce was a babe when brought to 
West Bay City by his parents and here gained his 
education in the common and graded schools. 
Since the age of thirteen he has followed the life 
of a sailor, starting oul at that time as a slack boy 
on the schooner" N. B. Lyon." The next season he 
shipped before the mast on the schooner "Comet," 
one hundred and fifty tons, before the season was 
over being made first mate, and when only sixteen 
years old was made master of the vessel. The 
schooner was engaged in trading up the Georgian 
Bay and carrying supplies to Duck Island for the 
firm of Marks Bros. 

Capt. Pierce remained with the "Comet" two 
seasons, then came to Bay City and worked on the 
river on tugs, etc., for some two years. Next he 
went on the steam barge "Alvin A. Turner," which 
had just been completed, and acted as wheelman 
for two years. He was then for six seasons engaged 
as watchman and second mate on the" B. W. Jen- 
ness" which was engaged in the lumber, grain aud 
coal trade. The first season he was made second 
mate and for four seasons acted as first mate. He 
was for four years with Mitchell & Boutelle as 
m.aster on the "Emerald." and for the succeeding 
three years acted as mate on the steam barge 
"Michigan-" Afterward he bought an interest in a 
barge with E. J. Vance on the '•Racious".and sailed 



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her for two yenr)<, carrviiii; liiinhcr to Buffalo ami 
returning to Michigan with coal. 

After selling tliat vessel the Captain in 1HH7 
bouglit an interest in the steam barge •• Benton" 
with E. .1. Vance A- Co., and has sailed her for 
four seasons in tiie luniderand coal trade lo Buf- 
falo. The ••Renton" is a good sized vessel, with a 
capacity of ;3(l(l,(l(iO feet of lumber and tows for 
four barges. In all his twenty-seven years of steady 
sailing over Lakes Michigan. Huron and Erie, 
Capt. Pierce has been remarkably fortunate, never 
having met with an accident nor having a single 
man drowned or injured while in his eini)loy. He 
has also been successful liuancially and owns some 
good real estate inWest Bay City. He ownsand rents 
a drug-store on Washingtc>n Street, two stories in 
height, and 40x42 feet. His pleasant residence is 
situated on the corner of King and Clara Streets. 

Capt. Pierce was married in tlie fall of 1878 in 
Tonawanda, N. Y.,to Miss C. L. Hoineyer, a native 
of that city. To them have been born a family of 
five children, of whom two, Minnie and Freddie, 
died at the age of one year. Those living are Will- 
iam, Elbert and Bessie. Capt. Pierce is a member 
of social societies, among them being the Masonic 
order, Masonic Temple Association, Ancient Order 
of United Workmen, Marine Mutual Benevolent 
Association No. 5, of B.ay City; the Bay County 
Masonic Mutual Association. He is a Democrat in 
polities, and he and his wife are members of the 
Westminster Presbyterian Church. He has a pleas- 
ant home and a charming family and is held in 
high esteem in the community where he has so long 
resided. 

On an accompanying page the reader will notice 
a ix)rtrait of Capt. Pierce. 



fl/ ^ ENRY FEHtE. Among the prominent 

^jf] citizens of Saginaw who claim Germany as 
their Fatherland, none holds a higher ])lace 
[ji^'j in the esteem of the comnninity orhaslieen 
more prosperous than the subject of this sketch. In 
his tine store, which occupies a building three 



stories high, fronting on two of the principal 
streets of the city, he carries a large and varied 
stock of furniture and cat pets, and his establish- 
ment is considered to be one of the largest and 
best ctmducted of any in that line in Northern 
Michigan. His large experience in the business 
and his reputation as an lumest dealer have given 
him a high standing in commercial circles and se- 
cured him an excellent patronage. 

.Mr. Feige was l>orii in Ilesse-Ciissel, Oerman^, 
.lanuary 1, 1838, and is the son of Engelhardt 
Feige. In 1><47 his parents with their family emi- 
grated to the United States landing in New York 
City where they remained until 1853, the father 
being engaged in the furniture business. In the 
latter year they removeil to Palmyra, N. Y., where 
they spent one 3-earand in 18.54 came to Saginaw, 
where Mr. Feige, Sr., started in the furniture busi- 
ness on Water Street, afterward removing to Gene- 
see Street, and in IHIJl sold out to H. C. Silsbee. 

In the fall of 186.3 the father having retired 
from business, it was carried on by the sons under 
the tirni name of Feige Bros. In 1865 they bought 
out H. C. Silsbee and continued in business until 
1872, when their trade had grown to such pro- 
portions that they were obliged to move to a larger 
place. They rented the large double store form- 
erly occupied by Berry A- .Sons, and remained in 
that place until 1890 when they took possession of 
their present quarters in the Savings Bank build- 
ing on the corner of (Tcnesee and Cass Streets and 
which was erected by the old tirm of Feige Bros, in 
1872. From 1868 the business was conducted by 
the three brothers — Henry, Ernest and George 
Feige. 

Henry Feige, the suliject of this sketch, passed 
his school days in New York City and on leaving 
school assisted his father in the store until the 
breaking out of the Civil War, in 1861, when he 
enlisted in Company F, First Michigan Infantiy, 
Col. Roberts of Detroit commanding. The regi- 
ment was assigned to the Army of the Potomac 
and took part in the seven day's fight before Rich- 
mond, and in the second battle of Bull Run and 
wiis afterward under command of Gens. Grant and 
Sherman. iNIr. Feige was taken ill and was sent to 
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795 



1863, when he was discharged on a surgeon's cer- 
tLficate and returned home to Saginaw, )tecoining 
book-keejjer for Feuzelee Kms. 

In 1863 iSIr. Feigc engaged with his liroVlicr 
Ernest in the furniture husiness under tlie name of 
Feige Bros., continuing one year when he .sokl out 
to H. C. Silsbee. In 1K()« lie again bought into 
tiie firm witli his two brothers, remaining until 
1879 when lie estalilished a branch store at Bay 
City. He conducted that business until 1885, when 
he returned to Saginaw and helped to organize the 
Feige-Silsbee Manufacturing Company, of which 
he was made Secretary and Treasurer, holding that 
position until 1887. lie then bought out the in- 
terest of his brotiier (ieorge in tiie retail depart- 
ment and has since carried on the business alone. 

Mr. Feige was married in 1877, iMiss Christina 
Scherer, of Saginaw, a daughter of Jacob .Scherer, 
becoming his wife. They are the parents of the 
following-named children: George, Henry, Clara, 
Olga and Meta. In politics Mr. Feige is a Repub- 
lican and socially a member of Bay Lodge, 
I. 0.0. F. His present residence is situated on the 
corner of Fourth and (Tcne-see Streets and here he 
and his estimable wife entertain a large circle of 
friends. 



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jkA ATHIAS BECKER. Among the enter- 
I 1\\ terprising and successful German citizens 
I i*i of Saginaw who have resided so long in 
^ this county as to become thoroughly 

Americanized, may be classed the subject of this 
sketch. He was born April 6, 1836, in the village 
of Peterswald, on the banks of that river famed 
in song and story, the Rhine, and was the second 
son of Peter and Anna (Hellen) Becker. His father 
combined the various callings of a baker, grocer, 
and hotelkeeper, which he carried on until his 
death, the son assisting him. On the death of the 
father the family consisting of the mother and 
seven children, emigrated to America in 1852, lo- 
cating first at Olmstead Falls, Ohio, where they 
carried on farming until 1854. They then re- 
moved to Grand Rapids, Mich., where they lived 



for a time on Government land and where'^the 
mother died. 

The school jdays of our subject were passed in 
the Fatlierland and on his arrival in this country 
he at once l)egan to assist in the maintenance of 
the familv. After coining to (irand Rapids he 
followed the trade of a cooper, at which he worked 
for a time at Rock River, near Columbus, Ohio. 
While in C^rand Rapids he took a contract for 
piece work at which he was employed from 1854 
until 1861. 

In the latter year the call to arms was heard 
throughout the country, and full of the patriotism 
which is a part of every German's nature, Mr. 
Becker at once offered his services to his adopted 
land, and enlisted in Company C, Third Michigan 
Infantry, Col. Daniel McConnell commanding. The 
regiment was assigned to the Army of the Poto- 
mac, and our subject took part in the engagements 
of Black River and the first battle of Bull Run, at 
the latter of which he was unfortunately disabled 
and pronounced unfit for duty, and subsequent!}- 
discharged, thus cutting short a promising military 
career. Returning home he went to Ionia where 
he 0[)ened up a restaurant, but in 1865 again took 
up his trade as a cooper and worked at it for the 
succeeding ten years. 

In 1875 Mr. Becker decided to start in business 
in a small waj' on his own account, and opened up 
a small shop in Saginaw on Court Street. In 1884 
he removed to his present location on the corner 
of Stevens and Fayette Streets where he now car- 
ries on quite an extesive manufactory, the pro- 
ducts of which are barrels of all descriptions, flour, 
salt, apple barrels, fish kits, and kegs of various 
kinds. He supplies tiie three flouring mills in 
Saginaw and also ships large quantities of pork 
barrels to other parts of the State. From a modest 
beginning his Imsiness has steadily increased until 
now he owns an excellent plant and employs from 
twelve to fifteen workmen. As an example of the 
successful results of thrift and industry, Mr. Becker 
may well be cited to the young men who begin 
life dependent on themselves for advancement. 

The marriage of Mr. Becker and Miss Theresia 
Lux took place February 7, 1857, at (irand Rap- 
ids. Mrs. Becker is a native of (U'lniany. but 



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came to this country when quite youns^. To this 
worthy couple .seven children have been born: Al- 
bert J., William J., Edward V. M.. llatilda, Delia 
T., Frank L., Hiram M. 

In jjolities Mr. IJecker is a Hepubliean and has 
served one term as Alderman of the Eiftii Ward, 
lie lielongs to the (irand .Vrmy of tlie Republic 
and is a member of the Teutonic Lodye. 



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^p^^OTTLIEB KIESEL. This Germaii-Am.-r- 
III ^5— ican farmer of Rangor Towiisliii), Hay 
\^^i County, owns and operates a fine farm 
located on section IH. He is a son of .John G. 
Kicsel, who was born in "Wurlemburg, (Germany, 
in the year 1807, and came to America in ISiil, 
spending one year in Kallimore, !Md.. and then 
removing to Seneca County, Ohio. After three 
years there which he spent in farming, he migrated 
in jMay, 185.'), to Michigan. 

The family settled in Saginaw Comity, in that 
part which afterward was made into Bay County. 
Ml-. Kiesel lived for four years on the ^lidland 
road on a rented place, after which lie purchased 
forty acres of land and later took uj) another forty 
acres under the Homestead law. He at once ])ro- 
ceeded to cut away the forest and lielp in building 
uj) the new country. He was married in 18;37 to 
Annie Marie Kiesel, who was. however, although 
of the same name, not related l)y blood. 

This worthy couple iiad nine children, only 
three of whom grew to man's and woman's estate. 
They are: Mrs. Cliristian Nicliol.s. who lives in Bay 
County; Catherine, who married C. F. Richie and 
resides in I'orl-imoutli Townshii); and our subject, 
who was born September II!. 1H18, in Wittenberg. 
He was three years of age when he came to this 
country and his education was received in the 
public schools of r>ay County. 

Oottlieb Kiesel was united in marriage, ()ctoI)er 
1, 1876, to \. M. C. l):iumester. whose liome was 
in Pine River Township, Gratiot Ccnuily. this 
State. Mrs. Kiesel was liorn .Iid\- 18. 1H.')1I. and 



received her education in (iratiot County. .She 
w.as the daughter of Henry B. and Mary E. Baum- 
ester, who came to this country from (Jermany in 
18(!2. To Mr. and !Mrs. Kiesel have been granted 
six cliildren: Frederick, who was born in 1878; 
(iottliel) .laeob, Septembei' 17. 1S8(I; Minnie, in 
1888;.Iohn. in is8r.; Hi-nry. in IS.SH; and Gottlieb, 
the youngest, in IHSHt. 

.Mr. Kiesel lias one hundred anil forty acres of 
land all of which is improved except thirty acres 
of woodlanil which he uses for pasturage, (ieneral 
farming and stock-iaisingengage his energies. The 
house which he occupies, a view of which is shown 
upon another page, w.as l)uilt by his father but he 
erected the barn. He is a memlier of the Inde- 
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, the .\. F. V. of 
Salzburg, and is now filling the office of .Justice of 
the Peace. He has been Commissioner of Highways, 
Treasurer of the Townshi[) and of the School Board. 
He is a Democrat in his |)olilical preferences as was 
also his father. 



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OIIX L.\RACEV, who represents Kawkaw- 
lin Township on the Board of Supervisors, 
of Bay County, is numbered among the 
most influential citizens of the community 
in which he resides and is the owner and operator 
of a good fai'm of ninety-five .acres on section 27. 
Fpon that place he has erected a comfortable lesi- 
dence, coniinodiously an<l conveniently arranged, 
and in the rear of the dwelling may be found a 
fine barn, where stock find shelter and the various 
cereals are stoiinl for winter use. First-class im- 
provements have liccn ])laced upon the estate 
which has ht-en brought to a high state of cultiva- 
tion by [iroper rotation of crops and fertilization 
of the soil. .V view of tlie residence with the at- 
tractive rural surroundings appears elsewhere in 
this volume. 

The parents of our subject bore the names of 
.John and iMary I.. (Laclair) Fariicey, and the 
former, who was boin in Canada about the year 
IH.SO, remained in his native ])l;ice until he had 




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PORTRAIT ANO BIOGRAPH'CAL RECORD. 



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attained to manhood. In 1856 he came to Mich- 
igan, settling in Bay City and sojourned there 
about twenty years. He found steady employ- 
ment as a Captain on tlie lakes and led a stirring 
and adventurous life for many years. Ilis death 
occurred while he was engaged as a sailor; his 
wife still survives at an advanced age. Of their 
eight children, five are now living, .kihn, Jr., 
being the next to the youngest in order of birth. 
He is a native-born citizen of this county, having 
first opened his eyes to the light in Bay City, and 
is now in the prime of life, his birth having oc- 
curred May 20, 1861. 

At the age of ten years Mr. Laiacey started out 
for himself and has since then supported himself 
unaided. His education was therefore necessarily 
limited and has been gained principally by obser- 
vation and experience rather than by study from 
text books. By working during the summer in 
the mills he was enabled to attend school during 
the winter seasons until he commenced to work in 
the lumber woods. His beginning was humble 
and what he has acquired is the result of unremit- 
ting (.oil and ceaseless exertion. With his indus- 
try he has combined business tact and good judg- 
ment, qualities which always characterize the suc- 
cessful man. He carefully hoarded his earnings 
until in the year 1885 he had sufficient capital to 
purchase the land upon which he now resides. To 
the cultivation of this place he has since devoted 
his attention, introducing a good system of drain- 
age and raising graded stock in connection with 
general farming. 

The political belief of Mr. Laracey has brought 
him into affiliation with the Democratic party and 
so high is the opinion in which he is held by his 
fellow-citizens that he has frequently been called 
upon to fill positions of trust and responsibility. 
He served one term as Treasurer of Kawkawlin 
Township, discharging the duties of that position 
efficiently and satisfactorily. In 1890 he was 
elected a member of the Board of Supervisors and 
is now in this office doing all in his power to ad- 
vance the interests of the people whom he repre- 
sents. No measure has been presented having in 
view the promotion of the welfare of the township 
or county, which has not received the hearty sym- 



pathy and liberal aid of Mr. I^aracey, and to him 
may be attributed to no small extent the progress 
which is notlcealile in flic farming community of 
Kawkawlin Township. 



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I^ENRY M. LEACH, M.I). This prominent 
and influential physician had his birth in 
Yates County, N. Y., July 10, 185;l His 
parents, Amos V. and Louise (Carpenter) 
Leach, were also natives of the Empire State and 
his father was there a prominent miller as he 
owned and operated a flouring mill for many 
years. He lived to be a man of seventy years and 
passed away from life in 1885. His affectionate 
wife and faithful com)ianif)n, who was the daugh- 
ter of James Carpenter of English ancestry, was 
called from his side by death in 1870. The Leach 
family traces its descent from the land of P^rin. 

In the household of which our subject was a 
member there were five children, two of whom 
have been called to another life while three are 
still living and of this number the Doctor is the 
youngest. After studying in the common schools 
of his native home and taking a course in Penn 
Y''an Academy he entered Hamilton College and 
pursued his studies there for one year. He 
then came to Michigan and commenced his profes- 
sional studies with Dr. Stone, of Metamora, and 
afterward went to New Y'ork City where he 
entered Bellevue Hospital Medical College and 
continued his studies until March, 1879 when he 
graduated taking the degree of Doctor of Medi- 
cine. 

The first location of the young Doctor was at 
Tassar, Tuscola County, Mich., and he continued 
there for eight years establishing himself well and 
building up a large clientage. About that time he 
determined to give himself further advantages of 
study by visiting Europe and he sold out his 
practice at Vassar and crossing the ocean spent 
some time in the hospitals of London, Edinburg 
and Paris, making a specialty (if surgery and 
gynecology. 

Returning to INIichigan Dr. Leach located at 



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Saginaw on the East Side, wliere he has effected ' for two years iiixm forty acres. lie llieii went to 

liie estahlishnient of a most excellent practice, and : Saginaw and liegan ciintiacting and liuiiding. fol- 

now ha> a large coterie of families who depend i lowing that business until l.Hii.i. and putting up 

upon him for their medical counsel. His line ortice many important liuildiugs. such as the Hurrows 



at is'o. IK; (ienesee Avenue, is handsomely 
furnished and well equi|)pe(l with professional a|)- 
pliances. 

The marriage of Dr. Lench and .Mi.-s Katie 
Wilder, of Kalamazoo, took place in 188.5. This 
lady wa.s born in ^lichigau aiul is a daughter of a 
well-known citizen of Kalamazot), .1. .1. Wilder. 
Our subject has the responsible and prominent 
oHicial position of surgeon of St. Mai'y's Hospital. 
He is also a member of the State Medical Society 
and .also of the Saginaw N'alley .Medical ( hib. His 
pleasant residence is located at No. 82G Hoyt 
Street, and there he and his wife dispense a cordial 
hospitality to their friends and neighbors. 



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Hank building. l)csides many private dwellings. In 
18l>."! he wt'ut to Toledo. Ohio, to take charge of a 
nursery forl'eter I>ank. .\fter remaining there one 
year he returned to Saginaw and engaged in erect- 
ing biick houses, and for eighteen months was en- 
gaged ill superintending the Wayne County .Salt 
Works. 

In 18(;.') Mr. Acliard formed a partnership with 
William Srytfardt under the linn name of .Sevffardl 
tV- Acliard and embarked in the hardware busine.ss 
and continued until l.s" 1 . cariying on the business 
in Niagara Street. In February of that year the 
firm was dissolved by mutual consent and the 
stock was divided, Mr. Acliard stocking a store on 
Hamilton Street and continuing alone for two 
years until he formed a partnership with Kmil 
Schoeneberg, with the tirm name of Acliard & 



Schoeneberg. After six \ ears of harmonious co 
N'roN W. ACiLVHI). We here present a i operation the iiarlnership was dissolved, our sub 

ject buying out the interest of his partner. For 
two years he carried on the business aK)ne, after 
which he took his eldest fon. Fniil F., into the con- 
cern, establishing the lirm of Acliard A- Son. In 
1882 he erected a building for the accommodation 
of the business, covering (JOxI.").'? feet, two stories 



( @yy i| lifesketchof the President of the Saginaw 
Ift Hardware Company. He was born in Prus- 
sia, Cermany, not far from Berlin, April 
IS, 1825, and his father was Felix Acliard. The 
mother, Kmitie Miller, like her husband, never came 



to this country but spent her life in the Father 

land. They had only two children, a son and a 1 in height and a basement, all of wliii'h is devoted 

daugliter, our subject's sister liearing the name of ' to the hardware business. 



Francisca. 

Anton W. passed his scliofil days in the country 
up to the age of seventeen years, and afterward 
as a journeyman visited different cities for two 
year.s. He then attended for one year the College 
of Architecture, after which he was apprenticed to 
to the carpenter's trade for three years. He alsft 
had some experience as a gardener, spending his 
winters in the Architectural otiice of the (iovern- 
ment 

In 1MI«, during the Hevolulioii, .Mr. Acliard was 
in Hatheiiow ami took part in military affairs, and 
this led him to decide to leave his native home and 
come to the I'liited States. He landed in New York 
111 August, 184!l, and at once came West and lo- 
cated iic.ar Sat>iiiaw, where he carried on farming 



The business of our subject was in 1884 made 
into a st'ick company, ;iiid on this reorganization 
Mr. Acliard was made I'loident; William Seyffardt, 
Secretary, and Eiiiil F. Acliard, Treasurer, and with 
this ortieial management the business is growing 
in enterprise and extent, so that they now keep 
three men ujion the rf)ad. 

Anton W. Acliard was married in 1852 to Miss 
.Marie Fittinger, of Saginaw, a native of Prussia. 
Their five children are Kmil F.; Frank C., who is a 
traveling salesman on the road; Oscar, who is shi|)- 
ping clerk; William. \\ ho has charge of a branch 
store in the First Ward and Clara, who is at home. 
Mr. Achard served for two terms as .Supervisor for 
the Fourth Ward, now the Thirteenth. For four- 
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and a long time was on tlie Cemetery Board and 
has served upon the School Hoard to 11 11 vacancies. 
In his political views he is in limniony with the 
Republican partw 



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jp^OLOMOX MALT. Anion-- tlie Kii,i.-li>h- 
S^^ American citizens of Sai>in;nv Townsliip 
none are more proiuincntlv iind f:n(>r;ilil\' 
known than he whose name appears aliove- 
and who is the proi>rietor of a larye hriek-Nard on 
the banks of the Titlabawassee River, lie is the 
owner of a farm on section 18, where is his resi- 
dence and place of business. Mr. .Malt was born 
in Cambridgeshire, Englan(L August 14, 183.5. He 
is the son of Christo|>lu'r and Mary (Clark) Mall, 
both natives of England. Oursulijcct's fatlierwas 
a gardener. He died in hi> native land at the age 
of seventy-six years, lie and his- wife reared 
tliree children, who were named respectively, 
Louisa, Solomon and .lohn. Mrs. .Mary M;ilt died' 
at the age of eighty-three years; she and her hus- 
band reared their children in the faith of the Bap- 
tist Church. 

Solomon Malt had but small educational advan- 
tages, being placed in a dry-goods store as clerk at 
the age of nine years and there remained until 
fifteen years old. He came to America in 18.t0, 
making tlie voyage alone, having one sister at 
Lockport, N. Y. He was eighteen weeks and two 
days on the voyage and encountered severe storms. 
He worked at Lockport for one year, driving a 
team and then went lo Buffalo. N. Y.. where he 
drove a w.agon for the American Express Comiiany 
for seven years. At the end of that time he re- 
turned to Englan<l and remained (ine year, when 
he came back and spent another two years with 
the express company and then came to Michigan, 
bringing his family via the lake, lie had made a 
prospecting tour before that time and purchased 
eighty acres of lan<l in Thomas Township. 

Our subject had never been in so dense a forest 
before, but settled at once on his land and during 
the year that he spent there, cleared it somewhat. 
and then sold and purchased 'I'homas Parker's f.nrni. 



That he also sold at the end of a year and then 

launched into tlic brickiiiaking business. .June 14, 
18(32. our subject was married to Ellen Parker, who 
was born in Scotland and came to this country 
with an aunt wlicii (piite young. Eroni this iii;ir- 
riage have been bi;rn seven children, of whom four 
have been reared, Fanny L., Thomas P., Sarah E., 
Solomon C. Tlu'y also hax'c an adopted daughter, 
Edna. 

The original of oui- sketch began lirickinaking in 
liSt;."), conuncnciiig on a small scale and with horse- 
power, lie has gradually increased his business 
until he lujw makes aliout three million brick per 
annum. He owns sixty acres of land here which 
he farms to some extent. His brick-yard furnishes 
much of the building material for Saginaw and 
Hay City and he also finds a ready market in Buf- 
falo and Syracuse. N.Y. In his religious life our sub- 
ject is associated with the Presbyterian Church, 
in which he is a Trustee and has been such for four- 
teen years. He afliliates with the Republicans in 
politics and has held the office of School Treasurer. 
Last spring he started his son with a farm of sev- 
enty acres. 



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V, OL. .lOllX C. BOUGHTON, a successful 
grocer of West Bay City whose [ilace of 
business is on the corner of .Tenney and 
Keisi'I Streets, has been a resident of this place for 
the past eight years. He is a native of this State, 
having been born in Xovi Township, ( )akland 
County, November 1 1. 18.'!l). He isason of Darius 
G.Houghton, a native of Seneca County, N. Y., 
and w.as born in 1 SI lit. The grandfather, D.aniel 
Houghton, died in Seneca County, N. Y., and our 
suliject traces his ancestry back to (ierraany to the 
time of King Clovis, then to Eranee, later as Hu- 
guenots, then to England and at last to .Vmerica. 
The ojiandfalher was a soldier in the Revolution- 
ary War and was with Washington at X'alley Forge. 
The fathei- of oui- subject was ;i farmer in New 
York State and came to Michigan when yet a sin- 
<>le man in 18;i2. where he settled in Wayne County 
and latei- bought land in Novi Township. Oakland 



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County. On this estate lie resided for over fifty years. 
He now resides vvitli our subject in Hay City, and 
was politically, first an old-line Whig, a Freesoiler, 
Abolitionist, and Lastly a Republican. The mother 
of our subject bore the maiden name of Catherine 
Conger and was born in Ontario County. N. Y., 
a daughter of .Tohn and I'eggy (Snover) Conger, 
of Dutch descent and natives of New York. 

He of whom we write is the eldest of the four 
children born In liis parents and in his early boy- 
hood attended the old log schoolhouse of which we 
so often have spoken. Wiien sixteen years old he 
attended the State Normal School for two years at 
Ypsilanti and taught school in the winters and 
worked on the farm in tiie summers. He remained 
at home until nineteen when he was emploj'ed in 
a sawmill for awhile. Going on a steamboat he j 
served as engineer for a time, and afterward on the 
"Old Adelaide" as clerk, and ran on the iluske- 
gon River two seasons. Subsequently- he worked 
in the lumber woods, scaling logs on the Muskegon 
River. In 1858 he returned to Oakland County ; 
and worked cm his father's farm for three years. | 

At the first ta() of the drum Col. Houghton en- 
listed in his country's defense in the Second Mich- 
igan Infantry, Company (!, and was mustered in 
at Ft. Wayne, Ind., and sent South. lie partici- 
pated in the following battles: First Hull Run, in 
which he was badly wounded; Williamslnirg, Fair 
Oaks, (ilendale, Malvern Hill, Second Hull Run, 
Grovetown, Va.; Chantilly, Fredericksburg, siege 
of Vicksburg, siege of .Jackson, Hlue Springs, Lou- 
den, Lenair (Fla.). CamplicU Statit)n, siege of 
Knox'ville, Strawberry I'lain, Wilderness, Spotlsyl- 
vania, Oxford, North Anna, Tollapotom^y Creek, 
Cold Ilarhur, Pelersliurg, Hethesda Church, the 
Crater, Weldon Railroad, Beans Station, Poplar 
Springs. Boydton Road, Ilatchie's Run, and many 
skirmishes, lie was promoted [loni the ranks to 
be Sergeant, Orderly Sergeant and tiien Commis- 
sary Sergeant. On the (ith of Octolier, 1864, he 
was commissioned Captain of Cfunpany I, Second 
Michigan Infantry, by ex-Gov. Austin Blair. He 
was appointed Hrevct-Major in the year 186.5, 
by President Lincoln and commissioned Major liy 
Gov. Crapo. In the same year he was commissioned 
Captain at Ft. Stoadmaii for lirnvery in cajituring 



four hundred prisoners with onl}- twenty-five men. 
He surprised them in the dark and marched them 
awa.\' from their guns. In 186.5, April 17, Capt. 
Houghton received the commission of Lieutenant- 
Colonel, and was mustered out .as Major, .hily 'io. 
1865. 

Ui)on his return from the war Col. Houghton 
went to Traverse City and entered one hundred 
and sixty acres of land, built a log house and 
cleared one hundred acres and farmed it until 
1883. He was Supervisor of his township and also 
served as School Director. About that time he 
started a hardwood mill and chair factory at Tra- 
verse City under the name of Houghton & West, 
but was taken sick and could not attend to busi- 
ness, consequently he failed. In 18H3 he came to 
Baj' City without anything and started as 
a liuckster, selling on tiic streets. He secured 
some money ahead and with the help of !Maltby c\r 
Hrolherton he started a small grocery store. In 
1887 lie built his store at No. 402 Keisel Street, 
where he keeps groceries, crockery and product'. 

This highly respected gentleman was married 
at Owo.sso, in 1865, to Miss Mary E. Brooks, a native 
of New York State, but who was reared in Illinois 
and Michigan. They became the parents of three 
children, two 3'et surviving, namely: Darius, at 
home; Bessie,wiio died at the age of fourteen j'ears 
in 1883; and Helen who is at home. Col. Hough- 
ton served as Alderman of the Fourth Ward one 
term and is a very prominent (irand Army man. 
He is a true Itlue Republican and has served as 
delegate to the .State conventions. 




I ERNARD BERNARD, of West Hay City, 
was born in Canton Basel, Switzerland, in 
1847, and is the son of Hernard and Cath- 
erine Bernard, natives of the Department 
of Doubs, in the east of France. His father, who 
was born in 1800, was a fine m.achinist and civil 
engineer, and for about six years was .Superintend- 
ent of a railroad in Switzerland. Thence he re- 
tunie(l to his native province where he jwssed his 



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remaining years, highly esteemed by the people 
among whom he dwelt. For some 3-ears he was 
Superintendent of the Iron Foundry Compnnv, 
having aliout four thousand men under liini and 
carrying on that business with marked ability. A 
man of powerful physicpie and strong constitution, 
he attained to the advanced age of eightv-eight 
yeais and his death in 188H was caused by the 
bursting of a blood vessel. His wife, mother of 
our subject, also passed away in her native land, 
having readied the age of sixty-two years. 

The early recollections of Mr. IJernard are of 
the vine-clad hills of France, whither he was 
brought liy his parents when quite small. He 
passed his childish days in his father's native home, 
where he received a splendid education in the 
(ierman, French, Ijatiii and English languages and 
became fluent in their use. When he was .about 
twelve years old he accompanied his father to 
Egypt, embarking on a steamer at Marseilles and 
landing at Alexandria, from which pl.ace he pro- 
ceeded up the Nile. He aided his father, who was 
Sujierintendent of the first railroad built in Egypt 
about l><.")9-60, and when the job was coTn|ileted, 
returned with him to France. He has l»een an ex- 
tensive traveler and has crossed the Alps three 
times, besides visiting many other portions of the 
Continent. 

iVIr. Bernard is the only son reared in a famil\- 
of seven children, four of whom survived to ma- 
ture years and one of whom, beside himself, still 
lives, a resident of France. From six years old 
our subject was reared in France, where he received 
his education in the National .School and during 
his vacations traveled through various parts of 
Europe. When he was seventeen he corresponded 
with houses in Manchester, England, and before 
he crossed the ocean learned to speak the English 
language readily and with ease. It was during 
1H6() that, having resolved to emigrate to America, 
he embarked on a steamer at Havre and after 
anchor was cast in the harbor of New York, pro 
ceeded Westward to Detroit, where he secured a 
position as clerk. 

After remaining one year in this country, Mr. 
Bernard returned to Switzerland and enjoyed a 
delightful visit with his relatives on the Conti- 



nent.. Returning to the United States, he continued 
as clerk for A. R. Morgan, a prominent shoe-dealer 
of Detroit, until 1872, when he came to Bay City 
as clerk for Mr. Kittridge. He remained with that 
gentleman for a time, then was with Mr. Schenr- 
man five years, and later in the dry-goods business 
.as clerk for F. A. Bancroft & Co. Practical economy 
and the exercise of good judgment enabled him in 
IHS.') to establish himself in business, the store 
which he oi)ened being located on the corner of 
Sixteenth and liowery Streets. In the spring of 
1H8H he brought his stock to VVest Bay City, where 
he continues his Imsiness on an enlarged scale, al- 
though he still owns a store in Bay City. Conve- 
niently located in the Mosher Block, on Midland 
Street, the estalilishment of which he is proprietor 
is conducted on strictly business principles and its 
extensive space, 22x70, two floors, is stocked with 
a full line of drj-goods. 

The marriage of Mr. Bernard tt) Mrs. Louise 
Crackel, was solemnized in Detroit in 1870. Mrs. 
Bernard, who is a native of Switzerland, was the 
mother, by a former marriage, of two children, 
viz.: Carrie, Mrs. William H. Thomson, of Battle 
Creek; and Ida, now the wife of II. La Fontaine, 
of Montreal. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard 
has been blessed by the birth of four children, name- 
ly: Anna, the wife of F. C. Ross, of West Hay City; 
Rosa, Edward and Alexander, who are at home 
and receiving excellent advantages in the schools 
of Bay C'itv. Both in Bay City and West Bay 
City Mr. Bernard li.as served as School Director, 
and is a Republican in his political views. He be- 
longs to the Arbeiter Society, the Ro.yal League, 
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which 
he is Past(Trand, and the Ancient t)rder of Fnited 
Workmen, of which he is Treasurer. 

Mr. Bernard possesses an excellent tenor voice 
and was a charter member of the Arion JIusical 
Society', of which he was Secretary wlien the ele- 
gant hall was built on Fourth and Grant Streets, 
and afterward served as Piesident two tei'ms. In 
athletic si)orts he has alw.ays maintained peculiar 
interest, and between the years 1873 and 1878 was 
President and Instructor in the Hay City (Tymna- 
sium, of which he was one of the organizers. In 
1878 he w.as compelled to give up his connection 



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with the gyniiiasiiui) on .•icfOimt of having broken 
liis limi) while iittending to his duticf- there. His 
business engages hiselosest attention at the present 
time, and the practical way in which he conducts 
his affairs is conducive to success, while his reliable 
methods as a business man and his genial courtesy 
to all have liroiigiit him a great and ever-growing 
prosperity. 



<« IklLLIAM L. IJKNIIAIM. Our subject is 
\/\J// assistant freight agent on the Miciiigan 
'Jt^ ' Central Railroad and is stationed at Ha\' 
City, having charge of the Third Division from 
Detroit to ]\[ackinaw and from .Tackson to Hay 
City. Mr. Henham was born in Ft. Atkinson. .lef- 
ferson County, Wis., and is a son of William II. 
and Lucy M. (Wright) Benham. His father was a 
native of Vermont where his grandfather, Silas, 
was a farmer and our subject's maternal grandsire 
built the first frame house in thai pint of AViscon- 
sin where William L. was hoiii. 

William II. I5enham came AVest when twenty- 
one years old and engaged in farming and stock- 
rai.sing until a few yeai's .ago when he removed to 
Cedar Rapids, Nel>., where he is now a successful 
ranchman. Our subject's motiier is a native of 
ISIassaciiusetts and her. father, William Wright, was 
a pioneer at Ft. Atkinson, Wis., where he devoted 
himself to farming. He was a devoted churchman 
of the IJajitist persuasion, anel at tlie time of his 
decease in lM(il. was greatl\' niounici] liy the best 
people of the community. 

Of a family of three children, oiu' subject 
IS the eldest. .\s his school days approached he 
was sent to the inimary and grammar schools and 
finally finished at the Ft. Atkinson High School. 
He remained home until fourteen years of age, 
when he t)egan studying telegraphy at Oshkosh, 
and when fifteen years old was appointed operator 
at Fond du Lac in the Commercial office. Later he 
w'as with the Chicago it Northwestern Railroad at 
Oshkosh, spending one wintei there as clerk and 
operator, and was i)ronioted to chief ticket agent. 
In IH7.') heleftthe Northwestern Road .'in d hicatcd 



at Detroit, being chief clerk in the Commercial 
agent's office of the Michigan Central, and shortly 
afterward was made freight agent of the Michigan 
Central. 

In October, 18)S(i, Mr. Henham came to Kay City 
as assistant general freight agent of the division 
above mentioned, .and he has now the charge and 
resjionsibility of the entire business as conducted 
from this [luint. He has a pleasant residence, which 
is located at No. Idii'.t Ninth .Street at the corner 
of Farr.agut. 

The domestic life of our stiliject is brightened by 
his wife, to whom he was married in Jackson. She 
was a Miss Mary L. Root and was born in Jackson. 
She was the mother of two children, whose names 
ai-e Robert R. and Winwright. The family have 
been r(^ared in the belief of the Presb3-terian Church, 
of which they are consistent members. Politically 
Mr. Henham atfiliates with the Republicans, believ- 
ing the tenets of that party to be such as conduce 
most to the good of the general government. He 
is a nicinlier of the INIichigan L'epMblican Club. 




ATRICK KAIN. In any city the Chief of 
fi Police has an opportunity to make or mar 
the reputation of that community in mat- 
ters of health, order, crime, and indeed all 
matters of niuniciiial repute, and the city 
which has at the head of its Police department, 
fiiu' who is imbued with conscientious principles 
and who loves and honors thecity he serves, is in- 
deed favored. Such an advantage has the city of 
ISaginnw in having Mr. Kain as its Chief of Pol- 
ice. 

Our subject waslioni in Bcdolf, Canada, Novem- 
ber 15, 1 Sal, and his parents, William and Hannah 
(Flannery) Kain both born in County Tipperary, 
Ireland, came to America in 1848. They died be- 
fore this son W.1S ten years old,- and he was thus 
thrown upon the world, without the love or pro- 
tection of a parent. He was one of a large family 
being next to the youngest in a household of nine 
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brother James is a blaeksmitli in the shops of the 
Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad and William is a 
traveling salesman, while one sister, Hridtfet, is the 
wife of Mi'.'hiel Feehelcy of Saginaw. 

Young Kain was reared upon a farm and at the 
age of thirteen came to Port Austin, Mieh. The 
parents had a fine property in Canada, lint the ex- 
ecutors and attorneys absorbed the whole estate 
and by the time the boy was thirteen years old 
there was nothing for him to do but to make his 
own way in the world. Having served two years 
at Port Austin on a farm he came to Saginaw in 
1866 to an uncle, Michael Kain, who was living 
here. Work was obtained in tlie East Town salt 
works and later he entered the shops of the Flint 
it Pere Marquette Railroad and there learned the 
blacksmith's trade and worked at the forge for 
five years. 

In 1873 at the solicitiUion of Sanford Keeler the 
master mechanic of the road just mentioned and 
at the time Alderman for the first Ward, Mr. Kane 
accepted a position on the police force, and was 
placed on the Potter Street beat, whicli was then 
the worst in tlie city, and where his su(^cess was so 
great in keeping down the hoodlum clement and 
making necessary arrests as to avert much disorder 
and disturbance. After ten years as I'atrolman, 
most of which time he was on the same beat he 
was appointed First Sergeant in 1886, and he there 
maintained the s.ame rejiutation in a liroader field 
which he had obtained in his first connection with 
the police force. 

It was in .Tanuary, 1890, that Patrick Kain was 
appointed Chief of the Police on probation, and 
the appointment was confirmed in the succeeding 
Ajjril and he then took the pt)sition which has been 
occupied by T. Daly Moore who has lieen Chief from 
the time that Mr. Kain was first put upon the force. 
While First Sergeant he did much detail work and 
has had many experiences of a most interesting 
nature, in vvliich his keenest wits have been taxed. 
Our subject was a candidate for Sheriff in 188.'), 
running against Mr. Mclntire upon the Repnl>li- 
can ticket. 

The marriage of our subject May 21, 1874, 
brought to his home a helpmate in the person of 
Miss Anna, daughter of P. .1. Driscoll, of Saginaw, 



and to their fireside have come nine children. 
Minnie died when four years old as did also Han- 
nah, whose life was ended through that malignant 
disease diphtheria, and the children who are still 
living are Katie, William, (iracie, Laura, Daniel 
Theresa and Blanch and an infant *on yet un- 
named. The home is situated at No. 809 North 
Seventh Street and the residence is attractive and 
homelike. 

Mr. Kain is a member of St. .Joseph's Catholic 
Church, and is a companionable and popular man, 
being esteemed both on tiie force and among the 
citizens of the town. Whde he is a strict disciplina- 
rian and demands courteous conduct by his men 
on all occasions he has the warm regard of every 
man upon the force. The police of Saginaw form 
a fine body of intelligent men, and the citizens 
feel a just pride in this part of the city's service, 
and realize that the safety and well-being of Sagi- 
naw is in the right hands. No little of the effici- 
ency and popularity of the force is owing to Chief 
Kain, whose personal infiuence and directing hand 
arc felt upon every street in the city. 



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AMES N. SWARTHOUT.- It is not how a 
man dies that makes him worthy of the 
honor of a community and people, but the 
way in which he lives. We scatter immortelles 
over the last resting place of the man, who living 
least for himself, has lived most for his fellow-men. 
One of these, now numbered with the endless cara- 
.van.is he whose name is quoted above. He was during 
his lifetime a prominent man of Saginaw Township 
and one of its earliest residents, having come here 
in 183;j, brought when lint four years old by his 
parents from W.ashtenaw County where he was born 
March 6, 1831. For a fuller history of his parents' 
lives the reader is referred to the sketch of Lewis 
Swarthout, his brother, in another portion of this 
Ri:( OKI). 

He of whom we write was reared to manhood on 
a portion of the same farm where his last days were 
spent. He was edncated In the primitive log 
schoolhouse that was the sole educational institu- 



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tion of his liovliodil. Its wide fireplace and un- 
comfortable slal) lienchcs were more conspicuous 
features than any brilliancy- of scliularsliip, although 
some of the briirhtest men of the present genera- 
tion were educated in these same schools. His 
principal assf)ciates were the Indian children and 
with them and liis fathei' he was laigely engaged 
in hunting, and lias a recoid of having killed dur- 
in" one fall seventy deer, beside.s bears and other 
game. His father was a notorious hunter and trap- 
per and .lames spent more time witli him that with 
his brothers. He also helix'd liini clear tiie farm 
and lived at home until twenty -six years of iige, 
when his father gave him thirty acres of land, on 
which was a fine sugar-bush. To this he .added 
until he was the owner of eighty acres. 

Our subject carried on mixed farming, making a 
specialty of fruit-growing and market gardening. 
He brought to his home, June 12, IH.'yQ. his ))ride, 
who was thereafter his able counselor and helper. 
Before her marriage she was Miss Jane M. Iliesrodt, 
a native of Monroe County, N. Y.. and born Jan- 
uary 31, 1840. She still lives on the homestead 
and successfully manages her farm. She is a daugh- 
ter of John M. and Elinor Hiesrodt, both natives 
of New York, though of (ierman descent. They 
reared six children: Peter S., AVilliam; Jauies N., 
who w!is killed at Pittsburg Landing during the 
Rebellion; Jane, Ellen M. and Mary E. The father 
w«s a machinist by trade and a farmer by calling. 
Ho came to Saginaw County in 1H,')4 and died De- 
cember 26, 1891, aged eighty-two years. 

Mrs. Swarthont has a family of four children, 
whose names are: AVilliam J., who is a farmer of 
(Jratiot County; Arthur H. is a lawyer and prac- 
ticing his profession in Saginaw; Cora E.,Mrs. Mc- 
Lelland, and Mary Romola. The last named is a 
graduate of Alma College, having previously been 
graduated from the High School of the city. She 
is now a teacher in the (ifth-grade school of the city. 
The beautiful place which the family now occupy 
is the result of the efforts of our subject, who prior 
to his death had thoroughly imiJioved his farm 
and where he had erected a fine frame house that 
is tastefully and comfortably furnished. The house 
stands in the miflst of a spacious lawn which is 
beautiful with rare trees and shrubbery. His 



widow feels that no other jtlat'c would be home to 
her as this is so closely associated with her hus- 
band's career. 

Mr. Swarthout was a man to whom lK)me was 
paramount, and he was kind and alTectionate to wife 
and family and helpful to all wIkj needed word of 
sympathy or encouragement. In his church rela- 
tions he was a Methodist and had held the office of 
Steward for many years. His widow is also a mem- 
ber of that church. He was a Republican in pf)l- 
itics. For a year previous to his demise Mv. Swar- 
thout was unable to do active work and that was 
a record of siicli patience and suffering as only a 
noble and good man could endure. He died .lan- 
uary 15, 189(1, and received the highest tributes 
from till' press of the day. 



\lp^7 RED P. COlvE is a member of the firm of the 
r'^G)) West Bay City Manufacturing C\)mpany, 
\ ^ which consists of S. O. Fisher, A. A. Crane 
and F. P. Cole, and which does a general lumber 
business in West Bay City. This partnership was 
formed in 1883, and has proved to be a very suc- 
cessful one, doing a large business in making and 
shipping their lumber. 

The .subject of this sketch is a native of Orleans 
County, N. Y., where he was born August 16, 1849, 
being a son of Isaac P. and Polly (Ferris) Cole. 
The father being a farmer, it is most natural that 
our subject should be taught the same pursuits in 
his younger days, but not liking it for his life vo- 
cation, decided to choose something else. He 
came with his parents to Hillsdale County, this 
State, where he obtained his education in the Hills- 
dale High School, and also the Hillsdale College, 
finishing in the Commercial College .when he became 
foreman and book-keeper for the door, sash and 
blind factory of E. C. Campbell <fe Co., of Hills- 
dale, for thirteen years, and the following two 
years was engaged for himself in the postal service 
and one year in the furniture business. Selling 
this out he came to this city In 1883, and formed 
tlie above named partnership, which is doing a 




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profitable business in general lumbering. The 
sliipping is done on tlie Micliigan Cenlriil traoks 
and through that is connected witli all other roads. 
This firm also does a very large retail business hav- 
ing in their employ aliout lifty men and exen more 
wlien very busy. The storage yard is located on 
the Michigan Central docks while the olliees arc to 
be found at No. 408 Liun Street. 

On the 30th of May, 1871, Mr. Cole was united 
in the holy bonds of wedlock with Miss PlKcbe E. 
fireen, of Hillsdale, Midi., who presides over his 
household with much gi.ace and flignity. She has 
become the mother of one child, whom they call 
Mabel E. Mr. Cole is a member of the We- 
nona Lodge, F. A A. M., of West liay City, Chap- 
ter No. 18, of Hillsdale, and also of the Eureka 
Commandery No. 3, of Hillsdale. He is one of 
the leading members of the Board of the AVater 
Works of West Bay City, and is highly esteemed 
by all for his pluck, push and pcrscveiance. 









OUIS M. I'ELLETIER, M. I)., C. M. This 
])' pioniiuent and highly-esteenu'd medical 
^ practitioner of West Bay City, was burn in 
(Quebec, .lanuary 2(5, lK(i.'5. His fathei-, .lean Bart- 
lielemey Belletier, is also a native of (^»uebec, and 
the son of French parents, who came from their 
native home and located in (Quebec, where tiie 
father carried on the profes^-ion of a (ivil Engin- 
eer. The father of our ^ubject has always followed 
the calling of an agiiculturist and at one time 
managed four farms near (^ueliec. A piominent, 
infiiiential and wealthy man, he is liiieral in his 
views and life. The mother of oui- subject, Marie 
Anna, was born in (Quebec and is a daughter of 
Charles Silvestre Lesther Pellclier, a native of 
Canada and the wealthiest farmer in his vicinty. 
His parents belonged to the royal bhxjd of Fi'ance 
and came from (Jrlcans. 

There were twelve children in the famil\' of 
which our subject was a member, and one brother 
has become ])roininent .as a priest in the Roman 
Catholic Church. Louis w.as educated in the com- 
mon-schools and at the age of twelve took a com- 
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mereial course in the College of L'Islet, and then 
a classical course in the College of St. Anne, from 
which he graduated at the age of nineteen with 
the degrees of Baclielor of Sciences and B.achelor 
of Arts. 

From early boyhood the desire of our subject 
w.is to study medicine. In pursuance of that 
earnest wish he entered the Fniversity of Mon- 
treal in 18«1, and after studying me(liciue for one 
year, in M.ay, 188.j. he jiassed his examination to 
enter the medical department of the same institu- 
tion. .\fter a four years' course he graduated in 
1889 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine and 
Master of Surgery. iTe had Ix (mi an exceptional 
student, having pursued his studies with wreat 
avidity .and possessing the most remarkable mem- 
ory of any memlier of the class. He received the 
well-deserved encomiums and secured the esteem 
of his professors, besides carrying off the class 
honors. 

The young practitioner established himself for 
six months at St. P.aschal, but as his health g-ave 
w.ay he took a vacation for some four months and 
then decided to conu' to the States. He located 
first in .\uSaltle, IMich., where he built up the best 
practice of any physician, but on .account of finan- 
cial failures and fires the town retrograded and he 
determined to come to West Bay City, beinu- infiu- 
enced thereto liy Father Sampson. Since he came 
here in October, 1891, he h.as established a got)d 
practice at his ottice at No. 2119 Linn Street and is 
growing in popularity. He is a <levout member 
of the St. JNIary's Chuich, in the work of which he 
takes an active i)art. 

A lithograjihic portrait of Dr. I'elletier accom- 
panies this personal sketch. 



I)YR()N O. CORYELL is the sole proprietor 
of the Chesaning Bank. He w.as born in 
I; Steuben County, N. Y., May 1"2. 18.')4, and 
is the son of Richard C. ar.d Hannah (i. 
(Goodsell) Coryell both natives of New York, and 
both still living at Lansing, this State. Tlu' father, 



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w1k> is a farmer, came to Lansing when our subject 
was about ten years old. He puioliased land and 
lived upon his farm until 1873, when he removed 
to tlie city of Lansing. He of whom we write and 
who is the youngest of three children born of his 
parents' family, was reared on the farm until about 
sixteen years old. 

Until the age above mentioned, our sul)jcot had 
attended the country schools at such times as he 
could be sjjared from the farm work. He then at- 
tended tiie graded ^^chool at Lansing, and lacked 
but one year of graduating from the High School, 
when he entered Hartlett's Commercial College, 
from which he was graduated in ItiTt. After that 
he W!js employed as a book-keeper foi- Kobson 
Bro.s., wliiilosnie grocers for six months; he then 
became Collection Clerk of the Second National 
Bank at Lansing, passing through the line of jiro- 
motion until he was book-keeper and then teller. 
His connection with the bank continued for eight 
years. 

Our subject was married while in I^ansing, Jan- 
uar3' 22, 1878, to Minnie Lemley. By this union 
there is one son. Fred G., who lives in Detroit. In 
September. 1881, Mr. Coryell came to Ches.nning 
and has since built up a good banking business. 
Beginning in a small wooden l>uilding, he did a 
very moderate amount of business at first and did 
his own printing on a hand pr&ss; he also carried 
a line of insurance companies, and slowly worked 
up a business which now amounts to the handling 
of *1,()()0,00(» yearly. The Bank of Saginaw .and 
Hanover National Bank in New York have been 
his corresi)ondents from the first, besides wliicli 
there are over a hundred banks in Europe, on any 
of which drafts can I>e issued payable in the money 
of the country on which it is drawn. 

Mr. Frank T. Sheldon has been .associated with 
Mr. Coryell since .January 1. 1888, as Cashier, and 
has done much to make the bank popular and suc- 
cessful. In 1884 a luandsome brick bank building 
was erected, having large French-plate glass fiont, 
while tlie interior wood work is natural pine and 
oak trimmed with black walnut, the counter hav- 
ing panels of i urly yellow pine, shipped by express 
direct from Texas for use in this building. ^Mr. Cory- 
ell was again married ( )ctober ;">, 1 88(;, to Miss Emma 



A. Niver, of this city, his present wife, a daughter 
of W. H. .ind Myra (Barshall) Niver. She was here 
born July 30, 18(!1. 

Our subject is a Rejjublican in politics, having 
inherited the principles from his father. He lias 
served as member of the Board of Tiiistees of Ches- 
aning "N'illage. He h.as no taste for political work, 
but is eyer willing and ready to help a friend. In 
his church relations he is an attendant and worship- 
per wilh the First Congregatitiii:tl Cliuii'li. 



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oris 1'. RACINE. We here present a sketch 
of the Postmaster of Birch Hun, who is a lead- 
ing citizen and an ex-Supervisor of Bircii 
Run Township, Saginaw County. When he was 
nine years old he emigrated with his ])arent,s from 
France, where he w.as born in 1839, and made his 
home in America. They settled in Jefferson County, 
N. Y., and there young Louis grew to the years of 
maturity, receiving a fair common-school education 
and sjiending his youth upon a farm. After leav- 
ing sc1k)(^1 he began teaching, and for several terms 
was engaged in that vocation. 

At the age of twenty-one the young man began 
business for himself and for a number of years fol- 
lowed the lakes as a sailor. In 1863 he was in tlie 
State of Kentucky, and assisted in getting out tim- 
ber for fortifications for the Government, and four 
years later he came to Saginaw Count\ , and for a 
short time engaged in farming in Taymouth Town- 
ship, where he also served as Town.sliip Clerk for 
a year. 

Our subject came to Birch Hun in 18(il), and 
here established a mercantile business which he car- 
ried on, being for a number of years a partner of 
M. J. Colon, under the firm name of Colon A- Ha- 
ciiie, and since the di.ssolntion of that firm he has 
been in business for himself. He was married in 
I. Slid, to Mariette Colon, who fjecame the mother 
of two children, ime of whom is living, a son 
George, and the other child and the nK)ttier have 
both passed to the better world. 

Mr. Racine was married in 1879, to Mrs. Sarah 
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gracioiLS dig'nit\- over his pleasant home. He lias 
for two years served as Su])ervisor of Birch Run 
Township, also served as .lustiee of the Peace four 
years, and was appointed Postmaster in IMH!). and 
in both these offices he has shown liiniscH' cllicient, 
ofiliiiinu: and judicious. His ](olitical convictions 
bring him into active alliance with the Rc|jublican 
party, and he is solicitous for its success. For a 
numl)er of years he has served as Notary Public, 
and in both public and private business he has been 
eminently successful. 'I'he Masonic order to which 
he belongs counts him as one of its iuHuential 
members, and in all social circles he and his good 
wife and his son are looked upon as of value to 
the coniinunitv. 



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,i^ nAULl-:s 15. TKFFT. ( )ur subject was born 
(1(^1 in Smyrna, Chenango County, N. Y., ])e- 
'^^^ cember 11, 18:^1. He is a son of Rowland 
and Lucy Bee Tefft. Rowland Tefft was a son of 
Ezekiel TeiTt, who was born near Providence, R. I. 
His parents emigrated from Glasgow, Scotland, 
where they were engaged in a cotton manufactory 
and made settlement in the Pnited States. Eze- 
kiel married Anna Wilcox, who bore him a family 
of five sons and two daughters, whose names are 
as follows: Stephen, Nathan, Susan, Huldah, Eze- 
kiel, Samuel and Rowland. Our subject's grand- 
parents died in New Yt)rk. They were sturdy 
Scotch peo|)le, with the best of principles and were 
of the stock that the States delight in welcoming 
to the best that they possess. They were members 
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Their advent 
into New York was made in 1822. 

Rowland Tefft was born in the town of Rich- 
mond, Washington County, R. I., May 25, 1807. 
When only fifteen years of age he left home, land- 
ing in New York in .January, 1822. He followed 
the lumber business for about forty years and in 
1871 came to Michigan and located where our sub- 
ject now resides, pre-empting eighty acres of land 
on section 2(1, Swan Creek. This he entered in 
1853, and about the same time entered nearly three 
thousand four lumdreit acres in Saginaw, Tuscola, 



and in sections 17 and 18 north; also in otlu-r parts 
of Michigan. The home wiiicli our subject now occu- 
pies was the home of his father until April 16, 
1891, at which time his decease occurred. He 
served as Deputy Internal Revenue Assessor dur- 
ing the war and for a short time after, and also 
served as Supervisor while in New York State. In 
early days a Whig, he later became a Republican. 
He reared six children, whose names are .\rethusa, 
Charles B., Rowland D., Henry C., and Kmily ()., 
who are twins, and John (i. 

Oui- subject's mother w'as a daughter of Isaac 
and Lucy (Dicks) lUU, natives of Massachusetts 
and Bennington, Vt., respectively. They were of 
English ancestry though originally descended 
from the French. The father was born in 1776. 
He removed to New York in 1800 and there died 
at the age of eighty-eight years. Our subject's 
early training was received in the district school; 
he later attended the commercial school at Albany, 
and early learned the work incident to the sawmill 
business. 

August 13, 18(i2, Mr. Tefft enli>ted in Company 
F, One Hundred and Fourteenth New York In- 
fantry. He participated in the following engage- 
ments: Biesland's Plantation, La., Port Hudson, 
where he was wounded, .lune 14, 1863, in the left 
shoulder, head and right hand. He was placed in 
the hospital and was confined at Baton Rouge un- 
til Septemlier. From that [loint he was sent to 
New Orleans and was there detailed to duty in the 
Commissaiy Department. .Inly. 1864, he came 
North and rejoined his regiment at Washington in 
August. He took part in the engagements at Ope- 
quaw Creek, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, where he 
was wounded in the right leg and left lung and 
left elbow. He was sent to the hospital at Phila- 
delijhia, from which he was discharged by general 
order, .June 10, 1865. 

Our subject returned to his home October 17, 
1866, going to St. Charles, Saginaw County. A 
year later he cauie to where lie now resi()es and 
for fifteen years was engaged in a sawmill. Since 
then he has devoted himself to fai'ining. The 
homestead which he owns and another tract of one 
hundred and sixty acres makes two hundred and 
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This he has iiii'Mtl.\' improved and has found it to 
be very prod net ive. I lis attention has been cen- 
tered chieliy upon his stoek which is very tine, lie 
lias served as Supervisor of tiie township and also 
as Township Clerk for thirteen years. He favors 
the Republican paity in politics. 

Mr. Tefl't was ninriied August 15, 1862, to Inid- 
gene iM., a dauirhter of Stephen X. and Esther 
(Felt) liollcy. .Mrs. Tefft is a native of the same 
place as is her husl)and. They have had live chil- 
dren, of whom foui- .'ire livin<i' at the ])resent time. 
They are: -lenny II.. wife of ;\Ir. S. W. Stout: I!ur- 
tou S., .Susan K. :uid Nellie M. Our subject is a 
member of Post No. IfiH O. .V. R., of St. Charles, 
and bchiuiis to Camp No. 12'J1, !M. W. of A. 



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^^VA)llGE A. WALLACE. Our subject was 
ll s^ liorn in the town of Lennox, Madison 
'^1 Co\inty, N. V., -Inly 2it, IH'iiS. He is the 
son of Georuje and Abisjail (Branch) Wallace, who 
wer(^ bf)rn in 'I'ownsend, Ma.ss., and Benson, Yt., 
respectively. Our suliject's iiiandfather on the 
paternal si<ie was (ieorge F. Wallace, of Massachu- 
setts. He was of .Sc'otch origin and proud of the 
name which has attaiiu^d such fame in history. He 
was .an hotel man and quite successful in his Hue. 
His wife was prior to her marriage JHss Lydia 
P\irran, an Irisli lady; she was the mother of live 
sons and three daiiglit( rs. On her decease he mar- 
ried again, but the second union was childless. 
Our sul)ject's grandfather came to Michigan aliout 
IHijii and settled with his second wife in Stock- 
bridge, Ingham County, 'i'liere Mrs. WalKicedied 
and soon after he went to Shiawassee County, 
where he also died. In early days lie was a AVhig 
but later an adherent of the Democratic party. 

Our subject's father was reared in an hotel; he 
early learned the cooi)er's tnule and in 1837 came 
to Michigan, locating in J>inden, Washtenaw 
County. He there purchased one hundred and 
sixty acres of wild land, which he improved and 
lived upon until IK.')(i when he removed to New 
Haven. Shiawas.see County. There he purchased 
one hundred and sixty .acres of land and there 



died September 21, 1878. He followed the example 
of his father in politics, lint changed his Whig 
notions to suit IJepiililican principles. He and his 
wife are members of the Free Will P)a|)tist Church. 
The latter died in Shiawassee County. They were 
the parents of six sons anil five daughters, whose 
names are as follows: (ieorge A., Samuel B., Daniel 
S., Alonzo and Lorenzo who are twins, and .John 
M. The daughters are, Mary, Frances E., Abigail 
and Lydia. Another daughter, Sarah A., died at 
the age of thirteen years. 

(Ieorge A. ^\■;^llace w.as drilled in the rules of 
the three li's in the district school in the vicinity 
of his home. His slender advantages in this di- 
rection were supplemented by individual effort at 
home. He came to Michigan with 'his father and 
at the .age of twenty began tlie coopering business, 
working at that for two years, when he began 
fanning in Waterloo, .l.ackson County, where he 
[lurclia.sed eighty acres of land. • He lived there 
for four years and then moved to Stockbridge. 
Ingham County, where he worked at blacksmith- 
ing. Aliout 18')(> Mr. Wallace removed to Shia- 
wassee County and in tlie fall of 1858, located in 
Cliesaniug, Saginaw County, where he continued 
his business in blacksmitliing until 1861 when he 
moved to a farm comprising one hundred acres on 
.section .'5(1, St. Charles Township. This he im- 
proved and lived upon until 1867 when he came 
to the village of St. Charles, and h.as since then 
been engaged in blacksmitliing, merchandising and 
in the hotel Inisiness. lie luiw owns one hundied 
and eighty acres of land in three farms which he 
h.as cleared almo.st entirely. For the past eight 
years he h.as resumed his occupation of farming 
and manages his village property. 

Our subject has .served .as Deputy Sheriff in 
Ingham County and was .lustice of the Pe.aee for 
twelve years. He also .served as .Supervisor for 
seven years. He favors the policy .as advanced by 
the Democratic party. Mr. WalLace was married to 
Nancy Rose, daughter of .lesse and 8ar,ah (Ta^'lor) 
Rose, who came here from New York at an early 
day. Mrs. Wallace w.as the mother of five chihiren. 
They are, Nancy .1., who is Mrs. G. Booth; Marion 
R., Mr.s. Raymond; Cora A., wife of W. Earl; Eva 
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forma. Mr.s. Wallace wliois a devoted niembei' of 
the Baptist C'luireh died May 2(;. 1875. Oetoher 
3, ISTT) oiii- subject was again married to Mrs. 
C'yntliia (i. I)unii:ni. widow of Aaron Dorman.and 
daughter of Hradlev Adams. Mr. Wallace is one 
of that army of vigorous and self-assertive men 
who has con(iuered the conditions of poverty and 
a con]i>aratively humliio sphere of life, and has 
risen to a successful and a.ssured position. 



'('/OlIN W. Cri'lT. This prominent real-estate 
man of Kay C'it\- has been a resident here 
since 1877, and has his ottice in an elegant 
^ suite of rooms in the I'lKcnix Block. lie 
was horn June 24, 1850, in Nottinghamshire, En- 
gland, and is a son of Thomas and Ann (Ilupkiu- 
son) Cupit. He received his education in the Na- 
tional Schools, and after completing a cour.se in 
the grammar schools, engaged in the I'ailway busi- 
ness until the time of his coming to the I'nited 
States in 1871. lie located in Detroit, and became 
Cashier in the Great Western Railway of Canada, 
continuing in that cap.ii'ity for nearly four years. 
Afterward he became a purser on a steamboat of 
the Saginaw iV" Cleveland line, remaining thus em- 
ployed until the fall of 1877, when he located in 
Bay City. 

I'pon first coming to this city, Mr. Cupit entered 
the employ of .^. R. Hail, remaining with him un- 
til the summer of 1890, and during the latter part 
of that time had partial management of his busi- 
ness. At the expiration of that liusiness engage- 
ment, Mr. Cupit and his family visited Europe, 
spending five numths in traveling through En- 
land and the Continent, and returning in the fall 
of 1890. 

Our subject then established ids present Inisiness 
consisting of real estate and loans. He is also 
agent for a number of the principal trans- Atlantic 
steamshij) lines. In real estate he handles prop- 
erty for others, and also represents capital with 
which he effects loans on lioth city and county 
property. He is likewi.se \'ice-President of tlie 
Savings, Building and Loan Associaticm of- Bay 



County, which is the oldest com p.any of its kiudin 
the county. It was organized October 1, 1887, and 
has now a membership of nearly seven thousand 
shares. lie was one of its organizers and since 
that time has been its Vice-President. 

For several years Mr. Cujjit w^as a Director of 
the Bay City Chdi and now holds the sanie posi- 
tion in the Bay Citj^ Business Men's Association. 
He is connected with the order of Masonry, hav- 
ing gained the thirty-second degree, and has held 
prominent ottices in Masonic bodies. He had charge 
of the commandr\' on its pilgrimage to Washing- 
ton in October, 1889, at a time of the Triennial 
"Conclave. He has taken an active part as a citi- 
zen in Re|)ublican politics, Init is not .an otHce- 
seeker. He is a memlier of the l'iii\ersalist Church 
Society, and holds the ottices of Treasurer and 
Trustee therein. 

The marriage of our subject with Miss Alice 
L., a daughter of .1. 11. Hall, of this city, was sol- 
emnized December 21, 1877, and to them li;ive 
been granted two sons, Edwin Roberts and Harry 
Hall. Mi-. Cupit was formerly a member of the 
lioard of Education, but his term expired while he 
was absent in Europe, and he has not since sought 
re-election. The reader's attenti<m is invited to a 
lithographic portrait of yiv. Cupit, which is shown 
ill connection with this sketch. 



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ILLIAM H. II. CHAPMAN is a repre- 
sentative of one of the oldest and most 
WW 'lig'ily respected families of Chcsaning. 
He is a sou of George W. Chapman and was born 
111 Berkshire County, .Alass., November 9, 1811. It 
was soon after his liirtli that the family (\'ime to 
Michigan. The father was a railioad contractor, 
and thus the family at different times resided in 
New^ Hampshire, \eriiioiit. New .Jersey, Pennsyl- 
vania, and in 1859 returned to jMichigan and loca- 
ted at Chesaning. 

Our subject attended school in the various States 
in which the familj- resided and received a lii-st- 
cla.ss education. When he attained his majority 
he engaged in railroad work-in Pennsylvania, 



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Ohio and Indiana, wliicli he followed for three 
years. He then took charge of a sawmill m Albee 
Township, Saginaw County, wliicli lie ran fur tliree 
years. At the expiiation of that time he associated 
willi his brother, (ieoige J^., un<ler the linn style 
of Chapman Ihos., carrying on a tiiriving mercan- 
tile business at C'hesaning. He (Iis|)osed of his iii- 
tei'est in the stoi-e and next entered into partner- 
ship with his brother (Jliverl)., running a gristmill 
at Chesaning, which they changed from the old 
stone mill to the improved roller process, and 
operated the same eight years. Our subject then 
sold his intei-est in the firm to his brother, and in 
March, 18!)ll. purchased the old homestead, which 
is a highly improved farm of one hundred and 
fifteen acres, lying just outside the cor|iorate limits 
of the village of C'hesaning. 

Mr. Chapman was married A]nil 11, 1871, to 
Miss Alice E. Bentle}-, who was a native of Michi- 
gan, having been born in Oakland County, 
August 19, 1851. Mrs. Chapman is the daugh- 
ter of Henry J. and Jane Bentley, natives of 
New York. She died September 2, 1874, after 
having become the mother of two children — 
Cieorge H. and Eslella M. December 23. 1875, our 
subject was a second time married, his bride on this 
occasion being Miss Helen A. .ludd, who was l)orn 
in September, 1850. in Bloomlield.t )akland County, 
this State. She is the daugliter of Harvey C. and 
Abigail .ludd. resident- of Oakland County. Mr. 
and Mrs. Ciiapnian have become the parents of 
two children. l>oth daughters — Alice \. and Mabel 
H. 

The suliject of this sketch has always been an 
active worker in all political movements, but never 
an oflice-seeker. He allies liimself with the Repub- 
lican party, believing that party to be in the right. 
Socially he is a member of Lodge No. 194, A. V. 
& A. M.; Chapter, No. t!7, H. A. M., being High 
Priest in the Cha|iter, and a member of Corunna 
Commandery No. 21. K. T. 

George W. Chapman, the fatln r of our subject, 
was without doubt descended from Ralph Chap- 
man, born in England, in l(il5.and whoemigrated 
to America. Christmas. 16.35. 'Ralph had a daugh- 
ter, Mary, who married, in Kifif) William Throop. 
Throop Chapni.an had a number of children and 



among them 'William, who in turn had among 

I others Daniel, the father of Cieorge W., and who 
was born December 2.'5, 1782. Cieorge W., was 

I born at Helcherlown, llamijshire County, Mass.. 

] November 15, 1812. He married, November 3. 
183(>, Jliss Abigail .1. A\'liipplc, who was born in 

i I'elham, Mass., .lanuary 2G, 1815. She was the 
daughter of .loseph Whipple, a relative of Commo- 
dore Abraham Wliippic, of Revolutionary fame. 
Mr. Chapman cauie to Chesaning Township in 
18 12; he died suddenly on the morning of Febru- 
ary 17. 1881. in the sixt\-ninth year of hi> age. 



RANK .^IC)RRIS()N, the popular Super- 
X visor of ilaple (irove Township, Saginaw 
County, is at present residing on the lieau- 
tiful farm located on section 'J, and wiiich he has 
brought to an excellent state of cultivation. Mr. 
Mt>rrison is a native of Ireland, having been born 
in County Antrim, .Uine 14, 1845. He is the son 
of Robert and Catherine (Wallace) Morrison. His 
parents passed their declining years in their native 
land. They reared four children, namely: Mathew, 
Mary .Tane. Pollen and he of whom we write. 

Frank Morrison was the youngest of his parents' 
family and was the only one who came to the 
I'nited States. He was I'eared on the home farm 
and attended the early schools of his district, re- 
maining under the p;irental roof until 18(i5, when 
he embarked on a steam vessel for Ameiica, and 
after a voyage of fourteen d.ays landed in (^ueltec. 
and came theuce to tin- States. He was first em- 
l)loved as a farm liand near Troy, N. Y., remaining 
there, however, only one month when he went to 
Erie County, tliat State, at wliich place he had an 
uncle — Jc.hn Morrison. He there resumed his 
former occupation .as a laborer on a farm, working 
summers and .'ittending school in the winter. 

In 1872oiirsubject t'ame to the \Volverine State, 
and, associated with Edward l.ting. purchased the 
southeast (piarter of section !». in Majjle (irove 
Township, but the i)artneishi[) lasted only a sliort 
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eighty acres. At the time of locating on his tract 
it was covered with heavy liniher, l)ut by his char- 
acteristic energy and jjerseveranec he has brought 
it under an excellent state of cultivation and it is 
now numbered among tlie most imiductive in 
Maple (irove Towushi[). 

Mr. Morrison was married Sci)tenilifr m, l.s7(!,to 
Miss Emma Flint. She was born Marcii 17, 1851, 
and is the daughter of William and Catherine 
Flint. Our subject and his wife have been granted 
four children, who bear the respective names of 
Waller, Catherine, Edith and Elmar. In politics 
lie of whom we write is a Democrat, lie has al- 
ways been interested in educational matters and 
has served on the School ISoard for many 3'ears. 
He has also been honored witli the ottices of Town- 
ship Treasurer and Assessor and is now serving his 
seventh term as Supervisor. Socially he is a Mason 
also a member of the Knight of the Maccabees, and 
Patrons of Industry. He is highly esteemed by his 
neighbors .as an able and upriglit man and an hon- 
orable citizen. 



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f (JIJEUT VV^ ISALLAKD. Many of our ber.t cit. 
(( izcns have emigrated from England, seeking 
homes in the New World and locating 
throughout the various States as inclination 
or opportunity directed. Englisliinen are to-day oc- 
cupying prominent positions in every department 
of labor, as farmers, tradesnien, meclianics, and pro- 
fessional men, and to whatever business they devote 
their energies, their enter|)rise and industry win 
recognition and success. Jlr. Ballard, wliose native 
home is in England, is conducting a large business 
asa veterinary surgeon, and is located in Saginaw 
City, where he is managing his extensive interests 
with marked success. 

The father of our subject WHS Dr. \\illiaiii IJal- 
lard, als(j a veterinary surgeon, who followed his 
chosen [irofession during the entire period of his 
active life. In 1853 be emigrated to America with 
his family, locating in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.. and en- 
gaging in the duties of his profession. Ill IHliO he 
removed to .^Michigan, settling in Kalamaznu and 



making that his home until 1882, the date of his 
removal to Flint. His death in the last named city 
in 1884 removed from the scene of life's activities 
one who had taken a great interest in the growth 
of Michigan and had contributed his quota to its 
development. Although not one of the earliest 
settlers of this State, he witnessed much of its 
growth from a dense wilderness to an aliode of 
beauty. 

Two years before the death of Dr. Ballard, his 
wife, whose maiden name was Alice Rodgers, de- 
parted this life. She was born in England and was 
the daughter of Robert Rodgers. Of the four 
children to whom she was a wise and devoted 
mother, Robert W. of this sketch, was the only son. 
He was born August 28, 1847, .and when only six 
j-earsold accompanied his parents in their vo^yage 
across the broad Atlantic. His primary education 
was received in the schools of Poughkeepsie, and he 
la'er followed a course of reading which developed 
his mental faculties and enlarged his field of know- 
ledge. Until he was twenty-one years old he as- 
sisted his father in his work, but at that age again 
crossed the ocean, and during a sojourn in London 
of nine vears studied medicine with different par- 
ties. 

Upon his return to the In ited States, thoroughly 
equipped with a broad knowledge of his profes- 
sion, he located in Saginaw city and soon had a 
thriving business as a veterinary surgeon. His 
entire time is devoted to his profession and he 
possesses a deep and practical knowledge of horses, 
cattle, liogs and sheep, thoroughly understanding 
their anatomy and possessing the .skill and judg- 
ment which applies the best remedies for each par- 
ticular case. His practice is by no means confined 
to the city but extends throughout tlie Saginaw 
V.alley and embraces a circuit of thirty to forty 
miles, while he is occasionally called for consulta- 
tion to distant portions of the States. His stables 
are located on the corner of Harrison and Cleve- 
land Streets. 

Dr. Ballard was manied in England to Miss 
Louisa, daughter of .lohn Sourbry. and at her 
death she left one child, Robert, who is now deceased. 
Afterward the Doctor was married to Mrs. Char- 
lotte Bralev, of Saginaw city who was the widow 



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of N. Braley. foitiieily of this dty. Our i<ul>- 
ject and wife li!ivfostabli>lio(l :i pleasant home in 
Saginaw city, and its iiuict eleganw |)roves the 
oulttircd tastes of the inmates. In liis political 
aftiliations he is a nieinher of the Demoeratic party, 
and .s(H'ially witii his estimable wife occupies a 
hip-h position in the best circles of the city. Mrs. 
liallard is the daujiiitei' of Ransom and Almira 
Hood, natives of New York where thej^ both died. 
]Mrs. Ballard is a native of New York, she has one 
son b}- her first marriaije, Frank, who is married and 
resides in Pennsylvania. 









17 KWIS SW.VH'l'l 
I (^; fine farm loca 
Ij^^ Township, and 



KWIS SW.Mn'llOl'T. The owner of the 
L'ated on .section 16, Saginaw 
id one-half mile from the cor- 
porate limits of the city, is numbered among the 
oldest pioneers of this locality, his father having 
come liei-e at an early date. Mr. Swarthout was 
born in Y'psilanti, Washtenaw County, November 
29, 1828. He is a son of Anthony R. and Hannah 
(Rose) Swarthout, both n.atives of New Y'ork. Our 
subject's father was born near Seneca Lake in 1796. 
The Swarthout family are of Holland-Dutch an- 
cestry and their advent into America was made in 
Colonial days. 

Anthony Swarthout settled in Washtenaw Coun- 
ty, this Stiite, early in the '2iis. He moved his 
family to Saginaw Townsliip in J83.5, making the 
way hither by w.agon, cutting out the road as best 
he could. They crossed the Saginaw River, where 
East Saginaw now stands, in Indian canoes, care- 
fully transporting the wagon in sections in the 
same way. Capt. Swarthout, as he was called in 
honor of his otticial position in the Black Hawk 
War, took up a tract of (iovernment land, which 
was wild indeed, and supplemented his efforts in 
agriculture by the victims of his traps .and guns, 
for furs then lirought a good jjrice, and he was a 
valiant hunter. On one occasion he discovered in 
his morning rounds a wild-cat, wiiich had been 
caught in a trap and whicli he supposed killed. He 
carried the animal on his back, holding its front 
feet over his shouldeis. .Inst as he arrived at 
home the wild-cat. which was still alive, took a firiri 



hold ujion his coat collar, and his family freed him 
only by giving it a vigorous drubbing over the 
head, which he shared almost equally with the 
cat. Sulfice it to say that the animal was soon 
dispatched. 

Their home was a log caliin and poverty often 
stared them in the face. Our subject's father used 
to go to mill to Flint in a canoe, the trip occupy- 
ing a week. He killed many deer' and bears and 
found many a bee-tree to sujiply the family larder 
and more than (mce has he laboriously ground 
corn and wheat in the coffee-mill in order to make 
bread. II is unceasing efforts were prospered, how- 
ever, and he accumulated (piitea comfortable prop- 
erty. He was a Democrat in politics and the es- 
teem in which he was held in the township w.as 
evidenced by the local oHices to which he was 
elected. He was Township Clerk for about twenty 
years. A I the time of his death, which occurred 
in 1881, he was eighty-four years of age. 

Our subject's mother, who was born in 1798, 
presented her husband with thirteen children, ten 
of whom lived to be grown. She was an ideal 
[jioneer matron, stout of heart, generous, open- 
hearted and tender, ever ready to be called upon 
in sickness or trouble and a devoted adherent of 
the IMethodist Church, it being her delight to cater 
to the comfort of the itinerant preachers. Siie 
died at the age of .seventy-nine years, and witli 
her liushand was interred in I'iue Hill Cemetery, 
a ])oition of their original farm. 

Our subjectwas in his seventh year when brought 
here by his jiarents. His recollections are for the 
most, those of the stirring adventures of pioneer 
days. Indians were many and the papooses, with 
tlie exception of the Davenport boys, another 
family of early settlers, were his sole play-fellows, 
and he used to speak theii' language fluently. He 
was sent to the district school, which had a stick 
chimney and a great, open Dutch fireplace. As 
soon as old enough, with his father and "brothers, 
he hunted and farmed in order to add to the fam- 
ily support. It was to the family advantage that 
they remained on amiable terms with the Indians, 
although sometimes they stood in fear of their 
treachery. Many arc the deei- and beai's he has 
caught. 




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At the age of twenty-two Lewis Swarthout 
houglit liis i)i'eseiit farm wliicli was oiiiiiiially a 
pDitioii of the suliool land. lie cleared off a spot 
an<l l)uilt a log liouse. His neai-e<t neii;lilioi- lived 
at a distance of one mile. Soon after l)ecoming a 
resident of iiis new liome our snlijeel was ai>i)ointed 
District School Treasurer and as a new school was 
to be erected near by, something over -s.'jdd was 
turned over to him to be spent on the sclioolhouse. 
He put the money in a bureau drawer and that 
same night two men tried to effect an entrance, 
doubtless to steal the money. He was on guard, 
however, and succeeded in keei)ing tliem at bay 
with an ax until morning, wlien, as the ligiit grew 
stronger they sivulked away. 

Our suliject's log house was burned and a frame 
house was erected in its place. This was later re- 
l)laced by a good frame house, in which lie lives at 
jiresent. He cleared eighty acres of land, but sold 
a small amount, so that he now owns sixty-seven 
acres, all improved. He devotes himself to mixed 
farming. 

The original of our sketch was married Xovem- 
ber 29, 18.50, to Mariet .links, a native of New- 
York. They iiave been the parents of nine chil- 
dren, seven of whom are living. They are: Daniel, 
Fanny, Anthony, Ida, Burt and (reorge. Our sub- 
ject is an adherent of the Republican party and a 
•loyal and honest citizen, Viut one who has never 
lieen a seeker for party favoi-, lie lias, liowever, 
been Constable of the township. 



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LORA H. RUCH, M. D. Among the best- 
known and most highly esteemed phj'sicians 
of Saginaw is the lady whose name intro- 
duces this sketch, and whose porti'ait appears on 
the opposite page. Her successful career goes far 
to prove that a woman may successfully compete 
with men in many of the professions formerly 
monopolized by the sterner sex. 

A native of Steuben County, N. Y., born Febrii- 
arj- 2, 1851, Mrs. Ruch comes of a good family. 
Her mother, Mrs. Sarah (Parsons) Ilulibard, was 
the cousin of >'. P. Willis, the author, whose beau- 



tiful home at Idlewild, was the report during Ids 
lifetime of literary people from every portion of 
the Union. Orlando Parson.s. grandfather of our 
subject, was one of the very early settlers of New 
York State. and purchased large tracts <>{ land at 
eight cents an acre, a great profioition of wiiich 
land is now the site of large cities and nourishing 
towns. 

Daniel Hubliard. who is the Doctor's paternal 
grandfather, was also .-i pioneer of New York 
■where he became very prominent as a large land 
ownir and enterprising citizen. He was one of the 
i surveyors of the turnpike from .Mbany to Buffalo. 
Z. L. Hubbard, the father of Dr. Ruch. is now a 
resident of Florida, where he owns a large body of 
laud comprising some five lliousand acres. His 
wife died during their residence in Williamsport. 
Pa. 

Dr. Flora Ruch was educated at Dickenson 
Seminary, Williamsport. Pa., and at the age of 
eighteen began teaching school; soon afterward 
she -was married to Charles L. Ruch and began 
housekeeping at Williamsport. In 1878 she com- 
menced the study of medicine, reading under Dr. 
Jean Saylor Brown, a noted and learned physician 
of that place, who commanded a large practice. 
She entered the medical department of the l"ni- 
versity of Michigan in I87;t. and was graduated 
therefrom in 1882. Durini^ the senior year she 
assisted Dr. McLean, who was Professor of .Surgery, 
also had charge of the clinical department and as- 
sisted Dr. Edward Dunster, Professor of obstetrics. 
In that way she gained much valualile experience 
in hospital practice. After her graduation she 
located at Adrian, this State, where she remained 
for two years, going from there to Ypsilanti to 
take charge of the practice of an aciiuaintance, 
and residing there for four years. 

In the fall of 1888, Dr. Rucii came to Saginaw 
and was connected for one year with the Saginaw 
Hospital, also.carrymg on general practice. She is 
now a member of the staff of the Woman's Hosiiital 
in this city. She is identified with the State Med- 
ical Association, the Saginaw \'alk\\- Medical 
Societj', and while a resident of Adrian was a men,- 
ber of the Southern Jlichigan State A.ssociatioii. 
She commands a good practice ;iiid is highly es- 



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teemed as an active and intliiential memlier of the 
frateniitv, as well a-; a a^ood wife and mother. 

Charles 1^. Hiuh. the husband of our subject, is 
a native of Pennsvlvania.and was born in C'oluni- 
l)ia County in l^Hl He removed to Michigan in 
1880 and has since carried on his business as a car- 
riage finisher and painter in which he is an expert 
workman. 'I'wo children complete the family of 
Mr. and Mis. Huch. Fred C. and Carrie M., aged 
niucteeu and sixteen respectively. 



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RASTl .S CONFER. The simi)le record of 
an honest life is the l)est monument that can 

) 1)0 reared to any citizen, and we therefore 

shall not attempt to enlarge upon the history of 
the gendeman above named, who is one of the 
most reputable citizens in Maple (uove Township, 
Saginaw County. At this writing he is residing 
on section l^^i. and is surrounded by all the com- 
forts of life. 

Mr. Confer was born in Erie County. N. Y., 
September;!, IXlH, and came with his: parents lo 
.Michigan in 1«.5.'), they locating in (ienesee County, 
■where they remained until l.SOI,at which date 
they came to Saginaw County. He was reared on 
his father's farm and attended school in the primi- 
tive logcaliin of the times and was there taught 
reading, writing and s|)elling, with the fundamen- 
't.al rules of arithmetic. Those were the days when 
the teacher "bnaided round" anil free schools 
were not yet. 

In IHO;") lired with enthusiasm for his country's 
honor, our subject enlisted in Company H. Sixth 
Michigan Cavalry and was mustered into service 
at Washington. .Vfter the war, Mr. Confer made 
a Western tour and traveled over all the Western 
Territories and Mexico, returning to ^lichigan in 
1H72 and engaged in farming, in which calling he 
has been eminently successful, being the owner of 
a beautiful tract of land under the highest state of 
cultivation and he has the satisfaction of knowing 
that it has all been brought about by his own in- 
dustry and good inanagenient. 

Luc}- .ludd became the wife of our subjet't, in 



187.'?, tlieir nuptials being celebrated in Flint, 
^lich. Mrs. Confer is the daughter of .lames V. 
Judd, an early settler in Maple (^rove Town- 
hip. Mrs. Confer was bjrn in the Wolverine 
State and passed from this life in December 18, 
1873, after liaviug become the mother of a son, 
lyouis. (Jur subject was a second time married. 
November 28, 1871, to Miss 1-aura, daughter of 
Hiram and Harriet Slocum, residents of Maple 
(Jrovi' Township. Mrs. Confer was born in Flint, 
this State, December 30. 18.')7. To this union have 
been granted three children — Russell, Edith and 
Mabel. 

The farm of Mr. Confercoiisists of one hundred 
and eighty acres. In politics he is a Iieliever in 
Republican [jrinciples and always casts his vote in 
favor of the candidates of that l>arty. He has 
never been an oflice-seeker. |ireferring to give his 
entire time and attention to the cultivation of his 
farm. .Socially he is a member of Hugh .McCurdy 
Lodge, No. 381, A. F, A- A. M. 

The father of our subject, .lohn Confer, was one 
of the jiioneers of Saginaw County of 1861. He 
was born in August, 180(i, in I>yconiing County, 
Pa., and was a son of Peter and Catherine Confer, 
natives of (iermany. The i)arental family con- 
sisted of fourteen children, all of whom lived to 
attain majority. The father of our subject was 
the youngest of the family. He was reared to 
farming pursuits and upon the death of his father, 
went with his mother, a Ijrother and sister to Erie 
County, X. v.. and while there met Miss Mary C. 
(ireen. That lady became his wife February 2!l, 
183(). ^Irs. Confer was horn in Berkshire County, 
Mass.,.Iune 18, 1813, and was a daughter of .Vbel 
and Achsah (Jreen, natives respectively of Rhode 
Island and Connecticut. They became the parents 
of eight children, of whom Mrs. Confer was the fifth 
in order of birth. Mrs. Mary Confer 's parents became 
residents of Erie County, N. V. as early a* 1825. 
They resided in New York until reaching an ad- 
vanced age. when they came to Michigan to visit 
their (•hildren.and while here were taken sick and 
died, the father's decease occurring when he was 
eighty-five years of age, and the mother died in 
her eighty-fourth year. 

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tinned to make Erie County, N. Y., liis iiome until 
1855, when he came to Michigan and resided in 
(iene.see County, until 18(il. wlien lie came to 
Saginaw County, and pureliased land in Maple 
(irove Township, which with tlic assistance of his 
sons, he expected to soon clea;' and jilace under 
cultivation, but tlie Civil War hrenking out foui- 
of his sons enlisted in the I'liion Army, and it was 
thus a much longer time l)cforc his farm was placed 
under gdod cultivation. Mr. Cimfcr has since 
resided upun that tract, wliich uuiiilicrs eighty 
acres. 

Our sulijcct is one of a family of nine cliildren 
born to his parents, of whom seven grew to mature 
years, viz: Nelson, Abel, Krastns. Frank, Jolin 
Norman and Peries. Nelson was a soldier in the 
Tenth Michigan Infantry and makes iiis home in 
Maple (irove Townshii): Abel is an oil refiner and 
lives in A'enango County, Pa.; Frank is a farmer 
and resides in Flushing, this State; .John is also a 
farmer and makes his home in Hazelton Township; 
Norman is at home with his parents. The eldest 
of the family. Penes was a soldier in tlie Twenty- 
eighth New York, serving under (ien. Banks and 
was mortally wounded in the battle of Cedar 
Mountain. 



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'OHN BUELL WHITE, .M. 1).. of Saginaw, 
was born January 13, 1821!, in tlie town 
of Pompey, Onondaga County, N. V. He 
I was reared a farmer lad and remained at 
home <m tlie farm until his eighteenth ye;ir, re- 
ceiving such education as could be obtained at 
the country school and the village academy. He 
then began the study of medicine with Dr. II. B. 
Moore, of Manlius, N. Y., who was then tlie lead- 
ing surgeon of that part of the country. He at- 
tended his first course of medical lectures at Gen- 
eva, N. Y., and there became clinical assistant to 
the Professor of Surgery. 

Thus auspiciously started on his career, the fol- 
lowing year our subject went to Philadelphia and 
graduated from the Philadelphia College of Medi- 



cine in July, 1852. Tn the spring of l«iio he re- 
ceived the ad puiidem degree from the medical 
department of the Penn.sylvania College. Soon 
after graduating our subject returned to New York 
and practiced his profession with his old preceptor, 
remaining with him for aliout two years. ^Vhile 
there he received tlieappoiiitiiient of Demonstrator 
of Anatomy in the New York College of Dental 
Surgery, but on the earnest solicitation of his old 
friend and former roommate while at the village 
academy, now the Hon. J. C Sutherland, of Salt 
Lake City, who had located and w.as practicing 
law at Saginaw City, he was induced to remove to 
this city, where he arrived July 1, 1854. 

Our subject early succeeded in accjuiring a large 
and extensive practice, but on account of ill health 
was compelled to partially relintpiish it. He now 
devotes his time chiefly to the practice of gyne- 
cology. Dr. White has always been a diligent 
student and takes great interest in his profession. 
He is one of the founders of the Michigan State 
Medical Society and a member of the American 
Medical Association. He is Gynecologist to Bliss 
Deaconess Hospital and Home; also a member of 
its Advisory Board, and was for several years 
Physician to St. Mary's Hospital. 

As a practitioner the Doctor has taken high 
rank, and by steady observance of professional 
amenities has ever been on terms of good fellow- 
ship with the members of his profession. He is a 
firm upholder of the dignity of the [irofession and 
charlatanism of whatever form is confronted 
boldly. He is convinced that wlmtever there is 
of value in the healing art is mainly due to the 
discoveiy and investigation of those who con- 
tinue to walk in the path of tlie regiihir and legiti- 
mate school of medicine. 

Dr. White is a Democrat in his iiolitical prefer- 
ence and has served his city on the Board of 
Health and as Aldeiman, Supervisor, Coroner and 
Sheriff. He is a member of St. John's I{lpiscopal 
Church. June 1. 1853, he was married to Harriet E. 
Twitchell, eldest daughter of tlie late Curtis 
Twitchell of Manlius, N. Y. 

It is here in place, to give a more extended 
view of the antecedents of our subject. Dr. White 
is a son of .loliii and Claiiii(l;i (.Safford) Wliite. 



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His fatlicr was a man of stroii<r diameter and de- 
( ided convictions always sustaining tiic confidence 
of iiis neiglibors. He was born at IJlanford, Mass., 
October 23, I Slid. His father .lolin White, was also 
a native of the old l>ay State. His mother, whose 
maiden name was Rachel Knox, was related to 
(ien. Knox of Revolutionary fame. Our subject's 
father in later life lived at Manlius, N. Y., wheie 
he died at the ripe old age of eighty-six. 

Our suliject's mother. Clarinda Safford, w.as the 
daughter of Shubel SafFord one of the early settlers 
of Ponipey. He was killed by the falling of a 
scaffold while engaged in building the lirst frame 
hotel erected in what is now Syracuse, N. Y. Her 
mother. Clarissa (IJuell) Safford was the lifth gen- 
eration removed from AVilliam Buell, the first 
common ancestor of the lUiell family in America, 
who sailed from Plymouth, England, March 30, 
1(>;$(I, in theshi[) ''Mary and .lohn." He landed at 
Nantucket on the 3Uth of M.iy following and first 
settled at Dorchester, Mass. About five years later 
he removed to Windsor, Conn., where he died No- 
vemlier 23, 16H1. The direct line of descent was 
through Samuel Huell, David Huell, .ledediah Huell, 
and .lonathan IWiell. The name is one which has 
been handed down through a long line in the fam- 
ily. 

The township of Ponipey has been the residence 
and birthpl.aceof many interesting men and women. 
It has furnished thirteen members to its State Leg- 
islature, seven Representatives in Congress, two 
rnited States Senators, a inemlier of the .loint 
High Commission to settle with England the 
Alabama Claim, tw<j (Jovernors, five Mayors of 
cities, three Supreme CourtJudges,and one M.ajor- 
(Jeneral of the I'nited States Army. The Hon. 
Daniel (iott, who introduced the bill into Congress 
abolishing slaver\ in the District of Columbia; 
Mrs. T. 15. ]>ippincott, 1 etter known as Grace Green- 
wood, the poetess; the Kaigo Brothers, founders of 
the Fargo Express Company; .Tames Carhart, the 
inventor of the melodeou, and E. D. Palmer, the 
greatest of American sculptors, were all born and 
reared in Ponipey. E.x-Presidont Cleveland had 
the misfortune not to be born in Ponipey but just 
over the towiishi]) line in Manlius. 

At a reunion held at I'ompey llill, in 187;j,many 



of these and other men prominent in various lines 
were present ami took part in the celebration. At 
one point might be seen the tall and commanding 
form of Senator Williams of Oregon, receiving the 
congratulations of friends of his youth; at another 
Gov. Horatio Seymour greeting the playmates of 
his youthful days; and yet .again at various points 
might be seen the Hon. William (i. Fargo, ex- 
Mayor of Buffalo; Hon. Charles Hayden. ex-M.ayor 
of Rochester; Hon. Daniel (i. Fort. ex-Mayor of 
Oswegc; Hon. Charles 15. Sedgwick and Hon. 
Horace Wheaton, ex-Representatives in Congress; 
Hon. LeRoy Morgan, .ludge of the Supreme Court; 
Dr. Charles W. Stevens of St. Louis, Mo.; Hon. 
Luther R. Marsh, of New York; Hon. William 
Barnes, of Albany, and (Teorge H. .Terome of Mich- 
igan, and many others surrounded by groups of 
admiring friends relating incidents of early life in 
Ponipey. 



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•^/NTHOiXY (IROHMANN iV- SONS. An 
industry that has in a few years grown 
« from an humble beginning until at the 
(^ present time it stands as one of the most 

lucrative anil popular, ,as well .as attractive, is that 
of floriculture. In Saginaw a love for Nature's 
beauties, which has been sui)plemented on the part 
of a number of her citizens who have visited some 
of the leading gardens of flowers in Europe, has 
resulted in there being several creditable green- 
houses established within its limits, and one of the 
most enterprising firms, who have engjiged in the 
culture of floral beauties is the one whose name 
stands at the head of this sketch. Their gardens 
comprise a tract of thirty acres l.ving near Forest 
Lawn Cemetery, and upon that land they have 
made remarkable developments. 

The six greenhouses of Mr. (irohinaiin and his 
sons include nearly ton tliou.sand sipiare feet, while 
at their store and warerooms on Fitzluigh Street 
are found three more greenhouses, covering an 
area of three thousand square feet. This space is 
all well ventilated and heated by steam. The busi- 
ness w,as established in I81K), bv Anthonv Groh- 



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mainland his sons Edward and Albert. Three of j had several thousand plant*, incliidinsr n ».•.-. un 
their greenlioiises are 20x100 feci in dimensions; | exhibition. The career of tlic lirni of A. (iroli- 
two (;0x2(l feet and one 10x20 feet. These are at mann A Sons has up to tiie present time been a 
the garden, while at the store there are three, whose most siiccessfnl and deserving one and their pros- 
dimensions an, two (;tx20 and one 65x10 j pects for the future are bright and promising. They 



feet. The.y carry on an extensive vegetable 
business, but give the most of their time and at- 
tention to tloricnlluii', making a si)ccialt\' of cut 
roses and carnations. They also take many orders 
for wedding and funeial designs and have a great 
variety of ornamental, llowei-bed, and potted 
plants in tlieir season. 

Edward (irohmann, tlie youngest member of tiie 
above firm, learned Hower culture in Detroit, whith- 
er he had gone when seventeen years of .age. xVfter 
remaining in that city one _\eai' he spent a short 
time in New Orleans and St. Louis, Mo., becoming 
identified in each of the above-named cities with 
the leading florists. He then returned to Saginaw 
and embarked in the business with his father and 
brotlrer. The firm have invested f Ki.OOO in the 
business. 

Anthony Gi-ohmann is a native of (ierm.any, 
having been Ijorn in that country in October, 1K3L 
Me came to the United States when twenty years 
of age and has been identified with the interests 
of Saginaw for thirty years. He w.as instrumental 
in building the Central House, which he ran for a 
number of years and for thirteen \ears he engaged 
successfully in vegetable gardening. He has been 
a public-si)irited man and interested in every move- 
ment which would benefit the city. The mother of 
Edward and Albert (irohmann was in her maiden- 
hood Miss Margaret Pouchner, also a native of the 
Fatherland. Their sons were born, Edward, March 
17, 1868 and Albert, .Tune 30, 1862. The first- 
named gentleman gives his attention strictly to the 
duties in the office of the greenhouses and does the 
designing, decorating, etc. 

Edward (xrohmann was married April 21, 18'J1, 
to Miss Louisa Kilmel, of Saginaw. Albert was 
married November 22, 1887, to Miss Maggie Kil- 
mel, a sister of Edward's wife. Both ladies assist 
in the olHce and decorating work. 

A. Grohmann & Sons united with other promi- 
nent florists in Saginaw, gave a magnificent chrys- 
anthemum exhibit in Arbeiter Hall, where they 



are prom])! in filling all orders, are gentlemanly 
and courteous to all and are fully api)reciated and 
highly esteemed by the enlire countv. 



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iOUHlNS H. TAYLOR, 



)f the leading 



imrf professional and bu-^incss mcu of Hay City, 
^ \\V has been i-esiding here since M:ircli. 1H6(;. 
He combines with the piactice of law the 
real-estate and loan business. He enjoj's a large 
and luciative piactice as an attorney, and the lo.an 
department also has an extensive clientage He 
was born in Siidus, Wayne County, X. V., May 14, 
183;(, and when five years of age removed to Ash- 
tabula County, Ohio, where he remained unld 
re.aching his majority, when lie came West and 
s|>ent three year.'*. When a lad our subject attended 
the common schools, and later was a student at 
Kingsville Academy for four winters, keeping up 
with his classes admirably. He was early instructed 
in the duties of rural life, and at the early age of 
eight years began the heavy work on the farm. 

Mr. Taylor is a son of the Rev. ^I. Stephen and 
Electa 15. (Heckwith) Taylor. The elder Taylor 
was born in Peru, N. Y., M,ay 31, 1813. His iiater- 
nal grandsiie was a farmer in New York, but when 
a boy removed to Connecticut and then to Hoosic, 
N. Y., and fiom there to Peru. Our subject's an- 
cestors were from England, but were the Ih'st to 
come across the Atlantic and locate in New Eng- 
land, as we find the family here as early as 1650. 
The Rev. Stephen Taylor w.as reared in New York 
and remained at home until he was nineteen years 
of age, when he entered Granville C'oUege, now 
l^ennison College, at (iranville, Ohio, and in M.ay, 
1835, he was licensed to preach in the Kaptist 
Church in Knox County, Ohio. After holding the 
p.astorate over various charges in Ohio until 1873, 
he removed to Kan.sas and located in Montgomery 
Countv, and siibseqnently removed to .lackson 



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Comity. Diuiiiii: liis residein'e in Kansas lie siTved 
as a lionio iiii.ssiunaiT.auil foumU'cl t\>ui' eoiijjiTjia- 
tions. lie came to Mieliigaii in 1H7',» and lived 
for one yviiv in I'nionville. His last cliai<i:e was 
atCl'ire. While lahoiinii tlieie he became afflicted 
with neuralgia and wasohliired loaive up his min- 
isterial work, lie ikjw resides in ]5ay City. Politi- 
cally he is a l)em<icr;U, althoiiiih originall}' lie was 
a Republican and mu old-time Abolitionist, and 
while in Ohio was actively inteifsted in the nnder- 
gronnd lailiDad. 

Our subject's paieiits were niaiiiecl in Plattsburg, 
N. v., in IK.'id. Mrs. 'layloi was a native of ^'er- 
moiit ami one of the earliest settlers in Plattsburg. 
Iler father died a \ictim of yeUow fever when she 
was very young. Stephen Taylor and wife are the 
parents of six children, viz: Ann .1., who is Mrs. 
E. Spaulding. lives in Pasadena, Cal.; our subject. 
who is the second in order of birth; Harriet \.. 
<\m\ in Ohio; Celestis E., Mrs. Miller, also lives in 
Pas.adena, Cal.; Stephen is an engineer at Denver, 
Col.; and Emma died while her parents were re- 
siding in Kansas. 

Uolibins 1). 'rayloi- early a-^suuied charge of the 
home farm, but naturally he was so much of a 
student that he could not resist the temptation to 
carry his books with him into the Held. During 
dull seasons he made comfortable little sums by 
acting as book agent. In 18()0 he went to Mt. 
Auburn, III., and taught school until the spring of 
IHUl. At the date just mentioned Mr. Taylor's 
health being poor, he started for the Hocky .Moun- 
tains, going out with a company of friends and 
taking the overland route to I'ike's Peak. They 
drove to St. Louis and thence by boat to Atchison, 
Kan., and thence by team to the I'latte River, and 
after crossing they were attacked by the Sioux and 
Arrapahoe Indians. There were twelve in the 
company with our subject, and he. with otliei>, was 
wounded. He received a gun-shot wound in the 
left leg belOw the knee. The ball passed through 
the bone and he fell to the ground. The soldiers 
from the garrison at Kearney came to the rescue, 
and taking the eoin|)aiiy to Dobytown, cared for 
them for live weeks. Our suliject was attended by 
the garrison surgeon At the end of his convales- 
cence two stockmen lilted out the company with 



a load of lead and sent them through to Denver. 
On reaching that city he found that his trunk., 
which had been sent <in ahead, had been sold to 
pay for stor.age. Thus he was left without a dol- 
lar, no clothes other than tlio.se he wore, and was 
among strangers. IK' walked forty miles to Cen- 
tral City, thence to (Quartz Hill, going foi- thirty- 
six hours without food, but secured work in placer 
mining on (Quartz Hill, giving his Hrst week's la- 
boi-, however, for his board. 

Sixty days later .Mr. Taylor took charge of a 
gang of men. working a claim in the (ilacei mines, 
and for this he wasgiven ¥;) per day and his board. 
He remained with that company for six months 
and then took up :i claim for which he gave *2(M(. 
He worked it for thirty days and in that time 
cleared ^.i ,000. 1 put lost it all in sixty days in driv- 
ing a shaft and in prospecting a lead he had dis- 
covered. .\fter abandoning this a year later 
another party put in one more blast and opened a 
vein of mineral which netted them ilSj.lMKi in 
sixty diiys, and that mine, which is still being 
worked, is known as the "Roderick Dim." Our 
subject conlinued his mining in Ctilorado until he 
was -^1. 000 ahead and then turned his face East- 
ward, coming to Ohio and assisting his father in 
paying off a mortgage on the farm. Mr. Taylor 
relates that the lirst sight he saw on going to Den- 
ver was three gambU'is hanging by their necks to 
trees, having been strung up by the vigilant com- 
mittee. 

When twenty-six years of age our subject caiiic 
to 15ay City, where in March, 18(!(), lie began the 
study of law, commencing with (irierit McDonald. 
In !«()() he entered the law department of the L'ni- 
versity of Michigan, and was graduated in 1868 
with the degree of LL. D. After tinishing his 
college life he returned to (iriera- McDonald, with 
whom he remained for one year and then went into 
partnership with II. H Wheeler, the new firm 
locating its otlice in West I5a.\- City. This partner- 
ship was dissolved by the removal of Mi: Wheeler 
from the city and our subject continued to piac- 
tU'C alone until 1874. On the completion of his 
tine brick block in liay Citw at the corner of 
Washington and Third Streets he located his office 
in it and since then has been alone in practice. 



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In the year 1880 V)y an amendment of the char- 
ter of Bay City a board of publif woiks was luo- 
vided for, Mr. Taylor was app()inted a memlierand 
Chairnian of that Board, and whih' he was such 
chairman a coniijrehensive system of draining the 
city and jiaving its principal streets was inaugur- 
ated liy the Board. Facilities for draining base- 
ments and cellars being thus afforded and tiie "mud 
blocliade" being removed l)v tlie paving of the 
principal streets, the effect was almost immediately 
manifested by the building (if a better class of resi- 
dences and business linusesand the improvement of 
old ones. The healthiness of the city was greatly 
promoted and in fact it became, and now is, one 
of the healthiest and most pleasant residence 
cities in the State and iiaving perha[)s more lieau- 
tiful and comfortable liomes in proportion to its 
liu|)ulation than any uther city in tiie State. 

'Six: Taylor resides on Fifth Avenue, where 
he has a very pleasant home. lie was married in 
Cleveland, Oliio, in December, 18()S>, to Miss Angle 
L. Fling, wlu) was born in New Yt)rkaiid reared in 
Geauga County, Ohio. Mr. and ]\lrs. Taylor are 
the parents of one son, whose name is Clayton R. 
For two years he attended the college at Akron, 
Oliio, and is now a student in the law deiiartmeiit 
of the University of Michigan. Our subject has 
been a member of the Board of Education of Bay 
City. He is a member of the Universali.st Church 
and is a Trustee of its society. Mr. Taylor was 
originality a Republican but became dissatisKed 
with the financial and commercial policy of the 
party as he did not deem its protective jiolicy con- 
ducive to successful enterprise. He is now inde- 
jjendent and votes for the man wiiom he lielieves 
to be liest fitted for the ottice. 






=?^EOROE WARD, Si;. To a Marylander it is 
a sufficient voucher for one's standing to 

^ know that a stranger is a native of that 
State which was founded by Lord Baltimore, and 
the first question is, does one come from the east- 
ern shore or the western shore? Our subject was 
born in Catonsville, Md., November 9, 1833. He 



I is a son of William and Henrietta (Wardell) Ward, 
who were both born in Yorkshire. England, in tlie 
vllage of East Cepington. Our subject's paternal 
grandfather, (ieorge Ward, was a tailor by trade, 
which he plied botli in England and on com- 
ing to America. On crossing the ocean lie located 
near Toronto, Canadn, in 1H30. and purchased a 
farm wliich ho ran for the rest of his life. He reared 
five sons and three daughters, allot whom came to 

i this country. They were brought up in the faith 

I of the Wesleyan Methodist Chuich. 

Our subject's father was married just prior to his 

i emigration to the I'liited States. He settled first 
in Baltimore, where he was employed at his trade 
whicli was that of a tailor, but later removed to a 
distance of ten miles from the city. In 1k;^1 he 
removed to Toronto, Canada, and later to the town 
of Reach, Ontario. Canada, where lie died about 

, 188.5, at the age of eiglity-five years. Me had been 
a Class-Leader in tlie Methodist Chuich for forty 
years and was a man of great piety and sterling 
principles. He was twice married; his first wife 
bore him seven children, of whom six were reared 

[ to years of maturity. They are Robert, (Jeorge. 

William, .Toseph, John and Sarah .1. The second 

wife, whose name was Eliza I'hiilips, presented iier 

liusband with two children — Frank and Ann, 

(ieorge Ward w.as reared on a farm. He received 

! a limited education and at the .age of twenty-three 
years began for himself, and at the age vi twenty- 
four bought his first farm, which comjirised one 
hundred acres whicli he cleared. In 18.i,s he came 

i to Lapeer County and settled in tlie town of Diy- 
den, where he purchased eighty acres of land and 
where he resided until the fall of 18(il, when he 
came to Saginaw County, and in the spring of 
1862 removed to section 22, Brant Township, on 
eighty acres of land. This lie hns cleared and im- 
proved, but since 1887 he has lived on section 1."), 
his place comprising forty acres of land, having 
given each of his sons eighty .acres. 

Our subject has been (piite largely interested in 
the lumluu- business since coming to the State and 
has seen all ph.ases'of life in a lumber camp. He 
has been Supervisor of Brant Township for nine 
ye.ars and has also served in other township otlices. 
He is a Republican in politics iind during the time 



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of his country's need lie resprinded toils call for 
volunteers. In Aiii;usl. I«(i4. lie enlisted in C'oni- 
|i;uiy V. Twenty-ninlli Michiiiiui Hogiment. The 
first liglit in which lie tciok part was at Docatiii', 
Ala., and after tliat lie was in niinierous skirniislies. 
He was discharged at .Miirfreeshoro. Tenn., in Sep- 
temher, DSd;'), and altlionoli his time of service liad 
l)een comparatively short he had suffered so .se- 
verely from exposure and privalion that for eii;lit 
years lie was incapacitated for work. 

.lanuarv 27. 1H4."). Mr. AVard was married to 
I'hclic .Vim I'iiie, who was l»>iii in lUanhain Town- 
ship, ( )ntario. Canada. She is a dauo;liter of John 
and Mary I'ine, the former a liatteriiy trade. Mrs. 
Phebe Ward died .I;iiiuary 17. IJ^lSd. She w.as the 
mother of seven children, of whom six Avere reared 
to years of discretion; they are William, .John, 
George, Eliza A., (Mrs. Thompson) Sarah .1.. who 
died at the ai>e of twenty yeais. and Sadie. For 
many years ^[r. and Mrs. Ward have lieen memhers 
of the Protestant ISIethodist C'liui'ch. Our suhjecl 
has attained a gratitiyin<if degree of success in the 
face of many difliculties and unfavoralile condi- 
tions. 



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'*^,ANIKL .1. KKNXKDV. The poet has said 
that "a thing of lieauty is a joy forever," 
and (•ertainl\' the lu'autiful home recently 
erected by Mr. Kennedy may not only bring joy 
to the heart of its owner and occupant, but will 
for years to come bi' one of the most elegant resi- 
dences of Hay City. It occupies an attractive site 
on the corner of South Center and Stanton Streets. 
and is a tliree-sl(jr\' brick structure of modern 
architecture, heated throughout by .steam. Within 
the reliiied tastes of the inmates are indicated bv 
the elegant furnishings, while everything that can 
enhance the iiappincss of tlie family may be found 
here. A view of the residence is i)resented else- 
where in this volume. 

For many years Mr; Kennedy has been promi- 
nently known as a contractor of Hay City, where 
he does a general railroad and public ctnilractiiig 
business. His iiome has been here for the p.a.st 
twenty-two years, prior U) wliidi time he led a 



roving life, cliielly employed on tiie lake,*. He 
was born on Prince Fdward's Island, Augu.st 1.5, 
1 HI.'), and is the son of .lames and Ann (Nichol- 
son) Kennedy. The father Ijeing a fanner on the 
island, our suliject spent his early life on a faiin 
and alternated work in the Held with attendance 
at the district .school. When he w.as sixteen years 
old he left home Lo engage on the lakes .as a caliin 
boy. lie gradually rose to more im])ortant posi- 
tions and remained in the employ of the steamboat 
company until he was twenly-one years old. 

l!y that time, having carefully saved his earn- 
ings on the lakes, !Mr. Kennedy was (Heitared to 
establish himself in business. Proceeding to S.agi- 
naw City, ho embarked in the hotel business and 
remained thus engaged for two and one-half 
years, when he came to Hsiy City in 1870. Here 
he continued as an hotel keeper and erected the 
liresenl .Vstor House, of which he was the proprie- 
tor until 1877. His method of conducting his 
business was such that the hotel (noved finaneially 
remunerative as well as popular. He still owns 
the [iroperty but h.as rented the hotel. 

When Mr. Kennedy took up contracting he en- 
gaged lirst .at paving, and gradually entered into 
railroad work (ui the Minneapolis it Sault St. Marie 
Railroad, having had gfiod contracts with that 
company. He was also emiiloyed on the county 
roads and more recently on street paving. Fre- 
(pieiitly he employs from lifty to one hundred 
men, and has had as many .as Hve hundred men 
under him. liesides his line residence, which he 
built in lis;)], he erected the Kenneily IJIock, a 
three-story brick block, which contains the Astor 
House and several stores. 

The lady who on .luly 12. 18(iO, became the 
wife vf >Mr. Kennedy was known in her maiden- 
hood as Miss ^Marion McDonald, and was a resi- 
dent of Saginaw prior to her marriiige. The 
family of Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy comprises eight 
children — ^lary. Anna, James 1!., (ira'c, Florence, 
Max, Floyd and Russell. In his .social connections 
Mr. ICeniu'dy is a member of Rortsmouth Lodge, 
F. (t A. M., HIanchard Chapter and Hay t ity Com- 
mandery; he also belongs to the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows at Portsmouth, and is an 
induential meiiilu-r of that lodge. 




RESIDENCE OF PETER MS. GREGOR , SEC.S7.,TITTAB AWASSE TR, SAGINAW CO .MICH 




RESIDENCE OF D. J. KENNEDY, COR . STAUNTON and 5. CENTER ST.S.BAY CITY., MICH. 



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In the public life of the city Mr. Kennedy has 
borne his .share of i-esponsihilities, and while serv- 
ing as Alderman fur the Seventh Ward, as well as 
wliile on the School Hoard and the lioard of Su- 
pervisors, he (l;d elHcienl service in Iielialf i)f puli- 
lic interests. He owns a larjie aniuunt of real 
estate in and around the city and handles con- 
siderable property in ciinnection with his Imsiness. 
He is the owner of the street car line in Che- 
boygan, and has a thirty years' franchise fronx the 
city. He and his wife are attendants and sup- 
porters of the Presbyterian Church and also con- 
tribute liberally to the relief of the needy and 
distressed. 



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f(_^UDSOX Iv. SMITH. Our subject is a pros- 
perous young gardener and farmer, located 
on section 20, Saginaw Township. He is a 
(^) son of one of the pioneers of the county, 
and was horn on section 20, of this township, Au- 
gust 1), 1863. His father, John M. Smith, wlio was 
of English birth and ancestry, was born in 1816, 
and but little is known of our subject's paternal 
grandsire. His father came to Americi when .sev- 
enteen years old, having but little to help himself 
on in the w'orld. He worked foi' one season at 
Lockport, N. Y., and thence went to liuffalo, N.Y., 
and from that point to Detroit, going thither by 
boat, and then walked to Genesee County, this 
State. Believing that Saginaw was destined to be 
a river port of importance, he determined to lo- 
cate at that place, which he did September 20, 
1836. He was variouslj' engaged, but generally in 
chopping out roads or clearing land, until 1838. 

At the date above mentioned, John Smith pur- 
chased forty acres of land in Saginaw Township. 
He settled upon it with a determination to clear it 
up, and, notwithstanding the fact that he arrived 
in Saginaw i)enniless, he vvas prospered in his busi- 
ness efforts, and at tiie time of his death, which 
occurred on September 8, 1875, he was tiie owner 
of three hundred and forty acres of finely culti- 
vated land. He w.as a man of strong character 
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and of considerable originality. He was a Demo- 
crat in politics. He married Margaret Swarthout, 
our subject's mother, who was born in New York 
in 1819. and who came witii her parents to this 
township in 183.J. She was the mother of five chil- 
dren : William M., George A.; Mary H., (Mrs. Mc- 
Lellan); Nellie A., Mrs.McDermott; and Hudson K. 

Reared on the home farm. Hudson K. was edu- 
cated in the district .school, and began for himself 
at the .ige of twenty-one years. At his father's 
decease he received one hundred and twenty acres 
of the home farm, aliout lliirty acres of wl-.ich was 
improved. This hccultivated until March 17, 1890, 
when he traded it for iiis present twenty acres near 
the city. He has greatly improved his pl.ace liy 
thoroughly draining it, and has transformed some 
low, swampy land into a rich garden plat, and finds 
that market gardening is a very profitable business. 

Our subject w.is married .Inly 7, 1885, to Eleanor 
Hiesrodt, who was l)orn in Saginaw Township, 
December 22, 1861. She is a daughter of William 
T. and Augusta C. (Bachelor) Hiesrodt, who set- 
tled here in 185-1. The mother is deceased; the fa- 
ther lives on a faim in this township. Mr. and 
Mrs. Smith are the jiarents of three children : Mar- 
garet A., Ruth A., and Ruth M. Our subject built 
his present attractive frame dwelliug in 181)0, and 
all tiie appliances for carrying on market garden- 
ing systematically and scientifically aie at hand. 
He is independent in politics. 

ICHAEL RYAN, Master Mechanic of the 
Mackinaw branch of thelMichigan Central 
Railroad, has his hea<lquaileis in West 
Bav City. He was boin in Iicland, May 
4, 1852, and is a son of John Ryan, a farmer for- 
merly in the Emerald Isle. 

Michael Ryan received a fair educatinn in the 
common schools of I'atersoii, X. .1., and when six- 
teen years of age was apprenticed to learn the ma- 
chinist's trade in the (uant Loinmotive Works, re- 
maining with them for seven year.s. He continued 
to work with them until 1875, when he was sent, 
with two assistants, to Russia, to superintend the 




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erection of some locotiotives which liad been built 
at Paterson, N. J., and wei-e shipped in pieces for 
a Russian railroad. They left New York in De- 
cember, 1875, on the steamer " Celtic," and, arriv- 
ing in Liverpool, went to Calais, France, thence by 
rail to (Odessa via Brussels and Cologne. They 
were until May, 187G, finishing the contract, and 
on the return tri]) passed through ^'ienna, Munich 
and Strausburg to Calais, and at Liverpool em- 
barked on tlie vessel "Lord Clive," arriving at 
Philadelphia, wiiere they spent one week at the 
Centennial Exposition. On his return to Pater- 
son, he severed his connection with the (Ir.ant Lo- 
comotive Works and came west to Michigan, be- 
ing employed in the Micliigan Central Railroad 
shops at Jackson. Later he was promoted as gang 
foreman, and in May, 1885, came to West Bay 
City in the capacity of Master Mechanic of llie 
Mackinaw division. 

Socially, .Mr. llyan is a member of the Royal .\r- 
canuni, and religiously is a conscientious Catholic, 
being a member of St. Mary's Church. He is a 
man greatly esteemed by his fellow-men, and is 
greatlj' interested in all measures tending to the 
ujilifting of his coiiuiiiuiity. 



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^^jEY. WILLIAM WALLACE LYLE, A.M., 

pastor of the First Congregational Church 
L \\\ of Bay City, has served in that connection 
\!^ since l.SHd. Not only is he a fine speaker, 
able alike to interest and instruct his congrega- 
tion., but he is also well known as a writer, and his 
"Lights and Shadows of Army Life" portrays in a 
forcible manner the hardships and pleasures of the 
camp. During the late war he was a chaplain in 
the army and served as surgeon on the liattlefield, 
although he was never e(jmmissioned in that ca- 
pacity. He C()rresi)onded for a number of Eastern 
papers during;- those dark days of civil warfare, 
and has evinced on all occasions his deep and pa- 
triotic love of this country, his adopted home. 

Mr. Lyle was liorn in Paisley, Scotland, Decem- 
ber 31, 1828, and is a son of -Mexander Lyle and 
his wife Margaret Wallace. He belongs to an old 



' Scotch family, the members of which trace their 
lineage to the Lord Lyles of Ducal Castle in Ren- 
I frewshire. Both the father and grandfather of our 
I subject bore the name of Alexander and were 
manufacturers of shawls in Paisley during the 
_years when that ancient city became so famous for 
the products of its loojns. Although belonging 
to the old Covenanter stock and holding fondly 
and sacredly to the memory and traditions of their 
fore-fathers, they became liberal enough to join 
the "old Kirk," and at the disruption, became con- 
nected with the Free Church. Each survi\'ed to a 
good old age. 

The maternal grandfather of our subject was 
Alexander Wallace, of Paisley, who was a man of 
considerable wealth and for many years a nianu- 
factui-er of shawls. It is one of the traditions of 
the family that it is descended from the same stock 
as that of Sir William Wallace, so celebrated in 
Scottish history. Oui- subject was one of three 
children who grew to maturity, the others i)eing 
Margaret and Elizabeth, the latter of whom mar- 
ried into the Coates family and resides in Paisley. 
Young Lyle enjoyed excellent opportunities for 
education in his earl}' days, having liegun the 
study of languages when ten years old under 
l)rivate tutors .as well as in the academies of his 
native town. Removing to Glasgow he continued 
his classical and philosophical studies under the 
professors foi- which that city is s<j famous. 

When Mr. Lyle came to America in 1H4H the 
anti-slavery agitation had commenced and without 
much thought of the consequences, socially and 
linancially, he joined the ranks of the then well- 
hated Abolitionists and became identilied with the 
American Missionary Association which had pit)- 
nounced against human slavery. He served as a 
minister of the (iospel in Pennsylvania. t)hio and 
New York, organizing many churches and doing 
genuine ])ioneer work as a home missionary. At 
the time the war broke out he was the pastor of a 
proiiiinent anti-slavery church in Troy, Ohio, 
which wa-- made uj) of different denominations. 

In .lanuary, 1802, the Rev. Mr. Lyle received the 
commission of Chaplain in the Eleventh Ohio In- 
fantry from Gov. Todd, an honor entirely unso- 
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was mustered out at the close of its three years' 
service. It formed a part of the Kanawha Di- 
vision under Gen. .1. I). Cox, seeing hard service 
in Western Virginia and was afterward transferred 
to tlie Army of the Potomae. under Gens. Tope and 
MeClellan, partieii)atino' in the .second battle of 
Bull Run and in tliose of Frederick. South Moun- 
tain and Antietam. Having studied the medical 
profession for his own pleasure he now found him- 
self doubly useful to. the brave bo.ys who were 
under his spiritual care, and was an effective helper 
in talking care of the wounded. lie w.as conse- 
quently recognized otticiallv in this cap.acity and 
was placed on field hospital woriv through the re- 
mainder of tlie service from tiie time of the battle 
of Bull Run. 

Chaplain Lyle has in liis possession tlie copy of 
a special field order issued from lieadquarters and 
which he values ver^' highly. At a time wlien his 
regiment was in great peril, liolding an important 
position far from any base of supplies or rein- 
forcements, lie assumed command of a wagon train 
of hospital supplies whicii he liad collected during 
a two weeks' absence on detached service, deter- 
mined if possible to bring succor to the scores of 
sick and wounded. Not a man could be spared in 
the emergency as a guard, but the teamsters were 
supplied witli extra arms and ammunition. After 
receiving the necessary orders and being cautioned 
as to the movements of the rebel cavalry, the Chap- 
lain with his precious supplies started on the 
perilous journey. After passing the outer lines of 
pickets, thirty miles la}' between him and the 
mountain side on which his regiment lay en- 
trenched. 

Eluding the Confederate cavalry, after crossing 
mountains, penetrating ravines and rocky gorges 
the expedition reached the regiment safely on the 
evening of the second day. The wounded, the 
sick and dying were soon rendered more com- 
fortable and there was general rejoicing in canp. 
The work done was otticiallv recognized at head- 
quarters by the issuing of the special field order 
complimenting the C'haplain, whicli was ordered to 
be read on dress parade. 

The regiment to whicli Mr. Lyle belonged, to- 
gether witli others of the same divisions, was sub- 



sequently transferred to the Army of the Cumber- 
land under (ien. Rosecrans, and took part in the 
battles of Hoover's Gap. Chickamauga and Mis- 
sion Ridge. Although in several of the most 
severe battles of tlie war he was never wounded. 
At the storming of the heights of South Moun- 
tain he and his corps of assistants were for a 
time ill deadly peril through a mistake in orders 
given for establishing a field hospital. He was re- 
ported killed at the battle of Chickamauga, having 
been seen in a i)Osition where escape from death 
seemed impossilde. 

.\fter the Chickamauga campaign, however, such 
h.ad been the privations and exjiosure of the Chap- 
lain that he was stricken down with serious illness, 
and was granted leave of absence for some two 
months which he spent at home under the care of 
physicians. On rejoining his regiment he returned 
to Chattanooga and took part in the conflicts there, 
remaining with his regiment until their term of 
service expired in .Tune, 1H64, when he was mus- 
tered out. Of thirteen hundred and fifty who en- 
listed in his regiment, only three hundred returned 
to their homes. 

During (he service, the Chaplain's horse having 
been killed, the officers of his regiment kindly pre- 
sented him with another. When about to be mus- 
tered out the regiment made arrangements to 
present him with a dress sword but he declined the 
gift. However, he accepted a Bible on the cover 
of which is a silver plate on whicli is engraved a 
suitable inscription and the date of muster out. 
The Bible and a silver communion service lie used 
during the war — carrying it with him through all 
the sad and stirring scenes from Bull Run to Ring- 
gold and Rocky faced Ridge, are held by the family 
are the most precious and sacred relics of the war. 

On his return to civil life Chaplain Lyle became 
connected with Adnan College as financial agent. 
After serving a few months in this capacity, over- 
tures were made to him in reference to a profe.ssor- 
ship. Being desirous of returning to the pastorate 
he declined all offers, however kindly made, and 
became pastor of the ^Memorial Congregational 
Church of .Seneca Falls, N. Y. There he remained 
eight years, during which time his people built a 
mau'nificent house of worship. Being affiicted with 



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sickness he was advised lo clianoe climates, and so 
accepted tiie j)a;;loiate of the Pilgrim Congrega- 
tional Cliurcli of Duxbiirv, Mass. In that ancient 
town, associated with the memory of the Pilgrim 
Fathers, such as Miles Stiindish, John Alden and 
(iov. Winslow, he remained for eight years. 

In 1880 Mr. Lyle accepted a call to the First 
Congregational Church of Bay City and here he 
has built up a prosperous congregation. He is Chap- 
lain of the IT. S. (^-ant Post, No. 67, G. A. R., and 
is a true-blue Republican in his political belief. 
He has made several trips to Europe and came 
nearly suffering shii)wreck while on the ocean in 
the famous cyclone of 1888. It was about 1865 
that lie wrote and published his book, "Lights and 
Shadows of Army Life," of which three editions 
have been brought out, but the last edition was 
destroyed by fire, which entailed severe loss upon 
the author, so that the few copies which are left 
are now lield very precious. 

The marriage of Mr. Lyle to Miss Margaret 
Adam, a native of Lanarkshire, Scotland, took 
place in Glasgow in 1848. They are the parents of 
seven children, namely: Margaret, now Mrs. E. 
M. Bradley, of Rochester. N. Y.; Kate married A. 
D. Catlin, of Ciiattanooga, Tenn.; Eva, who is 
Mrs. B. S. Stevens, of Bay City; James M., Lane 
and Alexander, all of whom reside in Chattanooga, 
Tenn., and Edwin, who is at home. Every member 
of the family has received an excellent education, 
having graduated from Eastern academies, and the 
three sons are successful manufacturers in the 
South. 




HARLES W. ALDEN, M. D., a son of Wel- 
lington and Fiances Ann Alden, was born 
at Soutlinmpton. England. October 28, 1855. 
The family removed to New Brunswick when the 
subject of our notice was ten years of age, and when 
barely eighteen he entered the oHice of Dr. Earle, of 
St. John, New Uruiiswick. Here he read quite ex- 
tensively, and acquired a good knowledgeof med- 
icine and surgery before l)ecoining a student of 



Bellevue College, New York, from which famous 
institution lie was graduated JUarch 1. 1877, and 
for the six months following was attached to the 
hospital staff. 

Dr. Alden began his first independent practice 
at St. John, and remained there two years. Com- 
ing to East Saginaw (now Saginaw), in 1881, he 
at once devoted himself to general practice with 
much success, being ap()ointed as one of the staff 
of St. Mary's Hospital on the East Side, and later, 
of the Bliss Hospital on the West Side. 

Dr. Alden has always kept abreast with the latest 
discoveries, not only in his own school of medi- 
cine, but in every field from which useful informa- 
tion might be gleaned. He is a member of the 
Michigan State Medical Society, and the New 
Brunswick Medical Society. For four and one-half 
years he held the office of Coroner, retaining it un- 
til I8;i(). 

A straight Democrat in politics, and an active 
worker for his party. Dr. Alden has faithfully 
served on various committees in furthering the 
cause of the Democracy in both county and State, 
and has .<ilso been sent as a delegate to several con- 
ventions. This energetic young man, although 
coming to Saginaw a complete stranger, has built 
up a very satisfactory pr.aclice, and stands well 
among the physicians of the city. He is a member 
of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, of the 
Knights of tlic M.accabees, and of the Knights of 
Pythias, as well as belonging to the Fraternal Cir- 
cle, and, being alw.iys active in society work, he 
has many warm and devoted friends in allot these 
beneficent organizations. 

October 28, 1884, Dr. Alden married Margaret 
Hamilton, j'oungest daughter of William Thomson, 
of Saginaw, granddaughter of the late Col. E. W. 
Thomson, f>f Toronto, and neice, on her mother's 
side, of the late Judge Foley, and Hon. M. H. Foley, 
till' latter having twice been Postmaster General of 
Canada. Two especially bright little boys, John 
H. S. and Richard H. O., have come to bless this 
union, and the children are the delight of their 
parents' hearts. 

The Doctor and his wife are members of the Prot- 
estant pjpiscopal Church, and Mrs. Alden is an en- 
thusiastic woi-ker in all social affairs connected witli 



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that religious body. They own a neat home on 
one of the finest corner lots in Saginaw, tlicir resi- 
dence being No. 70.i JNIillard Street. 



SlW.'S 



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P:MUEL FURMAN. Among the successful 
nianufactuiers of Bay City we are pleased 
to mention Mr. Furnian, whose works have 
a fine out-put of force pumps, chain pumps, suc- 
tion pumps, cisterns, clothes reels and lifting jacks. 
The senior member of the firm of L. Furman & Co., 
is a man of more than ordinary aliility, energy and 
enterprise and stands high in tlie business and so- 
cial circles of Bay City. It is tiiercfore with 
pleasure that we present his portrait and the fol- 
lowing brief account of his life. 

Mr. Furman was born in Simcoe, Norfolk County 
Ontario, Canada, IMarch 18, 185(5. His father, 
Francis, was born in Glanford, Wentworth County, 
in the same province, on the 1st of January, 1823, 
The grandfather, William Furman, was born in 
Prince Edward County and became a settler in 
Wentworth County during the War of 1812. He 
was a son of Col. William Furman, a native of 
England and an officer in the British army, who 
after the war settled in Prince Edward County, but 
generations back of him the family was of German 
descent. 

The father of oursul)ject took part in the Cana- 
dian Rebellion, being an enlisted soldier for three 
years. For three years he was apprenticed at the 
blacksmith's trade, but on account of trouble with 
his eyes spent several years in out-of-doors voca- 
tions, driving a stage team l)etween Hamilton and 
Port Dover. Later he took up the blacksmitii's 
trade again, remaining at Simcoe until 1856 when 
he came to Michigan and carried on work as a 
blacksmith, first in Genesee County, then on the 
Titlabawassee River, afterward at Williamstown 
and Monitor. In the last-named place he took up 
a farm of eighty acres which he improved and 
there he also carried on lumbering. In 1876 he 
came to Baj' City and entered into partnership 
with his son Lemuel under the firm name of L. 



Funnan A Co. The mother, i-ydia .). Teeple, was 
born in Oxford County, Canada, where lier father 
Lemuel C. Teeple was a farmer. Slie was one of 
nine children, five of whom are living. 

Our subject came to Michigan witii his parents 
and in Bay County attended schoul in the log 
schoolhouse and remained at home until lie reached 
the age of nineteen. In 1875 he canu^ to Bay City 
and started his pump works, making force pumps 
and cisterns his principal business. It was not 
long before he secured tlie site where lie is now- 
located at the corner of Eleventh and Jackson 
Streets and built there his sliops, which now have 
a capacity of twelve pumps a day and are the 
largest of any in the city. He makes a specialty'* 
of cisterns and tanks, and has invented a handy 
swinging gate which is i ot patented but which he 
is manufacturing. He also invented the Champion 
clothes reel which he is making in large quantities. 
The Furman lifting jack, which is his invention 
and patent, is considered the neatest and most 
convenient jack in the market and has a large sale 
throughout the Saginaw Valley. 



ON. JOHN McDERMOTT. Tii is gentleman 
IJ is among the oldest living residents of Bay 
City, and was born in County Fermanagh, 
Ireland, in 1826, and came with his parents 
to New York when a mere lad. He then went to 
St. Catherines, Canada, where he served an appren- 
ticeship as a ship builder with a noted workman in 
that line. He then came to Detroit, Mich, and en- 
gaged in the same business on his own account, 
building a number of boats there and carrying cm 
the business until 1861, having in tlie meantime 
employed a large force of men, numbering from 
three hundred to five inindred an<i having both 
ship-yard and dry-dock. Selling out his business 
at the breaking out of the war, he enlisted in the 
defence of his country, starting out .as Cajitain, 
having an independent company of about two 
hundred and fifty men. He took this company 
and went to Chicago, but in May previous he ten- 
dered his .services to the President of the United 



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States, but they not being able to accept him in 
Washington he received a very highly complimen- 
tary letter from President JJncolii and then went 
to Chicago, and was mustered in .lune 1, 1861, as 
Captain of Company A, Twenty-third Illinois In- 
fantry and was sent to the Army of the AVest. 
Ilis first active engagement was at Lexington. Mo., 
where their regiment was taken prisoners. 

On October 1, 18()4, this gentleman was com- 
missioned by (ien. Fremont, then in conimaiid nf 
the Western Department to return to Michigan 
and recruit a regiment to be attached to the Irish 
Brigade (the Twenty-third Illinois, known as the 
Mulligan Brigade). He made Monroe his head- 
quarters, but his home being in Detroit he recruited 
the men in that section of the State. On account 
of the Fremont and Blair misunderstanding, the 
men were fearful the regiment would not be ac- 
cepted b^' the War Department. He therefore 
sent a man to AV.ashingtou and obtained the ac- 
ceptance of President Lincoln and Gov. Blair, who 
was also in Washington and also a commission 
from the War Department recommended by the 
President, for him to raise a battery of light artil- 
lery. This he did and the battery was detached 
as soon as the regiment was raised and was known 
as the Eighth Michigan Battery. 

A commission from Gov. Blair was received by 
our subject on January 1, 1862, .is Lieutenant- 
Colonel of the Thirteenth ^lichigan Infantry which 
was the one he had raised, and he w.is witli this reg- 
iment until he received his honorable discharge 
September 18, 1863, on account of disability. Dur- 
ing his service in the army he was a very efficient 
and brave officer and received very flattering rec- 
ommendations from Gen. Todd and others, for pro- 
motion but ins health failing he was compelled to 
leave the service. 

In the winter of 1864, j\lr. McDermoll came 
to Bay City and here engjiged in the mer- 
cantile business. Subsequently selling out he was 
appointed Deputy Collector and Inspector of Cus- 
toms at the Port of Bay City which position he 
held for eighteen j'ears. His health still beini;: 
poorly he was obliged to resign his position. While 
in Detroit in 1858, he was elected to the State Leg- 
islature on the Democratic ticket, which met at 



Lansing tlie following term. He was on the Milit- 
ary Committee and was active in getting the first 
per diem for the militia they had. 

Hon. John McDermott w.as united in marriage with 
Miss Catlierine Twomey Mareh 18, 1848, who is a 
native of May Stone Cro-ss, Canada, to whom were 
born ten children, fourstill surviving. Kllen M.,who 
is at home; Mary Louisa, wife of Thomas Fitzpatrick 
of Ashland, Wis.; F'annie Josephine and ICmma 
(Jertrude who are at home. He :iiid his wife aio 
members of the St. .laines Catholic Church, in 
which our subject has been very active. Socially 
he is a member of the Grand Army of the Repub- 
lic. For many years this gentleman lived on the 
corner of .Sixth and Adams Streets, l)ut now resides 
at Ihc corner of Kighth and .Sheridan .Streets 
which dwelling lie erected in 1890. He also owns 
the McDermott Block which is a fine and conven- 
ient business building. He has been an invalid for 
the past five years. AVhile Bay City was yet a village 
our subject was a member of the Village Council 
and upon its incorporation as a city was one of 
the first councilmen to hold office. He also .served 
on the Board of Supervisors. 




AirnX .MANSION. This man whose bu.s- 
iness ability and push entitled him to the 
consideration of our readers, and whose 
warm hearted and cordial neighborlincss 
jained for him the warm esteem of all who 
know him, came to Saginaw in poverty and is now 
one of the most extensive and prosperous farmers 
of .Saginaw Township. He was born November !(, 
1846, in Ireland, and his father, Martin Mannion, 
Sr., came to America in 18.50, settling in Living- 
ston County, N. Y. where he took a farm on shares 
and there died at the age of sixty-six years. He 
wiis a Democrat in politics and a member of the 
Roman Catholic Church. 

Bridget Welsh, who became the wife of Martin 
Mannion, the elder, and the mother of our subject, 
came with her children to America in 1852 and 
joined her husband in New York. She reared 
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Paul, Frank, Patrick, Martin and Thomas. She 
was a deviuit member of the Catholic Clnirch 
and spent her later years in Miehii>an with her 
sons — Frank and Martin. 

Our subject was in his sixth year when broiioht 
to America, and after the death of liis fatlier 
he was hound out to a earri:i£>e-maker witii 
whom he staid a year and a half. His school- 
ing was limited and he was grounded only in the 
first rudiments of an education. After working 
at odd jobs in New York he came to Saginaw in 
the fall of 1862, bringing with him only enough 
to pay for his bed at the hotel. He arose early the 
next morning and after paying his last cent for 
his lodging went out to seek work without break- 
fast. 

The plucky young man found work, flrst on the 
Cass River and afterward in the lumber camp of 
A. W. Wright and in the spring began rafting logs 
on tlie river. This kind of work he continued for 
a number of years and also fitted himself for super- 
intending a mill. He finally engaged as foreman 
of a large body of men who were working in the 
woods and on the river at a salary of 1104 per 
month. Whatever he undertook was assumed with 
a determination to succeed and to do what he had 
to do in the very best possible way. His education 
was limited but he improved his spare moments 
and acquired considerable skill at figures. 

Mr. Manuion's first purchase was twenty acres of 
land, which he afterward sold and bought forty 
acres upon which he finally moved, but eventually 
sold this and bought what is now a part of his 
present estate. In 18711 he went into partnership 
with his neighbor, Francis Allen, and lumbered 
with him for nine years on the North liranch of 
the Tobacco River and Cedar River. He settled 
upon the farm where he now lives in 1885 and he 
has jilaced upon it nearly all the substantial im- 
provements which arc; to be seen there to-day. In 
order to make it tillable he had to i-emove hun- 
dreds of pine stumps and d" much hard work 
thereon. He now has one hundred and seventy 
acres here in one body and over one hundred acres 
in James Township besides forty acres in Clare 
County. He has sold large quantities of lumber 
off from both these last-named tracts. He has 



traveled over many of the Western States, nota- 
lily the Dakotas. and lias traversed most of the 
State of Michigan. 

Mr. Mannion, in IHfiH, married Fllcii Kagen,a na- 
tive of Shiawassee County, this Stale,aiid their eight 
children are: Ella, Mary, P>ed, Martin, John, Frank, 
Walter and Willie, the last two being twins. Our 
suliject carries on mi^ed farming and runs a dairy 
liusiness, keeping Durham and Ilolstein cows, be- 
sides sheep and Clydesdale horses. His beautiful 
residence, large barns and outbuildings and fine 
young orchards besides a steam feed mill, make a 
splendid apiiearance and add greatly to the at- 
tractiveness of the township. 

The religious belief of Mrs. Mannion brings her 
into the communion of the Roman Catholic Church, 
but her husliaud is liberal in his religious views as 
well as in his political sentiments. He agrees in 
general with the doctrines of the Democratic party 
but is not at ali under the control of party leaders, 
as he thinks it best to exercise his right of suffrage 
according to his own judgment and makes it a 
point to vote always for the best man for the 
office. 



AMES H. BAKER, proprietor of the new 
Crescent lunch counter and dining hall, 
was born in ^lanchesier, the jiort of Rich- 
) moud, Ya., December 17, 1847. ]}oth his 
father, James II. and his grandfather Richard Baker 
were born in Ireland, and the former was a natural 
genius in regard to machinery and had charge of 
machine shops on Belle Isle. He died in Richmond 
ill 18.54. He was a Baptist in his religious belief, 
and a man of good education. 

The mother of our subject, Mary Taylor, was 
born in Manchester, Ya., and still makes her home 
in Richmond, and is now sixty years of age. Her 
grandmother was born in bondage, but was freed 
many years ago and given a portion of the planta- 
tion upon which she lived. The mother of our 
subject had white blood in her veins, and her son 
is quite fair. He is a man of consideiable property 



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and stands well in his oomiminitv. Tie was reared in 
Rielimond, and at the age uf twelve removed with 
his mother to Ilarrishuri!:, Pa., on account of the 
fiig:itive slave law. In Pennsylvania he attended 
school until IHoT. wlien he returned to Kiciimond 
and engaged in the nmnufacture of tobacco, 
lie afterward took up the dentists' profession, and 
after the hanging of John Brown at Harper's 
Ferry he went to Washington. 

At the Natif)nal Capital lie found employment 
and afterwards worked at the Conlineiital Hotel in 
Pliiladeli)hia, remaining there until 18(i2, when he 
went into the army as a servant for Gen. Whiting 
Geary of Pennsylvania. When the call for ninety- 
days' men came in 1H63 he enlisted in tlie First 
Rhode Island Colored Battery and saw service at 
Baton Rouge. Beaufort Island, Hilton Head, and was 
(me of the eleven who were left of his battery after 
the massacre of Port Pillow. He was then trans- 
ferred to the One Hundred and Second Michigan 
(colored) Regiment and took part in the undermin- 
ing of Petersburg, where he came near losing his life. 
When he came out of the hospital his regiment had 
been sent to another part of the country and he 
was placed in a white regiment, the Second Michi- 
gan Infantry and was detailed as Orderly to Gen. 
Ely with rank of a corporal, remaining with him 
until the close of the war, taking part in the Grand 
Review and accfiini)anying the General home to 
Detroit. 

After working in tlie Micliigau Kxchange at 
Detroit and also at both the Russell and Biddle 
Ilou.ses he came to Saginaw and re-opened the 
Bancroft House remaining there until 186.'), when 
he came to Bay City with the purpose of opening 
the Frazer. In Saginaw he had learned the barbers' 
trade and finally opened a shop in Soutli Bay City, 
which he carried on successfully for some twelve 
years. 

Later Mr. Baker puicliased a patent right investing 
^a.OOOtherein.and traveled with it fo.somc time. He 
has engaged to some extent in real-estate and loans 
and for a few months was depot master of tlic Michi- 
gan Central Hailroad, but (inally decided toopen the 
restaurant which ho is now carrying on, and which 
boasts the finest lunch counter in tlie city and has 
no liar in connection with it. 



^Ir. liaker was married in Bay City in 1872 to 
Miss Mai\' F. Edwoods, who was born in Canada, 
and they have two children. James .S. ,lr.,aud Osciir 
W. Mr. Baker has been coiistal>le of the Fourtli 
Ward, and was on the police force for some time. 
He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, 
the Royal Arch Masons and Knights Templar, and 
belongs to V. S. (irant Post Xo. 07 in connection 
with whicii he has attended the National Encamp- 
ments at Toledo, Cleveland and Detroit. He is a 
Reiiulilicnii in ills jioiitical views, but not a radical 
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OSEPII PEKO is the leading barber, and also 
the oldest in the business in West Bay City, 
where he is now doing an excellent business, 
running a batii room in connection with 
his .shoj). He w.as born in Toledo, Ohio, !M.ay 5, 
ISfi'i. His father, Charles Pero, was born in 
Canada, of French parents and was a shoemaker 
by trade. He at first located in Toledo, afterward 
going to Fremont, Ohio, where he engaged in the 
boot and shoe business, and is now representing 
the Crystal Knife Works. The mother of our 
subject was also a native of Canada. Of their fam- 
ily of eleven children all grew to maturity but 
oiilv one, our subject, who is the seventli in order 
of liirth, is now living, 

Josejih Pero was reared in Fremont, and at six- 
teen began to learn the trade i>f a barber in that 
place, being apprenticed for one \ear at the expi- 
ration of which tiiiie, he went to Mt. X'ernon, re- 
maining there one year. In 1881 he came to West 
Bay City and worked at his trade for six months 
and then started a sh()|i in the Arlington House 
wiiicii he conducted for tliree years, after that open- 
ing up one in the Fisher Block. In 1883 he sold 
out and removed to Chicago, where he did work in 
the Palmer House for eight montli> after which he 
returned to West Bay City and opened his present 
sliop of whicli lie is sole proprietor. He .assisted 
to organize the B.ay City Barbers' I'nion of whicli 
he was made President. It is, however, no longer 
in existence. 

Mr. Pero has been twice married, his first wife 




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beinp: Addle Corbett, wbo is a native of Canada, 
their union taking place in AV"est Bay City, wiieie 
she died. The maiden name of his second wife was 
Clemmay Adams. She was horn in New Yoik and 
died in West Bay City, March 31, 18H8, leaving 
two ciiildren, Ray and May, the latter of whom 
died when two months old. Mr. Pero is a member 
of the Knights of the Maccabees and Knights of 
Pythias and is a communicant of St. Mary's Cath- 
olic Church. In politics he is a Democrat. He has 
built up an excellent business, employing the best 
of workmen and running four chairs, lie does 
twice as much work as any similar establishment in 
that place and has the only barber shop in the cit}' 
whicli lias liath rooms in connection with it. 



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^^)APT. JOHN O. WOCJLSON, a prominent 
(1^^ and well-known vesselman of Bay City, 
'^^^^ where he has resided since the spring of 
1864, was born in Tumbridge Township, Orange 
County, Vt., April 1.5, 1826. He is a son of .-Vsa 
and Mary (White) Woolson. both of whom are of 
English descent, their ancestors having moved into 
the woods of New Hampshire seven or eight gen- 
erations ago. The father w.as a clothiei-, but died 
when our subject was onl}' two years old, and four 
years afterward the remaining members of the fam- 
ly removed to Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. 

The educational advantages offered our subject, 
were very limited, and when quite young he be- 
came self-supporting, and for manyyeais was mas- 
ter of either sailing or steam vessels on tlie lakes. 
In 1864 he came to Bay City and engaged in the 
steam tug business with N. B. Bradley as partner. 
In 1868 he added the grocery business on Water 
Street. In 1875 he sold his tug inleresls and 
bought vessel property in connection with the 
grocery business doing l)oth a boat sujjply and gen- 
eral grocery business, until about 1881, when he 
turned his whole attention to vessel proi)erty, and 
has since owned quite a fleet. 



The Bradley Transportation Company was incor- 
porated .lanuary, 189 1, wltli a capital stock of ^144.- 
OOtl, and the following officers: .lolin O. AVoolson, 
President; F. W.Bradley, Vice-President ; and C. H. 
Bradley, Secretary. The company own the steamer 
"Charles H. Bradley," a large steam barge 21.5 
feet overall, 8.5 footlieam .and 1.5 foot depth. The 
consort, the "Brightie" is 180 feel overall, ?>5 foot 
beam, and 18 footjhold, carries tliirty-tive thousand 
bvishels of grain, eiglit hundred thousand feet of 
lumber, or twelve hundred tons of ore. Another 
vessel which they own, "Mary AVoolson," is a 
schoo-ier 190 foot overall, 36 foot beam, 14 foot 
hold, and carries forty-eight thousand Imshels of 
wheat or fourteen hundred tons of ore. 

Capt. Woolson now devotes liis whole attention 
to the vessel business. Previous to the organization 
of the Bradley Transportation Company he owned 
several large lumber vessels, among which were the 
.schooners "Gebhard" and '"Yankee," and in 1887 
lift built the schooner '-Mary Woolson." Mr. Wool- 
son is one of the stockholders in the First National 
Bank, and also had an interest in it when incor- 
porated as the Bay City National Bank. He erected 
his residence at No. 302 Bowery .Street.and has lived 
on the same site since his fii'st advent in Bay City. 

He has served his fellow-citizens in the capacity 
of Supervisor of the Fourth Ward, and is also a 
member of the B.ay City l>odge, No. 129, F. & A. 
M. After weighing the merits of political ques- 
tions he identilied himself with the Republican 
party, to which he adheres. 

December 27, 1846, Capt. Wijolson w-as married 
to Miss Lovisa E Davis, of Painesville. Ohio, and 
they had one child, Francis, wlio died in 1878. 
The Captain was afterward ni;irried..Inly 13, 1857, 
to Miss Betsey M. Ingraliam, and of that union two 
children were born: Fred H . now of Port Huron; 
and Mary, who is at home. The third marriage of 
Capt. Woolson, was with Miss .bisephine H. Webster, 
of Painesville, Ohio, and occurred May 1, 1891. 
Francis C. AVoolson, the only child of the first mar- 
riage, married ]\Iiss l^ovina Wilson, of this city, 
and by her he had two childien. Maude and Min- 
nie. 

Capt. Woolson has been active in the vessel busi- 
ness for a longer [leriod of time tiian any otlier 



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citizen of Hay City. lU' lias estalilislied liis posi- 
tion witliout ail}' lielp wliatever. starting; out as a 
poor sailor boy. and by cner{i\'. perseverance and 
ability has worked himself to the front. Such a 
life, so full of success and happiness, should be 
honorably mentioned in a work of this character, 
and receive the respect of all his acquaintances. 

In connection with this sketch will he found a 
lithographic portrait of Capt. Woolson. 



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y*, RS. DkIJSLK 1'. lIOi.MES. the widow of 
"' ^ iV .Judge .Sidney T. Holmes, was born in 
//; 11' Binghaiiiton. Hroonie County. X. Y.. and is 
* a daughter of William Wentz. a native of 

New York, whose father, Peter, was liorn in (ier- 
iiiaiiy and became a farmer in Broome C\)unty. 
N. \. He tooK part in the War of 1812. The fatiler 
was a teacher from the time lie was seventeen years 
old until he reached the .age of twenty -six, when 
he became Civil Kngmeer. having a positi<m on 
the New York A' Kiie Uailroad, for five years. He 
afterwards engaged in land siiiveying in Broome 
County, and died there in 18H7, having reached 
the age of ninety-three. He was wide awake to all 
matters t>f public interest and was recruiting officer 
111 the War of 1812. He was earlv a Whig and 
Abolitionist, and became a most ardent Reinili- 
licaii. 

Sallie Coiii()loii w;i.- the inaidcii name of the lady 
who became the mother of oin- subject and she was 
born in Conklin, N. Y. and was of English descent. 
She died at the .age of thirty-tive years, leaving six 
children, namely: DeLisle P., Erasmus L., Phoebe 
('., who became Mr.s. F. T. Newell and died at Bing 
haniton. N. Y.; IMargaret R.. who married Edwin 
Starr, of Brooklyn. N. Y.; Permelia. who is JMrs. 
A. L. Stewart, of Hay City; and William Wii t. who 
is a locomotive engineer. 

Erasmus L. Wentz, the l)rotlier of our subject, 
early rjecame a civil engineer under his father's sii- 
liervision. In 18.'J7 he came to the Saginaw \'alley 
and was engaged up<m the Saginaw A Grand River 
Canal for three years. He then returned lo New 



York and the Erie Railway and remained there 
until 1853, when he went to Missouri and for four 
years was engaged upon the North Missouri Rail- 
road, and afterwards contracted to build two hun- 
dred and twenty-seven miles of the Texas k New 
Orleans Railroad. He com|)leted one hundred and 
twenty-four miles of that work. The war broke 
out and the rebels took the road from him and he 
was forced to leave the State, losing thereby 
*8(),()00. 

Mr. Wentz at once went to Washington, 1). ('., 
and offered his services to the (Joverument. He 
was placed in the position of Chief Engineer and 
(leneral .Superintendent of the Inited States Mil- 
itiir\- Railroad and thus served until the close of 
the war. His headquarters were with (ien. Grant 
and he became intimately acquainted with Pres- 
ident Lincoln and all of the prominent generals. 
Since the close of the war his health has been very 
poor and he suffers greatly from the effects of ex- 
posure then incurred. He now makes his home in 
Bay City. 

Mrs. Holmes was born in New York,, January 18, 
1816, .and was there reared and educated. She 
studied for two years at Binghamton Seminary and 
for two years in the Seminar^' at Hamilton, and at 
the age of seventeen began te.aching. She was 
married on the 28th of February, 1838, to Judge 
Sidney T. Holmes, who was born in Skaneateles, 
N. Y., where his parents were prominent citizens, 
and his father, .Judge Epenetus Holmes, hiid a high 
reputation as an attorney. 

.Judge Holmes was educated at a .seminary near 
Watcrville, N. Y. and engaged in teaching for a 
while there and did some civil engineering with 
his father. After studying law in his father's olHce 
he attended lectures at Albany .and opened his 
prjictice at Morrisville, where he remained for 
fourteen years and was County .Judge and Surro- 
gate for twelve j-ears. The Twenty-third Congres- 
sional District of New York elected him to Con- 
gress, where he was efficient upon various commit 
tees. He declined a re-election, as he preferred to 
practice Law and became a partner with Hon. Roscoe 
Conkling at Itica, N. Y. 

In this connection .Judge Holmes practiced foi 
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he had to leave ITtiea and in 1872 came to Bay 
City and located liere. He became a partner in 
the (irm of Holmes, Ilaynes i\r Stoddard, which 
later was changed to Holmes, Collins it Stoddard, 
and finally to Holmes iV Collins. He paid all liisat- 
tention to his i)rofessional work, alllioui-h the Hini 
handled some real estate. He was born in August, 
181.5, and died .hinuary 16, 1881). In his ])(ilitical 
views he was a Kepul)lican and an ardent su))p<irler 
of Mr. Conklinu, and in his religious ennnection 
was a rni\ersalist. Few men iiave reached a 
higher standing in Hay City in the legal |irofessioii 
than Judge Holmes. He was one of the organizers 
of the Second National Bank, and remained a di- 
rector until his death. 

Mrs. Holmes resides at No. 1111 Sixtli Street, 
and aitiiough not as active as formerly is still a 
worker in all good causes. For three years she 
was President of the Charitable Union and w,as 
long active in tlic Associated Charities. Siie is a 
member and was one uf the organizers of the 
AVoman's Christian Temperance I'nion in Bay 
City and was its first President. She ii.as been a 
Delegate to the State meeting and is still a District 
Director aiid a pronounced suffragist. Siie is a 
stockholder in the .Secc)nd National Bank and also 
in the Morrisville Bank of New York. 



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|E()H(JK .). LITTLE. This gentleman, the 
poi)ular Secretary of the People's Building 
& Loan Association, at Saginaw, was born 
in Alleghany City, Pa.. October 25, 1855, the son of 
David Little, of Scotch descent, a contractor, who 
was born in Wilkinsliurg, Alleghany County, a su- 
burb of Pittsburg, and died there January Lst, 
1889. The mother of our subject, whose maiden 
name was Elizabeth Orr, was a native of Washing- 
ton, Washington Count3%Pa., and the daughter of 
David Orr, of English descent. She was also a 
descendant of one of the " Pilgrim Fatliers " by 
the name of Hawkins. 

While quite young ids parents moved from Alle- 
ghany City to Wilkinsburg, Pa., where his boy- 
hood was passed. Until he was sixteen years of 



age his time wjis spent at school. Tlie better part 
of his education was secured at wliat was then 
known as the Wilkinsburg Academy, a private 
school which iiad qtutc a local reputation .as a 
thorough educational institution, as it gave a 
classical cour.se as well as the ordinary English 
liraiiches. At the age of sixteen he was, l)y force of 
circumstances, compelled to give up ambitions he 
had held of a profe.ssional career and enter into a 
commercial life. For the lirst year he was cm- 
ployed in a wholesale drug house, tiiat of Marcus 
A. Jones, which is now a thing of tiie i)ast. At 
the end of that time he became connected witii the 
wholesale hardware house of Lindsay, Ster- 
rit ct Company, as book-keeper, remaining with 
them for twelve years, and being manager of a part 
of their Inisiness for some years. He then came to 
Saginaw in August, 1883, and accepted a position 
in the hardware e-;tablishment of Morley Bros., hav- 
ing charge of a branch of the correspondence and also 
acting as advertising manager until in May 1887, 
when he became assistant Bu-siness Manager for 
the Saginaw Courier Comiiany. While in the em- 
ploy of this firm, he was made Secretary of the 
People's Building it Loan Association, which he had 
organized, and, in 1888, he resigned his former 
position to accept the one he now holds, the asso- 
ciation having grown to such an extent that it re- 
quired the entire attention of its secretary. 

In the fall of the year previous, Mr. Little had 
attem|)ted to org.inize a Ihiilding it Loan Associa- 
tion similar to those of Illinois and Pennsylvania, 
Imt m the al)ience of any law governing such an 
enterprise, he was obliged to relinquish the project. 
He then, through the Representative in the Legis- 
lature from Saginaw. Hon. William .S. Linton, was 
instrumental in having a law passed, known as the 
Building and I^oan Association law of 1887, 
covering the dirticulty, and which went into 
operation within a year. This association, In 
common with others of a similar nature througli- 
out the country, h.as for its object the assistance of 
persons desirous of |)nri-hasing homes, who cannot 
pay large sums of money at any one time. Hy the 
payment of a small amount weekly or moiitlily the 
association advances the necessary capital to either 
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people, and tliose in iiiluced circumstances are en • 
ahled to lic'come tlio owiieis of comfortabk' homes 
of their own; also as a means of investing' .savings 
in weekly payments at a uood rate of interest it 
has no erpial. 

In ISW Mr. Lilliu organi/.fd wliat is known as 
the Michigan ISnildini; iV- l.,oan .Vssociation League, 
whicii is now in successful operation, and in which 
he has served as a mcnihcr of the Executive Com- 
mittee for the ])ast few years, and i.> now \'ite- 
I'resident. During tliat time he has taken an active 
part in receiving and giving suggestions for the 
passage of certain acts by the Legislature to protect 
the .stockholders and further the interests generally 
of these a.s.sociat ions. At the ])resent time ]\Ii'. Little 
is still further engaged in a new feature of the 
Building it Loan Insurance, the object of wliicli will 
be more apparent at a later date. 

For the last four years Mr. Little has written 
largely for Building and Loan .Association pa|)ers, 
on to|)ics that engro.ss the attention of all inter- 
ested in co-operative home liuildmg, and through 
a local publication called the Ilotne Builder, has 
been enabled to educate the citizens of .Saginaw as 
to the benelit of these assoeiatu)ns, to the extent 
that his association is the largest in the State of 
Michigan. 

Mr. Little was married in 1884, to Mi.ss Leon L. 
Kemp, of Pittsburg. Pa., the daughter of John C. 
Kemp, and granddaughter of John R. Sankey, now 
decea.sed. who was an uncle of Sankey the evan- 
gelist. They have a son and daughter. Politicallv 
he is a Democrat, but takes no active part in poli- 
tics, hohling independent ideas. 



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s4l MIJAAISI (iAFKXKV. Our subject has 
\jjj/l ''ecu a resident of Bay County since 18r)(). 
'^^ He was born in County Meath, Ireland. 
May 29, 1845, and is a son of William and Mary 
(White) (Jafl'nev. I lis parents came t<) this country 
when our subject was but a small child and located 
at Brigiiton, Livingston County, Mich. In IHofi 
they went to Williams Township, where the father 
bought a farm in the wilderness, being one of the 



first settlei'S in that section of the country. Will- 
iam Gafifney has since cleared up this pl.ace and 
made it a comfortable home. Our subject accpiired 
his education in the district .schools in the vicinity 
of his home and in the High .School at Flint from 
wliich he graduated in 18()4, and after that he 
began fanning, buying a tract of land in ^Monitor 
Township. Bay County. This he cleared up and 
improved one hundred and twenty acre.-<. It has 
|)roved to be a most valuable tract of land and is 
now 1 )cated only three and one-half miles from 
B.ay City. He still owns it and takes great pride in 
its excellent condition. , 

.Vside from his farming interests our subject was 
engaged in the insurance business, and was .Super- 
intendent of Schools until the change of law 
creating the otlice of County Commissioner. He 
w.as also Supervisor for twelve years in the town- 
ship of Monitor. He h.as always been a Democrat 
and in 1882 was elected County Clerk. He held 
the ollice for lour terms, or until the fall of 18;)0, 
and during his tenure gave satisfaction to the 
county and tilled the position with credit to him- 
self. On the ex|)iration of his term of ollice he was 
engaged in looking after his farm, and is now 
Secretary of the Board of Stone Road Commission- 
ers. The following statistical report, taken frtun 
the reeoi'ds of the county will show the high stand 
that 'Sli: Gaffnev has taken in the public estima- 
tion. In the election of 1882, with three tickets 
in the field, Mr. G.affney won by a plurality of three 
hundred andseventy-oue votes. In 1884 with four 
tickets in the lield there was a plurality of thirteen 
hundred and forty-one; in 1886, the plurality was 
thirteen hundred and twenty-eight, and in 1 !(88 it 
was tifteen hundred and eighty-seven. 

Mr. Gaffney's beautiful farm is further made in- 
teresting 1. ecause of the fine stock which is upon 
it. He pays jjarticular attention to the raising of 
Short-horn cattle, and his registered stock includes 
such animals as "Moss Rose, 4th," which took the 
sweep stake premium for dairy stock at the State 
Fair at Lansing for two consecutive years. He has 
the only herd of Short-horn cattle in the county, 
and is justly proud of these tine animals. 

Our subject was married to Miss Kate Coiiroy of 
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ents of five hoys, whose names im- as follows: 
Hubert, William. Jr., Tlieoltald. Kihviii and Frank. 
The family are members of the St. .lames Catliolif 
Church. 




OPHIA (.SWARTnOlTT)McCARTY. One 
of the matrons of Saginaw Township, Sag- 
inaw County, whose history ineludes much 
that has since become the iiistory of the 
State, is she whoso name is to be found above. She 
now lives in comfortable retirement in her com- 
modious and elegant home on the Tittabawassee 
River road on section 11,. Saginaw Township. She 
was born in Steuben County, N. Y., September 14, 
1826, and belongs to a family whose history is as 
intimately connected with the progress of this lo- 
cality as it is interesting. Her ancestry and the 
history of her parents will be found nioie fully 
traced in the sketch of Lewis .Swarthout, in another 
portion of this volume. 

Mrs. McCartycame to Michigan with her parents 
when six months old and .settled in Washtenaw 
County, where the family lived until 1833; they 
then removed to Saginaw Township, coming here 
with their household goods with a four-horse team 
aud wagon. Ou]- subject well remembers the jour- 
ney and how they cut their own road from Flint 
on, camping nights in the woods and how she 
crept closer to her parents as the woods resounded 
with the uncanny noise and .screech of wolves and 
other wild animals. They crossed the Saginaw 
River in Indian canoes and her f.amily was the first 
to settle on the "cro.ssroad" which her father chop- 
ped out. Her father was a redoubtable hunter and 
trapper and used to l>ring in loads of game of all 
kinds. The little girl used to attend the district 
school in the primitive log sehoolhouse with open 
fireplace, stick chimney, slab benches, |)uneheon 
floor, etc., etc., it being conducted on the i;ite bill 
system and the teacher boarded round. 

Miss Swarthout was married October 8, 1845, to 
James McCarty, a native of Boston, INIass., whose 
natal day was November 8, 1815. He had l>een 



reared in the city and had there attended school. 

The fathi'r and mother had come with their fam- 
ily to Michigan in the fall of 1833, being among 
the first settlers, and endured all the hardships of 
pioneer life. The young couple settled at once on 
their present farm It was then a dense woods and 
they lived in an old lilockhouse. The Indians 
were frequent callers and deer were plentiful on 
the farm. The unceasing industry and good nian- 
.agement of her husband .soon left its mark upon 
place, which began to take on the neat and culti- 
vated aspect of more Fastern farms. They liuilt 
the present neat frame house in 1H57 and two 
frame barns at other times. 

Mrs. McCarty has been the mother of nine chil- 
dren.eightof whom lived to be grown. Her family is 
as follows: Edward, Anthony, William: Nelson and 
John deceased; Clara, Mrs. Moiles; Mary; Anna,also 
a Mrs. Moiks, and ^laggie. The father of these 
children died February 13, 1878. He was a Dem- 
ocrat in his political views and for eight years 
served as Township Treasurer. He w.as also Justice 
of the Peace for some time. In his religious views 
he inclined to the Methodist tliurch, althiuigh he 
was not formally connofted with any body. .Since 
her husband's death Mrs. McCarty has carried on 
the farm herself, and tlie place shows no diminu- 
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IBORUS W.CURTIS. Having responded to 
the last bugle call, our subject will in the 
future report to tiie Great (ieneralof the 
armies of eternity, and yet the influence that he 
left upon this human life will long be felt by those 
who have mourned him most. Mr. Curtis was born 
in Lansdown County, Ontario, March 19, 1843. 
He is a son of AVilliam and Caroline (Milkes) 
Curtis. He was reared a farmei-. although part of 
his early life was spent in a hotel. He received a 
good common-school education and at the age of 
eighteen came to IMichigan, this State presenting 
mines of wealth that were opened up liy the stnmg 
arm of the woodman. 

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herinsf ami i'afliii!>- on the river. About 187.') he 
I'ame to Urant Towii^liii), where he owned eicfhty 
acres of land on >ecliiin l.'i. This he cleared and 
to it he added eighty acres more, which was all 
cleared with the exception f)f about twentj- acres. 
Mr. Curtis was married September 10, 1870, to 
Eliza Sheldon, who was a native of the same county 
!is was our subject. She is a daughter of Alexander 
and Sarah (Holiinson) Sheldon, natives of \'er- 
mont and Ontario, resijectively. They were farm- 
ers and the parents of five cliildren, whose names 
are Prospina, Mary A.. Isliza, Minerva 'and Alex- 
ander, all of whom are married and have families 
of their own. Mi'S. Curtis' father was a son of 
Harry Shehlon. wlio removed fruni N'ermont to 
Canada, was there mairied and became the parent 
of four sons and two daughters. The mother of 
Mrs. Curtis was a daugliter of William Robinson, 
wiio emigrated from England to Ontario. She 
w.'is twice married; she presented her first husband 
with four cliildren and was the mother of two sons 
by her second marriage, which was with Thomas 
Nixon. 

Mr. and .Mrs. Curtis were tlie pai'cnts of two 
children — .Jenny and \Villai<l. Oiu' subject was a 
man who was much liked by all the community. 
His amiable wife was to him a real helpmate in all 
his undertakings and since liis dece.ase she h.as 
shown marked ability in managing the business 
relating to the farm and property which he left. 









sJ* AMUKL N. SIIATTICK. Although one 
i;^ naturally expects to lind success and more 
iii^\jl marked results .among the older agricul- 
turists, it is a noteworthy sign when young 
bhxtd is infusing its advanced ideas in an agricul- 
tural community. Our snliject is one of the most 
progressive and consequently prominent young 
farmers of Saginaw Township. He is a son of one 
of the first settlers who encountered the diflicullies 
to be met witli in a new country, and especially of 
this latitude. Mr. Shattuck lives on the home- 
stead farm on section 12, where lie w.as born June 
18, 18;")2. He is a son of Samuel Shattuck, a na- 



tive of Lower Canada, there liorn September 27. 
1811. Samuel Shattuck, Sr., settled in \'ermont, 
where he resided until 1836, and then came to 
Michigan and entered a tract of (iovernment land 
comprising one hundred and sixty acres, which 
was heavily wooded. 

Our subject's father penetrated to his claim by 
chopping his way through the forest. He settled 
among the Indians and built a log cabin. The 
family larder was supplied, to a large degree, by 
his gun and traps. He soon elected one of the 
first gristmills that was raised in the county and 
hail the patronage of all the residents for miles 
around. This mill was operated until 188."3. The 
village of Shattuckville was named in honor of 
this early pioneer. He was a hard-working, clear- 
sighted and .ambitious man. He cleared and im- 
proved a fine farm, and with a great deal of enter- 
prise helped to lay out roads and in other ways 
added to the improvements of the locality. He 
held at various times most of the township offices. 
being an ardent Democrat in his political faith. 
His decease occurred ^lay 4, 1882, the mother's 
deatli May 7, 1881. 

Our subject's mother was prior to her marriage 
CatlKU'ine Keaeh, a native of New York. She 
presented her husband with five children, (>u\\ 
two of whom lived to maturity — William, who is 
now Deputy County Clerk, and Samuel, our sub- 
ject. He of whom we write attended the district 
school in his boyhood and had the advantage of 
three months at the IJryant it Stratton's Business 
College at Detroit. He has .alw.ays lived on the 
same place and at his marriage, which was solemn- 
ized September 27, 1876, he brought his young 
bride, Anna Lowe, to the old home. Slie is a Can- 
adian and was born October 27, 18r)4. They are 
the parents of four children — Edna S., Willard, 
Gertrude and Guy. 

Mr. Shattuck is the owner of two hundred and 
seven acres of fine land. It is all under cultiva- 
tion with the exception of twenty-five acres. He 
here devotes himself to mixed farming. The do- 
mestic life centers in the farmhouse, which is a 
fine large frame dwelling that is botli comfortable 
and attractive. Its interior arrangement is made 
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sides two barns. Mrs. Shattuck is an Episcopalian. 
Our subject is a Democrat in his political liking 
and the office of Township Treasurer has been 
conferred upon him. He has held tiiis jiosition 
for six years and has also been School Director 
for seven years. Our subject liad cliarsje of the. 
mill for several years prior to his fatlier's death 
uj) to 1883. 



■^(JIIN KIDNEY, a respected fanner .and 
stock-raiser of 15rady Townslii|), Saginaw 
County, was liorn in K(i(ki)()rt, Cu\ahoga 
l^^ County, Ohio. :May :?, 18.50, and is a son of 
.John and Melinda (I>utlcr) Kidney. Wiicn tlie 
boy was aljout nine years old the father died and 
lie went to live with a half sister, Mrs. I'riscilla S. 
Coon, with wiiom he remained until twenty-five 
j^ears old, although he began independent work 
for himself upon reaching his majority and for 
several years took jolis at making staves. 

Our sulij<^ct was married October 5, 18r).5, to 
Miss Harriet A., daughter of Prosser and Cliarilla 
(Coe) Coon. This lady was born in Oswego 
County, N. Y., November 15, .1836, and before 
her marriage had been a resident of Lucas County, 
Ohio. Her father was of mixed (icrman and 
Scotch blood and her mother a New Englander. 
P>ie County, Ohio, became the first home of the 
3'oung wedded couple and there the young man 
followed farming and coopering and was unusu- 
ally successful in any work in which tools are used, 
as he is naturally gifted in that direction. The 
removal to Michigan w.is in 186.'), when the pres- 
ent home was purchased and in the wildernesss he 
began to clear and inipi'ove his land and |iut up 
buildings. 

The eldest son of our subject is Eugene E., jjorn 
in Erie County, Ohio, May 27, 18r)8, who began 
teaching at the age of seventeen and is now a suc- 
cessful and entlnisiastic teacher and principal of 
the schools at Raymond, Dak. He is a graduate 
from the uistitutions of learning at lK)th Hillsdale 
and Ypsilanti, and by his marriage has one child — 
Alice E. The second child of our subject, who 



bears the name of Elmer Ellsworth, was burn .hdy 
1, 1860, in Lucas County, Ohio. He was given a 
good common-school education and is now carry- 
ing on a farm near his father; Irving A., who was 
born .January 1, 1865, in Erie County, Ohio, was 
graduated at the Chesaning High School and l)egan 
teaching at the age of .seventeen, lie .spent two 
years in Dakota in teaching and is now a partnei- 
in a hardware store at I'.rant Center, this county. 
The daughter. Edith C.,was l)orn in Uiady Town- 
ship, September I, 1872. and has received a good 
common-school education. 

The Republican |)arty now receivL's the allegiance 
of our subject, and his fust liallot was cast in 1851 
for the Free-Soil i)arty. lie has served as Town- 
ship Treasnrer, Highway Commissioner and for 
many years as School Director. His religious con- 
victions united him in early life with the Free "Will 
ISaptist Church, l)ut of late he has been connecte<l 
with the Congregational liod\-. Mi's. Kidney liad 
three brothers who took i)art in the Civil Wai and 
one, Oshea W. Coon, saw service for three years 
and was wounded in the foot; he now lives in 
Oklahoma; Henry .1. Coon, .another brother, saw 
service in the Union army .and now lives in this 
township, but .John D. died in the .ai iny and was 
buried at N.asliville. Tenn. 



ylLLIAM ADOLl'Hl'f 
have here one of th 
tractors of Saginaw, 



MLLIAM ADOLPHl'S ARMSTROXO. We 

he most, popular con- 
wliose work is always 
done in the most substantial and thorougli manner 
and whose reputation is such, that no charge of 
•• jobbery"' or of any wrong dealing has ever been 
substantiated in connection with his work. He has 
hosts of warm friends who are willing to vouch for 
his standing both in his trade and as a gentleman. 
Mr. Armstrong has completed large contracts in 
regard to the sewerage and water mains and street 
improvements of Saginaw. It was some fifteen 
years ago when he began the contract on the public 
works of this city and for ten years he h.as given 
exclusive attention to pnlilic iinprovements. From 



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ten to forty men :ii-e given regular employment 
during tlie season and lie sometimes lias as jnanyas 
one liundred w(jri<ing under iiim. He also does 
railroad grading and the laying of plank roads and 
on his first contrait in laying water mains lie lost 
* 1,1)0(1. 

The experience which Mr. Armstrong has had 
enables him to judge very accurately at the start 
as to the cost of excavation and when it is too 
expensive for him to compete with others who do 
not so easily see the difficulties in the way, he de- 
clines to put in bids. His contracts average about 
|1(),0()() per annum. He gives his whole attention 
to the busincs.4 and allows nothing to be done 
without his personal supervision. 

Our subject was born in Ridgeway, Macomb 
County, Mich., April 19, 184;>, where his father, 
I). 1). Armstrong. w!is a millwright andsuijsequently 
worked in Saginaw in this capacity for over thirty- 
five years. At the age of seventeen William learned 
the trade of a machinist at Flint and followed that 
for about four years, but gave it up on account of 
his lungs being in a delicate condition. He en- 
listed in the 'rwenty-tliird Michigan Infantry, was 
not accepted on account of his age. 

AVhen about twenty-lluee years old this young 
man came to Saginaw, having previously spent six 
months in Pennsylvania. Previous to his marriage 
he did general work Ijut after that event he en- 
gaged in teaming and during winters filled con- 
tracts in this city, and for ten years contracted 
exclusivel}'. His political views bring him into 
alliance with the Rei)uf)lican party and he was Su- 
pervisor for four yeais of the Sixth Ward. In 
campaigns he lakes an active part and has been on 
the Ward Committee for ten years but is not a 
seeker for olfiee and lias frequently declined ex- 
cellent ()p[iortunitiesof this kind. He is a member 
of Saginaw Lodge No. 77, A. F. & A. M. and of 
Royal Arcanum No. 31. 

The marriage of Mr. Armstrong on the 3d 
of -luly, 1H()(), look place in this cit^^ and he was 
then united with .Miss Helen Newton, a native of 
Vermont whose father, L. F. Xewton, had for years 
been in Inisiness in Saginaw, where this daughter 
received her training and education. The eldest 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong is Klizabeth, 



now till' wife of Charles Moore. The second 
daughter, llaltie. is "iving much attention to the 
study of music and the youngest, Maude, is a stu- 
dent in the High School and displays talent in vo- 
cal music in which line of study her [ja rents intend 
t(j give her suitable advantages. Our subject had 
his early religious training m the Methodist Epis- 
copal Church but is now an attendant upon and 
supporter of the services of the Congregational 
Church. 



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IfkM. ARSLIN J. COLON, general merchant of 
Kirch Run, and formerly Clerk of Birch 
Run Township, is one of the sons of New 
York who have helped to build up the al- 
most phenomenal prosperity of Michigan. None 
of the communities that have thus contributed to 
building tip the Wolverine State have sent better 
material llinii Xew York, for the men of that Stale 
have been ii()tal)ly i)i<)minent as workeisand think- 
ers, and their enterpi-ise and integrity have hclijcd 
to lay well the foundations of business. 

Our subject was born in .Tefl'erson County, N.Y., 
May 10, 1H37. He is a son of Xavier and Julia 
Colon, both natives of France. His early training 
and education were received in his native county, 
and after coming to young manhood he learned 
llie practical work of the farm, and afterward went 
upon the lakes as a sailor for s(jnie fifteen years. 
He had received a fair education during his boy- 
hood days, and was thus enabled to enter into busi- 
ness with intelligence and success. 

Mr. Colon came to Saginaw Count \- in l.S(i'.), and 
engaged tn business for several years in the mer- 
cantile line, being in partnershij) with L. P. Racine, 
under the firm name of Colon it Racine, but for a 
nuinliei' of years he has been carrying on his af- 
fairs independently. He was married February 
17, 1870, to PIkcIic .lohnson, of Orleans County, 
X. Y.. and liy this union three children were born: 
Albert .1.. the eldest, and Edmund, the youngest, 
are still living, but Louis hits passed from life. 

For a number of years Mr. Colon has served the 
communiK about I'irch Run as Postmaster, and he 



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has also acted as Clerk of the Township for some 
time, and was express agent for twenty-four 3'ears. 
All of these offices test not only tlii' aliilitv 
but the obliging characteristics of a man, and our 
subject has proved himself thoughtful and accom- 
modating to those who have been called to deal 
with him, and at the same time he has eslablished, 
in these otlices and in his general business, a repu- 
tation for strict integrity and a tlK)rough under- 
standing of the needs of the peoi)le. 

The political views which commend themselves 
to the mind of Mr. C'ohm ai-e emliodicd in the 
declarations of the Republican jiarty, and his vote 
is generally cast for the men represented upon that 
ticket. At the same time he is ever ready to join 
with citizens of all parties in efforts to liuild up 
the business and social interests of the neighbor- 
hood and develop the resources of the township 
and county. He is a member of the M.asonic or- 
der, and is considered one of the leading mer- 
chants of Uireh Run. 



yiELLJNGTON CHAPMAN was born at Bel- 
/ chertown, Hampshire County, Mass., Sep- 
tember 20, 1814. The Puritan stock from 
which he sprang and which now dominates all that 
is great in the civilized world, gave him those 
qualities which made him a leader in the develop- 
ment of the West. He was a direct descendant 
of Ralph C'ha|)man, who was born in the County 
of Surrey, England, in ItJlo. At the .age of 
twentj' Ralph fell in with the tide of emigration 
then seeking the Western Hemisphere, destined to 
play such an important i>art in the history of the 
modern world. 

In the ^Mother Country it was an age of persecu- 
tion and thousands of England's bravest souls 
were driven from the old home to seek one in the 
wilderness, broken only tifteen yeai-s Irefore l)y the 
stalwart arms of the Pilgiims. On the New Eng- 
land coast it was an .""c of heroes, of saints and of 
the founders of the greatest family of .States the 
world has ever beheld. Tlie descendants of Ralph 
Chaimian continued to reside in Massacliusetts 
39 



until after the birth of Wellington. He received 
the usual education of Massachusetts boys in the 
early days of the century and grew to a vigorous 
manhood. 

The parents of our siiliject were Daniel and 
Nancy (Smith) Chapman, who were married in 
1809. The former was for those days an exten- 
sive manuf.acturer of wagfins and farming imple- 
ments, and in liis shop Wellington learned the 
trade of a wMieelwright and became a skillful work- 
man. On completing his api)renticeship he found 
himself face to face with the battle of life. About 
that lime George Stephenson's locomotive was 
revolutionizing inland traffic and the nations were 
awakening to a new life. No quarter of the globe 
needed the railroad more than the Ihiited States, 
and no people accepted the boon of genius more 
enthusiastically than the sons of New England. 

Here was a Held for the young mechanic; he de- 
cided to enter it and succeed. His first venture 
w.as in car building, but not satisfied with the nar- 
row sphere of the car shop he launched out into 
the more responsible avocation of a railroad 
builder, together with his elder lirother, (ieorge, 
and a cousin, Otis. That congenial employment 
filled a large share of his subsequent life, and the 
New England, Middle and Western Stales fur- 
nished an extensive field for his opeiations. The 
magnitude of his contracts and the range of his 
mind can be estimated by the work entrusted to 
his skill, and it was not uncommon for him to re- 
ceive from *l,0(l(), COO to !5c2,()(»0.00O at one time. 

In the autumn of 1)S 11, our subject acconq)anied 
by his brother, (ieorge, look a trii) thi'ough Ohio 
and Michigan. Traveling along the hanks of the 
Shiawassee River in the beautiful fall, their eyes 
were enchanted by the cleared fields, covered with 
golden corn and the orchards loaded with trimson 
apples, all of which i-cpresented the work of the 
red man who as yet was the only inhabitant of 
the land. That lovel.y spot w.as near where the 
village of Chesaning now stands. Wellington 
and George bought land for homes (m opposite 
sides of the river, the former on section 16, 
and the latter on section 21. He remained on his 
original homestead two yeai's, and then bought the 
farm where he ended his days, on sections 9 and 



856 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



10. This was the fust sale of hiinl made liy the 
Oovernineiil in tlie towiishij). 

A house was soon built out of the scanty mate- 
rial of those early (lays. A part of the tirst fence 
still stands fastened with wooden pins made at the 
fire in tiie evening after the work (jf the day was 
done. Nails were out of the ([uestion, tlie nearest 
trading place being at Pontiae, fifty miles distant 
tlirough the woods. In 1M12 settlers began to 
Hock in. Mr. Chapman threw open Ins house and 
for weeks every board above and below was a bed. 
Afterward he returned to AVorcester, Mass., where 
lie resided for twelve years. Coming back to liis 
farm in Chesaning Township, lie made his home 
there until his deatii, .luly 2.'). 1H87. 

Mr. Cliapinaii was a man of great force of ciiar- 
acter, intelligent, clear in his mental operatious, 
kind liearted and a lover of progress. In liis early 
days lie was, like his Puritan kindred, an Alioli- 
ti(mist, and throughout life was a stanch Republi- 
can. In 1!S38 he was married to Miss Sarah A. 
Gray, of Worcester, Mass.. an<l tliey became the 
parents of two cliildren — .Sarah Eliza, born April 
13, 1840, and Albert W., August 28. 1842. Mrs. 
Sarah Chaimian died .hily 22. 18 17. and in No- 
vember of the same year was followed to the grave 
by her daughter. Albert W. was married Sep- 
tember 20, 1865, to Lucy Case, and the.^- have two 
children — Sarah A., liorn Jlay 20. 1867, and Al- 
bert AV., born No\-eiiilier 1. 1870. who died .S :p- 
temlier 1, 1877. 

In 1848 .Mr. Chapman was married a second 
time, choosiijgas his wife Miss Sarah Ann Dickinan, 
of Ilopkinton, Mass., who survives him at the ripe 
age of seventy-three. Siie is an intelligent, pious 
and active lady, beloved by her neighbors and 
noted for her benevolence. She became the mother 
of two children: .lulietta Kliza, who was born 
March 12, 18l',i, at Bolton, Conn., and Ciiarles E., 
who was born April 20, 1864, and died November 
20, 1866. .lulietta E. was married to Edward C. 
AValdron, Eebniary 7, 1870, and three children 
have been born of their union, namely: Charles 
AV. C, Ijorn December 17, 1878; Edward C.. March 
12, 1881; and Mabel Ann, .luly 28, 1888. Mr. 
AValdron 's mother, whose maiden n,«ime wasllagan, 
was born in Florida, and his father was a native 



of New Hampshire. Mr. and Mrs. AValdron reside 
on the old honu'stead and tenderly care for their 
mother in her declining years. 

On another i)age of this volume are presented 
lilliKgriiphic portrait- of Mr. and Mrs. AVellington 
Chapman, and a view of the beautiful homestead 
where Mrs. Chapman resides. This is an attrac- 
tive place overlooking the ripiiling waters of the 
river and with the pictures(iue surroundings forms 
a lovely picture in the landscape. .Airs. Waldron 
has inherited the push and business qualities of 
her father. Her tastes are of the literary and ar- 
tistic or<lcr with elevated t)pinions of morality, 
and the ample means in her possession are neither 
w.asted nor hoarded. The estate is iirudently hus- 
banded, and if in an\' way she is extravagant it is 
in that w:i\- so blessed by the Lord — the care of 
the poor and the unfortunate who are ever re- 
ceiving her bounty. 

The reader will doubtless he interested in the 
following account of the derivation of the name 
" Chesaning." which is aiipmpriate in connection 
with the biography of one of its pioneer settlers : 
Cmi;samnc; — ^•hunf Rock." — It is generally known 
that the eui)honius name of " Chesaning " was de- 
rived from the Indian ex[>ression of " lone rock," 
and in a soniewhat recent sketch of this village, its 
Cockney author, with a gravity as profound as .an 
owl, .isserted that it derived its title from a large 
boulder lying in the woods a short distance east of 
us. This is about on a par with the general intel- 
ligence of that distinguished writer. The name 
was actually derived from an immense fossil lime- 
rock <1eposited in the river, about op])osite the 
residence of Wellington Chai)inan, and which was 
subse(piently. from time to time, blasted in pieces 
by the early white settlers, and burnt into lime. 
In 1838 this locality w.as vrsited by Dr. Douglass 
Houghton, then State (ieologist, just about the 
time he located the lirst salt well on the Tittaba- 
wassee, and from an examination of both the rocks 
mentioned, he gave it as his o[tiniou that the rock 
in the river had been brought here by ice from 
Thunder l?;iy when this section of the lower pen- 
insula was submerged. The boulder in the woods, 
he was equally sure, had been conveyed in the 
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took from it a piece hi which, with the aid of a 
magnifying glass, particles of coi)pei- could dis~ 
tinctlj' be seen. Tiiat Chesaning dorivcfl iis name i 
from the lime-rock, we had the personal .assurance 
of •' Totiish," an old and relialde Indian of tliis 
locality, wlio died about 184(l-'41,in tlie liouse 
now used by R. W. Mason, Esq., as a barn, not far 
from his present residence. 




EVI .lOHNSOX, wlio is foreman of wood- 
work in the ship-^ards of E. W. Wheeler, 
has been a resident of the Saginaw Valley 
since December 4, 1866. He is one of the oldest 
ship carpenters in the State, and is well known as 
a fine mechanic and an upright, lionoialile man. 
He was born May 4, 1846, in Clayton, N. Y. His 
father, Jewell Johnson, was a native of Canada, 
and by trade a baker. He served three years in 
the United States Regular Army just before the 
Florida War, in which he enlisted as a soldier, but 
afterward served his regiment as a baker. He was 
of French descent. His death took place in Clay- 
ton iu 188,S. Tiie mother of our subject, whose 
maiden name was Julia St. Thoinas, was born in 
Brockville, Canada. Her father, Francis St. 
Tiiomas, was also a native of Canada, and of 
French descent. Slie w.as a resident of Clayton 
for sixty-si.\ years, and was a member of the Catli- 
olic Church. 

Of the eight children in tlie parental family our 
subject was the eldest, and at fifteen years of age 
he was apiirenticed to a ship-carpenter, S. G. John- 
ston, in Clayton, and served Un- three years. At 
the end of this time he went to Oswego, remaining 
for three months; thence to Cleveland, Ohio, 
and afterwards to Cincinnati, and then for a time 
w.as in Cleveland again, I'eturning to Clayton, and 
coming to Detroit in 186;'); thence to iMarine City 
until the fall of 1866, when he came to Saginaw 
and began working at his traile in the shiji-yards 
of C, Wheelei-. He assisted in building tlie Flint 
& Pere Marquette Railroad bridge, and also the 
barge "P. G. Lester " and schooner " H. C. Pot- 
ter." He was then empkiyed liy D. W. Rust A- 



Co., working for them for a number of years and 
liecoming foreman, .assisting in building the barges 
• I). K. Klint," •• L. C. Hulls, •• - Buckeye State," 
'• D.W. Rust," and tlie tug "Charles Lee." In 1881 
Mr. Johnson came to Bay City, and w.as employed 
as foreman for F. Wheeler, under F. W. E. 
Young. He returned again to Saginaw, becoming 
foreman for L. E. Mason, under Tom Arnold, and 
assisted in huilding a large nun'l)er of vessels. He 
then became superintendent of ^Mason's whole 
fleet at Port Huron, overhauling and repairing 
them for six months. He then double-decked the 
steamer " C. H. Green " and two schooners. Fol- 
lowing this he kept a sample-room for three years. 
In 1885 he came to West Bay City and became 
foreman in the sliip-yards, where he is at present 
employed, and in which he was foreman at the build- 
ing of a large niimljer of vessels. In Apiil, 1891, 
he was appointed foreman of wood-work, and at 
present has five vessels on hand. 

Mr. Johnson was married in East Saginaw, Miss 
Maggie Wilbur, a native of this State, l)ecoming 
his wife. To them were born four children, HenrVj 
Fannie. Willie and Levi, .Ir. Mr. Johnson is a 
member of the Knights of tiie Maccal)ees, and is a 
Kepublican in jtolilics. He is very i)o[)ular .among 
his associates, and leads an active business life. 



OBERT E. BOUSFIELl) is the Vice Presi- 



TpViOBERT E. I 

ilUf dent of the 



are the largest wooden-ware manufacturers 
in the United Stales. He is a thorough 
Gentleman of culture and breadth of thought, and 
his residence in the community is a lienefit to it 
in every w.ay. Such citizens are the ones who 
give to Bay City its pioud pre-eminence .as the 
seat of lio'.li enterprise and culture. 

This gentleman w.as born in Cleveland, March 
18, 1860, and his education was ol)tained in the 
citv schools and the High School, after which he 
attended thei-e the Spencerian Business College. 
M the age of nineteen heianie to Bay City, March 
18, 1879, .and here he became connected with his 
brother Alfi-ed in the business of wooden-ware 



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itianufactnre. He l)eo;an as sliipping clerk and sii- 
peiinteiifleiit of outSiile work, and soon became a 
partner. 

In 1H81 this younii; man l)ecarae Vice President 
of tlie firm of HousHeld it Co., but in IS84 sold 
his interest in the business and started a new firm 
under the title of the P>ousfield-Perrin Company, 
which was located on Harrison Street, and i-n- 
gaged in the manufacture of wooden-ware. This 
he built up and operated successfully until l!S8il, 
being its Seci'etary, Treasurer and manager, but 
at tiiat date he consolidated it with the business (if 
liis bro-tliers and became Vice President again of 
the business of the company of Housfield it Co. 

Robert E. Bousficld was married at Cleveland, 
in 18H1, to Miss .Jennie Perrin. wlio was born in 
Norwalk, Ohio, and had her training and educa- 
tion in Cleveland. She is a daughter of Oliver 
Perrin, a former resident of Cleveland, now de- 
ceased. The pleasant home of this family is on 
Thirt3--fourth Street, and it is the center of a pleas- 
ant social life. Mr. IJousfield is a member of the 
Kniglits of the Maccabees, and in his political 
views is an adherent of the principles set forth 1)V 
the Republican party. 






^^DAM EEINPERGER, a highly resi)eeted 
v@/lJI farmer residing on section 38, Monitor 
'»' Townshiii, Ha\- County, is the son of .lohn 
A. and Katherine (D'ruslein) Leinberger. 
A native of this county, he was horn in Franken- 
lust Township. Octol)er It. lH.j2, and amid the 
pioneer surroundings of forty years ago, passed his 
boyhood days. Horn to humble circumstances, in 
wl\ich (jrudence and frugality took an important 
pai't, his eai'ly life was characterized by simplicitj' 
and fixedness of purpose. As lie passed his youth 
ui)on a farm, he involuntarily grew up witli a bet- 
ter knowledge of agricultniMl affairs than one wiio 
is not so reared, and eaily imbibed the ideas of 
iiidei)endence as well as mutual responsibility in 
the life to which he was reared. .Vs lie grew 
toward manlKxid the countrv rai)idh- settled with 



a good class of residents and among these he began 
to feel that he was eiiually responsible for law and 
order. His firmness and decision of character are 
the result of the eaily training which he gained 
amid the primitive conditions that environed him. 
while his indejiendent position is due to good 
judgment and constant exercise of sound coiuninii 
sense. 

Prior to the age of twenty-fnur years. Adam 
Leinberger found his home beneath his father's 
roof, but he then established home ties of his own. 
He was married to Kate Wupper, who was born in 
Frankenlust Townshi]). tliis county, of (lerman 
parentage. About the time of hi; marriage Mr. 
Leinl)erger removed to Monitor Township and 
purchased of his father eighty acres, which he has 
since cleared. l>ater he purchased twenty acres, 
and now owns (me hundred acres, seventy-five of 
which have been cleared. His family comprises his 
wife and their eight children, who.se names are as 
follows: tleorge, born in 1878, Henry, IWO; 
Katie, 1881; Christina, 1884; Lizzie, 1886; Fred, 
1888; Conrad and Clara (twins) 1891. 

The religious belief of ^Ir. lycinberger has 
brought him into alliliation with the Lutheran 
Church, to which all the members of his family 
belong. He is by no means a partisan, but firmly 
adheres to the platform of the Democratic party 
party and casts his liallot for the candidates who 
will uphold its principles. In connection with 
mixed farming he is engaged in stock-raising, and 
a fair measure of success has rewarded his elforts in 
that line. He has a substantial frame residence, a 
good barn and granary, as well as other necessary 
buildings, and carries on agriculture .according to 
the best methods. 






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^,ERKY CRANE. One of the leading citizens 
of (irant Township, Saginaw County, is the 
gentlcniaii whose name appears above. He 
was born October 15, 1837, in Elgin County, 
Ontario, Canada, and is the son of Isaac and Sarah 
E. (Herrick) Crane, natives of Canada and New 
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Crane, was horn at Elizalietlitown, N. .1., and was 
of English origin, liis fatlier liaving eonip from tlie 
Mother Country and serv^ed in the War for Inde- 
pendence. For generations baek tliey iiave been 
a family of faimers. Prior to the War of 1812, 
Jacob Crane removed to Canada. Imt participated 
in the struggle. 

Our subject's father was one of a family compris- 
ing five sons and live daughters. He was born at 
Ft. Erie. Canada, July 13, 180(), and after making 
a success in the fanning line, he died at Strathroj^, 
Canada. His wife still survives. She is the mother 
of six sons and five daughters, and has reared all, 
with the exce|3tiou of one son. The children have 
been bnnight up in the faith of the Baptist Church. 
Mrs. Sarah E. Crane was born in Montgomery 
County, N. Y., and although thoroughly Ameri- 
can in her rearing and education, she is of J^nglish 
parentage. 

Our sul)ject was reared on the home farm, and 
in boyhood received a common-school education. 
At the age of twenty years he began in life for 
himself, and in December, 1857 came to Michigan. 
He was first employed in the lumber woods here, 
and continued in that business until he went to 
the war. On first coming here he bought eighty 
acres of land in Brant Township, Saginaw County. 
Tills he had properly cleared before enlisting, 
which occurred July 16<- 1861, becoming a 
member of Company F, First Michigan Infantry-. 
He participated in the seven days' fight before 
Richmond, and on the second day was wounded in 
the left ankle, and was taken prisoner. After be- 
ing confined thirty days in Libb3- Prison, he was 
released on parole and sent to the hospital at Phil- 
adelphia, from which he was discharged January 
13, 1863. 

On finishing his war record, our subject returned 
to his old home in Canada, where he was married, 
in Julv, 1863. October of the same year he brought 
his bride to Brant Township, and settled down on 
the place where be now resides. He now owns one 
hundred acres of land which he has cleared and 
improved. He has given each of his sons seventy 
acres. For fifteen years he followed lumbering 
during the winter, being in the emi)lo3' of E. 
J. Ring, of Saginaw. He is now engaged in hand- 



ling lumber, and also in dealingin agricultural im- 
plements. He has served as Supervisor for one 
term, and also as Clerk and Township Treasurer. 
Mr. Crane's wife was before her marriage a Miss 
Elizabeth Caughell, who was born in Elgin County. 
Ontario. Her parents wei'e farmers. She has borne 
our subject five children, whose names are Will- 
iam, Sherman, Mar, wife of Titus Doane; Minnie, 
wife of Ihigii Kernohan; .and Jessie. Mr.«. Crane 
died February 111, 18'.»1. 



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ENRY L. ROOT. This well-known jeweler 
r/jY) of Oakley, Saginaw County, Mich., is a na- 
tive son of the Wolverine State, .as he was 
born at Manchester, Washtenaw County, 
January 29, 184!). (ieorge and Eleanor (Baldwin) 
Root were his parents and both were born in New 
York, and there grew to maturity and came to 
Michigan previous to their marri.age. 

The father devoted his life to agriculture, and 
the son was brought up on a farm, but did not 
have the usual hard work and active life of a i)io- 
neer boy, as sickness at the .age of eight years left 
his lower limbs paralyzed, and he was not only pre- 
vented from being active and useful .about the 
farm, but was also deprived of the privilege of at- 
tending the public school. All the education 
which he ever received was obtained at home, and 
he had help in this matter from an elder brother. 
He remained at home and accompanied his parents 
when thej" removed to Saginaw County, and here 
started his present business. 

Mr. Root has ever espou.scd tlie i)rinciples of the 
Republican ])arty, and in 1883 he w.as chosen as 
Deputy Clerk of the township of Brady, in wliich 
office he acted for two years, until 188;'), when he 
received the election .as Clerk of the same town- 
ship. This oHice he has held continuously since 
that time, and w.as also Clerk of the vill.age for two 
years and Treasurer for two j-ears. As a Notary 
Public he has considerable business, and also as a 
Pension Agent, and he draws up deeds, wills, mort- 
gages, etc. 

Our subject may well lie called a mechanical 



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genius and aequirerl the jewelfj trade almost with- 
out help. He i» a member of the Methodist Ei)is- 
eopal Cliiirc'h, in which he lias been placed in tiie 
responsible position of Trustee. The father died 
June 2, 188fi, and tliis son lioinsj unmarried makes 
his iiome with tlie mot her. He is the third in a 
family of four cliildrcii. The eldest Inotlu r. Kd- 
ward P. Hoot, attended tlic college at Adrian and 
has been a teacher for eigliteen years. For twehc 
years he lived in IJrady Township, where he bolli 
taught and farmed and was elected Justice of the 
Peace, afterward removing to Livingston County. 
He had been out of health for several years, and 
passed awav from this life December 10, 1!S',U. He 
left a widow and live children who mourn his loss. 
The second brother, Erwin, enlisted in August, 1864, 
in Company D, Thirteenth Veteran Michigan In- 
fantry, and took i)art in the famous march from 
Atlanta to the sea. This was his last work, as he 
died .at Savannah, December 19, 1864. 

Our subject's younger brother, Francis Root, 
died at Manchester, this State, Fel)ruary 24, 1872, 
when he was only twenty years of age. This fam- 
ily is descended from good old Revolutionary 
stock, as tiie grandfather was a soldier at tliat 
period. Our subject's father was born in 1814, 
and came to Michigan at the age of twenty, in 
1834, settling in Washtenaw County, having his 
marriage in 1837. He did much ])ioneer work 
clearing his land and living there until 1881. He 
was a prominent member of the Presl)yterian 
Church, and a man of intlucnce and standing. 



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'AMES MASSEY, the owner and occupant of 
a well-improved farm in Maple Grove Town- 
ship, Saginaw Cctunty. is numbered among 
tlie intelligent, industrious and prosperous 
.agriculturist*; of this productive county. Ilisiiome 
comprises one hundred acres on section 11, on 
which be lias erected all the buildings which go to 
make up a first-class estate. 

Our subject is a native of England, having been 
liorn in Bedfordshire, March 30, 1842. He is the 
son "f John .'iiul Hannah (Savory) JMassey, wlio 



passed their entire lives in England. Tlie f.ather 
was a l)Utcher by trade and died in 18;jl. The 
mother of our subject survived her husband many 
years, her dece.ase occurring in 187.'). The paren- 
tal family consisted of two cliildren, of whom our 
subject was the elder. Tlie other cliild died in in- 
fancy. 

Mr. Massey received good school ad\antages and 
.'ifter leaving his studies, clerked for a time in a 
dry-goods store. In 18(i:? he determined to see 
something of the New World, and came to the 
I'nited States and within thirty days after landing 
here, enlisted in the Union army and w.as mustered 
into service with Comjiany D, First New York 
Lincoln Cavalry, remaining with his company un- 
til September, 1865. He participated in many of 
the important and hard-fought battles of the war, 
among which were New Market, Monocaly, Win- 
chester, Fisher's Hill. Just before the battle of 
Cedar Creek he was thrown from his hor.se and in- 
jured, and was thus prevented from taking part in 
that battle. He was in numeious skirmishes and 
scouting exiieditions, and shared all the hardships 
of his comrades. In February, 1865, on account 
of intiammatory rheumatism, he was placed in the 
hospital and remained there until his discharge. 

On being mustered out of service, our subject 
came to Michigan in November, 1865, where he 
liurch.ased the eighty acres of excellent land in Ma- 
ple (irove Township, on which he is at i)resent re- 
siding. At the time of his locating upon his tract 
it was ill a perfectly wild state, it being covered 
with timber and there was not a road within one 
mile of his purchase, but with his characteristic en- 
ergy he set aliout clearing and improving his land, 
and now has one of the most beautiful ti-acts in the 
township, and has risen to a position in .agri- 
cultural affairs which many might envy. 

Mr. Massey estalilished a home of his own in 
18(>(), at which date he was married to Miss Ma- 
tilda, daughter of Thomas and Ann (Armstrong) 
Huff, natives of Cheshire. England. Mrs. Massey 
was also born in England, but does not remember 
her native land .as she was only one year old when 
brought by her parents to the I'nited States. Upon 
making permanent settlement in the United States 
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this State, where her mother's decease occurred in 
July, 1867, in the sixty-fifth year of her ajfe. Her 
father was born IVIarch 13, 1802, and died .Taniiarv 
24, 1892, at the home of liis daugliter, Mrs. Mas- 
sey. 

The original of tliis sketch has made liishoine on 
his farm since locating here with the excc|)tiou of 
thirteen months which lie spent in Flusliiiig. His 
landed estate now comprises one hundred and forty 
acres and is embellished with good and substantial 
farm buildings. Mr. and Mrs. Massey have been 
granted six children, one of whom died in infancy. 
Tliose living are: .lohn W., who mairied Sarah 
SchoUer; Annie, who is the wife of Hiram Hoskins; 
Adelbert J., Frederick C. and Arthur M. 

Our subject has been honored by his fellow- 
townsmen with the otticesof Township Supervisor, 
Justice of the Peace and Township Clerk, in all 
of which jiublic capacities he has advanced the in- 
terest of his fellow-men. Socially he is a member 
of II. F. Xilcs Post, No. 172, G. A. R.; also the 
Hugh McCurdy Lodge, No. 38, A. F. & A. M. 
Long after he shall have passed to that "bourne 
from which no traveler returns," his manly cliar- 
acter and useful life will exert an intlucnce over 
all who knew him or learned tlie record of his life. 



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^. HARLES E. BHENNEU, wlio is the City 
Recorder of Saginaw, was born in Prussia, 

(iermany, January 1, 1838. He is the sec- 
ond son of Charles T. and Dora (Fischer) IJren- 
ner. His father emigrated with the family to the 
United States in the winter of 1818, landing at 
New York Cit3' in the spring of 18U), where they 
remained a little over a year, when they went to 
Cleveland, Oiiio. Three months later tlie^' came 
to Saginaw, Mich., but did not stay here then but 
went back to Cleveland, Ohio, and in a short time 
returned to Saginaw, JNIich., where the family set- 
tled permanently. The mother had died in tlie 
Old Country, but the father is still living and is 
now in his eightieth year. For a number of years 
he was engaged in the manufacture of salt and 
shingles in Saginaw, and continued in that busi- 



ness until his works b\irned. wlii-n he r>iiio\.-d lo 
(irand Rajiids, where he is custodian of the City 
Hall. 

Our subject was twelve' years of age wlien his 
father removed to Saginaw, and he here attended 
tlie city schools, tlius . supplementing his educa- 
tion received in the Old Country. After leaving 
school in August, 18.07, lie took a trip across the 
plains, driving a team of six yoke of cattle at- 
tached to a Government, freight wagon, traveling 
by way of Ft. Laramie, and lieing snowed in near 
Ash Hollow for lifty-six days, their suiiplies gave 
out, and they had to live on corn, which they 
made into hominy, but linally worked their way 
out and reached Ft. Laramie on the l.'ith of .Janu- 
ary, 1858. 

The Government Agent wanted the men to 
stay at the fort until spring, but IJrenner was one 
of the party who determined to return to Ft_ 
Leavenworth, the |)oint from which they had 
started. Seven of them started on foot to walk a 
distance of seven hundred and fifty miles, but 
having neglected to draw sullicient rations and 
being overtaken by a storm, one of the men jjcr- 
ished on the way, and our subject had both his 
feet frosted. On his return he again drove twelve 
oxen through to Ft. Laramie, and in 1859 went 
where Denver now is, but again returned to Ft. 
Laramie. 

In 1860 George Ihonner went with (ien. Christ- 
man to Julesburg, and there entered the employ 
of the Overland Exiiress Company, his business 
being to supply the stations along the route with 
hay and feed, and having charge of live wagons. 
In the fall he went into the mountains in C'ali- 
fornia, and there worked for the Tennessee INIin- 
ing Company for two years. He then went to 
Virginia City, and from there to Hritish Coluniliia, 
remaining for four months. iJeturiiing to Helena, 
Mont., he worked for a short time In the mines 
and concluded to try his fortune at fanning. He 
started a ranch at Silver Creek, but it was an un- 
fortunate year and the gr.asshoppcrs cleaned out 
the crops. Flour was thijn II a pound and pota- 
toes sixty cents a pound. He had cut his hay, 
which he sold for *100 a ton. and this enabled 
him to get out of the c(nintry. riding tlnough on 



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Iiorsehac'k to Nehiaskii City, aiul from flicie com- 
ing on to Saginaw. 

It was in December, 1S6.'). thai Mr. nitMnuT iv- 
tiirned to Saginaw, and soon after lie was ap- 
jKuntcd Mar.siial of the city. The following year 
lie was employed in (lie ,<hinglo mill of I'.urnham 
S: Still, and in the fall was apjiointed 'riiinkcy 
under Sheriff Henry INIillcr. .\ year later he was 
appointed Deputy Sheriff, and in \Xti'.) was elected 
Constable. lK)lding that ottiee continuously until 
1876. 

In April. 1H7(), (nu- suliject was elected Justice 
of the Peace, and was re-elected to the same olHce 
in 187« and 1H82. In the spring of 1«!MI he 
was elected City Recorder for a teim of four years. 

It was in 1868 that Mr. Itrenner was married to 
Miss Eniiline Cook.of Hirch Run, Saginaw County. 
This lady is a native of Xew York and a daugh- 
ter of .John Cook. They have five children living 
— Fred A., Dora H., Edith M., Henry and Tieorge 
J. This gentleman is a member of the Qermania 
Lodge, No. 79, F. & A. M., and also belongs to 
the Knights of Honor and the Maccabees. In pol- 
itics he is a stanch Democrat and a hearty worker 
for the success of his party. 



(^^ AMIKI, IIKNHV. When this gentleman 
.^^^ came to liay City in IHol. the entire S.agi- 

W/^, uaw \'alley was a wild and unbroken 
forest, and the site of tlie jjrescnt nourish- 
ing city was nnimi)roved. While en route hither 
Mr. Henry borrowed ¥l<l from a cousin and as he 
arrived here with uinety-nine cents in his posses- 
sion he is accnstonu'd to s,ay that he was worth 
|i9.01 less than ndthing. In all the enterprises 
which were afterward undertaken for the devel- 
opment of the resources of the \'alley he l)ore a 
prominent part and became widely known as one 
of the most inllucnlial and energetic of the earlv 
settlers. 

Among other improvements in which Mr. Heiirv 
aided was the la\ing out and grading of South 
C^enter Street and he had great ditliculty in gettin<i 



that thoroughfare opened on account of the oppo- 
sition of some of his neighbors. On section 8. 
Portsmouth Townsbi]), Bay County, he piuchased 
a farm of one hundred and sixty acres and upon it 
bnill a barn .■)lix7,') feet in dimensions, which 
brought upon him the ridicule of less enterprising 
people, who told him that his land would never 
pr(»duce enough to till it. Howevei', time pioved 
the wisdom of his course, for not only w;is that 
barn Idled with bountiful crops but he was obliged 
to erect throe or four barns in addition. 

The attention of the reader is invited to a view 
of the line farm belonging to Mr. Henry and by 
him brought to its present high cultivation. It^ 
fertility may be inferred from the fact that his ha\- 
crop averages from two and one-half to three 
tons per acre, and during 181(11 he raised fourteen 
hundred bushels of wheat, one thousand bushels 
of oats, and five hundred Inishels of corn. His 
barns and sheds are in the form of a rectangle, 
providing a comfortable place of shelter in the 
center. His grain barn is yOxlIO feet, with 
posts twenty-two feet in height, and there is no 
barn in the Saginaw Valley which excels it in con- 
venience and solidit\'. 

Mr. Ilenr}' was born in Tyrone County, I reland, 
October 22, 1828, and there passed his youlli, 
learning to operate a grist mill and working at 
that tra<le for three years. His f.ather. .lames, was 
a farmer, and Ins mothei. who lioie the maiden 
name of Martha Larimer, w.as of Scotch descent, 
her ancestors having settled in the North of Ire- 
land during the persecutions in Scotland. His 
maternal grandfather, Robert Larimer, was a well- 
to-do fanner, who raised the best stock in the 
county where he lived. On Ixitli sides, our sub- 
ject is descended from active and devoted Presby- 
terians. 

The family to which our subject belonged com- 
prised eight children. namely : IJarbara.I.; Robert; 
Sarah A., who is Mrs. ilillen; ilathilda, now Mrs. 
Larimer; William. Wilason. Nancy and .Samuel. 
TIk'V had the ordinary school advantages granted 
to children in the North of Ireland and received 
excellent training at home. 

In 18.")0 our subject left home, and sailing from 
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in work in a sawmill in Ailesrliany County, N. Y., 
receiving *!) a inonlli, witli tlic piix ilcge of learn- 
ing the hutiiuess of an engineer, wliicli lie soon m-. 
(luirerl. Dnring the second .year, his montlily sti 
pend was increased to *30; later, he went to Me- 
Keau Connty, Pa., where he received «40 a month. 
He put up an engine and built a mill Cor .ludge 
Hull, of Angelica, N. Y., and there renuuned until 
18.")4, when he came to Bay City. I'pon first 
coming West he visited various points, such as St. 
Paul and Chicago, and then settled in Hay City, 
where he found emi)loyment as an engineer in a 
mill. He was thus engaged for thirteen years, and 
then began farming operations. 

Mr. Henry Ijegan buying land in 1^(;')1S, when he 
was able to secure eighty acres, on a payment of 
15.50 per acre. He added to his estate from time 
to time, and kept men cutting down trees, and dis- 
posing of the lumber, until he had converted his 
property into the finest farm in the whole count}-, 
receiving for it the first prize of the County Fair. 
Plere he raises Percherons, Norman and Clydesdale 
horses, some of which have made records for speed. 
He owns valuable real-estate in the city, and re- 
sides at the corner of Thirty-fifth and Taylor 
Streets. 

The marriage of our subject, at Bay City, in 
1858, brought to his home ]Miss .7ane Spencer, a 
native of New York. They have live children, 
namely: Martha J., now Mrs. Potter; Charlotte, 
the wife of iMr. Lehman, of St. ]>ouis; James L., 
Eliza, and Fred Centennial. For twelve years Mr. 
Henry acted as Justice of the Peace, and was then 
re-elected to the office, but failed to qualify. He 
believes that every man should do right, and it 
will be all right with him, and allows to others the 
freedom of opinion which he claims for himself. 
His political convictions bring him into line with 
the Democratic party and he is on the City Com- 
mittee, and is frequently a delegate to county and 
State conventions. 

"When the writer of this sketch visited Mr. 
Henry, he took him in his buggy out to tlie farm 
and showed him all the beauties of both citj' and 
country, giving him a clear idea of the wonderful 
changes which have taken place here since the 
pioneer days. A lane extends through a portion 



of his farm, dividing it into sections of forty acres 
each, and the whole [jroperty is well fenced and 
in a mo.st excellent condition. 

The whole Saginaw \'alley has nothing in a farm 
or farm buildings to excel this estate of Mr. 
Henry's. He is a practical agr.eultiirist, full of 
resources, and knows just what to do in every 
emergency. He worked for thirteen years without 
losing a day by sickness or otherwise, and pos- 
sesses a stalwart frame and a mayniliceiit constitu- 
tion. 




flL^ ON. DAN r. FOOTE.of Saginaw, is a native 
of New York and was born in Deertield, 
Oneida County, August 18, 1831. He 

((^,' traces his ancestry to Wales, whence his 
grandfather, Eli Foote, emigrated to the United 
States about 1812, and settled with his family in 
Oneida County. Dan P. Foote is the eldest in a 
family of seven children born to Henry and Har- 
riet Foote, all but one of whom are now living. His 
brother, Capt. George F. Foote, who is an f)ffieer 
in the Eighth United States Cavalry, is now in 
Florida on an indefinite leave of absence and is 
engaged in cultivating an orange grove. 

Probably few who have known Mr. Foote in late 
years .as a hard working lawyer would suspect that 
he once led a life of wild advenluie; and doubtless 
few who knew him then would have dreamed of 
finding him in miiblle life an honored member of 
the bar. At the age of sixteen he enlisted in the 
regular army of the United States to serve during 
the war with Mexico. The cajiture of Chepultepec, 
September 13, 1847, practically ^nded the war and 
the unauthorized treaty of (iaudalupe Hidalgo, 
signed by Mr. Trist on the part of the United 
States, February 2, 1848, having been latified l)v 
our senate and the Mexican Congress in May of 
that year, finally ter iiinatcd hostilities. Those 
who had enlisted for the war were discharged du- 
ring the summer and among others our subject was 
honorably discharged at ( lovrniorV Island, .liiiic 
27, 1848. 

During the .same year .Mr. Foote sailed from 



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New Bedford niKiard the l)ark "Per.^ia" on a whal- 
ing voyye around (ape Iloni and while on the 
cruise visited the Azore.-;. the Madeira Islands, 
and Cape ^'el■de Ishinds in the Atlantic, l)esides nu- 
merous islands in tiie I'acitie (Jeean. lie was fre- 
quently l)r<>u<i-hl into close ([uarters. and at one 
time a wounded .ihale seized the boat, erushinjj it 
to splinters. The erew only saved their live.-; hy 
jurapiny into the water where they were pieked u|) 
by men in the other boats. 

Ill 18 19, in ciymijany with the shi[)'s carpenter, 
Mr. Koote left the vessel at Callao and remained in 
Pern about one year. When he left the shi|i he 
had only the clothiiiii' he wore and a few American 
half-dollars, but with his companion, he soon 
found employment in building a mill, and in 1850 
joined an exi)edition t(» the silver mines at Ceno- 
pasco, acting as jiart of the guard wlio were conduct- 
ing the silver outinit of the year to the .seaport. 
Living wholly among the natives he .soon acquired a 
knowledge of the .Spanish language, w hicli he reads 
readily and from which he has made many inter- 
esting translations for publication. He shipped on 
the '-Windsor Castle" for the Chincha Islands, 
where a load of guano was secured. 

Returning to Callao,- ^Ir. Foote took passage on 
the "John G. Caster" for New York, and upon his 
arrival in this country shipi)ed in IHaO in the 
United .States navy and liecame Schoolmaster of the 
receiving ship, "North Carolina", lying in Brook- 
lyn navyyard. His teMching there was conlined to 
boys between the ages of ten and eighteen who 
were to make the future seamen of the navy. He 
was linally assigned to the sloop-of-war ".lames- 
town" and visited the coast of Africa, as well as 
most of the .\tlantic |)oits of .South America. He 
w.as left at Montevideo on account of ill-health, 
and being invalided retui'iied to New York on the 
store ship "Relief." During the three following 
years he visited China and California, a part of the 
time before the m.ast and later as an oHicer. 

Mr. Foote suffered shipwreck once on the Cape 
■ N'erde Islands with a Philadelphia lirig. In 1853 
he was on the brig "Halcyon," which carried pow- 
<ler from New York to sui)ply the second Lopez 
ex|)edition for the libei-ation of Cuba. The cargo 
was dischai'ged at San Juan de los Remedios, on the 



western coast of Cuba. Iiefore the eyes of the cus- 
tom ofiicers themselves. 

In 1852 Mr. Foote sailed for San Francisco and 
there ie.iving the ves-<el, engaged in various occu- 
pations such assailing a schooner on the bay. min- 
ing, driv.ng stage, clerking in warehousrs etc. 
There he became acquainted with the great filli- 
bnster, William Walker, and his second in command. 
Col. Watkins, who were then aliout to set out upon 
the unsuccessful .Senora exiiedition. Later he 
shipped on the " Sweepstakes" for China and at 
Wampoa loaded with tea and returned to New 
York. Thus was ended his eventful ocean exper- 
ience. 

Mr. Foote came to .Michigan in 1854, taking up 
Government land in Tittabawassee Township, 
Saginaw County, and cleared up a farm. He also 
engaged in teaching school and read law with the 
H(m. Jabez G. Sutherland. He was admitted to 
the bar in 1863. but did not commence to practice 
in .Saginaw until 18(5(5. He has been very success- 
ful as a lawyer and has gained a well-earned I'cp- 
utation and not a little pecuniary reward. In 
politics he is an active Democrat and has held 
the ofllcesof Justice of the Peace, School lns|)ector, 
Supervisor, Prosecuting Attorney, State .Senator 
and City Attorney of Saginaw. 

The marriage of Mr. Foote to JMiss Elizabeth 
Graham took place in Uctober, 1854, at Fox Lake, 
Wis., and they are the parents of three children: 
(ieorge (i., who is a stockman in Colorado: Charles 
Edwin, who is a manufacturer of perfumery at 
Jackson; and Langley .Sutherland, who is nian:iger 
of the Saginaw liuildingand Loan Association. In 
physical appearance Mr. Foote is of medium height 
with a stalwart frame, manly air and intellectual 
countenance; and at the time of his admission to 
the bar was said to be the tinest looking law3'er in 
Saginaw. His strongly marked individuality, 
shrewd judgment and thorough knowledge of men 
account for the conlidence rejjosed in him by his 
friends. Socially he is one of the most agreeable 
of companions and his ready wit brings him in 
demand to respond to toasts at social banquets .as 
well as to speak at celebrations. 

Mr. F^oc^te has done more or less editorial work, 
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forcible stump speaker. He is an ardent advocate 
of the old Deiiiofiatif doctrines, :i slnmji- ln-'llier in 
canipaiiin work, and as a practicioner at the har his 
positions have usually been sustained by the Su- 
preme Court. While he luis not been eni;ai>'ed in 
any cases of great |)ublie interest he has phrlieipated 
in settling the law upon many important pciints. 
In "Silsbee vs Stockle, 44 Mich." the Court had 
denounced the twenty-five per cent interest upon 
deliiKpient taxes as a penalty and used language 
strongly suggesting tliat. should a case come before 
the court presenting the (piestion, the court would 
hold this interest a penalty and a sale made for the 
tax including it void. 

In "Drennen vs Herzgog. ,51! Mich." the point 
was squarely presented. Drennen. the owner of tlie 
original title brought ejectment against Herzgog, 
who was in possession under a tax title for 1872. 
All the taxes were paid tl-.at year by some one, 
except the State tax. and the land was sold for 
tliat alone amounting, including State tax, charges 
and interest, to $1.94. Tiie jilaiutiff contended 
that the high rate of interest amounted to a penalty 
and made the sale void, and rested his case with 
confidence on the authority of Silsbee vs Stockle. 

Mr. Foote pointed out first, that the question 
was not presented by the record in the Silsbee case; 
that the remarks of the Court in that case were not 
to be taken as a statement of the law; second that 
tiie legislature had power to fix the interest to be 
paid upon delinquent taxes, and therefore, to fix 
it at any rate that the legislature deemed projjer, 
and that the court had no })ower to set aside the law 
because the judges though the rate unreasonable. 
Tiiis contention was fully sustained and Herzgog 
held tiie Land. 

'•Jerome vs. Ortman et al., (il! .Mich," presented an 
important question. Ortman and Rothschild sold 
.lerome land on a contract, for which .Jerome paid 
f 10,000. The contract was in the usual language 
of a contract under seal but in fact bore no seal, 
scroll or device in place of a seal. A deed was 
not demanded by Jerome until more than si.x years 
after he was entitled to it by the terms of the con- 
tract. He tiien found that liis vendors had no 
title, and lirought an action of coven.ant declaring 
upon the contr.act as a sealed instrument. 



The defendants plead the statute of limitation, 
averring that tiie contr.act was not under seal, and 
that more than six years had elapsed since Jerome's 
right of .action accrueil. and that therefore no ac- 
tion could be maint.'iiiied upon it. Many lawyers 
held the defendants right in their position: hut Mr. 
Foote contended that the (|iiestion whether it was 
a sealed or unsealed contract did not depend upon 
the presence of an actual seal upon it, but upon 
what the parties .actually intended it to be, and 
that that intention was to be ascertained from tlie 
contract itself and the subject matter. Judge 
Campbell closed the oi>ini(m of the court in the case 
with the statement that ''the parties intended 
this instrument to lie a deed and it is a deed," 
and Jerome recovered his payments with interest 
and collected his judgment also. 

"McGregor vs Supervisors of (i lad win County, 
■il ^lich." related to the question of the power of 
the board to remove the County Treasurer. Me- 
(iregor, as Treasurer, had given the bond required 
by the board but subseipiently the board recpiired 
an additional bond which iMctiregor failed to give. 
The statute authorized the board to require an ad- 
itional bond and to remove the Treasurer if lie 
failed to comply with such re(|uireiueiit. McGregor 
having failed to give the new bond, tlie board de- 
clared the office of treasure)- vacant and appointed 
another to fill it. 

Having first secured a ceitified copy of the Sii- 
])ervisor"s record. Mr. l''oote liroiight the case be- 
fore the Supreme C<uirt. conteiidiug that the record 
failed to show a vacancy; thiita cause for removal 
did not create a vacancy without .action tm the 
part of the board linving the power of removal; 
tlint it did not show any finding or deteiinination 
that the original bond was iiisullicient; it did not 
show any legal notice to Mctiregor that he was 
refjuired to give an additional bond; and it did 
not show that he litid notice of the pretended (iro- 
ceediugs of his removal, and contended that he 
could not lie removed without notice and an op- 
portunitv to make defense; and that these condi- 
tions must appear in the record and could not he 
estalilished by any other proof, and the c<iurt so 
held and quashed tlie jiroieedings. 

"Williams vs Citv <if Saginaw, .'il Mich. 12(i" 



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was ail action l)i-ou<jlit against the citj' to recover 
tlie amount of a tiix upon personal |)ropcrtv paid 
under protest, and claimed to be void because of 
an over valuatiim of the property. Mr. Footc, as 
attorney for the i il\, conli-iiilid lliiit the plaintiff 
had personal property within the juiisdietion sub- 
ject to as.se.ssment; that the law committed the val- 
uation of it for the i>urpose of taxation, to the as- 
sessing officer of the city, subject to tlic approval 
of the Board of Review; tliat tiieir action on it was 
final and CDnchisive in the absence of fraud: that 
to hold otherwise would be to make every assess- 
ment tlie sul)ject of review in the courts, and the 
judaes of the courts the final assessincj officers. 
The Sui)remc Court so held. 

"Hurt vs McBain, 2!> Mich. 2()0" settled some 
inipoi taut points. Afr. Foote in behalf of McBain, 
contended that the .settlement of an action by the 
yuardian ad litem, and its discontinuance did not 
b:ir the infant plaintiff lirinj^ino; another action for 
the same cause; tliat the guardian ad litem was 
appointed only to conduct the litigation in court, 
and could not ci)mi)romise away tlie rights of tlio 
infant party. 

"Fletcher vs Lee et al. 71 Mich. 493" settled a 
new (piestion in this .State. Fletcher brought at- 
tachment against Freese and the sheriff, executint"; 
the writ seized a pair of horse-;. Freese claimed 
the property exempt jukI brought re|)levin against 
tlie sheriff'. The wiit wm< executed by Dr. N. I). 
Lee, aj Corouei'. Tlu' u^u-il l)i)iid was given to 
which the defendant I'xcepted. Tlie bondman did 
not justify and Freese gave no new bond and 
judgment passed against hiin upon default. The 
bond taken l)y Lee provctl to be worthless and the 
l)laintiff in the attachment brought an action 
against Lee and his bondsman for the damages re- 
sulting from his negligence in takiu" a worthless 
bond. 

Ml-. Ft)Ote contended for Dr. Lee that the prop- 
erty w.as exemjit from seizure on attachment, and 
therefore wrfuigfully in possession of the sher- 
iff, who ;ie(|uii-cd n<i interest in, or lien by his seiz- 
ure; that l''reeseliad a right to retake his |)iopertv: 
and that Lee was not a wrong doer in ai<ling him, 
that the seizure being illegal no bond could be re- 
quired of Freese, and tin re fore it was of no leyal 



consequence that the coroner took a worthless 
bond; and that Lee had a right to show in his de- 
fense that the projierty was exempt and to have 
the benefit of that fact. The court fully sustained 
this contention. Whether the horses were exempt 
from seizure for debt presented another legal (pies- 
tion. The case showed that Freese wils raised a 
farmer, but some three or four years before the 
attachment suit had engaged in a small hardware 
busine.ss; that about two months before that suit 
was commenced he sold out his stock in ti-ade and 
took the team in question in part jiayment. 

Freese testified that he intended to resume farm- 
ing and had been looking for a farm to buy or 
rent; that about the time the horses were seized he 
had liargained for a farm in Ohio, and inteiuled to 
remove his family there and engage in farming. 
Mr. Foote argued that under the law the team was 
exempt and the court so held. The foregoing is 
but the briefest reference to the legal labors of 
Mr. Foote hut indicates the varied character there- 
of. Ills cases, both at the Circuit and in the Su- 
preme Court have always been thoroughly prepared 
and while he has met with his full share of failures 
he has never lieen taken b\' surpri.se. 



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II.VRLKS KIMMKLK, who is proprietor of 
a large grocery store in Saginaw, has been 
a resident of that city for over twenty-five 
years. His phients, Ignatz and Cresentia (Laur) 
Himmele, were natives of (iermany and emigrated 
to the United States in lnr)l. locating in Milwau- 
kee. Wis., where they resided until 1865, when they 
removed to Saginaw. When the Civil War broke 
out, 'Sir. Rimmele, Sr., opened a recruiting office 
and having secured the necessary number, 
was, on the organization of Company F, Forts - 
fifth W'i.sconsin, made l""irst Lieutenant and 
.afterward promoted to be Ciiptaiii of the same, 
being stationc(1 at Nashville, Tenn. After 
his discharge he settled in Saginaw, in 18(j."). Here 
he died in 188;"i, the mother having dejiarted this 
life in I8KI. (If tlieir eleven children only four 
are living, of whom oui- sul>ject is the third son. 



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Charles Rimmele was born in Milwaukee, Wis., 
February 28, 18;>(), and w.as eleven years old when 
he acfonii)anied liLs parents to Saginaw, where he 
attended sehool until fifteen years of age. At that 
time lie began his mercantile experience, being em- 
ployed in the store of AVilliani Moye, with whom 
lie remained for fifteen years. He then purchased 
the stock of liis employer and liegan liusiness for 
himself at the same stand, Xo. 122 M. Hamilton 
Street. Here he has a large and complete assort- 
ment of general groceries, in connection with wliich 
he also liandles Hour and feed and is doing a good 
Inisiness. 

Mr. Rimmele was mai-ried in IMIKI to Mrs. Maggie 
Archer, daughter of Isidor Sonner, of Saginaw, in 
which place she was born. jMr. Rimmele belongs 
to a number of social orders, being a member of 
the Knights of Pythias, Royal Arcanum and Knights 
of Honor and also of the Arbeiter and Teut(mia 
Societies. 



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. WIIJ>IAiM H. MILLAR, of Cliesaning, 
as born in Edinl)urgh, Scollnnd. March 
27, 1833. He is a son of .John and Kuplie- 
mia (Clark) Millar, his father being a 
brewer by ti'ade. He die<l when our subject was 
about two and a half years old. I'p to twelve and 
a half years of age our sulijcct had enjoyed very 
good educational advantages, and tlicn he slupjied 
as a sailor, that being the occu|iation of many of 
his relatives. He followed the sea for ;U)out three 
years, crossing the Atlantic, to and from America 
and along the liritish coast. 

The Rev. ]\Ir. Millar came to America in 18-l(i, 
and located in Ashland County, Ohio, whcr(> he 
worked on a farm and in a blacksmilh shop and at- 
tended school. He learned the blacksmith's trade 
pretty thoroughly, and at the same time learned a 
good many other things, for the man under whom 
he worked, Adam Innis, had been educated for the 
ministry. He was a scholarly man, bnt was pecu- 
liar in his belief, his influence over our subject, 
however, being for good. After leavinghini yo\nig 
Millar attended schooi for two years, lie was con- 



verted and joined the United Brethren Church, in 

which he became a minister about a year aftefward. 
He took a four years' cour^e of stndy, pieparing for 
his ministerial work, cariying his woik on Iti pari 
with a ministei and in part at Westervdie. Ohio. 
He was connected with the liiited I'.rethrcn Church, 
but frequently preached in tli<' Congregational 
Church. 

Our subject, enlisted ns ;i soldier in Company C, 
One Hundred and Thirty-third Oliio Infantry. and 
in the organizMlion of the regiment he w:is niiide 
Hospital Steward, and was given charge of a field 
hospital. He at the same time did much Chaplain 
work. I'lior to going into the war. .March W. IHAK. 
our subject was ni.-UMied to Miss Permelia Kennedv, 
of Bazetta, Ti-nmbidl County, Ohio. She was the 
daughter of Thomas and I'helie (Casteiline) Ken- 
nedy. After his return from the army he resnnu'd 
his ministry, continuing in the Inited I'.rethrcn 
Church initil he removed to ;\Iichigan. in IHH.'i. 
He came to Otsego County ami pvirchased land 
which he farmed, at the sfime tune preaching in a 
Congregati(mal Chuich. He came to Cliesaning 
from Gaylord in 1887. He h.as ever been an ad- 
vocate of freedom to all human being's. 

Mr. ^lillar has fi\e cJiildren — Addison P.. Clar- 
ence T., A. Belle, Phelps and (uace. The eldest is 
a portiait and landscajie painter in New York. 
Clarence is a printer by trade, residing in Cliesan- 
ing. Belle is a music teacher. Air. Millar is some- 
thing of a political •:^)ieaker, and is o|i|iosed to all 
forms of opjiressicm in whatever shape it may ap- 
pear. He is a mcmlier of and a speaker for the 
Knights of Labor and also for the (iraiid Army of 
the Repulilic. 



LEXAXDKR \I Id. AIRE, the genial and 
popular proprietoidf thel'ine Ri\er House, 
* atWest BayCity,also owns three stttrerooms 
adjoining his hotel on Washington Street. 
He is an old settler and one of the oldest hotel men 
in the city, and can relate many an interesting tale 
of pioneer experience. Om- subject was born in 
Pike Creek, near Windsor. Canada, .Inne 22. I>!l.s. 




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His father was Alex \'illiiiri'. also a native of I'ike 
Creek,- as was also John N'illairi'. the ^randfatlior of 
our sul)jcc't, who was a farmer liy cailinu' and an 
old soldier in the War of \S\->. Ills father came 
from France. 

Alex \'illaire was a lunilx i iiian in I'ike Creek, 
Canada, and was the lirst man tf) c-iit a ti'ee in that 
region. He carried on an e.xtensive business, and 
remained there until his removal to the States in 
\HCu). when he located in Detroit .-uid engaged as 
"mine host;" he died in the Cit^' of the Straits in 
1873. Our subject's mother was in her maiden- 
hood Miss Christine Peter, and her birthplace, Pike 
Creek, Canada. She was the daughter of John 
Peter, also a native of the Dominion. Mrs. Chris- 
tine A'illaire is still li\ing. making licr home in 
lianks. 

Our subject was the oldest but one in a iMiiiily 
of two sons and six daughters born to his parents. 
lie was reared in Pike Creek, wliiue he attenderl 
the common schools, and when seventeen years of 
age came to Detroit. In the spring of 18(54 he came 
to Bay City and was engaged in the woods for the 
Keystone Company for seven years, driving teams. 

The subject of this sketch was married May 22, 
1872. in Detroit, to Miss.Argett daughter of 
Thomas and Josei)liine Pilon. natives of Canada. 
The mother makes hci- home with Mrs. X'illaire. 
After his marriage, our subject purchased the Pine 
Hiver House, located at the corner of Fourth and 
Saginaw Streets, and ran it for two y(>ars with more 
than ordinary success. In 1H7-1 he came to West 
P>ay City, erected his present commodious hotel, 
aii<l in .luh' 2!i of that ycai' moved into it. It is a 
two-story structure, 2Hx()n feet in dimensions, con 
taining twenty-seven rooms. Mr. X'illaire is one 
of the oldest hotel men in Wc^l ISay City, and the 
thriftincss which he has demonstrated might well 
be imitated by many less prosperous. He com- 
menced at the veiv bottoni of the ladder, and by 
his industry has accumulated a comfortable com- 
petency which will enable liim to pass his declining 
vears in jjeace .and quiet. 

The .seven childien which have come to our sub- 
ject and his wife are named respectively. Thomas 
Alex, William, Fiankie. llcniy. IJeiinie. Dave. 
Frnest. The family .'irc ii cinbiMs of tlic Si. M;ii\"s 



Catholic Church and the St. John's Society. In 
politics Mr. \'illaire is a believer in Democratic 
principles, and has represented his party as a dele- 
gate to State and county conventions. He has also 
.served on the petit and grand juries, and indeed 
has been active in all good works which would 
tend to elevate societ\- and benefit the commuMity. 



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^OlIN D. HARRY, who is the highly honored 
Police Judge of Saginaw, is a native of the 
Wolverine State, as he was born in Lansing, 
_ October 14, 1862. His father, Philip I). 
Barry, is a native of Iieland, and emigrated to the 
I'nited States as the age of twenty- five. The 
mother, whose maiden name was Bridget^ Corcoran, 
is also a native of Ireland, and came to the Ignited 
States before her marriage, which took place in 
Jackson, Mich. Tlic\' are farmers by occupation. 
iiiiil now reside in Ingham County, this State. 

( )u I subject attended the district school in his 
nati\'e county and worked upon a farm until 187(>, 
after which he entered the Normal School at A'al- 
paraiso, Ind.. and after graduating therefrom in 
1882, he taught for a year. His law studies were 
begun with Messrs. Cahill & Ostrander, at Lansing, 
and in 1880 he entered the University of Michi- 
gan, taking a literary course, which he completed 
in 1HH(), and linishing his law course the following 
year. 

Having been admitted to the bar, Mr. Barry came 
at imce to Saginaw, and entered the oflice of the 
law lirm of Tarsney & W^eadock. After one year's 
experience he opened a lawoftice alone in the Ih>vt 
niock, and continued his practice until March, 
IHiX), when he was elected Police Judge. He as- 
sumed the duties of his office March 2(1, 1891, for 
a teiin of three years. The cases on hi» docket 
average alioul two hunilred and fifty a month in 
number. 

Judge r>arr\' was married in February, 1 Kit I. to 
Miss Jennie, daughter of Joseph McKclve\, of 
Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada. This gentleman is a 
memiici- of tlie Knights of the Maccabees, and in 
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elected to his position upon that ticket. The sal- 
ary which this office affords is the not excessive one 
of liljuOO per year with an allowance of ^CtiH) per 
year for clerk hire. 

We have in .ludge P.arr\- another uistance uf the 
vigor and ahility of tliose men who, being of Kn- 
ropean parentage have nnited the solid qnalities of 
the world with the push and determination of the 
new, and iiavc helped in establishing the reputa- 
tion of the Micliigan-born men as thoroughly pro- 
gressive, and able in the discliarge of any and all 
lines of businos and ludilic service. 






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^^HARLES II. POMEROY. Tiic Pomeioy 
(l( „ Cracker Company. <>f which this gentleman 
^is^' is a member, was established in March, 
18H7, in Saginaw, and manufactures all kinds of 
crackers and tine biscuits. Mr. Pomeroy is a 
native of Ohio, l)orn in Parkman, (leauga County, 
September 13, 1844. His parents, William and 
Charlotte Pomeroy, were natives of New England, 
the father being born in Brandon, Rutland (bounty, 
Vt., and the mother in Springtiekl. Mass., and 
were early settlers of Ohio. In 184(5 the family 
removed to Lower Saginaw, now B.ay City, the 
father dying in Ann Arbor in IHGd. The mother 
is still living and resides at Joliet, 111. 

William Pomeroy. the father of our subject, was 
of French extraction. After coming here, he, in 
company with .lames Krazier and Mark Hopkins, 
built the Hr>t saw-mill in Lower Saginaw and 
manufactured lumber there for a number of years. 
Late in life he removed to Ann Arbor, Mich., to 
educate his children, at which i)lace his decease 
occurred. His wife is of English descent and is 
living, in her seventy-eighth year. 

Charles II. is the eldest of the sons in a family of 
eight children, six now living. His Ixnliood and 
early school days were passed in P.ay City, where 
he attended the common school and afterward the 
State Normal. In 1880 he formed a partnership 
with Charles C. Whitney, of Bay City, under the 
firm name of Pomeroy & Whitney, and engageil 
in the manufacture of crackers, the partnership 



continuing until .Inly, 188fi, when he sold out to 
Mr. Whitney, and coming to Saginaw liuilt his 
present factoi-y, a brick Tidxloo feet and two sto- 
ries in height. He ships his products to different 
towns and cities in Michigan and occasionally to 
different States in the East and West. Steam 
power is used and they have a cai)acity of fift\- 
l)arrels of flour every ten hours, m.'icliinery being 
used in all departments. He employs from fifteen 
to twenty men and his business is in a llourisliing 
condition. 

Mr. Pomeroy was married in 18(i',) to Miss Mary 
L. Yale, a daughter of Noah Yale, her family 
having come from New York State and settled in 
Michigan. 'Sly. Pomeroy is a member of Bay City 
Lodge, No. 12i», F. cV A.M., Blanchard Chapter, 
No. .59; Bay City Commandery No. 21!. K. T.; 
Michigan Consistory at Detroit; au<l is also a 
member of Supreme C'onncil, being a thirty-third 
degree jMason. At present he is Grand Captain- 
General of the (irand Commandery of Knights 
Templar of Michigan. In politics he is a Repub- 
lican. 



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\y7 YMAN W. BLISS, M. D., of Saginaw City. 
I (@ was born in Sinitlitield, Madison C'ounty^ 
!^M. N. Y., .Inly 12, 18,S(;. He is one of seven 
.sons l)orii to Lyman and Anna (Chaffee) liliss, and 
was reared in his nati\e i)lace, where he received 
his primary education. Hisschool advantages were 
exceptionally good for that day, when the ty]jical 
schoolhouse was a log caliin with a puncheon 
tli>or and clapboard roof, and the teacher was usu- 
ally a dictatorial ruler possessing meager lesourecs 
of learning. N'ery different are the facilities that 
now obtain all over our country to meet the edu- 
cational wantr of our youth. To state that Lyman 
W. Bliss availed himself to the utmost of his ad- 
vantages, is but to record what actually occurred. 
He possessed a desire for knowledge which achieves 
scholarship in spile of adverse circumstances, and 
without which no high order of learning is attain- 
able, however complete the educational machinery 
may be. 

Having resolved upon iHH'oiiiiiiga |ili_vsician, our 



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subject I'liteied iipdii the ?.tudy of medicine in 
Madison County, under tlu^ preceptorship of l)i>. 
Milton. Barnettand I'. T. MayliiMiy, and later took 
a course of lectures in Albany Medical College 
and also at the (icncva Medical College, where 
lie graduated in ls.')ri. Ills scliolarshi|) was 
of so high a]i order that in his early man- 
hood he was offered and accepted a professionship in 
I lol)art College, at (u'v^ena. N. Y. Tiie breaking 
out of the Civil War was the immediate cause of 
his resignation of that lucrative positicni. in order 
that lie might serve hiscounliy on the battle field. 
In due time ho was commissioned first assistant 
.surgeon of the Tenth New York Cavalry and was 
assigned to the Army of the Potomac. As the re- 
ward of faithful discharge of duties, he was pro- 
moted to besnigeon of the Fifty-lirst New York In- 
fantry, alsi serving as Brigade Surgeon and .acting 
Medical Director. 

Close attention to his professional lalxjis and 
exposure brouglit on an attack of typhoid fever 
in 1H()1 and it was three months before Dr. Bliss 
was able to resume to work. At the dose of the 
war he was in charge of the field hospital of the 
Ninth Army Corps, after which he was jilaced in 
charge of a hosiiital at Alexandria, ^'a.. where he 
remained until he was mustered out of service in 
August, IHG,). From the field of battle he pro- 
ceeded to Michigan, locating in Saginaw City in 
September. ISIiCi. and commencing the [iractiee of 
medicine which he still continues. As a physi- 
cian he enjoys a lucrative [iractiee and is foremost 
among the practioners of the Saginaw A'alley, 
while as a liusiness man he possesses abilities of no 
ordinary (■haractor. 

Forseeing the vast import.ance of lumliering in- 
terests in this State and the great future of |iine. 
the Doctoi- established the firm of A. T. liliss \- 
Bro., purchasing the old .lerome mill in 1868, 
which they rebuilt. From a small beginning their 
business grew to an enormous m.agnitude until a 
few years ago when tlu' property was ])laced in 
hands of the Doctor's .sons, .1. \V. and E. S. The 
lumber O|)erations of the lirni of A. T. 151iss A- liro. 
are ehielly carried on in (il;idwin and Clare Count- 
ies, where they run two camps of about lifty men 
each, and also lumber through several jobbers. 



They still own and operate the fine mill at Carroll- 
ton, which gives employment to a force of more 
than one hundred men and finds a ready market 
in the iirinciiial cities of the East. Their sawmill, 
which is one of the largest on the river, is efjuip- 
ped with a five hundred horse-power engine a 
battery of five large boilers, and a smaller one of 
two boilers for the salt works. The products of 
the mill amount to nearly tliirty million feet of 
lumber, which he banked each season, and the mill 
and salt works cover an area of about twenty-five 
acres of ground. 

Another enterprise which engages Dr. Bliss's at- 
tention is the .lames Stewart Company, of which 
he is Pre-ident. That business was originally started 
by .Tames Stewart in IX7'2 and continued by him 
until 1HX2, when the present corporation was 
formed. The ottice and salesroom of the company 
consist of a large two-story building, 200x1(10 
feet in dimensions, with first-class shijiping facili- 
ties, in addition to which the firm has a feed mill 
lOOx'i;') feet, on North Water Street; a feed ware- 
house 200x20 feet, and other warehouses for pork, 
tlour. tobacco and geuer.al merchandi.se, covering 
(iOxlOO and (!0x7.") feet respectively. They carry 
an enormous stock and are especially known .as im- 
porters of teas, which comprise the finest qualities 
ever brought to the A'alley. Their extensive bus- 
iness throughout the county .as well as in various 
portions of the .State. re(iuires a large force of 
clerks besides several traveling men. The st.and- 
ing of the company is of the highest and their le- 
liable dealings secure for them an immense pat- 
ronage. 

The Doctor is also a stockholder in .several en- 
terprises besides the .lames Stewart C'ompany. His 
abilities have been called into retjuisition by his fel- 
low citizens who bestowed upon him the highest gift 
within their power, the .Mayoralty. In that office 
he served three years, and his efforts were directed 
with success toward checking all useless expedi- 
ture of jiublic moneys as well as introducing into 
the city every improvement calculated to advance 
its growth. Dr. Bli.ss was married .July 1, 18r)8,to 
Miss Mary .lerome of Tompkins County, N. Y., 
and they are the parents of four children, three 
living, namely: Anna M., now Mrs. .1. .M. Hittman. 







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James W. and E. Stanton. The Doctor is :i .system- 
atic reader and keeps well posted upon the jjreat 
issues of the day. A man of lirm coiivirtion. liis 
cheerful disposition of heart and mind disiirras 
those who mislit otherwise be his opponents, and 
causes all whc) know him to hold him in hi^h es- 
teem. The Doctor was President uf the State 
Medical Society for the year 181)1. 



.^ICIIARD .lOlIN BROWN, conductor on 
the Mackinaw Diyision of the Michigan 
Ji \\\ Central Railroad, was born in Clinton, 
^Canada, May 29, 1853. lie is of English 
parentage, his father Richard being a native of 
County Durham, England, where his mothei-, Isa- 
belle (Newton) Brown was likewise born. Soon 
after his marriage Richard Brown emigrated from 
from his native shire, where he iiad been engaged 
as a blacksmith, to Canada, locating at Clinton and 
working at his trade. From there he removed to 
Exeter, and operated as a blacksmith and manu- 
facturer until 18()i') when became to Michigan and 
settled in Minden C'ity, Sanilac C\)unty. His trade 
of a blacksmith occupied his attention until he 
retired from business in the spiingof liSlKl. Now 
sixty-seven years old, he is making iiis JKime with 
oiu- subject. The mother died in October, I8SM). 

In the family of eight children, our subject is 
the fourth m order of l)iith and was reaird in 
Canada until he was twelve \ears old. He then 
accompanied his parents to this State and remained 
with them until he was llfteen. when he secured 
employment in a store at Forestville. After re- 
maining there during one winter, he removed to 
Ft. Hope and thence to Alpena, where he was en- 
gineer in the planing mill for two years. In 1874 
he came to West Bay t'ity, and became engineer in 
a salt lilock, having charge of one well. His rail- 
road career commenced in 1881 with his acce|)t- 
ance of the position of brakeman on the Saginaw 
(fe Mackinaw Division of the Michigan Central 
Railroad. He served in that capacity for two years, 
then as bagg.ageman six inontlis. afterward was 
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promoted to conductor on the line between Bay 

City and Crayling, and later accepted the position 
of passenger conductor, his run being between Bay 
City and Mackinaw, which position he now fills 
with marked ability. He makes two trips per week, 
and has become widely known as one of the most 
efficient and genial conductors on the road. 

Although no fatal accident has occurred on the 
road since Mr. Brown has been conductor, yet sev- 
eral serious catastrophes have happened. In 1«K5, 
near Pinconning. the freight car tipped over, strik- 
ing an engine but fortunately no one w.as injured; 
again in 1891 our subject left Alger with twenty- 
four ears, which through .a triHing accident were 
detained on the top of a hill. The conductor asked 
the brakeman to tlag a train which he knew was 
due about that time, but the brakeman pulled the 
coupling pins too soon and twelve cars immedi- 
ately plunged down the incline, colliding with the 
oncoming train, .\fter trying to set the brakes 
but finding he could not stoi) the cars, Mr. Brown 
jumped to save his life. The way car and engine 
were both smashed to pieces, besides ten other tars, 
but no fme was hurt. 

The comfortable home in which, when relieved 
from his business cares, Mr. Brown finds rest and 
happiness, is pleasantly located at No. .')0.j Cath- 
erine Street. It is jji-esided over by his amiable 
wife, with whom he was united in marri.age at 
Alpena, May :?(), 1874. Miss Louisa Girkic , as she 
was known prior to her mariiage, was Iiorn in 
Mecklenburg, (iermany, and is the daughter of 
Charle.^and Lucinda ( Lichtvvaldt) (urkie. who were 
likewise natives of Mecklenburg. Mr. txirkie, who 
was a miller by trade, emigrated to America after 
his marriage, and was engaged as a farmer, miller, 
contractor and builder at .leffersonville, Detroit 
and Alpena. He died in 1886 in the last-named 
place, where his wife still resides. Mrs. Brown 
was the eldest among seven children and was six 
years old wlien brought by her parents to this 
country. t)ne child has ble~t her marriage — 
Reuben F. Mr. and .Airs. Brown are also rearing a 
nephew, C'harles R. Brown, who has made his home 
with them since he was thirteen years old. 

The Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Royal 
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numlier Mr. Krown as oiie of their active members, 
lie is also iik'iililicd with the Order of Haiho.nd 
Conductors and is prominent and popular aniony; 
railroad officials and employes, as well as witii the 
•renerai public. lie is a consistent Christian, lie- 
longing to llie Methodist fOpiseopal Church and 
endeavoring to promote in every possible way, the 
best interests of the community. His political 
sympathies are wholly on the side of the Hepubli- 
can party, for the principles of which he casts his 
ballot and uses his influence. 

Acconipan\ing this sl<etch of his life, the reader 
will notice a litiiographie portrait of Mr. Krown. 



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passenger conductor 
on the Mackinaw Division of the Michigan 
(!> Central IJailroad, was born in Adrian, this 
<^ State, October 12, 1835. Of (icrman de- 

scent and !i member of an old Kastern family, he is 
tlie grandson of Isaac Hopper, a soldii-r in the 
War of 1812 and a fanner who lived and died in 
New York.State. His father, .Samuel, was born in the 
Genesee A'alley. New York, and soon after his mar- 
riage removed to .Michigan about the year 1833, 
locating in A(hiaii Township, Lenawee County, 
and there improving a farm from the primeval 
wilderness. I'rosperity crowned his industrious 
efforts and in time he became the owner of various 
farms and sawmills in the vicinity of his home. 

In the public life of his community Saimicl 
Hopper took a prominent part and served two 
terms as County .Sheriff besides filling other otlices 
of a minor nature. In physique he was unusually 
powerful, his weight being two hundred thirty 
pounds, and he was a man of great Inisiness talents' 
and genial nature. In politics lie was a strong ad- 
herent of tlie Democratic party and upheld its 
))rinciples by his Ijaliot and inlluence. His death 
occurred before old age came to lum. hc" passing 
away when about fifty-tliiee years old in the year 
1851. Prior to his removal to this State he was 
married to Miss Mary, daughter of Henry Pierson, 
who belonged to a Quaker family and w.as a native 
of New York. Mrs. Mary Hopper attained to the 



ripe old age of eighty-four years and died in 
Howell, Mich. In her religious belief, she inclined 
to the (Quaker faith, but was a regular attendant at 
the Methodist Episcopal Church. 

The family of which A. 15. Ho])])er is a member 
consisted of seven children, five sons and two 
daughters, three of whom still survive, nanielv: 
Samuel, who served in the Civil ^Var as one of the 
Michigan Lancers; Kdward, who also belonged to 
a Michigan regiment and served through two years 
of the war: and our subject, who was f<nirth in 
order of birth. The Latter was reared in his iiati\e 
place — Adrian — on a farm and enjo\ed llie ad- 
vantages offered by the common schools of that 
day. During the winter seasons he found emjiloy- 
nienl in ji sawmill, which tenniiiatcd his school 
studies while he was still (juite young. 

Upon the death of his father, our subject took 
charge of the home farm for about tlirie years and 
then, in 18;')4, he engaged to work by the month 
on a farm. His railroad career commenced in 
18(iO, when he entered the em])loy of the Lake 
.Shore Railway Company as brakeman lietween 
Toledo and Chicago, a run of two hundred forty- 
three miles. After remaining in that position for 
one year he became baggageman for the same 
com])any, and from that was promoted to be con- 
ductor on a freight train on the same road between 
Toledo and Klkliart. Later he engaged as a pass- 
enger conductor on the Flint A- Peie Mar(]uette 
Railroad, between Monroe and Uay CitA', where he 
remained until 18M0. 

For nine ensuing years Mr. lloiiper served as 
freight conductor on the Michigan Central Rail- 
road, and in November, 188S», became regular pass- 
enger conductor on the M.ackinaw Division of the 
same road, a position which he is now (illiugto the 
satisfaction both of the comiiany and the public. 
He makes three trips each week and is well known 
as one of the oldest and most ])opular railroad 
men in the State. It is worth noting that in the 
more than tliirty years of his railroad life he- has 
never met with any serious accident, either person- 
ally or to those on his train,. and his fortunate ex- 
perience in this line is especially remarkable in 
these days of frequent catastrophes. 

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the corner of C'allierine and Michigan streets, 
which is tlie hajipy abode of his wife and tlieir two 
children — Clarence and Stella. Mrs. llniipei-, who 
was known in niaidenlniod as .Miss Marv K. Hatha- 
way, was born in Adrian and there remained nn- 
til her marriage November 2(i, IHH.'i. Her snperior 
graces of mind and heart bring hci- int(» terms of 
clf>sc intimacy with the best people of Bay City 
and she is also active in l)enevolcnt measnres. Like 
his father, Mr. IIoi)i)er believes thai the principles 
of Democracy are best adajited to inomote the 
welfare of the Goveinment and i)eople, and he 
therefore casts his ballot for the candidates 
pledged to uphc)ld its i)latform. He is not con- 
nected with any religious organization, but rather 
favors the Society of Friends. An honorable, up- 
right man. he holds an enviable i)lace in the con- 
tidcTice of the community, and justly merits tlie 
high ri'gar<l in which he is held. 



iJI^-^ON. HAinKV .1. HOPKINS, who is now 

*^ one of the best-known citizens of Ches.aning 

and is .acting as Postmaster of that village^ 

(!§^ was boin in Trenton, Oneida County, N. Y., 
Ai)ril IT), 1830. He is the son of John C. and Har- 
riet (Austin) Hopkins, whose ancestry rnav be 
traced back to the "Mayflower." As early as 1832 
the father came to ^Michigan and located land but 
did not remove his family here till 18;5."), when he 
made his home in Oakland County for three short 
years only, as he died in 1838. The mother of our 
subject had passed from earth while the family 
were living in New York, and at the time of the 
father's death his second wife also died, so that the 
two lay lifeless in the house at the same time, thus 
leaving three children unprovided for. 

These orphans were our subject and his twin 
sister, Harriet, then eight years old, and a brother, 
Frederick, who was six years of age. These child- 
ren returned to New York and there our subject re- 
mained until 1849, when he brought his brother and 
sister again to Michigan and took po.ssession o'f the 
old homestead, where thev remained until 1855, 



when they removed to Shiawa.ssee County and there 
carried on farming. Our subject had married on 
the 22d of August, 1850, to Miss Sylvia L. Taylor, 
of Madison County, N. Y., and they remained in 
Shiawassee County until 18(58, and in the mean- 
while our subject entered the army and served his 
country upon the battlefield and the camping 
ground. He enlisted September 18, 18()1, in Com- 
pany G, Third Michigan C'avalry, which .saw serv- 
ice in Western Tennessee mostly under Sheridan, 
until they were transferred to the East. Mr. Hop- 
kins saw much severe .service and while on de- 
tached duty was taken prisoner in Tennessee and 
held at Chai-lotte about a month, after which he 
was paroled and sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, where 
he was kept about seven months before being ex- 
changed. His honorable discharge was granted in 
December, 1865, and he returned to his home and 
family. 

In 18(58 Mr. Hopkins removed to Ionia County, 
and in 1871 came to Chesaning, Saginaw County, 
where he bought a farm and engaged in the hard- 
ware Inisiness, which latter calling he followed un- 
til 1888, and the following year received his ap- 
pointment as Postmaster under President Harrison. 
He has been Clerk and Treasurer of the township 
and a member of the .School Hoard for six years and 
for quite a long while has been a member of the 
Village IJoard of Trustees and during the ]>ast four 
years has been President of the N'iUage. Our sub- 
ject is active in a number of social orders, includ- 
ing the Ma.sonie fraternity, the Knights Templar 
and the Grand Army of the Republic, and was the 
organizer and first Commander of the (i. A. R- 
Post at this place. 

The children who have blessed the home of our 
subject are Emily, who married Alexander Cnm- 
mings, and lives in Harvey, 111.; Chester and Elsie, 
who is now Jlrs. Oliver D. Chapman. Afterstudy- 
ing in the common schools in his boyhood Mr. 
Hopkins fitted himself for teaching and occupied 
the teacher's desk for eleven years, mostly in 
country schools, but during l.H5(i-57 having charge 
of the sithool in Chesaning. He was elected to the 
Michigan State Legislature in 1880 and during the 
term of his service in this capacity he was on the 
Committee on Caring for the Insane, and the Com- 



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mittee on Salt, as well as others. His friends are 
proud to say that he introduced the liill (which be- 
came a law) for dredging the Shiawas.see River, 
and this has resulted in untold benefit to that part 
of the country through which that river i)asses, as 
it opened up viist areas of land wliich had' pre- 
viously been flooded and made fit for cultivation. 



OSIU'A DL.VCKMORE. The subject of this 
sketch was born in England, March. 25, 1811, 
and was a mason by trade, following that 
calling for some years during his residence 
m Saginaw, at which point he located early in 1836. 
He superintended the erection of the first brick 
building in this city, which was the residence of 
the late (ieorge W. Rullock. 

Mr. Blackmore, who was a lifehnig Democrat, 
was a candidate for Sheriff in 1844, coming within 
fifteen votes of election. He was elected Coroner 
in 1845 and in 1854 was made County Treasurer 
by a majority of five hundred sixty-four. He was 
re-elected in 1856, also in 1858 and again in 1860. 
At the close of the latter term lie retired from 
office. In 1852 he was elected Treasurer and 
served one year. He also served his Ward one 
term as Supei visor and was re-elected several years 
later, but declined to qualify. 

Mr. Blackmore was married thiee times, being 
united to his present wife, December 12,1865. 
Her maiden name was Margaret J. McFarland. the 
eldest daugiiter of John and Mary ^IcFarland. In 
earh' years and even as late as the commencement 
of the last decade, he was companionable and so- 
cial, but latterly, through the burden of years and 
pressure of inlirniities, he found it necessary to re- 
tire in a great measure from social intercourse, save 
in the case of iiis nu>st intimate friends, yet he did 
not forget in all those years to contribute gener- 
ously to the relief of such of hisold time associates, 
many of whom were among the early pioneers, as 
he knew were in need of assistance. 

Mr. Blackmore was the warm and steadfast 
friend and confidant of the late .lames Frazier, of 
Bay City, and proltably no man was more fully 



and freely consulted in regard to the management 
of tlie immense Inisiness Mr. Frazier had in hand 
than was Mr. Blacknnre. whose view-s evinced cor- 
rect judgment. In tlio.se earl.\- days ail that has 
since traiisjiircd to make .Saginaw Valley rich and 
prosperous was scarcely yet attempted, and it re- 
quired shrewd foresight and great discrimination 
in regard to existing facts to determine which was 
the better thing to do in many of the schemes pre- 
.sented. The value of Mr. Blackmore 's judgment 
has ever been recognized liy the relatives of Mr. 
Frazier as they were by himself, when living. 

Mr. Blackmore, though nf)t a practical operator 
in that direction, had the most complete con (idence 
in the agricultural resources of Saginaw \alley as 
valuable landed investments, and it was a common 
remark with him that no man could go materially 
astray in this section who invested judiciously in 
lands. He possessed many excellent traits as a 
business man, his integrity being unquestioned, his 
dealings in general prompt and honoralile, and his 
fidelity to his fellow-men such as no trial could 
shake. II is death occurred December 1st, 181^1. 
and was univer.saliy mourned by the community in 
which he had so long been an influential member. 






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.,, HILH' I'LUOF, an enterprising and wcli- 
])] educated young man, is the proprietor of 
the sample room at No. 4(15 Washington 
Street. West Bay City. He is a native 
of Bay City, his natal day having been February 
2, 1866. His father, Charles Ploof, was a native 
of Hull, Canada, as was the grandfather, also 
named Ciiarles. The latter \vas of French descent, 
and resided in Hull for a number of years, after 
wiiich he came to Bay City, where he died. 

The father of our subject made this city his 
home in 1854, where he opened a sample room on 
Adams Street, between First and Woodside. His 
wife, our subject's mother, was know-n in her 
maidenhood as Miss ,)ulia Whiting. She was born 
in Flint, Genesee County, this State, about 1842, 
and was the daughter of John W. Whiting, a na- 
tive of England. Her father was a merchant in 





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Flint, but removed to Bay City, where he remained 

for some years, when he returned to Mini and 
passed his last days. 

Our subject was the oldest but one in a t'aniilv 
of twelve children, six of whom are living at the 
present time. Philip w.as given the very best ed- 
ucational advantages, having attended the Wood- 
side scliool, then the High School, and later passed 
nine months at Devline's Business College. He 
then attended the West Side Academy for two 
years, and .June 14, 18'J0. started in his present 
business. He is engaged to some extent in real 
estate, and is a young man of such push and en- 
ergy that he is bound to succeed. He resides with 
his parents, their residence lieing located at the 
corner of Florence and Dean Streets. 

Politically, lie is a believer in and a supporter of 
the principles advocated by the Democratic i>arty, 
and in religious matters is a Catholic. 



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S^^ ORNKLU'S WATSON, M. D. This valued 
physician and surgeon, who for many years 
occupied a high jjosition in Saginaw, was 
born ]May 28, 1842, near Toronto, Canada. His 
father, Thomas, was a native of England, and came 
with his wife whose maiden name w.as Clarissa 
White, to this country' soon after their marriage. 
He died when his son Cornelius was only fourteen 
years old, leaving four children, all of whom grew 
to maturity and all are still living except the Doc- 
tor. The aged mother also survives. The pater- 
nal grandfather of Dr. Watson was a manufactiu-er 
of woolen goods and suffered numerous misfortunes 
his factory being burned three times. 

The brother and sisters of our subject are George 
H., who is a barrister and prominent citizen of 
Toronto; PUmira, now Mrs. Powell, living at Win- 
nepeg, and Emma, who married Edward Widdi- 
field of New Market near Toronto. Our subject 
began to read medicine at Buffalo and carried on 
his first practice at Nappanee, Canada, in 1865. 
He graduated in pharmacy at the Universit^y of 
Michigan the following year, then entered the 
medical department of the University at Ann 



Arbor and afterward pas^^cd six months there in 
practice, and six months at Midland. 

Dr. Watson took his degree of l^octor of Medi- 
cine at the St. Louis IMedical College in March, 
1868, and then located at Grand Rapids, Wis. 
December 13, 1870, he was married to Miss .lulia 
A. Seeley, a native of Wisconsin. Her parents 
were Charles and Cornelia (Johnson) Seeley, of 
Connecticut, who had settled in Wisconsin many 
years ago. The daughter was reared partly in 
Baraboo, Wis. Her father died when about forty- 
five years old. 

In 1871 Dr. Watson started witli a party to lo- 
cate at Dallas, Tex., but being interrupted in Ids 
plans practiced for two years at Appleton City, 
Mo., and returned to Saginaw at the end of that 
time, succeeding Dr. L. W. Bliss, and building up 
an extensive practice. Good native ,ability, sup- 
plemented by severe study and experience made 
him one of the foremost in his profession in this 
part of the State. He was a lover of medical studies 
and kept abreast of advancing thought. In 1882 
he lost his eldest son Roy, a boy of eight who died 
of diphtheria and the blow was one from which he 
never recovered. That grief coupled with years 
of overwork did much to undermine his strong 
constitution and after eleven years of service at 
Saginaw he gave up his work in 1884 and retired 
from active life. 

Tiie subject of this sketch was a Quaker b\- 
training and education, and for this reason never 
took a "bad delit" into the courts and was a ])oor 
collector. In consequence he always had a large 
amount outstanding in small bills which he would 
not press for collection. His large practice was 
considered worth from Ill.OOO to ^12,0(K) a year. 
One son is living, Charles Seeley. a boy of sixteen 
years and a student in the High School. The 
family attends the Episcopal Service. 

The opinion of the profession throughout all 
Michigan forms a high testimonial to the value of 
both tiie professional and per.sonal character of this 
departed man. He had a fine physique and was 
tall and well built; his face bore a kindly yet firm 
expression as may be noted from the accompany- 
ing portrait. His greatest enjoyment was in the 
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could conimand at home in the company of his 
wife and child. His death occurred July 18. !«><(; 
and tiie wiiole connnunity united in expressions of 
respect and esteem and of the loss whicli had l)cen 
sustained l)y those wlio looi<ed to him as their 
counselor in lime of sickness. Resolutions of res- 
pect were [lassed hy thi' Satrinnw N'alley Lndij;e No. 
154 F. (V A. .M. deplorin<r the loss of tlieir 
brotlier and tenderins; their symi)athy to tlie lie- 
leaved. 



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Wl OIIN A. FORDON. This old settler of Bay 
City is now the proprietor of the Fordon 
House, and is also engaged in tlie manufac- 
ture and lepair of wagons. He has exper- 
ienced many reverses since coming to liay City, 
but is now independent and prosfjcrous in his cir- 
cumstances, lie is a mechanical genius and has 
made several inventions wliich are patented, and 
have netted him x handsome i>rolit. During the 
great fire of Hay City he suffered heavily and 
lost all he had, l)Ul through Mr. Frasier's help he 
made a new start and achieved success. 

Our suliject was !iorn in Montreal, Canada, April 
14, 18.S7, and is a son of Allen Fordon. a Yorkshire 
man who was a shepherd near Hull, England, but 
came to Canada when a young man. He took 
part in the Canadian Kebi'lliou.and afterward car- 
ried on a farm near .Montreal until 18.j(j. when he 
removed to Whitby, Ontario, and the following 
spring on his return to .Montreal was lost on the 
steamer •'Ocean Wave" which wasliurnedon Lake 
Ontario. His son afterward learned that his father 
was washed ashore and lliat he was Iniried on 
Wolf Island. 

Mary IJrewett was the maiden name of the 
mother of our subject, and she spent her Last days 
with him in Hay City. She was a native of Xot- 
tinghamshire, Kngland. and a member of the estab- 
lished church of her natixe liome. She had only 
one child. ,Iohn. and his education was re- 
ceived in tlie schools at Montreal. At the age 
of twenty he removed to I'ppcr Canada and 
after tin; death of his father took charge of the 



farm for one year. Later lie sold this property 
and located in Hamilton, but in l^i.if! removed to 
Willoughliy. ( )hio. remaining there for four years, 
and speiidinu one season in tlie South on account 
of his health. 

A\'liile living in Willoughl)y .John Fordon was 
iiiarrieil at Kirtland. to Miss Margaret Robinson, 
born at Belfast, Ireland, who had come to .\ineiica, 
with her relatives in girlliood. In the fall of 18(;i 
he t-aine to liay City and established himself as 
foreinan for .lolin A. Weed in the manufacture of 
wagons, in the days when there was not a brick 
building in this city. ,V year later he located on 
Water Street, where he carried on a blacksmith 
and wagon business, and had a tine luisiness estab- 
lished when ;ill was destroyed liy the great fire. 
In that he lost everything and it "swamped" him, 
but he at once went to work again, stimulated to 
action by the generosity of ^Messrs. Fraser and 
N. B. Bradley, who offered him all the lumber he 
needed with which to build aiul money to purchase 
tools and inateiial. He was soon able to rep.av 
these kind friends and before long entered u[)oii 
the manufacture of w.agons and carriages, continu- 
ing thus until 186.5, when iie sold out his business. 
During his most [irc^sperous days he had einiiloyed 
from ten to fifteen men. 

When prosperity came again to ^Ir. Fordon he 
.saw the oi>|iortunity of doing well in buying lots 
and erecting liuildings thereon, and he did much 
in building up that part of the town. In ISTl he 
built the FordiMi House, and has carried it on as a 
hotel ever since. Afler selling out his f.actory he 
engaged largely In the line of patents, and has 
himself invented a sawmill dog which he imtented 
and has found (piite prolitable, and afterward he 
inventi'cl a comliined lathe and bolter and a boiler 
cleaner. .\ll of these he has patented both in this 
country and Canada. For eight years ho traveled 
selling these patents and did well in this line, go- 
ing through Illinois. Michigan. Canada. .Arkansas, 
and the South. 

This enterprising man has now resumed the 
wagon business in connection with his nianagement 
of the Fordon House, which is considered the finest 
*1 house in this region, and is managed on 
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Maud R., is married and resides in Ba\- City. He 
is independent in his political views and chooses 
to use his own judgment ratiioi- than to lie controlled 
by party leaders. 



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ULllTS C. 3I( CORMICK, M. D. Fame does 
not often come to_ the country doctor, but 
if a man cherishes a liigli ambition to be 
useful in the community where he makes 
his home and to establish a warm and c<_>rdial 
place for liiniself in the hearts of the men, women 
and children of his home community, let him 
choose such a careei-, for he will find the reward 
sought if he is conscientious and capable, and will- 
ing to sacrifice his own comfort on the altar of 
his profession. Such a life is before any man who 
settles down in the center of such a population as 
is to be found in Birch Run Township, Saginaw 
County, and the useful and skillful physician and 
surgeon whose name we present at the head of this 
sketch has made for himself such a place. 

Dr. McCormick is a native of (Jenesee County, 
Mich., and was born .lune lit, 11S17. ' llis father 
Mathew, has now pa.'^sed away, but his mother, 
Mrs. Jlargaret McCormick, resides in (ienesee 
County. The f.aniily removed to Oakland County 
when this son was only two yeai-s old, and he 
therefoie remembers almost nothing of his native 
home as it was in those days, but when he was 
fourteen years old they returned to tliat country, 
and there he remained until he gained years of 
maturity and received his preliminary education 
in the public schools and in the High School at 
Otisville. 

The next step in the education nl' the coming 
Doctor was his entrance in October, 1X77, into the 
University of Michigan, at Ann Arljoi', where he 
studied for something over two years and was 
graduated therefrom in .lune, 1)S7!), from the 
Medical Dejiartnient. AVlien a young man he had 
taught for some three years, and had thus helped 
himself to pass through his university course. In 
the summer of 187'J he located professional! \ in 



Birch Run, and has wisely remained here fioni that 
day to this. He has established himself tirndy in 
the comnninity and has built wy a large and pros- 
perous practice. 

A very important event in tlie life of Dr. .Mc- 
Cormick was llis marriage with Klla. ilanghler of 
John Taylor, which took jiLice .buiuaiy 2, 1X72. 
The father of Mrs. McCormick formerly resided in 
Genesee County, but is now deceased. One 
daughter lias come to cheer the home of the Doc- 
tor and his worthy wife, little .Jessie, who was 
born October 20, 1885, and is now six years old. 

Our subject is a member cf the Michigan State 
Medical Society, in which he is recognized as one 
of the leading phy.sicians of Saginaw County. He 
is also identified with the Knights of the Macca- 
bee, and he and JIis. McCormick have for years 
been connected with the Methodist Episcopal 
Church and are active in .all social movements. 






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ATIIANIEL TRAVIS, who is a manufac- 
turer of carriages and wagons, and a gen- 
eral blacksmith, carries fin a large establish- 
ment in West Bay City, and has a wide reputation 
as an excellent mechanic. He was born November 
y, 185.5, in E.ast Killenlierg. Canada. His father, 
AVhitney Travis, who was probalil\- a native of 
Canada, w.as of Welsh descent and a millwright 
by trade. In his later years he settled on a farm 
in Huron County, where he died in October, 18()4. 
His wife, whose maiden name was Bridget Maher, 
was born in Counlj- Kilkenny, Ireland, and died 
in Canada iu 1885. 

Our subject was the youngest of a family of 
four children and the only one living in the 
I'nited States. He w.as brought upon the farm in 
Gray Township, Canada, until past thirteen years 
of age, when he was ajiprenticed to the Iilack- 
smith's trade for three and one-half years. He 
worked at journey work until 187'.), when lie 
came to the Cnited Slates, locating in Eapeer 
County, Mich., going to work in the lumber woods 
at Summit in the employ of Carjienter Bro.s., with 
whom he remained two and one-half year.s. Sue- 



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ceeding tliis. lie wfn'ked at Flint for Mr. Kin<j as a 
practical horscslioer for ^^ix or seven month.'!, and 
then in the Xorth Woods, and auaiii on the An 
Sal)le River a.s a liorse.slioer foi' eight months. lie 
then came to IJay City, procuring work in the 
woods in Clare County with Carpenter Hros.. re- 
maining with them one year and five months, and 
in 1K«;5 located in West Bay City, being in the 
cm])loy of IMoss iSr PheljKS for eighteen months, 
and tlien for II. C. Remhart for four years. In 
October, 1HH7. he started in business foi- himself in 
partnership with II. \'an Egmond, under the firm 
name of Travis il' Van Egmond, carrying on the 
business for three years, when our subject bought 
out his partner. In .luly, l>^l)l.hc located on his 
present site on the corner of Henry and Jolin 
Streets, where he manufactures carriages and 
wagons to order, and pa\s particular attention to 
horseshoeing, in which he is an expert, also carry- 
ing on the Inisines-s of a farrier and blacksmith. 
His pleasant residence, which he built and owns, 
is .situated on the corner of Dean and South Union 
Streets. jSIr. Travis was married September 2\, 
1882, in .lacksou, Mich., to Miss Mercy L. Carpen- 
ter, a daughter of Oeorge Carpenter, an old settler 
of Lapeer County. She is a sister of the Carpen- 
ter Bros., tiie large lumber firm of Lapeer County. 
Mr. and ISIrs. Travis are the parents of three 
children — Chester C., George W. and Goldie Lee. 
Mr. Travis is a Democrat in politics, and socially 
is a member of the Ancient Order of United 
AVorkmen. He is financially well-to-do, and is 
A^ery jjopular in business circles, where he is known 
as an industrious and honest man. 



i^HK CRUMP'S MANUKACTLIUNG COM- 
PANY'S New Planing Mill and Box Fac- 
tory, one of the substantial industries of 
the Saginaw A'alley, gives employment to from one 
hundred to one hundred and twenty-five men 
the year around, and does a wholesale car 
trade business in the manufacture of fancy 
and dovetail boxes, crating, box shooks. siding, 
flooring, molding, etc. The company located 
in West Bay City in 1881, and -from a small 
beginning has grown to be one of the lead- 




ing manufactories of its kind in the coun- 
try. In the spring of 1888 their first mill was de- 
stroyed by fire. Nothing daunted, the owners 
immediately began tiie constiuction of a new mill 
on the site of the old one and had it running 
within thirty days from the time of t\w fire. 

The new mill was ecpiipped with entirely new 
machinery of the latest patterns, and the company 
has continued in its onward stride towards pros- 
l)erity ever since tluit time. When Ihe^' came to 
West r>av City they made a ten years' le.ase of the 
land u|)ou which the mill was erected; that lease 
expired Muy 1. 18SI1. and being unable to ol)tain a 
renewal, the companj- determined to purchase land 
for them.selves. and erect thereon a mill that 
would be a model of its kind, and one that would 
stands years of business. They therefore purchased 
of the Fitzhugh estate, six lots of block 47, and all 
of block .'?8 lying between the Jlichigan Central 
and (irand Trunk Railroad tracks, also two lots of 
block .37, making a total frontage on the Michigan 
Central Railroad of nine hundred and six feet ly- 
ing between Tenth and Main Streets. 

Upon this site work was commenced January 1, 
1891, and stone foundations were built for the 
main mill, also engine and boiler house. On these 
foundations were erected, first the three-story mill 
building, KilxfiO feet, built with solid walls, the 
only building of its kind In the country, being 
made of 2x(! strips dressed four sides and nailed 
together solid, floors and ])artitioiis ail made in the 
same way so that any lire starting in the building 
would have to work on the outside of walls or 
floors, there being no hollow places for it to work 
in; this makes it almost equal to a brick and stone 
building. 

The engine and iioiler house is a solid brick 
structure ;")(lx50 and forty-two feet high, all cov- 
ered ill with the best lire proof gravel roofing, and 
doors and windows protected from iron shutters. 
Connecting the main building to boiler hou.se is a 
iron roofed storage shed 60x20 feet, then along 
the east side is a railroad car shed, roofing in two 
side tracks 26;jx.'5() feet with storage capacity for 
fourteen cars; along the west side is another car 
shed 21.5x34 feet with two side tracks capable of 
storinsr twelve cars. 



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On tlie north is an iron roofed and iron clad 
conveyor power house and oil room 1 1x24 feet, 
two stories liigh; all of these buildings stand on 
stone foundations. The outside walls are covered 
with (Ternian siding and all painted witli (lie 
proof [Kiint. On the south end of the piopertv is 
a two-story dry kiln, .'UxTO feet, using the second 
story as a i)aint slioii and connected to second 
story of main null with a tram-car bridge across 
Ninth Street. Aci-oss the Michigan Central Rail- 
road on block ;i7, frontingon Ninth Street are the 
old iron roofed mill buildings, moved from the ol<l 
site onto their own hind, fully repaired and now 
used for storage purposes. These being good build- 
ings .54x66 feet each two stories high, and having 
side tracks between them, the company expect 
soon to convert them into some manufacturing en- 
terprise. 

Entering the main mill Ijuilding at the Ninth 
Street entrance, one will first come into the ele- 
gant hardwood finished offices, fitted up vvitli all 
of the modern conveniences for otHce work. The 
public office is 20x20 feet square with high paneled 
ceiling, wire screen work with doors to bookkeeper 
and private office. In this room is also built a lire 
proof brick and iron vault 10x10 feet. Going into 
the private ofhce we find a room sixteen feet square 
beautifully finished and furnished throughout. Off 
from this are the closets and private stairway to 
drafting and sample rooms on the second floor. 
The offices and whole plant are lighted by elec- 
tricity and heated by steam, so that in the coldest 
of weather all employes are comfortable while at 
their duties. 

Under the offices is a stone cellar in which nails. 
lath, yarn,etc., are stored, 16x36 feet. The first floor 
of the mill is used for the heavy planing mill work 
and preparing the lumber to be cut up into boxes, 
etc., on this floor there are three new styles S. A. 
Woods planers and matchers and two large double 
surfacing machines of the same make, one H. V>. 
Smith molding machine, and one thirty-six inch 
resaw of the same make. 

Also one large segment I'esawiiig m.acliine, lifty- 
four inch saw. Holmes & Go's, make, and one of 
Benjambi forty-four inch machines; also M. (Gar- 
land's box board resawing,slabsaw,rii) saw's edgei'. 



and i)ower Iced ri[i saws, etc., and to remove all of 
the shavings and saw dust one of Sturtevant's 
largest sized fans is used and all fitted up with 
iron pii>ing,that conveys all of the refuse through 
an Allington A' Curtis dust arrester, direct to shav- 
ing bins, and to the furance under boilers. 

The planing mill or first tloor power is furnished 
by a 16x21 engine and conveyed to the one hun- 
ched and eighty foot shaft by a Iwenty-four inch 
double thick belt, and all niachines are driven from 
l)atent steel rimmed Medart pulleys, with the 
same company's patent chitcli iiullcy.'- to all the 
resawing machines. 

Leaving this floor with its [londerous machinery, 
and taking either of the tliret^ elevators we ascend 
to the upper stories. Here we (ind that power is 
furnished to the different and many kinds of ma- 
chines by two line shafts each one hundred and 
eight}- feet long, driven by a 14x20 engine inde- 
pendent of the planing mill department. These 
elevators are something new and a novelty in 
planing mill construction, the two large ones are 
in the north end of the mill and have each a 1 1x20 
foot platform with a capacity for raising live 
thousand pounds each. They are used for convey- 
ing the lumber from i)laners and resaws to the 
second and third floors, it being loaded from the 
machines on lumber trucks and these run on the 
platforms and when elevated are run to the dif- 
ferent saws and unloaded, 'i'hese trucks loaded 
with box shooks are sent down in the same manner 
where they are unloaded into the different cars and 
shipped all over the United States, from Maine to 
California and even Mexico comes in for a small 
share, the c(nnpany having shipped several cars 
there this season. 

Taking the smaller elevator in the soulh end of 
the mill one first arrives at the second floor where 
will be found a room 30x10 I'eet, fitted up with a 
full set of cabinet machinery, such as shaper, 
mortictrs, tenanters, scroll saw. etc. Off from this 
is another room 30x40 used for putting together 
cabinets and fancy box novelties. Hack of this is the 
dovetail department 60x85 feet filled with new 
machinery for turning out this kind of work, hav- 
ing a double end dovetail machine capaltle of 
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saws of all kinds, iioiiy |i1:uut. box m.itcliiiig' ina- 
eliiiK's and polisliinif wlu'eU, with ijhie room lOxlG 
feet using all lliis space and is the only complete 
dovetailed box faetorv in the State. 

Back of that room and between the two large 
elevators is a room 211x111 feet equipped with as 
complete an (nittil for prinlinsi boxes, sign boards, 
engravings on wood, etc., as can be found in the 
country, they iiaving one of the largest sizeConell 
iVr Dengler cylinder |)rinters made, and with the 
present rusii of work it is kept running almost 
continually. I'pon looking over the bi'ass types 
and plates you will find them of endless variety, 
and for line wood-))rinting this tirni cannot be ex- 
celled. 

Going across the bridge from tins tlt)or we come 
into a large paint and varnish room 34x70 feel 
being the second story to the dry kiln. Tiiis is all 
heated by steam and has all of the requiied apparatus 
for mixing paints and varnish for their cabinet 
work. All of this work is loaded direct into cars 
from platforii: and box slide at the rear of the dry 
kiln and is very complete for such work. Ascend- 
ing the broad stairway from the second to tiie third 
floor, here we lind the busiest room in the whole 
mill with six full .sets of box .saws running, and 
two power feed box matchers, the only machines 
of the kind in the Saginaw Xalloy. It has entirely 
superccdetl tlic dlil liand feed box matchers for 
each machine is capal)le of doing five times the 
work of the old style machines. 

On this floor when running to its full ca|)acity 
are employed lifty-four men and boys. The room 
IS I25xt>b all in one, and <in the north end is a liox 
cleating room 20x10 feel, and the south end is a 
carpenter and repair shop 16x36 feet just over the 
drafting and sample rt)oms in front over the oHiees. 
All <if these floors, rooms etc., are heated by steam, 
exhaust steam being used in the day time and 
live steam at night, and are so comfortalilc and 
warm in the winter, that men can do their work 
without beating their hands to keep warm. 

The whole mill and offices incUiding engine and 
boiler house are lighted by electricity taken frnm the 
works that the firm arc stockholders in, and sup- 
plied with steam from their engines just north of 
the boiler liouse whicli is titt(<d n;) with four large 



i')xl6 feet steel boileis. The lioilers are all connected 
so that they can be run in a battery or.se])arate, and 
running them as they do night and day the im- 
mense iiiles of waste shavings etc., aie kept used 
uj), and converted into electricity. 

The electric ligiit plant is one of the liesl in the 
Stale, being fitted up with two large engines, four 
Thomson iV Houston arc mat hines. and a large 
AVestinghouse ineandesent machine. R. (). Crump 
is a Director in the company and now that they 
are consolidated with the Hay City company it is 
one of the strongest comjianies in the .State, and is 
known as the Bay County Electric Corajjany. 
They furnish West Bay Cit\ and the bridge with 
its street electric lights, and all of the stores and 
dwellings; also the commercial lighting for both 
cities. 

Tiie lire |)rotection of lintli plants is worthy of 
mention. The city water works supply the water 
for boilers and hydrants, and a full siz.ed six inch 
pipe connecting with the Tenth Street water main 
is run through and around the buildings. The three 
floors of the main mill are supi)lied with a four 
inch stand fiipe and one hundred and fifty feet of 
hose for eiich floor and it is always attached so that 
it is ready at a moment's notice. The two large 
city hyilrants are all connected up in the same 
way with three hundred feel of standard city hose, 
at each hydrant always ready for an emei-gent-y. 
In the boiler room there is hose alw.iys connected 
and ready for use. The four boilers are fed from 
the same pipe so that every precaution is taken 
and all of the apparatus for fighting fire is on the 
ground ready at a moment's notice. 

In c(jnclusion we will say that this plant with its 
modern machinery and many new and novel ideas 
of construction and application of machiiiery is a 
credit to the city where it is situated. Its officers 
are. S. (J. Crump of I'ittsford. >«. Y.. as President, 
and his lirother K. O. Crum|i of West 15ay City, 
as Secretary and (ieneral Manager, with the able 
assistance of his .son, S. C. Crump as Treasurer and 
bookkeeper. 

It is an incorpcu'ated company doing business 
under the laws of the Stale with an organized caii- 
ital stock of |!10,000 which is all held by the above 
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ness is fully !?1 00,000 it makes tlio stock valued at 
a liigli preiiiiuin. The new plant and faetoiy was 
all planned and the drawinns made l>y the Seere- 
tary and resident INIanager R. (). C'rumi), who is a 
native of Pittsford, JNIouroe Countv. N. Y. 

Tlie attention of the leader is invited to a view 
of the Crump Planing Mill and I>ox Kactoiy )jie- 
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)OSSEAU (). CRl'MP, the Seeretaiy and 
Ceiiei-al iNIanager of the Crunii)'s Manu- 
1^ \V faetuiing Company, of West Bay City, was 
\j)j horn in Pittsford, ^lonroe County, N. Y , 
May 20, 1843. His parents. Samuel and Sarah 
(Cutting) Crump, were born resiiectively in Kent 
and Suffolk Counties, England, where they were 
reared and soon after their marriage in 1841 came 
to the United States, settling in Pittsford, N. Y., 
in Aijril, 1842, where his father carried on the 
luisiness he had learned in old England, that of 
liuilder and contractor, and conducted it success- 
fully until his death in 1885. He left l)ehin(l him 
an honored name, that his oldest son. the .subject 
of our sketch, maj' well feel proud of. 

After receiving his education in the schools of 
Pittsford and Hochesttr. N. Y., working with his 
father in the summer and going to school during the 
♦inter until he was nineteen years old. Mr. Crump 
then looked Westward for an opening in some 
business and coming ,as far as Western Ontario he 
visited for a time with relatives, then worked 
nearly two years at wagon work. He also hel|)ed 
Imild one of the largest barges on the lakes and 
after it was finished in the fall of 1864 took a trip 
on her as shi)) carpenter, going the whole length of 
Lakes Erie, Huron and Michigan, stopping at De- 
troit, Port Huron, Mackinaw, Milwaukee and Chi- 
cago. 

After taking that trip Mr. Crump followed the 
lumber business and in June, 1865, we find him 
located as salesman in Col. A. D. Streight's (()f 
Libby Prison fame) lumber yards in Indianapolis, 
Ind. He was engaged there for nearly a year when 
ill health compelled him to go back to his friends 
in the East. After recruiting his health he en- 



gaged with Dart Brothers of Huffalo. and bought 
lumlier for them throughout Ontario, then a great 
lumber market, shipijing it on small vessels to 
P.uffalo. This he followed until the winter of 1868. 

In March. I8(j8 Mr. Crump married Miss Pliebe 
A. Tucker, of Craigsville. N. Y.. and again looking 
Westward for a jilace to settle we find him in Wi- 
nona, Minn., where he was engaged in the |ilaiiing 
mill and lumberyard of Laird, Norton A- Co. Not 
liking the extreme cold weather of Minnesota he 
located in the spring of 1869 at Plain well. Mich., 
where he built his tirst home. There until the 
winter of 1873 he was engaged in the planin" 
mill and lumber business, wiien ill health again 
compelled him to go East to his native town of 
old Pittsford. Sending for his family he went into 
business, building a planing mill in connection 
with a lumber yard; also doing general building 
and contract work. 

JMr. Crump followed that successfully until the 
dull times of 1878 in the East compelled him to 
again look Westward and closing out his interests 
in Pittsford, he moved a piu'ticm of his machinerv 
to Simcoe, Ontario. Forming a partnership with 
his uncle, James Cutting, he carried on the plan- 
ing mill, sash, door and blinds, stave and heading 
business for two years. In June, 1881, he with his 
wife was making a tour of the Lakes and Northern 
Michigan, and stopped to visit with relati\es in 
Bay City. Being impressed with the push and 
business energy of the two Bay Cities, he, after re- 
turning home opened up a corres|)ondence and 
negotiated with A. C. Haven, of West Bay City, 
which finally resulted in their moving tlieir entire 
|ilant to this city. He brought a crew of men with 
him, and they built their first mill. ( nmmi'ncing it 
September 1. 1881, and starting u|> the whole 
establishment in the following November. 

In the fall of 1888 Mr. Ciiiiiiii pui-chased his 
uncle's interest in the business and in Feliruary. 
1884, the corporation of the Crump Maiiiifacturing 
Company was formed by him. Dropping the retail 
lumber, sash, door and blind bu.siness they em- 
barked in the box business, .■liming to do a strictly 
wholesale business, selling boxes and box shooks in 
c;U'load lots thi'oughout our whole country. His 
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jjrrowtli from ;i :~uv.\\\ Ipi-Lrimiina; to it« present size. 
Tlieir iii'w factory plaiiiicdliy liimaiirt built under 
Ills personal supervision, is aekiiowledged by good 
judges as being tlie best built and arranged factory 
of its kind, also one of the largest in the country. 
and his pleasant (juarters in their elegant otHces is 
a jiisi icward for his untiring energy with liusiness 
push and iudusliv. It is als(j a good illusti'ation 
uf what can lie accomplished in this great country 
of ours li\- any young man if he steadily pursues a 
coiMM' of industry, economy and honest dealing. 

The union of Mr. and Mrs. Crump lias been 
l)les.sed with a family of one son and four daugh- 
tei's. Tiie two eldest, Shelley ('. and ^Millie were 
liorn in I'lainwell, Mieh.; Mabel A. was born in 
Pittsford, N. Y.. and the two youngest, Enid and 
Susie were l>oth born in We.st Hay City. In poli- 
tics Mr. Crump is a Republican of the stalwart type. 
lie served his adopted city as Alderman for four 
years, and in the fall of 18!)0 allowed his friends to 
run him for tlic Stale Legislature and in a disti'ict 
with a Democratic majority of .^ome four hundred 
lan ahead of his ticket carrying his own city, and 
his opponent only beating him by one hundred and 
thirteen voles. 

The religious views of Mi-. Crump are of the 
Liberal order, believing in free thought, but he 
.ittendsthc church of his forefathers, the Episcopal 
Church of England. He is al.so an active Mason, 
having been one of the first Tru.'^tees of the JIa.sonic 
Temiile Association. He is a member of the Wenona 
Lodge, Blanchard Chapter, the Hay City Com- 
mandry, the ^Michigan Sovereign Consistory of De- 
troit and i\roslemTeini)lc,and the Ancient Order of 
United Workmen, fully believing in its teachings 
of charily and good fellowship to all mankind. 



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-^%E'S.\\M\:S\ liAlXiLEY is a farmer and 
ll>C^ stock-raiser on section 20, ChesaningTown- 
i/^j I, ship, Saginaw County, where he has eighty 
^^^ acres of fertile and well-tilled land. Mr. 
Badgley was born in Springtield. Essex County, 
\. .1., February 7, 1821, and is a .son of Henry and 
I'hebc (Sturgis) Radglev, both natives of Now .Ter- 



sey. The father w.is a millwright by trade, and 
during the War of 1812 w.is (Jrafled into the army, 
but being unable to go on account of the pressure 
of other duties, hired a subslitute. The maternal 
•grandfather of our subject, Benjamin Sturgis, was 
a soldier in thi' Revolutionary Mar under (ien. 
Washington, and endured the tenilik liardshi|is of 
the winter at A'alley Forge. 

Benjamin S.. who is the fourth in a family of 
seven children, worked on the farm until about 
seventeen years of age. He received a common- 
school education and learned the trade of a mill- 
wright, which he followed for about five years. 

At least one incident of his childhood made a 
lasting impression upon our subject. About JIarch, 
1835, on looking out of the window one night, he 
saw a great light, and at lirst thought the house 
wa-s on fire. On going to the window he saw that 
tlie sky was full of shooting meteors, which wouUI 
dart from north to south and from south to north, 
swaying back and forth .as two armies in mortal 
I combat, and presenting the most sublime sight he 
[ had ever witnessed. In March, 1811, in company 
I with his brothers, our subject was employed by the 
firm of Scranton, (jrantife Co., to go to the State of 
Pennsylvania, where now stands the city of .Scran- 
ton (then called Harrison). They built a wheel 
and bellows house and started the first iilnst furnace 
in that pLace. 

Our subject was inanied .Inly 1. 181.'), to Jli.ss 
I'^llen H. Brown, a daughter of Mathias and Cather- 
ine (limmons) Brown. The father was a native of 
, Ireland, and the mother of New Jersc^', where Mrs. 
Badgley was born. May 1, 1827. Prior to their 
marriage Jlr. Badgley luid been engaged on the 
I Morris Canal, and after their man lage he tended 
I the inclined plane on the canal for five years. Con- 
! nected with the plane, he had a Collector's oftice. 
The most of the toll collected was from iron ore, 
the largest part of which was shipped to Pennsyl- 
i vania to furnaces along the Lehigh Canal betw"een 
Easton and Mauch Chunk. The toll on the ore 
amounted to $8,0(10 or*16,000 per year, and Mr. 
Badglev received two per cent, for collecting, and 
$2.") per month for attending to the plane house. 
He came to Michigan in 1854, and purchased land 
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prove it. In two years he traded it for his present 
home, which was, at the time of his coming hither, 
all woods. 

The first home of tlie family on locating wliere 
the}' now are was a log shanty in which they lived 
until Mr. Badgley came out of the army, in wliicli 
lie had enlisted December I, 1H(!1, joining Com- 
pany E, Fourteenth .Michigan Infantry. Me was 
sent forward to the Army of the Cumberland 
and saw some hard and interesting tkirmishing. 
Becoming sick, he was discharged November 1, 
1862. To his credit be it said, Mr. Badgley never 
applied for a pension as long as lie w.as able to 
work. On returning from the war iie continued 
the work of improving his farm, as soon as he was 
able to do anything. 

Seven children have increased the home circle 
over whicli our subject and his wife preside: 
Phebe A. was born February 4, 184(1, and is now 
Mrs. Jacob Mahafer; Dean {)., born .Tune 8. 1«48, 
now lives in this vicinity; , Henrietta, who was 
horn here .June .SO, 185;'), "^is Mrs. Dnane Fall; 
Eugene II. wfis born October i), 18,57; .\lice J. 
was born February 11, 1859, and is the wife of 
Alfred Coleman; .lacob F. was Ixirii Maich 17, 
186 1; Gertrude, born March 4, 1871, married Ed- 
win Rowell, who keeps an hotel in l^ysander, N. Y. 
A Democrat in his political theory, our subject is 
at the same time liberal, and Aoted for Mr. Harri- 
son. 

Elsewhere in this volume may be found a litho- 
graphic view of the homestead of i\Ir. Badgley, 
which with its substantial buildings and well 
tilled fields comprises mie of the finest estates of 
the tf)wnsliip. 



^|(AMES CREEX, the County Treasurer of 
Saginaw County and one of the best-known 
citizens of Saginaw, was born in Seneca 
Township, Lenawee County, this State, .Ian- 
nary 11, 1844, and is the .son of Richard and Ann 
(Turner) Creen, both natives of Ireland, who came 
from Connt\- Down about the year 183 1, crossing 



in the s.amc vessel and afterward marrying in New 
Vork, where they lived for some years. The father 
was a shoemaker by trade and also worked on the 
locks of the Eric Canal, and came to Michigan in 
1M42 to open up a new farm and look after the 
timbei interests of .lames Matthews, of Locki)ort, 
who owned large tracts of land in Lenawee County. 
He acted for him for about twelve years, selling- 
land and cultivating his farm and finally bought 
property in Medina Township, Lenawee County, 
where he died in November, 18i)(l, at the age of 
eighty-two years leiving his widow and .several of 
his children to mourn his loss. 

Five of the eight children of tlii> famil\are now 
living, and one of them, .lohn Cneii, died at Sag- 
inaw, .Taiiuary 22, 18i)l. Our subject attended 
school in Medina Academy and taught for three 
terms, in 18(56-67-68. He had enlisted in 1862, 
when only about seventeen years old, t)ut was not 
accepted. In 18t)'.l he and his brother came to Sag- 
inaw, wlieie the latter had liought a grocery and 
provision business, and they entered into a part- 
nership which continued until the death of the 
brother, during which tinic they had secured con- 
siderable land. In 1878 our subject removed to a 
tr.act of raw land four miles from Saginaw and 
cleared a farm of considerable value, a portion of 
which they now own. 

.lames Creen served six years as Su|)er\isor in 
the Township of Biiena \ista, one year as Clerk 
and two years as Diain.age Ct)minissioner, wliicli 
was there the most important ollice. as the pros- 
perity of that level country de|)ended largely upon 
that work. On the stone-road (piestion, which lias 
been before the people for seven years. >Ir. Creen 
was a strong advocate. While he was a memlier 
of the Finance Committee of the Board of Super- 
visors they refused to make the back payments 
demanded by the State on the live years" list, and 
fought the mandamus successfully, thus saving 
about *68,(IUO to the county. 

Our subject resided upon his jiresent farm until 
elected to his present otlice on the Deinoeratic 
ticket. He received a majority of eighteen hun- 
dred votes against A. D. Agnew. He took 
|)ossession of his ollice .lanuary 12, with Peter 
Ro.ss (the former deputy) and .lohn Creen as his 



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Deputies. Hesides this farm of twii Inindivd and 
forty acres, he has liad ])r()iierty in Kast Saginaw, 
of whieli he lias sold a large nvinil)er of lots and 
where llicv lia\e erected a niniilicr of liuildings. 
one of whicli is the Heed Hotel, lie has traded a 
good deal in lands both in city and country, and 
has gained nuuli in that way. 

.Tohn Creen was exactly three older than his 
brother .James, our subject, and was a New Yorker 
by birlh. He entered ('ompany I, Eighteenth 
Michigan Infantry and did service under Gens. 
Granger and Rosecrans in Kentucky and Tennes- 
see. He was wounded at Decatur. .Via., and for 
two years was obliyed to walk on crutches anil 
this serious wound always affected his health and 
hastened his death. His widow, who was in maiden- 
hood Sarah McCuUougli, of Saginaw, survives and 
has two children, Nettie and ,Tohn. 

Our sul)ject wa> niirricd in Lenawee County, 
Api-il lit, 1872, to .^^ss .Mary Fitziiatrick, a native 
of Lenawee County, who was born August 2(), 
1H;')1. Their children are: Ivose, .lames, .Tohn and 
Frank, who arc living and the eldest, Samuel Rich- 
ard, died in infancy, while .\nna died at the age 
of three year,--. 

In |)()litics .Mr. Creen is a stanch Democrat and 
during the last live years not a vote was cast 
against liini by the adherents of cither party in the 
Township wJK'rc he resided when running for Su 
jiervisoi-. As Drainage Commissioner, he at flrst 
met with stringent o]ipo>iliiin. but those very men 
linally realized the wisdom of his measures and 
were his best fi-icnds. .\s Sn])ervisor lie assessed 
the lumber mills which h;id before escaped and this 
lightened the taxation of the f.armers, while he ex- 
empted Indians and other poor people. Mr. Creen 
is a man nf lirni convictions and when once his 
mind is made up it is dillicuit to change his 
opinions. 

The family are coiini'i'tcd with the St. .■Xndrew's 
Catholic Church, of whiih tlie\' are prominent 
members. The loss of the daughter so affected 
Mrs. Creen that it. lias since been deemed advisable 
to place her under treatment at the I)earl)orn Re- 
treat, where she has been for live ye.-irs. and this 
aflliction is a terrible blow to Mi. Creen, detracting 
gre;itl\' from the domestic happiness of the family. 



In social life this gentleman stands high in the 
county among all classes, and he is especially pop- 
ular with the farming community and those of the 
l)eoi)le who are in moderate circumstances. 



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'SAAC S. IirCKINS, one of the oldest settlers 
of AVest Kay City, came here in ISO? and es- 

) tablished a jewelry business. Five years later 
he removed to Cheboyg.an, this State, where he 
was sucee.ssfully engaged in the same business f(u' 
six years, retm-ning from that place to Bay City, 
and linally retiring after a bu.sy life of twenty 
years. He now gives his attention to scientific bee 
culture, and in his apiary at his home. No. !>07 
Litchfield Street, West Bay City, are reared several 
of the finest races of honey bees known, 

Mr. Huckins was born in Plymouth, N. H., May 
2(), 1844. His i)arents were of sturdy New Eng- 
land stock, and were Methodists in religion, while 
the father adhered to the i)rinciples of the Repuli- 
lican politics. In his school days our subject was 
a neighbor of ex-Senator Henry W. Blair. He w.as 
married to Miss Maggie M. Preston, a native of 
I'.uffalo, N. Y., and the daughter of ls.iac Preston, 
a ship carpenter, whose native home w.as in Con- 
necticut. Politically, he w.as a firm Republican. 

The mother of Mrs. Huckins w.as horn in Ire- 
land, and was reared to become a strict Roman 
Catholic. l)iit in later years she w^as a faithful 
menibe: of the ^lethodist Episcopal Church. I)otli 
Mr. and .Mrs. Preston died in West Bay City. 

The union of Mr. and Mrs. Huckins, which took 
place in 1873, has brought to them six children, 
namely: r.l.-uiche T., Annie L., Lillie M., Martha 
G., .Tulia E. and Frank 0. They are active mem- 
bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and be- 
long to various benevolent and temperance socie- 
ties. Mr. Huckins believes that nothing but the 
lirohibition of the manufacture, .sale and importa- 
tion of mtoxicaling lii|uois by the Government 
will ever free us from the blighfiiig curse of in- 
temi)e ranee. 

Mrs. Iluikiiis has been engaged in the millinery 
business for more than twenty years. .Mud is now 



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located iu the Van Alstine Block, corner of Mid- 
land anil Walnut Streets:. Her stouk comprises 
the most stylish assortment in millinery- and liair 
jTOods to be found in tlie valley, and iier motto is 
•' the finest work at hiwest prices." licr success 
has lieen reniarkahle, and she is one of tlie few wlio 
have never failed in husiness. 



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'^ OUN UHE. Our subject is numbered among 
the prominent and older residents of Sagi- 
naw Township, Saginaw County. He be- 
longs to a family tliat is of Scottish ancestry, 
his father, Andrew lie, iiaviiig been lK)rn in Ster- 
lingshire. Scotland, in October, 177iS, and his 
grandsire. Roliert lire, was likewise a n,ative of 
Scotland. Tiie family is probably of English ori- 
gin, havnig emigrated to the Scottish border after 
some |)eriod of conquest in which awards of con- 
fiscated lands were made to the English soldiers. 
Oui- subject's grandfather was a large farmer in his 
native place, where his life terminated. The fam- 
ily are all noted for their longevity. 

Andrew Ure was a tradesman in (ilasgow fi;)r ;i 
short time and then became a seafaring man. Dur- 
ing the French and Indian War, by some mischance 
his ship was tired upon by an American vessel and 
his cargo was utterly destroyed and as most of his 
means was invested in this way he was cripi)led 
financially; and in order to retrieve his lost fortunes 
he sailed for America about 181S and located at 
Halifax, where he was engaged in sinking wells 
and it was he who sank the famous S;im Slick well. 
Later he came to Boston and was there married 
and w.as engaged in labor for the city, and to him 
are some of the beautiful features of ISoston C'om- 
mon owing. He also held the position of ,\ssistant 
Master of the House of Correction kee[)ing it for 
ten years. Aliout 1833 he set out with liis wife 
and four children for Ohio. 

Tiie journey into the far West, as it was then so 
considered, was tedious and even dangerous. They 
crossed the lake by packets and went down the 
Ohio Kiver, landing near Chillicothe. Tiience they 
went to Cincinnati, and after traveling over |ior- 



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tions of Kenuicky, Ohio, and lllinoi.s. lie \v:i> at- 
tracted to this portion of Michigan l)y the glowing 
reports of the wealth that was to be found in its 
timber resources. He left his family mid came to 
this place, purchasing the f:irni upon which his son 
now lives .and settled upon il with liis family in 
the fall of 1S;3;!. 

On coming to tln.s jiorlion of llic State oui- 
subject's family ccmiprised, bejides his wife, 
four children, of whom John was last in order 
of birth. He was born on the .same section on 
which he now lives — .•section 11. November 18, 
1837, and was reared as much among the Indians 
as among the whiles, and as a child jilayiiig among 
the pappooses, he early learned their language .as 
well as their manners and customs. When six 
years of nge lie w.as sent to school in the old- 
f.ashioned log schoolhouse, which was conducted 
on the rate bill system, and which was (ilted out 
with slali lienches ;iiid oilier pi imitive features. He 
early began to give his assistance on the farm and 
it was his business when a lioy to stand gun in 
liand and guard the growing corps from attacks of 
birds and animals. 

As a lad our subject was a great hunter and 
found much iile.isiire from the drudgery of I'arly 
farm life witli his gun, and at one time lie with 
some other men killed fourteen bears, during Ihe 
fall of 18()7. He began for himself al the age of 
twenty-two years. In the fall of 18()(l he was 
married to Cynthia E. Palmer, who was born at St. 
Albans, ^'t. To them were born a familv of live 
children, whose n;inies are .Mary E.. .Mrs. Thomp- 
son; Helen M., Andrew, William Hobert and .lohii 
E. He settled on l he present fnrm in l<S(il nnd 
there was only about twenty acres of the eighty- 
five cleared at that time. He h.as added to his tract 
from time to time until he now owns one hundred 
and titty-five acres and devotes himself to mixed 
farming. Their home is a good (armiiouse that is 
more for comfort than for show. He has a large 
frame barn that is <-:ipacious enough for his gai-- 
nered crops. 

Liberal in his own religious views, our subject's 
wife IS an adherent of the Methodist Church. In 
his political life he is a Republican. He ha> been 
Supervisor of the township, and nlso.lnstici' of the 



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Peace, jiiirl lias i-ervert as Secretaiv of the Fniiiicis' 
Mutual Insui-Miife Company and lias also licon its 
Trea.sui-er. He is a man who lias a great de;il of 
native al)ility and liis inclination for literature is 
shown hy his laij^e and well-selected library in 
which he is a <jreat and discriminate reader. 



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j<=^]I-:()R(;j-: K hood. Among the insurance 
men of Hay City who are doing a large lo- 
cal business and enjoy a well-merited repu- 
tation for enterprise and lionorahle dealing we are 
pleased to present tiie name of ^[r. Hood, who was 
at one time Deputy Count\' Treasurer, and al.>f) 
County Register of Deeds, of Genesee County, 
during the Civil War. He stands high, not alone 
in business circles, but in .social life as well, and is 
located in the C<niinieicial Rank r>lock, where he 
carries on a liusiness in real estate and loans, as 
well jis in insurance. 

Mr. Hood was born in Orleans County, N. Y., 
near .Mbion. and his father. .losiah, was a native 
of Pennsylvania, and was a farmer. He died in 
18:57. at the age of forty years. He w.as a son of 
a soldier of the War of 181-2. His wife, who bore 
the name in maidenhood of 'I'ryphena Frisliie. was 
born in Connecticut, and was of English descent. 
She died in 18.'>I.and our sul)jeet, who was born 
August 12, 183(1, was doubly (irphaned at the age 
of seven years. He remained near .\lbion and was 
educated in the common school and the ^Hllville 
Academy, and afterwards in the .Vcademy at 
Yates Centre, from whieli he graduated at the age 
of sixteen. 

The youth then entered a dry-goods store as 
clerk for two years, and came to Flint, this State, 
in 1858, when that city had about eigiit hundred 
inhabitant*. After clerking one year he went into 
|mrtnershii> vvitli Mr. Hazelton in the hardware 
Inisiuess, under the firm name of 1',. 11. Hazelton 
i^.' Co. After two years he sold out his interest in 
this concern, and in 18;").') received an appointment 
as corresponding clerk, under Whitney .Ifiiies, in 
Lansing, foi' two years, during wliieh time he re- 
sided in l,:insing. He then I'csigned his position. 



.'ind retniiiiiig to Flint, engaged in the real-estate 
business. 

In 18,")7 Mr. IIooil was elected City Treasurer, 
and served for three terms, and in the fall of 1860 
he was made Register of Deeds of (ienesee County, 
to which otiice he was re-elected in 18G2, and 
served until 18(;.'). After this he spent eighteen 
months in California, travelling by way of New 
York and Panama to San F'rancisco. He mined 
some and speculated at various points in Califor- 
nia, and returned home by the same route which 
he took in going. After returning to Flint he 
made a visit to Hay City, then known as Lower 
S.aginaw, and there entering i)artnership with Will- 
iam S. Patrick, of Flint, spent some two years 
locating pine lands. 

In .luly, 1869, <mr subject engaged in the man- 
ufacture of wooden ware in Hay City, in the firm 
of Hraddock, Hood ife Co., but as that was not a suc- 
cess, he soon entered the employ of Smith A' 
Wheeler as liookkeeper, where lie remained three 
years, and then entered the real estate and land 
business. In 1881 he became Deputy County 
Treasurer, and two years later entered the em|)lov 
of the State as an examiner of State lands, travel- 
ling throughout the States and estimating values 
of thousands of acres. He again took the otiice of 
Deputy County Treasurer for two years, and in 
18KV engaged in the insurance business, devoting 
himself to it most thoroughly. Previous to that 
he went into paitiieishi|i with Mr. McDermott and 
Mr. Kelley, but since 1888 he has carried on busi- 
ness alone. The four companies which he reine- 
.sents are those of Westchester, (Irand Rapids, the 
Dwelling House Insuiance Company, of Hoston, 
and the Hecla. and he is also dealing in loans and 
real estate. 

In 18,')2 Mr. Hood was married in New Y'ork 
State, at Fonda, to Miss Mary L. Wilson, a native 
of Hethany, Oenesee County, that State. Their 
children are, (icorge W.. who is in the employ of 
the Michigan Railroad; Harriet, who is now Mrs. 
R. S. Wats(m; Charles .1., who is in the employ of 
C. II. Hradley. the lumber inspector; .lolin L., who 
is bookkeeper in the freight otiice of the Michigan 
Central Railroad; Chauncey, a jjrinter; Winifred 
and IhiiiN'. 





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Our subjec-l is a meiiilier of the Koarfl of Kiluca- 
tiou, anrl lu'longs to the orders oC Knijilits Temp- 
lar, Masonry, Odd Fellows, and the I'liited (irands. 
In the Congreoational C'iiureii, to wiiieh he be- 
longs, he ha-; b.'en a trustee sinee 187(;, and was at 
one time Secretary of that IJoard and a inemher of 
the Building Committee. His inHuence is .strong 
among men of the Republiean party, and he is a 
fre(|uent delegate to county conventions. 



" ON. WILLIAM J. MARTIN. Mayor of West 
I) Bay City, possesses the sounit business and 

?y^' genial social qualifications which make him 

i^J an especially serviceable civic oflicial. He 
is a man of great firmness of disposition, well dow- 
ered by nature with talents of no common order, 
and his conduct in the various relations of life is 
such as to inspire the confidence of his fellow-citi- 
zens. In his oflicial position he is noted for his 
unblemished integrity of character, his careful ex- 
amination of all matters which come before him, 
and his constant elfort to economize in the expen- 
diture of city funds. 

Biogra|iliies of those who have arisen from an 
humlile position to one of attiuence, are most use- 
ful as guides and incentives to the young, and it is 
therefore with more than ordinary jileasure that 
we chronicle tlie imjiortant events in the life of 
Mr. Martin and i)ortray, as accurately as possible, 
those traits of character which have con triliutcd to 
his success in life. He was born in Rochester, N. 
Y., May 9, 1844, and is a son of N. C. and Mary J. 
(Gifford) Martin. The father was an engineer for 
the New York Central Railroad, and was a native 
of New Hampshire, while the mother was boiii in 
Vermont. 

His father being poor, Mr. Martin received few 
educational advantages in his youth, although he ' ham, of Indiana County, Pa. 



the employes. From that Innnble beginning he 
arose to a clerkship in a dry -goods store which po- 
sition he filled from ISfil until IHCS. In April of 
the above mentioned year he came to Michigan, 
and locating in Detroit, accepted the position of 
time-keeper in tlie locomotive department of tlie 
Michigan Central Railway ('omi)any. The duties 
which this position brought toliim were discharged 
with the same fidelity to his employers' interests 
which ever characterized him, and his ability and 
faithfulness were recognized by his promotion, in 
1872, to chief clerk of the same department, with 
headquarters at Jackson. 

In 1875 Mr. Martin received a second promo- 
tion, being appointed clerk in the office of Division 
Superintendent. C. B. Bush, and the following year 
was transferred to Bay City, where he was train- 
master of the Saginaw and Mackinaw and Bay City 
Divisions until September, 1885. Next he wasap- 
pointed Assistant Superintendent, filling the posi- 
tion creditably until July, 18S»0, when still another 
promotion made him Superintendent of the Sagi- 
naw and Mackinaw and North Midland Divisions. 
Although this responsible position entails many 
duties upon him, he yet finds time to devote to 
public affairs, and brings to bear his highest (piali- 
fications and keenest powers of intellect in the 
mayoralty. 

The death of Mrs. Bettie (Boorman) Martin in 
1874, bereaved Mr. Martin of a laithful helpmate, 
to whom he had been married at Rochester, N. Y., 
in January, 186(5. She left two cliildren: Hiirr, 
who died at the age of thirteen years; and Maud, 
who is the wife of C. McConnele, of West Bay 
City, and the mother of one child, Bettie. Mr. 
Martin was married, April 3, 1879, to Miss Martha 
the daughter of the Rev. L. W Chapman, for a 
long time a minister of the Presbyterian Church, 
but for tlie past ten years retired from active labor. 
Mr. Chapman was born and educated in jMassachu- 
setts. and was married to Miss Martha A. Cunning- 



took a course in the High School in Rochester. 
When quite young he started out to make his own 
way in the world and the first employment which 
he secured was with the New York Central Rail- 
road Company, his work being to carry water to 
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In that county i\Irs. IMartin was born May ;?, 
1857, and when a child accompanied her parents to 
Richmond. Ind., where she spent her early school- 
days. Her father, who had charge of the church 
in Richmond, removed thence to Lansing, tliis 



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State, and t'loin thore to West Bay City, then 
known as Wenoiia. I Icro lie was pa-stor of what is 
now Westminster C'iiiuvh. He and his estimable 
wife still survive. Mrs. Martin received a good 
education in the schools of West Bay City, and 
was carefully instructed beneath her fathers 's roof, 
which she left to enlei her husl)and"s home. Mr. 
and Mrs. INIartin have two children. Anna and 
Freddie, and at their beautiful residence at No. 
203 Washington Street, they have estal)llshed a 
happy home, replete with the coniforUs and many 
of the luxuries of life. 

In connecticm with this lirief sketcli of his life, 
we are pleased to present the portrait of Mr. Mar- 
tin. 



ORENZO lURROWS, M. 1). Among the 
(^, prominent i)hysicians of Saginaw may be 
ULa^ ; found this gentleman, w^ho has made the 
study of the eye his specialty and now devotes his 
whole attention to the cause and cure of the dis- 
eases afTecling tliat most .>ensitivf and delicate or- 
gan of the linman body. 

Dr. Burrows was boin in Albion, Orleans County, 
N. Y., .January 10, 1867, and is the son of Lorenzo 
and Louise (Moore) Burrows. The father was of 
English descent, the family tracing their genealogy 
in this country back to IGll. He was born in 
Albion, N. Y. The mother is a native of Allegheny, 
Pa., the daugliter of Charles II. Moore, and is also 
of English extraction. When onr subject was six 
months old his i>ar('nts removed to Saginaw, where 
they still reside an<l wliere the father carried on 
banking for a number of years. 

Dr. Hurrows gained his early education in the 
public schools of Saginaw, and commenced the 
study of medicine witli Dr. (). I'. Barber. lie then 
went to New York City, where he entered the 
College of Physicians and Surgeons, medical de- 
partment of the Columbia College, from whieli lie 
was gi'aduated in IMS"). Returning to Michigan, lie 
went to Ann Arbor as assistant to Dr. Fleming 
('arrow, Professor of diseases of the eye and eai- in 
the University of Michigan, which position he re- 
tained for one vear. At the end of that time he 



returned to Saginaw and oi)ened an office at the 
corner of South Mii-higan Avenue and Cass Street 
where he gives special attention to the diseases of 
the eye. 

Dr. Burrows was married in December, 1889, to 
Miss Nellie L. Saunders, a daughter of Edwin Saun- 
ders, of East Saginaw. They are the parents of two 
children, both daughters. Dr. liurrows is a mem- 
ber of the Michigan State Medical Society and also 
of the Saginaw A'alley Medical Club, and although 
young in years has already made his mark in his 
chosen ))rofession and has a l>right future bi fore 
him. 



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IkM. YRON T. DODGE. We have here the 
able and efficient County Commissioner of 
Schools, who has made his home in Sag- 
inaw since he moved here with his parents, 
Le(mard P. and Mary (Coleman) Dodge, in 1H()(>. 
The father wa> a native of VeriiKint, and the 
mother of Canada, and after they settled iierman- 
ently in Saginaw the father continued his work as 
a millwright and bridge builder until his death, in 
1883. This able mechanic superintended the build- 
ing of the first suspension bridge spanning the Ni- 
agara River, and also built the trestles for the 
Great Western Railroad l)ridge at Paris, Canada. 
He was also the builder of (Jov. Crapo's mill, at 
Flint, :is well as numercnis other mills in this part 
of the State. His good wife still lives, and makes 
her home at Chesaning, S iginaw County. She is 
the mother of eleven children, of whom oni- sub- 
ject is next to the youngest. 

Myron T. Dodge passed his boyhood da\s at 
Chesaning, attending the schools of that place. 
Leaving .school at sixteen years, he went to Ham- 
ilton, Canada, and thence to (Quebec and Ft. Will- 
iams, and afterward to Duluth. and in his travels 
he rode on the first train drawn over the Canadian 
Pacific Railroad. He made up his mind to go on 
the water at the age of seventeen, and had ac- 
quired some knowledg<; of boating, so that he ob- 
tained a position as first officer on the steamship 
•' Canada" when about twenty years of age. 

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ijainerl so thorougli a knowledge of the lakes as to 
obtain from the United States (ioveinment a first- 
class master's license to act as pilot on all the Great 
Lakes and connecting bays and rivers. While tliiis 
engaged he spent one winter on tlie Atlantic 
Ocean, and during all this period of roving he 
steadfastly kept up his studies and a course of in- 
structive reading, and in 188;") resigned his position 
as master of the steel steamship " Ivanhoe," and 
returned to .Saginaw. 

Jlr. Dodge then determined to take a special 
course of study to prepare himself for teaching, 
and tauglit three years in Carrollton and one year 
in East Saginaw. In 1887 he was elected a mem- 
ber of the County Board of School Examiners, and 
was made its chairman. In 1889 he resigned tliis 
position, but was soon after elected Secretary of 
the .same board, and in 1891 was made County 
Commissioner of Schools by the unanimous vote of 
the ]?oard of Supervisors, a board Hfty-onein num- 
ber and the largest one of the kind in the State. 
He a.ssumed tiie duties of his present office August 
2;"), 1891. Ill that year he was also elected a mem- 
ber of the Board of Education of East Saginaw, and 
appointed chairman of the Committee on Schools, 
and in all his various connections with the educa- 
tional interests of this secti(ui he lias been a pro- 
moter of progressive movements and a thorough 
worker for the success of the schools. Mr. Dodge 
was married in 1891. to Miss Mary A., daughter of 
William 11. Craiii. of Saginaw, a teacher of 
rare ability and success, and a giadiiate of the Sag- 
inaw High School. 



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fLYIX L. n.VILEV, :sr. I)., is a phvsician 
( @yU| j and surgeon located at ( 'hesaning, .Saginaw 

ft County. Di-. Bailey was born in Deca- 
tur County, hid., August 12, 1859. He 
is a son of Peter . I. and I'hebe A. (Fe.aster) Bailey, 
both natives of Pennsyhani.M. ( )ur snl)ject's fathei- 
was a carpenter by trade, and the son was reared 
in the villageof St. Paul. Ind. Ileieceived acom- 
mon-school education, and at the age of eighteen 
entered Butler Lnivei-sitv, and pursued his student 



cour.se there for four years. He then taught about 
four years, two years of which were spent in the 
graded school of Franklin, Ind. 

Our subject had begun reading medicine when 
only about sixteen years of age, and attended the 
Medical College of Ohio, at Cincinnati. He en- 
tered that institution in 1881, and after pursuing 
there the regular course, he entered the Cincinnati 
Hospital, being appointed resident physician, which 
apiiointmeiit he won in a competitive examination. 
At the close of two years thei-e he received a di- 
ploma and then located in St. Paul, Ind., where he 
practiced for one year and then went to Cincin- 
nati, and practiced until January 1, 1891. 

Dr. liailey was married April 8, 188(1, to Mi.ss 
Mary Avery. He was married a second time, in 
Indianapolis, Ind., June HI, 1890, to ISliss Anna M. 
Davison, and in January, 1 891, removed to Chesan- 
ing, where he has already .acquired a good practice, 
his ability in a professional way being recognized 
thus soon. Politically, he is a Democrat. In his 
church rclalions lie is a nieniliei- of the Christian 
Church. 



_/.7i LP.ERT CAXTWELL. This well-known 
v @/Lll | business man of Chesaning, who is cArry- 

(/ It' ing on here a grocery and bazaar, was 
h >rn in Ontario, Canada, October 24, 1809. 
His iiarents. John and Sarah (Scrivener) C'anlwell, 
had their liirtli and parentage in England, and 
after their marriage and the birth of three of their 
children, came to Canada, in 18r)2. There they 
carried on a farm upon which our subject had his 
earlv training and education and to him w.as given 
the opportunity of study in the common schools. 

When Albert Cantwell was about sixteen years 
old he came to C'liesaning and began working in 
the woods, thus spending the first winter. After 
that he purchased staves for :> dealer for some three 
or four years, and then began clerking in a grocery 
store, which line of work he followed for a few 
years and thus gained a thorough understanding 
of till Imsiness and an excellent insight into 
ti-ade. 



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Having thus prei)ared liiiiiself for taking an 
independent position, this young man began busi- 
ness for himself, in 1885, using as his capital the 
savings which he accumulated during the years 
in which he had been working for others. 'Vo his 
stock he has added from time to time as he could, 
until he now carries a complete Hue, both in gro- 
ceries and fancy articles, and commands a good de- 
gree of favor from the community. 

Mr. Cantwell was married in Chesaning to Miss 
Mary J. Shuttler, daughter of (leorge Shuttler, of 
whom our readers will find a sketch in the pages 
of this Ro II!'). Since coming to this country Mr. 
Cantwell has fauiiliarized himself with the politi- 
cal institutions and methods of the United States 
and has attached himself to the Republican party, 
yet he is in no sense a politican and does not care 
for otticial distinction. 



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(«l ^ILLIAM C. KETTLEU, A resident upou 
\/\/// ss'^tion 34, Chesaning Township, Saginaw 
^^^ County, our subject is a farmer and stock- 
raiser, and a well-known breeder of Berkshire and 
Poland-China hogs and Cotswold and Leicestershire 
sheep. He has forty acres of land on this section 
which is under the best cultivation. Mr. Kettler 
was born at Hanover, (xermany, November 20, 
1843, and is a son of Cord Heniy and Sophia C'hi'is- 
tina (Koneg) Kettler. Our subject's parents came 
to America when he was but nine years old and 
located at Mt. Clemens, Mich. 

While in his native land our subject's father 
who was a soldier, had been selected because he 
was the tallest man in the army, to serve with the 
personal body guard of King Ernest of Hanover. 
He was in that sirvice not less than twelve years. 
He was six feet, eight inches in height and bis son 
treasures the pa|)ers recommending him for honor- 
able and faithful service and which are now in the 
possession of Henry Ahrens, our subject'sstepfather. 
Our subject's mother died in (Germany when he 
was but a small boy. She was related to the Royal 
House of Hanover, but how nearly the original of 



this sketch does not know. Tlie father married 
again in (Termany and on coining to America, in 
18.52, he purchased land in Macomb County, Mich., 
and there died April 14. 18a;). He was then about 
forty-four years old. He w.as the father of seven 
children four by the first marriage and three by the 
second. 

Of the first family Mr. Kettler is the only one 
surviving. He was well educated before leaving 
his native land and reads and speaks a pure high 
German. After coming to Michigan his educa- 
tionid advantages were small, but he assimilated a 
great deal and is well informed on the current 
topics C)f the day. taking both German and English 
papers. Young William lived with his father 
until he enlisted in tlieanny. He made two efforts 
to enlist, but his stepfather to whom he w.as bound 
prevented his going. He finally, however, ran 
away and September 29, 1864, became a member of 
Company ('•, Third Michigan Infantry, and was 
assigned to duly with the Army of the Cumberland 
taking part in the battle of Decatur, Ala. He was 
attacked with tyi)hoid fever while on the retreat 
from that battle and was convalescing at Nashville 
when a call was made for all who were able to do 
light duty to report. He was one of those to of- 
fer his services and the regiment was pushed vig- 
orously to the front. He received a slight flesh 
wound and acquired lung trouble, in considera- 
tion of which he received a pension. His honor- 
able discharge was received May 29, 18r).5. 

Mr. Kettler was married October 19, 1866. to 
Miss Fredricka Ahrens of Macomb County, this 
State. She was born at Mecklenburg, Germany, 
December 19, 185(1. They made their home at 
once f)n a forty-acre tract of land in Macomb 
County. This they cleared and improved, remain- 
ing until 1877, when our subject sold out and 
bought one hundred acres in Shiawassee County, 
living there until I88(( when he sold that place and 
purchased the place where he now resides. He has 
put up good buildings since coining here and is 
comfortably situated. 

Our subject and his wife have been the parents of 
eleven children: Wilhelmina died in infancy; 
Sophia was married, but died at the age of nineteen; 
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infancy. The others are William, Myrtle, Frederick, 
jMary, diaries, Edwin and George. Mr. Kettler be- 
longs to the Democratic party. He has served in var- 
ious local olliees. In their religious views he and his 
wife are members of the (Tcnnan Lutheran C^hurcli, 
but he is liberal in tliis a-i in his pnlitics. 



] ENS HARTWIG, C .E. We are gratified to be 
able to give our readers the life nar- 
rative of tlie cit.y engineer and surveyor 
of Bay City, who is also tlie ex-County Sur- 
veyor. This highly educated and agreeable gentle- 
man has a high standing professionally and in 
social life. He has born in Schleswig, (iermany, 
where his father, .lacob, and grandfather, Jens.were 
also born. The latter was a landed pro])rietor of 
a fine old German family. 

The father took part in the War of 1848, being 
a First Lieutenant in the German C'avalry, and 
for four years was in the arnijMn .active service, 
receiving some severe wounds. I ater he engaged 
in farming and stockdealing, and still has a fine 
j)roperty. With a partner he owns two boats, 
which are used for shipping cattle to London, and 
also entered into transactions between America 
and (iermany. He r.aises tine stock, making a 
specialty of English sheep, and .lutland cattle. He 
has been the Superintendent and Collector of his 
district many years, and is a strong Lutheran. He is 
now sixty -seven years of age, and still active in 
business. His wife, whose maiden name was Louisa 
Hinrechs, was a native of the same place, and died 
in 1868. 

The five children of this worthy couple are, 
Louisa, who still i-esides in Germany; our subject; 
Claus S., who is a butcher at Manistee, Mich.; .lacob 
who follows the same business at Bay City, and 
Christine, who remains in Germany. The son 
Jens was born .lune 13, 18.56, and remained on 
the farm until he was thirteen, at which time he 
entered Ilusum College or (Jymnasia, where he 
studied the classics, and graduated in 187.'), at the 
age of eighteen. After this he took a three years 
course in civil engineering in the Uiuversit}' at 



Hanover, and in the fall of 1878 entered the Civil 
Engineering School at Munich, Bavaria, whence he 
was graduated in 1880. 

With his brother Claus our subject concluded 
to migrate to the New World, and sailed from 
Hamburg June 16, 1880. From New York he came 
directly to Bay City where he became a draughts- 
man under Matthew Johnson, then city engineer, 
and afterwards occupied the position of assistant 
to George Turner. In the fall of 1883, he went to 
Manistee, and was there elected city engineer, and 
during the two years of his service in that capacity 
carried through the sewering and paving the city. 

Upon ills return to Bay City Mr. Ilartwig was 
elected County Surveyor on the Democratic ticket 
in 1886 and was re-elected in 1888 and 1890. In 
1891 he was elected city engineer, after which he 
resigned his position as county surveyor, devoting 
all his time to his city work. He speaks German, 
French and English and is thus able to do business 
with various classes of citizens. 

Mr. Haitwig w.as married in Bay City in 1881, 
to Miss Rosa Homar, a native of Denmark, who 
came to this country with her father Adolph Ro- 
mar who is a veterinary surgetui in Bay City. 
Their two children are Rosa and Emma. The pol- 
itical views of our subject bring him into affiliation 
with tlie Democratic party, and he has frequently 
been a delegate to county and State conven- 
tions, and is chairman of the Eleventh Ward Com- 
mittee, over which he has presided since it was 
organized. He is also a member of the Arbeiter 
Society, and the Knights of the Maccabees. 



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APT. THOMAS G. LESTER has been a resi- 
dent of West Bay City since 1866, and was 
born in Yorkshire, England, July 18, 1831. 
He is the son of William Lester, who was also a 
native of Yorkshire, and followed sailing from his 
early boyhood up. In 1833 he came to America 
with his family, and after a nine weeks' voyage, 
landed in (Quebec, thence to Port Hope, Upper Can- 
ada, where he located. He there engaged as a ship 
carpenter. Some years later he went to Buffalo, 



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N. Y., and engafjert in the same business, and tlicn 
to Clayton on the St. Lawrence River. He died 
in Canada at tiie a^e of tiftv-four years. His wife 
was Mary (ioundrill, a native of Yorlvshire. Ena:- 
land. and a dautjliterof AVilliani (ioundrill. a sjrain 
dealer and shipper in Eiiitland. The mother died 
in Clayton in 1K() 1. 

Caj)!. Lester is tiie oldest of six ehildren liorn to 
his parents, and the only one horn in the Mother 
Country. Twosistcrs are reniainin" — Mis. Homer 
Chase, and Mvs. K. .1. Chaniliers. of ^^'est 15ay City. 
He was reared principally at Buffalo and Clayton, 
and hut a common-school education was afforded 
him, hut beins; around the ship yards a good deal, 
when sixteen years old he began ship carpentering. 
In February of 1853, he went to the L-<tlnnus of 
Panama by steamer from New York, and employed 
liimself with the Panama Kailroad Company at 
boat building and building docks in which he en- 
gaged four months. He did not like it there, and 
returned to Clayton in the same summer. In the 
spring of 1854 he went to California by steam ship 
"Ohio," from New York to Aspen wall, crossing to 
Panama C'it}' by rail and mules, and the rest of 
the way by water. He got a job at San Francisco 
at ship building and was employed at the navy 
yard at JIare Island for the (Government, and sub- 
sequently went to the mines where he remained 
four years and a half in Plumas and Shasta Coun- 
ties, being leasonably succe.ssfvd. In 1858 he went 
to Vancouver's Island on an exploring expedition 
and camped there three or four weeks, but subse- 
(juently came back to San Francisco and engaged 
at his trade. 

Returning home by the .same route in 1860, he 
came to Shiawassee County, this State, and bought 
a farm of eighty acres which he carried on for two 
years and in l.^dl was in the (iovernment erapio}- 
for four months, building boats on the Tennessee 
River. Returning to his farm he sold it and re- 
turned to New York and on to Philadelphia, and 
again returning to Clayton in 18()(). He then de- 
cided to come to AVenon.'i, now known as West Bay 
City, and engaged in building houses. Buvin" a 
block, he worked at his trade for Ballentine A- Co. In 
the spring of 18t!7, he and his brother went on the 
Cass River and began getting out timber for their 



vessel, which thej' commenced on the river, but in 
18(!8 took it to East Saginaw and finished, whence 
they launched it and engaged in the Inndjer trade 
lietween Saginaw and Toledo. Two years later the 
brother William died, and our subject continued 
alone. In \HM he rebuilt and enlarged the ves.sel 
and it now has a capacity of four hundred thou- 
.sand feet of lumber, two hundred and lifty-seven 
tons, and one hundred and forty-live feet overall, 
and sails under- the name of "T. (;. Lester." 

Mr. Lester has at different times been interested 
in steam crafts and the boat he now runs is one of 
the strongest boats on the lake, and has never lost 
any cargi) in storms. This gentleman owns (juite 
a good deal of real estate in lots and residences, 
and the large residence in which he i-esides was 
erected in 1883. He was mairied in Clayton in 
18til, to Miss Augusta Wetherbee,a native of Clay- 
ton, and a daughter of Stephen Wetberbee, a pio- 
neer lumberman of Clayton. N. Y.; she died in the 
year 1H75. and he was married again in the year 
1877, to her sister Electa.' They have no children 
of their own, but have adopted a boy whom they 
call William. Mr. Lester is a prominent member 
of the Free and Accepted ilasons, and is a valued 
member of the Methodist Epi.scopal Church, in 
which he holds the otticeof Trustee. He is a stanch 
Republican iiolitically. 



M .VSTLL SlTHKHLANI). who is one of the 
,., piominenl and successful citizens of Sagi- 

'\^^ naw County, is a native of (ieneva. N. Y.. 
and was born September 10. 1822. His father was 
Col. Castle Sutlu'iland, and his mother was Nancv 
(iardner, whose parents were natives of New York. 
The father was of Scotch descent, and a Colonel in 
the War of 1812, who migrated in 1829 to Wash- 
tenaw County, Mich., and for many years was a 
well-known gunsmith at Ann .\i-bor, where he died 
in 1863. 

The family in which our subject was reared 
numbered eleven children, and five of them now 
survive: Sarah is the widow of ^Villiam Hatt; 
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our subject; George lives in Argentine, Genesee 
County; and Mary is tlie wife of Dr. George Sad- 
dler, of Ravenna. Ohio, who lived in Ann AH>or 
until 1837. when tliey removed to Livingston 
County and after several years' residenee there, re- 
tin-ned to .Vnn Arlior. The early sciiools of Mieli- 
igan supplied the educational advantages wliich 
were given to our :^ubject. and from the time he 
was fourteen until he was nineteen he worked upon 
his father's farm, and subsequently followed the 
trade of gunsmith and blacksmith for a number of 
years. 

Mr. Sutherland be^an dealing in lumber in South 
Saginaw in 1862, and at one time oper.ited two 
sawmills, and at the same time was engaged in dril- 
ling for salt. For six years he was one of six part- 
ners who formed the Ann .Vrbor Salt and Lumber 
Company, and he was the f)riginator of tlie busi- 
ness, and also managed the liusiness. In the fall of 
1866 he rciaovedto Ann Arbor and engaged in the 
wholesale and retail lumber business for a number 
of years under the firm name of C. Sutherland & 
Co., and during that time his sales averaged $100,- 
000 per annum, and at the same time he was for a 
number of years proprietor of a lumber-yard in 
Ravenna, Ohio, where he s(tld annually about l>60,- 
000 worth of lumber. 

Li the spring of 1874 Mr. Sutherland removed 
his family to Yonngstown, Ohio, where for a num- 
ber Of years he did a wholesale and retail lumber 
business and had yards in other towns. lie con- 
tinued in this line in Ohio until 1880, pushing 
business not only in Yonngstown, l>ut also in Fau'- 
port, Chariton and Giraid. In 1878 he returned 
to East Saginaw and purchased a mill and salt block 
.ind in 188.") settled upon his farm in Hridgepoit 
Township. During his active business career he 
was one of the most enterprising, extensive and 
successful lumbermen and salt manufacturers of 
the State, and at one time he controlled three shin- 
gle-mills, lie served as Justice of the Pe.ace for 
twenty years. 

New Year's Day, 18-K), marked an important 
epoch in the life of Mr. Sutherland, as he was then 
unitell in marriage with Adeline A., daughter of 
Stephen V. and I'hilura (Mason) Allen. Mrs. Suth- 
erland was born in ^^ermont in 1827, and came to 



Washtenaw County, with her parents, at the age 
of five years and from that time made her hoine 
there until her marriage. Two of lier three cliil- 
dren are still living, namely: .Vda, wife of Elmer 
Bradley, of Bay City; and Castle .\., who is at home 
with his parents. The daughter, who li;is passed 
on to the higher life is Rhoda E. 

Our subject owns two large farms comprising 
five hundred acres of valuable land. In 1878 he 
took a (xovernnient contract to dredge the Saginaw 
River and build pier works so as to make the river 
navigable. For a number of years he held contracts 
under the (iovernment, the largest one being for 
work valued at *70,000. and he has done in all, in 
this way, >j20(l,000 worth of work, all this being 
carried on under the firm name of Sutherland ife 
Allen. ,\t one time he had as many as nine differ- 
ent branches of business wliicli he was carrying on 
at once, and having a different partner in each 
concern. 

This gentleman is in politics a Democrat with 
Greenback proclivities. He is identified with the 
orders of Masonry and Odd Fellows, and has or- 
ganized many lodges of the Gjod Templars. He 
at one time owned and ran a steamboat line from 
Bay City to Sebewaing, carrying both passengers 
and freight, and which was quite successful. He 
is an able financier and a man of extraordinary 
organizing abilities and general business faculties. 



ilOBERT LIRE. The oldest settler now resi- 
dent in Saginaw Townsliip and living on the 
northeast quarter of section 11, was born in 
Boston, February 7, 1823. He is a son of 
Andrew and .Vgnes Lie, the former having been 
born in Sterlingshire, Scotland, in October, 1778. 
His grandfather, Robert Ure, was also a native of 
the land whose symbol is the thistle. There is a tra- 
dition to the effect that the Fre family at one time 
lived in England; they were also said to have 
fought bravely in the wars during Charles Stuart's 
reign. Our subject's grandfather was a large farmer 
and died in Sterlingshire at an advanced age. 



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Andrew I'li' was n iiroeer in (Glasgow in lii? 
youth and tlion eniharked as a seafaring man. lie 
made several voyages lo the Madeira islands, hold- 
ing the otHee of Supercargo Master. On his last 
voyage, which was during the French and Indian 
war, his ship was heavil\ loaded with wine. It 
was fired upon hy a pirate vessel and their cargo 
was taken and destroyed, their vessel disabled, and 
the crew, with two Spanish crews, was left on it 
without |)rovisions. In a very short time thecrew^ 
mutinied, the Captain and our sul)ject's father, 
with eiitl.asses drove the men below and stood 
guard over them for three days until they were 
picked up by a passing vessel. The woik of a life- 
time thus gone, about the year IK IK Andrew Tre 
sailed for America and located at Halifax, where 
he was engaged in sinking wells. Later he went 
to Boston and was there married to Miss Agnes 
Gardner. He worked for the city on the Boston 
Common and was appointed by the mayor as one 
of the foremen. It was at his suggestion that the 
artificial lake in the center of the common, known 
as the "frog pond" was made. He was appointed 
as Assistant Master of the House of Correction on 
Governor's Island and held tlie jtosition for ten 
years. 

Andrew Ire was industrious and provident and 
succeeded in accumulating consider.aijle money. 
In April, IH.'i.'i, he set out with his wife and four 
children for Ohio, expecting to there purcli.asc a 
farm. They made the journey by JKiat across the 
lake and down tlie Ohio River, landing near Chil- 
lieothe. Thence they went to Cincinnati and after 
traversing portions of Kentucky, Illinois and Ohio, 
he w.as attracted to Saginaw Countv, this State, by 
the glowing reports that other settlers made of the 
place. He came to Detroit and leaving his family 
there three inonths, proceeded to Saginaw Town- 
ship, and purchased the farm upon which our sub- 
ject now lives, settling upon it in the fall of ])S33. 

The country was at the time above mentioned 
very wild and inhabited mostly by Indians and 
beasts of the forests. So able a man early took a 
prominent position ainong the settlers. In 1834 
he was appointi'd one of the Associate Judges by 
Stephen T. Mason, Territorial tiovernor, and held 
that ollice sexcral vears. He was also Countv 



Commissioner, Townshii) Supervisor and .lustice of 
the TVace and helped negotiate the fii>t loan made 
to build the lirst coiirthi>use in the county. He 
was a man of marked characteristics and a great 
reader, having for lliat time (piite an extensive 
libraiy. 

Consistent with liis Scottish rearing, our subject's 
father was in his religious belief a Presbyterian. 
Originally in [xilitics he was a Democrat, of the 
type known as a Free Soiler and being a strong 
.Abolitionist. Later he joined the Kepiililican 
liarty. just i)revi(nis to his death, which t)cciirred 
in 18;"i". when he was in his seventieth year. His 
wife, who was a Scotch lady, became the mother of 
five children, whose names are: Robert, Agnes, 
Margaret, Mrs. Banks; JIary, Mrs. McCarthy; and 
John. She. like her husband, was a member of the 
Presbyterian Church and died at the .age of eighty 
years. 

Our subject was first sent to schof)l in Boston 
when only three years old and later, at Ft. "Warren, 
Governor's Island, until ten years old. He came 
tolMichigan with his [)arents in 1833, walking from 
Detroit to Saginaw Township and helping his father 
drive the cattle along the Indian trail through the 
woods, and many times during the journe\- was he 
frightened by the strange and dusky faces of the 
Indians. He attended school in the old log school- 
house to some extent, but his studies were mostly 
carried on at home. 

At the time of his settlement here there were 
eiuht hundred wariiois stationed on the Tittaba- 
wassee River. which (lows by his farm, and his play- 
mates were most frecpiently the Indian I'hildren. 
Not infre(iuenllv night was made hideous with the 
howl of wolves and he h.as killed many deer. He 
spent his boyhood on the farm and at his father's 
decease received two hundred acres of the home 
place. He has since added to this eighty acres and 
has im|>r(ived half of his earnings. He raises con- 
siderable slock of the better grade, and owns a 
good frame dwelling, which was erected in 186(1. 
His barns are largeaiid capacious and are a feature 
of the neighborhood. Mr. Ire has never married. 
Politically he is a Repulilican. He has been Super- 
visor of the township twice, notwithstanding the 
fact that this localitv is largely Demoiratic. He 






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was Chairman of the Republican Coiiiify Coininit- 
tee in 1860 and during the war was a candidate as 
Representative to the Legislatuie, Iml was defeated. 
He has recently been appointed County Ayeut for 
the State Board of Correction and Ciiarities. In 
iiis religious belief he is as liis fatlier was before 
him, a Presbyterian. Me is an iiitelligeut and well- 
read man and owns a large and well-selected lilirary. 
Ills home is made particularly attractive by the 
large trees that, sentincl-likc, stand liuanling the 
house. 

Since the above was written our suhjeet has been 
called hence, his death oct'urriug Dci-cnibiM- 1 1. 1 Hill, 









'^iFAiRY R. HALL, shingle and salt manufac- 
turer of Bay City, was born January 2, 
18.30, in the province of New Brunswick, 
where his parents were temporarily residing 
while his father was engaged in lumbering. Neal 
Hall, the father ol our subject, w.as born in Bruns- 
wick, IMe., and was descended from .John Hall, one 
earlier pioneers of Massachusetts, who emigrated 
from England early in the eighteenth century. 
Alice (Stone) Hall, the mother of our subject was 
born in Calais, Me., and was descended from one 
of the pioneer families of that State. 

The early tastes of 'Sir. Hall were decidedly for 
mechanical pursuits and inventions, and tliese in- 
clinations he has retained through life. His first 
years, from the age of two and one-half until he 
was thirty, were spent in Brunswick, Me., and his 
business was lumbering from very early manhood 
until the last named age. In l.sdi) he removed to 
Salem, Ohio, and engaged in the nianufacluie of a 
patent shingle machine of his own invention which 
is said to be the best in use. in 1S71 he established 
a mill for the manufacture of shingles and in 1876 
began the production of salt in Bay City, or rather 
In Essexville, an adjoining village. His familj- 
was removed to his new seene of o|)eratic>n in 
1876. 

Here for over twenty years Mr. Hall has carried 
on a flourishing business. His shingle mill is prob- 
ably the largest and best equipped for the purpose 



in the Saginaw Valley, and his salt works produce 
forty thousand Itairels of salt yearly. Tlie following 
is taken from -'riie Industries of the Bay Cities": 
"Within an area of ten acres in extent. al)Out one 
mile in an easterly direction from Bay City, is lo- 
cated the shingle and salt manufactory of .1. R. 
Hall, which is the largest shingle industry in the 
valley, and in every particular one of the most 
compl' E>' and attractive of buildings, modern in 
construction and eipiipment, handsomely located 
with a splendid river frontage, line docks and 
superior shii>iiing facilities. The entire establish- 
ment is a model of its kind. 

"Mr. Hall began the sliingle business in 1.S7I, 
and has since progressed and prospered. The 
shingle mill proper is a commodious two-story 
structure 112xt8, with a wing 24x65 feet 
in dimensions, supplied with all the latest iiat- 
terns of machinery, including two drag-saws 
for cutting logs into blocks of the required 
length, one bolting saw, two sa|)|iers for sapping 
blocks and six Hall shingle machini's of the largest 
capacity, with other accessory tools and implements 
required in the manufacture of his |)roducts. Tlie 
shingle machines are the invention of Mr. Hall and 
for the pei-fection of the work accomiilished are the 
best in use. 

"The mill machinery is run by a powerful engine 
of 20x24 inch cylinder, fed from a battery of five 
large tuluilai; liDJlers which make steam for salt 
manufacture, and the annual output aggregates 
from forty-five to fifty mdlion shingles and fifty 
thousand sets of heading. Mr. Hall also operates 
three salt wells, each supplied with drill house and 
pony engine equipments, an extensive salt lilock 
or evaporating liouse, [lacking and storage depart- 
ment, with other a[)pui'tenances and conveniences, 
and manfactures forty thousand barrels of salt 
3'earlv which are dis|)oscd of through the Michigan 
Salt Association, in which he enjoys the privilege 
of meml)ership. He em|ilovs aliout one hundred 
hands in his business and the annual returns repre- 
sent a large valuation." 

In politics. Mr. Hall is a Kepublicau. but has not 
been an asi)irantfor offlce, although for three years 
after the incorporation of Es.sexville, in 1884, he 
helil the ollice of President of that village. He 



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was maniftl Novt'iiilior 2. 1!S;')3, to Judith L. (iilbert, 
of Soiitli IahmIs, Mo., liv whom \w hart tliiee chil- 
rtioii. of wiiom two aru now Hviiitr — Fred E. and 
Alico L., (Mi-s. Cupit.) .Mr.>. Hall living in 1H7H. he 
was niai-riod aaain January 20, 1X7!». to Susan C, 
JIaeonilicr. of ^Vl•^t I'nion. Iowa. 

Mr. Hall has icci'iitly Invented a .--upei-ior ieei|)ro- 
cating knife shinsile jointer which lie finds advan- 
tageous in the class of work done, in the saving of 
material and in nianv uthei- ways. He has also in- 
vented a hand saw for sawing shingles which he is 
now completing; and tests already made indicate 
that it will he the coming shingle machine and 
largelv increase the product from a given amount 
of timber. A man of cordial and genial disposi- 
tion, he stands very high in the esteem of his fel- 
low-citizens. 

In all business transactions the word of ^Mr. 
Hall is as good as his bond. He i> honest. 
candid and very straightforward, and all busi- 
ness men think well of him. His employes 
are attached to him also, and during the great 
strike in the Saginaw ^'.•\lley a few years ,ngo, no 
disturbance occurred on his premises through the 
action of his own employes. It does not detract 
at all from Ids good (lualities but enhances his 
merits to s.ay that he is a very modest man, and 
while doubtless enjoying his success in life is 
heartily aver.se to all ostentation and notoriety. 
He is a man, in short, whom to know thoroughly is 
to be made better by that knowledge. 

Accom])anying this brief sketch of his life is 
I)resented a lithograi)hic poitrait of Mr. Hall. 



riOSKPH W. FORDNKY. This prosperous 
citizen of Saginaw came to this city with 
limited means, but has now made a hand- 
some pro|)erty, having acquired the most of 
it during the last twelve years. He is a dealer in 
lumber, logs and pine lands, and his elegant homo 
is one of the handsomest on the west side of the 
city. He was boin in llaitford City, Ind., Nov. 5, 
1853, and is a son of .lohn and Achsah (Cotton) 
Fordney, both of whom were natives of Pennsyl- 



I \ania, and early, settlers of Indiana, to which 

State they came in 1833. The father was a farmer 

by occupation, and ccmtinued to reside in Indiana 

! until Ifsti'.l, when he removed with his family to 

I Michig.an, locating in Saginaw, where his good 

j wife died in 1H70. lie survived until 187."), when 

I he passed away in his sixty-seventh year. His 

wife, who was in her tifly-tifth year at the time of 

her death, was a daughter of .lames Cotton, and was 

of iMiglish and Irish extraction. On the Fordney 

side the fainily is of (ierinan and French blood. 

John Fordney and his wife were the parents of 
eleven children, six daughters and five sons, of 
whom six are still living. Our subject passed his 
boyhood and early school-days in his native i)lace, 
and worked upon the farm dnring the summer 
months until he reached his sixteenth year, at 
which time he removed with his parents to Sagi- 
naw, and soon took a position as clerk in a grocery 
store for M. G. Martin. He there remained for 
two years, and after that was cmi)lo\ed for a 
time in the logging district of the North,where he 
obtained a good knowledge of timber and land, 
and afterward w.as in the employ of a Mr. (^uinn, 
who was a land-looker in the service of the .lack- 
son, Lansing iV Saginaw Railroad, which is now a 
branch (if the Michigan Central. He spent his 
summers for several years in this way and dnring 
the winters worked in the logging cam|)s. 

In 187!( Mr. Fordney entered the employ of Will- 
iam Boeing, of Detroit, who was an extensive 
owner of |iinc lands, and continued in his service, 
being engaged on a salary to locate lands and do 
estimating, until 1883, when Mr. Boeing gave him 
an interest in his Inisiness and lands. This part- 
nershi[) with a man of large means and ability con- 
tinued until the death of Mr. Boeing, January 12, 
1890, during which time the firm dealt largely in 
lumber, logs and lands, upon which handsome 
profits were realized. Mr. Boeing left at his death 
an estate valued at *2.000,000. He had had large 
dealings in lands in the States of Washington and 
California, in which Mr. Fordney w.as interested, 
in what is known as the great timber belts. 

Since the death of his partner Mr. Fordney has 
been interested in logs and 1 umber lauds, and is 
now a partner in the firm of Ring, Merrill A- Ford- 



I'ORlliAIT AND UKJGUAPIllCAL KliCOUI). 



ney, a firm which during the past year cut twenty- 
one million feet of logs in the northern part of the 
State of Michigan. Our subject was iii;urieii in l«7.i 
to Miss Catherine IIarren,of Saginaw, and they liave 
six children. Their beautiful residence, which was 
erected in 18;)(), is of modern architecture, and is 
situated delightfully in extensive grounds. Mr. 
Fordney is one of those men who began on the 
lowest round of the laddei-, but h:is now allnined 
a high position in financial affaii's. 



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'OHN M. HKLMKEICII is Principal of the 
CJerman Kvangelical Lutheran Jinnianuel 
School of 15ay City, and is a man of brojid 
^ intelligence, fine education and a compre- 
hensive mind. He was born in I""rankenlusl. Sagi- 
naw County, now belonging to Hay County, .l.an- 
uary 14, 1858, and his father, .lohn (!., was born 
near ?surnbei'g, Bavaria, (ieunauy. The family 
traces its lineage back for generations to men who 
made helmets "and shields for the (iernian army, 
and thus received their name, which means " rich 
in helmets." 

The fatliei' of our subject came to America in 
1848, and soon made his way to Saginaw County. 
and afterward to Frankenlust, being one of the 
first live persons who came and settled there. lie 
at once proceeded to hew a farm out of the wilder- 
ness, and reduced acre after acre of forest to pro- 
ductive fields. He is esteemed as one of the most 
prosperous and inHuential (icrnian citizens of Hay 
County, and still resides in Frankenlust. which lie 
helped to found. He is a Democrat in his politi- 
cal views, and a man of broad intelligence. His 
wife, whose maiden name was Maria Haibara 
Heclit, was born in Havaiia. where her father was 
a prominent agriculturist, and she died in Xoveni- 
ber, 1886. 

Our subject had his earl\' education in the (ier- 
man and English schools at Frankenlust, and from 
his ninth 3'ear had private lessons on the violin, 
beginning one ^-ear later his piano and harmony 
studies, ns well as private lessons in other branches. 
He was confirmed at the age of fourteen, and in 



1872 entered the Teachers' Seminary at .Vddison, 
l)u Page County, III., and was graduated in 1877, 
becoming a teacher at Yorkville, III. 

The school of which our subject has charge was 
stnrted by the minister of Hay City in a small way. 
In Sei)teinbcr, 1878. Mr. Helmreich was called lo 
take charge of it, and here he has lalxjred .so elll- 
ciently that he has now one of the largest (icrman 
schools in the valley, haying a membershii) of one 
hundred and .seventy-three. The .school is located 
at the corner of Sheridan and Tenth Streets, and 
all branches which are tauglit in the grammar 
schools are here provided for the children, lioth in 
English and Cerinan; and, in addition, they have 
training in the religion of their fathers. Music is 
made a specialty by this instructor. He not only 
teaches it in scIk)oI. and |>lays the organ in church, 
but has also two choirs, a male choir and a mixed 
one. Mr. Helmreich has earned an enviable repu- 
tation as an .aecomi)lished and painstaking te.acher. 
and as such possesses in a remarkable degree the 
esteem of the community in which he resides. 

Mr. Helmreich is agent for the pulilications of 
the Missouri Synod for the Saginaw N'alley, and 
handles all their school-books and periodicals. 

His marriage ill Saginaw, in 1H«I, united him 
to Miss Sophie Deindorfer. who is now the mother 
of four children, namely: Adoli)h, .Sophie, Elise 
and Clara. Although a Democrat in iiis political 
faitli. Mr. Ilelmieich is not radical, but can under- 
stand how other.- can differ from him in matter.- of 
public importance. 



rRANK II. D.WIS. riie gentleman of 
whom we shall attempt to give a brief 
sketch ill outline is .Mderman of the 
Fourth Ward in West Hay City, and is also Yard- 
master for the Michigan Central Uailroad. He is 
a native of this city, c()nse(iuently his interests 
center mcn'e naturally here than they would other- 
wise. 

Frank 11. Davis is a son of William Davis, and 
was liorn August ',), 181);'), hence is one of the 



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3'f)iiiiu- l>iii~iiioss men of tlic vity on wlioi-e slioul- 
tlers the future iirospeiitv of this section must 
rest, and wei-e tiiey all as intelliyent and uprigiit 
as our subject, tiiere would be no doulitinir what 
wouM l)e tiie rank of West Hay City compared 
with lier sister cities in tliis and other States. 

AVilliam Davis was a nallve of Canada, liaving 
been born in Port Dover. Xorfoliv County. The 
grandfatlier, .Toe) Davis, is also a native of the 
Dominion, where he carried on farming, but is 
now living a retired life, free fi'oni active duties, 
aged eighty-five years. 

The father of our subject became a sailor in 
early life, and at one time was mate on a vessel, 
and did an extensive grain trade, earrving that 
product from the upper Lake region.s to linffalo. 
He, however, came to Hay City May 1, I8(!2, and 
built and ran an hotel for twelve years, which was 
called the Railroad House. He then disposed of 
that proi)erty, and for four years retired from 
business of any kind, but at the end of that time 
he again became connected with the interests of JSalz- 
bui-g, now West Bay City, and purch.-ised the Phelps 
House and oi)erated it as •'mine host" for three 
years. During his life he was actively interested 
in public affairs in his community, and served as 
Alderman for twelve years after the incorporation 
of the city, being one of the men who drew up the 
charter. He wa a Democrat in his political way 
of thinking, and died August 22, 1891, greatly 
mourned by his community. 

The mother of our subject was Miss .lane 
Adams, and claimed Rochester, N. Y., as her native 
place. .She is of Scotch Irish ancestry, and is still 
living, making her home with our subject. She is 
the mother of three children, one? of whom is de- 
ceased, and onr subject is the oldest but one. He 
was reared to a life fif usefulness, being allowed to 
attend school but very little, as when thirteen 
years of age. he went to woik in a mill as shingle 
packer, and was in the employ of R. M. Hradlev 
for five years. .\t the exitiration of that time he 
occupied the responsible position of switchman for 
the .Michigan Central Woad, and in 188(5 was pro- 
moted to be yardmaster. being on duty at nights. 
Three years later he Iwcanie head yardmaster. and 
to this he gives his entire lime and attention. Iia\-- 



ing charge of the largest yards outside of Detroit. 
j and has under his supervision from thirty-live to 
I fifty men. 



October !.'>. 18',tl. Mr. Davis contracted a mar- 
riage with >Iiss Lena (ieise. a native of Monitor 
Township, and tlie daughter of .lohn (icise. They 
have a pleasant and comfortable home at No. 309 
Kislier .\venue, and l)esides that jji-ojierty our sub- 
ject owns several other lots and houses in the city. 
He has been exceedingly successful thus far in life. 
and although still a young man, has accumulated 
the wherewithal to live comfortably. Instead of 
being satisfied with things .as they are, and resting 
upcm his oars, ambition is strong within him. and 
he is destined to make his mark in the world, and 
in all his undertakings he has the best wishes of 
his acquaintances. 

In September, LS'.il, .Mr. Davis was elected 
Alderman of the Fourth Ward to fill a vacancy 
caused by his father's death, and is serving on 
sever.al important committees in the Council, 
being Chairman of the Electiic Light Committee. 
Socially, he is a member of the Royal Arcanum, 
the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and the 
United Friends. Politically, he is an active 
worker in the ranks of the Democratic party, and 
is a firm believer in its pi'inciplcs. 



^^ APT. WILLIAM II. REID, ofthe firm of 
(l(^L, Capt. .lames Reid it Son, of Bay City, was 
^^(' born in Al|)ena, this State, December 14, 
18(59. His father, .lames, was born in Canada, 
where he was ai)i)rcnticed to learn the trade of a 
shipbuilder, .as well as that of a carpenter and 
joiner. At the age of nineteen years he came to 
Alpena, where he first worked at his trade and 
later built and o|)erated a sawmill. In 1879 he re- 
moved from .\lpena to St. Ignace and in 1884 
came to Hay City, engaging in the towing and 
wrecking business from that date to the present 
(1892.) 

One in a family of seven children, our subject 
was reared in Alpena until, he was ten years old 
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He was a student in the common .st-luiols luiUI he 
was twelve, when he beg:an in the ottice as a olerk 
and two years later took entire charge of tho 
l)00ks. lie has always been a valuable assistant to 
his father and together they have estal)lislied and 
are conducting- a flourishing business. In 1888 
the Reid Towing and Wrecking Association was 
incorporated with Capt. James Reid as President 
and our subject as Secretary. In the fnll of 18'J() 
the company was dissolved and the firm of James 
Reid tV' Son was organized. Tliey own the "Sea 
(tuH" and a tow of barges, as well as smaller tugs. 
In 18il() the lirm raised the steamer "Phil I). 
Armour" which sunk in the St. Clair River loaded 
with coi'u. Her bow was seventy-two feet in water 
and stern ninety feet, and the undertaking was the 
largest of the kind at that time. During the fol- 
lowing year they raised the "I'ontiac," which was 
sunk in the Soo River by the Canadian Pacific 
Steamer, "Athabaska." It was loaded with two 
thousand four hundred and sixty-four tons of iron 
ore and was raised after working twelve days. 
Our sul)ject has sailed all over the lakes and owns 
an interest in different vessels. Politically he is a 
Democrat and socially is identified with the 
Knights of Pythias and the Order of Maccabees. 

HARLES F. VERNEY. "Proniinenl among 
the respected residents of I?ay City is the 
gentleman whose name beads tiiis sketch, 
and who is the largest l>uilding mover but one, in 
the city. He also operates a steam tluesher in the 
summer, whicli business lias jiroved to l)e very 
profitable, and presses bay for the market. He was 
born near Detroit, this State, five miles north of 
that city, at ( irosse Point, September 8. 1 8;')9, and is 
the son of Antoine and Delia (St. Aubin) ^■erney. 
The father was also a native of Detroit, and died 
in 18(;.3. He followed tlie occupation of a farmer 
and was of French descent. Mrs. N'erney was born 
in Mt. Clemens, Maeomli County, in 1840. She 
was the daughter of Frank St. Aubin. who followed 
farming near Mt. Clemens, where he died in 18G8. 
His father, the grandfather of Mrs. Verney, was 




one of the early settlers in Detroit, owning a farm 
in what is now the city propi r. St. \\ibins .\ ve- 
nue was namerl in honor of him. 

The grandfather of Mrs. \crney, Frank St. An- 
liin. was a pioneer of Macomli County, and made 
many friends among tiie Indians there, who were 
more numerous than the whites, learning to speak 
their language well. He died aged seventy-two 
.\ear.s. Thegrandmotherof our subject. .Mary (Min- 
nie) Aubin. is still living and is ninety-two years 
of age. They were both firm adheients of the 
Catholic faith. 

The motlier of our subject was a .second time 
married, her husband bi-ing Cai)t. Robert Harlow, 
a native of Leeds, England, lie was rcare.l in that 
country and followed the .<ea from a boy up. being 
for many years on a man-of-war in the English 
service. He tinally left her and engaged on a mer- 
chant vessel sailing between New York City. China 
and Ja[)an. In 18('>7 he commenced sailing on the 
lakes, which oeeiiiiation he has followed ever since, 
making his home in IJay City, lie isan old. trusted 
lake captain, and one to whom all respect is due. 
Mrs. Barlow is about fifty-two years of age, and is 
greatly esteemed by all who know her. 

Mr. and "Sirs, .\ntoine ^'ernev became the parents 
of six children, only three of whom are living — 
Mary, Jlrs. Cates. of Hay City, our sul>ject and 
Rose. Mrs. H. I. Smith, also of Hay City. Our sub- 
ject remained at home until four years of age, 
when he went to live with liis grandfather St. Au- 
l)iu, remaining with him for four years more, at- 
tending the common schools. He spent one win- 
ter m Detroit with his niothei' and stepfather, and 
in the spring of 1 8(59 came to H.ay City, and leai'ned 
boating under his stepfather, working with him 
summers and attending school winters until he w.as 
fifteen years of age, when he engaged in sailing 
under Ca|)t. Harlow for two seasons in lumber 
barges. He then quit the barges and engaged as 
wheelman on various steamers foi a few seasons, 
and in 1879 went on the Atlantic Ocean at New 
York City, sailing on the ••William H. Keeney" to 
the Southern States, returning to New York. He 
then went on the ••T. Morris Perolt" to \'ir- 
o-inia and back to New York, then on the schooner 
••Addie Hird" to Hoston. from that city <m the 



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'•Thomas M. Perott" wt'iit to Maiiu- for a cargo of 
ice for Halliiiiore. ^Id., rcturniHl hy tlic way of 
\Va!*liiiigtou, D. C.. remainiiiLf tla're one week; he 
then and there l)id sailinif good Ine. 

In 1880 our subject quit tlie water, and his first 
occupation was as assistant store-keeper at the 
Michigan Central de|)(>t, which position he lield 
for one year, wlicn he engaged in liis present busi- 
ness in i)artneislii|i witli liis stej)fatlier, wliicii I'e- 
lationship lasted for one year. At tiie end of thai 
time (ius Cates bought out Mr. Harlow's interest, 
and tiie business was conducted under tlie style of 
Cates (t \\'rney. Tliat paitnershii) lasted eiglit 
montlis wlien Mr. liarlow again came into tlie firm 
as P>arlow iV A'erney. Two years later, however, 
,Mr. Xerney bought out his paitner's interest, and 
has since continued alone. Mr. \'erney cari'ies on 
his steam thieshing business in the sunimer, and 
when the threshing season is over, engages in hav 
pressing, doing the work on contract. 

Mr. X'erney was married in 15a\ City in l^tiSo.to 
Miss Eliza Mansfield, who uas born in London, 
England. She is the daughter of Henry and Ellen 
Mansfield, the father, a native of Leicestershire, 
England, and the mother of Clare, Ireland. .Mr. 
Mansfield came to the I'nited Stales in 1882, and 
was killed in a railroad accident at Otsego Lake. 
Three children have lieen granted our subject and 
his wife: Lucy; .iohn, who w.as buined to death, 
A])i'il !l, 1891, when five years of .age; and Charles 
F.. .Ir. ()ur subject is a nu'uiber of the Knights of 
the Maccal)ees, being Past Commander of Royal 
Tent, No. 42il. lie is a membei' of St. Joseph's 
Catholic Church, and in politics is a stanch Demo- 
crat, and can do business in iMiglish, French and 
' iernian. 



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EN.IAMIN COLVIN. Our subject is a na- 
tive of Cayuga County, N. Y., and was 
born August 3, 1827. He is a son of Levi 
and ElizabL'th li. (Stilwell) Colvin. Our 
subject's paternal grandsiie, Levi Colvin, was 
born ill Scotland, as was also his wife. They 
were niai ried in Scotland and were engaged as 



fanners, coining to America in Colonial d.ays and 
settling on Long Island. Later they removed to 
Rutland, ^'t., where they died. They were ad- 
herents of the Presbyterian Church. Of the five boys 
and six girls they reared, our subject's father was 
born on Long Island. He removed to \'ermont 
with his [larents and served in the War of 1812, 
afterward removing to Cayuga County, N. Y., 
where he resided for. nineteen years prior to his 
dcatli, which occurred iVugust (>, 1828, when at 
the age of sixty-eight years. 

Our subject's father was thrice married. His 
first wife bore him tliirtcen children. His second 
wife was the mother of seven children, and our 
subject was the only outcome of the third mar- 
riage. Our subject's mother was a daughter of 
Levi Stillvvell, a Vermont farmer, although of 
Swiss origin. He died in Albany County, N. Y., 
and his daughter, our subject's mother, died in 
St, Charles, Mich., in IcStil), at the age of seventy- 
one years. 

XVhen a child of seven years our subject was 
liound out. The little fellow was ambitious, how 
ever, to equal others of his age in knowledge of 
books and f,acts, and studied hard by himself to 
keep abreast with them. At the age of fourteen 
he went on the Erie Canal, vrhere he workeil for 
seven years. His first earnings were ^(i per month. 
In 18411 the young man went across the plains to 
Salt Lake City. After a short stay thiu-e he re- 
turned and located'in Lorain County, Ohio, where 
he was engaged in work on the railroad and also 
in farming. In September, 18.');{, he entered and 
located on forty acres of Land on section 5, Hrant 
Township. His nearest neighbor at that time 
lived at Chesaning, a distance of fifteen miles, 
lie has ever since made this his home and now 
owns three hundred .acres of land, all of which 
he has cleared and improved. He has erected fine 
liuildings upon the place and in all respects has 
m.ade it a thoroughly attractive as well as pro- 
ductive tract. 

It being necessary for him to be employed dur- 
ing the day in other directions, our subject cleared 
his first forty acres by night. He has ever been a 
most energetic and enterprising man, and li.as been 
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served as Highway Commissioner and also as Jus- 
tice of tlie Peace. In Noveniher, 18()1, lie enlisted 
wliile in Kansas and on the way to tiie West. He 
was soon transferred to tlie secret service dejiart- 
ment and operated in Mi.ssouri, Arlcansas, Missis- 
sippi, Alabama and Tennessee, beini> cliief of his 
sfiuad. He was discharged at Little I\oci<, Ark., 
in April, 1865, and then returned to Micliigan, 
since which time no lias lieen engaged in fanning 
and lumbering. 

Our suljject belongs to the Independent Order 
of Odd Fellows. He has represented his lodge in 
the Grand Lodge. He belongs to the Knights of 
Labor, the Farmers' Alliance and Knights of Hus- 
bandry. Mr. Colvin has been twice married. 
March 3, IHoO, lie was united to Oivilla, daugiiter 
of Samuel and Susan (l>ixl>y) Hunt, of Cayuga 
County, N. Y. Four children came to grace 
that union, viz: Charles, who died in the array, 
November U, 1863; Alice, wife of D. J. Webb; 
Ilancy, wife of J. Jennings, and Mary, Mrs. Col- 
vin, who died in November, 1873. 

By his second marriage our subject was united 
with Miss Adelia Churchill, who was born in 
C'ounty M.ayo, Ireland. Siie was a daughter of 
Jolm and Mary (Joyce) Horane. Mr. Horane was 
a linen weaver in his native land and there 
died. He and his wife weie the parents of 
nine children. They reared of that iiumber only 
two daughters. Mrs. Colvin 's mother .again mar- 
ried, lier second husband being William Churchill, 
of Cayuga County, N. Y., she having come to the 
I'nited States with a brotliei- in l.s.'iii, and located 
in Sterling, Cayuga Count\'; she died in Os^wego. 
Mrs. Colvin came to this country, in 1854, with 
her grandmothei', jNIargaret .loyce, the widow of 
John Joyce, who had been to tlie United States 
and was for seven years engaged as a railroad 
contractor. At the expiration of that time they 
returned to Ireland, where the husband died one 
week after landing there. ;Mrs. Colvin "s family 
are adherents of the Roman Catholic Churtli. 

Our subject, who is one of the |)romiiieiit mem- 
bers of society in Brant Township, is a Democrat 
in his political predeliction. He was finally a 
Greenbacker, hut now is particularly interested in 
the Union Laboi- party. He is .actively interested 



in political work and is a meml)er of the National 
Silver party. He h,as twice ma<le the race for 
Congress on the (ireenback ticket, and for the 
past eight years has been engaged in speaking for 
that party through different States. 



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r^DWIN K. BURROUGHS. This popular and 
■pf] snccesslul businessman is the iiroprietor of 
L^ / the livery and lioarding stable at the corner 



of Fifth and Saginaw Streets, Bay City. He began 
liusiness in 1883, and his splendid two-story lirick 
building attests the succe.'is which has attended liis 
efforts. It is well lighted and ventilated, with ac- 
commodations for the care of twenty-live head of 
horses. The main (loor is divided into offices and 
apartments for carriages and stables and well 
equipped with all conveniences. 

Mr. Burroughs was born in Mt. Moiris. Living- 
ston County, N. Y., August 21*, ISfl!, and his 
father and grandfather, Jonathan and Phili|) 
Burroughs, were also New Yorkers, the latter being 
a pioneer of Living-ton County, where he carrieil 
on a farm and a hotel near the Portag." deep-cut 
canal. The father finally sold out his (iroperty at 
Mt. Morris and engaged in the insurance business 
at Nunda, N. Y.; the mother, Rebecca C, was 
the d uigiiter of Nallmniel OIney, an early settler 
in Portage. She died at the age of fifty-one. and 
her husband had passed away at furty-s>veu. 

Our subject was the only child of his jjarents 
and had his training in Mt. Morris, but at the age 
of eighteen removed to Nunda where he had the 
advaiitagt!s of a High School and also attended 
the academy at Dansville. Upon the death of his 
father, which took place when the son was twenty- 
one years old, the latter took up the insurance 
business, but after two years sold out his interest 
in it, and located on a farm of one hundred acres 
near Portage, but in 1878 left that point and en- 
gaged in the manufacture of cheese at Tuscarora 
for some five summers. In 1883 he sold his farm 
and decided to come West. He located in Bay 
Cit}', and bought out the livery business of Will- 
iam Peck and has liuilt up one of the largest estab- 
lishments of this kind in the city. 



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Anna M. S\\nv\> w;c< the niaiilen name of liiT wlio 
ln'canii' tlie wile (if (MiisiitijoH al Alt. Morris, N. V., 
in 1867. Air. Bunoiijih.s is an honored member of 
the Free and Accepted Masons, tlie Koyal Areli 
Masons, tlie Kniiflits 'I'emiilar. tiie Consistory, tiie 
Alystie Shrine of Detroit, and the .Masonie Temple 
Association. He also helonus to the Knights of 
the Alacealiees. and the .Vncient Order of I'nited 
AVorkmen. 






^RAN M. HELFRY,M.D. Among the physi- 
cians of Saginaw we add another to those 
who are iiere represented as wortliy of the 
notice of our readers. lie is a native of Canada, 
being born in Ontario, April 3, 1H.5C. and is a son 
of Philo and Alary Ann ((irahani) Belfry. The 
father w.as born in the Empire State and the mother 
was born in Niagara, Ontario, Canada. The father 
was a lumber merchant for many yeais, carrying 
on his business in Ontario and died in 1885, being 
then in his eighty second year. The mother, who 
passed away in 1877, in her seventy -sixth year,was 
a daugliter of Harton ( irahani. of Scotch descent. 
The Belfrvs, who came of French stock, are de- 
scended from .lacob Belfry, the grandfather of our 
subject who was born in Montreal and was educated 
as a priesl. but clianged his occupation to farming 
and luniliering. 

Dr. Belfry is one of a family of eight sons and 
two daughters, nine of whom survive. His boy 
hood w.as passed in Ontario, and he attended first 
the common schools and afterward Bradford High 
School and Coliourg College and later the Normal 
School at Ottawa. He taught in the High School 
in Ottawa for a term and then commenced the 
study of medicine, entering Trinity Aledical Col- 
lege where he pursued his studies for four years 
and graduated in 1883. 

The young Doctor then took a course in the 
Hospitals in London, Kngland and Ed inlioro, Scot- 
land, taking what is called ■•iiiiMlilication" in sur- 
gery and medicine. After that he returned to this 
country and located at London, Onlaiio. where he 
continued for some two years. In the spring of 



l.'^.'ss |)i-. Helfry came to Saginaw where he has been 
most favorably received and has been able to build 
up a growing and solid jiractice among the Itest 
people here. 

Our subject was married in 1888 to Airs. Clara 
B. Sutherland. Her maiden name was AIcLean and 
she was born in St. Thomas, Ontario. The Doctor 
is a member of the Alichigan State Aledical Society, 
is on the staff of the Bliss Hospital, and until quite 
recently belonged to the Ontario Medical Society 
and was on the medical staff of the Lcmdon (len- 
eral Hospital, and alsosnrgeon of the (irand Trunk 
Railroad at London, Ontario. He is a man social 
in his instincts and belongs to a number of the 
popular orders. Iieing a UKMnberof the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows, of the Knights of Pythias 
and of the Ancient Order of I'nited Workmen. He 
also belongs to the Royal Templars of Temper- 
ance, the Ro3'al League, the Independent Order of 
Foresters, the Knights of the Maccabees and the 
Star of lielhleheni. 



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RATLLE A. KENT, one of the in'ominent 
citizens of Birch Run Townshi[), who has 
served as Supervisor and now makes his home 
on section 36, is a native of Portage County, Ohio, 
and was born August 14. 1834. He is a son of 
Gurden and Ilulda (Granger) Kent, both natives 
of New England, and in his native home this son 
was reai'ed to man's estate, and from early youth 
engaged i n farm work. The district schools of Oliio 
supplied his schooling, and he is mainly self edu- 
cated. 

About the year 18;")4 young Kent removed from 
Ohio to Tnscola County, Mich., and resided there 
until 1870, when he came to Saginaw County, and 
located where he now makes his home, which was 
then a new and unbroken estate. He has put upon 
it a vast amount of hard work and is one of those 
who can tell the whole .story of the develojjment of 
this region from the time when it was the home of 
Indians and wild beasts. This farm consists of 
two hundred and forty acres of most valuable 
land. 




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The marriage of Orville A. Kent and Sophia 
Curtis occurred June 28, 1H;J7. This lady was l)oni 
in Cattaragus County, N. Y., August 11, 1840, and 
is a daugliter of Truman and Sophroni.i (ftillet) 
Curtis, l)()th of whom were natives of New York. 
In 18r)() she eiine with lier father's f;onily to INIich- 
igan and has since resided liere. 

To Mr. and Mrs. Kent have heen Ikhii ^even 
ciiihlren and four of them are still living, namely: 
Fred L., licit (!., Amelia and Mary A. He is a 
Democrat in his [lolitical views and in 1871 he ser- 
ved as Supervisor of IVircii Hun T(>wnslii|i. His 
tine property has heen accumulated througli liisown 
efforts, assisted by his wise counselor ;iud helpmate. 
He has done his due share of pioneer work here 
and hasljeen hcl|)ful m all public euterpri.ses. 

The father m 1854 also came to Tuscola County, 
which he made his home for the remainder of his 
life, being engaged U>v a number of years in the 
lumber Inisiness tliere and dying m 18(iil. He was 
the father of a large family, of wlioni the following 
survive: Orilla, now the widow of (;ro\enor \\n- 
ton ; Ursula, who is the widow of ( )rson Norton; 
Armina, who mai'ried Fi'nncis I't^lt-iljonc; and Or- 
ville A. 



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LIVER HKHHKK. M. I). It would be ditii- 
cult to find within the limits of Hay City a 

physician and surgeon who is more jjopular 
among all classes than the gentleman whose por- 
trait appears in connection with this brief biograph- 
ical notice. Besides his practice lie manages a drug 
store, which is cne of the most succassful business 
establishments in the city. A man of no ordinary 
ability and possessing those genial (iiialilies which 
win and retain friends, it is not strniige that Dr. 
Berber has as many friends as acquaintances, and 
that his skill as a practitioner is universally con- 
ceded. He is a prominent memlK-r of the St. Jo- 
seph Catholic Church in Bay City, to the support 
of which he contributes liberally, as he does to 
every measure which he believes will elevate the 
moral status of the community. 

Of Canadian birth and |)arentage. Dr. lierber is 

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the son of Joseph Berber, a worthy man who fol- 
lowed the calling of a farmer, and passed his entire 
life in Canada. He i)artici|)atcd in the Canadian 
Rel)ellion. where lie held the rank of sergeant. 
Tracing the ancestry of Dr. Herber back another 
generation, we lind that (Jrandtather Berber was a 
native of Canada, born of I'lendi forefathers. 
Mary (Breyiio) lierlier, inolher of our subject, was 
born in St. Peter, Canada, and died when in the 
prime of womanliood. Ten children were born to 
the parents of our subject, nine of wliom are now 
living. 

After the death of his parents, which occurred 
when he was a small child, our subject was taken 
into the home of an uncle on his father's side, and 
lived with him for several years. At an early age 
he learned to perforin his share of the work on the 
farm, and during the wijiler season attended 
school, learning to speak French with the .^ame fa- 
cility that he now uses the F.nglish language. 
When twelve years old he started out in life for 
himself, and found employment on various farms, 
working b\' the inoiilh and hoarding his st'anty 
earnings. At the age of twenty-three years he be- 
gan to study medicine under a jneceptor in Mon- 
treal, with whom he later engaged in |)ractice. He 
trained an extensive and lucrative practice in Mon- 
treal and became connected with various medical 
societies. 

In 1877 the Doctor came to Bay City, locating 
on the corner of Water and Twenty-third Streets, 
and embarking in business as a druggist, while at 
the same time he by no means neglected his medi- 
cal practice. Later he built his present store and 
removed his establishment to this i)lace of busi- 
ness in 1881. His line drug store is located on the 
corner of Twenty-first and Bowery, while his 
pleasant residence adjoins the store. It would 
seem that the Doctor's time would be entirely oc- 
cupied with his extensive practice and drug busi- 
ness, but not so. He owns and manages a livery 
and sales barn, located at No. 70.") Saginaw Street, 
and has a number of line road horses. 

The success of Dr. I'erlier has not been obtained 
bv chance, for the one spoke truly who said, that 
" in the providence of (iod, nothing ever happens 
bv chance." lint liis pro>perity is the result of 



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unwearied labor and excellent judgment. His ef- 
forts Imve received the co-operation of his excel- 
lent wife, to whom lie was married in Bay City, 
and whose maiden name was Louisa IJorthoume. 
Mrs. IJarber was horn in Deti'oit, and has become 
the mother of one child — Artluir, who died at the 
age of two years and ten months. In his political 
afliliations the Doctor is a Democrat, and uses his 
inllucnce for tlie success of thai party. 



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<^ IfelLLlAM ROSS. Our suhjcct is a pioneer 
\/\/// iii'inufacUncr of hai-d-wood lumber, pine 
\^^ and oak, and is an extensive wliolesale 
dealer in Hay City. ^Mr. Ross was born in Ros- 
shire, Scotland, January 10, 1839. He is a son of 
D\incan and Christine (McPlierson) Ross. In 
1«1() Duncan Ross lirought his family, which com- 
prised a wife and six ciiildren, to America. They 
left filasgow on the sailing vessel "Quebec" and 
settled in Canada, wlicre Duncan Ross bougiit a 
large tract of timber land and was engaged in lum- 
bering and in manufacluring his products. He 
improved some of tlie land which he cleared, and 
died in Canada in 1^>(),") at the ago of sixty-three 
years. 

Our subject's motlier, who was a daugliter of 
Daniel Mcl'herson and who was a native of the 
same county as was her husband, died in ,lune, 
1887, at the age of cighty-tlu-ee years; slie was a 
devoted Presbyterian and an ideal Christian wo- 
man. Of the family of six children born to ids 
parents AVilliam was tlie third in order of iiirth. 
lie was about seven years old when broiiulit to 
America and after a residence of seven years in 
Canada was able to help his father in his luml>er 
interests. lie renniined there until 18()0, thence 
going to Detroit, where he was engaged in con- 
tracting in the slii|)-huilder's yard until Deceinl)er 
10, 1861. 

At the above-nu'ntioned date our subject re- 
moved to Saginaw Cit\- and remained for six 
months in the lower Saginaw hamlet. He was en- 
gaged in contracting and building and also in the 
real-estate business for six years. Thence he went 



to Caseville, Huron County, and built a mill on 
the Pigeon River. He here manufactured pine and 
liard lumber being thus engaged for four j-ears. At 
the end of tlie time .above mentioned our subject 
moved his mill to Bay City and located it on the 
Saginaw River, but soon sold it to a Mr. W. 
Hitchcock and then devoted himself to hard-wood 
lumljering. He has probalily handled and manu- 
factured more of tliat than any other man in this 
locality. He has been interested in this industry 
now for nearly twenty years. 

Aside from his manufacturing busines.s Mr. Ross 
deals in oak and ash lands, .and in other classes of 
timber lands, and altliough wood is used so much 
less than formerly in the building of houses, the 
fast disappearing forests of tlie Nortii, make tiie 
annual output raoie and more valualile, so that 
those who are fortunate enough to possess produc- 
tive timberlands have tiierein as.sured fortunes. 

]\Ir. Ross was married in Cleveland, Ohio, .lan- 
uary 1, 18(!8. His In-ide was Miss Ahbie Case, wlio 
was there l>orn. They have two ciiildren — .lohnand 
Abbie. Their pleasant home is located at No. "24(1 
Washington Avenue, and our subject's ofHce is to 
be found at No. 406, in the l'h(enix Block. Like 
mo.st of his countrymen, he is a Presbyterian and 
with his wife and family is most faithful to church 
duties. Politically, he is a Republican and be- 
lieves emphatically in the tenets of that party and 
especially in the protective policy. 



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OHN McLl'RCi, M. D. Although having 
come to B-iy City within a comparatively 
recent date, our subject has already estab- 
lished himself ill the confidence and good 
graces of a large clientage, and amonu his patients 
are represented the best citizens of the town. Dr. 
McLuig has also acijnired an enviable reputation 
as a skilled surgeon. He came to this i-ity in .Inly, 
1887. He was born in Ailsa Craig, Ontario. .Inly 
2;"), 18;')7.and is a son of .lohn and Isahella( Marshall) 
McLiug. His family were fariiieis in Canada and 
were thrifty and intelligent people. 

Our subject received a good education in tlie 



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Normal at TDnnito fioui which he was graduated 
in 1877. The c-las.s Mas a lart;e and an important 
one, containing many l)right men wlio have al- 
ready made tlieir impress upon their generation. 
Kor five years after finisliing his Normal com.seiie 
was engaged in teaching in iiis native town and 
tiien went to Toronto wheio he entered the Trinitv 
iMedical t'f)llege, and al'tei- a course of foui' years, 
graduated in 1H8(!. taking the liighest honors of 
his class. He was the recipient of the rniversity 
gold medal and a College gold nied;il. and took a 
seliolarsiiip every year as a prize. 

After finisliing his course in Tuiontii. Dr. Mc- 
l>urg entered the Royal C'olh'ge of Surgery at 
J^ondon, England, and was graduated in 1887. He 
spent the following year in various hospitals, after 
which he located in Bay City in the month of .luly. 
From almost tlie first he has enjoyed a fine prac- 
tice here, and is now without douht one oi the 
leading ])ractitioners of the city. He gives his at- 
tention wholly to his professional work, and being 
a man of broad ideas and lilieral tendencies, he is 
not only a successful physician Imt an e(iually suc- 
cessful business man. 

Our subject was married August 2(), 1884, to 
Miss Cliarlotte Isabella Stewart, of his native place. 
She is the daughter of a neighl)oi'ing fai'iner, not a 
great distance from his Canadian home. Tlie 
Presbyterian Churcii is tlie center of the social 
work and life of our subject and liis estimable 
wife. 



/^HARLES F. W. WURTZEL, who is the 
[l(^_ owner of a farm on section il, Thomastown 
^>^' Townshiii, is a Teuton l)\- liirth and rearing 
and has enthused into his new life in this land of 
freedom and large iiossibilities, the thoroughness 
and persistency which are an inlierenl cliaracteristie 
of his race. He was born in the Province of Bran- 
denburg, lierniany. May 11, 1810, and is a son 
of Frederick ('.and Willielmina (Kampfert ) Wurt- 
zel. The father was born in the same province as 
was the son, September a, 1807. His father, Christ- 
ian I"". "W'urtzel, was a native of tlie same iiroN'ince 



and lived near the city of Zadcn on the river 
Oder. He was a cabinetmaker l>y trade and his 
father, our subject's great-grandfatiier. emigrated 
to tiiat province and >vas a hlacksmith. He there 
died at the age of seventy-three years. 

Frederick AVurtzel was a shepherd and made it 
a life business. He moved to America with his 
family of four children, in 1854, the voyage tak- 
ing over eight weeks. lie came directly to Thomas- 
town Township and located on .sccti(m 11, 
where he cleared a farm tliat comprised one hun- 
dred and twenty acres. He earl_\ took a promi- 
nent position in local affairs. His decease occurred 
at the age of seventy-three years. Our subject's 
mother was born August 27, 1817. Slie was the 
mother of tlie following children : William, Au- 
gusta, Minnie, Bertha, Louisa and Charles. She 
died in September. 187.'), and like her husband was 
a devoted Lutheran. 

Fourteen years of age when brought Ijy his par- 
ents to America, our subject had made a good 
foundation for his education while in his native 
land. After coming to this ccnmtr}' lie studied at 
home quite extensively and read English fluently. 
He began for himself at the age of twenty-four 
years and learned the butcher's trade. He opened 
a meat market in Saginaw and ran it until 1870, 
when he l)ecame foreman on the river, rafting logs 
for the Tittabawassee lioom Company. He re- 
mained with that firm until 1877 and then located 
where he now is. 

Mr. Wurtzel has a fine farm and excellent build- 
ings and he has made all the improvements himself. 
He was married May 11, 18().'). to Miss Minnie 
Ganschow, who was born in the I'rovince of Pomer- 
ania, Prussia, October it, 184.'i. She has four chil- 
dren, all of whom are living and whose names are 
Laura, William, Minnie and .\melia. !Mr. Wurtzel 
devotes himself to mixed fanning and raises stock 
of all kinds. He owns two hundred and two acres 
of land, of which one hundred and sixty acres are 
cleared. His fine frame residence was built in 
1879, and his barns alioul the same time, lie .iiid 
his wife are faithful to the creed in which they 
have been reared and give their assistance to the 
Lutheran Church. Mv. Wurtzel is a Republican 
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He is a great leadei- and an intelligent and well- 
versed man. Mrs. Minnie Wurtzel died January 
30, 1879, and in 1881 our subject again married, 
his bride being Frances Skinner, who was born in 
Devonsliire, England, .lanuary .'id, 1849. This 
marriage has been productive of three children — 
Frank, Alice and Edward. Mrs. Wurtzel is an ad- 
herent of the Episcoiial C'liurch. Our subject has 
held various oltices in the township to the entire 
satisfaction of his constituents. 



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\fl'OHN E. NOLAN, of the law firm of Nolan 
(Sr Morse, Saginaw, was born in that citj' 
May (I, 18;')4. Ills parents were Thomas 
and Johanna E. (Doyle) Nolan, both of 
whom were natives of Ii'eland, emigrating to the 
I 'nited .States when young .and becoming early set- 
tlers of Saginaw, in which city the mother died, 
September 14, 1877, in her forty-seventh year. The 
father is still living. 

John E. Nolan is the third in order of birth of 
five children, of whom he is the only one living, 
the others having died in infancy. He passed his 
school days in the High School at Saginaw, after- 
ward going to Ann Aibor where he entered the 
law department of the I'niversity of Michigan 
from wliich lie graduated in 1876. .Returning to 
.Saginaw lie at once began practice, entering the 
oHIcc of CamiiiV Ihooks and there remaining until 
February. LH77. wlicii he opened an ofHce of his 
own. In 11^77 lie was elected Circuit Court Com- 
missioner for a term of two years and was re- 
elected in 1K71I. serving in all four years. Li 1881 
he was elected Justice of the Peace for a term of 
four years and was re-eleeted in 1885, serving eight 
years. In IHS7 he was made Police Judge for a 
term of two years and was re-elected in 1889, serving 
until the consolidation of the cities of Saginaw, in 
1><9(I. wlieii lie letunied to tlie ]>ractice of law. 

In 18(S7 he formed a |)aitnerslii() with Jenner E. 
Morse under tiie linn iiaine of Nolan Ar Morse, do- 
ing a general law business and practicing in all the 
courts. He was the attorney for the defense in 
the noted Palmer murder case, in wliich the de- 



fendant was tried for the mnrder of his brother, 
the case being tried three times before a verdict of 
murder in the second degree was reached. >Ir. 
Nolan served as School Inspector from 1884 to 
1890, when, divesting himself of his oHicial robe 
he settled down to business, since which time he 
has devoted his whole attention to his law 
practice. 

Mr. Nolan was married May ti, 1879, to Miss 
Mary J. Redmond, of Saginaw. In politics he has 
taken an active part and was Chairman of the Demo- 
cratic County Committee for live years, from 1883 
to 1888. He w.as also Chairman of the Democratic 
City Committee from 188,5 to 1888. He has been 
a delegate frequently to State, Congressional and 
county conventions and has never suffered defeat 
fi-om the hands of the voters, although liis ward 
at all times was Republican by over seventy 
majority. 



AMES B. BARBER. The City Recorder, 
whose name is quoted above, is now serving 
his third term in tiiis position in B.ay City 
since 1886. Mr. Barber is a native of the 
(piaint (.Quaker Citv founded by Penn: lieisason of 
Robert Barber, of Lancastei>liire, England,who came 
here a young man and m;uiied in Philadelphia. 
He was a machinist by trade and in 18.53 removed 
to Danville, Pa., where he w.as foreman in charge 
of the ni.achine siiop and f<iundry for about live 
years. He then removed to Milton, Pa., where he 
occupied the same position and later was appointed 
superintendent of the iron and engine works in 
Lock Haven, Penn. He finally located in AVilliams- 
port. Pa., where he had charge of the West Branch 
Iron Works, which he superintended until his 
death, wliich occurred in December, 1873, at the 
age of fifty-seven years. 

Our subject's mother was as a j'oung lady Miss 
Jane Fleming, a native of England. Her father 
was engaged in the manufacture of woolens. Mis. 
Barber still survives and resides at Lock Haven, Pa. 
Of twelve children b;)rn of this mairiage seven are 
now li V ing, and of these our subject is the eldest. I le 








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was born July 24, 184.'), and was educated at Phil- 
adelphia, Danville and Milton. He remained at 
home until past fifteen years of age and then w.as 
apprenticed to a machinist at Lock Ilaveu. He 
worked under iiis father for ajjout six months and 
then went to Philadelphia where he worked for 
I. P. ^Morris & Co., for three years and became a 
l)ractical and expert machinist. 

Thus equipped for any emergency, our subject 
went to Hethlehem, Pa., doing journe^^man's work 
for a short time, thence removing to Lock Haven 
and for four years was employed .as engineei' in a 
mill. In the spring of 1870 he came to Grand Rap- 
ids and sei'ved as engineer for the firm of Wondcrly 
& Little, a Pennsylvania lumber firm, serving as 
their chief engineer for one year. He then came to 
Saginaw and was in the employ of Wickes Bros, as 
a machinist in charge of the erecting department. 
He remained with tliem until 1872 and then went 
to Brighton where he engaged in the brick busi- 
ness, manufacturing in partnersliip with Daniel 
Bailey. 

After two j'ears engaged as above mentioned 
our subject returned to Wickes Bros, and lemained 
with them until they were involved in tlie panic 
and then entered the employ of the Flint & Pere 
Marquette Machine .Shops. When Wickes Bros, re- 
sumed business again Mr. Barber returned to them 
and remained until 1876, when he came to Hay 
City as engineer for the S. McLean A' Co., and re- 
mained with them for aliout lliree years. At the 
expiration of this time he started a pin factory in 
partnership with Messrs. IMcljean tt McKane. The 
business was run under the firm name of the 
Northwestern Pin Manufactory, and their Ijusiness 
was located at tlie foot of Twenty-sixth and Water 
Streets. After continuing this one year, during 
which l\Ir. Barber acted as manager and su])erintend- 
enl the firm sold out, when our subject was engaged 
with Rust Bros, in their sawmill jii Bay City. He 
remained with them until 1><.S4 and then entered 
the employ of Miller Bros, .as engineer. 

Meantime our subject had been making his way 
in the confidence and esteem of the people of tlie 
city and in the spring of 18W() was elected City 
Recorder on the Greenback ticket and has been 
twice elected since that time, and the last two 



elections have been placed in his position by the 
equal votes of the I{e|)ublicans and Democrats, 
having no opponent. He serves as Clerk of the 
City Couni'il, as Secretary of the IJoard of Educa- 
tion, Secretary of the Board of Police Commission- 
ers and is also ex-officio member of the 15oar<l of 
Health. 

Mr. Barber was married in East Saginaw in Ma^', 
1883, to Miss Mary Smith, who was boin in St. 
Mary's, Canada, in August 181.'). Socially, oursuh- 
ject is a Free and Accepted Mason and a Ko_\al 
Arch Mason. He also belongs to the 0(hl Fellows 
and the Ancient Order of United Workmen, lie 
has always espoused the cause of the Labor party. 
His pleasant home is located at the corner of 
Twentv-sixth Street and Bioadwav. 




LFRED M. KING. For the past twenty 
years the name of Mr King has been pro- 
minent among the members of the Bay 
\\^ County bar as he h.as been i)racticing in 

Bay City for that length of time, lie is of South- 
ern birth as at the time of liis liirth, December 23, 
1848, his parents, McPherson and Claudi.a (Beau- 
fort) King, were living in Chatham County, Ga. 
He received a part of his education in that State, 
and in 1862 was sent to Toronto, Ontario, where 
he attended first the grammar scliool and after- 
wards the Upper Canada College and the Toronto 
University, taking the Arts Course. 

After leaving the University j\lr. King entered 
the law f)ffice of .Judge Kennett JIcKenzie, with 
whom he had been reading law for some years. lb; 
came to this city in 186!) and while teaching had 
the use of the office of A. C. ^Maxwell. He passed 
his examination liefore .ludge Sutherland, now of 
Utah, and was admitted to the bar in 1871, after 
which he at once began practicing law in Hay City. 
For some time heeon tinned in an indepen(h'nt prac- 
tice, but finally formed a paitnei^liip with Edward 
R. Slawson under the (inn name iif Slawson A' King 
which cf)nnection continued until the death of the 
former gentleman. Some time latter he entered 
partnershij) with Hurdis M. Ready, who is now 



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Justice of the Peace and who continued with our 

subject until the roniicr was elected a t'licuit 
Court ('oinniis.«ioiiL'r. 

After inacticint!: alone for some time Mr. King 
formed a (lartniMsliip with .lolin Ilargadon, as King 
<fe H.avgarton. the connection lasting until the death 
of the junior jiartner since when lie has been alone. 
He gives his whole attention to his legal business 
and pr.actices before all the courts of the State. 
He is well known throughout the county and has 
been {'irciiit Court Commissioner. He is warmly 
and activel\- interested here in the success of the 
Democratic |)arty but does not seek for ortice. 

The niariiage of Mr. King to Miss Frances M. 
Thompson of St. Catherines, Canada, took place 
.tanuary 15. IHtiH. and they are the parents of five 
surviving childieii: William H., is now in Bay City 
in a box factory; Robert L., who is reading law 
preparatory to entering the leg.al profession 
and Margaret. Henry C. and John C. who are at 
home. 



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ERNARD B. TRACY. We iierc present a 
sketch of one of the best known citizens of 



Birch Run Township, Saginaw County, 
whose fine farm of one hundred and five 
acres is located on section 1'.). He was born May 
28, 1821, in Jefferson County, N. Y., and is a son 
of Benjamin and Syliil (Fish) Tracy, who were na- 
tives of Connecticut, and the father was a soldier 
of the War of 1812. 

Our subject is the youngest son in his father's 
family, and had his early training ui)on a farm, re- 
ceiving nothing but a common-school education, 
. but acquiring during that course of traininga love 
for reading whicli has been witli him through lift'. 
AVhile still a yoiilii he began his career upon the 
lakes, which he continued for thirty years, and 
during twelve years of that time he has been cap- 
tain, serving thus upon different vessels. 

The marriage of Bernard Tracy and Juliet Smith 
tt)ok place December 7, 184(). This lady was born 
December 22, 1828. in Oswego County, X. Y'., and 
she w.as a daughter of Marry and Lucy (W.ash- 
l)Urn) Smith. The formci parent was a native of 



England, and the hitter was born in Connecticut. 
While she was still an infant her father died, and 
when she was one year old she removed with her 
mother to Jefferson County. N. Y., and there met 
and married .Air. Tracy. Of six children born to 
her parents, siie and one brother. Ashley, alone 
survive. 

To Mr. and Mrs. Tracy have been granted seven 
children, and three of that number are still living, 
namely : .\rthur, Sybil, wife of .\. W. Marks, and 
Daisy. The fainil\' migrated to this eounly in 
I8()it. anil at that lime established themselves ujioii 
t!ie farm where they now live. Wiien they took 
this property there was l)ut a small portion of it 
cleared, but under their efforts it has been made a 
splendidly productive and highly cultivated farm. 
Jlucli pioneer work was necessary in order to ef- 
fect this result, and it has been carried on with un- 
flinching peiseverance and industry. 

Our worthy subject and his estimable wife are 
devout members of the Episcopal Church, and in 
political matters Mr. Tr.icy is devoted to the inter- 
ests of the Republican party, while in local move- 
inenls he is ready to join hands with men of anv 
party iu measures which will improve the social 
and industrial aspect of affairs. He has served as 
tre.isurer of Birch Run Township for one year,and 
for twelve successive years has been treasurer of 
tlie Sehool Hoard of District No. S. The sterling 
integrity and genial (pialitiesof these true-hearted 
peoi)le make tliem general favorites in the social 
circles of the township. 

An own aunt of Mr. Tracy, Mrs. Dr. .ludd, was 
an earlv missionarv to the Sandwich Islands. 



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y /OIIN C. BROWN. We here present a brief 
biography of the President of the Commer- 
cial College of Saginaw, West Side, who has 
' succeeded Mr. Fred A. DeLude, who estab- 
lished this school in 188;"), and continued to carry it 
on until March, 1 8!) 1 . At that time he was taken sick 
and diedduring the foUowing month, and after his 
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college from the administratois of the estate, con- 
sumating the piirch-ise in ilay. liSill. 

Mr. Hiowii became President and Mi\ Tivv 
Secretary of the college and under this manaue- 
luent it was conducted for seveial months. Mr. 
Brown then purchased the interest of Mr. Tivv, 
tlie latter retiring from tiie management. Mr. 
Brown is now carrying it on with great vigor and 
enterprise. The institution is located at the corner 
of Court and Hamilton Streets, in the third stoiy 
of the Moll Building. There are tliree departments 
to the school, namely: English, business training 
and shorthand. Both sexes are admitted to the 
school and three sessions a day are carried on. A 
thorough business training can here be obtained 
and young men and women are fitted for practical 
and efficient work. 

Mr. Brown was born in Niagara Countv, N. Y., 
May 23, 184-2. and is a son of J. (i. and Lucy 
Brown, the former being a native of New Hamp- 
shire and the latter of Connecticut. She was a 
daugiiter of Joseph Brown who came from English 
stock and the father is of Scotch-Irish ancestry. 
He still resides in Tecumseh, this State, and has 
now retired from active life. Li his active d.\ys 
he was a woolen manufacturer in New York. His 
w'\U\ was the mother of eigiit ciiildren, of whom 
our subject is the seventh in the order of age, .ind 
she pas.sed from tiiis life in ISol. The family 
came to INIichigan in 184(j. and first located in 
Dexter, Washtenaw County, later removing to 1 
Kalamazoo, and after that t(i (irandville. 

John C. Brown attended the common sciiools in 
his early boyhood, and afteiward studied for two 
years in (irand I\a[)ids. He then taught for a 
short time and later went to Jonesville, Hillsdale 
County, and entered the employ of II. I{. (iardner 
ifr Co., manufacturers of woolen goods, l)eing fore- 
man in their factory for two and one-half years. 
He then returned to Wilson. Niayara County, N. Y., 
where he was liorn and entered upon tiie fruit and 
commission business, continuing this for six years. 
In 1871 he commenced teaching in Niagara County, 
and after several years returned to Michigan. 

Mr. Brown now began teaching in Bay County 
and after three years connected himself with the 
schools of Saginaw, and later with the Saginaw 



College on the EastSide, where lie continued until 
he formed the connection in which he is now 
working. He was married in Octolter, 1873, to 
Miss Edith Crosier, of Lockport. N. Y., wlio was, 
however a native of Midiigan, as she was born in 
;\Ionroe County, this State. Mr. and Mr.s. Brown 
have two little daughters, Edith and Lulu, for 
whom they have trne parental solicitude and for 
whose education they are planning iiljeral thing.s. 
They are members of the First Congregational 
Churcli of Saginaw, and tlieir plea.sant iiome is at 
No. 1106 Hancock Street, wliere they exercise a 
gracious hosi)itality. 



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^j HARLES FITZIIUGH, Ji:. We are gratified 
(l( to be able to jtresent a life luirrative of the 

'^^'' gentleman who is the senioi- member of the 
firm of Charles Fitzhugh, Jr. & Co., which is carry- 
ing on a large real-estate and pine land business, 
lie has spent his whole life on the frontier and is 
a practical business man, having a thorough under- 
standing of lumlx'r. He was born in Midland 
County, this State, at the forks of the Tittabawassee 
and Chippewa Rivers, March 13, 1817, and his 
father, Charles C. Fitzhugh, was born in Livingston 
County, N. Y., and came to Midland County in 
the '30s. 

In 1842 the father came to Saginaw City, and 
soon began handling real estate and for forty 
years lie was the trustee for the Saginaw Bay Com- 
pany, and finally located in I!ay City on account 
of its su|)erior educational advantages. From that 
time he was very active in liuildinii' up I>a\ City 
and transacted much business (ov his father, who 
owned a great deal of real estate here, but ivtained 
his residence in Livingston County. X. \. Ills 
wife, whose name in maidenhood was Jane M. 
Jones, was born in Livingston County, N. Y., and 
her father was interpreting agent for the (Jovern- 
ment among the Indians. His jiaternal grand- 
father was a Sergeant in tlie War of 1812. Of 
their eight children our subject w;is the third in 
the order of age. 

After studvino- in the loij sclioolhouse at the 



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Forks, our subject caiuc to P>:iy City in 185;"), 
and liere received his furtliei- education. At the 
age of sixteen he hesjan tniiyiiii,^ and insiieetiusj' 
lumber at the docks, and in l.sCi,") he went to Kaw- 
kawlin and was tiiere employed in the hirge mills. 
Later he went to the W'iowani and Ritle Loom, and 
then to Kssexville, and was connected with the 
lumber business all this time in all its jilmses. 

In 1KH2 :Mr. Fit/.liuoh started in the real-estate 
business, takint;; as liis partner Mi'. McDonald. For 
two years they manufactured lumber here, towini,' 
it from St. Igna<'e, and besides selling lands in the 
Upper Peninsula they deal laigely m farms and 
wild lands here, being agents for fully twenty-tive 
thousand acres of land in Kay County. In 1K82 
Mr. Fitzhngh was married to Miss Anne C., daugh- 
ter of II. JI. Fit/.h\igli,of Maryland, and they have 
three children: Jane, Walter 1). and Charles C. 
They belong to the Trinity T'!)piscopal C liurch. Mr. 
Fitzhngh is independent in his political views. 



^^1 LLEN U. RUSSELL, of the Hrni of Russell 
@/-J| . Bros., jjroprietors of the |)laning mill and 
box factory at West Bay Cit_\', has lieen a 
resident here since the spring of iHTi. 
His native town was Ft. Covington, Franklin 
County. X. y.. his birth having occurred there Feb- 
ruary 7,1852. His father was Frank Ru.ssell,a 
native of Cornwall, ( )ntario, Canada, and was of 
French descent. The grandfather,who was born in 
Canada, died at Ft. Covington, N.Y., after having 
lived to be over one hundred years old. 

Frank Russell was a soldier in tiie War of 1812 
and was a farmer at Ft. Covington. When leaving 
that place he went to Oswego, X. Y., and worked 
asa stave m.anufatturer, passing from this life when 
sixty-live years of age. His wife, the mother of 
our subject, was Caroline, daughter of William 
Kmlot, a native of Fi'anco. I'pon emigrating to 
Canada he bocune a tarnui' and died in the Do- 
minion at the age of eighty-eight. The mother 
of Mr. Russell die<l at his home when forty-five 
years of age after having become the mother of 
nine children, of whom our suliject was the eld- 



est. His brotlier, a member of the tiim of Russell 
Bros., is written of elsewhere in this volume. 

.\llen (I. Russell passed his boyhood days on the 
S;ilmon River, seven miles from the St. Lawrence 
River, attending school until eleven years of age, 
when he went to Oswego and worked in the mills 
of W. W. I'ulver, attending school evenings. He 
remained with that gentleman for a number of 
years and when only sixteen had charge of a greater 
part of the mill, lie was soon promoted to be Su- 
perintendent and did much of the contracting for 
file factory. In 1877 he canu' to Michigan and after 
spending one inontli in Detroit came to Bay City, 
where he was employed on eontiact in the lath 
mill of .1. Taylor A' Son, remaining with them for 
one season. He started a shingle mill on his own 
account in West Bay City, which he managed for 
eighteen mouths and then engaged in the manu 
facture of bo.xes for a twelvenumth. 

Later Mr. Russell disposed of his interests and 
was employed as foreman and m inager of the B. 11. 
Briscoe mill in Bay City for three years, then once 
more operated a box factory in Salzliurg. He was 
one of the organizers of the Crump Manufacturing 
Company, of which he w-as Vice President for two 
years. He then resigned his position to engage in 
the box factory in company with his brother in 
Handy 's mill, which they operated for one year. 
In 1855 they built a mill, located on Fifth Street, 
near the Michigan Centi'al Railroad. 

Not having suHicient rotmi in which to carry on 
their extensive operations, the firm removed to 
the coiner of Keltoii Stieet and the Michigan Cen- 
tral Railroad in the Fifth Ward where they have 
a planing mill, a liox factory, and retail dressed 
lumber and moldings. The mill is located on live 
acres of ground, and besides this property our suli- 
ject has a comfortable residence on the corner of 
Florence and Walnut Streets, and is interested in 
other real estate in the city. He is a stockholder 
in the Detroit National Loan .\ssociation, and is 
held in the highest esteem by all the people of tlie 
community. 

Mr. Russell was united in marriage in Oswego 
County, N. Y., August 25. 1878, to Miss Frank I., 
daughter of .lohii .\llen, a native of St. Lawrence, 
X. v.: he was a well-to-do merclianf and i)assed his 




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last days in Oswego County. The mother of Mrs. 
Russell was Nancy Skoulton, also a native of St. 
Lawrence County, who died in Oswego, N. Y.,wlien 
sixty years of age. Miss Frank was the j-oungest 
of five children of the parental family and was 
horn in Oswego, N. Y. Of her uiiimi wilh our sul)- 
ject three children were boni — Claude, Clayton 
and Raj'. 

A ladj- of much culture and relinement, Mrs. 
Russell was a helpmate to her husband in the tru- 
est sense (if tlie word, and was beloxed liy all who 
knew iier. Her death, .lanuary IH, 18i)2, was a deep 
bereavement to her husband and little children, as 
well as to her host of warm personal friends. Two 
brothers and one sister survive her: E. A. Allen, of 
this city; John Allen, of Syracuse, N. Y., and JLs. 
M. L. Willcox, of Oswego Falls, X. Y. Socially, 
Mr. Russell is a Knight of the Maccabees, a mem- 
ber of the Royal Arcanum and a Knight of Pythias. 
In politics he isa stanch Republican. 



^IMjHX Cr. HUBINGER. It is with sincere 
pleasure that the biographer responds to 
the call to give the life facts of so many of 
_ our fellow-citizens who have been born in 
(iermany. Our subject was born in Bavaria, 
August 21. 1823, and remained in that country 
until the time of his emigration to the New World, 
which was in May, 1846. In the meantime he had 
received all the advantages which the common 
schools afforded, and at the time of coming to 
America was thoroughly fitted to battle with life 
for himself. As the result of his labors, he is now 
the proud possessor of two hundred acres of ex- 
cellent land in Frankenmuth Township. Saginaw 
County, located on sections 27 and 3.5. 

On landing on American shores, Mr. Ihiliinger 
came directly to Saginaw County .and located on 
his fine farm in Frfinkenmuth Townshi|), which has 
since been his home, .and which he hsis made to 
bloom and blossom. While clearing .and improv- 
ing his acres he erected a s.awmill and the follow- 
ing year a gristmill, both of which he continued 
to oper.ate until 1881, when he transferred his in- 



terests to his three sons. Simc that d:ite he has 
engaged to some extent in lumbering, together 
with his farming interests. In 1886 he erected a 
creamery, in comppny with Henry Ran. and they 
have since managed the business uiiilei- the firm 
name of Iluliinge-.- A- Ran. 

Mr. llubinger was united in m.-irriage. in 18J6, 
to Miss Rosina Keller, also a native of Bavaria. 
They have become the parents of seven children, 
viz: John L., .lolin M.. .lolin .V., (ieorge ;\I., Bar- 
bara, Maggie and Anna. Mr. llubinger has been 
elected to (ill the otliceof Highway Commissioner, 
also that of Township Treasurer, both of which 
positi(ms he filled with great credit to himself and 
satisfaction to all concerned. 

During the 'OO* our subject was a candiilate for 
the Legislature on the Democratic ticket, tint ow- 
ing to the minority of his party in this region 
was defeated. He has taken quite an active i)art 
in political iitfairs, and may always be found in the 
lead of every good movement. He is a gentle- 
man whose character and .abilities give him the 
respect of the community, and his enterprise and 
progressive ideas place him in the front rank 
among his fellow-townsmen. In addition to the 
interests which have been mentioned, he owns sev- 
eral thous.and acres of i)ine land in Tuscola and 
Sanil.ac Counties, this State. 

A lithographic portrait of Mr. llubinger accom- 
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<i\ felLLlAM H. CLARK, formerly a resident 
\/\/ll of Saginaw, but now deceased, was born in 
V¥ Butfalo, N. Y., November 18, 1839. His 
father, (reorge Xewton Clark, w.as born in Lon- 
don, England, and was an architect by occupation. 
He came to the United States witli his family and 
followed his chosen calling until his death. Will- 
i.am II. w.as oul.V four years old when he was or- 
phaned by the death of his father and he after- 
ward accompanied his. mother and ste|)-father to 
Michigan, locating wilh them at Howell. 

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work for himself and by fiiiiiality and economy 
acfuniulaled a c'Oni|ioteiK'v whilu still quite young. 
Is'oveniliei' II, liSf!.^, he was married to Miss Adela 
C. I)Ush,of Ilowell, and in iMaivh of the foUowini;; 
year came to Saginaw, where he made his home 
until death. His lirst enteiprise here was the 
liuilding of the Kagle liloek, on (Genesee street, 
whieli stands as a monument to hisgood judgment 
and s.agaeily. For many years lie was identified 
with the mercantile interests of Saginaw, first as 
partner of \V. W. Fisher; later as senior memherof 
the lirni of Chirk i^- Starkee, and afterward .as one 
of the firm of Clark A' ICllis, and still later he was 
alone in business. 

For twcnt\'-three years Mr. Clark was in business 
at one place, engaging both in a wholesale aiir] re- 
tail trade, and carrying on a business of aliout 
$2(>0, 11(10 per year. His stock w;is the largest and 
most coni|ilete ill the Saginaw \'alley and his deal- 
ings with his customers were such as to gain for 
hims(lf their full confidence. Aliout ]»»« he 
opened a braneh store at Mt. Ple.asant in charge of 
John Butler and since his decease, the firm of 15ut- 
ler iV Co., Irive l)ecome his successors in Saginaw. 

His health failing a fe\, years ago, Mr. Clark vis- 
ited \Vashiiigtoii with the Knights Templar, in 
which commaiiderv he was .active for twentv-five 
years. He also was prominently connected with 
the Masonic fraternity and infiueiitial in the ranks 
of the Democratic party. He was a regular attend- 
ant at the St. Paul's Epi.scopal Church, in which 
he was vestryman for many years. His death, [ 
which occurred Marcli 22, 1891, was the direct re- 
sult of heart disease and was sudden, he having .at- 
tended to his business affairs uj) to one week be- 
fore his demi.se, although he had not been at the 
store for six months. 

Tlie block re-built by Mr. Clark and now occu- 
pied by the firm of 15utler A; Co., is still owned by 
his heirs. His residence at No. l."),'?? S. Wa.shing- ! 
ton street, w.as erected in 187;") at a cost of 
*17,0(f(l, and contains twelve or more rooms, all 
handsomely furnished. Mrs. Clark was the d.augh- 
ter of Richard P. and Phebe R. (Olmstcad) Hush, 
and became the mother of twf) children, JJllian 
E. and William Heniy. Lillian was a graduate of 
Ihe High School of Sagiiuiw and tillcndod X'assar ' 



College'for two \ ears. She is an accomplished mu- 
sician, possessing unusual artistic ability and ))roni- 
ineut in the social circles of the city. The .son, 
William II. is at [jiesent in the Sophomore Class in 
Yale College, l)clongiiig to the Class of 'ill and 
po.ssessing t-ileut of a high order. 



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jFlHEN iNHLTON LEWIS, M. 1)., who is 

well known as a professional man in Sagi- 
\\. naw, w.as born in County Waterloo, Canada, 
]\Iarch 1, 1842. His parents, Amasa .and 
Catherine (Rock) Lewis, were lioth natives of 
Ontario, Canada, and the fatliei' lived there 
upon a farm until 1879, when he died at the age 
of eighty years. The mother of our subject died 
when only forty-two years old leaving thirteen 
cliildren, of whom the Doctor is the youngest son. 
He p.assed his boyhood in his native home, attend- 
ing the common schools and taking what higher 
advantages he could command. 

The medical studies of young Lewis began with 
Dr. S. Joy, of Ottawa, Ontario, and later he entered 
Trinity Jledical College, from which he graduated 
in 1872. He had devoted himself thoroughly to 
his studie.s and had achieved a creditable standing 
in his class, and throughout his career he has made 
the study of his profession a matter not only of 
business but of pleasure, as he finds in medical re- 
searches great satisfaction. 

The first attempt which the young Doctor made 
toward establishing a practice was at Norwich, 
Canada, which had formerly been his home and he 
continued to pursue his profession there until 1877, 
when he decided to come to the United States, 
hoping to do better and find further opportunities 
for professional success. His chosen home was in 
Michig.an and he came to .Saginaw where he has 
been able to establish an excellent [uactice in gen- 
eral cases. 

The Doctor is iiromiiieiitly identified with a 
number of social orders, being a Knight of Pythias 
and alsoa member of Star Lodge, No. 1,56, LO. O. F. 
He is likewise a member of the Saginaw Valley 
Homeopathic Association and stands w( II among 



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the men of his profession, flis e:irly professional 
career had been in the praetice of the old school, 
but in 1880 he took up lionu'Dpathy, feeling that it 
more nearly met his views of the philosophy of 
remedial agencies. 

The domestic life of Dr. Lewis began Sejitember 
2, 1860, when he was united in marriage in Canada, 
with INLss Harriet Pettit, wlio was burn in the city 
of Hamilton, Canada. The liappy home (if the 
Doctor and his wife is located at No. 1303 North 
P'ayette Street, and here they are giving most 
careful attention to the training and education of 
their daiigiiter, Edna Allierta. The Saginaw Val- 
ley Homeopathic Suciety has iionored itself and 
shown its regard for the suliject of this sketcii by 
placing him in the position of the \' ice-President 
of its bodv. 










ETER PETERSON, sewer and paving con- 
tractor in West Bay C'ity, has been a resi- 
1^ dent of the Saginaw ^'alley since 1873 
\ and while accumulating a competency has 
also aided in the progress of the cit3\ A native of 
Denmark, he was bom in Ero, Jlresjoping, Septem- 
ber 25, 1851, and was reared to a vigorous man- 
hood in his native land. His grandfather. Peter, 
was a fanner, who jiassed his entire life in Den- 
mark, while his father, Nes IL, who was born in 
Ero, is a jobber and contractor on a small scale as 
well as a mason, brick-maker and carpenter. He 
still resides in his native town, as does also his 
wife, Mrs. Bertha Marie (Larson) Peterson. They 
are worthy people, whose eonsi.stent lives adorn 
their profession of Christianity, and who are num- 
bered among the most devoted members of the 
Lutheran Church in Ero. 

The family of which our suliject is a member, 
comprises six children, two sons and four daugh- 
ters, Peter being the third. He was reared to farm- 
ing pursuits and received the advantages of a 
common-school education in Ero. After remain- 
ing at home until he attained his majority, he re- 
solved to come to America and seek the fortune 
which he lielieved would reward his efforts here. 



In the spring of 1873 he left Hamburg on a steamer, 
taking passage for New York City, and after the 
ship cast anchor in the Now yv^orld, he pioceeded 
directly westward to Saginaw, this State, where he 
obtained employment on the Detroit ct Bay City 
Railroad. Afterward he was employed at differ- 
ent places and finally drifted to I'.ay City, making 
it his headquarters and engaging in iMctiraw's mill 
as well as in jobbing on a small scale. 

Later. Mr. IVterson took the position as superin- 
tendent for grading a railroad for Thomas Too- 
hey and Iniilt seven miles of the road in the 
North, also acting a> suiierinteiident of the con- 
struction oi a railroad in the wocds for Mr. Too- 
hey. Next he was employed for two and one-half 
year in the chemical works of West Bay City, and 
when the firm ceased from business in 1883, he 
began sewer and jiaving contracting. He has done 
considerable work in this city and is universally 
relied upon as a good workman, honorable citizen 
and upright man. He recently paved Ohio Street 
west of Center .and holds contracts for *2r),00() 
worth of jobs, being the most extensive contractor 
here. During the coming season he expects to 
pave Henry Street from Jane to Main; also Main 
Street; Linn between .lane and .Tohn; Linn 
from JNHdland to Michigan; lleniy from Jlichigan 
to South Union; Walnut between ^lichiuan aii<l 
South Union; and Washington Street from Sojihia 
to Green. 

Besides his work (in the paving of the streets, 
Mr. Peterson does considerable sewer work and has 
laid many of the main sewers of West liay City. 
His work is apparent in the complete sewerage sys- 
tem on South Henry, North Dean, AVest Midland, 
Nortli Cornelia. Chilson and Caiey Streets. Dur- 
ing his lesidence here he has accumulated consid- 
erable property, and now owns some real estate 
and several houses in different parts of the city. 
He resides at No. 7ii7 l>itchfield Street, where his 
many warm personal friends are wont to partake 
of the hospitality extended by himself and his ex- 
cellent wife. Mrs. Peterson, who was known in 
maidenhood as Miss .\nna Svenson, was born in 
Hallaiid, Sweden, and is the daughter of Sven and 
Susanna ^Magnusen, natives of Sweden. 

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tlif riiited States, makina: I't'i' liome first in Flint, 
tliis State, and eoniino- thence to Hay City in 18H(). 
In lier native ianrl f^lu' was a rlressniaker and was 
tluis engaged in lliis city. Ilcr marriage ocrnired 
lieie Oftober .SO. IHHI, mid has been l)lest by the 
birtli of live ehildien, namely: IJeitha A., Alma 
C. .lames >\illiani. !•". Aithiir and .Sadie IC. Mr. 
and Mrs. Peterson are eharler members of tlie 
Zion Swedish Lutheran t'lmreli. in whieh he serves 
as Trustee. lie is also a ni'.iiiln'r of the Swedish 
Henevolent Society, lieing' its Treasurer and Col- 
lector. In his |)olitic.s lie is a .stanch Republican 
and has been delegate to county conventions. 

lu 187!), after an absence of six years from his 
native land, Mr. I'etersoii retuincd thither, leaving 
Hay City .lanuary 1 (! and ])roceeding to New 
York, where he took a steamer for Hamburg. 
Thence by rail he journeyed to Fyn, and from 
there to J'>ro, crossing the ice lifteen miles on a 
sled. He enjoyed a delightful visit at home un- 
til the following sjjring and returned to Hay City 
in May, 1880. (li.s brother, .lens L. .accompanied 
him and remained in Hay City for six years, after 
which he returned to Denmark •■iiid there now 
makes his home. 



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^1 C. C. SITTOX. The wonderful develop- 
ment of Saginaw as a business center which 
15 has been caused by its grand progress in 
manufacturing industries, has rendered it 
an attractive point to young piofcssional men, who 
realize that such practical industries are the basis 
upon which all business rests, as a foundation, and 
that the ambitious and able young man who has 
prepared himself for professional life can not do 
better than to locate where there is so much stir and 
activity in all lines, bringing together a pojiula- 
tion whose business push and enterprise will ev- 
entually develop all the resourscs of the place. 
The gentleman of whom we write is one of the 
young men, who. having been born and brought 
up in this vicinity, recognized the stirring import- 
ance of .Saginaw, and are thoroughly determined to 
cast ill theii- lot ;ind lo achieve llieii' success in this 



beautiful and progressive city. He has here estab- 
lished himself asattorney at law and also in the busi- 
ness of real estate and collections, and has his otiice in 
room 7, McCormick Block. 

Our subject w.as born in West S.aginaw. June 
•2:5, 1867, and his father, A. R. Sutton, now makes 
his home on the East Side and is pursuing the 
business of a commercial Siilesman. His wife and 
the mother of our subject bore in maidenhood the 
name of .Sadie Coates. The father is of Eastern 
birth and had his nativity in New .lersey. Some 
of his early life was spent in Canada, and he there 
met and married Miss Coates, who was a Canadian 
by birth, am] in their early married life they de- 
cided to migrate to Michigan and make this their 
home, coming to Pontiac, where they made their 
home with his father, .Tohnson .Sutton. 

I'pon tir.st coining to Saginaw, A. R. Sutton en- 
gaged in merchandising and continued therein for 
many j'ears, achieving a good degree of success, 
but later he devoted himself to the lumber trade, 
making Cheboygan his business location. After 
leaving the luinbur business he came to Pontiac and 
later to Saginaw. In 1884 he became traveling 
salesman for Warder, Hushnell Si (ilessner's ma- 
chinery company. 

M. C. C. Sutton studied in his early lioyhood in 
the public schools of Pontiac and later took a course 
in the High .School, after which he devoted him- 
self to the study of law with the firm of Wilber & 
Brucke, of S.aginaw. He was admitted to the bar 
March 31, 1891 and has already established himself 
well for a young man of his .age and experience. 



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SEWELL AA'ERY. We present here a sketch 
of one of the i)rominent manufacturers of 
) .Saginaw, who is in the lumber trade and is 
also Vice-President of the Board of Trade. 
He was born in the township of Jefferson, Lincoln 
County, Me., not far from Albany, on the 22d of 
February, 1824.- His parents were Enoch and Mary 
(Shephard) Avery, and his father, who w.as born in 
Scotland, came to the Linited States when a child, 
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of Maine. He died when the subject of this sketch' 
was but four years old. His wife was born in the 
State of Maine, and it was tliere that her marriage 
occurred witli Mr. Avery. Her son Sewell remained 
at home witii her until he reached his thirteentli 
year, when her deatli took place, then he started 
out to make his home among strangers, finding 
employment where he could, and receiving only 
very ordinary common-school advantages. 

At the close of his fourteenth year, he had an 
opportunity to come West, and came first to De- 
troit and then to Port Huron, and finally to Sagi- 
naw, about 1845. For a time lie worked in the 
woods in tlie logging districts and there l)ecame 
well acquainted with the timber lands of Michigan, 
so he was often employed by Eastern parties to 
look after tracts of pine land and the cutting and 
handling of logs, being thus employed for some 
five years. At the expiration of that time Mr. 
Avery formed a partnership with Edwin Eddy, un- 
der the firm name of Eddy, Avery iV Co.. for the 
prosecution of the business of cutting and sawing 
lumber, their mills being located at Bay City. For 
a number of years they were successful in this 
work, and the partnership was finally dissolved in 
1887, by mutual consent. 

Mr. Avery afterward associated himself with 
other parties in the cutting of logs for the manu- 
facture of lumber. After selling out his interest in 
the mill at Bay City, our subject bought lands and 
has operated alone in the manufacture of lumber 
since 1887. The lands which had thus been cleared 
of timber,were used for farmingpurposes,beiug well 
adapted for the growth of wheat, oats and grass. 
For many years Mi'. Avery has been recognized as 
one of the pioneer lumbermen of Saginaw. 

He of whom we write married Miss Eliza 1 1., daugh- 
ter of Ware Eddy. This lady is a native of Maine, 
and came with her parents to Michigan when a 
young girl, lier marriage taking place in Port Huron, 
this State. The children of this household are one 
son and three daughters, namely: Waldo A., now 
a prominent business man of Detroit; Aria mar- 
ried Herbert Sanborn; Lucy, the wife of George C. 
Morley, the cashier of the Second National Bank 
at Saginaw; and Alma, who married Frank Ewing, 
who is a coal dealer. 



In politics Mr. Avery Is a .stanch Republican. 
He comnience<l the struggle for success on the bot- 
tom round of the laddei-. hut li.is now reached a 
position of assured comfoit and pros|jei-itv. His 
commodious residence is at No. I2(i Nortii .leffer- 
son Street, and both its exterior and interior speak 
of comfort and good taste. 



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ROF. CHARLES E. IIOHST. 'iliis tnl- 
fj ented and progressive young (Jerman 
ranks higii among the violin instructors 
of the State and his genernl intclliiience 
and culture make him sought in the t)esl social 
circles. Few teachers arc able to bring tlieir |)upils 
to so high a degree of advancement as he. and his 
reputation is growing from year to year, lie was 
bornat"Bingen,on the Rhine," in (iermuny.and his 
father, Louis, who was a real-estate de;iler there, 
was also born in that jn-ovince. He took part as a 
soldier in the war of 1870 and 1S71, and w.as a 
Catholic in his religious belief. His wife, Carrie 
Becher, was born and reared in Wiesbaden in the 
province of the Rhine, (iermany. From liisinotlier 
her only son inherited musical talents, which have 
made him a man of marked ability. 

Our subject was born November 22, 18(;(!, and 
received his early training and education in his na- 
tive home, attending a private academy there, 
from which he graduated in the classical depart- 
ment at the age of fourteen. At the same time he 
had been studying music, beginning his violin 
lessons under Prof. Reviencheck, with whom he 
continued for three years. He then went to Lcip- 
sic, where he studied under Prof. Sarasate. who is 
esteemed as the foremost violin te.acher of the 
present time. His attendance at the Leipsic con- 
servatory continued from 1880 to 1885. when he 
was taken ill, and compelled to return home. He 
spent the next two years in recuperating and then 
returned to the conservatory to finish his advanced 
course, which he completed in 1888, afterward on 
account of the (German law in regard to military 
service, he came to America. 

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biir<j, and after a voyajjeof ten days landed in New 
York. He proceeded to prospect through the East- 
ern States and in Canada, and finally located here. 
At once he commenced as an instructor on tlie 
violin, in which he lias been very successful, and is 
widely known as an excellent violinist. .Since 
coniingto America he has made good progress in 
the study of the English language to which lie de- 
vated three months in New York City before com- 
mencing liis professidiial work. 



'if/OHN F. ANTI.SDEL. Throughout all Mich 
igan there is no hotel-keeper who is more i 
favorably known than 'Sli: Antisdel. the 
proprietor of the Frazer House in Bay City. 
JJuring almost the entife period of his active life, 
he has devoted his energies to the business in which 
he is still successfully engaged, and has secured a 
prominent place in tiie favor of the citizens of Bay 
City as well as the traveling public. He carefully 
su])ervises every de|)artment of the hotel and un- 
der his superior management the accommodations 
afforded are not surpassed by any hotel in the 
State. The latest improvements in heating and 
lighting- have been introduced, and nothing whiiih 
will contribute to the comfort of the guests is 
missing. It is not strange, therefore, that the 
weaiy traveler who has visited the city at an^- pre- 
vious time, hails with delight the prospect of even 
a brief sojourn with ''mine host." 

New York claims Mr. Antisdel as one of her 
.sons, and he was born in Paris, Oneida Counlj^, 
.Iiine 13, 1829. His father, also named John F., 
was a farmer by occui)ation, and the early days of 
our subject were passed upon the old homestead, 
where he aided liis father in tilling the soil. At 
the same time his education was not neglected and 
for several years he was a student in the common 
■schools of the district. Upon attaining to his ma- 
jority, in 18.50, he came to the West and in Detroit, 
this .State, obtained employment in an hotel. In 
that city he remained until 1874, aluiost a quarter 
of a centurv. He liecame familiar wifh every de- 



tail of the liotel business, and when he started out 
for liiinself in 18')7, he was eiiiiipped with the 
thoiough i)raclical knowledge which contributed 
largely to his success. 

The hotel of which Mr. Antisdel first liecame 
proprietor was -The Finney," and later he had 
charge of another located on the present site of the 
()pera House, known .as the railroad hotel; this he 
operated for four years, and then .1. F. and his 
brother Williani W. bought the property of .1. F.. 
he eventually buying out his brother, and he in 
time sold the property to the Opera company. His 
next ventures, successful in a financial way, were 
as proprietor of the Antisdel House, the Biddle 
Hotel, the Rathbon House in Grand Rapids, and 
the Ncwliall House in INIilwaukee. After a time 
he sold the Antisdel to one lirother, and the Rath- 
bon to another brother, and it was in 1874 when 
he removed to Milwaukee to take charge of the 
Newhall. While in that city he managed a hotel 
at a watering place called Lakeside, for three sea- 
sons, as well as the Townsend House at Oconomo- 
woc for one season, his son later taking charge of 
the same for one season. 

On .Tune 1, 1884, Mr. Antisrlel removed from 
Milwaukee to Bay City to take charge of the Fra- 
zer House, and has since continued thus engaged. 
The hotel has been under his management for 
eight years, a longer period than it had hitherto 
been under the proprietorship of one man. Dur- 
ing his long exiierience in his chosen work he has 
made a name that is broadly known through the 
State as a prominent hotel-keeper, and it i* not too 
much to say that there is no one in Michigan who 
is so favorably known as he. The secret of his 
great success and the prosperity which has rewarded 
his efforts, may be found in the fact that he gives 
his attention unreservedly to his business, aud pos- 
sesses the affable nature which wins and retains 
friends. 

The marriage of Mr. Antisdel to Miss Sarah .). 
I'arshall, was celebrated in Detroit, .lune 6, 1855, 
and they are now the parents of four children, 
namely: .lames, who was born in 1856, and assists 
his father in his business; Ella; John Parshall, 
who is also engaged in business with his father; 
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Mr. Antisdel was one of the Commissioners ap- 
pointed by Gov. Sniith, of Wisconsin, and held the 
position for five years, nntil his removal fiuin the 
State, when he resis^ned. 



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^ AMUEL KTTCMEN, SI. D. 



Horn in An- 
taster, Wentworth Cuunty, Ontario, De- 
■I^Jr member 3, 1H32, ovir subject is a son of 
Henry and Mary (:\IcXiilty) Kitchen. Tlie 
father, thousj:li of New .Jersey parentage, was born 
in Canada about 1809; he still lives, aged eightv- 
three years. Our subject's mother was a native of 
New York. Samuel is the eldest of four children, 
The names of tiie otiiers are as follows: Joseph, 
Mary and iSIorris. Henry Kitchen, the father 
of our subject, served as .lustiee of the Peace 
for a number of years, and was a man mueli re- 
spected wherever he lived. 

Our subject was reared on a farm until twenty 
years of age. He attended the Normal School of 
Toronto after tinisliing the grammar school and 
when twenty-two years of age began to teach, con- 
tinuing for two years. He then entered the oiflce 
of Dr. Krank McLean, at Beamsville, twenty-two 
miles west of the Falls, having read medicine with 
Dr. Robert Mullen, of Aneaster. He then went to 
Philadelphia and studied at two other institutions 
there until 1860, then entered the Slate University 
at Ann Arbor, and was graduated with the Class 
of '63. 

Dr. Kitchen enlisted in tiie army and was sent 
to the Department of the Cumberland as Assistant 
Surgeon, United States Volunteers. He was sta- 
tioned for one year on Lookout Mountain, and 
was treasurer of the olHce hospital there. In 1865 
he handled over 84,000 per month. He was then 
sent to the Department of the Tennessee, at Knox- 
ville, under Gen. Stouenian. In 1866 he took leave 
of the service and returned North, but the following- 
year he re-enlisted, acting as Assistant Surgeon in 
Kansas and New Mexico until the fall of 1870, 
spending two or three years in the last-named Ter- 
ritory. He had intended to locate in Chicago in 
1871, but finally decided to come to Saginaw, and 



has ever since been actively engaged in practice 
here. Dr. Kitchen was married, April 11. 1872. in 
Warren County, Ohio, to Miss JLary H. Mary. 
daughter of William Macy.wliowas boin in North 
Carolina; they are the parents of one daughtei-, 
wlio is at home. 

Our subject w.as conncclfil with St. .Mary's llo.s- 
pital from its organization for fourteen years, sis 
one of the staff of attending surgeons for this pio- 
neer hospital. The Saginaw Hospital was founded 
in 1889 by the ladies of the city, and our subject 
has been constantly identified with this beneficent 
and benevolent institution since. It is one of the 
neatest and best arranged hospitals in the United 
States. In 1881 Dr. Kitclien was a])pointed Ma)-ine 
Hospital Surgeon at the establishment of the i)ort 
of S.aginaw, and served in that cap.acity until 1889. 
He resigned his position to .accept the office of 
Kxaniiner of Pensions, in .July, 18,H;i,in connection 
witli Dr. (). P. Earlier and Dr. Harvey Williams, 
constituting the Examining Board. Our subject is 
a charter memlier of (iordon (iranger Post No. 3K, 
Department of Michigan, G. A. R., which wascliar- 
tered December 14, 1S81. He has been otlicially 
connected with this as Commander or Surgeon ever 
since. AUhougii he is a Republican and a stanch 
supporter of the party under all circumstances he 
lias never been a i)oiitician. He is associated with 
the various medical associations of tiie vicinity and 
is Coriespouding Secretary of the State Hoard of 
Health. 




LFRED MAUCOTEL, M. I). This promi- 
nent piiysician and surgeon of Bay City, 
Ik has a very large practice among the French 
1^ si)eakiiig people, as he is the only French 

doctor on this side of the river. He was born at 
Mont L'Eiroit in the department of Meurthe, 
France, February 9, IK.'iO, and ten years later came 
with his parents to Canada, settling near Montreal. 
The son received his education in the University 
of Victoria, Montreal, and took his medical educa- 
tion in the same college, taking the degree of Bache- 
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of study, rffeiviiio- tlic dejujiTe of Doctor of Medi- 
cine. He thus had a tliorouiih education in all 
directions, lie located in St. ixniis de (ion/.agues. 
in the I'rovince of (^uelicc, and there remained for 
eighteen months, after wliicii he removed to St. 
Stanilas de Kostka in the same province, and there 
lived foi' ti'n years, huihlinii' np an exceUent prac- 
tice. As this gave him an extensive country ride 
he decided to locate in a ninre [lopulous region, 
aiul in Feliruarv, 1HH8, came to liay City. 

This able ph\sician soon (wlablislieda good prac- 
tice among liis fcnow-conntrymcn here, and he at 
once became identilied with their interests. lie is 
one of tlie owners and editors of a French i)aper 
Ia' I 'air it it., tlie only French pajiei- in Saginaw \'al- 
lev. This sheet which is published weekly, was 
estalilished by II. A. Pacaud, about the year 1880, 
and has a large circulation throughout the Saginaw 
Valley. The Doctor gives his whole attention to 
his ])rofession and t() writing. 

This practitioiu'r was married in 1872, to Miss 
Caroline Poissant. of IJcnuliarnois. (Quebec, Canada, 
and they have fotu- children: Kvelina, Adhemai', 
Atlianase and Kichard. They are all members of St. 
Joseph's Catholic Church, and the Doctor is also a 
member of the Society of St. .k)seph,and also belongs 
to the St. John Hai)tist Sodality of West Bay City. 
Dr. Maucotel is the Commander of the Lafayette 
Tent of the Knights of the Maccabees, and is an 
influential man in that order, as he is in<leed wher- 
ever he is known. 




DOLPII SKMPLINEU. Upon the com- 
pletion of the line Commercial liank Hlock 
il\ in Bay City, Mr. Sempliner removed his 
ladies and gents merchant tailoring estab- 
lishment to that finely finished and splendidly 
ecpiipped structure, having ju-iorto that time been 
located on the corner of Center and Saginaw Streets. 
Here he enjoys facilities unsurpassed for producing 
garments of intrinsic value, in accordance with the 
prevailing style, and with special adaptation to 
the wearer, emjjloying a force of fourteen highly 
skilled workmen and enjoying a huge trade, not 



only in Bay City but also throughout the State. 
As a conse(iuence of the superior character of the 
garments produced within the establishment, Mr. 
Sempliner has a steadily growing trade and enjoys 
the patronage of the leading pe(»ple of Bay City. 

Mr. Sempliner was born in Hungary, April 15, 
1856. and there passed his childhood days in 
acquiring the rudiments of his education and aid- 
ing at home as opportunity offered. In 1871, 
having resolved to come to America, he left his 
home and crossing the broad Atlantic, stopped for 
a time after lauding, in New York City, where he 
found employment. Thence he journeyed to Cleve- 
land, where he secured a position as a clerk, and 
later came to Ba}- City in the fall of 1871 to 
engage as city agent for a store here. After con- 
tinuing in that way two years he returned to his 
fornu^r employment as a clerk, which he followed 
for sixteen years in different estalilishments in Bay 
City. 

At the cud of that period Mr. Sempliner had 
saved enough from his earnings to establish him- 
self in business, which he did in 1889, opening a 
small store on the corner of Center and Saginaw 
.Streets. His success w.is such that in a compara- 
tively short time he built up a large and lucrative 
business, and on September 1, 18!H, removed to 
his present commodious (piarters. In connection 
with his other duties he h.as also had charge t)f a 
dancing school in this city for the past lif teen years 
and is the fashionable dancing master- of the place. 
He w.as married September 3, 188!), to Miss Sarah 
Rosenfield, of Detroit, and they have one child, 
Adelaide. Mr. Seiiii)liner is a member of the 
Heforined Temiile, the Knights of Pythias, Order 
of the Maccabees, National l'nion,and Independent 
Order of B'uai B'rith. 

As a citizen, Mr. Sempliner is public-spirited 
and interested in every measure which he believes 
will i)r(miote the welfare of the city. In his polit- 
ical relations he votes the Republican ticket, 
although he is by no means a pal■ti:^an. His un- 
aided eiforts have advanced him to his present po- 
sition and he is highly esteemed and justly re- 
garded as a re])resentative man who has a deei) 
interest in the pr(»gress of Bay C'ity. The thor- 
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conduels his cslnhlislinient and the great care he 
uses in giving satisfaction to his customers, liave 
secured for lii in an cnvialih' reputation as a liusiness 
man. 



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'']L^ ON. JOHN S. ESTABROOK, of Kast Sag"- 
naw was born m Alden, Erie County, N. 
Y., ou tlie 22d of January. lH2!t. His fa- 
ther, Seth Estabrook. a man interested in 
many affairs of importance as a farmer, merchant, 
and lumberman, was born in ^lassachusctts, in 17!)5, 
and died in 1M1((. His mother, Hannah (iMden) 
He))ard, was a lineal descendant of John Alden 
and Priscilla Mullen, and many were the tales told 
him in his youth, of tlie days of the Aldens. She 
was born in l>el)anon, N. H., and was the daughter 
of Jloses Ilebard, a farmer, and Deacon of his 
church, whose name as a man of (jrobity, worth, 
and ability, is remembered to this day. Mr. Esta- 
brook 's paternal grandfather, Exi)orieuce Esta- 
brook, was an early graduate of Dartmouth Col- 
lege, and a famous Presbyterian clergyman of his 
time. 

In 1H37, through the failure, forgeries, etc., of 
Henjamin Rathbun, of Buffalo, N. Y., Seth Esta- 
Iirook lost his fortune, so John S., as the 3'oungest 
of a family of five, had only his two hands and his 
natural ability to begin life with. Fntil fifteen 
years of age he .attended the district school at Al- 
den, spending one winter, in his fifteenth year, 
at the select school of Deacon Haws, a man remem- 
bered by his old pupils with respect and love. 
AVhen sixteen years of age he found employment 
as salesman in a grocery store in Buffalo, N. Y. 

In June, 1845, Mr. Estabrook came to Michigan, 
sailing on the schooner "'Cambria," commanded by 
his brother, Capt. Moses Heliard Estabrook. He 
made St. Clair, ]\Iich., his home. In 1818 lie was 
engaged with a United States suive\'ing party un- 
der the command of (Juy Carletcni, in the I'pper 
Peninsula of Michigan. He was next engaged by 
Willard Parker, at St. Clair, and entered upon duties 
which have become his life-work. There he gained 
a practical knowledge of the lumber business, which 

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has been of incalculable l)eneflt to him. He soon 
was made foreman liy ]\Ir. Paiker, to whose .sys- 
tem and knowledge of business modes Mr. Esta- 
brook gives large praise, and acknowledges thatto 
'him he owes his careful and judicial business traits. 
In 18;)2 he went to Saginaw in Mr. Parker's employ-, 
and an interest in the business was soon formed, 
with Mr. Estal)r()ok as resident manager. 

In IHol Mr. Parker retired from the lumber 
business, and Mr. Estabrook engaged as manager 
for Alexander Oebhart, of Dayton, Ohio. In 18.56 
he became a member of the firm of S. W. Yawkey 
& Co., commission lumber dealers. From 1857 to 
18(!5 he was alone in the lumber business, and in 
18(Ui the firm of Estabrook & Mason was formed. 
In 1871 he entered into partnership with Alexan- 
der Gebhart, under the firm name of Gebhart it E.s- 
stabrook, and the lirm now stands as one of the 
leading lumlier and salt firms in Michigan. 

Mr. Estabrook is a Knight Templar, and has held 
important and influential positions in the Ma.sonic 
order in Slichigan. lie is an attendant of the Con- 
gregational Church, and his life shows that he has 
been a close follower of its teachings. In political 
faith he was, until 1854, a Democrat, but at that 
time he determined to cast his influence with the 
Republican party, as its princi|)les were more in 
accordance with his own views, and with that party 
he has continued to affiliate ever since. He has 
j never sought office, but some of the most important 
trusts of the city in whicli he resides have been 
l)laced on his shoulders. 

In 1854, Mr. Estabrook was married to Miss 
Ellen R. Burt, of Ypsilanti, .Mich., and one daugh- 
ter was born to them, Winnefred, wife of William 
P. Powell, of Milwaukee. Mrs. Ellen Estabrook 
died January 4, 1864. In 18(!5 he was married to 
Miss Helen C. Norris, of Ypsilanti, who died April 
17, 1887, leaving two children: Justus Norris, a 
graduate of the Michigan .Agricultural College, and 
now in liusiness with his father; and Mary Eliza- 
beth, wife of Thomas A. Jacobs, of Youngstown, 
Ohio. September 3, 188!t. he married .MissIIarriet 
E. Sharp, of Jackson, Mich. Mr. Estabrook has for 
many years occupied a prominent business, social 
and political standing in the Saginaw Valley, and 
his assistance and resources have been freely drawn 



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upon in pushing forward every public or private 
enterprise that has added to the material benefit of 
the eoiuraunitv. A positive man, he has often 
made enemies by reason of his blunt, outspoken 
manner of .speefh; yet he possesses a tender and 
kindly nature that can always be enlisted in the 
cause of every good project, and' is a stanch and 
faithful friend. 

In every department of the city government Mr. 
Estabrook has held jio-iitions of trust, having served 
as Mayor, Alderman, School Inspect()r, Water Com- 
missioner, Police Commissioner, and member of the 
Hoard of I'ulilic AVorks. He has also twice repre- 
.><ented his district in the State Legislature, with 
credit to himself and honor to iiis constituents. He 
is President of the Saginaw Hoard of Trade, an or- 
ganization that re|)resents more than >;r>0,0(1fl,(IOO 
of material wealtli. Commencing life without any 
special or peculiar advantages, he has won his po- 
sition by hone-<ty, integrity, perseverance, and an 
untiring devotum to duty in each sphere of his 
career. 

The altention of tlie reader is invited to the 
Hthographic i>ortrait of Mr. Estabrook on another 
page of this volume. 






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I IfelLLIAM F. n(JVEY, M. D. This promi- 
\/\//l nent physician and surgeon wlio has been 
\^/\f/ in practice for many years and stands high 
in his profession, was born in Warsaw, N. Y., .Jan- 
uary 9, 182.'). His father, Alwin, and his grand- 
father, .Josiah, were born in Connecticut and were 
of Puritan stock. The grandfather reared a fam- 
ily of five sons and four daughters, all of whom 
came to New York eventually, and Alwin Hovey 
was the youngest. The family settled ui)on the 
Holland Purchase in (ienesee County, and there 
they improved i)roperty and linilt up excellent 
farms. 

Alwin Hovey took part in the War of 1812 under 
his brother, .losiali who was a Captain. In 1835 he 
came to Michigan with his wife and seven children 
and located in Saline, Washtenaw County; heie 



they made their home in a log house in the woods 
and five years later removed to Komco, Macomb 
County, and later to Oakland County, where the 
father died at the age of eighty-five years. He was 
a l)emocrat, politically, and an earnest member of 
the JMethodist Episcopal Church, in which he vvas 
Class-Leader. His wife, Calista, daughter of El)e- 
nezer Roberts, was born in Chenango County, 
N. Y., and her father was a farmer of Connecticut 
and a soldier of the War of 1812. She still resides 
in their old home in Addison, having reached her 
eighty-fifth year, and has been the mother of ten 
children. 

Our subject received common-school training 
and was early set to work upon the farm, doing 
the hard work of a pioneer boy and learning not 
only to drive oxen, liut also to shake with the 
ague. While living in ^lacomb Count\ he attended 
the school at Romeo, and remained at home until 
he reached the age of twenty years, although he 
had taught during the winters since he was seven- 
teen years old. For three years longer he con- 
tinued to teach during the winters and took an 
academii- course at the Romeo Academy, being 
graduated therefrom in 1847. 

In 1847 the young man took up the study of 
medicine under Dr. S()aulding, of Oxford, and in 
1849 entered the Cleveland Medical College, a 
branch of the Hudson College of Ohio. At the end 
of one 3'car he returned to Oxford where he con- 
tinued ills study, and a year later at Fenton, Gen- 
esee County, and there in 18,')1 began the practice 
of medicine. In lHr)2 he entered the Department 
of Medicine in the [fnivei'sity of Michigan, from 
which he was graduated in 18;').'}. 

The young Doctor built up a large practice and 
did thorough pioneer service, traveling through 
unbroken roads and carrying his old saddle-bags to 
many an unfrequented spot, hi 1865 he entered 
the service of the Government as acting assistant 
surgeon, and spent three months in the hospital at 
Louisville. Returning to Fenton he remained there 
until 1867 when he located in Oakland County 
and built a lirick block in Milford, and there es- 
tablished himself in practice, remaining at that 
point until 187(! when he sold his interest there 
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been located at No. 506 Ciirtiss Street, where he 
has built up an extensive city (irac ticc. 

Dr. Ilovey was married in Fen tun, in 18.5;j, to 
Miss Sarah Stinson, a native of New .lersey. f)f 
their children two grew to womanhood, namely, 
Carrie M., wlio became Mrs. E. J. l'>isseil and died 
in Milford,and Luella, who is Mrs. II. C. CU'ments, 
of Bay City. Dr. Ilovey has lieen a nifmlierof liie 
School P>oard and wliile in ]\Iilf<)rd hclonjicd to 
both the City Council and the School Hoard and 
also tilled the latter otHce at Fenton. His ability 
and prominence as well as his stanch Democratic 
jirinciples make him a delegate to all the county 
and State conventions of that party, and lie is a 
member of the Ward Committee, lie is a charter 
member of the S.aginaw ^'alley Medical Association 
.as well as other medical societies, and isademitted 
member of the Inde|)endent Order of ( )dd Fellows 
and belongs to the ^lasonic order. 



^^EORdK I). .lACKSOX. Merit is sure to be 
i|[ (^^; recognized, and that as .soon as it makes 
^^^jj itself felt to the advantage (jf one's fellow- 
men as well as to oneself. Faithfulness and con- 
stancy are so rare as to be at a premium. To these 
qualities our subject, in addition to his natural 
quickness at seizing advantageous [loiiits, owes his 
present enviable reputation .as a l)usiness man of 
high standing. For some time known as one of 
the most prominent lumbermen of Bay City, he is 
at the present time recognized as the chief execu- 
tive power of this municipality. 

In Decemlier, 1802, in the little village of Algo- 
nac, on the banks of the beautiful St. Clair River, 
our subject was born. In his boyhood his eiluca- 
tional advantages were fair, but he laid the foun- 
dation for the thoroughness of principle that now 
characterizes his l)usiness career. He is a .son of 
Charles K. .Jackson, and a grandson of JMichael 
Jackson, an Englishman by birth and the first light- 
house-keeper on the St. Clair Flats, to which posi- 
tion he was appointed in 18.")(; under ISuchanan's 
administration. He came to .\ineiica as .a boy and 
settled in Seneca County, X. Y. On coining to 



Michigan he located first at Ann Arhor, thence go- 
ing to Alg. nac,where he kept the Jackson House for 
thirty years, until .he died at the age of seventy- 
eight years. His wife was before her marriage 
Miss Elizabeth Kimball, of Aurora, N. Y. 

Our subject's father, who was born in 1837 and 
reared in Algonac, became a sailor when little 
more than a lad. In the spring of 18(;.S he en- 
listed in the Twenty-second Michigan Regiment 
and served until the close of the war. Since that 
time he has made his livelihood as a .sailor and 
since 1879 has been captain of a stanch craft; ids 
residence is at Algonac. His wife, our subject's 
mother, whose maiden name was Nellie Pangborn 
and a native of .\lgonac, was the daughter of a 
shipbuilder, who came to Algonac, where he made 
early settlement. Of the six children born to this 
couple our subject is the eldest. 

In 1877 Mr. Jackson came to Bay City and en- 
tered the employ of his uncle, O. K. Jackson, who 
was at that •.ime and still is, a heavy dealer and 
shipper of lumber. The first year the lad's work 
consisted of tallying lumber, and his pay was in 
])roportion to the humbleness of the office. How- 
ever, he did it as thoroughly as though great re- 
sponsibilities rested upon him, and as time advanced 
his salary was advanced in proportion. In 1886 
he started in business for himself as inspector and 
shipper. His work was recognized by dealers 
abroad and at the clo.se of 1887 he had handled 
and shipped fifteen million feet of lumber. 

Clo.se attention to business brought Mr. .bickson 
custom, and his rapidly increasing trade soon 
placed him in the list of the leading shi|)i)ers of 
this locality, and his shipments have constantly in- 
creased. This last year the books show a nuinlicr 
of million feet of lumber that have been handled 
that is probably not surpassed by any other linn. 
He has a number of inspectors in his employ and 
while his l)usine.ss is confined largely to the Sag- 
inaw River he has this year also handled a large 
quantity of lumber from the Ujiper Lake region. 

Convinced that it is not good for man to live 
alone Mr. Jackson took unto himself a bride in 
188.5, the lady being Mrs. Imogene -Vnderson, 
daughter of James Hamsdell. an old .settler now 
deceased, who w;is at one time one of the heaviest 



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lumber dealers in the .Saginaw Vallcj-. Mi-s. Jack- 
son was born in Clarence, Erie County, N. Y., in 
1860. 

In his political views Mr. Jackson is a Democrat 
and early in life began to manifest quite an inter- 
est in politics. In 1887 at a Democratic caucus 
held in the Secimd Ward he was nominated for 
Alderman, and altliouiili he failed in getting the 
elecLioii, his aniliitiun encduraged him to strengtlicn 
himself, and lie was elected in 188;i. He showed 
himself then to be a woi-ker for the public's inter- 
est as well as for iiimself. At the Democratic city 
convention hold last spring, Mr. Jackson was nom- 
inated for IMayor and was handsomely elected 
Maj'or of Hay C'ity. an honor never liefore ac- 
corded to a man of his age. He belongs to the 
Royal Arcanum. Ray City Club, and is a member 
of the Business Men's Association. 



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JOHN FRENDERCAST, who is well known 
as the Sheriff of Saginaw County, was born 
in the county of Kilkenny. Ireland, in 
1844. His father was a shoemaker by trade 
and followed that calling through most of his ac- 
tive da3's, dying in Ireland as did .also his wife. 
When quite young their son John crossed the ocean, 
coming to (.Quebec, Canada, where he spent ins 
school days until he attained his majority-. 

In 186.5 our subject came to Saginaw and went 
to work in the pine woods by the month, working in 
the forest during the winter and spending his 
summers in tiie sawmill until 1872, when he be- 
came Superintendent of the sawmill, having worked 
in every department where he could be useful, 
thus mastering every part of the business. In the 
spring of 1873 he closed his connection with the 
milling business and embarked in a hotel enter- 
prise in Saginaw and from 1873 to 1885 he carried 
on the Hotel Madison on the East Side. In 1886 
Mr. Prendergast was elected Alderman for the 
Ninth Ward and remained an incumljent of that 
office for two years. 

The shrievalty of Saginaw County was given 



Mr. Prendergast bj- election in 1887 and he filled 
this otHce very ,acceptal)ly, assuming the duties 
thereof on the 1st of January. 1888. In 1890 
he was re-elected to the same oHice on the 
Democratic ticket. His marriage, which had taken 
])l!ice .January 2, 1872, had united him with ^liss 
Mary, daughter of John and Mary (Hyan) Riordan, 
of Saginaw, .and they have ten children. Our 
subject is a member of the Hibernian Society and is 
also connected with the order of Foresters as well 
as that of the Maccaliees, and also the Catholic 
Mutual IJenefit Association. 



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popular business man of B.ay City, who is 
s \V a member of the insurance firm of Brigham 

\V'f^, ,«T Tn<t 



& Tasker, was born at Xew Bedford, Mass., 
and is a son of Thomas J. Tasker, who was born 
near Chelsea, X. H. The grandfatiier, Joseph, was 
of Scotch descent, and a farmer in New Hampshire, 
as was also the father, who removed to Mass.achu- 
setts when a young man, .and was married in New 
Bedford. He lived to reach the age of eighty-one 
years, but has now passed from earth. 

The mother of our subject w.as born in Falmouth, 
JIass.. and bore the name of Eliza II. Robinson. 
Her father, Seth Robinson, wjis a seafaring man, 
and for many years a Captain, making his lioineat 
Cape Cod, and Ijeing engaged in the coasting trade. 
INI IS. Eliza Tasker, now eighty-five years old and a 
devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
resides in Dayton, Ohio, with her daughter, 
whose husband. Col. Thomas, is the fiovernor of 
the Soldier's Home. Our subject is in the thir- 
teenth generation of the direct descent from Dr. 
Robinson, who originated and organized the expe- 
dition of the Pilgrim Fathers which came over in 
the Maytlower. Although so great a leader among 
them, he did not migrate to this country, as death 
supervened, Init his wife and family came to New 
England. 

The parental family consisted of the following 
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all being residents of Daj'ton, 01iio,and our subject. 
He was born May 9, 1831), and after receiving com- 
mon school advantages took a course of study in tlie 
New Bedford Academy. At tiie age (if eighteen 
his health required a change of climate, and he 
taught for some three years in Savannah, (ia. In 
18.57 he went to Wyoming, .Stark County, 111., and 
there engaged as a clerk, and later worked at Ko- 
wanee. 111., .and at St. Louis, Mo., was in a railroad 
ofllce as clerk. Subsequently he returned home, 
but in 1866, engaged in the horticultural business 
in Lawrence, Kan., and eleven years later .sold his 
property there and moved to C'olorado, wiiere he 
located at Trinidad with Moore & Bennett, with 
whom lie afterward went to New Mexico, spending 
considerable time at Las Vegas and Albuquerque. 

It was in January, 1881, that this young man 
came to Bay City and located, buying Point Look- 
out summer resort, of which he was the proprietor 
for three years, after which he formed a i)artiier- 
ship under the lirm name of Beard, Brigham & Co., 
which one year later was changed to Brigham & 
Ta.sker. This firm represents eight companies of 
both fire and life insurance, and is doing a flour- 
ishing business. The first marri.<ige of Mr. Tasker 
tooh place in 18iJ8 in Falmoutli, Mass., and his 
bride was Catherine Hamlin, a native of that city, 
who died in Lawrence, Kan., leaving two children, 
Lemuel, a railroad man at Chicago, and Edward S., 
of New Bedford, Mass. 

The second marriage of our subject was solemn- 
ized in Lawrence. Kan., and he then took of wife 
Miss Saraii Allen, who w'as born in New York, 
but has spent most of her life in Kansas, and 
whose father, Khnore Allen, was a pioneer of that 
State. The cliildren who have been born to this 
marriage are Allen T., .\rthur T., and Harriet E. 
While residing in Lawrence, ISIr. Tasker was Dep- 
uty Register of Deeds for two years, and was also 
a clerk in the otlice of the County Treasurer. 
He is now a member of the Board of Education of 
West Bay City and was its Secretary for four years. 
In the Methodist Episcopal Church to whicli he 
belongs, he is a Trustee, and the .Secretary of tlie 
Sund.ay-school. He cast his first ballot for Abra- 
ham Lincoln, and has been a consistent Republi- 
can from that day to this. His character and his 



abilities have led the men of his party to make 
him a delegate to county conventions. He is 
prominently identified witli the Free and Accepted 
Masons, and the I\f)yal .Vrcanum. 






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flows H. HOLMES. The highly respected 
family of which this gentlem.an is a repre- 
sentative, exerts a powerful influence for 
' good in Bay C'ity, and indeed wherever its 
members are known. Character always must tell 
in its effect upon those who meet it, and there is 
no such argument for intelligence and uprightness 
as iin intelligent and upriglit life. Mr. Holmes is 
a man of fine education and is held in the highest 
esteem throughout tlie couut\'. 

The son of Harry Holmes, our subject was born 
January "21, 1864, in Godcrich, Ontario. A .sketch 
of the parental famdy will be found on another 
page in this volume. Our subject was brought by 
his parents to Bay City when but two years old, 
and received his education in the grammar and 
High School of this place, being graduated there- 
from when sixteen years of age. In 1880, he en- 
tered the literary de[)artment of the University of 
Michigan, pursuing his studies in that institution 
for a twelvemonth when he entered the olHce of 
Judge Webster and began the study of law. He 
remained thei'e for one j'ear, in the meantime also 
serving as Clerk of the Probate Court. In the fall 
of 1882 he entered the law department of the 
Michigan University and two years later received 
his diploma with degree of LL. B. He was ad- 
mitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Michi- 
gan at Lansing under Judge Coolev. He is a 
member of the Phi Delta Phi Society. Kent Chap- 
ter. 

After his graduation .Mr. Holmes began the 
pr.actice of law in Bay City with Judge A^'■eb.ster, 
and during that period was Clerk of the Probate 
Court until 1H,S7, when he went .South, intending 
to locate and carry on his practice in Alal)aiiia, but 
the climate did not agree with liim and he .again 
made B.ay City his home. Believing that office 
work w.as too confining for him. he gave up his 



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practice and began contracting, having gained 
good ideas of the businebs from his fatlier in his 
lioyliood. 

Mr. Holmes has cuiitnu-ted for iiud erected many 
of tlic finest residences in Bay C'ity, in company 
with liis father. Tliey have also builded many 
l)ublic edifices, among them the Michigan Central 
round house and railroad shops at West Bay City. 
The last work they were engaged on together was 
the erection of the Michigan Central depot in Bay 
City. They had just started the strucUue when 
the father died and our sul)ject completed the con- 
tract. For the Last year or two he has been en- 
gaged by the Michigan Central and Detroit, Bay 
City <fe Alpena Railroads to do work for them 
outside Bay City. 

September 23, 1«IM is tlie date of tlie marriage 
of Mr. Holmes to Miss Lucia Eastwood. Mr?. 
Holmes was born in St. Paul and is a daughter of 
Joseph and Julia (Dodge) Eastwood, of whom a 
sketch may be found on another page in this 
volume. Mr. Holmes is a member of the Bay 
County Bar Association, the Board of Building 
Inspectors of Bay City, the Free and Accepted 
Masons, the Knights of the Maccabees and the 
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He has 
been a delegate to county and State conventions in 
behalf of the Democratic party. In religious mat- 
ters he is an active and influential member of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church. He is one of the ac- 
tive young men of Bay City aiid the signs of the 
times are sadly awry if his future success does not 
justify his friends in their anticii)ation. 



\17 GUIS KOSSUTH CLARK, who is a drug- 
I (® S'^* ^^ Oaklej', Saginaw County, was born 
jlU^ at Akron, Erie County, N. Y., June ;?(». 
1855, and is a son of Peter S. and Ellen (Flem- 
ming) Clark. The father was a native of New 
York and of mixed descent, being able to trace 
English, Irish, Scotch, Dutch and French blood in 
his veins. The mother was born in Tralee, Ireland, 
in 1«19, and came to America with her parents 



in 1836, being then seventeen years old. The fa- 
ther was born in 1820. and came with his family 
to .Michigan in IH.'iO, when this son w.asovilya year 
old. It was the season known as the "smoky fall" 
and it took two weeks to cross Lake Erie on ac- 
count of the smoke. The father w;is a machinist 
and made his home in Lansing for ten years, and 
then lived for one year in Owosso. after which he 
removed to Mason, where he spent ten years. 

lie of whom we write received an ordinary 
eommon-sehool educatioLi and at tlie age of fifteen 
liegau clerking in a drug store at Mason, and after 
a year and a half in that service entered a stave 
mill in Mason, and in 1«73 entered a drugstore 
in Leslie, where he worked for one year, after 
which he was occupied in various ways until 
187(). when he came to Oakley. Here for about a 
year he worked in a sawmill and lumber yard, and 
then put in a stock of drugs with Dr. Drake under 
the firm name of L. K. Clark it Co., a partner- 
shi[) which lasted only a year, when he sold out to 
his partner and went to Kawkawlin, Bay County , 
where he spent a year in a stave mill, and then 
returned to Oakley, after which he bought forty 
acre:5 of land in New Haven Township, Shiawas- 
see County, and farmed for some five years. 

Mr. Clark was married, D'ecember 14, 1879, to 
Miss Ella M. Thom.as. of Oakley. She was born 
in lladley, Lapeer County. Mich.. July 27, 18()1, 
and is a daughter of Cyrenius and Charity (Van 
Cleve) Thomas. In 1883 our subject sold his farm 
and removed to Elsie, Clinton County, where for 
a year and a half he was in the drug l)usincss. In 
June, 1885, he went to Colorado, looking for a lo- 
cation, but returned in September, and began busi- 
ness in a general store with George W. Sackrider, 
and a year later took entire chai'ge of the busi- 
ness, wliieli he carried on until the fall of 1890, at 
which time he closed out all except his drugs and 
hooks. 

This gentleman is a solid Democrat and has been 
a delegate to county cfmventions ever since 1885. 
and in 1888 he was Chairman of the county con- 
vention; also in 1890 was a delegate to the State 
convention. One year later he was honored with 
the Democratic nomination for the State Legisla- 
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Postmaster under Pre.-itleiit Cleveland, and lias 
also acted as Notary Public, and in 18!MI tiecamc 
President of the village. 

Mr. Clark h.as two cliildien liviu": KUen Feiii, 
who was born in New Haven, Shiawassee Countv, 
N(jvember 21. 1881, and Don Thomas, born in 
Oakley March 16, 188!). This well-known jientle- 
man is prominent as a member of the Masonic 
fraternity at Chesaning. and of the Oi'der of Odd 
Fellows at Oakley, and in this latter oraanization 
he has filled all of the otlices, having lieen Noble 
Oraiid there for three full terms and delegate to 
the Grand Lodge in 1800. 




'NSON H. ISAKKH. A small farmer, a me- 
chanic and a painter, our subject finds 
plenty to occupy his time and attention. 
He cultivates ten acres of land on section 
"20, just outside the village limits. He was born 
in J^era Township, .Jefferson County, N. Y., August 
11, 1842, and is a son of Ransom II. .'uid Lucina 
(Winslow) Baker, both natives of the Empire State. 
The Winslows are lineal descend.ants of the fam- 
ily of "Mayflower'-' fame. Our subject's father 
found it a struggle to maintain his family com- 
fortably in New York and determined to seek better 
conditions in a newer State. 

The family came to Michigan in 18.^4 and young 
Anson was about twelve years of age at the time. 
His father was born June 22, 181 l,and is still liv- 
ing at Clare, Clare Countv, where he has a com- 
fortable home and a farm of eighty acres. His 
wife died when oiu' subject was eighteen months 
old. The boj' had but poor educational advan- 
tages, being early called upon to help his father 
clear the farm and to provide for the family. On 
the breaking out of the war the young man en- 
listed in Company B, Fifth Michigan Infantry, 
.lune 1.5, 1861. He was assigned to duty with the 
Army of the Potomac and was in the siege of 
Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks and in the 
.seven days' fight in the Wilderness, Harper's Ferry, 
Fredericksburg, the second battle of Bull Run, 
Warienton, Locust Grove and Chancellorsville. 



At this last-named place our subject was taken 
prisoner, but was released on jwrole and returned 
to his regiment in time to take part in the battle 
of (ietty.sburg. 

While helping to get the wounded into the am- 
bulances, he injured his ankle and was .•*cnt to the 
Third Corps Ilosiiital. where he was exposed to 
small-pox, but had tlic varioloid, which kept him 
from his regiment about four months. He took 
part in the battle at Brandy Station, \'a.,and from 
there the army went to the Wilderness, where he 
was wounded in the left leg and right foot. An 
interesting operation was necessary to give him the 
use of his leg. A piece of his shin bone was 
extracted and a piece of silver tubing takes its 
place. This catastrophe put an end to his army 
life, for after being wounded he lay on the field 
fifteen days without attention, and when finally 
taken to the hospital at Washington he was in a 
critical state. His father and wife came to take 
him home in July and on Thanksgiving day he re- 
ported at the hospital in Detroit and remained 
there until his discharge, which was received Janu- 
ary 19, 186.5. 

While at the hc)spital our sul)ject was the recip- 
ient of a fine pair of crutches and *.50 in money, 
which sum was made up by tlic citizens, to show 
their admiration for such a loyal I'nion soldier. 
His marriage had taken place January 12, 18G4, 
while at home on a veteran 's furlough, his bride 
being Miss .Sarah PearsiU. of Shelby, McComb 
County, who w.as born November 11), 1844. F'or 
four years after the war, being incapacitated for 
work and receiving a most slender i)ension,he had 
a hard struggle to make ends meet, although his 
wife took in light work to help out. His Colonel, 
John C. Pulfc)rd, finally secured him a i)lace in 
Detroit as watchman in a factory, and from that 
he became foreman for a paving company, which 
position he held for three years. From Detroit he 
removed to Chesaning. where he purchased his 
present lumie. 

Mr. Baker has lately employed himself at what- 
ever he has been al)le to do — sometimes painting, 
sometimes doing stone-work and engaged in differ- 
ent things. He is a member of Pap Thomas Post, 
No. 121, G. A. R., and is now ('(mimander in the 



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same. lie and his wife have never been )ilest with 
children, hut adopted a niece, who is now Mi.s. 
Addie Ellison, of C'hesnninn:. He is a Republican 
in politics and tries in his daily life to follow the 
Divine as well as human rule, to do as you wt)uld 
be done by. 



^^_^ ARRY HOLMES, deceased, a prominent 
contractor .-md liuildei of Ua}- City was 
born in Fordham, Cambridgeshire, En(i;land. 
) He there learned the trade of a mason and 
when eighteen years of age came to America with 
four of his brothers, who were also mechanics. 
They worked at different places in Xew York State 
from whence they journeyed to Ontario, where 
llie3' also worked at various places putting up the 
first buildings in Hamilton, Paris, lir.antford, Strat- 
ford and vicinity. 

In 1857, the subject of this notice came to Mich- 
igan, settling first in Port Huron, and seven years 
later came to B.ay City, where he began to work at 
his trade which he continued until his death. He 
worked as foreman for a large contracting firm 
which had made several contr.acts in this city, put- 
ting up the Campbell House and other large brick 
blocks. They soon failed and of course gave u|i 
their contracts which Mr. Holmes took and com- 
pleted satisfactorily and from that time became 
the largest conlractf)r and building most of the 
first brick business blocks and akso the first brick 
cliurch in the city. Mr. Holmes served as .Mder- 
man of the Second Ward of the city for twelve 
vears and w.is very infiuential, in educational 
matters especially, being the most active in estab- 
lishing the present school system. After Mr. 
Holmes retired from the Board of Aldermen he was 
sought by them for his advice in matters pertain- 
ing to the city's interest and they accepted it as 
best from his past successful experience. He served 
as Chairman of tiie Board of Building Inspectors 
for three or four years beginning at its organizji- 
tion. In politics he chose to cast his vote with 
the Democracy. 

ISIr. Holmes was very fond of playing che.ss and 



stood as one of the best players in the United .States. 
During the International Chess Tournament be- 
ween the United States and Great Britain, Mr. 
nolmes pla\i'd fiuu- games in wiiich he took the 
laurels. His games w-ere published and commented 
upon throughiiut the States and the universal con- 
clusion wastliat they could not be imjiroved ujion. 
Tiie death of the gentleman of whom we write 
occurred in .Vugust, lX8!t. at the age of fifty-seven 
years. He was a Tiustee in the ^Methodist Episco- 
pal Church of which his family were all members. 
This gentleman was united in the bonds of mar- 
riage on December 1. IHo;"), at Brantford, Ontario, 
to Emeline Day, a native of Ontario, and a 
daugliter of .lohn Day also a native of the same 
place. There were boi'n to this couple nine child- 
ren who are named as follows: Adeline, a graduate 
of the 15ay City High School and now Piincijial 
of the .lunior Dejjartment of th.' same; .lames H., 
who died at Port Huron when four years old; 
Susan A., principal of the Dolsen School; Mctoiia, 
who married E. C. Ilaigrave of Bay City; Emma, 
now Mrs. M. L. Courtwright; .lohn H., Lydia D. 
professor of French and (ierman in Oxford College, 
Ohio; Wendell I)., is in business and contracting 
witli .John H. and Frances, at home. The children 
were all educated in the Hay City High School and 
graduates thereof and have more or less literary 
inclinations. The widow of Mr. Holmes resides at 
iier lieautiful residence at Xo. 9(19 Monroe Street 
and is a lady of fine capabilities, amiable and is 
res|)eeted l)v all witli whom she comes in contact. 



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^ji^UGENE WH.LAKI) D.WTS, M. D.. who is 
l^ well-known as a physician in Saginaw, was 
jL^. |,y,.,) j„ Windsor County. Xt., March 24, 
1852 and is a son of Willard and Delia (Eeland) 
Davis, both, of whom were natives of ^■ermont, 
where the father was a farmer. The family was of 
English and Welch descent on the mothers side 
and on the father's side of l-juglish and Scotch 
stock, as the grandfather. Park Davis, was a native 
of England. 

The boyhood days of our subject were spent in 



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his native place, attending the village school and 
afterward taking a course at Barre Academy. Sub- 
sequent to tlii,< he studied niodieine with Dr. S. 
Putnam, of ^lontpelier, \t.. and Dr. J. II. ^lead, 
of Rutland, Yt., and toolv a course of lectures at 
Dartmouth College, after wiiicli he attended the 
University of Vermont. After this he studied at 
tlie University of the City <>f New Yfnk, taking 
his diploma in 1H78 and tiie foUowing year liecame 
assistant physician at Kings County Hospital, after 
wjiich he commenced his practice in Springfield, A't. 

In 1883 the young doctor came to Saginaw and 
has here built up an excellent practice. He stands 
well in ills profession and is a membci' of the Mich- 
igan State Medical Society, lieside-; l)elonging to 
the American Medical Association. He also be- 
longs to the Free and .\ccepted Ma.sons, being a 
member of Saginaw Valley Lodge, No. 104. Ujjon 
the SOtliof June, 188.5, Dr. Davis was appointed by 
Crov. Alger, Surgeon of the Slate Troops for the 
Third Regiment, which position he resigned in 
May, 1891. 

Dr. Davis' marriage, wliii'h took place in May. 
1879, brought to his home an affectionate compan- 
ion in the person of Miss Anna M., daughter of 
J. P. Richardson, Esq., of Leavenworth, Kan. The 
two children who have blessed this home are .Jason 
W. and Marion A., and the delightful .shelter which 
forms the home of this household is located at No. 
401, N. Favette Street. 




WILLIAM WILLIAMSON. The gentleman 
whose portrait appears on the opposite 
page was born in Albion, Ontario, April 
30, 1848. He is a son of Edward and Sarah (Cook) 
Williamson, natives of Leicestershire, England, 
who settled in Canada about 1844, having married 
in their native country pi-evious to coming to 
America. Mr. William.son, Sr. was employed as a 
gardener in England and a farmer in Canada, 
Since his wife's death, which occuri-ed in 1882, 
the father has lived with our subject. 

William Williamson is the seventh in order of 
birth of eight children, all of whom are living. 



One brother, Henry, is a nKuhini.-l, at Uay C ily. 
When the subject of our sketch was about seven 
years of age he went to make his home with an 
older sister, Mi-s, Pliilo Cluystler, and in 18r>9, when 
eleven years old he came to Saginaw with the 
family, but remained with them only two years, 
and at thirteen years of age began to be self-su])- 
l)orting. His Mrst work was in the (ilasby stave 
mill, which w.as located where Lee's planing mill 
now stands. The l\)llowing winter he cut cord- 
wood at lifty lenls per cord, paying ^2.50 per week 
for his lioard and cutting six cords of wood in the 
same time. He later secured a jxisition as fire- 
man of a tug on the river. 

In the l)lacksmith slioj) of his brother Henry 
onr subject in his fifteentli year began to learn 
the trade, and worked for his brother six and a 
half years. The value of his labors steadily ad- 
vanced until he was enal)led to lay enough by 
to make a payment on the l)usiness. His labor 
was at (list heavy blacksmithing for mills ami 
the salt works and shi|) work. He employed two 
or three men. The purchase was made in .Inly. 
1870, and two j'cars later he built his present Iwo- 
stor^' brick shop. In 187;") he added steam power 
for heavy work, and some four years later put in 
an outfit of machinists' tools. About 18H1 he erected 
his present one-stoiy building for a blacksmith 
shop, at the same time adding an adjoining wagon 
shop. He built a storehouse upon his place whieli 
IS 30x74 feet in dimensions. 

In 1891 ]Mr. AVilliamson bought the exclusive 
right to m.anufacture and sell the lionanza Fan- 
ning Mill in the .States of Ohio. Indiana and 
Michigan, and erected suitable builTlings and put 
in suitable machinery to manufacture them on an 
extensive scale His ])l;ice occupies about one 
hundred ami twenty five feet on Mackinaw Street 
and one hundred and ninety feet on Williamson 
Street. He gives the business his un<livided atten- 
tion, although he iins some valuable real estate in 
the city. 

Our subject ha^ a very desn;ilile residence on 
the corner of Cambray and l.inton Street,s. It is 
built in the latest and most approved style of arch- 
itecture, with all nujdern conveniences and is 
tastefully furnished. He is numbered among the 



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army of luoii wlio Ikivc foiiiilit tlieir way slngle- 
liaiideil with adverse eirdimstanees and liave 
readied tlie liead of the coluiiiii witli success in a 
Imsiness ])oint. His liiis\- career, however, lias 
not taken from him tiie syni|)atliy witliand ai)i)re- 
ciation of the less fortunate, to whom lie is ever 
ready to stretcli forth a helpful hand. 

In politics (jiir siihjccl is a IJepiililican and has 
lieeii .Mdeniiaii for the Seventh Ward during three 
lerins. Socially, he is a memlier of Salina J^odge, 
Xo. 15;'). V. iS! A. M.; .loppa C'ha|>ter, No. 63, 
\i. A. M.: Saginaw Council. No. 20, K. i\r S. M.; 
St. ISeiiiard ( oniniaiidciy No. Kj. K. T.; Michigan 
Sovereign Consistory, Xo. .'52, and Moslem Tem- 
ple, Order of jMystic Shrine. 

^U<:01{(;K \y. P.KXTLEY. one of the best 
^ — known farmers and stock-raisers of Cliesan- 
'\JJI(] iiig Townshii), Saginaw County, resides on 
section (i, upon a fine farm of eighty acres. He 
was horn in Madison County, N. Y., October 18, 
\H:M). and is a son of Robert and Kliza (Wharton) 
Hen lley, both natives of New York and descended, 
the father from Yankee stock and the mother 
from Dutch and Knglish blood. 

Our subject was reared upon a farm in Xew 
York, reiiiaiiiing there until he reached the age of 
twenty-three and receiving only a limited educa- 
tion. He was married in New York, October 27, 
1H.')2, to Miss Charlotte Anthony. He removed to 
Michigan tliref^years after his marriage and lived 
in Detroit for .some two years, following teaming, 
and aftt'r that removed to Clio, Tuscola County, 
where he lixed nine years, afterward removing to 
the town of llazelloii, Shiawassee County, where 
he liought forty acres of woodland which he pro- 
ceeded to clear and improve with buildings. 

Fifteen years later Mr. Ueiitley sold that property 
and bought his pi-esent home of eighty acres, which 
w;is partly cleared before he took it and which he 
and his son put in splendid condititm for raising 
croi)s. This sfin, Ceorge W. Hentk'y, was born in 
New York and he, with his little son, Ray, makes 
his home with the father, forming one hai)[iv 



household. In the fall of 1H(;2 Mr. Bentley en- 
listed in Company D, Twenty-third .Michigan In- 
fantry, and was one of the boys in blue who took 
part in the famous inarch witli Sherman from At- 
lanta to the sea. He was in many battles and had 
many narrow escapes, and was once wounded in 
the foot. His honorable discharge was granted m 
IXii.j and before returning home he took i)art in 
the (irand Review. He is an enthusiastic member 
of the (Jraiid Army of the Republic, and he has 
served as Highway Commissioner, to which he was 
elected on the Republican ticket. Since he was 
twenty-three years of age he has lieeii a devout 
memlier of the Jlethodist Episcopal Church, of 
which body his wife is also a member, as well as 
his son and daughter-in-law. 

Mr.s. Bentley was bom in the town i^f Cazenovia, 
Madison County, X. ^'., August 1,18:34, and is a 
daughter of Hiram and Lucy L. (Beebe) Anthony, 
both natives of New York, who came to Michigan 
in 185(). Mr. and Mrs. Bentley had two children 
born to them, Init Eva. their eldest, who was born 
in Onondago County, N. Y., February 7, 18.')4,died 
August 20. I8i)0, leaving one child — Glenn M. 
.Somers, a son by her first marriage, who was born 
January 14, 1872, and is now clerking in a store in 
Periugton, Mich. Their second child, George M., 
v/as born April 14, 18.")6, and was married .Septem- 
ber 2, 187i), to Alice L. Potter. Their only living 
child — Raymond ()., was born March (i, 1833. 
Tlieir d.iughter. Lotta L., died in infancy. 



I^p^ -VXFOIxl) S. PERKINS. One of the pioini- 
^>>^;^ neiit and highly-respected gentlemen resi- 
Iju/^j dent in Saginaw Township, on section 17, 
is he whose name appears above. He is a 
native of ImIc County, Pa., and was born October 
3, 1820. He is a son of Sprague and Maria Per- 
kins. The former was a native of Xew York and 
was born in 1795. The American branch of the 
Perkins family is descended from one of three 
brothers who came to America from Wales just 
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all served as soldiers. Our suhjeet's grandfather 
is the only one of the throe of whom anything is 
known. lie was a fanner and died at liatavia, 
X. Y. 

The fathei' of our sulijeel was a mason by trade. 
He worked on the Erie Canal during itjj construc- 
tion and came West in 184r). first locating in Owos- 
so, Shiawassee County, making tiie journey by boat 
to Detroit and thence by wagon. He there super- 
intended the building of .'i dam and mill and there 
died in February, 1!S47. He vvas an ardent Bap- 
tist and in politics a Democrat. His wife and our 
subject's mother, was prior to her marriage Maria 
Matthews, a native of Ohio, who was born in 1799. 
Her people were among the first settlers at Cle^e- 
land. She and her husband reared five children, 
whose names are vSanford S., Steplien, Nettie, Joseph 
and Clara, Mrs. Buss. 

Sanford Perkins came to Micliigan when a mere 
boy with his i)areuts and here he attended pioneer 
scliool. There were many Indians in this vicinity 
and his father used to act as judge in settling their 
ditticulties. He liked no better sport as a boy than 
to hunt the deer and bears that were so plentiful. 
Our subject lived atOwosso until his father's death 
and then went East, remaining one year. On iiis 
return to Owosso, lie learned the wagon-maker's 
trade, in which he was engaged for ten years. He 
came to Saginaw in July, 1849, and opened a 
wagon shop. The town was tiien (inly an Indian 
trading post with a few small hotels and (ither 
tilings in proportion. 

Mr. Perkins carried on the wagon-making busi- 
ness for eight years and many of the tumljer wagons 
used in the early days came from hissiiopand were 
the work of his hands. At the end of that time he 
spent one year in charge of a bridge on Mackinaw 
Street, and was then engaged on the street railroad 
for thirteen years. He superintended that euter- 
lirise and relniilt the entire track. At the end of 
ills connection with that interest, he removed upon 
his farm, where he now lives, coming here in the 
spring of 1880. He has made nearly all the im- 
provements upon the farm and built his present 
neat farmhouse, in 1878, and his large barn the 
following year. He carries on general farming in 
■ which he- has been very successful. The home was 



presided over by his amialile wife, to whom lie was 
married in June, 1 8')3. She was a Miss Maryelt \Vy- 
man,and a native of Vermont, born in 1833. Our 
suliject has reared two l)oys, whose names are 
Stephen 1). and Wintield S. Another son born to 
them, Jefferson, their eldest child, died when six- 
years of age. Mrs. I'erkins died in October, lH(;;i. 
She was a devoted member of the Melhodisl 
Church. 

Our subject is identiHed in hi.-- political relations 
with the Democratic paity. He was elected Super- 
visor of the township in the ^pring of 188;') and 
served for three successive years, was Chairman of 
the Board three years. He still holds the ollice of 
Justice of tlie Peace, to which he was elected in 
1889. For two years he served as Alderman of tiie 
Third Ward of .Saginaw and has been School Di- 
rector for six years. During the thireen years in 
which ]Mr. I'erkins was with the street railway com- 
pany he built a tow barge, which he operated on 
the river for two years. He also owned and oper- 
ated a tug for four vears. 



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A. L'.; liKL, M.i). .V'liong the younger ninn- 
tsi hers of the medical frateiiiity in the city of 
S;igin:iw may !).■ found the subject of this 
sketch, wli.) to a lliDrough classical education lia> 
added a training in medicil schools, and is thus 
more than ordinarily well eiiuipprd to enter upon 
the practice of a profe-Mon which rc(|uires supe- 
rior mental and morMi attributes to make the work 
a success. 

Dr. Le Bel was born in the Dominion of C;ni- 
ada. Province of (Juebec, Decembei- '2(>, IHC,:>. IW 
was the voungest of twelve children, his father 
bein"- Dr. C. < >. Le Bel. who is a prominent phys- 
ician engaged in practice at (Quebec. The mother 
of our subject was Julia Telemaire. a native of 
Canada, as was her husbnnd. Oui- >uliject atlende(,l 
the model schools of his native place until eleven 
vears of age, when he entered the Seminary of 
(Quebec, in which he spent four years. lie was 
afterward for four years in Levis College, where 
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Ill 1)^8,") our Miliji'ct iR'caim' a private soldier in 
tlic Ninth liattaiidii to .siip])rc'ss Indians on tlie 
frontier, in wliicli he served four months and was 
promoted to lir Fii'st Lieutenant, hoidinu' that rank 
when lie was niustejed out. In \HM lie entered 
tlie Laval liiiversity at (^)ueliee, wliere ho eom- 
jiieted his inedical course and was i^raduated in 
IHiMI. lie eaine direetly to Saginaw and com- 
menced practice, and in the fall of tiie same year 
attended a course of li'ctures at the hospital of 
New York, and also at Montreal and (Quebec. Can- 
ada, at which place he took the desiiee of Doctor 
of Medicine. Ketuniina: to .Satiinaw in .\piil, 
18i)l, he resumed his practice, which promises to 
he very successful, lie has a neatly fitted uj) of- 
fice at No. 31;') (lenesee Street, and is popular 
ainoiiii' the youni;' people of the city. 






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(AMES ,]. FRASKR. The pioneer families 
of Sajiinaw County occupy a high place in 
the affection of the people, and among them 
the Fraser family has |)rohMMy contributed 
as much as any of the old settlers toward the devel- 
opment of Saginaw ^'alley. A worthy representative 
of this family is the gentleman whose name intro- 
duces this biographical notice and who was born in 
the towiislii|i of Saginaw, where he now resides, 
March II. IMll. 

Murdock Kia.ser, fatiier of our subject, was born 
in Scotland, whence he emigrated to America 
when about eighteen years old. He was married 
to Isabella Cloulding, in .lune, 183;'), at Detroit, 
.■ind the .same month they came to make their 
home in Saginaw. The means for traveling in 
that early d.ay were limited, f(n' Mr. Fraser fol- 
lowed the Indian trail and led a jioiiy which Mrs. 
l'"raser rode. They bought land on the west side 
i>r the Tittal)awas.sec River, where their .sou, Alex- 
ander, w.'is born. Afterward they purchased what 
is now known as the "Poor Farm," and in that 
home four children were bom. Later they re- 
HKJved to the home from which they were buried. 
Murdock Fraser was a member of the State 
Ivegislature and several times held the Suiiervisor- 



ship of Tittabawassee Townslii]). He died March 
16, 1877, and his wife passed away April 30. 
1889, leaving a family of nine children. The 
earl}' education of our subject was acquired in the 
primitive log .schoolhouse of the vicinity, and his 
time was devoted to attendance at scIkjoI and 
work ou the farm. He often saw Indians, as well 
as deer and other wild animals. At the age of 
nineteen years he entered the Fnion School at 
Ypsilanti, this Stale, where he was a student one 
and one-half years. 

When twenty-four \ears old our subject took 
charge of the street railway in .Saginaw upon the 
death of an uncle, who was largely interested in 
it. He was engaged in that way for seven years, 
and was successful by rea.son of his faithful dis- 
charge of duties and excellent judgment. He is 
now the owner of one hundred and thirteen acres 
and engages in mixed farming with considerable 
success. During the winter se.a.son he cares for 
honses beUmging to the peoi)le in the city, and one 
winter had sixty-nine head on his place. His |io- 
litical aftiliations bring him into sympathy with 
the Democratic party, the principles of which he 
believes I lest adapted to the welfare of our (iov-. 
ernment. A man of sound common .sense and un- 
remitting industry, he enjoys the confidence of his 
acipiaintances and is adding lustre to his honored 
fa mil \- name. 



\ll^-^ ARLAN FACE SAHTIl. This prominent 
business man is successfully engaged in 
sever.al liranches of business, being attorney 
j) at law, carriage manufacturer, breeder of 
line stock, farmer, and extensively interested in 
real estate. He was born at Hartland, Livingston 
County, this State, April 3, 1843, and is the son 
of Heriali G. and Betsey ((4ale) Smith, natives of 
New York. The parents came to iSIichigan in 
183(j and located in Livingston County. The 
father had been a farmer all his life and passed his 
last da3's near Fen ton, where the mother also died. 
Of the eight children born to Mr. and Mrs. 
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Rufus T., is engaged In Uie real-estate business in 
Saginaw. Our subject remained at liome until 
reaching his majority, receiving his education first 
in the common and then the High School of Fen- 
ton, which latter institution he entered when 
eighteen years of age. In 186:3 heliecamea student 
of the Michigai. University, entering the literary 
department wliere he prosecuted iiis studies for 
two years and in 18(>;j tool< up the study of law in 
that university, from wliicli he was graduated in 
tlie class of '67. 

On commencing tlie practice of law, he of whom 
we write formed a partnership witli his l)rother, 
Irving M. Smitli, who liad located in Saginaw 
some j'ears liefore and wlio was a graduate of the 
State Normal at Ypsilanti. The partnership con- 
tinued from 1870 to 1876, at whicli date the 
brother died. Our subject then liecame interested 
in the real estate business and handled large tracts 
of timbered land. He also kept a complete ab- 
stract of titles of the comity, and later associated 
himself with Frank Lawrence, inliis real-estate in- 
terests. For ten years they continued togctlier 



Clydesdale hc>^s^.^, <,{ wlwU he has some very tine 
specimens. Air. Smith has been for ten years Sec- 
retary of the East Saginaw Giis Company, in whidi 
he is a large slockholdei-. 

October 12. 1870, Mr.Smith and .Miss Alice E. 
Ingersoll were united in marriage. Tiicy iiave one 
son, Harlan, who is in his nineteenth year and is a 
student at tlie Michigan University. Mrs. Smith 
IS a meml)er of the First liapUst Chiirch ;uid is 
very active in all good works. Our subject is con- 
nected with the Royal Arcainim and in rclii>ioiis 
matters is an active inenilicr (if tl 
Church. 



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'%^E\'S (). HADCiLEV. This prominent farmer 
and stock-raiser, who has forty acres of 
excellent land on section 34, Chesaning 
Township, Saginaw County, was born .June H, 
1848, in Morris County, N. .1. He is a son of 



Benjamin and Eleanor (Hrown) Hadgley, of whom 
and during that time they improved a tract of four i more will be found on another ])age of tiiis vol- 



hundred acres of land five miles southeast of the 
city, and engaged in breeding fine stock. Mr. 
Smith became interested in tlie Prairie farm about 
1888 in company with Mr. Camp and Brooks. 
The farm is located in Albee Township, and con- 
tains eighty-six hundred twenty-five acres, and is 
about eight miles from the city of Saginaw. They 
keep about one hundred head of thoroughbred 
animals on their farm. 

Mr. Smith does a very large real estate business, 
handling lands throughout Huron, Tuscola, Mid- 
land, Sanilac and Saginaw Counties. The Aldine 
Block was erected by Mr. Smith in 1888. The 
3'ear previous he became associated with a large 
firm in (irand Rapids manufacturing carriages. 
(Jur subject also has stock in the Reliance Mills at 
Va.ssar, a flouring place, which has been quite an 
important factor in this portion of the .State, with 
a capacity of one hundred barrels daily. 

The original of this sketch keeps on iiis farm a 
numlier of Holstein-Friesan cattle, his entu'e herd 
being registered animals. He has taken many of the 
premiums at county and State fairs. He al.so breeds 



ume. Our subject was aliout seven years old 
when his parents removed to Michigan, and al- 
though he had many duties and lieav3' ones in 
connection with the farm work, he was given 
an opportunity to acquire a fair common-seliool 
education. Besides helping his father upon the 
farm he worked for neighbors, receiving *15 a 
month. 

At the age of twenty this young man began 
work in the lumber woods, and was employed 
there in sawmills for some six months. The first 
sum of money he gained, and which constituted 
his capital, was earned by hauling himber for H. 
H. Na.son. With this money he bought an eighty- 
acre lot and lived upon it for tw<i years, getting 
it under such thorough cultivation and placing 
upon it such imi)roveinentsasenaliled him to sell it 
at a large advance. It was bought by K. II. Nason 
and he cleared enough on it to nearly pay for his 
present home of forty acres, wiiieh lie bought 
about the year 1876. 

Since settling upon the farm where he now lives 
Mr. Badgley has cleared it up, jjut it under eul- 



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tivation and phiivd upon it exoellent luiildm":*. 
One of his best improvements upon this place con- 
sists iu tlie water advantages, as he lias dug tliiee 
deep wells and has almost an unlimited supply of 
that element so neces>ai-v to fanning operations. 
The marriage of our suhject to<jk place in .Vpril, 
18«0, and his hride was Mary Ann. daughter of 
C. INI. and Hannah (llaldwiii) Carpenter, of Owosso, 
Mich. She was lioi-n Novemtier 3, 1858, at Am- 
iiurslliurg, Canada, and her father was of Knglish 
birth, wliile her mother was a Canadian. Mr. Car- 
penter was born in Kngland. Apiil S. 18;?7, and 
he now lives in Owosso. Mr. liadgley is in his 
political views an adiierent of the doctrines of the 
Democratic parly, and he is deeply interested in 
the movements of the Pations of Industry. He 
has been School Director and District Asse.ssor, 
and in both capacities has done good work for the 
township and district. 

<^ )»;ILLIAM W. r,ll{(;KSS. We arc pleased 
\/\Ii' ^'' ''''"^' l"''-'*t'"t '1 '■f*^' sketch of tlie etlieient 
\y\^ and popular Supervisor of Brady Town- 
ship, Saginaw Counl.\', who is carrying on farming 
and stock-raising upon section ^S.and is devoting 
considerable attention to the breeding of l)looded 
Merino sheep. He was born in Oakland County, 
this State, September -27, 18r)(), and is a son of CO. 
and Mary .Vun (Placeway) Burgess. The father was 
a New Yorker and a native of Alleghany County, 
and the mother was Ijorn in Shiawa.sseo Conntv. 
this State. The former came to ^lichigan when 
about twelve years old with his father, Seth Bur- 
gess, who was one of the genuine pioneers of Mich- 
igan and who still survives at the age of ninetv- 
five, making his lunnc near llartland Center. 
Livingston County. 

The father of our sul)ject became a cripple hy an 
.accident when a little boy. His parents were work- 
ing in the sugar bush when a lire broke out in which 
his feet were badly burned and he nev( r entirely 
recovered from the results of that disaster. Our 
subject had his early training and education upon 
his father's farm and in the district school, and 



later took up a High Schiml course at Ann Arbor 
and also a teacher's course at the Normal School 
at Ypsilanti. He began teaching at the age of 
nineteen in the coun'trv schools of Livingston 
Count \-. and has taught for twent}- years, meeting 
with a high degree of success throughout his ex- 
perience and being engaged during the last live 
years of that peiiod in the schools of Oakley. 

One of the most imixirtant events of Mr. Bur- 
gess" life was his union in marriage, October 
.■?<), 1872, with Wealthy Dunning, of Hamburg, 
liivingston County. She is a daughter o!' Cephas 
and Betsey (Brown) Dunning, and the father is a 
native of New York and the mother of Livingston 
County, 'i'wo children have been granted to this 
union — Grace, who wasboin in AVashtenaw County- 
February ;5, 187.'), and is now a young lady of six- 
teen years, and Harry, who was born in Livingston 
County. December 2:?. 1878. and is now in his 
thirtccntii year. 

In 1S77 our subject bought one h\indred and 
sixt\ acres of line land in Livingston County which 
he put under cultivation and finally sold three 
years later and bought his present home, which is 
situated u|ion a tract of eighty acres. While te.ach- 
ing at Oakley he resided upon his farm and at that 
time was elected Supervisor in the year 188t). since 
which time he h.as served continuously in that 
office, his m.ajority on the Republican ticket run- 
ning from thirty five to one hundred and twenty- 
four. In 187.") and 1870 h(> held the office of Super- 
intendent of Schools in Dexter Township, Washte- 
naw County, and since coming to Brady Township 
he has served as School Inspector, occupying that 
office during the years of 1881-82 and giving 
great satisfaction therein to his constituents. 



OX. HKNRY M. YOl MANS, M. C, was 

I born in Otsego, Otsego County, N. Y., May 

15, 1832. He is a son of William and 

(J^ Margaret (Horning) Youmans, natives of 

New York, where the father was a prosperous 

farmer. The piiternal grandfather of our subject, 

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United States in an early day and settled on a 
farm near Albany. The maternal great-grand- 
father of our sulject emigrated fiom fJermany to 
the United .States and settled in New York when 
it was sparsely settled. 

The parents of our subject liave passeil away, 
the father dying in liis eightietli year and the 
mother when seventy-four. Their family com- 
prised thirteen children, six sons and seven 
daughlers, twelve of whom lived to maturity. 
Henry JM was the ninth in order of liirtli and 
spent his boyhood days m his native i)lace, wliere 
he attended the common school. At tlie age of 
twenty-two he entered tlie em|)l()y <if the York * 
Erie Railroad Com])any, and remained in that con- 
nection four years. 

In April, 18();5, Mr. Youmans removed to Sagi- 
naw and engtiged in the manufacture of lumber 
and salt in partnership witli J. F. Burdy, under 
the firm name of Hurdy it Youmans. The connec- 
tion continued until 1H78, when Mr. Youmans 
sold out and went to St. Clair County, Mich., there 
engaging in farming and lumbering. He asso- 
ciated iiimself with Lewis ^'an Wenkle, and the 
Hrm of Youmans A ^'an Wenkle continued in 
business for six years until ^Ir. Van Wenkle re- 
moved West. Our subject soon afterwaid sold out, 
and returning to Saginaw County, i)uiciiased a 
farm of two hundred acres, wliicli he carries on in 
connection with tlie dairy business and the manu- 
facture of brick. 



was elected on the Democratic ticket. He now 
repiesents tiie Eightli District in Congress, hav- 
ing been elected to that position in 18<»(). In 
whatever position he is called by the clioicc of his 
fellow-citizens he discharges tlie ibities connected 
therewitli eflicienllv :\ui] willi marked abihtN'. 




r, RTHIIJ (;. lilSSKLI.. .M. 1). Tliere is but 
one physician now living in Saginaw ^'ai- 
ley who was here when Dr. ISissell located 
in Saginaw. A pioneer physician, he made 
long trips in early days and had con>i(kral>le 
practice among the Imlians a> well as the white 
settler-s. When lie came to Detroit, in 1H.')0, tlie 
city was an unimportant hamlet and Woodward 
Avenue was the only street which wa-- graded. 
He was City Physician wiiile there; and w:i-^ closely 
identified with its i)n)grn<-i. 

The Doctor is the possessor of a tine medical 
and general library. Among his possB.ssiuiis he 
prizes highly the surgical case belonging to Dr. 
Lord, of Custer's Ihigade. It was the only article 
of value found after the battle of Little Big Horn 
and wa-; sent to a nephew of our subject, and after- 
ward given to the Doctor. Some years after the 
above-mentioned battle it was learned from Sitting 
Bull that Dr. Lord had shot himself in order to 



Although Mr. Younians resides in Saginaw, he j escape l)eiiig taken |)risoner. Our suliject is an 



devotes considerable attention to the interests of 
his farm in Bi'idgeport Township, Saginaw County, 
and keeps forty cows, selling the milk to the 
cheese factory. In 18.')7 he was married to Miss 
Mary J., daughter of Edwin Brown, of Andover, 
X. Y., ai;d they are the parents of four children, 
namely: Frank K., Elmer 5L, Pearl E. (deceased), 
and Harry. 

Mr. Youmans has served as Alderman for four 
terms, representing the Eighth Ward; he has also 
been School Inspector for four terms; Presi- 
dent of the School Board for two terms, and 
was elected Justice of the Peace, but refused 
to qualify. In 1886-87 he served etlicienlly 
as Mayor of Saginaw, to wliich jiosition he 



enterprising citizen and has held various official 
positions, at present serving as Health Otiicer of 
West Bay City. 

The grandfather of onr subject wa< a soldier in 
the Revolutionary War. and died in Ontario 
County, X. V. 'I'he father. Daniel H., was born in 
Vermont and was a graduate of the medical de- 
partment in Yale College. For sixty years he 
practiced his profession at Moscow, >'. Y., where 
our subject was born August 22, 182(). He was 
one of .seven children and was reared in Living: 
ston County, attending the (^enesee Academy. He 
finished his literary ciursa when he was twenty, 
and at once commenced the study of medicine. 

In 184(; our subject entered the rniversity of 



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New York, wlioie he was a st\i(1ent lor one term. 
Tn 181K-41) lie attended tlie Colle«j;e of Pliy.sieiaiis 
and S\irj;eons, in New York, wlicre he wa.s gradu- 
ated in ISl'.t. In l.s."ii) he eanie to Detroit, and 
six years later removed to \'assar. where he re- 
mained until 18.511. Then, hicating in East iSagi- 
naw. he prarticeil tlieii' until 1S7(>. and from that 
year until 18H1 was a resident of Detroit. The 
eight ensuing years he was following his jirofe.ssion 
in .Saginaw, and in 18H',) located in West liny City, 
where he now resides. 

The Doetor served as County Coroner of Sagi- 
naw for two terms; School Inspector two terms; 
City I'hysieian both in Detroit and .Saginaw; Health 
Otticer of Saginaw, and is now President of the 
Board of Health in West Bay City. He h.as lieen 
identified with the W.ayne and Saginaw Medical 
Societies, and is now a member of the Bay County 
Medical Society. During the administration of 
President Cleveland he was Examiner of Pensions. 

In IH;')') Dr. Bixsell was married to Miss Corne- 
lia H. (iihlis, whose father, Willi.im, was a mer- 
chant and large mill owner of Skaneateles, N. Y. 
Dr. and Mrs. Bissell have one child living — Theo 
H, a hardware merchant of West Bay City. Po- 
litically the Doctor is a Democrat, and socially he 
belongs to the Royal .\rcanum and the Order of 
Maccabees. 



^=^E()R(;E H. AZrUE, an inlluential member 
ill of the farming community in B.ay County, 

^^ has resided in Port.sinonth Township since 
1881, during which time he has had the manage- 
ment of the Mc(iraw farm. He is descended from 
Erench ancestors, who early emigrated to this 
country. His grandfather, .Vnthony Azure, was 
])iobably a native of New .Tersey, but during the 
most of Ills active life resided in New York, , 
where he operated as a farmer and also followed ■ 
the trade of a carpenter and builder. 

The parents of our subject, .Samuel and .Sarah 
JI. (Drake) Azure, were natives respectively of 
New Jer.sey and New York, and it was during 
their residence in Lansing, Tompkins County, 



N. Y.. th.it their son, (ieorge H.. was born in 
1888. He was reared to manhood in his native 
pl.ace, whence at the age of twenty-one he re- 
moved to Minnesota, remaining for two j-ears in 
Rochester and for nine years in Austin, and en- 
gaging in selling groceries and agricultural imple- 
ments. 

Returning to New York, Mr. Azure followed 
farming pursuits for seven out of ten years spent. 
there, and in 1884. as above stated, came to Bay 
County, where he has since resided. He was mar- 
ried, in I860, to Sarah H., daughter of .). W. 
Gibbs, of New York, and they are the parents of 
one child — Cora C, the wife of Erank K. Webb, 
of Portsmouth. Socially ]\Ir. .\zure is a member 
of the Masonic fraternity, with which he has been 
identified for more than thirty years. He and 
his estimable wife occupy a [irominent place in the 
social circles of the community, and are universally 
esteemed for their noble (jualities of heart and 
mind. 



AV. IRWIN. The leading real estate and 
insurance business of West Bay City is in 
charge of Mr. Irwin, who handles property 
both for himself and outside parties, and 
gives his whole attention to the details of his 
work. He is agent for the Niagara, of New York; 
Liverpool, London and Globe, of England; 
PlKcnix. of llartford.and other first-class companies, 
juimbering eleven altogether. 

The most of his life prior to 1887. when he re- 
moved to West Bay City, was pas.sed in Huron 
County, this State, where for eighteen years he 
held county oftices. Eor four years he was Clerk 
of the County and County Register of Deeds; for 
two years he was County Clerk, after which he 
served for twelve years .is Judge of Probate. Upon 
retiring from his official position, he engaged in 
the mercantile and real-estate business, and was 
successful in his enterprises. 

Since coining to West Bay City, Mr. Irwin has 
become well known as a genial gentleman and en- 
ergetic business man. He occupies a handsome 
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land, houses, etc., as well as representing first-class 
corporations in the department of insurance. So 
honorable and upright has been his life, both in 
business and social intercourse, as to win for him 
the full confidence of his fellow-citizens. 




EK DIN AND HOPP. We here present the 
portrait and biographical sketch of the 
proprietor and manager of the European 
Hotel at the corner of Third and AVater Streets, 
in Ba_v City. He performs t<j perfection the du- 
ties of "Mine Host" and is an ideal Boniface, being 
a man of great po|)ularity, fine physique and orig- 
inal character. With tlie exception of some losses 
by endorsements he has been successful in eveiy 
effort which he has put forth. 

Mr. Hopp was born in Hamburg, (Germany, .lan- 
uary .30, 1854. His fathei'. William, and grand- 
father, Charles, were both born in Mechlenbiirg. 
The latter came to the I'niled States and located 
in New York at Walcottsville, where he carried on 
farming. He finally came tf> Bay City, and died 
here at the age of eigiity-five. He took part in tlie 
Napoleonic wars, and was a sufferer thereliy. 

William Hopp resided in Hamburg and was a 
blacksmith by trade aiid a siiip ironer. In IS.")? 
he came to America with liis wife and three chil- 
dren, being fourteen weeks on the ocean. Land- 
ing in New York City, he made iiis way to Niagara 
County, N. Y., where he heated on a farm. In 
1865 he came to New Ballimoie, Jlacumli County, 
Mich., where he took up eighty acres of land, and 
devoted his energies to its improvement until 187(1. 
He then came to Bay Citv' and engaged in the saw- 
mill business until he retired to a farm in Ilam])- 
ton Township, six miles from the city. He was a 
Democrat in politics and a member of the Luth- 
eran Church as was also his good wife, Mary Kulp, 
who was born in Bavaria, (iermany, on tlie Rhine. 
Their nine children all grew to maturity and are 
still living. 

The earliest recollections of our subject carry 
him back to tlie farm and the district schools of 
New York. He was eleven years old when the 

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family came to Michigan, and here he .studied in 
a log schoolhou.se for awhile, although his advan- 
tages were limited, as his father needed his help in 
clearing and cultivating the new farm. He early 
learned to help pull the crosscut saw and thus fell 
the trees. At the .age of thirteen he went to Alpena 
to work in the sawmills, beginning by piling lum- 
ber and working .at an edger table. 

In 1869 Mr. Hopp came to Bay City and was 
employed by Dolson, AValker & McCray in theii- 
mill for several years. In the fall of 1874 he 
opened a restaurant at the Third Street Bridge and 
worked up a fine business there, remaining at that 
point until the building in which he was located 
was destroyed by fire. This block was rebuilt, and 
in 1890 he remodeled and opened it as the Euro- 
pean Hotel. It covers an area of 50x150 feet, is 
three stories in height, besides a basement, and is 
the finest and largest hotel in the city, containing 
some fifty rooms and an excellent restaurant. 

Mr. Hopp was married in Bay City, in 1875, to 
Miss Minnie Bolzmann, who was born in Walcotts- 
ville, N. Y., and the_v have two children — Lena 
and AUe. The Lutheran Church is the religious 
])ody with which Mr. Hopp is connected, and the 
social orders which command his co-operation are 
the Foresters, Jlaccabees, Odd Fellows, Arbeiter 
Society, the Knights of Malta and the Order of the 
Iron Hall. He is a frequent delegate to Demo- 
cratic county conventions and has been CJhair- 
man of the Ward Committee. Although he is a 
prosperous man and has acquired a handsome 
competence, including some valuable real estate, 
he was so unfortunate as to lose some $23,000 five 
years ai>o through endorsing for friends. 



■"SI? 



ERBEHT WELLINGTON SAVAGE. Every 

part of our country h.as its own jieculiari- 
tics and its frontier men and pioneers have 
experiences and labors which are quite un- 
known in other sections of this broad country. 
For instance the life of a '-iiineland looker" is 
something of which prairie farmers have no con- 
ception. The business of such an one is in a 




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great measure to estimate the amount of lumber 
that might be cut from a given tract of forest land 
with the probable cost of lumbering and getting 
to mills. This estimate he makes in regard to lands 
■which the company for whom he works is expects 
ing to buy. It takes an expert to make such com- 
putations with any degree of certainty, and such 
an expert is found in Mr. Savage. He is a typical 
woodsman and many of liis experiences read like 
a veritable tale of adventure but have therewith 
the wholesale almospliere of verity. 

Our subject was l)orn at St. Francis, Me., August 
11, 1861, and is a son of John Wesley and Fannie 
(Ilafey) Savage. The mother was a niece of the 
great lumberman of the St. John River, Sir John 
Glazier, who is now life vSenatoi- from New Bruns- 
wick in the Canadian Parliament. Herbert W. Sav- 
age was the youngest son in a family of ten ciiil- 
dren, nine of whom are still living, and his father 
was a lumberman on the Rivers St. John and St. 
Frances, lie was the son of Robert .Savage, wlio 
owned a large mill which was the first built there, 
he did a large lumbei'ing business of which Sir 
John Glazier was the largest piu-chaser. 

When our subject was a mere child the family 
removed to Brock, Ontario, Canada, as the father 
had lost $63,000 by a bank failure and found it 
necessary to make a new start in order to retrieve 
his fortunes. About the year 1880 they came to 
Saginaw, where the mother died in 1886 and the 
father in May, 1890, removed to Saulsbury, Tex., 
where his son RcHiert is a ranchman, and where the 
father is still. living. The boyhood of our subject 
was passed at various points in Canada and he as- 
sisted in clearing farms there and in the lumber 
business until he was tiiirteen years old. He then 
went to live with his brother, the Rev. John A. 
Savage, of Albany, N. Y., and attended public and 
and select schools, and a year later became news 
agent on the railway. He was then fourteen yeai-s 
old. In a short time he engaged in the lumber 
j'ards and in getting out hemlock bark and making 
railway ties. In this work he continued for two 
years and accumulated some property. Aliout this 
time his brother Edwin was shot^while out hunting 
and lay for three hours before help came. His leg 
was badly shattered from knee to hip, and he lay 



helpless for some time; he now lives in Saginaw. 
Our suliject had always aided his parents in their 
suppoit and they still needed liis help. 

In the spring of 1879 Mr. Savage came to Sagi- 
naw. He spent most of the summer at the Titta- 
bawas.see boom and went with a ccjusin toalumlter 
camp, where he served as cook for fr)rty men. Tlie 
two young men next found work at I'.ig l\ai)ids 
and liaving served there for several months lie sent 
home all his wages he could spare, and then had 
only ten cents left. Our suliject then left I>ig 
Rapids and parted with his cousin whom he lias 
not since seen. He walked for sixty miles in com- 
pany with an old lumberman to White Cloud and 
there secured work from the West Michigan Lum- 
ber Company, loading and unloading logs. When 
he lefi there he returned to a point near Big Hap- 
ids and was made foreman over a number of men 
and continued there until by an accident he was 
thrown into the river and experienced exposures 
which resulted in typhoid fever. He was therefore 
removed to Mecosta, where he was sick at the home 
of his uncle for a number of weeks. 

jVfter recovery Mr. Savage returned to work near 
junction of the Chii>pewa and Muskegon Rivers 
and did so well there that he was able to send 
money home that fall and thus assist his parents. 
The next winter he spent on the Raisin River and 
tiienext season he spent at firing in the barrel works, 
which place he had ju.st left prior to a dis.astrous 
explosion which resulted in the death of three men. 
Having had experience in looking at pine lands 
with his father, he was engaged with his brother-in- 
law in exploring such lands, working all winter at 
heavy work and in the following spring while 
forty liiiles from Bad River he w.as taken sick. He 
had a terrible time in making the trip from this 
point to a railway station f.nd linally reached Ste- 
vens Point Hospital, being so sick on the w.ay that 
he thought he would not live to gain shelter. A 
doctor who was ujion the train came to him and 
cared for him until he reached Stevens Point. He 
lay for six weeks in the hospital, receiving excel- 
lent treatment from a leading physician, who was 
an old friend of his brother, the minister. 

The next experience of our subject w.as in Min- 
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St. Louis River for tlie Mississippi Looo^ina; Com- 
pany, and sinre tliat time lie lias devoted liis at- 
tention to exploring; foi' land companies. He was 
at first with ]\Ierrill tt Ring, witli whom he lias 
some interest. His last trip resulted in a sale 
amounting to *3o(),00(). His attention is given to 
looking up land, examining deeds and papers and 
making sales, and he has explored more land in the 
last two j-ears than any other land looker in Mich- 
igan. His judgment is considered accurate and he 
has a high reputation among liimhcrmen and land 
dealers. New York capitalists have called him 
East at various times to counsel with them in re- 
gard to sales of lands. 

The marriage of our subject, April t, IHbH. 
brought him a helpmate in the person of Edith 
Ellen, daughter of Henrv Wallace, whose brief bi- 
ography will be found elsewhere in this volume 
and who has now |)assed from this life. Mr. Sav- 
age has some handsome [jroperty of his own and 
h.as built his own residence, which was planned by 
himself and wife and excels in its interior arrange- 
ment and convenience for home life. They have 
<me child — Wallace. Mr. Savage is a Democrat in 
his political convictions but in no sense a politi- 
cian, and is a memlier of the Knights of the Mac- 
cabees. 



6__.^.||.^J..g..,.. .,>_ 



HARLES HAXMANN, a genial and success- 
ful farmer residing on section 24, Monitor 

^^J Township, Bay County, was born December 
9, 1827, in Germany, where his parents passed their 
entire lives. His eaily years were spent in his 
native land, whence he emigrated to this country in 
18o2. After remaining for seven months in New 
York City, where he was employed in a grocery 
store, he came West to Oakland County, this State, 
in company with Henry Bosanberk and Henry 
Rekenberk. 

After sojourning for three numths in Oakland 
County, Mr. Baxniann proceeded to J3etrolt, where 
he was employed during the summer in a sawmill. 
Thence he came to Bay Citv October 1 1, 18;');') and 




for five years was engaged in lumbering. In 1858 
he bought the land which comprises his present 
farm, and two years later was married and located 
on his property. His wife, whose maiden name 
was Carolina Moka, was akso a native of Germany 
and emigrated to America at the age of fourteen. 
They are the parents of four children, two of whom 
died in infancy. The survivors are, Fredericka, 
wife of Herman Krucyer, of Bay City, and Chris- 
tina, who is at home with her parents. 

When Mr. Baxmann purchased his farm it was 
covered with forest trees, which had to be cut down 
before the work of cultivation could begin. After 
clearing the land, he built fences and tilled the 
soil until in course of time the place was coui- 
[lietely transformed. He has brought the entire 
one hundred and tifteen acres to high cultivation, 
and in 1869 erected a commodious residence at a 
cost of >S!2,00{|. Besides, he has built suitable and 
substantial barns and other necessary outbuildings. 
In connection with farming and stock-raising, he 
devotes considerable time to the raising of fruit, in 
which he has met with success. 

In various positions of trust and responsibility 
Mr. Baxmann h.as served his fellow-citizens, always 
with credit to himself. He was Commissioner of 
the towushi]) for three years; Director of the 
school district for eight years, and also served as 
Justice of the Peace. Socially he belongs to AVenona 
Lodge, No. 121, I. O. O. F. at West liay City, in 
which he has held the various ottices. Success has 
come to him through the exercise of frugality and 
eneigy, and his u]'right life has brought to him the 
commendation and confidence of his felkiw-citi- 
zens. 

^'OHX SCHWAIJ. a pixuninent farmer of Hay 
County, is engaged in general agriculture 
and stock-raising on section 12. Fraiiken- 
!/y lust Townshi|). His father, Michael Schwab, 
was born in Byrne, (Jermany. about 11S(M5, and was 
there married to Katrina Mauer. In 1852 they 
emigrated to .Vinerica, and coming direct to Mich- 
igan, settled in Frankenlnst Township, Bay County, 
where they liought a tract of eighty acres. Tiiey 



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had a family of ciglit cliikhen, -six of wlioni are 
still living, our sul>ject lieinir tlic eldest. 

A native of (ieimany, Mr. Seliwab was born 
Febniary 16, 1«43, and spent his cluldhood. days 
in his native land, whence he aceonii)anied his par- 
ents to this country. Here he grew to a sturdy 
manhood and being reared on a farm, acquired a 
thorougli practii-.'il knowledge of agricultural pui- 
suits. .lunuary 24, IbliT, he was married to IMary 
Wachter, who was born in Germany in 1847, and 
the3' are the parents of four children, as follows: 
Maggie, who died at the age of twenty-one; An- 
drew, Bailiara and Annie. 

Through the exercise of good judgment and un- 
flagging industry, Mr. Schwab has become the 
owner of two hundred and twenty-nine acres of 
good land, of which one hundred and forty acres 
have been brought to a high state of cultivation 
and improvement. By a good system of irrigation 
the land has lieen redeemed from a marsh and now 
yields abundant harvests of the various cereals. 
The place has been embellished with a good set of 
farm buildings, incUuUng a commodious residence, 
substantial barns and outbuildings, and is alto- 
gether one of the best farms in the township. 

In public affairs Jlr. Schwab maintains consider- 
able interest and is a stanch adherent of the prin- 
ciples of the Democratic party, lie has served as 
Overseer of the township and held other local 
offices. lie is greatly interested in educational 
advantages and has given his children good edu- 
cations, both in the German and English languages. 
In his religious belief he is identified with the 
Evangelical Lutheran Church, and is a man whose 
judgment has weight in the community. His par- 
ents are now deceased, his father jjassing away in 
1889 and his mother in 1881. 



^^EORGE DICEY, a line boiler-maker and 
III (— , iron worker, is one of the owners of the 
^Vs^l well-known boiler shop in West 15ay City, 
but resides on Eleventh Street, I5ay City. He was 
born in Bath, N. Y., .July 2!t, 18.'5(), and is the son 



t)f .John and .lane (Dow) Dicey, natives of Canada 
and Allegany County, N. Y., respectively. 
Grandfather Dicey, whose given name was Richard 
P., served in the War of 1812 on the English side, 
and was a trader in Canada, where he died. .h)hn 
Dicey, who was an early .settler in Bath, N. Y., 
came thither from Canada, where he was bO"n in 
18<I8. l'"rom the Knipire State in 1852 he removed 
Westward to Michigan, .settling in (irass Lake, 
Jackson County, and there purchased a farm, 
which was his home until his earthly career was 
ended in 1866. 

On the maternal side, our subject is the grandson 
of Felkert Dow, who belonged to an old E.astern 
family, and was born in New Y'ork. He served in 
the War of 1812, and followed his trade of a weaver 
until his death, which occurred in Kranklin, Pa. 
jSIrs. .Jane Dicey accompanied her husband to 
Michigan, where at a good age she pa,ssed away. 
Of her six children three still sur\ive, our subject 
being the second in order of biith. His older 
brother, E. C served throughout the Civil War as 
Captain of Company H. First Michigan Sharp- 
shooters and was taken i)ri,-ioner at Petersburgh, 
Xa., and was confined nine months at Columbia, 
S. C. He now resides in Chicago. .Foseph, who 
was a member of the Seventeenth Michigan Regi- 
ment, served until his honorable career as a soldier 
was terminated l)y his death at the l)attle of South 
Mountain. J^evi was also a faithful defender of 
our country, and served in the Twenty-sixth Mich- 
igan Infantry during the last days of the Civi' 
War. 

The boyhood days of our subject were passed in 
Bath. X. Y., where he received good common-school 
advant.agcs. At the age of sixteen years he came 
West to Michigan in comiiany with the other mem- 
bers of his family and reinained with his father 
until he was twenty years old; tlien going to 
(irand Haven, he worked in the woods in lumber- 
ing for one year, until on account of having his 
leg broken he was compelled to seek a different 
Occupation. He then served an ai)i>renticeslii]) at 
the boiler trade for two years under Thomas 
TurnbuU, of Ferrysburg, iiut at the expiration of 
his apprenticeship he did not at once follow his 
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for a few years and then spent a slifirt time in 
Forrysbmg, Wyandotte, Musiiegon, and Montague, 
successively. 

In the last named city Mr. Dicey started a boiler 
shop which he sold in .Inly, 1872, and went to 
Kansas witii a view of locating in that State. 
However, he was not satisfied with the proSj eets 
offered him tiiere and after a short sojourn removed 
to Missouri, where lie worived for one and one-half 
years in Brookfield, in the railroad shops of tlie 
IIannil)al & St. .Toe Railroad. From the latter city 
lie returned to .Tackson, this State, and for almost 
a year was employed in the boiler shop of the 
.lackson Foundry tt JIachine Co., after which for 
three years he was in the Michigan Central Kail- 
road shops. It was during the year 1878 that he 
came to Bay City, and was for ten years connected 
with the boiler shops of the Industrial Works as 
foreman. He afterwards, in company willi ,Tohn 
Carey, established the shop which they still manage 
and which consists of a main liuilding 30x60 feet 
in dimensions, with an L 20x40 feet. The shop is 
located on the corner of Main and Fitzliugh 
Streets, West Ba\' City, and has steam jiower and 
first-class machinery. 

Mr. Dicey owns a dwelling at No. II'J Monroe 
Street besides the residence which he occupies at 
No. filO Eleventh Street. lie was married .Inly 4. 
1861, in Waterloo, .lackson County, to Miss Sarah 
,\. Woodward, who was born in the same township 
where she was afterwards married. The father of 
Mrs. Dice}', Daniel Woodward, was born and reared 
iu New York, whence he removed to Canada and 
later came to Waterloo in 1840, settling on a farm 
and remaining there until his death in 1876, at the 
age of seventy-two years. Jn his jjolitical aflilia- 
tions he was a Democrat; and religiously, he held 
membership with the Methodist E|)iscopal Church. 
Mrs. Dicej^'s mother, who.se maiden name was 
Sarah Fraer, was a native of the Empire State, and 
the daughter of Michael Fraer, a soldiei- in the War 
of 1812, and a farmer in New York State. Her grand- 
father served in the Revolutionary AVar. Mrs. 
AVoodward still survives (1892) at the age of 
eighty-two years, and resides in Rives Township, 
.Tackson County. 

In a family • numbering eight children, Mrs. 



Dicey was next to the younget-t, and was born at 
Waterloo, Mich., November 29, 1843. Her union 
with Air. Dicey has brought them eight children, 
Jis follows: S;irah .T., now Mrs. Campbell, of Bay 
City; Charles E., who is .assisting his father in the 
boiler shop; Daniel W., a carpenter of West Bay 
City; Frank L., who is Assistant Cashier of the 
Barnet Produce Coni|)any,of Chicago, Angle, Amy 
F., George and Anna M., who still remain at home. 
The various social organizations of Bay C^ity receive 
the hearty support of Mr. Dicey, and he is a mem- 
ber of the Alasonic fraternity, Royal Arch Masons, 
the Ancient Order United Workmen, and the 
Order of (Uiosen t^riends. In the two latter orders 
he has held the [>rominent chairs. Since the Civil 
War he has been a stanch Repulilican, believing 
the princiiiles of that party conducive to the best 
welfare of the Government, .and supports its 
candidates bv his influence and ballot. 



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^ AMES W. McMEEKIN, M. D., C. M., who 

has his oIHce at the corner of .Tefferson and 
Germania Avenues, was born in 151antford, 
Oxford County, Ontario, October 31, 1859. 
His ])arents, Samuel 1). and Elizabeth (.Alitchell) 
McMeekin. were of British origin, the former be- 
ing born in .Scotland and the latter in England, 
I their marriage having taken place in Canada. The 
father received a professional education but be- 
came a farmer. 

James W. was reared upon the home farm until 
he reached the age of ten years, when he entered 
the High School at Woodstock. In 187.5 he at- 
tended the Collegiate Institute at Brantford, where 
he graduated in 1S77. .\fter a year's sickness he 
resumed his studies and in 1H79 graduated from 
the AVoodstock Liteiary Institute. Then he en- 
tered the Institute, at .St. C- thariuLS fr. in which lie 
matriculate.! into Tor( iito Ciiiveisity with gene'.al 
proficiency a "d first honors in mather.iatics, • hich 
cut 11 d ini to a scholarship. 

It was his own desire and that i f his family that 
(Hir subject should enter the ministry :,nd while 
attendi g the University at Toronto he [:assed th" 



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honorary examination for tlie Knox Presbyterian 
College at Toronto but on account of failing 
health was obliged to make a change of climate 
and calling. He therefore entered McGill Univ- 
ersity at Montrea. in the fall of 1881, taking the 
medical course and grackiating therefrom iu the 
Class of '85. He passed iiis s'.nnmers at St. Cath- 
arines Hospital where he was House Surgeon, and 
received at McGill Universitj- the degree of 
Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgerj-, which 
gives him a standing in the Roy.il College of .Sur- 
geons in I.ondon, Kngland where he purposes to 
make still further studies. 

St. Catharines, Ontario, was tiie scene of the 
first practice of the Doctor, but in 1886 he came 
to Michigan and located at Otter Lake, and in 
1889 removed to Saginaw. In the meantime he 
had sjient one year in extensive travels, visiting 
various colleges and hospitals in the United States. 
His general practice in Saginaw has giown to large 
proportions and he has given considerable atten- 
tion to surgery, being at present on-e of the act- 
ing surgeons to Bliss Hospital. He performed 
what was probably tl.e first successful cholecysto- 
tomy operation in Mic:liigan. During his residence 
in Canada he was one of the Directors of the 
McGill University Gazette and has been a frequent 
contributor to some of the leading college journals 
besides doing considerable newspaper work. 

Dr. McMeekin is an active Democrat and deeply 
interested in politics and wliik' at (Jlter Lake was 
president of the Council there for some time. He 
is a writer of force on political matters as well as 
an effective stump speaker. His membership in 
the State Medical Society shows his rank m the 
profession and he is closely- connected with all 
movements of tlie Masons, the Maccabees and the 
Foresters. 

Our subject was married in June, 1882, at St. 
Catharines to Miss Sulta Helena Emmett, wlio 
died December .31. 188.5 leaving a little daughter, 
only four d.ays old. This little Sulta Helena is 
now six years of age and a beautiful child. The 
Doctor was united in marriage at Detroit, .July 3, 
1888, with Hattie E., daughter of Squire Lyman 
Felton, of Wayne County, Mich. She was the 
widow i>f .Fona-; McAI|)iue of Otter Lake and has 



two children by that marriage, Editii M. and Lee. 
The Doctor and his wife are both members of the 
Presbyterian Church and are active in all social 
movements. He is a close student.a careful prac- 
titioner and a thorough gentleman, and no physi- 
cian of Saginaw "has brighter prospects for the 
future. 




ZELI. N. KorKCll. The genial proprietor 
of the Houeeh House, which was built in 
lli 18(58, IS the oldest hotel man in Bay City, 
and probably the ohlest in the .Saginaw 
Valley now in the l)usiness. Heliuilt and ownshis 
large hotel, wliich is located on the corner of 
Fifth and Water Streets, and in spite of the fact 
that his establishment is a strictly temperance 
house, he has been eminently successful. As a 
pioneer, tlie beginning of his career in his special 
line dales from a time when there wei'c no rail- 
roads and not many houses here, and he enter- 
tained at his hotel tlie passengers that came in by 
stage. 

Our subject is a native of Al.sace, France, the 
city of Belford being that of his nativity, April 
4, 18211. He is a son of Joseph Rouecli, who was 
born in the village of Ango, where the mother was 
also liorn; he was engaged in real estate and also 
in teaming and ficighting in his native land. 
He served as one of the lear guard in Honaparte's 
army in the battle of Waterloo. The wagon loads 
were at that tiine immense, re(|uiring sixteen 
htjises and more, and fieiiuently our subject's fa- 
ther spent fifteen days on a journey, some of the 
loads being twenty feet high. In 18.']2 Joseph 
Houecli sold out his business and came to America 
with his wife and three children. They left Havre 
on the sailing-vessel ''Morango,'" and were sixty- 
three d.ays on the voyage to New York City. 

Locating in Syracuse, N. Y.. Jtiseph Houech was 
engaged in manufacturing. He was gratif3'ingly 
successful in his business ventures and sold an in- 
terest in a salt block so that it netted him hand- 
somely. Later he engaged in the hotel business 
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1849 he removed to Beloit. Wis., where he 
resided until his deiitli. which look [jhioe at the 
age of fifty-four years. He was a strons' Demo- 
crat. Our sulijeet's mother, whose maiden name 
was Mar\- A. Miller, died in Hay City at the age 
of eighty-eight years. 

Of the three children that were granted to .Jo- 
seph and Mary Reouch our subject is the oldest. 
He attended school in his native land until eleven 
>ears old. At that early age he w.as at the head 
of his classes in grammar and arithmetic, for both 
of which studies he had a sjjecial liking. On lo- 
cating in .Syracuse he first attended the private 
and then the i)ublic school, and when fourteen 
years old began working in the saltworks. He 
ginning at the Iiottom of the ladder, his faithful 
work and patient following of dii'ections placed 
him in responsible positions, and later he manufac- 
tured salt on contract, b\- renting a salt block, 
which he ran for many years. Finally he learned the 
carpenter's trade, and after working under instruc- 
tion one season, began contracting and building, 
and from 1847 to 1849 was thus engaged on the 
New York & P^rie Railroad, botli in grading and 
building bridges. 

In 18.59 our subject went to Liverpool, N. Y. 
There he purchased a salt block, which he ran for 
six or seven years, and at the .same time pur- 
chased two canal boats to carry his salt. He then 
sold out his salt interests and built a sawmill, stave 
and barrel factory, having in the shop facili- 
ties for cutting over twenty thousand staves per j 
day, and manufacturing cooperage for eight hun- 
dred barrels. He pursued his l)usiness success- 
fully until the failure of the Onondaga Salt Com- 
pany, and then he became De[)uty Superintendent 
and Receiver of the salt s[(ring at Liverpool, 
under V. Smith, and held the post until coming 
to Michigan in 1861. 

Becoming Superintendent of the Chicago it 
Milwaukee Salt Company, Mr. Rouech held the 
position for eleven months. In lH(]-> he became 
the owner of the residence of the Judge Campbell 
estate. He added to the house and made of it 
the (4 lobe Hotel, which he ran successfully for 
seven years. At the end of that time he relea.sed 
it and made his son-in-law its Superintendent, 



and then took charge of his present place, which 
was built in 1868, and in 1887 built the addition. 
It is 50.Kl2t) feet in dimensions with the wing, 
fronting on Water Street fifty feet and one hun- 
dred and seventy-five feet on Fifth Street, and 
extending one hundred feet to the rear. It com- 
prises three stories and a basement. Mr. Rouech 
owns besides two store buildings. His hotel is the 
second largest in the city and is strictly first-class. 
In 1879 he started the Rouech Restaurant, also a 
temperance place, and this has met with encour- 
aging success. 

Our subject was married in Syracuse, N. Y., to 
Miss Mary A. Darick, who was born in Alsace, 
France, coming with her parents to America, and 
settled in Syracuse the same year as our subject. 
The\- were the parents of thirteen children, twelve 
of whom lived to be grown, and of these all are 
living but one. These arc: Charles J., Chester J., 
Josephine, Elizabeth, Azell N., Mary, Henry, Au- 
gust, Lottie, Carrie and Ilattie. Of these Chester 
died in Colorado. Jlr. Rouech is, and has been 
for many years, an ardent Republican. While in 
Liverpool he was a member of the Citj- Council for 
five years. 



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TIS BETTIS is senior member of the firm of 
Bettis cfe Hotaling, who are located in Ches- 
aning. Our subject was born in Clarkston, 
Oakland County, this State, April 2.5, 18.54. He 
is a son of Otis C. and Maria (Hill) Bettis, the for- 
mer a native of New York and the latter of Ire- 
land. Mr. Bettis' father was a shoemaker by trade. 
He made his advent into the township of Chesan- 
ing in 1864, when he pureha.sed a farm of eighty 
acres, which he improved, at the same time being 
engaged at his trade in the town. He went to Texas 
about 1873 on a prospecting tour, with a view to 
locating in that State, but as he was never after 
heard from, it is supposed that he was either killed 
or sickened and died. 

Our subject's mother who was left with six 
children, died in 1875. Young Otis, who had but 
a common-school education, began to learn the 



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shoemaker's trade in Chesaning. He served an 
apprenticeship of tliree years and followed the 
trade for two years. He was married November 
5, 1881, lo Mrs. Effie Hayne of Chesanin^; she -was 
horn in Oakland County, lliis State, in 1849, and 
and is a daughter of H. J. Bentley. Their union 
has never been blest by cliildren, ))Ht they liave an 
adopted, dauijhter who Ijears the name of Eniraa 
Hayne, she having been adopted firior to lier mar- 
riage with onr subject. 

In March, 188;'), Mr. Bettis secured a stock o( 
boots and shoes and then bought out a shoe 
store, since which time he has laid aside the awl 
and last and now carries on boat and shoe dealing. 
He is a Republican in his political sympathies and 
has served in the Viliage Council. He is a memlier 
of the Masonic order and has taken the Koyal 
Arch degree. He is now Senior Warden of the 
Blue Lodge and Royal Arch Captain of the Chap- 
ter. He is a self-made man financially, having by 
the sheerest perseverance accumulated what he 
has. 









eAPT. BENJAMIN BOUTELL. This influ- 
ential and |iulilic-spirited citizen of Bay 
City is the most prominent ex-captain in 
the town, being tlie manager of the Saginaw liay 
Towing Association, and having an interest in a 
number of vessels. He huilt and owns the steamer 
"Hiram W. Sibley," and the schooner '"Twin Sis- 
ter." It was a growing demand for towing facil- 
ities which induced Capt. Boutell and P. C. Smith 
to estalilisii tlie Towing .Vssdciation, and no two 
men could have been better fitted for the manage- 
ment of such a business. Botli aic familiar with 
the requirements of navigation, having served on 
the lakes in the capacity of masters of vessels, and 
having had wide experience in the lines in which 
they are now engaged. They own a fleet of pow- 
erful tugs, commanded by exi)erieneed officers, and 
handle an average of three hundred million feet 
of logs per jear. 

Our subject was born in Deerfield, Livingston 
County, Mich., August 17, 1811, and his father, 
Daniel, was born in New Hampshire at the begin- 



ning of this century. He became a miller near 
Syracuse, N. Y., and later a farmer, and in 1830 
came to Mieliigan, and located on Government 
land in Deerfield. his family being the second one 
there. During those days they had to go to De- 
troit, a journey of .'Jixtv miles in order to buy 
|)rovisifiiis. This succes.sful ))ioncer cleared and 
cultivated a farm of five liuiidied acies. and was 
(inc of the organizer.-- of Livingston County, where 
he held prominent olticcs. 

In l.S.'iT Daniel Uoutell sold his property in Liv- 
ingston ('ounty,and the subse(iuent s|)ring came 
to Bay City, where he took ciiarge of the Boutell 
House, which he carried on as a hotel until it 
Inuiicd in LSIil. After th;it his health failed and 
he died in 18()8, ;it the age of sixty-eight years. 
He was a stanch Democrat, and a memlier of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church. Betsy Adams was 
the maiden name of the young woman who became 
the inotlier of our subject, and she was a niece of 
.lohn <^>uincv .\dams, and a grand-child of .lohn 
Adams. She was horn near Syracuse. X. Y., and 
died in Bay City on Thanksgiving D.av, 1880. 

Our suliject was horn and reai'cd upon the farm 
and had his early educational training in the log 
.schoolhouse at Deerfield, after wiiich he attended 
the public schools here. He w.as the seventh of 
nine children, and this numerous family had many 
joll}' times in those pioneer days. After he was 
through with his school life he remained with his 
father until he began .sailing and after a while be 
caiue captain of the tug ".Vjax." and afterward 
of the steamer ••Iveynolds." Later he hoiigiit an 
interest in the tug '-ruion," and sailed it for two 
years, and subse(|uently had charge of the tug 
"Annie Moiles," .■uid became a [laiiiier with Mr. 
.Mitchell in l.S()7, buying tugs, bouts, barges, and 
vessels under the firm name of Mitchell iV- Boutell. 

During the fifteen years that he spent u|)oii the 
water he became the oldest ca|itain on the river. 
He .sailed all over the lakes and encountered many 
stormy seas, and at one time experienced a fire 
upon .Saginaw Bay, when the tug "rnion" was 
burned. His Connection with Mr. Mitchell con- 
tinued until 1886, when they divided, Mr. Boutell 
taking the tugs and his partner the barges, after 
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he joined Capt. Smith in forming the Towing Asso- 
ciatiou. They have thirteen tugs whicli are the 
largest and most aetive upon the lake, and of that 
number the "Niagara" and "Traveler" are consid- 
ered the most powerful. They tow k)gs from Lake 
Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, and from 
the Canada side, and are doiug moie business than 
any other company- that is formed fcutliis business. 
In the Boutell Transportation Company our sub- 
ject's partners are, II. W. Sibley, of Rocliester, and 
Isaac Hearinger, of .Saginaw. 

The marriage of Capt. Houtell with Miss Emily 
C. Duttinger took place in Pine River in 18(j;t. She 
is a native of Ohio, but came to this State when 
only a little child and here had her tiaining and 
education. They have two sons. Frederick and 
William, and their pleasant home is at the corner 
of Fifth and Madison Avenues. 

In the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which the 
Captain is a member, he is a Trustee, and at the 
tijiie of the erection of the house of worship, was 
on the building committee. He has been a Direc- 
tor for years in the Young Men's Christian Asso- 
ciation, and his wife is an active missionary worker. 
For fifteen years he has been a memlierof the Royal 
Arcanum, and he is a Republican in his political 
views. The family is one of the best in Bay City, 
as the Captain is intluential and pul)lic-spirited, and 
always willing to forward the best interests of the 
town, and Mrs. Boutell is true gold, being highly 
prized for character, ability and accomplishments. 



<«l IVALTER N. FOWLER, M. D., a leading 
\/\J// homeopathic jihysieian of West Bay City, 
^^^ is a graduate of the medical department of 
the University of Michigan in the Class of '89. 
He was born in Saline, Washtenaw County, this 
State, October 1, 186G. His father, .lohn R. Fow- 
ler, was a native of the same county, while the 
grandfather, Norman G., was born in Cohocton, N. 
Y., and came West w-itli his wife and family in the 
earlj' days, m.aking a l>eautiful and profitable farm 



out of the wilderness, and being a successful farmer 

until his retirement from active work. He then 
removed to .Saline, where lie now lives at the age 
of seventy-eight. 

The father of our subject was early trained to 
the w(nk of a farmer, and then became a carpen- 
ter. During the Civil War he served in the army 
one year as a member of a Miciiigan regiment. and 
afterward engaged in the general merclian<lise busi- 
ness in Saline, following it until iHT.'i. when lie be- 
gan contracting on the raibxiad and constructing 
new roads. He now resides at Tecinnseh, Lenawee 
County. His wife. Nancy, vvas born in Rawson- 
ville, Mich., and is a daughter of Dr. Newcomb. .a 
pioneer physician and surgeon of Jlicliigan. who 
is now passed away. .lohn R. Fowlei-and his good 
wife are both devout members of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church, and have reared four f)f their 
five children to years of maturity. 

The only son in this household is our subject, 
who removed from Saline when he wa> .seven years 
old, spending two years in DeerHeld. and thence 
going to Tecumseh. He there attended the High 
School, from which he was graduated at the age of 
seveutee i. Afterward he clerked for a short time 
in a drug store, and then took up the study of 
medicine under Dr. R. B. House, of Tecumseh. In 
the fall of 188(5 he entered the Homeopathic Medi- 
cal Department of the I'ni versify of Michigan, 
graduating therefrom in 1889. He took a special 
course in chemistry in which he has ever mani- 
fested a deep interest. 

The first location of the young Doctor wiis at 
Holly, and there for one year he engaged in his 
practice. In August, 1890, he removed to West 
Bay City, which he has since made his home. He 
has a fine otiice in the Lewis Block, at the corner 
of Henry and Midland Streets, and is establishing 
him.self well with the best peo|)le of this city and 
adjoining country. He was married in Holly, this 
.State, April Kj, 1889. to a lady who was born in 
that place, Mi.ss Lillian, a daughter of David ,los- 
lyn, one of the pioneers and most esteemed among 
the old settlers there. The Doctor and his .amiable 
wife are earnest members of the Methodist Episco- 
pal Church, and are active in the work iu that 
body. In jiolitics he is attached to the principles 



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of the Kei)iihlifan part\-, and in lii^ professional 
standiiifT lie is a member of the Saginaw ^'alley 
Homeopathie Medieal Society. His pleasant home 
i- situated at No. HiiU Klorenee Street. 



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''I^OMINH .Ai. l..\l(;ilLI\. nf Uie linn nf 
I! \, Kmery iV Mci.aiiuiiUii. dealers in eoal, 
y^ lime, eement. siTavei, sand, wood. ete.. was 
liorn in Castleliar, Ireland. on the Kith of November, 
1><1!). He is a ><in iif Owen and .Mary (C'usiek) 
MeLaUiililin, and wa.v about five yeai's old wlien 
his parents emigrated to Canada. 

Our sul)jeet received a good common-school eiiu- 
cation at Dundas. Ontario, and when but nine- 
teen years old engaged witli a Canadian lumber 
company, i-eniaining with them until April o, 
187(l,when he came to I5av City, and engaged with 
(i. <fc K. W'iusliington. dealers in general merchan- 
dise at AVest Hranch,about two years later engaged 
with the Hille Hoom Comi)any, two years after this 
he tot>k charge of H. A. Knicry 's lumber bnsiness and 
worked for him for a period of eight years, and 
then engaged with Mr. Emery until forming the 
present iiartnership, this being with .1. T. Emery of 
whom a sketch will be found elsewhere in this 
volume. When this connection was formed there 
tlie docks were complelely covered with mud; 
since Mr. .McEaughlin liought them he has 
•rreatly improved them, having now two hundred 
tiftv feet on the river and four hundred fifty feet on 
the strip which admits three of the largest boats 
that navigate the Saginaw river, at one time. They 
also have switch connections with the AHchigan 
Ceiitiiil Kailroad and through them with all the 
othei proniinenl l■oad^ of the State. 

Mr. McLaughlin li.is been interested in the dry- 
goods business in l?ay City and has an interest in 
the Electric Street Railway and the Bay City 
Electric Light Association of which he is at present 
director; he is a directwr in the People's Bank and 
deals in veal estate ;n AVest Hay City having built 
seven or eight houses there. This gentleman 
has served the city in various official positions 
having been Supcrvisf)r of the Fourth and Second 



"Wards of this city, was Treasurer for two years 
and is now President of the Board of public works 
Treasurer of the West Bay City .Saving and Loan 
.Association of which he was one of the organizers 
and is one of the public-spirited men of the city. 
He not only did credit to the city in the conscien- 
tifuis discharge of the.->e |)ublic duties but also 
great credit to himself. This gentleman is a mem- 
ber of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association, 
the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and n ineniberof 
the St. Mary's Catholic Church. 

>Uss Josephine Donoghoe of West Kay City be- 
came the wife of Mr. McLaughlin .hme 30, 18H0. 
This estimable lady is a native of this city and a 
daughter of Thomas Donoghoe, one of the first 
settlers of this county. Mr. and ^Irs. McLaughlin 
have had born to them six chiblren. who are named 
as follows: Thomas, Hubert. ^larie, Katie, Josie, 
and Florence. This family reside in a beautiful 
home on the corner of Faxon and Indiana Streets 
the residence having been built I)\- our subject. 






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] SRAEL HUEELE. We are i)leased to here i)re- 
I sent the life sketch of one of the prominent 
' '\ business men of Bay City, who is engaged in 
the line of real estate and loans, besides being a 
Notary Public. He is popular, both on account of 
his business capacity, and his genial good nature, 
and is one of the native sons of the Wolverine 
State. He was born in Detroit, January II. 18,')(l, 
and there had his early training and education. 
His father, Edward Ruelle, was a French-Canadian, 
born in Montreal, and while still a young man, he 
located in Detroit in 1836, and learned the painter's 
trade, which he followed until his death in 186L 
His faithful wife, who was known in maidenhood 
as Harriet Bouchard, was also a Canadian by birth, 
and a daughter of Lewis Bouchard, who came in 
183(1 to AVaync County, and engaged in farming 
near Detroit. Mrs. Harriet Huelle died in Detroit 
in 18G!l. 

Our subject is one of two children; his sister 
being Julia, Mrs. S. Forcia, of South Bay City. 
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and at the age of eleven, wlien liis father died, be- 
came a flerk in a grocery .•'tore. Wlien seventeen 
years old, the youth started in the latiiing busi- 
ness, taking eontrai'ts <iff and on for seventeen 
years. In 1871 lie went to Lincoln, Neli., and 
took up a homestead in Polk County, upon which 
he remained for two years, living in a sod house, 
and iiiringhis land broken and impi'ovcd while he 
worked at his trade in Lincoln, making an excel- 
lent income. When the grasshoppers cMme to lay 
waste Nebr.aska, he left that region, and came to 
Bay City, hjcating liere in No\cmbcr ls(72, with 
only fifteen cents in his ])ocket. 

After carrying on the liusines.-. of lathing and 
contracting for some years he embarked in 1884 in 
the furniture trade, in South Bay City, under the 
firm name of L Huelle & Co. and continued tlierein 
until March 18'J(), when he disposed of his inter- 
est on account of his health, and visited Idaho, 
Washington, Montana, Oregon, Colorado, and Ne- 
vada. LTpon his return to this city, in.lune, 1890, 
he began the two lines of luisine.ss of Notary Pub- 
lic and real-estate in which he is now engaged, lie 
owns some fine property in this city, and is build- 
ing up an excellent trade. 

It was upon the 12th of December 187;'), that 
Mr. Ruelle was united in marriage in Bay City 
with Miss Minnie Bird, a native of this citv. Our 
subject has been prominent in the republican ranks, 
but is an advocate of low tariff. He has been more 
than once a delegate to county and Congressional 
conventions of that part}, and was a member of 
the Labor Convention, which nominated .S. O. 
Fisher for Congress. lie was Supervisor of the Sixth 
Ward at one time. 



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LFRED E. BOUSFIELD. Among the most 
prominent business men of Bay City, 
whose thorough methods of conducting 
business affairs are worthy of special note, 
we present the name of Mr. Bouslield. Few men 
have by their own {inequalities of enteriirisc and 
sj'stem organized so thoroughly the concerns in 
which they are engaged, and the delightful social 



qualities which distinguish him are most kindly 
valued in thecommunity. He is the President of the 
firm of Bonsfield it Co. and their establishment 
may probably ho cited as the largest in the United 
Stales engaged in the manufacture of wooden-ware, 
and it is also one of theoldest. This family was one 
of the first to eng.age in this line of bu.siness on 
an extensive scale, as they began operations many 
years .ago in Cleveland. ()liio. 

The mcnibers of the pi-escnt firm arc sons of 
.lohu Bouslield, the founder of tlic eiitei'i)risc. and 
the works in Bay City were established in 18(;',) liy 
George Hood, but came into the possession of this 
firm in 187;"), and w.as incorporated into a stock 
company in 1881. The territory upon which the 
plant is located occui)ies live blocks, and upon that 
tract is situated saw-mili, dry-kilns, turning and 
paint houses, warehouse, engine house, otiices, 
and stables, booms and other arrangements 
for carrying on this immense concern. The fire 
protection consists of pumping station in center 
of plant which supplies autom itic sprinklers in 
liuilding and water mains through yards connect- 
ing with hydrants. There is one central [lower 
station with a Hamilton Corliss Engine of five hun- 
dred horse power and Babcock >t Wilcox Boilers. 
The power is transmitted to the different buildings 
by what is known as rope-transmission. 

The product of this maniifactory is chierty tub.>, 
churns, and i)ails,and in their manufacture the logs 
are raised from the boom to the mill where they 
are sawed into blocks of the required length and 
then pass through various kinds of new and im- 
proved machinery liy which they arc cut into 
staves, and loaded into cars which carry thein lii-sl 
to the kilns, and afterward to the turning room, 
without being unloaded from these cars. 

The staves that enter this i)art of the establish- 
ment are in the rough, but come out tubs, pails and 
churns, the bottom of o.ach article being fitted 
into place by machinery. From this part of the 
works tiiey are hurried into the paint house, a 
building three stories high and 81x10(1 fei>l 
in dimensions, and agiun machinery comes inlo 
play in their decoration, and they are then 
delivered at the warehouse where they are ready 
for shipment. 



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Tlie sawmill |)rn|)ei- is (iOx90 feet in dimensions, 
and supplied with four circular saws, veneerinj";, 
bottom and cover-making-niachincs, steam carriages 
for raisin<r tlie lojjs, and all conveniences forsaving 
labor. Tlie turnini;' house is a two-story brick 
buildini,' 7(1x170 feet, and supplied with seventeen 
large lathes, while the wjirehouse measures 70 x 
220 feet, and is ii building of two stories brick, 
dr.v-kiliis l(IOx22.'> feet. 

The business re(iuires the .services of three 
hundred thoroughly competent and skilled me- 
chanics, and employs four engines of live liundred 
and fifty horse power. The yearly pav roll is over 
slOD.odii. and the daily capacity is five thousand 
pails and two thousand live hundred tubs. 
.lames Poller, the foreman, has been connected 
with the factory since llS7o. and the ])roduct of 
the works is in demand all throuLih the United 
States. The present oliiceis are beside our subject, 
the President. Charles .1. 15onstield. \'ice-President, 
and K. E. Honslield. Secretary. 

.loliii liouslield, father of our suliject, was born 
in England, and came to America when a young 
man, settling in Kirtland. Ohio, where he learned 
pail making, and engageij in the manufacture of 
this article by hand. lie afterwards put in water- 
power machinery, and later removed to Cleveland, 
and was the first manuf.acturcr of pails in the West, 
gradually increasing his business. He finally had 
the largest manufactory of wooden-ware in the 
country at that time, and his sons now maintain 
the .same reputation. 

The father .associated with him John I'ool under 
the firm name of P>ousfield A' Pool M.anufacturing 
Company, but in 187.5 they met w-ith reverses and 
dissolved partnership. Later he started the Ohio 
Wooden-wai-e Manuf.actory Company in Cleve- 
land, and operated there until 1881, when the 
business was tiansferred to Hay City, the father re- 
taining an interest in it until his death in 1888 at 
the age of sixty-nine, although he retained his 
home at Cleveland. 

The father was a tine mechanical genius and in- 
ventor of many patents which are used in the 
factory to-day, besides which he w.as an efficient 
business man. He was one of the first to form the 
(ias Company in Cleveland, and .assisted in organ- 



izing two banks, and was President of the People's 
Savings and Loan Hank. He was a strong Repub- 
lican in politics, a prominent citizen, and a pillar 
in the Congregational Church. His wife was born 
in England, and was in maidenhood, Sarah Keath- 
erstone. She came to .Vmerica with her jiarents, 
who were farmers at Ivirtland, Ohio, and she still 
resides in Cleveland, at the age of sixty-eight. Of 
her ten children six .-ire living. Charlotte A. resides 
ni Cleveland. Emma L. is Mrs. J>arbv, of St. Louis. 
Mv.. Edward F. was formerly with the Coinpam' 
at Hay City, but is now connected with the Min- 
neapolis Wooden-ware Company, and the three 
brothers at 15ay City complete the family. 

Alfred E. Housfield was born in Fairport. ()hio. 
.lauuary 28, 18.');'), but w.as reared and educated in 
Cleveland, attending the city school. At the age 
of fifteen he entered the Mt. Ple-a-sant Military 
Academy at Sing Sing, X. Y. and two years later- 
became book-keeper for a coal company in Cleve- 
land. After a year in their service he entered his 
father's factory, and learned the business in every 
detail, .and in ALarch 1875, he and his brother Ed- 
ward came to Hay C'ity, and bought the factory 
belonging to the l>a\ City Wooden-ware Com- 
p.any, which w.as then run on a small scale, and 
which they have increased to three times its former 
size. 

In April ISUo. the whole establishment was de- 
stroyed by fire, reducing to ashes the new buildings 
and all the stock at a lo.ss of ^60,000 above insur- 
ance, but this enterprising firm immediately began 
rebuilding employing two hundred mechanics in 
the work, and quickly completed larger and more 
substantial buildings, and had- the business run- 
ning again in October the same year. They have 
side-tr.acks, connecting the works with the iNIichi- 
gan Central and the Flint & Pere Marquette Kail- 
ways, and have their own cars for shipment 
which are built extra large. 

Our subject was married in Cleveland, Ohio, in 
1877 to Miss Carrie J^ockwood, who w.as born in 
Dubuque, Iowa, but reared and educated in Cleve- 
land, where her father. Iia H. w.as in the oil liusi- 
ness. She is a most estimable lady and possessed 
of social and scholarly attainments. Their two 
children are Charlotte E. and Lottie Tj. ;\Ir. F.ous- 



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field is a Knight Teniplai- and a thn-ty-second de- 
gree Mason and a member of the Mystic Shrine, of 
Detroit. He is a strong Repuhlioan.but not active 
in politics. He built for tlie pleasure of his family 
tlie steam .vach I "Outing," wliicli is furnished in 
fine style, and upon whicli they make most de- 
lightful trips on the Lakes to Mackinaw, Cleve- 
land, and other points. 






yfclLLIAM .lAISSLK. Tlie gentleman of whom 
/ we give a brief biograi)liical sketch is the 
^y \j proprietor of one of the finest meat mar- 
kets in West Bay City. He is a native of Wurtem- 
burg, Germany, having been liorn in Poffenhofen, 
December 26, 1854. Me is the son of Fred Jaissle, 
also a native of the Fatherland and who was a 
farmer by occupation; he died in Germany in 1859. 
Our subject's mothei- was Golibe Jaissle, a native 
of the same place as was lier son, and after accom- 
panying our subject to the New World she died in 
Detroit in 1885. The parents were active Lutherans 
in religion and were greatly esteemed by all who 
knew them. 

Five children comprised the family of Mr. and 
Mrs. Fred Jaissle, only four of whom are living, 
making their home in Detroit. Our subject was 
the voungest but one in order of birth and was 
reared to perform all the duties of farm life when 
a boy. He received a good common-school education 
and passed liis early days on Die banks of the Danube 
and when seventeen years of age embarked for 
America, November 1(3, 1871, setting sail from 
Bremen on the steamer "Mein" and landed in New 
York City. About three weeks later he came to 
Detroit where he learned the luitclio's trade and 
continued to follow that occuiinlion until 1H83. 
when he came to West Bay C'it\ . 

Wlien making this city his liome our subject en- 
gaged to work for Henry (iuntcnian, remaining 
with him until November S. l.silii. Our subject 
then l)Ought out his employer, who had received 
the nomination of Sheriff, and has since been en- 
gaged in running a meat market. His place of 



business is finely located at No. 202 S. IJnn Street 
and his store bears all the modern iiniirovement-s 
of a first-class market, having a large refrigerator, 
and sausage cutter riui by water power. He is in a 
position to do an extensive l)usiness and commands 
a large patronage among the peopU^ of We>l Bay 
City. 

Mr. Jaissle established a JKime of hi.-- own. in 
1876, wiien he was married to Miss Lena Schener, 
the ceremony being perfoimed in tlie City of tlie 
Straits. JSIrs. .laissle was born in Detroit and by 
her marriage witli our subject has become llie 
mother of four children, namely: Fred. Lillie. Cora 
and llattie. Jlr. .laissle is a member of tiie .\rbe- 
iter Societ}' and in politics is a lielieVer in Demo- 
cratic principles, hence he always casts his vote 
and influence in favor of tlie candidates of that 
party. Mr. Jaissle is a ma n whose character and abil- 
ities give him the respect of the community and 
his enterprise and progressive ideas place him in 
the front rank among business men. 



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OL. CHAHLFS \l. IIAWLFY. This gentle- 
man, who is Colonel of the Third Regiment, 
Michigan State Trooiis, is the leading dry- 
goods merchant of the Saginaw Valley. He owns 
the finest dry-goods block in the State and which 
is only equaled in size by one in Detroit and one 
in Grand Rapids. 

Col. Ilawley wis born in Chenango County, 
N. Y., and w.as the son of Dr. B. M. Hawley, who 
was a native of Delaware County, that Stale. The 
grandfather of our subject, William Hawley, hailed 
from Connecticut, but passed his last days in New- 
York State. The llawleys are of Irish descent. 
The father of our suliject was a [Jiysieian and sur- 
geon of the Eclectic School in Chenango County. 
He later removed to rainted Post, Steulien County, 
where he was successfully engaged in his profes- 
sion. He w.as Captain of a company of New York 
Militia and died in I861>. The mother of our sub- 
ject, Abigail ^Hathaw.ay) Hawley, was also horn in 
Delaware County, N. Y. Her jiarents were natives 
of Massachusetts .'ind traced their ancesti-y to the 



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Plymoiilh Hock sUic-k. 5Ii>. Ilawley i.« a Presbj'- 
tei'ian in her rclijiious faith and is at |iieseiit resid- 
ing with our siiliject. 

He of whom we write was the third eldest of tlie 
l)arental family and at Painted Post, N. Y., had the 
advantages of the common schools until fourteen 
years of age when he began clerking in a dry-goods 
house in Orleans, his employer being N. S. Butler. 
He remained in the employ of that gentleman for 
twenty-two years when he was taken in as partner, 
the firm operating under the style of N. S. Butler 
iV Co., doing the largest dry-goods business in 
Steiil)en County. They continued togethei- until 
the fall of \H(u) when Mr. Hawley disposed of his 
interest in the Mnvc and came West to Bay City 
where he became established in the same line of 
busine.ss with his former paitner. the lirm being 
known .is C. H. Hawley .V- Co. lie started on a 
small scale, occupying a store room on Water Street. 
He later lemoved to the block on the corner of 
Center and Adams Streets and contiinicd to (•.•urv 
on his liusiness theie until the spring of IHiM when 
lie located in his magnificent store. 

In I H.S2 Mr. Butler retired from the <liv-goods 
firm of I'l. K. Hawley. since which time our subject 
has conducted the business alone and has been the 
most successful dry-goods merchant in the Saginaw 
\alley. In 18[)()-'.»l he erected the Hawley P.lock, 
which is one of the finest buildings in the State, 
the ])lans for which he drew himself. It is 7i')xl()() 
feet in dimensions and is four .stories high, con- 
taining a large elevator, plate glass windows, and 
the front of the building is ornamented with pillars 
of Tennessee marble. The first floor is devoted to 
general diy-goods and fancy goods, the second floor 
to cloaks, shawls and dress-making: the third fhwr 
to carpels and curtains, while on tin- fifth floor is 
the manufacturing department. 

Col. Hawley established a branch store in Alpena 
in 1H7G, which he is still conducting in partnership 
with .Mr. Fitzgerald and which is the leading house 
in the |>lace. Our sul)ject was one of the organ- 
izers and stockholders of the Bay County EU«tric 
Light Company. He is at the piesent time a large 
stockholder in the Bay County Mutual Building 
and Loan Association, being one of the Board of 
Directors. He is interested as stockholder and 



Hirector of the Cimimereial Bank and is an active 
member of the Bay City Business Men's A.ssocia- 
tion. Col. Hawley is active and prominent in all 
public enterprises that tend toward the develo))- 
ment and upbuilding of Bay City. 

The original of this sketch was organizer and 
charter member of Company D, Third Regiment, 
Michigan State Troops, holding the oflice for a 
time of Second Sergeant. It was later made Com- 
pany C. and our subject has been honored with all 
the oflices in the regiment, acting now as Colonel. 
He was on duty during the riots in Sagi-naw as 
Major, commanding two companies. 

The residence of Col. Hawley is located on the 
corner of Kighth and Sheridan Streets. He is Em- 
inent Commander of the Bay City Commandery, 
K. T., is a Consistory Mason, belonging to the 
Mystic Shrine at Detroit and is a member of the 
Board of Trustees of the Masonic Temple Associ- 
lion and Chairman of the Finance Committee. He 
is also connected vvith the Knights of the Jlacca- 
bees and is a member of the Presbyterian Church. 
He is a prominent Republican in the county and 
stands very high in financial .and .social circles. 



y^^HOMAS KIXXEY. Pro))ably the eldest 
(r^^ surviving settler of Bay County, is Mr. Kin- 
V^^ ney, a prosjjerous farmer of Merritt Town- 
ship. When he located in this county in 1847, 
there was not a hou.se on the sight of the present 
flourishing county-seat and Indians were in full 
possession of the surrounding country, lie has 
been a witness of the growth of the community 
and has contributed not a little to its present de- 
velopment. He located on his [iresent farm in 
l!S/i7 and has since made it his home, occupying 
his time in cultivating the soil and iin|)i-oving the 
l)lace. 

The parents of our sul)ject. Daniel and Mary 
Kinney, resided in County Limerick, Ireland, 
where they reared a family of seven children, three 
of whom now survive — Thomas, Michael and .lolin. 
Thomas was born in County Limerick, Ireland, 
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age of sixteen, locating in Buffalo, where he re- 
mained until he came West to Michigan in 1847. 
During his residence in Buffalo he w.as married to 
Mary Griffin and they had one child at the time 
of coming to Michigan. Their family now com- 
prises four children, viz: Michael, a hardware mer- 
chant of Bay City; Thomas, wiio resides on the old 
liomestead; Henry, a resident of Dawsonvdle; and 
Jennie, wife of IMauricc Welch, of Bay City. 

Ever since he located here Mr. Kinney h.as heen 
identified witli the growth of the county and is 
one of its prominent citizens. He began the road 
now know as the Tuscola ro;ul and was one of the 
leading men in building il. He has lieen Road 
Overseer for thirty-two consecutive years, except- 
'ing one year, and has done mucli in that line to- 
ward improving the facilities for travel. He has 
served as School Inspector for two terms. School 
Director eight years, Treasurer three years and h.as 
lield some of the school offices for twenty-two 
j^ears. He is a member of tlic Democrntic party, 
and the Roman Catholic Church, and a faithful 
adherent to the doctrines of both. 



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(^^HEODORK E. BISSELL, one of Lhe most en- 
mi^^ terprising young businessmen of West Bay 
^K^' City, is a successful hardware merchant, 
and conducts a large and lucrative business on the 
corner of Henry and Midland Streets under the 
firm name of Bissell it Mather. He is the son of 
Dr. A. G. Bissell, who is represented in this volume 
and was born m Geueseo, Livingston County, 
N. Y., September 5, 1859. He was reared in S.agi- 
naw and received his education in the schools of 
that city until he was sixteen, when he left School 
on account of ill health and spent six months at 
Philadelphia. Pa., in attendance at the Centen- 
nial. 

Returning to Michigan, he became clerk in the 
office of the Treasurer of the Flint & Pere JLarquette 
Railroad, in the meantime learning telegraphy. 
He was witii the road at various stations. Holly, 
Freeland, etc., then w.as in their employ for six 
years as relief agent. Later he was local freight 



agent and train dispatcher for the Saginaw, Tus- 
cola Si Huron Railway Company for five years. 
He came to West Bay City in April 1887, and in 
partnership with Ed L. Mather bought out the 
hardware establishment of II. A' H. S. Lewis. 

The building occupied by the (irm of Bissell iV 
Mather is 25x90 feet in dimensions, and the live 
floors are stocked with everything in the hardware 
line, besides builders' supi^lies, paints, oii etc. They 
are numbered among the most successful and enei-- 
getic business men f)f the city and in connection 
with their store, have engaged in real-estate tran- 
sa(,tions, at jjresent owning twelve lot- and si'veral 
residences. 

Mr. Bissell was married in Ivi-t Saginaw, October 
•26, 1887, to -Miss Anna E. Wicker, who was born 
at Ypsilanti and is the daughter of W. W. Wicker 
a grocer of East Saginaw. .Mr. and .Mrs. Bissell 
have one child Harry (J. \ piomim'ut Democrat. 
iMr. Bissell has .served as cliairnian of the cily 
Democratic CommiLtee and as delegate to c(nuity 
and State conventions. In 18811 he was elected 
Treasurer of the city on the Democratic ticket and 
served efficiently for tvvo years. He was a mem- 
ber of the Saginaw School lioard, but resigned 
upon removing to AVest Bay City. He is a mem- 
ber of the Order of Maccabees, the Masonic frater- 
nity, Knights of Pythias, Order of Foresters, and 
the Ancient Order of United Workman, in wliiili 
he has lieen ^Master Workman for two years. In 
his religious belief he is an Episcopalian. 



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AMES EDDY. Had our suliject lived until 
the present time he would have nmnlicre<l 
ninety years, for he was born in IMdl. in 
Providence, K. I. 1 lis life, however, w.as an 
example of many virtues for those who follow him. 
He w.'is one of a family of three, having two 
brothers — Charles and Ivlward. The former died 
in the East, while the hitter still .survives and is a 
resident of Bridgeport. Conn. He is by occupation 
a painter. Our subject had one sister, Ann, who 
was born in 18(l(); she married Smith Brown; they 
both died in Lockport, X. V. Their parents. .lo.M'ph 



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aiul Siisnii (S:ilsl)urv) E(l(l.\ . the Intter a dauirlitci- 
of Samuel Salslmiy. a native <if Kivertoii, H. I.. 
were niaii-ied ill 177!». Tiie Kfldy family are of 
Welsh anee.strv. and the Sal>liuiy family have 
amoiia: its male representatives l)eeii niimlieied 
among the seafariiisj men for many generations 
[last. 

Of the union of James Kddy and wife there were 
horn the following eliildren: .hi mes B., Samuel L., 
C4eorge V.. all of whom are deceased; those who 
survive are Edward A., Sarah K.. Albert 11. and War- 
ren Hyde. When the war between the f-eetions broke 
out (ieorge and Ivlwaiil liecame memlicrs of Com- 
pany F. Twenty-third Michigan [nfantry, joining 
the Army of the Oliio in 18(J2. The formei' was 
transferred and made Lieutenant of a colored reg- 
iment, which |)ositioii he held till the close of hos- 
tilities. Ivhvard A. was commissioned Lieutenant 
in IH(!4, which pf)sition he held until the close of 
the war. lie received the cuminission of First Lieu- 
tenant in 186."). but was not mustered in. .Vlbert II. 
married Bridget Crump in ISTl. lie, together 
with his brother Kdward. is engaged in farm- 
ing and gardening. Kdward is a member of the 
Grand Army of the Hcpublic. belonging to a post 
at l'.av Citv. 



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^E()1{(;H II. HOBINSOX. a prominent lum- 
berman of Bay Cit\-. is President of tlie Holi- 
A^si^lj inson Salt and Lumber Company. He un- 
derstands every department of the lumber business 
and could turn his hand to any i)art of the work 
if obliged to do so. Energy and industry have 
contributed to his success financially while his gen- 
ial disposition and uniformly courteous dealings 
with all. have won the conlidence of his fellow-cit- 
izens. The family of which he is a member origi- 
nated in Scotland but removed to Ireland many 
generations ago. thence relurned to Seotland and 
from there went l)ack to the ICmcrald Isle. 

The gi-andfather of our subject was born in Scot- 
land and removed to County .\ntriin, Ireland, 
where Wilson Robinson w'as boin. The latter fol- 
lowed the ocean foi- many years, commencing as 



caliin boy and working his way u|) to a prominent 
position. He emigrated to America in his early 
manhood and engaged as a lumber dealer in Os- 
wego, X. Y. When his wife died in 1849, he went 
to the coast and buying a ves.sel made several trips 
as Master. The vessel was finally lost and he was 
never heard from afterward. He was a I'resbyter- 
iaii in his religious convictions. 

Our subject was the only child of \\'ilsoii and 
-lane (Archer) Robinson, and was born in Oswego, 
X. v.. October ;50, 1843. At the age of six years 
he was taken tfi Lewiston where he remained with 
an uncle, .lohn Borland, until 18.")2. Then com- 
ing to Michigan by boat to Detroit .and Saginaw 
and from there overland to Tuscola County, he 
located in .luuiata Township in the woods and as- 
sisted his uncle in improving a farm. He attended 
the district .schools and afterward was a pupil in 
the X'assar High School from which he graduated 
at the age of twenty years. In 1864 he entered 
the I'niversity of .Michigan where he studied in 
the scientific course for one year. 

In the fall of 18(ir) our subject came to Bay 
City without any capital whatever and entered the 
shingle mill of Watrous Bros., working through 
the different positions by a .series of j)roinotions 
and remaining with the firm for nineteen years. 
During the l.ast twelve years he was Superintend- 
ent of their shingle and lumlier business and was 
accustfnned to lumber in the woods at the head of 
a force of fifty or one hundred men. In 188.3 he 
engaged with Mr. Ilotcliki.ss and was in his mills 
for three years, afterward going to the I'pper 
Peninsula and lumbering for one year. 

Mr. Ivobinson next located on his farm of one 
liundred acres in .luniata Township, Tuscola 
County, where he farmed for two years. He still 
owns the place and two hundred and forty acres 
on the Flint River in .Saginaw Ctiunty, besides 
other property. In 188U he assisted in the organ- 
iz.'vtion of the Robinson Salt and Lumber Com- 
[lany in which he was Setretarv and Treasurer for 
two years, and is now President. The mill site is 
nine hundred feet long and occupies two blocks 
on the S.aginaw River between Water and River at 
the foot of Thirty-st'venth Street. The sawmills 
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manufacture latb, tub bottoms, barrel staves and 
headings. Eight barrels of salt are manufat-lured 
each day from two wells. 

The marriage of Mr. Koliinsou to Jlis.s Lucy, 
daughter of Capl. .losupli Marsac, took place in 
Bay City, which was the native place of the bride. 
Her father was one of the first settlers here, com- 
ing as interpreter for the (lovernment under Gen. 
Cass at Detroit. Mr. and ^Irs. Robinson are tlie 
parents of five eliildrcn, namely: George, Jolin, 
Gustavus, Lucy and Mar_\ , all of whom reside in 
the parental home in the Seventh Ward, between 
Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth on Taylor Streut. 
Socially Mr. Robinson is a member of the Masonic 
fraternity. He is a Repuljlican and has been a 
delegate to county conventions, also serving on 
ward and city committees. 



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f^iARON F. H. 



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BOKjMBLK. This Ger- 



man nobleman, who is so warm an ' ad- 
mirer of America and American institu- 
tions as to choose this country for hisliome, 
is known in the social circles of Bay City as "The 
Count." He speaks EngUsh and French with 
tluency, as well as having complete ccmmand of 
his native tongue, and is one of the most popular 
young men of the cit}'. About once in two years 
he makes a trip back to his native land to visit his 
parents, but has determined to establish himself 
here. He belongs to tlie firm of E. ^'on Hermann 
ttCo.,and has charge of tlieir store in B.ay City, 
but expects in about a year to go into the whole- 
sale drug business, in Chicago, with his jiresent 
partner. 

Baron von Boemble was liorn in liadcn Baden, 
Germany, on New Year's Day, 186L His early 
education was conducted in his native home un- 
der the care ot a tutor until he reached the age of 
eighteen, when he entered the Iniversity of Ileid- 
elburg, taking the Philosopical course, and gradu- 
ating therefrom in 1882. He then took a course 
of travel througli different countries in Europe, 
and in 1884 came to America on the "^Yaesland" 
landing in New York City, and at once coming 
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West to C'liieago. Since his last return from Ger- 
many, in 1889, he has connected himself with the 
firm of E. Von Hermann & Co., and is now estab- 
lishing a business in wholesale drugs in Chicago. 
He is an honored member of the Knights of 
Pythias, and a favorite in all social circles. 



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OHN K. KINNANE, A. B., a prominent 
young attorney at Bay City, whose office is 
in the Pha'uix Block, has practiced in this 
city for three ye.ars, and is now County 
Commissioner of Schools for Bay County, to which 
responsible position he was elected in .June, 1891, 
and in which his term of office will continue until 
.Tuly Ij 1893. Mr. Kinnane's fine education, ex- 
perience, and interest in educational matters have 
abundantly fitted him for this responsible position 
in which he has shown rare ability and energy as 
an organizer and an educational worker, and it is 
believed by his many friends that he will effect 
many valuable improvements in the scliools of Bay 
County during the term of his incumbency. 

^Ir. Kinnane was born in Kalamazoo County, in 
the township of Cooper, .Ian uaiy 10, 1862, and is a 
son of Patrick and Mary (Sullivan) Kinnane. As 
the father was a farmer, the boy received early 
training in the practical work of agriculture and 
took his schooling in the district schools of his 
township, profiting so well thereby as to fit him 
for entrance into the preparatory department of 
Kalamazoo College, which he entered in 1879. In 
1881, he completed the preparatory course -and 
entered college where he made a good record 
graduating therefrom with honors in the Class of 
'85, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. 

Ipon completing his course of education, our 
sulijecL undertook the work of a teacher and for 
one year taught in Monroe County, after which he 
came to Bay County in the fall of 188(5, and was 
made Principal of the schools in the village of 
Essexville, continuing in that position for two 
years and in the meantime pursuing the study of 
law with T. A. E. and J. C. Weadock. In 
the fall of 1888 he was elected County Secretary o 



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Schools tor Hay Coiiiit\ , and lu'ld lliat ottice until 
the suiii'iior of 181)1, at which liiiu' he was elected 
County Cominissioucr of Schools, an office which 
he is still holdiiiy. 

Mr. Kiiinaue was admitted to the bar by exam- 
ination in IHS'J and has been practicing for three 
years in IJiiy City, carryiiii;- im his woric indcpend- 
entl\ , as lie has not seen tit to associate himself 
with a partner. He gives his whole attention to 
the schools and his |)rofcssion as a lawyer, and is 
Iniilding n|) a fine [)ractice. He has also gained 
the esteem of the best class of the nienibersliip of 
tiie ll.'iy County Bar, as his character and al)ilitii's 
have given him a strong hold upon their regard. 
He is also the Village Attorney for Kssexvillc, to 
wliicli position he >vas aiipuinted in JMay, 18'.)(l, 
and wiiich he has since ably lilled. 




EAXDER SIMONEAU, who is now Justice 
of the Peace at Saginaw, located here in 
^ December, 1864, and engaged in the drug 
business when there were only live drug stores in 
the city. In this he continued until 1883, at which 
time he sold out the business. In 18();( he was 
made a member of the School IJoard and in 1871 
was elected Mayor on the Democratic ticket. Since 
that time he has served seven years as Alderman 
and has twice been made candidate for the mayor- 
ality, in 1882 being considered the strongest man 
who could be put up by his party. He was suc- 
cessful in the .second campaign and i-n the same 
year was elected Register of J)eeds and re-elected 
to his second term in 1881, and filled both ofHces 
with satisfaction to the people. He was re-elected 
to the (jllice of mayor with a largely Increased ma- 
jority, and in 1888 became Justice of the Peace. 
]'>esides his official duties he has done a general 
real estate business and Ikis h.iiidled much property 
besides building the block at the corner of (ienesee 
and Jefferson .Streets and other business buildings. 
Mr. Siinoneau was born at St. Nicholas, (Jiicbec, 
February 5, 1834, and is a son of Leon and Celeste 
(l)eiiiers) Simoneau, natives of Canada and of 
French parentage. 'J he lather and our subject 



came to Detroit in 183(). The former w.as a black- 
smith, and died in Det]-oit;in 18 Id, after which our 
subject remained with his mother until he reached 
the age of thirteen, when he engaged as a cabin 
boy on a sailing vessel, continuing upon the lakes 
for many years. In 18,')3 he bought an interest in 
a small vessel, of which he became Master, but in 
18r)4 sold that vessel, and in compan\- with Dr. 
(Jeorge I?. Russell, built a schooner, the •'Hercules," 
costing some •*l(),(l()(l. Cpon this he became 
^faster, and for three years carried on a trade uixm 
the lake mostly in lumber and coal. In 18.")7 he 
sold his vessels and became a partner with his 
brother, Henry Simoneau, in the drug business at 
Detroit, remaining with him for live years. 

Mr. Simoneau had become so much of a lover 
of the water that he was not content in so quiet a 
field as the drug business, and he finally bought 
the schooner "Enterprise," and engaged in sailing 
that and the "Darieii," and in 18()4 sold them and 
bought the brig "lilair" and the schooner "Poland," 
but in the fall decided to leave the lake, and, 
selling these vessels, came to Saginaw. He looks 
back with pleasure to those days, and can recount 
many thrilling incidents of adventure. His mar- 
riiige in January, 18;")."), at Detroit, united with 
him Miss Zoe Tourangeaii, of Sandwich, Canada, 
who died in 1866, after coming to Saginaw, and 
he was again married January 11, 187!), to Miss 
Victorine Ducharme, of Lancaster, Canada. 

The children of the first marriage are: Matilda, 
Mrs. W. C. Genu, of S.'igiiiavv; Louise, who married 
William Thompson, of Saginiiw; Laura, who is 
thi' wife of Arthur D. Eddy, of the same citj'; 
Richard F., who is in the drug trade, and three 
children who died in infancy. The children of 
the second marriage are: Hortense, Alice and 
Estella, all of whom are still school children, and 
are being trained in the princii)les of the Roman 
Catholic Church, to which their parents belong. 

During the first term of Mr. Simoneau's in- 
cumbency of the office of Ma_vor, the water works 
of the city wer? established. A committee of citi- 
zens examined the various plans and adopted the 
Ilolley system, largely through his influence, as he 
was intelligent on the subject and knew its value. 
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and as his credit was impaired, he found it nec- 
essary to nialvc an assignment, not being al)le at that 
time to carry real estate, \vliicli lias since sold for 
more tlian double what it was then i-ated. Like 
all cities, Siiginaw has liad its periods of depres- 
sions, wliieh have worked to the disadvantage of 
such of its citizens as had invested too largel}' on 
their faith in its possibilities, but it is now again 
at tlie front. 



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ILTON IIADSALL. This enterprising 
farmer of Birch Run Township, Saginaw 
County, is a native of Luzerne County, 
Pa., and was born IMay 19, 1833. He is a 
son of Edward and Jane (Dyniond) Hadsall, botli 
natives of the Keystone State, and now residents 
of Livingston County, Mich. In his native State 
he received his early training and there he grew 
to manhood. Nothing more than a common school 
education was witliin the reach of his parents but 
they gave to this son the best opportunities which 
they could secure. From his early youth he found 
it necessary to assist in the conduct of farm affairs 
and he early learned all the practical details of 
farm work. His love for learning has made him a 
lifelong reader and he has thus gained much which 
he necessarily sacrificed when a boy on account of 
lack of advantages. 

It was in 1857 tliat our suliject migrated from 
Pennsylvania to Micliigan and settled in Livings- 
ton County. He had been preceded hilher by 
by his parents the previous year and came upon 
their recommendations of the new country in which 
they thought tliey saw great possibilities ahead 
for their son. In tlie fall of 1859 he came to 
Saginaw County and made his home here until ho 
left home to enter the arm}'. 

The young man enlisted August 8, 1862 in 
Company B, Twenty-third INIichigan Infantry 
which was attached to the army of the Cumber 
land. He fought in the battle of Buzzard's Roost 
and took part in the siege of Knoxville. and went 
as far as Atlanta witli Sherman's army, being a 
participant in that campaign, and lieing under fire 



through all that terrible period of more than one 
hundred days while the army moved down the 
State Road. Ho also took jiart in the siege at 
Nashville, the battle of Franklin and that of Spring 
Hill. In the division to which he belonged he was 
sent to North Carolina, and was there taken sick so 
that he had to be sent to the iiospital and finally 
received his honorable discharge in IMay, 18(55, 
after which he returned to Michigan. He now re- 
ceives a pension of 18 per niduth from a grateful 
country. 

The first marriage of Mr. Hadsall which took 
place November 7, 1858, united him with Leora 
(iray. One of her sons has died and the other, 
Miles, is still living, and is now a young man of 
thirty-two years. By his second marriage, which oc- 
curred April 11, 1875, he took to wife I\Irs. Helen 
Diramick. She was the widow of B. Franklin 
Dimmick who was killed in a mill in Luzerne 
County, Pa.,where they resided on the 2d of Decem- 
ber, 1861. His political convictions have brought 
him into active co-operation with the Republican 
party and his enterprise and spirit make him active 
in promoting all movements designed to build up 
the township and county. He has served as School 
Treasurer of his district and is well known for his 
stanch integrity and thorough reliability. 






f].^^ ORACE A. PACAl^D, of Bay City, is one 
I) of the most prominent, enterprising and 
successful business men of the Saginaw Val- 
ley. He was born in Three Rivers, a Prov- 
ince of (Jueliec, August 7, 1852, and was educated 
at Nicolet's College in Nicolet, Province of (Jue- 
bec. When he had scarcely attained the age of 
twenty he was at the head of a large and prosper- 
ous wliolesalc and retail Hour estalilishmcnt in 
Arthabaska. But the spirit of activity within him 
made him seek for a broader field. Although a 
Canadian by liirth, he was an American in the pos- 
session of keenest enterprise and most stirring fac- 
ulties of mind, and it was therefore natural that he 
should seek this great country of ours, to give full 
sway to his energies and business abilities. 



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Bay City was, at that time (1872), enjoying the 
full glory of its l)ii»ht future and its fame brought 
this wide-awake Canadian in its midst. Jlr. 
Pacaud was not long in perceiving that a broad 1 
tield was open here for the successful career of a i 
French newspai)er and accordingly he at once 
started tiie publication of Le Patriate, which 
soon became the jiowerful standard bearer of the 
public opinifnis of liis coniiiatriots throughout I 
Michigan and one <if the most successful financial 
newspapers on the Cdiitiiient. liut the many du- 
ties of an editor and business manager of a news- i 
paper were powerless to satisfy the burning ac- 
tivity of our subject and he soon started a personal 
security bank and a real-estate office in conjunc- 
tion with his newspaper. 

Such an active, intelligent and successful busi- 
ness man was necessarily an important factor in 
politics, and after having been honored by the 
popular vote with ditTerent oflices of public trust, he 
received in 188G the unanimous vote of the demo- 
cratic convention for the .State Legislature. Hu- 
man nature could not sustain such an active life, 
and in 18'J0 ilr. Pacaud was compelled to sell his 
newspaper, suspend his othei' business temijorarily 
and seek recreation from business cares. With his 
family he made a tour of the United States and 
enjoyed a pleasant release from former caies. In 
1891 he returned home, reopening his personal 
security bank and real-estate business witii more 
activity than ever, and to-d.ay is considered, liuan- 
cially speaking, one of the solid men of Bay City. 
Mr. Pacaud belongs to one of the leading and 
most highly connected families in Canada. He is 
the son of Philippe Napoleon Pacaud, whoso power- 
fully seconded Pajjineau in I8.'17-38 by putting 
his life and immense wealth at the service of the 
great cause of his countrymen. His distinguished 
life was eloquently written b}- that crowned littera- 
teur of the French Academy, Louis Frechette. Our 
subject is one of five brotlicrs — Aurele, publislier 
of Le Proyres, of Windsor, Ontario and attache of 
the Seventh Division Court; Ernest, attorney- 
at-law and jjolitical director of L' Elecleur. orgau- 
in-chief of the Liberal party in the Province of 
Quebec; Auguste, Revising Barrister for the Do- 
minion Government; and Caspaid, editor of Le 



Progres, of Windsor, Ontario, and who at the age 
of twenty-seven years, was rejjresenting the large 
and im|)ortant constituency of North Essex in the 
Parliament of the Province of Ontario. 

The marriage of Horace Pacaud and Miss Aggie, 
daughter of .1. Trombley, an old settler and 
esteemed citizen of Bay City, took \>]:\vv in 1883, 
and they are the parents of four children — Ed- 
ward, Blanclie, August and Corrine. Their elegant 
and cozy home at No. 18"2'2 Woodside Avenue is 
the center of a gracious and hospitable life and the 
scene of true culture and rctineinent. The family 
is connected with the St. .loseph Catholic Church. 



; SAAC E. KAND.VLL, M. 1).. is one of the old- 
I est among the leading medical practitioners 
1 in AVest Bay City. He was born in Luzerne. 
Warren County, N. Y.. .Tuly 7, 184.0. His father, 
Orson Kandall, was a native of the same place. 
His paternal grandfather, Isaac, was of English de- 
scent but w.as liorn in Massachusetts and removed 
to Luzerne when a young man. He was many 
years associated with his son Orson in extensive 
lumbering operations and employed large numbers 
of men. Tliey were both strong Democrats and 
took an active interest in the political ([uestions of 
the day. 

Sophronia F., the wife of Orson Handall, and 
mother of Isaac E.,was the daughter of I ra Esty, and 
w,as born in Essex County, N. Y. Her father was a 
native of Vermont and belonged to an old New 
England family which is well known throughout 
the (ireen Mountain State. Isa.ac E. spent his 
early years in the home of his father in Warren 
and Saratoga Counties and received his i)reliininary 
education in the schools of those counties from i)ri- 
vate tutors and at the McLaren Mathematical and 
Classical School at Sandy Hill. Washington ('(uinty, 
N. Y. 

In l.s(i-2(>ur subject commenced the study of 
medicine in the ottice of Dr. Darius Scofield at 
Corinth, Saratoga County, N. Y., and attended his 
first course of medical lectures at the Albany "Med- 
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he continued his studies for aiidlher year in the 
office of Dr. T. B. Reynolds, of Saratoga Springs, 
N. Y., his former preceptor. Dr. Soolield, having 
entered tlie army. Jn the aiitunin of lH(i4 he en- 
tered the United States General Hospital, No. ;3, at 
Vickslnirg, INIiss., of which Dr. Scotield was surgeon 
in charge. He was assigned to duty as acting as- 
sistant surgeon and was thus engaged for several 
months at the same time keeping up his studies in 
medicine. 

The clinical advantages which our subject en- 
joyed, with the unlimited opportunities for autop- 
sies and dissections, were very valuable to him in 
fitting him for liis chosen jirofession. Not being a 
graduate in medicine he could not lie commissioned 
luit was appointed Hospital Steward l)v .Vdjutant- 
General Thomas, and .assigned to the Forty-sixth 
United States Colored Infantry where he was on 
duty much of his time as assistant surgeon as well 
as hospital steward. lie joined the Forty -sixth at 
Memphis, Tenn., and a few weeks later acccompan- 
ied the regiment to New Orleans, where it was 
stationed when Ft. Blakesly, near Mobile, was 
taken by tlie Union forces. After that battle 
many of the wounded were sent to the New Or- 
leans hosjiitals. 

When the news arrived that President Lincoln 
had been assassinated, Dr. Randall was in New Or- 
leans and witnessed manj* of the exciting inci- 
dents of that day. Several hot-headed individuals 
were shot down by excited Union soldiers for 
openly expressing their pleasure at the death of the 
President. In Jlay, IfiGo, the Forty-sixth was or- 
dered to Texas where it was stationed for a few 
months at Brazos Island at the mouth of the Rio 
Grande River. The only drinking water available 
at that place was condensed steam from sea water, 
which was quite brackish and disagreeable to taste. 
This with a scarcity of vegetables soon produced 
scurvy among the troops. 

The last engagement of the war took place May 
13, 18(J5, at Palmetto Ranch, near Brownsville, 
Tex., which is about thirty miles from Brazos Isl- 
and up the Rio Grande, opposite the old IMcxican 
town of Matamoras. Col. Barrett, an inexper- 
ienced officer, who was in command of the troops 
on Brazos Island, learning that Brownsville was 



occupied by a small force of Confederate troops, 
decided to drive them out. He started with the 
Forty-sixth and Fifty-seventh United States Col- 
ored Infantry and the 'I'hirty-fonrth Indiana In- 
fantry on tlie morning of May 1:5, with that lauda- 
ble jmrpose in view. When he had advanced as 
Palmetto Ranch he w.as met b^^ about two hundred 
Confederates, who, learning of his appioach, 
marched out to meet him with an old cannon. 
They opened fire with their old field [liece which 
so shattered the nerves of Col. liarrett that he at 
once ordered a retreat. He was afterward court- 
martialed for ordering two thousand men to re- 
treat before less than two hundred of the enemy. 
Dr. Randall remained on duty with the Foi'ty- 
sixth United States Colored Infantry during the 
summer of J H6;5 and the following autumn and 
early winter. Having liut little to do in those 
last days of the war when troops were waiting in 
camp for negotiations to teriniuate, he improved 
the time by keeping up his medical studies. In 
.January, ISOfi, he accompanied the regiment to 
Little Rock, Ark., where all were mustered out and 
discharged from service. Soon after his return to 
his native State he entered the .VIbany ^Medical 
College to com[)lete his medical course and was 
graduated from that institution in December, 
1866. 

In .January, 1867, the Doctor came to Bay 
County and located in AVenona, now AVest Bay 
City, where he has remained continuously in the 
active [iraetice of his profession up to the present 
time (18'.)2), except one year when he attended 
Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York, 
from which he w!is graduated in the Class of '73. 
In Octolier 1861), the Doctor was married to IMi.ss 
Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Rev. Donald P.. 
Campbell, a Presbyterian clergyman. ]Mr. Camp- 
bell and Ills wife were natives of Scotland, both 
having lieen boin in Invi'rness. Airs. Randall was 
born in Michigan and is the mother of four chil- 
(^len — three sons and one daughter, all of whom 
are living. 

Politically Dr. Randall is in sympathy with the 
Republican party luit he h.as always insisted in 
voting for the candidate whom he believed would 
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He has never consented to liolil public office ex- 
cept that of Health Ofliccr on three or four occa- 
sions, his time and attention being devoted en- 
tirely to his profession. lie is a member of the 
County, State and American Medical Associations. 
He has invested successfully in real estate and 
some local enterprises and is one of the most relia- 
ble and respected citizens of West Ba}' City. 



I^N AVID B. ALGER, who is the Justice of 
I ])] the Pe.ace and a well-known citizen of 
(^Jj^ Birch' Run Township, makes his home on 
section 22. lie is a native son of Michi- 
gan, and was born in Genesee County, October 2, 
1845, but has made his home in Saginaw County 
since 1853. His parents, George W. and Arzina 
(Allen) Alger, were natives of the Empire State, 
and the fatiier came to Michigan in 1831, being 
then only ten j'cars old, and when he grew to 
manhood he made his permanent home in Genesee 
County, in what is now Burton Township. 

Our subject is the eldest son in his father's 
family, and was only eight 3'ears old when his 
parents, in 1853, removed to Saginaw County, 
where they made their home in the woods on sec- 
tion 23, of Birch Run Township. His father died 
in the service of his country during the Civil War, 
having been a member of the Twenty-third Michi- 
gan Infantry. The son received his education in 
the primitive schools of his native county, and of 
this county after coming here, and although the 
course was limited and he was not given as pro- 
longed a time of study as he desired, he availed 
himself heartily of such opportunities as were his, 
and laid a good foundation for future study and 
reseai'ch. 

This young man, like his father, felt the call of 
patriotic duty, and enlisted in the service of his 
country. In August, 1861, he joined Company 
C, Fifth Michigan Infantry, wliich became a part 
of the Army of tiic Potomac, lie was not 3-et six- 
teen years old whcu lie took tliis important step, 
but he was as dclcnnincd in his purpose to help 



niMintnin the honor of the old flag as though he 
were a man of mature veal's. lie was in active 
duty through most of his term of service, and was 
at the front during a gieater portion of the time, 
lie received his honorable discharge in .luiic, 1862, 
after which he returned to this county and re- 
sumed liis life-long occupation as a fanner. 

Immediately after the son's return the father 
joined the army, leaving the family in charge of 
joung DavicI, and as according to our previous 
statement, the father never returned to resume his 
home responsibilities, this young m.an was consid- 
ered as the head of the family as long as it held 
together. 

The inarriage t>f our subject with Carrie E., 
daughter of Laxorius and Mary (Barrett) Gray, ■ 
took place March 31, 1867. and by their union 
there were born two sons, George L. and Francis 
\{. In 1 869 he settled on his present faim, where 
he has resided most of the time since that date. 
He owns two hundred and twenty acres of land, 
which he has gained by lus own efforts and enter- 
prise. 

The doctrines of the Kepulilican party are 
heartily endorsed by Mr. Alger, and he is a mem- 
ber of the Wallace Bowns Post, 'So. 190, G. A. R. 
He has served as Drainage Commissioner, also 
as Justice of the Peace, in which office he is 
still officiating. In the fall of 1890 Ui: Alger was 
nominated for State Senator by the Republican 
party, and ran against Chauncy Wisner, of Sag- 
inaw. The district is largely Democratic, and 
although Mr. Alger was not elected, he has the sat- 
isfaction of knowing he very much reduced the 
usuMi Denioeiatie innioritv. 



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<^ l^,ALTEH T. FISH. We have here one of 
\rJ// the prominent contractors and builders 
*^7^ of B.ay City, who is engaged also in the 
manufacture of screens, doors, blinds, cisterns and 
clothes reels. He was born in the Isle of Wight, 
Great Britain, May 15, 1858, and his father, 
George W. Fish, was born and reared in London, 
England, where he w:iti a 'painter and sign-writer. 



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but later he located on the Isle of "Wiglit. After- 
ward he returned to London, and in l.'sCd be came 
to America with his wife and five ehildron. locat- 
ing first in Hamilton, Canada, wiiere he enga>^ed 
in carrying on his trade. He subsequently went 
to Norfolk County, wbere be spent most u{ bis 
time in workino at liis trade. Few men ciuld 
compete with him in tlie painting of signs, which 
was his specialty, and in oiigiuality of desiiin and 
execution he w.as an expert. 

While residing in Simcoe tlie elder I\[r. Fish tin 
ished the painting of the large and magnificent 
carriage in which (^ueen A'ictoria rode when cm 
her visit to that point. It was the most magnifi- 
cent vehicle ever seen there, and tiie work be put 
upon it occupied iiim for tliree months. His later 
days wore passed at Koundeau, Essex County, 
Canada, where he died* in November, 1890. In 
his political views he was a Reformer, and in his 
cliurch connection an E|)isc()i)alian. His good 
wife, Eliza, was born in London, England, and 
they were married in Stepney Church, tlie oldest 
cburcli in London. Slie died in 1877. Slie was 
the motiier of tliirteen children, ail of xvbdm 
reached years of maturity, and all are living but 
one. 

The earliest recollections of our subject are of 
Hamilton, Canada, wiiere he lived until they re- 
moved to the farm in Norfolk County, and tiiere 
he attended the dislrict scliuol. Later be studied 
at the Port Rowan Academy for one year, and in 
1873, wlien lie was fifteen years old, lie came to 
Michigan and was apprenticed to learn tlie cabinet 
maker's trade. He was in a shop there for a year, 
and then removed to Detroit, where he worked at 
tlie same trade. 

It was in 187(5 that Walter T. Fi>b came to Bay 
City, and he here engaged in tbe calunet-maker's 
trade, working fi.ir JMr. Buckiiigliam. Eighteen 
inonl.bs later be returned to Canada, where be 
worked at his trade at St. Williams for a year and 
a half, after which he returned to l>ay City, which 
has since been his home. He was in theemphy of 
Mr. Buckingham all the time after bis return until 
1884, when he opened up a business of bis own. 

Mr. I'ish purchased the place which he now oc- 
cupies (Buckingham's old stand), and there he 



continued what is now the oldest cabinet business 
in the city. He is tbe most extensive manufac- 
turer of screens in the \'alley, and be takes many 
contracts for |iuttiiig up buildings and transacting 
jobbing. His place of bnsine.-s is at No. 411 
AVashington Avenue, and bis home at No. 417 
North Monroe Street. 

The marriage of Mr. I'"j.sli took place in Bay 
City November .">, 1881. and his bride was AUie S. 
(Jreen, a native of Saginaw. One child has blessed 
this union, to whom they have given the name of 
]\Iargretta. 

This gentleman belongs to the Ancient Order of 
United Workmen, and in bis [lolitical preferences 
is a pronounced Republican. 



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vILLIAM ]\IOLL. This representative of 
AX,/, tlie higher class of (ierman citizens had 
\/V/ the educational training and development 
affoided liy the lilieial (ierman Universities. His 
jiarents were people of wealth and lavished upon 
bis educjitiou — both literary and musical— ever3' 
adv.antage possible. He w.as a man of fine sensibili- 
ties, the soul of honor, and in his dealings with 
his fellow-men used no deception but "wore his 
heart in his sleeve." 

Mr. Moll loved home and was never so happy as 
when in the bosom of his family. Ilis daughter 
w.as idolized and to her liegave iiiiieh of his ]iersoiial 
attention. She inherited his own high musical 
talent and he devoted his energies to cultiwatino- 
that talent with iiinrUed success. His was a master 
touch at the key board and his soul was wrapjied 
up in tbe fine c unpositiousof Liszt, Strauss, Mozart, 
and his rendition of their niastci pieces was conspic- 
uous with delicacy and feeling. His was a line 
nature and took no [iride in outward displav, but 
sought the companionship of those minds that 
could, like bis. appreciate the beauty of nature and 
comprehend the grandeur and mercy of the Most 
High. 

A native of fJermany, 5Ir. j\Ioil was horn in 
Bavaria, October 11, 1829, and died March 12, 



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188.'?. Tie accompanied his parents, Andreas and 
Christ l.-nia Moll, to Detroit when he wa.s seA'enteen, 
and from that city came to Frankenlust .as soon as 
the fatlier recovered from a severe illness. Soon 
afterward tie came to Flint and onff.aged as book- 
keeper ifi a dry-goods house, continuing in that 
way until he came to Saginaw in 185.3. Hero lio 
filled the position of l)ook-keeper for a prominent 
firm until 1858, when lie was elected on the Re- 
publican ticket to the office of County Clerk. He 
was a fine penman and an expert accountant .and 
filled his position so satisfactorily that he was re- 
elected the following term. 

In 180.3, Mr. Moll was a|)pointed Postmaster to 
succeed .lay Smith, with whom he became connected 
in the mercantile business. AVhen Andrew John- 
son became President, our subject resigned his 
position as Postmaster, 1ml remained in business 
for some years thereafter. He erected the Moll 
Block on the corner of Court and Hamilton Ave- 
nues, at a cost of $20,000, and was remarkably 
successful both as a wholesale and retail merchant, 
carrying a stock valued at $20,000 and remaining 
in the business until his death. He was by far the 
most prominent merchant in the Saginaw Valley, 
and carried the largest and most complete stock of 
goods of any dealer in this section of county. 

Mr. Moll was a member of the Teutonic Society 
and was for fifteen years organ j.st in St. .lohn's 
Episcopal Church, being well known as a musician 
and composer. He was a. life-long member of the 
Lutheran Church, and a consistent Christian. He 
was married .hine 1 '), 18.')4, in Pontine, to Hester 
A. Rogers, a native of Oiiio and the daughter of 
II. T. and Saraii Rogers, natives of Pennsylvania. 
Their family com|iiised the following children — 
Hattie C.. Charles Alfred, William Conrad, .lane, 
who died in iiifuiic\- Mml Ktliic, who died when two 
years old. 

The funeral services of Mr. Moll were held at 
St. John's Chapel and were attended m a body by 
the Teutonic Society of which he was a member. 
Many tributes of respect .and love were paid to his 
memory, and among others was a beautiful verse 
written by John D. Williams and att.ached to a 
wreath of immortelles. Mr. Moll was a m.an of ro- 
bust form, niodium height, and his kind eyes ever 



beamed with !o\-e and sympnlhy. ,\ beautiful life 
size portrait of him graces the parlor of the Moll 
homestead, the work of one of tlie licst .artists and 
highly prized by the family. 



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/^\ IIAHLES S. lUTTLK. the popular and .ac- 
(l( p commodating .agent for the Cincinnati, S.ag- 
^!ii^' inaw tt Mackinaw Railroad at West Bay 
City, is a gentleman who is greatly respected by 
all who know hiui. lie is well informed on all 
questions of tlie day and is particularly intelligent 
in regard all railroad matters, being familiar with 
every city and \illage in Michigan, and thus is of 
great value to the company. 

The gentleman of whom we write was l)orn at 
(Tananoque, Thousand Isles, Ontario, July 2(5, 18.57. 
He isason of .lolin Huttle, whose i)l.ace of nativity 
was Ireland. The father w.as brought to America 
by his. (larents when fourteen years of age and lo- 
cated in Canada where he grew to manhood and 
became 'a successful farmer. Me was Magistrate 
in 1870 and passed from this life in August, 1883, 
when seventy-three years of age. Politically he 
was very conservative and in religious matters was 
an active member of the Episcopal Church. 

The mother of our subject was a native of Ire- 
land and w.as known in her maidenliood .as Miss 
Mary Kilpatrick. She was brought by her parents 
when a child to Canada where she now resides with 
the youngest son at the .age of seventy-four years. 
She became the mother of six children, all of whom 
with one exception .arc now living. Charles S. was 
given good school advantages, his commf)n-scliool 
education being supplemented by attendance at the 
High School in (i.manoque, from which he was 
graduated when sixteen years of .age. 

When deciding to take up a life work for him- 
.self Mr. Ruttle learned the art of telegraphy, work- 
ing for three moiitlis in (Jananoque when he was 
offered the position of operator and assistant ticket 
agent at that pl.ace, receiving as remuneration for 
his services ninety-flve cents per day and where he 
remained for one and one-half years. In 1879 he 
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operator at Wayne Junction for the Klint & Pere ' 
Marquette Railroad. He soon after took a position 
witli tlie Grand Haven & iVIillwaukee Railroad at 
Pontiac as operator, only remaining; six months 
when he took charge of the fieiiiht otHee at tiiat 
place. In 11S83 he was called honu' liy the death 
of his father, but after remainin,<>' there a short 
time he was given charge of the station at Royal 
()ak, Oakland County, this State, and finni that 
place went to Detroit where for two years lie was 
assistant ticket agent, then he went to Greenville 
for three years. 

September 10, 18S»1. Charles S. Ruttle came to 
BayC'itv and accepted his present position a.s agent. 
He is engaged to some extent in the real-estate 
business, owniug some fine property in Highland 
Park, Detroit. He took unto himself a wife and 
helpmate in the person of Miss Ella Hickey, their 
marriage being solemnized at Royal Oak, this State, 
in August, 1884. Mrs. Ruttle was horn in Royal 
Oak, in September, 1868, and is the daughter of 
Humphrey and Harriet Hickey, the father being a 
retired farmer and well-to-do in this world's goods. 
To Mr. and Mrs. Ruttle have been born one ciiild, 
a son, Charles H., his birth having occurred in Au- 
gust, 1886. 

Our subject has taken a prominent plaeeiii social 
orders and is identified with the Independent Order 
of Odd Kellows, is a Free and Accepted Mason,- a 
Royal Arch Mason and a Knight of Pythias. He 
is one of the organizers of the Saginaw ^"alley 
Railroad Agent's Association. Religiously, he is 
an Episcopalian. Personally, Mn Tuttle is a very 
genial gentleman and has hosts of warm friends 
throuohout Michigan. 






UILLIAM E. LARKIN, who is the manager 
and the secretary and treasurer of the 
\Vf^/ Stock Company of Stover, Larkin & Co., is 
one of the most prominent business men of South 
Bay City, full of enterprise and energy, and active 
in piomoting all movements looking to the pro- 
gress of the city. His father, John C. Larkin, was 
born m Detroit, May 13, 1838, and his grandfather, 



AVilliam, an Irishman by liirth, came to Aineriea 
alone at the age of twelve, and in time estalilished 
himself in the grocery business in Detroit, later 
becoming a vessel owner and afterward a farmer 
just outside the city limits. The father learned the 
trade of a machinist and served the Michigan Cen- 
tral at different times. In 1861 he located in Sag- 
inaw and afterward built up a grocery business at 
Zilwaukie. 

In 1886 the father of our subject located in 15ay 
City where he carried on tiie work of a machinist 
until 18i)(), since which h( has engaged in the sale 
of confectionery, cigars and tobacco in the rotunda 
of the Pha-nix Block. His wife, to whom he was 
married in Detroit, liore the maiden name of Mary 
Countess, and w.as born in England. She came to 
Detroit with her parents at the age ol lifteen, and 
is a devout member of the Episcopal Church. Of 
her eight children five are sf)ns and three ai'e 
daughters. 

Detroit is the native home of our subject, who 
was born December 16, 18.")9, and was educated in 
the East Saginaw High Sc^hool, after which he be- 
gan at the age of sixteen to "paddle his own canoe." 
He picked up the details of the lumber business 
and liegan .scaling logs at a salary of ^1(1(1 a month. 
He remained with Hamilton, McChire & Co., in 
Saginaw for five years, and became general man- 
.ager of their work, after which he entered the em- 
ploy of T. II. McGraw Si Co., of Bay City, remain- 
ing witii them for four years, in !««') liecoimng a 
partnei with Hose, Lewis A- Co, which firm en- 
gaged in general merchandise. 

One year later Air. Larkin sold his interest in 
this concern and started in tlie liaidware l)iisiness 
and the manufacture of copper, tin and sheet-iron 
ware under the firm name of W. E. Larkin A' Co. 
He also handled mill siip()lies, and with his part- 
ner, D. Atkins, carried on a successfuT business 
until the spring of 1.S88. 

At that time this linn and that of .lohnson iV Co. 
decided to consolidatt; their interests, and in con- 
junction with Mr. W. II. Miller and R. V. Muiiday 
organized a stock company to carvy on the .-^ame 
line of business with increased facilities, intending 
to build ui) an extensive trade and procure stock 
at the lowest market rates. This company, which 



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lias tliiis far liarl a career of success anri prosperity, 
lias for its executive oHicers, R. V. Muiulay, Fres- 
ifk'ut; F. II.Stover,Vicc Presidcut, and our subject 
as Secretary and Treasurer, and business is done 
undei- the firm name of Stover, Larkin ct Co. In 
their lai'ge double store, whicli measures jOxlOO 
feet, tliey are canyinjj on an extensive wholesale 
and retail trade. The store and its furnishings are 
complete and commodious, affording ample accom- 
modations for tlie display, sale and storage of stock 
and the transaction of business. Large invoices 
of till, copper and slieet-iron ware are manufac- 
tured by them for the trade, and their stock in- 
cludes every descri|)tion of hardware and cutlery, 
stoves, tin-ware, paints, oils, glass, putty, agricul- 
tural implements, builders" iiardware, etc. They are 
al.so the agents of prominent manufactories for mill 
supplies and in this department, as in every one, 
they are making a great success of their work. 

Our subject was married in Bay City in 18X1 to 
Miss C. A. Swimm, a native of Chesaning. Saginaw 
County, and she is the mother of one child — Ray. 
The political views of Mr. Larkin liring him into 
heartj' CO operation with the Republican party and 
he is frequently a delegate to county and Slate 
conventions. He is connected with the Ma.souic 
Temple Association and is Past Master of tlie Ma- 
sonic Lodge. lie belongs to the Odd Fellows and 
also to the Council and the Koval Arch INIasons. 



■^^^^^ORMAX li. SWAKTHOI'T. He wlio.-e naiiie 
is quoted above is one of the eldest resi- 
iL\ dents of Saginaw Couuti,-. He was born 
on section 20, Saginaw Townshi|), November 1;5, 
1837, and has been an eye witness of the i)lu'nom- 
enal growth of this locality during the years that 
have since elapsed. His father, Anthony R. Swar- 
thout, may lie regarded as one of the heralds of the 
prosperous jieriod which has come to this locality, 
for be was one of the first men to penetrate the 
woods and here make a settlement. He was born 
near Seneca Lake. Steuben Count v,N. Y.. in 17',»(), 



and was a son of Ralph Swarthout, a native of 
Pennsylvania. The Swarthout family came to 
America fidin Holland iu Colonial times. 

Our subject's father was a farmer by calling and 
early in tlie '2(is he made settlement in Wa>hteuaw 
County, ^Iich.,aiid cleared up a farm. He moved 
his family to Saginaw County, Saginaw Township, 
in 18.'i.j, coming hither by wagon and consuming 
two days in traversing the distance from Flint to 
Saginaw, for he had to chop out a road in some 
places. They camped out in the woods over night 
keeping a blazing fire to frighten away the wolves 
and other denizens of the forest. On reaching the 
Saginaw River where East Saginaw now stands he 
had to transport the family in light canoes and the 
wagon in like manner after taking it to pieces. 

After taking up a tract of Government land 
in Saginaw Township our subject's father, Capt. 
Swarthout as he was called, for he had been a 
Captain in the Black Hawk War, set himself 
vigxirously to improving the same. They erected 
a log cabin and trapped during the winters and 
farmed during the summer. He made consid- 
eralile money b\ trapping and hunting and used 
a dead-fall trap of his own invention. He caught 
considerable mink, marten, bear, etc., and at one 
time caught twenty-five wolves by using the bait 
of the carcass of a cow. He used every opportunity 
in increasing the family exchequer and made many 
shifts in those days of early settlement, frequently 
grinding corn and wheat for baking in a coffee mill. 
He ha5 prospered, however, and at his decease 
owned a comfortajjle farm. He was a Democrat in 
politics and was honored bv being elected to sev- 
eral township ollices. He held the office of Town- 
ship Clerk for twenty years. 

Capt. Swarthout died at the age of eighty-four 
years. Our subject's mother, whose maiden name 
was Hannah Rose, was a native of New York and 
born in 1798; she bore her husband thirteen chil- 
dren, ten of whom lived to be grown. She was a 
brave-heartedj true and kind woman, and was much 
loved throughout the locality. She was a Meth- 
odist of the old-fashioned type, and her home was 
ever open to the itinerant preacher and her board 
spread with the best that the house afforded. She 
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she and her husband were tenderly laid away in 
what IS known as Pine Hill Cemetery, hut wliicli 
was a part of tlieir original farm. 

As a child our subject's playmate-^ outside <(f liis 
own family were the Indian eliildren, from whom 
he learned many a secret of woodcraft, besides their 
language. It was an Indian custom that a stick 
leaned against a door meant that there was no ad- 
mittance for the stranger, and our subject's mother, 
who was often afraid of her dusky visitors, on see- 
ing a drunken buck come toward the house would 
hasten to set up that signal which their crude sense 
of courtesy would not allow them to violate. The 
lad attended school under the rate-bill system. It 
was then dittievdt to procure a teacher wlii> would 
give her services for the small sum they could af- 
ford. The school was usually held not more than 
three months of the year. Aside from the neces- 
sary work of the farm Norman was engaged in 
hunting and added considerable to the family sup- 
port in this way. It was the boy's duty to skin the 
the game that their father trapped, which was very 
unpleasant to our subject and against which he 
protested. 

Our subject's father gave him thirty acres of land 
in consideration of his remaining at home untd 
tweiitv-five j-ears of age. September 25, 1862, 
Norman .Swarthout was married to Elizabeth Clay- 
ton — an English lady. This marriage resulted in 
the birth of- two children — Fletcher .1. and Eliza- 
beth H. Mrs. Elizabeth Swarthout died three years 
later, and in 1868 our subject was again married 
to Hattie Benson, a native of Thomastown Town- 
ship, Saginaw County, and born in 1837. Her father, 
John Benson, an old pioneer of this locality, still 
survives at the age of four-score 3'ears, and appar- 
rently with the vigor of youth. By his present 
marriage our subject is the father of three children, 
two of whom are living — (Gertie and Clara. Eva 
is deceased; she was the wife of J. Robisoii and 
the mother of three children, two sons and a daugh- 
ter. The latter was taken when only five days old, 
at the death of its mother, l\v our subject and Ids 
wife; it is now thirteen months old and is named 
Hazel Robison. Gertie is the wife of Edward 
Bishop. 

Mr. Swarthout is the owner of sixty acres of land 



on section 20, all of which is under cultivation. 
He here devotes himself to mixed far.i ing. The 
home is a pleasant frame dwelling which was 
erected in 1«88. He has also excellent barns. Roth 
he and his wife arc Presbyterians. Our subject has 
witnessed the growth of the city of Saginaw from 
an Indian trading post of only two houses to its 
present magniflcent state of civilization, with its 
scores of mills and factories and many miles of 
electric street railroad. 

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■p^ RANK .lEFFREV, foreman of tlie joiners' 
■^jfe department of F. W, Wheeler's ship yards, 
i is an enterprising and sagacious mechanic, 

lie is one of eight children liorn to William and 
Ann (Brown) .Jeffrey, opening his eyes to the light 
in Aberdeen, Scotland, October 28, 1860. The par- 
ents were botii natives of Scotland and spent their 
last d.ays there. He received but a meager educa- 
tion and at tlie early age of fourteen was appren- 
ticed to learn the cabinetmaker's trade in an ex- 
tensive establishment, remaining for four years. 
In 1879 lie worked at his trade in Loudon, Eng- 
land, in several dilTerent establishments and two 
years later .sailed for .\meriea. 

In the fall of 1881,Fiank -Jeffrey landed in New- 
York City. He worked at his trade there until 
1883, when he came to Bay City and worked at 
the carpenter's trade for different contractors. 

In 188;'), .Air. Jeffrey entered the emi)loy of Mr. 
Wheeler, as a joiner and boat-maker and two years 
later took charge of the joiners' department and 
now oversees eve^'ything connected with that de- 
partment from the beginning to the finishing of the 
vessels. In 1891 he introduced into the shoii fine 
fixtures for the manufacture of show eases and 
store fixtures. He superintends that business also 
and will run the shop the year round. He will 
manufactme also a tine line of tables, making this 
a complete plant. It ls one of the finest manufac- 
tories of the kind in the \'alley and employs a large 
force of men. he having under his supervision 
from sixty to one hundred and fifty. 

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was united in nianinirp .Tnniiiiry 1.'). ls8<S, witli Mi^s 
Aii'ufic ('(>in!i:;in. a native of this fity, the ceremony 
lakinu' place at ttie iionie of the liiide"s |jaient)>. 
One child ha* l)een lioin unto them who bears the 
name of Lillie. Mr. .leffrcy is one of the leatlins 
members of the Ancient Older of Tnited Worlv- 
men, and in his jwlitics stands by the Ixepiibliean 
party untliiichiniflN'. This i>entleman and his esti- 
mal)le wife are attendants of the Presbyterian 
Church. In 1.S.S2 he visited liis old home in Scot- 
land, spendinii; about six months. 



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AHTIX MANNIOX. A mono- the citizens 
of Saginaw County who came here in 
poverty and liave now attained to pros- 
perily is the subject of this biojJiaphical 
notice, a successful fanner residing on section i*. 
Saainaw Township. Me was born JIarcli 9, 1846, 
in [icl.'ind. His father, who bore the same name 
as himself, was a native of the Emerald Isle, 
whence at an early day he emiiirated to America, 
settling in Living.ston County. X. Y.. and there 
opeiating a farm on the shares. He was a Demo- 
crat, and a memlier of the Catholic Church, in the 
faitli (if which he died at the age of sixty-two 
^■ears and >i.\ months. 

The family of which our subject is a member 
comi)rised the following children: Ella, Marv, 
llridget. I'aul, l''rank. I'atricU, .Martin and Thomas. 
■|"lie mother, llridget (Welch) Mannion. was a na- 
tive of Irel;uid, and came to Anieri< a in 1819. 
joining the husband and fatliei-, who had located 
in Livingston County, N. Y. In later life she 
came to JMichigan .and lived ncai' her sons, Frank 
and Martin, dying here when si.Kty-Hve years old. 
Her religious belief connected her with the Cath- 
olic Church. 

When aliout four years old our subject was 
brought to this country, where he grew to man- 
hood in New York. .Vfter the death of his father 
he was bound out to a cai riage-maker, with whom 
he reinained one and one-half years. His educa- 
tional advantages were very meager, and consisted 
of a limited knowledge of reading, writing and 



liguring. After leaving his place with the car- 
riage-maker he was coachman for a wealthy 
Scotchman in Livingston County, and found em- 
ployment at odd jobs until he came to Michigan 
in the fall of 18()2 and located at .Saginaw. 

So poor was ^Nlr. .Mannion at that time that he 
had only money enough to |)ay for his lodging 
one night at the hotel, and arising early in the 
morning he ])aid his last cent foi- his bed and left 
without breakfast in search of work. He secured 
employment on a salt block on the Cass IJiver, 
woi king three days in that way, but as the lal)or 
was too arducius for a boy of his strength, he was 
obliged to leave, receiving a compensation of ¥1 
for his services. X'ext he woiked in a lumber 
camp for A. W. Wright during the winter, and .se- 
cured a job of rafting logs down the river in the 
spring. He continued working in lumber cam))S 
during the winter and rafting logs on the river in 
the summer for a number of years. and also worked 
some in mills. 

Mr. Mannion was linally hired as foreman of a 
large- gang of men both in the woods and on the 
river, at a salary of ^1114 per month, and as he 
never undertook anything without a tirm deter- 
mination to succeed, it is not strange that pros- 
])erity crowned his efforts. Although his educa- 
tion was limited, he improved his spare moments 
and accpiired con,-.i<!erable skill in figures as well 
as a broad knowledge of men and things, lie first, 
bought twenty acres of land, which he sold and 
purchased forty acres. Afterward he .sold that 
jilace and bought the ])iece of land which forms a 
portion of his present farm, settling there in 1885. 

Ill 1878 Mr. Mannion formed a partnerslii|) 
with a neighbor. Francis Allen, with wluim he 
lumbered for nine years on the Notth IJranch of 
the Toliacto and Cedar Rivers. Upon locating on 
his farm he removed the stumps and then began 
to improve the land, until it now ranks among the 
finest places in the township. He owns one hun- 
dred and .seventy acres in one body, and one hun- 
dred and three and one-half acres in .lames Town- 
shi|>, from which he sold the timber, and could 
now sell the land for as much as he gave at first. 
He is the owner of forty acres iu St. Clair County, 
this State, from which he has sold the timber. 



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In 1868 Mr. Mannion was married to Ellen 
Eageii, a native of Shiawassee County, tliis State, 
and they are the parents of eight chihiren, namely : 
Ellen, Mary A., Fred. Martin, John, Frank. Martin 
and Will, the last named being twins. 

In connection with general farming, Mr. Jlan- 
nion conducts a dairy liusiiu'ss, keeping thirty or 
forty head of Durham and llolstein cows. He also 
has sqme tine Clydesdale horses and sheep. He 
liuilt his commodious frame I'esidence in 1885, and 
has also a first-class set of farm buildings, includ- 
ing a steam feed mill. He carries stock in the 
Commen ial Savings 15ank of Saginaw, and is in 
prosi)erous circumstances. His wife is a Catholic, 
but he is liberal in his religious belief, as well as 
his political attiliations. He believes in the prin- 
ciples of the Democratic party, but uniformly 
votes for the candidate whom he considers best 
fitted for the office in (piestion. 



-\jEUBEN W. RKEMAN. The Eminre State 

*( is worthy of its name, es|)ecially in sending 
*^ \\\ out from its boundarx' lines sons who have 
\@) made for tliemselves a name and position 
and have been working member,-, of society in the 
newer States. Our subject was born in Bradford, 
Steuben County, X. Y., .hily 23, 183G. He and 
his brother Sylvan us A. were .sons of George AV. 
and Sarah (Winget) Beenian. 

George W. Beeman was a son of SyU^anus Bee- 
man, a farmer of ]>itchfield, Conn. His wife,who was 
prior to her marriage Miss Rachel Smith, who reared 
five sons and four daughters. Sylvanus Beeman 
was a Democrat in polities and held several otiices 
under his party. After his marriage in Pennsyl- 
vania he went to Tompkins County, N. Y., thence 
to Steulien County, and died in iuie. Pa., in 1841, 
being then eighty-one years old. He was a son of 
Timothy Beeman, who was of good old Eng- 
lish stock, but who made a record as a loyal .Amer- 
ican citizen by his service in the I!evoUili(^n. 

Our sul)jeet's father w.as boiii Xovemlier 29, 
180y, in Tompkins County, N. Y. After spending 



thirty years in lumbering in thai State, where he 
was the owner of a tine f;\rm, he came to Jlichigan 
in 1857, and located .at Saginaw. The following 
year lie purchased one hundred and sixty acres of 
land which he cleared and im|)roved making it his 
home until the ilcalh of his wife in 1H7H, since 
which time he has been li\ing with his son, jJeuben 
W. lieeman. 

Sylvanus A. Beeman was born Feliruaiy 1'.), 
1834. He received his education at Alfred Col- 
lege and was in the Inited States service as a sol- 
dier thirteen years. He died .lunc 23, 1S7I. 

Reuben \V. Beeman came to Saginaw in IMoli 
In 1858 he jnirchased one hundred and sixty 
acres of land on section 3. located on Swan Creek, 
his purchase being made of Osawabon, chief of a 
band of Chi|)pewa I ndians. He has taken great 
pride in his f;irm. For llic past (Ifteen years he 
has made a specialty of raising Spanish !Mei'ino 
sheep and has one of theliest Hocks in the county. 
He has not been exempt from local otlicial duty, 
having served as Supervisor for fifteen or sixtten 
years. In politics he is a Democrat and socially a 
Mason. 

Mr. Beeman was married Mai eh 28, l.s(;(i. to 
Elizabeth, daughter of (Jecu'ge and Susannah 
(Miller) Judson, natives of Chemung Count\-. X. 
Y. Mrs. Beeman was born in Mund\', (Jencsee 
County, this State. Her family, who were farmers, 
came to Mii'higan .'diout 1.S32. Air. and Mrs. 
Beeman are the p;Heiits of three children — Carrie, 
wife of Fred B. Tvler: Sarah and Susannah. 



iiOBERT M. PIERCE is a real-estate dealer 
disposing of the Keystone lands in .\renac, 
Crawford, Ogemaw, and Iosco Counties and 
gives his entire attention to the sale of these 
lands. He is a native of Pennsylvania, having 
been born in I'iiiladclphin. .Vugnst 19, 1828. His 
father, Peter Biercc, was born in Boston, Mass.. and 
the grandfather, Erasmus, was also a native of 
Boston, but the great-griindfather was a native of 
England. The last-named came to this country 
with three brothers who settled in Massacliu.setts 



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and Couneetifut. Kiiisimis PuM-or; was a niamifao 
turer of candles and soap and died in Boston. 

The father of unr snhject was a sohlier in tlie 
AVar of 11S12, and was l)y ti'ade an unilirella and 
parasol-niaker. lie established the first nianufae- 
torv of this kind in the r)iited States, lie began 
in business at Daltimoie wiien at the age of nine- 
teen years but later reino\-ed to Philadelphia where 
he eontiniied in the nianufaetiiring business until 
he retired quite well-to-do. lie was a l)eliever in 
the Univer.salist doctrines but at the age of seventy- 
five he connected himself with the Episcoijal 
Churcli, in which faith he died at the venerable 
age of eighty-four years. He was a stalwart Re- 
publican pf)litically. The mother liore tlie name of 
Elizabeth Luniliry and she was born in Philadel- 
phia, and a daughter of .lohn Lumbiy, a native 
of France. This lady [nissed away at the age of 
fifty-eight years. j\lr. Pierce was the father of seven 
children, live of whom are now living, our subject 
being the second eldest. 

The subject of this notice receive<l his education 
in the jirivate schools of Pliiladel|>hia,and remained 
at home until he i-eaclie(l his majority when he lie- 
gan the paper niauul'actiu'e, taking as a partner S. 
F. Callan. They engaged in this business at 
New lloi)e. Pa., and later l)ought a mill at 
New London, Pa., where the business was carried 
on under the name of "Woodpulp INIili," conducted 
by Pierce eV- llolbrook. They had put -^25,000 in 
this enterprise and had been running about one year 
when a new process was jnit on the market which 
entirely ruined them. This took (ilace in 1!S(58. 
<)ursul)ject then engaged in farming in tlie same 
vicin_ity which lie carried on (luite extensively, also 
dealing to some extent in live stock. 

Coining to l.av ('it.\' in l.s«;5, Mv. Pierce en- 
gaged as book-keeper for the Ivcy.stonc Lumber and 
Salt IMauufacturing C'oiniiany for two years, at 
wliicli time they closed (uit. lie then became agent 
for the same company in the real-estate business 
having sold over three thousand acres and has 
eleven thousand acres on hand. This calls him all 
overthc counties which we have |)re\iously named 
above. 

Mr. Pierce was married in Chester County, Pa., 
to Aliss Elizabeth (i. Hodgson, a daughter of the 



lloii. .lames Hodgson, who was a large landowner, 
farmer and stockman of Chester County. He died 
at the .age of eighty-four years. F''our children 
have been the result of this union who are named 
as follows: (ieorge, who resides on the old farm in 
Chester County; .Tames, an engineer of this city; 
Sara, a teacher in the schools here; and Bessie, 
taking a course in the University of Michigan at 
Ann Arbor. These children have all had the best 
school advantages afforded in the Flast. This gen- 
tleman and his wife are memliers of the Westmin- 
ster Presliytciian Church and he is a true blue Re- 
publican in his iiolitieal views. 




irILLIAM E. ROOT owns one hundred and 



•mil 

W^l Township, Saginaw County, which is un- 
der excellent cultivation, lie was born August 2, 
18r)4, in (iencsco County, this State, and is the 
son of Erastusand Laura (Beers) Root. The par- 
ents were born in Cayuga County, N. Y., the 
mother's birth occurring in 1812. 

The grandfather of our subject, also named 
Erastus Root, was a native of England and on 
emigrating to the I'liited Stales located in Cayuga 
County, N. Y., where he died firm in the faith of 
the Methodist Episcopal Churcli. His family of 
seven sons and si.x daughters grew to inaturity. 
Erastus Root .Ir., was a farmer by calling and in 
1840, came to Michigan and located in Genesee 
County where he improved one hundred .and sixty 
acres of land which he had entered from the Gov- 
ernment. He died April 1), 18!M. He w.as con- 
nected with the Methodist Episcopal Church and a 
pioneer member of the Republican party. He was 
twice married, becoming the father of two children 
by his first wife — Eugene W. and William E. Mrs. 
Root died in the fall of 18r)() and the father of our 
subject was married to Mrs. Catherine Winget, who, 
by her former marriage, had also had two children. 

William Iv Root was reared on the home farm, 
being given a district-school education. When 
tweutv-one vcars old he began in life vn his own 



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account by woiking out for others. He came to 
Swan Creek Township, in the spiing of 1676, be- 
ing engaged on farms in the neighborhood during 
the summer and worlced in the woods in tlie 
winter. In 1877 ho |)urchased eighty acres of 
land on section 3, Swan Creek Township, which 
lie paid for from his monthly earnings and in 
April, 1882, located on his present beautiful es- 
tate. He has not only placed his own property 
under most excellent cultivation but has forty- 
live acres for other parties. He began in life with 
$100 which his fatlier gave him when attaining 
his majority and feels proud to know that his 
present high standing in the farming community 
is the result of his industry and i>ood manaije- 
ment. 

In politics Mr. Root is a Republican and has 
served his township as Treasurer and Supervisor. 
He has also been School Assessor for nine years. 
Our subject has been twice married, his first wife 
being Mary AVingate, by whom he became the 
father of four children, only one of whom, Laura 
B., is living. Mrs. Maiw Root died December 11, 
1886, and September 21, 18S7, our subject was 
married to Minnie M. Cross, who was born near 
Kingston, Ontario. Mrs. Root was the daughter 
of Calvin and Caroline (Shirtleff) Cross, natives 
of Canada, where the father was a farmer. They 
came to the States in 1871 and located at Carroll- 
ton, Saginaw County. 

Mr. and Mrs. Root have one child — William J. 
Our subject is highly esteemed ly his neighbors 
and friends and we are jileased to lie alile to [ne- 
sent his sketch to our readers. 



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ETH T. GODDARD, M. D., of Saginaw, 
%^' was born in Flint, this State, February 8, 
; 1851. His father, William, a native of 
England, came to America in IX'MK and 
was here married to Miss Sarah ,1. Caldwell, of 
Flint. Genesee County remained his home until 
the outbreak of the Civil War, when lie enlisted in 
Compan}' G,Twenty-sixtli Jlichigan Infantry. and 
died in the Jeffersonville (Indiana) Hospital, in 



December 1 864. The mother remained on the old 
•homestead until her death in 1882. She was l)Orn 
in Vermont of Scottish ancestry, and lur parents, 
Seth S. C. and Jane Caldwell, were among the first 
settlers of Michigan, coming hither in 1830 or 
thereabouts. 

The second in order of l)irth among four chil- 
dren, our subject remained at home until he was 
ten years old, when he was bound out (o learn llie 
moulding and plastering trade. In woik at his 
trade during llie summer and attendance at school 
during the winter season, his time was passed until 
he was about fifteen. He then entered the Chicago 
University, paying his own expenses and graduat- 
ing therefrom in 1872. Having resolved to enter 
upon tlie medical profession he commenced to study 
under a prominent physician, now of Detroit, and 
in 1873 entered tlie Detroit Medical School. In 
1878 he graduated from the Hahnemann Medical 
College at Chicago, after which he entered upon 
the practice of his [jrofession at Jliiineapolis. Jlinii. 

In 1882 Dr. Goddard returned to Jlichigan and 
succeeded Di'. Smith at Owosso, where he remained 
three years and gained a good practice. After 
leaving that city he took a post-graduate course in 
a medical school and graduated in 188G. In 1888 
he came to Saginaw, where he has since resided and 
has become widely known as a skillful physician 
and surgeon. Though a graduate of the Ilomw- 
pathic School, he has taken up the regular practice 
of Allopathy and enjoys an enviable reputation 
amono- his fellow-citizens and professional brethren. 

The Doctor is a memlier of the Order of Forest- 
ers, where he has held the prominent Chairs and 
and has been Physician and Surgeon for the State 
of Michigan for five years. He is also ideiiiilied 
with the Modern Woodmen, the Order of Macca- 
bees, and the Masonic fraternity, having iieeii made 
a Mason at Flushing when twenty -one. Though 
not active in jiolitics. he is a devoted adherent to 
the princijiles of the Repulilican party. 

.luiie 21, 1881. Dr. (Joddard was married, in 
Owosso, to JMiss .Jennie May, daughter of .1. W. 
Babcock. She was born in Paw Paw, Mich, reared 
in Mentor, Ohio, and w.as a graduate of a school at 
Painesville, that State. The Doc^tor and his wife 
have a pleasant home at No. 1235 Genesee Avenue, 



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Mild all' well known in llio sociiil circles (if tiie 
coiiiiiiunilv. Mrs. (ioddaiil. wlio jnior to her inni- 
li.'iije was a teai-lierof lecoirnizcd aliility. is a int'iii- 
lier of the Congregational (hurcli and actively' 
coniiet'ted with llif organization of the King's 
Dautrhters. 



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ILLIAM CUAMl'TON, a railroad con- 
\,\/// tractor of l!ay ( ity. was liorn in Carlton 
yJ^ Place, I'liiier Canada. Scplemlier l.'j, 
1842. lie is a son of John and Susannah (Grithth) 
Crainj)toii, and was reared on the farm, receiving 
a good practical education, and also attended the 
common and High Schools. After this he engaged 
ill the hiinlier liusiness as a joblieroii the Cass River, 
having coine here in 18(!2, before the place had a 
railroad or a brick house, and there was no luidge 
across tiie Saginaw River. He continued in job- 
bing for several years on the Cass River, and liis 
first work for a railroad was to luiild a piivate 
road. He continued in this work for some time, 
wlieu he liegan ct.intracting on regular railr<iads. 
Among some of his more iiiiportanl jobs was oi.e tm 
the Minncaiiolis, St. ^larie & Atlantic Railroad, 
and of late lie lias been on the ]Micliigan Central. 
Two years of his time was spent in California in 
the wheat trade. 

Our subject now gives employment to about 
three hundred men, and li.as a contract to build 
the (irayling and Twin Lakes liranch for the 
Michigan Central, which is aliout tliirty miles 
long. 

Mr. CraHi[iton lias also done considerable general 
contracting in the city, and is now also interested 
in Bay City real estate. He has built one of the 
most elegant homes south of Twelfth Street, on 
South Center, on the corner of Broadway. It is a 
three-story brick with a basement, and of tlu- most 
modern architecture, liiiely finished throughout. 
The site is 4(lx(it) feet, and c<ist ■■Slo.ndd. JMr. 
Crampton also owns a farm in this county, wdiich 
is devoted to stock raising. He also has a inunlier 
of houses on Fortieth Street, and also various 
other residences throughout the city, which he 



rents out. i\Ir. Cram|)ton's large contracting busi- 
ness leijiiircs a large cajiital. and he came here 
without any means whatever. But by his aliility 
and energy he has made for himself what he now 
has to-day. 

Mr. Cram|)toii was married to Miss Anna Cas- 
kill, a nali\'e of Canada. The ceremony took 
place February 17. 1873, and they have become 
the parents of three children, Georgiana, Belle and 
Roy. Our subject is a member of the Royal Arca- 
num, and of the Knights of Pythias of the Uni- 
formed Rank. He and his estimable wife are mem- 
bers of the Episcopal Cluirch. and Jlr. Crampton 
has been Warden in the same. 



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jjOBKRT WIHTESHJE. The agricultural 
ILf^ element of B.ay County finds many worthy 
representatives in those natives of Ireland, 
who have brought from the iOmerald Jsle 
habits of thrift and perseverance which have con- 
tributed to their success. In that class prominent 
mention belongs to Mr. Whiteside, who is a farmer 
in Merritt Township. He was born in Ireland in 
I82.'i, and is the son of Arthur and Margaret 
(Whiteside) Whiteside. His iiateriial grandparents 
wen' lienjamin and Jane (Johnson) Whiteside, 
while on his mother's side he is the grandson of 
Arthur and ]\Iarv (Walker) Whiteside. 

About the year 1833 Robert Whiteside accom- 
panied his parents to .Vmerica, where he settled in 
Virginia and remained a few years. Afterward he 
resided for two and one-half years in Essex 
County, N. Y., and then located in Sandusky, 
Ohio, where he remained a few years and worked 
on the lakes. January 1, 1848, he came to what is 
nt)w Bay County, where he has since made his 
home, with the exception of a few years s])ent in 
Cass County. 

The first wife of Mr. Whiteside, to whom he 
was mariied in 18r)3, bore the maiden name of 
Sophia Smith, and died shortly after their mar- 
riage. Mr. Whiteside was afterward united in 
marriage with Lovina, the daughter of Charles 
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to Mr. Whiteside. Our subject and his estimable 
wife are the parents of seven children, of whom 
the following are still livinjf, .namely: Sophia, 
wife of William Powell, of 15ay City; Sarah, who 
married Jasper Hidden; Olive, who is Mrs. Harvey 
Spencer; Margaret and Katie. 

Mr. Whiteside eonuiieneed farming in Bay 
County, in lM(io, operating the place where Col. 
B. F. Partridge now resides. By the exercise of 
industry and good judgment he has been pros- 
pered in his undertakings, and now owns property 
in Bay City, besides a farm of thirty acres in Mer- 
ritt Township. In his political belief he was for- 
merly a Democrat, but now aftiliates with no party. 
Few still survive who resided in this county when 
he came hither, and .as an honored pioneer his 
name will be held in grateful memory long after 
he shall have passed to his rest. 



/^^ H. FKKKMAN, the oldest attorney of Hay 
(l( _ City, now devotes his attention almost 
^^J exclusively to real-estate transactions, and 
has his office at his residence, on the corner of 
Madison Avenue and Third Street. When he 
came to Lower Saginaw, now Ba\" City, .Inly 1, 
18.51'), he opened a law office at the foot of Center 
Street, on Water Street, which was then sur- 
rounded by a forest. Since that date he has been 
identified with the progress of the city and has 
witnessed its growth with marked interest. .\ man 
of keen intelligeuce and intuitive perceptions, as 
well as large heart and honorable traits of char- 
acter, he enjoys the conlidence of his fellow-citi- 
zens. 

In Williamstown, Oswego County, N. Y., Mr. 
Freeman was born February 22, 1822. His father, 
Samuel, was born in Novia Scotia, and was taken 
\>y his parents to New York, where he and five 
other children were orphaned. He educated him- 
self and became a physician, locating in AVillianis- 
town, and serving as Circuit .Iiidge for twenty- 
four years. He was also an extensive and success- 
ful farmer. 

Our subject is the liftli among Ihirtecn children, 

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only three of whom are now living. He was 
reared in Williamstown, where he studied .at home 
and later was a student in ('.azeuovia Seminary, 
N. Y. He then entered the Mexico Academy, 
where he applied himself so closely to his studies 
that his health was impaired, and he was forced, 
reluctantly, to give up his studies and return 
home. 

While regaining his strength and working on 
the farm, Mr. Freeman began the study of law, 
which he read at night after his day's work was 
done. September L5, 1854, he was admitted to 
the bar, and practiced his profession at Durham- 
ville until 18.55, when he came to East Saginaw, 
and in June of the same year located in B.iy City. 
Here he has since remained, eng.aged in the legal 
and real-estate business. In 1856 he w.as elected 
Prosecuting Attorney of the county, being the 
first one to hold that position, and was one of the 
principal men who succeeded in setting off Bay 
from S.iginaw Count}', which measure he fought 
through the court. He also served one term as 
Circuit Court Commissioner. 

The marriage of Mr. Freeman to Miss l-Ulen (). 
Davis took place in Willi.amstown, N. Y., in 1844, 
and they are the parents of five children, three of 
whom are now living — Helen O., who is at home; 
Isabelle R., who is married and resides in Ba.y 
City; and May, who is Mrs. Smith, of Saginaw 

JMr. Freeman is a member of the Reformed 
Episcopal Church, and independent in his political 
connections. 

^^=^ '^ (Si — f^W^=> — %si "=^^-^=^ 

<^, LLEN R. BROWN. Among the best known 
@7Lil l citizens of Birch Run Township, Saginaw 

'/Mil County, is Mr. Brown, one of the ex- 
^jl Supervisors of the townshi]}, avIio has his 

home on section 27. He is a native of Jefferson 
County. N. V., and was horn December 4, 
1843. His father, Allen, was a native of Mass- 
achusetts and his mother, whose maiden name was 
Betsey Huntley, was born in New York, and was 
the daughter of a Revolutionary soldier who be- 
came a pensioner of the (iovernment. 



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Our subject received common school advantages 
in liis native countvand wastliere reared tomaturity 
and from early boyhood devoted himself to farm- 
ing. His education has been largely self attained 
and he is a man of extensive and valuable infor- 
mation. He enlisted February 8, 1862 in Com- 
pany D, Ninet^^-fourth New York Infantry', whicli 
body of troops wa* made a part of the army of 
the Potomac. After a year and a half of service 
he was discharged on account of physical disability 
and now receives a pension of $(5 a month. 

In the spring of 1864 Mi. Brown came to Sagi- 
naw County, this State and for several years worked 
at lumbering and in a sawmill, and in 1871 he set- 
tled upon his present farm whicli has ever since 
been his home. It consists of one hundred twenty- 
acres of rich and arable land under excellent cul- 
tivation. When he first came here that property 
was almost an unbroken wilderness and he has 
developed the farm and made it one of the best in 
the county. It attests most emphatically liisindustry 
and is one of the ornaments of the township. 

The marriage of our subject in 1868 brought to 
his home a bride in the person of Augusta Tremper, 
by whom he had one daughter Edith. After her 
death lie married again in April, 1871. The pres- 
ent Mrs. Brown was Sj-bil, daughter of J.acob and 
Sybil (Phelps) Tremiier nnd was born in Jefferson 
County, N. Y. Siie has been the mother of six 
children, and all but one of them are living, 
namely Carrie, Alice, Sidney, Anna. Byron 
(deceased) and Bernard. 

Jacob Tremper, the father of Mrs. Brown, was a 
native of Canada and settled in the wood in Birch 
Run Township in a log cabin which ho built for 
his family. Mrs. Bi'own was then ten years old and 
remembers coming by way of Lake Erie to Detroit, 
and their first home was very near the present site 
of the village of Birch Run. Tiie father died hCiC 
in 1888, and his wife survived until April 16, 181)1. 
They were esteemed as among the Ijest of tiie 
early settlers of the county and tlieir loss was 
deeply felt. Of their nine children, eight survived 
namely: Daniel, James, Michael, Harriet (Mrs. L. 
D. Webster), Mrs. Brown, Harvey, Ilarley, and 
Alice (Mrs. F. D. Strang). Mr. Tremper had 
served as Postmaster of Birch Kun and also as 



Drainage Commissioner and was a Repiililican in 
his political sentiments. 

Mr, Brown is identified with the Grand Army of 
the Republic and belongs to the Post at Birch Run, 
and is also identified with the Independent Order 
of Odd Fellows. His political convictions liave 
made him a life long Bepublican, and his local 
pride and enterprise have caused iiim to be active 
in all movements for the development of the town- 
ship and county. For four years he was Treasurer 
and for an cqu.al length of time Supervisor of the 
Township and for a long term served on the 
School Board. Mrs. Brown is actively identified 
with tlie Ladies' Relief Corps ofBirch Run. 



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^ GBEHT T. LOEFFLER. Although a young 
^i man. Dr. Loeffler has achieved an enviable 
^iJ!' reputation in his profession, that of a den- 



tist, doing a prosperous business in Saginaw in 
which city he located in 1888. A native of Koch- 
ville Township, Saginaw Count_y, Mr. LoefHer was 
born December 31, 18C1. His parents John and 
Barbary (Martie) Loeffler are natives of {ierman3% 
the father coining to America in 1848, and the 
mother the following year. They were married 
in this State and settled on i farm where they car- 
ried on general farming. Mr. Loeffler has been a 
meml)er of the School Board and has always taken 
an interest in the cause of education. 

Dr. E. T. Loeffler is the second child in the par- 
ental family, and until eighteen years of age re- 
mained at home, assisting his father in the duties 
of the farm and attending the district school. At 
the age mentioned he entered the S.aginaw High 
School wiieie he studied for three and a half years, 
after whicii lie taught for one year, during 1881. 
He then went to Ann Arbor, entering the Univer- 
sity where he completed the course of civil engin- 
eering, but deciding to follow the profession of a 
dentist he afterward took a course in the Dental 
Department of the University, from which he was 
graduated in 1888, and returning to Saginaw at 
once entered into active practice, opening np the 
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in West Saa:ina\v. Here he has becTi eminently 
successful, his superior work and thorousih knowl- 
edge of his profession together with his neatly 
arranged rooms, furnished with the latest appli- 
ances known to science, atti-acting an enviable class 
of patrons. 

Dr. LoefHer was married in 1884 to Miss Lillie 
L. Miley, daughter of (ieoi'ge W. Miley, of Ann 
Arbor. They have one son, Harry J'j., and in their 
pleasant home they entertain their many friends 
with true hospitality. 



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AN COLE HOLCOM15. In connection 
]Vj with his brother, Emmet T., oiu- suljject 
has built up a large and successful hard- 
ware establishment in Bay City, and is 
now known as one of the most reliable merchants 
of the place. He was liorn in Peru, Clinton 
County, N. Y., November 21, 18;j0. His father 
was a native of \'ermont, whither liis grandfather 
removed from his native State — Connecticut, and 
followed his profession of a pliysician and surgeon 
until ills death when seventy-nine. 

After engaging for some time as a merchant at 
Westport, the father of our subject reinfived to 
Plattsburg, X. Y., wliere lie continued in business 
until he died in 1871 at the age of seventy. He 
was a strong Democrat politically and a Bajitist in 
his religious belief. The maternal grandfather of 
our subject was Dr. Stephen Cole, a native of 
Connecticut, who early settled in New Hampshire. 
After serving as a surgeon in the War of 1812 he 
located in what is now Erauklin, Vt., and later 
followed his profession in Westport and Peru, N. 
Y. His death occurred on his eighty-ninth birth- 
day. The great-grandfather of our subject, Dan 
Cole, was a prosperous farmer in Plainfield, X. II. 

Our subject was one of six children who grew 
to maturity, namely: Harvey, who went to Cal- 
ifornia in 1849; .Tames JL, deceased; E. T., part- 
ner of our subject; B. K., a phy.^ician at Whitehall; 
Silas W. and Dan C. The last named was reared 
in Plattstmrg, X'. Y., where lie attended the com- 



mon schools. At the age of sixteen he entered an 
Episcopal academy in Connecticut, where he re- 
mained one year, and then went to Geneva, N. Y., 
becoming a student in the Walnut Hill School, 
from which he graduated in 187(1. 

l^pon starting out in business Mr. Holeomb be- 
came an employe in the .1. .1. Rodgers Iron Com- 
pany, of An Sable Forks, N. Y., where he remained 
twelve years. In 1874 he came to Bay City and 
for twelve years was book-keeper for the firm of 
G. Merrill tt Co. For one year he engaged in the 
wliolesale grocery business with Maltby, Page & 
Co., then was a member of the hardware firm of 
Pearson, Forsyth <fe Holeomb until 1886, when he 
and his brother embarked for themselves under the 
firm name of Holeomb Bros. They transact an ex- 
tensive wholesale and retail business in agricul- 
tural implements, etc., and have met with flatter- 
ing success. 

The pleasant home which Mr. Holeomb has es- 
tablished at No. 601 Van Buren Street, is presided 
over by the lady to whom he was married in 1872 
at Troy, N. Y. She was Miss Evelyn, daughter of 
F. II. Page, a wholesale grocer of Troy, N. Y. She 
is a lady of superior culture and a graduate of 
Vassar College. They have one child — F. Page. 
In 1890 Mr. Holeomb was elected Alderman and is 
numbered among the prominent Republicans of 
the city. A man of genial disposition, he is one 
of the most pleasant of companions and many a 
delightful hour have his friends passsd in his com- 
pany, listening to his entertaining stories and 
never-failins' witticisms. 



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^)ICTOR B. PvOTTlERS, the present popular 
and efficient Supervisor of Birch Run 
Townshii), Saginaw County, is recognized 
as a good financier and a man of exceptional busi- 
ness qualifications. He was born in .Tefferson 
County, X. Y., May 24. 1842, and is the son of 
,Iohn X. and Ruth Rottiers. The father, who was 
born in the Xetherlands, of French descent, emi- 
grated to America in 1819 and located in .Jefferson 
Countv, X. Y., wliere he remained until his death. 



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Tlie boyhood days of our subject were spent on 
the farm, where he was engaged in agricultural 
pursuits. He was mustered into the United States 
service September 11, 1862. as Second Lieutenant 
in the Fiftii Battalion. HIac-k River Light Artil- 
lery, which was raised in Jefferson County, N. Y. 
It was assigned to the Army of the Potomac and 
later was incorporated witli the Army of tlie James. 
Mr. Rottiors participated in tlie siege of Petersbui-g, 
the battle of Cold Harbor and other engagements, 
and was commissioned First Lieutenant July 1,1863. 
He was honorably discharged September 24, 1865. 

After tlie close of the war Mr. Rottiers returned 
to New York, wlience in the fall of 1865 he came 
to Saginaw County and lias since made his home 
here. In 186i> lie settled upon his present farm, 
comprising two liundred andciglity acres and now 
one of the best estates in the county. He married Em- 
ily SclioUenberg. a native of Germany ,aud three of 
their children survive: John X., Victor E. and 
Bernard E. JL-. Rottiers is a member of the 
Grand Army of the Republic and has served for 
several years as Commander of tlie Post. He is 
also connected witli the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows at I'.iicli Run. He is at present (1892) 
serving his foiiitli term as Supervisor of Bridge- 
port Townshiii and and has also filled tlie ottiee of 
Justice of tiie I'eace a number of years as well as 
other positions of local iiii|i()rtance. 






\|^^ROF. J. M. RESSLER, Principal of the In- 
Jl) ternational Business College of Bay City, is 

f^ one of the most prominent and successful 
/ \ business educators of the Saginaw 'N'alley. 
Standing as lie does anioiig the foremost men of 
sagacious foresighl, large enterprise and exceptional 
ability, he has contributed largely to raise Bay 
City to its |)reseiil iiii|i(iitaMce as an educational 
center. Frank .•iiid genial, liis views are liberal 
and his nature whole-souled, causing him to win 
invarial)ly the respect alike of old and young. 

The International Business College, of which 
Prof. Ressler liecaiiie I'riiicipal in 18!)0, occupies 
Ihe second and third doors of the Averell Block 



and maintains a thorough curriculum of book- 
keeping, stenography and every deiiartment of 
actual business practice. During the first year of 
its existence it had about three hundred and fifty 
students, and its patronage has steadily increased 
as its high grade of instruction has become more 
widely known. Under the able supervision of Mr. 
Ressler, with an etlicient corps of assistant teachers, 
the college has gained an enviable repiitalion 
among like institutions in tlie United Slates. 

Prof. Ressler was born in Ida, Monroe County, 
this State, November 17, 1862, and is one among 
nine children comprising the family of .loel and 
Lovina (Stilzel) Ressler, natives of Pennsylvania. 
The lioyhood days of our subject were passed in 
Ida, where he gained the rudiments of his educa- 
tion. Later he accompanied his jiarents to Ypsil- 
anti, where he was a student in the seminary, and 
acquired a thorough knowledge of his studies. 
His opportunities for obtaining an education in 
this great educational center were unexcelled, and 
he availed himself to the uttermost of his priv- 
ileges. 

Feeling the need of a more thorough knowledge 
of business methods, he decided to take a course 
in the business college, and accordingly entered 
the institute at Ypsilanti, from which he was grad- 
uated in 1886, having completed the course in 
each department. During his Last year in the col- 
lege he taught shorthand. 

In the spring of 1887 the Professor removed to 
Decatur, III., where he accepted the position of 
Principal of the shorthand and penmanship de- 
liarLiiients in the Central Business College. After 
spending one year in that way he went to Mar- 
quette, this State, and became Secretaiy of the 
Upper Peninsula College at that place, retaining 
the position until he became Principal of the In- 
ternational Business College. He possesses in a 
marked degree those qualities of mind and heart 
whicli lit him in a peculiar way for the instruction 
of tiie young, and brings to his responsible duties 
characteristic energy and enthusiasm. 

The marriage of Prof. Ressler to Miss Maliala 
Bishop, a native of Canada, took pl.ace in Allen, 
Hillsdale County,()ctober 21,1887, and they are now 
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Mrs. Ressler, a graduate of the State Normal at 
Ypsilanti, is a lady of superior culture and occupies 
a warm place in tiie affection of her acquaint.inces. 
Tiie public affairs of the present day awaken tlie 
warmest interest on the part of Prof. Ressler, who 
believes that the principles of the Prohibition 
party will solve the vital questions of the .age. He 
and his wife hold membership in the Presbyteiian 
Church of Ypsilanti. 



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ON. JOHN BRISKK. Honorably engaged 
in an extensive business in general mer- 
chandise in Bay City, tiie location of his 
ij^' business being at the corner of Tliirty-tliird 
and Polk .Sireets, Mr. Briske is more widely known 
in a public capacity as lieing the lirst Polish-born 
citizen wlio ever served in the State Legislature of 
Michigan. Also during the Saginaw Valley strike, 
he commended himself to all normal-minded men 
by his wholesome inlluence and advice to his fel- 
low-countrymen who were being mi.sled l)v radical 
agitators. lie, with his friend. Mi: Prybeski, by 
public addresses and by using his intluence in 
every way, succeeded in counteracting the other 
pernicious influence, .so that the Polanders came 
out of the strike most honorably, regaining their 
positions as well .as the esteem of their em|)loyers 
and eo-laborcrs. 

Our subject is also engaged as agent for foreign 
collections and for all the jji'lncipal steamship lines, 
the firm with which he is being known as I'.riske & 
Forcia. For the convenience of his patrons he 
has qualified as Notary Public. Mr. Briske has been 
located in the county since 1874, and is thor- 
oughly conversant with its needs and require- 
ments. He was born in Pomerania. ancient Poland, 
now Pru.ssia Province, .Tune 14, 184.5, and is a son 
of Mathias and Catherine (Kropidlowski) Briske; 
the former w.as a merchant in Poland and died 
there about 18.5(1. Our sulijecfs mother still re- 
sides at her old home; she is now eighty-four years 
of age. She has been the mother of seven chil- 
dren, four boys and three girls, our subject being 



the fourth child in order of birth. .Mathias liriske 
w.as a man of wealth and influence and the son was 
given the best educational advantages. On the 
father's death, however, the mother disposed of 
his business and retired to a farm, .so that 
the lad w.as early instructed in bucolic pur- 
suits. In 18()0 he determined to come to .Vmerica 
in order to escape military oi)picssioii,and JNIay 18, 
18(J9, left Bremen and escaped on a sailing ve.ssel. 
After a pleasant voyage which lasted six weeks the 
boy landed in New York about .Tuly 1. and about 
the first news that he learned of foreign ports w.as 
that a great battle had just been fought in Prussia 
with France near Sarbruechen. 

Proceeding to the coal and iron regions of Penn- 
sylvania, our sul)ject worked at various branches in 
mining and iron work and spent some three years 
in Clevel.and, Ohio. In 187.i he proceeded West, 
visiting Indiana, Illinois and ^Michigan, and 
throughout his travels tried to keep his judgment 
clear as to the best jdace in which to locate for 
himself and brothers. jSIay 26, 1874, he came to 
Bay City, having .at the time but ^5 in money in 
his pocket. He engaged as clerk for (apt. H. 
Richards, a grocer and crockeryware man, and 
continued in the same pl.ace, although undi r differ- 
ent employ for three years. 

During the time spent in this country our sub- 
ject had been studying the English language and 
had made great jirogress in the Ihiency with 
which he could use it. Once estalilished, his rLse 
in I)usiness w.as rapid. Before the expiration of 
the first year he was head clerk ;ind remained in 
that jwsition until 1877, when lie became part- 
ner with the firm which w.as run under the firm 
name of Tooker & Briske. This partnerslni), 
however, proved to be unsntisfactoiy and ten 
months later he became a partner of .Tolin Hichert, 
under the firm name of Briske A' liicheit. They 
carried on the grocery business in the Fifth Ward 
for one year, and in 1880 IMr. Briske located on his 
present site, taking in as partner Peter Forcia. This 
paitneisliip continued for one year when the junior 
member was ixqilaced by his brother, Silas Forcia. 
They are the pioneer grocerymen of the Sixth 
Ward, and carry on the largest business of this 
locality. Beginning with but 8900, they have en- 



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larged their stock and business until they now deal 
in thousands of doUnrs worth of goods annually. 
They deal in dry-goods, wall paper and window 
shades besides groceries and crockeryware. Their 
fine block is 60x5") feet in dimensions and three 
stories in height. This is all occupied by the firm of 
Briske & Forcia. 

Our subject was married in Day City, June 12, 
1877, to Miss Rosa M. Fincia, who was born in 
Windsor, Canada, and came here when a child with 
her parents. This union has ))een blessed by the 
birth of five children, namely: Stanley, Louis, 
Mamie, Exilda and Edgar. The election of our 
subject to the State Legislature w.as confirmed in 
1888 by a majority of eight hundred and nineteen 
over Edward J. Carey his Republican opponent, 
and served during the session of 1889. He was 
on the committee of Private Corporation and State 
Prisons, and although his party were in the minor- 
ity, he did some effective work. Our subject be- 
longs to the Polish National Alliance of North 
America and has filled the office of Treasurer, and 
is a charter member of Branch No. 12, of Bay City. 
He has held all the differeut offices and is at the 
present time Corresponding Secretary. While serv- 
ing in the Legislature, Mr. Briske introduced ten 
bills, six of which passed, all of which were in the 
interest of the city and county. Politically Mr. 
Briske affiliates with the Democratic party. He 
served three 3'ears .as Supervisor of the Sixth Ward. 



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Ji^\ RS. SARAH A. BARCLAY, who is one of 
the oldest residents of Bay City, and was 
so well known to the lake captains as 
being at the head of one of the most im- 
portant hotels in this city, was born in Sugar Loaf, 
Luzerne County, Pa., and is a daughter of David 
Sweney, a native of Maryland. Her grandfather, 
Richard Swenev, was born in Ireland, and after com- 
ing to America, located in ^Maryland on the Dela- 
ware River, where he established a chair factory. 
The faliier learned tlie cabinet-making trade, but la- 
ter engaged in lumbering business on the Susque- 
hanna Rivei, l)uildini;' a mill on the Fishing Creek, 



winch was afterward swept away. He died there at 
the age of seventy-seven. His good wife, whose mai- 
den name wa^ Frances Baitelson. was born in Col- 
muliia County. I'a.. and died in the Keystone State 
at a good old age. They were meml>ers of tiie Christ- 
ian Ciuuch. and were the parents of eleven chil- 
dren. 

Our subject had her early training among the 
m(>untain> of Pennsylvania, and early learned to 
work, so that from a cliild she could do all that 
was necessary in transforming the raw tlax into a 
comjilete garment. At thi' age of twenty she left 
home, and in 1H;M came to Marshall to her grand- 
mother Peterman, who had married a second time, 
and was then living in Alichigan. On her journe.\' 
to Marshall she had to travel through the Oundee 
Swamp, wliich was then almo>t impassable, and 
pa-*?ed th,.' first night of that part of the journey 
in a log hotel, where she had bread and milk for 
supper and slept on the floor. Seven years later 
.she returned over the same i;oad, which was then a 
solid macadamized roadway. 

This lady made her home in Marshall until her 
marriage, which took place at Albion. November 2, 
1840, and she was then united with Jonathan Smith 
Barclay, who was born in Northumberland County, 
Pa., and there had his education and training. His 
father, Richard, was born in Philadelphia, of Scotch 
descent, and was a farmer and miller, having a full- 
ing mill and a carding mill in Northumberland 
County between Milton and Danville. He was a 
prominent man in that region, and was a large 
landed proprietor. 

Jonathan Barclay learned the trade of a mill- 
wright which he followed for some years, and 
helped to build one of the first railroads in that 
State, which was loi'ated at Mauch Chunk. He had 
a mill and carried on lumbering at Valley Furnace, 
where he was married in 1832 to Lydia Fisher, who 
died there while he wa-iabsent working on a railroad 
in the Alleghany Mountains. One child of this 
mariiage grew to maturity, Harriet, who is now 
Mrs. Mooiehcad. 

After spending some time as a millwright at 
Rociiester, N. Y., Mr. Barclay came to Michigan in 
1834, and located first at Albion, and afterward at 
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to build a hotel. Afterward he returned to Albion, 
and began work in tlie first mill whieii had been 
put up there. Later he reiiaired and took charge 
of this and ifterward was engaged in railroad con- 
tracting, and became paymaster of the Michigan 
Central Railroad, and Justice of the Peace. 

In 1847 Mr. Barclay removed to Detroit, and 
there engaged in the wholesale grocer}' business. 
In 1849 he brought a stock of dry-goods and 
groceries on a vessel to Bay City, and opened 
a store with Mr. McKane as his partner, trading 
with the Indians for furs and fish. The necessities 
of his increasing business forced him to seek more 
commodious quarters, and he therefore erected a 
store building on Water Street, where he carried on 
a grocery' and dr}' goods business one 3'ear and 
then sold to Messrs. Parks it Mungerin 1853. He 
then built the Wolverton Hotel, which was com- 
pleted in 1852, and was then the largest one in the 
county. 

During the fourteen years that he carried on 
this hotel Mr. Barclay was also prominent in vari- 
ous ways, being School Director, County Sheriff, 
and serving for one year in the Legislature. He 
was the first Representative elected in Saginaw 
County, and was prominent in all political move- 
ment?, and, in fact, Mrs. Barclay was really the man- 
ager of the hotel during many years of that time, 
as he was greatly absorbed in pul)lic affairs. She 
still owns much valuable city property, although 
she has disposed by sale of a great deal that she once 
had. 

Our subject was made a widow August 4, 1887, 
and the death of her husband was deeply felt, not 
only b.y his family, but the whole community. He 
was one of the vestrymen of the first Episcopal 
Church here, and was prominent in the Masonic 
order, and in the Democratic party. Their three 
children are: Fred W., Lyman M. and Helen V. 

The oldest son enlisted in the spring of 18(53 in 
the L^nited States Navy, and was made a part of 
the West Gulf Blocking Squadron, and did service 
onboard the monitor "Winnebago." He was present 
at the taking of Ft. Morgan when the Rebel ram, 
•'Tennessee" and the gun-boats "Selina" and 
"Gains," were captured. He was also at the taking of 
Mobile, and the Spanish Fort, and was mustered out 



of service in July, 1865. From a boy he has been on 
the liver and lake, and has sailed tugs and vessels 
for thirty 3'ears as master and owner, but has now 
retired from tliat work and is carrying on a small 
grocery business. His brother, Lyman M., is also 
Captain of a tug, and the daughter, ]Mrs. Coman, 
is now a widow. 

When Mrs. Barclay came to Bay Cit\', from De- 
troit, she was a week on the way, and had to come in 
the brig "William Monleith," and from the mouth 
of the river in a small boat. She is a prominent 
member of the Episcopal Church, and helped effect- 
ually in its building. She is active as a member 
of the Ladies' Aid Society, and is a stanch Democrat 
in her political views. She has not only seen Bay 
City grow from a hamlet to a city, but has also 
been an active helper in every moment of progress. 
She is still hale and heart}-, enjoying the fruits of 
her successful labors, loved and respected by all 
who know her; long m.ay it so continue is the wish 
of all. 




EY. S. EMANFEL RYDBERG,B. D., pastor 
of the Swedish Lutheran Zion Church at 
West Bay City is a very popular gentle- 
^)man in that city. He is well educated and 
was born in Sweden, June 19, 1862. His father, 
Olaf Rydberg, was also a native of Sweden, where 
he was Notary Public and a very prominent man. 
He emigrated to America in 186;) with his family, 
coming directly to Michigan after lauding in New 
York. He at once located in Sparta, Kent County, 
where he purchased a tr.act of improved land and 
where he makes his home at the present time, being 
in his seventy-seventh year. In politics he is a 
Republican. 

The maiden name of our subject's mother was 
Maria Nelson, also a native of Sweden. The pa- 
rental family included nine children, of whom S. 
Emanuel was the _youngest. He was six years of 
age when his parents came to the New World and 
was reared on the home farm. He received his 
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1881 took a classical coui-se at the Augustaiia Col- 
lege in Rock Island, 111. He continued his studies 
ill that institution until 1889, at which time he was 
graduated with the degree of B. D. In .June of 
that year Mr. R\-dherg was ordained to preach and 
receiving a call from Irwin and Greensburg, Pa., 
responded and made his home in the former place. 
March 6, IHDl. our subject came to AVest Bay 
City, taking the ])lace of tlie Kev. Mr. Lofgren. In 
addition to his duties as pastor of the Zion Church 
in this city ]\Ir. Kydbcrg serves tlie charges at 
Big Rapids, Colfax and Morley. In politics he is 
a stanch Republican and greatlj- respected by every- 
one with whom he comes in contact. 



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!Lix O^- (GEORGE F. VEENFLIET, a promi- 
nent resident of Blumfield Township, Sagi- 
naw County, wa.s Viorn in Wesel. Prussia, 
April 2, 181.3. His education was gained 
in the city of Dortmund .and in Westphalia, where 
he graduated. After serving one year in the 
Prussian Army, he entered the University of Bonn 
in 1835 and graduated four years later. Being 
thoroughly equipped for the duties of life, he ac- 
cepted the position of professor of languages, 
arts .and sciences in the High School of the city of 
Aix-la-Chapelle and also occujiied the same Cliair 
in tlie college in Rlieydt. 

In 1848, ^Ir. Yeenfliet emigrated to America 
and one year later came to Michigan, settling in 
the eastern part of Saginaw County .and clearing a 
farm in Blumfield Townsliip. In a small village 
near his birthpLacc* he was married .July 21), 1841, 
to A. Carolina Krenier, wlio was born in Dinslaken, 
Germany, February 2.0, 1814. Mr. .and Mrs. Yeen- 
fliet are tlie paicnts of eight children, namely: 
Fred A., who was killed in the liatlle of Nashville, 
December 16, 1864; Richard, who is an artist; Au- 
gusta, the wife of August Vassold; Caroline, de- 
ceased; .Julia, formerly the wife of Henry Tody 
but now deceased; William, whose home is in 
F'lorida; Alma, and Ernest M.. who resides in Ohio. 
During the years 1 8511-60, Mr. \eenfliet served 
as Commissioner of Immigration with lieadquarters 



at Detroit, having been appointed to the position 
by Gov. Wisner. He served two years as Register 
of Deeds, and afterward, in the fall of 1870, was 
elected County Treasurer, serviiig tliree terms. In 
the fill! of 1878, he was elected on the Republican 
ticket to the State Legislaturt .and wliile represent- 
ing the people in tiiat responsible position, endeav- 
ored to advance their interests whenever possi- 
ble, lie has tilled the otHce of .lustice of the Peace 
in Hluintield Township for four years, h.as served 
as Sclio()l Insiiector and is at i)ivsent Postmaster at 
Bhinifield. He is a member of the Masonic frater- 
nity and liberal in his religious views. Since sell- 
ing his farm in 1H85 he has lived retired from ac- 
tive agricultural labors. 

•Inly 29, 1891, our subject and his estimable wife 
celehr.ated their golden wedding d.ay. All their 
living children and grandchildren gathered to 
spend the da}' with them, and many neighbors 
were [)resent as well as friends from Detroit and 
otlier distant points. They brought with them 
many tokens of the esteem in which they were 
held and united in wishing them many happy days 
in the continued enjoyment of health and fortune. 



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lU^ ON. W. M. P. BEN.IAMIX. M. D..of Bridge- 

j) port, is a native of (Jnondaga County. N. 

IV^ v.. and was born Sejitember 2, IH31), his 

■i0' parents lieing Harvey and Sallie IJeiijamin. 
He w.as reared to manhood in his native State 
and leceived bis prclimiiiarv ediuatioii in the par- 
ochial school of the Eiiiscopal Church in his na- 
tive county. Subscc|iiently he took a course of 
three years in the institute at Syracuse, X. Y.. 
where he was a cUassmate of Maj.-Gen. Henry A. 
Bainum and Urig.-(!en. Henry Avery. 

Ill 1S59-6(1. our subject attended the Albany 
Medical College and graduated in the Medical De- 
partment of the I'liiversity of Yermont in 1861. 
In the latter part of that year he was ap])ointed to 
a position as medical cadet and became identified 
with the Medical Department of the army of the 
Potomac. .lune 29, IM()2, he was taken prisoner liy 
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the latter part of the followinu; month was duly 
exclianged. lie contimu'd with the Army of the 
Potomac until after tlie seeund battle of Fredeiieks- 
burg, when he wa^ sent to the Medieal Department 
of the East, with head(|u:uters at Ft. Schuyler 
in Xew York Harbor until he resigned in ISIU. 

In tire sjiringof 1866. the Doctor came to. Saginaw 
County and located at Ih idge|K)it, where he has 
since engaged in the practice of his profession. 
December 28, 1876, he was married to lAIiss Emma 
Mane and they had three children — Arlliur W., 
Florence K. and William II. V. He hail held the 
various ottices cif Bridge|i(irt Town-^hip. including 
Supervisor. In the session of 187.'>-76, he repre- 
sented the Third District o( Saginaw County in 
the lower House of the State Legislature and also 
represented his district in the .session of 1879-80, 
in the State Senate. He is a stanch Democrat, a 
charter member of the Bridgeport Lodge, No. 2.58, 
F. ik A. M. and its representative for twenty-one 
successive years to the (Irand Lodge of the State 
as well as the occupant of its most important 
Chairs. 

Dr. Benjamin was also one of the oi'ganizers and 
a charier member of the Order of iMaccabees of 
Bridgeport and has served as its Commander. At 
present he is Chairman of the Democratic County* 
Committee and is well known as an ardent and 
enthusiastic Democrat, having for years been in- 
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WAN JOHNSON, one of the most able and 
^^^ efficient business men of West Baj' City, is 
a Swede by liirth and parentage, but by 
training and .sympathy is thoroughly 
American. He was born in Kroneburg Lan, Sweden, 
November 1, 1846 and is the son of John Swenson, 
also a native of that country. The father followed 
the combined occupations of builder and farmer 
and after coming to America located in Bay City 
where he made his home for several years and then 
went to Eockford, 111., wliere he is now living a re- 
tired life at the age of seventy-eigiit years, having 



been horn in 1814. The paternal grandfather of 

our subject was also a native of Sweden and a 
farmer by calling. Our subject's mother was 
Finger Larson, a native of the same country as was 
her husband and was l)orn in 181.'!. IJoth |)arents 
were Lutherans in religion and were very activi' in 
all church .affairs 

The parental family of our subject numbers 
eleven children, eight of whom are living al the 
present writing and all but t)ne make tiieir home 
in .\merica. lie of whom this sketch is written w,as 
reared on a farm and his opportunities for an edu- 
cation were limited, as at the laily age of twelve 
years he was ap|nenticed to learn the tailor's trade, 
and a|)plied himself industriously to the work 
thereof for six years. The succeeding live years 
he spent traveling on the road selling dry-goods 
and in July, 1870, joined his father in America, 
1-uidiug in (Quebec. He then made his way to the 
States and in New York w.-is employed in a wire 
factory for five years, his health being such that 
he could not follow his trade of a tailor. 

August 3, 1875 Mr. .lohnson came to Michigan 
and in Bay City was employed two summers in a 
mill. The difference in the salary and working 
hours in Michigan, compared with those in New 
York, caused him to wish he had not come West, 
,as in the East he worked nine hoius a day, receiv- 
ing therefor ^60 per month, whde in the Wolverine 
State he worked twelve hours a day and only re- 
ceived «;il per mouth, .\dvaulages to be derived 
in other directions in the West decided our subject 
to make Michigan his home and after lieing vari- 
ously engaged for a lunnber of \eais, in 1882 he 
purchased the land and erected his present store 
building in which he put a large stock of groceries 
and in which business he has since been engaged 
and is meeting with more than oidiuiiry success. 
When first establishing his new store he stocked 
it with groceries and dry-goods, but now he carries 
a full line of crockery ware with his grocery. 

Miss Ilanna Jacobsen became the wife of our 
subject in June, 1872, their marriage being sol- 
emnized in the State of New York. Mrs. John- 
sou was born in Gotland, Sweden, F'ebruary 7, 
1849. Of this union live children have been l>orn, 
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iiiul (i\ista\- in V>:\y City. Td;i is now Mrs. F. Nel- 
son and makes lier home in West Hay City. 

Mr. .lolinson is identiiied witli a number of soeial 
orders, amoiiu uliicli are the Aneienl Order of 
Cniled Worknii n. tlie Swedish Benefit Society, of 
wliieli lie w;is a eliartcr nu'mlier. lie was Chairman 

of tlie linildinL;- (' liltee of tlie Zion's Swedisli 

Lutlieran Chwreh, in whieli body he was a 'J rnstee 
and also eliarter memlier for al)ont six years. 

In poblies he is a true-blue Ivepubliean and has 
represented liis parly as deleu;ate to State and 
eonnty conventions. He was Supervise!- one term 
of tlie Fourth Ward and while in the Council was 
a member of the Committees on Bridges, also many 
other important committees. Mr. .Iohnsi>n is one 
of the oldest merchants in West P.:iy City and is 
greatly respected by the entii'e community. 






\t/ AWRENCK IIClUMiKR. proprietor of the 
I (^ Star of the West Holler INIills, is one of the 
JLAv^ prominent citizens of Frankenmuth. His 
father, John M., and mother, Anna 15. A\'alther, 
were natives of Bavaria, (iermany, and emigrated 
to America in 1846, coming directly to Saginaw 
County and settling in Frankenmuth. There the 
wife and mother died in the summer of 1889. 

The third in a large family of children, our sub- 
ject was l)0rn in Frankenmuth, March '29, 1850, 
and was reared to manhood in his native place, re- 
ceiving his education in the schools of the village 
and in the Lutheran seminary at Addison, ])u 
Page County. 111. I>'or several years he followed 
the profession of a leaeher in Ohio, after which he 
engaged in the Houring-niill business in Franken- 
muth. He is the sole propriet<jr of the Star of the 
West Holler Mills, and is manager and salesman 
for the Frankenmuth Cheese Manufacturing Com- 
pany. 

Ml'. Ilubinger h.as lilled the position of Town- 
sliip Treasurer and received the nomination for 
tlie legislature on the Democratic ticket hut did 
not accept. He has taken an active part in all 
matters of public interest and is closely identified 
witli the Lutlieran Church, of which he is a mem- 



ber. He w.as married in Frankcnmutli, February 
'.). 1876 to Miss ^laria A. Fuerbringer, who was 
b(jrn in Illinois August 4, 1849. They have five 
living ciiihlren — Agnes E., (ieorge W., Lenchin 
M., Ludwig (;. and Adolph F. \ son. Otto L. 
died when one vear old. 



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ILLIAM P. DHFDGE. who is eng.aged in 
the real-estate, loan and insurance busi- 

}f^^i ness at Chcsaning. was born at Simcoe, 
Norfolk County, Canada, February 11, 1841. His 
father, (ieorge II., was born in .Salisbury, England, 
.lanuary IM. 1811. and liis mothei. Frances Webb, 
w.as also a native of Engl.and. After their mar- 
riage, which occurred aliout 183.'). they emigrated 
to America, locating in Canada about 1837. Tiie 
father engaged as projjrietor of tlie Mansion 
House in Simcoe for twenty-eight years and was 
successful in his business enterprises. 

The family of which our subject is a member 
comprised eleven children, all of whom grew to 
years of maturity. Charles H. was l.iorn in Salis- 
bury, England, January 22, 1836; John F., who 
w.as born May 20, 1838, is married and lives in 
Norfolk County, Canada, where he is farming; 
Mary Ann, who was born December 22, 1839, is 
the widow of William Henry Ilealeyand resides in 
Simcoe; William P.. our subject, was tlie next in 
(trder ol birth; (ietu'ge II., who was born Novem- 
ber 1, 1843, died in infancy; James E., whose birth 
occui red October 30. 184.'), died J:niuary 2, 1891, 
and is buried in Wildwood Cemetery, in Chcsan- 
ing County; Oeorge Francis, who was born De- 
cember 10, 1818, resides at VV\)odstock, Conn.; 
Samuel M., who was born December 20, 1849, lives 
in his native place; Elizabeth A., who was born 
March 12, 1851, married James 8. Dean, proprie- 
tor of an hotel in Canada; Albert H., whose birth 
occurre<l August 4, 1852, lives in Detroit; Frances 
L., who was born February 17, 1856, married Neal 
F. Parker and makes her home in Simcoe, where 
her husband is engaged as an importer of blooded 
horses. With the exception of the eldest born, 
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The boyhooci days of our subject were spent in 
the hotel and lie received CDnimon-.-icliool adva\i- 
tagcs for about four y CM IS. lie learned the trade 
of a hnriiC8b-niaker and served an a|)|)reiiticeslup 
of about two and one-half years, after wliich he 
followed his trade as a journeynian iiiitil June, 
1860. On the lllth of that month he was married 
to Anna M. Dodge, who was born in Ueverley, 
Canada, June 12, IKlo, and w;is the dauji-hter of 
Kufus and Mary Ann (Jones) Dodge. 

Locating in London, Canada, our subject made 
the tir.st set c>f liarness ever made ui the township. 
and sojourned there until 1 «(!.'). lie then re- 
moved to Jlichigan, working for a few months 
in Owosso, and coming thence to Cliesaning. where 
he made the first harness in this section of coun- 
try. He continued in tlie business until liUS, 
when he sold out, and is now devoting his atten- 
tion to loans, real estate and insurance. 

Politically Mr. Dredge is a Repulilican. In 1872 
he was elected Justice of the Peace and served 
twelve years, in the meantime reading law. Al- 
though he freijiiently attends to cases in court, 
he has never applied for admission to the bar, 
hut is amply qualified sliould he desire to follow 
the legal profession. He has about ^1,000 invested 
in real estate and loans money for him-self as 
well as other parties. When he came to Cliesaning 
he was not more than ¥400, his present success 
being the result of energy and good judgment. 
He has served as Chairm.'tn of the Kepublican 
County Committee, delegate to county and State 
conventions, and was appointed delegate-at-large 
to the State convention in 1890. 






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;V, IMLLIAM R. WANDS. It is with pleasure 
\/\// ^^^^ ^^ incorporate in Ibis Ri:i oud a brief 
'^^^ account of this respected citizen of Bay 
City, who although now retired from active Inisi- 
ness life, still maintains the greatest interest in all 
enterprises that will contribute to the welfare of 
the city. Careful in his consideration of the rights 
of others, honorable in all his dealings and uj)- 
right in private character, he is highly respected 



far and near. Tininediately after he arrived here 
in 1872 he embarked in the salt business and so 
exteiuk'd was his iiifoniiation in tlial direction and 
so widely recognized wa^ ins aliilily that for foui- 
teen years he was Salt hispector of Bay County. 

The earliejt recDllections of our suliject are con- 
nected with the State of New York, where much of 
his active existence has lieen passed. He was born 
near All):uiy, Mari'li :!1, 18,51, and is the son of 
James B. and Nellie (Russell) Wands, natives of 
New York. The father was a farmer during his 
entire life and re^idi'd on the jilace which his fa- 
ther, also named James, purchased in 171)0. One 
of the finest e-ilat'.'s in tlie vicinity, and located 
only five mih'-; from .Mliany, its situation, as well 
as the fertility of the soil, made it very valuable. 
It comprised one hundred and lifty acres and was 
sold at *27() per acre in 1S71. On that place the 
father of our subject passed the entire seventy- 
seven years of his life. 

The mother of our subject, whose maiden name 
was Nellie Russell, was born in Bethlehem Center, 
Albany County, N. Y., and bore her husband a fam- 
ily of four children; our suliject; Frank I,., a resi- 
dent of Bay Citv; (.'atiiurine, wife of C. Lansing, 
who lives in Seattle, Wash., and Anna, wife of 
James Hendrick.of Alliany. The rudiments of his 
education our subjeat received in the common 
schools of the neighborhood, and the fundamental 
jirinciplcs thu- oiitained were afterward enlarged 
and made valuable through the systematic reading 
of the best literature. lie was reared to farming 
pursuits and reiii.iined with his father until the 
death <jf the latter in 1871. Then the old home- 
stead was sold and the estate divided among the 
lieiis. after which our suliject came West, and set- 
tling in Hay City briuglit the corner of Ninth and 
Johnson Streets and built a line residence. This 
elegant home ho still owns and occu|)ies. 

Soon after coining to H:iy City Mr. Wands was 
apiiointed Salt Inspector and served efliciently in 
that office foi- fourteen years. A few years since 
he retired from the more arduous duties of busi- 
ness, although he still tinds aniiile scope for his 
energies in managing liis tarm of one hundred and 
sixty-five aci'cs in Kawk.iwlin Township, one-half 
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*12,n00 invested in the farm, whk-h he lias elearcd 
of stamps, improved with a good set of buildings 
and expects to devote to stock purposes. In Isis 
social relations lie is ;i nu'inber of .loppa Lodge, 
F. A- A. ;M..and tlie Iron Hall. while he and his wife 
find a religious lionie in the First Presbyterian 
(liureh. 

Mr. AVands was married to Miss Pluebc Archer, 
of .Ml)any, who at lier death left him one 
child, Nellie K'.. now living at Albany. Afterward 
Mr. Wands was united in marriage with Miss 
Elizabeth Wiird. of Schenectady, N. Y. Mrs. AVands 
is the daughter of James and Rebecca (Swart) 
Ward. Her fatlicr w.as one of the oldest conduc- 
tors of tlie Xew York Central Railroad. As a mem- 
ber of the most inlluential social circlesof Bay Cit^', 
her many w(nn;iniy and relined ([ualities of mind 
and heart endear her to those whom she meets, and 
lier benevolence is best known to those who have 
received her ehei'rful and practical aid in distress. 



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ELLINGTON R. HLKT, tlic subject of 
'/ this sketch, is known throughout the 



\^^ State as a man of sterling ability, of high 
and noble principles, and unsullied reputation. He 
was liorn in (lenesee Comity. \. Y.. on the "iCth 
of August. 1H;52. Seven years later his parents 
moved to Michigan, locating in .lackson County, 
and began the work of clearing and making a new 
home. Six years later his father died, and being 
the oldest, the suliject of our sketch at the age of 
thirteen years, became the general manager and 
provider of the f;iinily. Hi attended the district 
school at .lackson. one year at the All>ion Acad- 
emy, and one year at the .Miciiigaii Central Col- 
lege at Spring .Vrboi-. 'I'he life of a fanner was a 
vigorous reality to him all tliKingli his xoutb and 
early inanluxxl. 

At the age of twenty-two .Mr. liuit left the farm 
and set out to see something of the world. During 
his travels he visited .Viistralia, \an Dieman's 
Land, New Zealand, the Cliincha Islands and 
Soutii Anierica, being variously empl03'ed as a 
sailor, a miner and a contractor, .\fter an absence 



of three years he returned to his home in Mich- 
igan. He was then twenty-tive years of age and 
liegan t<> look about him for an opportunity to 
profitalily in vest the small sum of money he had 
acquired. Starting north he located three hun- 
dred and twenty acres of (iovernnient land in 
(iratiot County, and began the work of clearing a 
farm in what w.as then a wilderness. In 18o7 he 
went into the lumber camps in Gratiot County 
with a promise of l>13 a month for his work. At 
the end of the lirst month he was made foreman of 
the camp with a promise of $26 per montii and 
there he labored five months, where now stands 
the thriving vill.age of St. Louis. I'nfortunately 
for jMr. Hurt's lirst venture the men for whom he 
was working, failed and he lost his five month's 
wages, together with a small sura he liad loaned 
them. Thus, once more he had taken a lesson in 
the school of experience. 

In ISoH he came to East Saginaw, and engaged 
ill the lumber business for himself. Gradually by 
hard and eontiiinons labor, he acipiired a little 
money; investing this judicially in mill propert\- 
and pine tiinl)er, and i)y fair and upright dealings 
with his employes and all others with whom he 
had business, he has become one of Michigan's 
wealthy and withal, honored and resi)ected citizens. 
His interests .as a lumberman led him into the 
shipping business and he has been more or less in- 
terested in vessels. Me became a salt manuf.actiirer 
and when the development of that interest brought 
about the formation of the Michig.an Salt Associa- 
tion, Mr. Burt was elected its President, which 
oftice he has held for eleven years and still holds, 
Tlieassiduity with which he attends to his own bus- 
iness and that of all institutions with which he has 
been connected, luas prevented him from .accepting 
any political ottice, although repeatedly urged to 
do so. The exception to his long continued re- 
fusal to run fiU' otlice was when having received 
the nomination for Ma.vor of the cit\' of East Sag- 
inaw in lH(i7, by one political jiarty, the other 
promptly indorsed the nomination, and he received 
the compliment of the entire vote of the city. Yet 
while he has felt it incumbent upon him to de- 
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all the Industries, not onl.y of the Saginaw Valley, 
but of tiie entire State. He is a man wiiose broad 
mind comprehends that new and vital ([uestions 
are to be discussed and settled b\- tlie people in 
honor and justice to all members of the common- 
wealth; he is a man who recognizes the rights of 
the wageworker as well as the riglits of the em- 
ployer, and stood as a mediator l)etvveen tiie par- 
ties in the great Saginaw X'alley strike of 1885. 



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eHARLES RACETTE. The gentleman whose 
name heads this sketch has attained consid- 
erable prominence in his line of worli, be- 
ing the oldest blacksmith in West Hay City. He 
now makes liis home in llanks where he has a com- 
fortal)le residence and is enjoying the fruits of his 
industry. In addition to his l>lacksmith shop he 
also manufactures carriages and wagons, for which 
he finds a ready sale, they being of superior make. 

The gentleman of whom this sketch is written 
was born in St. Roche de 1' Achigan, (Quebec, the 
date thereof being December 21, 1844. His father 
Charles Raeette, was born m St. .Iac(iues de 1' 
Achigan. The grandfather of our subject, Augus- 
tine Raeette was a native of France, where he fol- 
lowed farming and spent his last days. He was a 
soldier in the War of 1812 wliere he bravely fought 
in his country's defense. Our subject's mother 
was Miss Aurilla Beaudry, a native of Canada; 
she is still living at the advanced age of seventy- 
five years. 

Charles Raeette, Jr., was the eldest of nine chil- 
dren, seven of whom are living at the present writ- 
ing. He remained at home, having the advantage 
of attending the French sciioois until ten years of 
age, when he worked out on a faim. which occupa- 
tion he followed until he readied his majority. 
He was then apprenticed to learn the blacksmith's 
trade, having to pay $2b to learn the business, 
and where he worked for a twelvemonth. For the 
two succeeding years he was engaged at L'Epiphan le 
for his service receiving the exorbitant sum of 
12.50 per month. Later he went to Mcnitreal and 
during his residence there was occupied at his trade 



hut he went to St. Roche where he continued to 
work at the blacksmith's trade. St. Jacques be- 
came his residence fw the next five years, but not 
being successful at that place, in 1871. he came to 
Ray City, having at the time of his advent here 
only ^2.i)0 with which to commence in business. 

On coming to this city Mr. Hacette was in tiie 
employ of Charles ,V D. Hivel witli wliom he re- 
mained for one year, then ill the fall nf IK72 1ie 
located in Ranks where he worked at his trade in 
the ship yards and did anything else he could tbid 
to do. He was ecdiiiniiical and industrious and 
two years later he, was enabled to start a sho|) of 
his own and chose as his location tiie corner of 
Sophia and W.ashington Streets. After carrying on 
a successful business tlicre for two years he built 
his present shop. Since our subject came here 
there have been started eleven blacksmith shops 
but none of them are here at the present time, as 
all who have ever had work done by Mr. Raeette 
are content witii the satisfactory work wliicli he 
turns ont, hence he has the bulk of work to do. 

Mr. Raeette occupies a beautiful residence at No. 
1409 I^eng Street and besides this property owns 
eighty acres of improved land in BeaverTownship. 
Bay County. That farm bears all the modern con- 
veniences for the cari'ymg on of a first-class estate 
and nets our subject a handsome income. He also 
owns twent_y-flve lots in Banks and laid out De 
Rosie's Addition to West Bay City in 18i)(l. He 
possesses two and one-half acres of land adjoining 
the corporate limits of the city and in addition 
has several houses in the city. He has lieen more 
than ordinarily successful in all his nndei takings 
and most truly deserves the appellation of '•self- 
made" which is ofttimcs a|)plied to him. He is 
very quick in figures, but seldom using a ])eiicil 
in making accounts. 

Mr. Racette's marriage took place in 18(17 at St. 
Roche; his wife's name was Jliss Angeliiiue IJocIion. 
She was born at St. Roche, and is the daughter of 
Ambrose and Catherine (Beaudoin) Rochon, farmers 
in the above named place. Three children have 
been born of this union, namely: Leontine, w1k> 
died when twelve years of ago, Leontine (second) 
and Omer. Mr. Raeette was connected with the 
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of Treasurer. Socially lio is a Knight of the Macca- 
bees, is a nipinlior of the LaFayette Society, having 
I'een President, ami hehl tiie same position in the 
St. John's Society and is now Lieutenant Com- 
mander of tlie Maccabees. The Visitation Church 
of AVest Bay City claims our suliject as one of its 
most influential niembers, he having served on the 
Building Conimitee and is a Trustee at the present 
tune. In ];olitics he is a true-hlue Kepulilican and 
has been a delegate to State and county conven- 
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■^OLOMOX C. WILSOX is a journalist and 
^^ one of the older residents of Bay City, 
having come hither in 1H()(!. He was born 
in Waddon, Cambridgeshire, England, on 
New Year's Day, \M\. and is a son of Samuel and 
Ellen (Smith) Wilson, who came to Ontario, Can- 
ada, when this son was only six years old. and 
there he received his education, studying in the 
Welliugton (Grammar School, .as his father's farm 
adjoined the coi-poration of thai town. There the 
father resided until after the death of his wife, 
when he went to I'eside with his daughter at Peter- 
boro, Canada. 

When only eleven years old our subject entered 
the printingollice at I'icton. serving his apprentice- 
ship of six and one-half years on the I'icton Sim. lie 
there earned the good will of his employer, so that 
upon the very day when he com|)le1ed his trade 
he was offered the forenianship of the oflice, which 
he accepted and continued in that capacity for 
several years. 

In IH;")! ]\Ir. Wilson went Id work in the Cov- 
ernmenl i)rinting ollice at Toronto, and a year la- 
ter became foi'cnKin of the Br.'Uitford Courier, re- 
maining there until he went to New York City, 
where he worked for llar|)er it Itros. and also for 
the American Tract Society, for three years, and 
then removed to Schenectady, N. Y., where he took 
the i)osition of foreman, and l)egan work as an 
editorial writer, having charge of the office of the 
Daily Star until the breaking out of the war. 

Our subject was active in laising Compan\ 15, 



of the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth New York 
Infantry and was mustered out as First Lieutenant 
of that company in 181)3. This regiment was 
made a part of the Army of the Potomac and .as- 
signed to Sigel's Corps, and Steinwehr's Ihigade. 
Lieut. Wilson was in the Army only eight months, 
as at the end of that lime he was discharged on 
account of physical disability, and during most of 
the time his regiment w.as in the force that was 
defending Washington. They were in engagements 
at Thoioughfare (iap and Snicker (iap and after 
that they were pl:u'ed in Burnside's ct)mmand. 

After being discharged from military .service 
Mr. Wilson went to work ,as foreman of the stereo- 
typing department of Weed, Parsons & Co., in the 
State printing oflice at Albany. This firm com- 
prised those distinguished statesman, Thurlow 
Weed and William II. Seward. When he ceased 
his connection with them he bought a job office at 
Troy, going into partnership with Edward 
Green under the lirm name of AVilson it Green, 
but three yeais later decided to come We.st and 
here bought out the Bay City Jovntnl, which he 
edited and |)ublished for fourteen months when it 
was con.solidated with the paper which is now the 
Bay City Tribune, which became the liist daii\- pa- 
per of this cit\'. 

At the timet)f thisconsolid.ation o\u' subject sold 
his interest in this pa[)er and about IHTO started a 
weekly Democratic sheet the Lender, which he car- 
ried on for a year, until it was merged with the Daily 
Ofiserrer, wdicn he sold out his interest and entered 
the lumber business, which he followed for three 
years in partnership with .1. L. McCorraick of S.agi- 
naw, and afterward with C. E. McCormick of Bay 
City. He also, in 1H71-72, ran a grocery house 
in company with C. E. Y'oung, of Bay City, in 
1873 he became an editorial writer on the Pi-ess 
and also editor of the Lumljennan'x Gazette, the 
first lumberman's paper ever issued in the L^nited 
States, and he woi'ked on the Presa and Tri/nme 
for several yeai's. 

Mr. \Vilson was appointed Clerk of the Com- 
mittee on Enrolled ISills in the House of Represent- 
atives at Washington during the Cleveland admin- 
istration, and at the same time acted as Private 
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second term. His clerkship in the House of Rep- 
resentatives was one of the most important in 
connection with the business of Congress, as every 
bill passed by eitLier the House or Senate had to 
pass througii his liands for comparison witli the 
original and for correction. 

Our subject was, in 18yo. a})|j()iuted one of the 
three Soldio-s" Relief Commissioners for Bay 
County, to distribute funds for the relief of iudi- 
geiit soldiers and their families. Since his return 
from Washington he has been engaged upon trade 
journals in C'liicago and New York,, and has also 
been correspondent for thi; Chicago Times for some 
ten years. 

This gentleman was married in 1864 to Mrs. 
Susan Ten E3-ck, of Albany, N. Y., who was form- 
erly JNIiss Susan McCormick. No children have 
blessed'this union, but Mrs. Wilson has a daughter 
by her previous marriage, who is now Mrs. C. H. 
Bradley. Mr. Wilson is a meuiber of the U. S. 
Grant Post, of the Grand Army of the Republic. 
He was the President of the Red Ribbon movement 
at the time of its inception here, and during his 
presidency over seven tiiousand people signed the 
pledge. He is one of the Stewards of the Madison 
Avenue Methodist Episcopal Cluirch, and is active 
in all church work. 



allAUNCY CHATTERTON xMcCARTUY. 
^ This brilliant young attorney-at-law was 
^ born in I'iiie River Township, Gratiot 
County, this State, February 8, ISoG, aud is the 
son of Daniel and Melissa (Dexter) McCarthy. The 
father was a native of Cork, Ireland, and came to 
the United States when eighteen years old, but 
after spending twojears in New York, migrated to 
Michigan and settled in Oakland County. The 
mother is a native of Vermont who niany years 
ago settled in jMichigan with hi'r jiarciits and is 
still living with a son in Oscoda County. Tlie fa- 
ther died about seven years ago. 

The family settled in Cratiot County, a short 
time before the birth of our subject and while lie 



was still quite young they removed to Oakland 
County, whicii they made their home until he was 
SIX years old then the}' returned to(!ratiot County. 
At the age of fifteen the youth entered the lumber 
woods and continued in that kind of work until 
lie was twenty-four. In summer he worked on the 
log boom and until he was of age he assi>tc(l in 
tlie suppoit of the family. 

In 1880 the young man who had long realized 
the necessity for a higher education entered the 
Normal school at Valparaiso, Ind., aud studied for 
some time, alternating this .schooling with work in 
the lumber woods, and also read law as he had op- 
portunity until he was able to pass his examination 
and be admitted to the bar of Gratiot County, 
which was in March, 1884 before Judge Hart. 

During the next summer Mr. McCarthy again 
worlted on the log boom at Saginaw, and while so 
operating he received the nomination for the Dem- 
ocratic party as Circuit Court Commissioner, and 
was elected during the Cleveland campaign. At 
that time he made a canvass of the county, speak- 
ing frequently and on New Year's Day, 188;') lie 
assumed the duties of the office, opening at the 
same time a law office and bringing to this city his 
mother, one brother and a sister, namely: Daniel 
Willard and Pollen Lena, both of whom he placed 
in the High School. He was re-elected in 1K8(;, 
remaining in that position until, January, 188!) and 
refused after that to he a candidate. 

The ensuing fall Mr. McCarthy entered the 
Northern Indian Law School which is connected 
with the Normal School at Valparaiso, and gradu- 
ated therefrom in the Class of June, 18!»(l, receiv- 
ing a degree of Bachelor of Laws in a class of 
thirty-seven members. During the same time he 
pursued a commercial course and also a literary 
course, giving especial attention to rhetoric. He 
had thorough training and i)ractical workinspeak- 
ing in the literary societies and the moot courts 
of the institution. Upon liis return to Saginaw lie 
resumed his law practice and is building up a satis- 
factory connection. During the fall of 18!I0 he 
stumped the county in the interests of the Demo- 
cratic party, but his belief is that a piotective taritT 
is needed for the country for years to come, aiso 
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silver iiucstion is iiidio iiiaily correct, and he has 
therefore deeided to take his position with the 
Republican |)arty and has so placed himself before 
tlie people of the county. 

In liis social connections Mr. McCarthy isa mem- 
l)er of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in 
which he is very active and he is now serving as 
Noble Grand of Star Lodge No. !.'>(). He was mar- 
ried November IH, IJSKd to Miss K. Belle Cornell of 
St. Louis. Mich., who was born in Ionia County. 
■She like himself is a graduate of A'alparaiso Nor- 
mal school. She is ateacher of some years' exper- 
ience in Michigan and Illinois and was for two 
years i)rincipal of the High School at Monience, 
111. Jlr. McCarthy is of the Unitarian faith but 
both he and his wife atteu<l the L'niversalist 
Church. 






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ANIKL MINRO, a farmer and stock- 
raiser residing in Chesaning Township, 
Saginaw County, was born in Hloonifield 
Township. Oakland County, this State, Oc- 
tober 13, 1842. His nidllier l»jri' the maiden name 
of Isalielle Woods, and the father, lledent Beard 
jSIunro. was a farmer. Tiiey botii were New York- 
ers by birth and bolli passed from life in Oakland 
County, the mother lieing called from her family 
when this son was only thirteen days old. and the 
father dying about the year \^(u. 

After receiving the benelits of a connnon-school 
education, Daniel MunrO began work for himself 
at about the age of twenty one, saving the inone^y 
received as a monthly stii)cnd to make a payment 
on the land which ufnv constitutes his beautiful 
farm. This properly upon which he made the lirst 
payment in IHflT, consisted of eighty acres of tine 
soil, and he at once began to clear and imi)rove it. 
.AlissLois Is.abel Babliidge became the wife of Mr. 
Munro, October Hi, I8()9. She was the daughter 
of William and Susan (York) Babbidge, of the 
•State of JIaine. Mi-. Babl)idge served three years 
during the late war; he was sun-struck, from the 
effects of which he never fully reco\ered. He was 
a brave soldier and recei\'e<l an honorable discharge. 



In earl\ life he followed the sea. To Mr. and Mrs. 
MoiiH) were born two children. Ethel Susan, who is 
a teacher in this county; and Maud Isabel, who is 
fitting for teaching in Chesaning. These daugh- 
ters lost their mother by death in .luly, 1881. Dur- 
ing their girlhood the family made their home in 
Saginaw in order to secure better educational ad- 
vantages, l)ut returned to the farm in IH'.H). 

The present Mrs. Munro was known in her 
maidenhood as Mi.ss Nellie M. \'an Deraark. She 
was born April 4, 1864, in East Saginaw, and is a 
daughter of Arad (i. and Sarah A. (Ivirke) Van 
Demark, who were born in New York and Ohio 
respectively. The children of this marriage are 
two in number: Sarah Leona, born September 8, 
1883; and Iva, born March 31, 1888. The parents 
of these children are bringing them up under the 
intluences of the Christian religion, and are active 
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. 
Munro is a stanch I'rohibitionist and a stanch 
worker for the temperance cause. He was School 
Assessor for some nine years, and was formerly a 
member of the Ue|niblican party. Solomon Mun- 
ro, the grandfather of our subject, w.as in the AVar 
of 1812. 

Mrs. Munro's father, Mr. Van Demark, was born 
at Ithaca, N. Y., .lanuary 13, 1823, and was the son 
of .lesse and Deborah (.lohnston) Van Demark, of 
New England origin. After taking training upon 
the farm and in the district school, he learned the 
trade of a cal)inet-maker, and then began to prac- 
tice carpentry. His father died when the boy was 
only six ye.ars old, and in 1833, when this son was 
ten years of .age his mother married again and mi- 
grated to Michigan, coming to this county, where 
the youth heliicd to build the second block that 
was |)ut n\> in Saginaw. 

Mr. \an Demark was married t)ctobcr 12, 18;jl, 
to Miss Sarah A. Ivirke, a native of Fremont, Ohio, 
who was born .September 2!). 1833. The young 
man enlisted February 2M. 18(n. in Company B. 
Third Michigan Cavalry, and while on guard duty 
:it San .\ntonio, Tex., he received a severe sun- 
stroke. This affliction resulted in permanent in- 
jury to both sight and he.iring, so that he has been 
unable to carry on his trade since his return from 
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February 15, 1866. and .ifter lite return home lie 
tried to do some fai-miiig, but has found it up-hill 
work to make a livino-. This family has a grand 
record for patriotism, as the fathers of both Jlr. 
and Mrs. Van Demark were in theWarof lK12,and 
their grandfathers in the Kevolutionaiv War, while 
Mrs. Van Demark had a brother-in-law. fourlnoth- 
ers and three nepiiews in the Civil War. 



OIIN CANTWELL, the head of one of the 
leading families in Chesaning Township, 
Saginaw County, and the father of Albert 
Cantwell, whose sketch also appears in this 
volume, was born near Hanbury, Oxfordshire, 
England, March 5. LSI 7, and is the son of Ciiarles 
and Elizabeth (Trunks) Cantwell, whose circum- 
stances did not allow them to give their son very 
good opportunities for an education, but by paying 
a penny a night they sent him to a night school, 
and he thus gained the rudiments of learning, and 
at the age of twelve went out lo service in a gentle- 
man's family. 

.lohn Cantwell was twenly-tive years old, when, 
in .lime, 18-l.S, he was united in marriage with Miss 
Sarah Scribner, daughter of .lohn and .Vim (ISlay- 
ter) Scribner, Vov six years prexious he had 
served on the (lolice force in J^ondon, liut after 
marriage lie resigned that position and again en- 
tered the service of a gentleman. In IJS;")! here- 
moved his family, consisting of his wife and three 
children, to Canada, making his home near Chatham 
in the County of Kent. There he and his sister, 
Ann Elizalieth (afterward jMrs. Page), bought one 
hundred acres of land ujioii which the family 
lived for twenty-three years and there his four 
young children were born. After selling out this 
property he farmed for two years before coming 
to Michigan. 

The subject of this sketch removed toCliesaning 
in 1876 and with him came all his children, six in 
number. His eldest son. .Tolin Henry, who was 
liorn November 14, 1845, died in Canada in 1872, 
Sarah Ann was born November I!*, 1847, and inai- 
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ried George D. Smith .Tanuaiy 28, 1879, in Ches- 
aning, and after going to Chatham, Canada, died 
there February l.S, IHltl, leaving two children. 
Tlie son, (ieorge, was born .lune 22, 1849, and 
with liis wife .and five children lives at Cnster, Ma- 
son County, where he has a sawmill. Fanny 
]Maria was born December 4, 18;')2, and married 
.lohn Stevens, by whom she has one child ;.Mary was 
born at Blenheim, Canada, February 2, 186;'), and is 
now Airs. Rinaldo Crofoot. Alice at the same place 
May 21, 1857, and married George W. Homer; and 
Albert, whose sketch appears in this work, was born 
October*24,186!l. The father took out his n.atnrali- 
zatioii pajiers soon after coming to this State and is 
now an active and earnest Democrat. In his native 
home he was a member of the Church of England, 
but since coming to this country he has not iden- 
tified himself with aii\' religious denomination. 






?^EORGE SHUTTLER, one of the best-known 
,5^ farmers of Chesaning Townshi|), Saginaw 
County, was born in Germany, .January 19, 
1836, and is a son of .Jacob and Mary Shuttler. 
The father w.as a farmer and died when (Jeorge 
was about ten years of age and two years later this 
son with an elder brother came to America and 
made his first stop in Erie County, N. Y., where he 
worked by the month on a farm and spent one 
winter in school. He pursued work in this way 
until his marriage, his wages increasing each j'ear 
from §.'), at which figure he first started, to ^'2i>, 
which he was receiving just before the breaking 
out of the War of the Rebellion. 

Oui' suliject was married .Tuly 13, 1860, to Miss 
.I.ane .lanet Nason, of JOrie County, N. Y. She was 
born in lUiffalo, August 3, 1841. an<l is a daughter 
of Charles and Harriet (Clieckley) Nason, both of 
whom wcie born, reared and married in lOngland. 
About a year after their marriage the xoiiiig couple 
emigrated to Micliigan and Mr. Sluittler took jolis 
ill getting out lumber and occasionally bought 
standing timber and got it out and sold it, thus 
continuing to work m the lumber woods for Na.son 
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and lot and sometime after i)urcliased forty acres 
soracwliat north of ('liesaniiig, winch he afterward 
traded for land close to the village. 

Three children have blest this home, viz: Mary 
Jane, who was Itorn in Erie County, N. Y., April 
24, 1862; Ilattie Eliza, in Chcsauing Township. 
Saginaw County, .lunc 9, ISOfi, and Maude Estella, 
February 1, 1M79. The oldest daughter was edu- 
cated in the Che.saning scbools and taught for one 
term before her mari-iage with Albert Cant- 
well. Mr. Shuttler has until (piite recently voted 
and worked with the Democratic i)arty, Intt lie 
now calls himself a I{epul)lican. For three vears 
he served as .Street Commissioner .<tnd his term of 
service was l)eneficial to the citv. 




RC1II1J.\LI) imOWNLlE. We have here 
a life sketch of one of the sturdy sons of 
lii Scotland who have helped so much in the 
development of the natural resources of 
the Wolverine State. Tiiis gentleman is a pros- 
perous farmer and stock-raiser, residing on section 
27, Birch Run Township, Saginaw County, and 
was horn in I>anarksliire, Scotland, October 2.3, 
1832. 

In 184G our subject emigrated with his parents, 
John and Agnes (Flemming) Brownlie, to Canada, 
taking passage at (ilasgow on a sailing-vessel and 
spending six weeks and two days upon the ocean. 
Landing at IMontreal, they proceeded to East 
Middlesex, and there our subject was reared to 
man's estate. Training upon the farm and in the 
district school, with the usual sports of a farmer's 
lad, filled up his boyhood days. His course of 
study was far from being as rich and progressive 
as that now offered to the children of the present 
generation, but through its aid lie laid the founda- 
tion for an intelligent manhood. 

In 1853 Mr. Brownlie came to St. Clair County, 
Mich., and there resided for two years, after 
which he removed to Sanilac Count}', which he 
made liis home for some time, following lumber- 
ing and farming. During the days of the Civil 
War he came to this county and undertook lum- 



bering at South Saginaw, remaining there for sev- 
eral years, after which he removed to East Sagi- 
naw, and there continued in the same line of 
work. 

The marriagf of our subject with Emily, daugh- 
ter of .lohn and Angeline (Odell) King, took 
place jNIaich 2.5, 1872. Air. and Mrs. King were 
natives of the Empire State, who had come to this 
region in the early day.s. Their daughter was 
horn in New York. In the spring of 1887 Jlr. 
Brownlie brought his family to the farm in Birch 
Hun Township, on which he still resides, and 
which has continued to be their home since that 
time. 

This fine tract of one hundred and twenty acres 
was accumulated by our subject through years of 
hardship and untlinching industry, and in all his 
endeavors he had the wise and affectionate co- 
operation of Mrs. Brownlie. That lady was born 
August 12, 1833, in Monroe County, X. Y. Her 
paternal grandfather. Israel M. King, was a soldier 
in the War of 1812. Air. Brownlie is a thorough 
Republican in his political sentiments and a man 
of public spirit and enterprise, who is ever looking 
to the best interests of the county. He and his 
good wife are now enjoying the fruits of their 
many years of effort, and delight in the social in 
tercourse of friends and neighbors. 



!f:=^ ON. THOMAS A. E. WEADOCK, repre- 
senting the Tenth District in the present 
'•^ congress, is one of Michigan's most gifted 
and distinguished citizens. He was born 
in IJallygarret, County Wexford, Ireland, January 
1, 18.j(), and was the third son of Lewis and Mary 
(CuUen) Weadock. Both family names have been 
distinguished by those who bore them in the early 
days of Ireland, and have left their individuality 
upon the section of country in which they lived 
for so many years. 

Our subject was brought to America by his i)ar- 
ents in his infancy, they coming West and settling 
at first in St. Mary's, Auglaize County, Ohio, the 
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Later the parents removed to a small farm near St. 
Mary's, where they resided until 18(!:!. then the 
father died when our subject was a hid of tliirteen 
years. Tlie latter h.id licen g.ivcn a good educa- 
tion in the districts of his neighborhood which was 
supplemented by a two years' course in I'nion 
School at St. Mar\ "s. 

On the return of an elder brother from the army. 
Mr. Weadock, of this sketch, wlio was then only 
fifteen years of age, went to Cincinnati, intending 
to learn the printer's trade. After engaging in it 
a short time and not lieing willing to make of it 
his life pursuit, lie returned liome and liegan teach- 
ing in Auglaize, Shelby and .Miami Counties. Me 
continued his studies during the yacatioiis, and as 
is nearly always the case with those who are self- 
educated, in after life attained to eminence and 
distinction. Another peculiar fact recurs to the 
writer — that nearly every successful, educated man 
of the ijresent day was a school teacher in lus 
3'Oung manhood. 

The aml)itious yoiuig man, determining to equip 
himself in the licst iiossilile manner for the iiiglier 
duties of life, went to Ann Arbor and cntei-ed the I 
Law Department of the University of jMichigan. 
He was unusually studi<ius during hi> pei'iod at 
college, .as in fact he has always been, and while 
not in thelectui'c liall.> of the University, applied 
himself diligently to his work and during vaca- 
tions read law in the office of an eminent Deti'oit 
attorney. On the 26th of JIarcli, 1873, he w.as 
graduated as Bachelor of Laws and on the Stli of 
the following month was admitted to the bar of 
the Supreme Court of .Michigan, and in .Tunc, 1873 
to the bar of the Supreme Court of Ohio, the Hon. 
(Tcorge Iloadley being one of the examining com- 
mittee. To tiie credit of the young man it is pro- 
per to state that lie accomplished this work almost 
alone and unaided at the early age of twenty- 
three 3'ears. In 1884, March 26, he was admitted 
to practice before the Supreme Court of the United 
States. 

Immediately after being admitted to the bar 
Mr. Weadock began to look for a location, which 
would be both a desirable ]ilace to live and also 
where he could build up a remunerative practice. 
He came to Bay City, where he found a cordial 



welcome, hung out his shingle and has not only- 
become one of the best known men of his profes- 
sion in the Saginaw \'alley. Init ranks among the 
foremost lawyers of the State. On locating at his 
new home, he assisted in making an abstract of the 
real-estate records of Bay County. This gave him 
an excellent practical education along that parti- 
cular and important line of legal work. In June, 
187;'), Mr. Weadock formed a co-|inrtneisliip with 
Or.aeme M. Wilson, who was at the time I'losecut- 
ing iVttorney of B.ay County. That relationship 
continued until 1877, when on the decease of Mr. 
Wilson. Mr. Weadock w.as appointed to fill the 
vacancy thus occasioned, by the Hon. Sanford M. 
flreen. Circuit .ludge. That position lie held until 
.Tan nary 1, 1878. ]Mr. Wea(hjck had advanced 
rapidly in his profession, become popular in the 
community and a leader of his party, as is evid- 
enced by his nomination, in April, 1883, as Mayor 
of tlie city. Although the political partj' which he 
represented liad been defeated at three preceding 
local elections, he received a handsome majority. 
He is a clean, clear-cut m.an and lie gave the city, 
.as was expected of him, a pure .and clean admini- 
stration. He introduced many reforms and in 
various ways proved a public benefactor. Politi- 
cally, he is a Democrat, an admirer of Jefferson, 
Jackson and Tilden, and the writings of these 
eminent men liave veiy largely molded his poli- 
tical convictions. He presided at the .State Con- 
vention of his party, which nominated Judge 
Morse and is regarded as an aide advocate of party 
measures on the "stumi)." 

5Ir. Weadock was married in 1874, to Mary E. 
Tarsney, a sister of the Hon. T. E. Tarsney, of 
East Saginaw, late a member of Congress from the 
Eighth District of Michigan, and the Hon. John 
C. Tarsney, who represented the Kansas City (Mo.) 
District in the Eifty-first United States Congress, 
and was re-elected to the Fifty-second Congress. 
Ten childien were born to ;\Ir. and ^Nlrs. Weadock, 
of this sketch, six of whom survive but the mo- 
ther, who had gone South for lier health, died in 
March, 1889, at the age of thirty-seven years, sur- 
rounded liy those she loved. 

The Hon. T. A. E. Weadock is recognized as a 
lawyer of great aliility. having a huge and ever in- 



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creasing 'practice. He has sliowii himself capable 
of close application to the duties which lay before 
him and his judicious decisions and wise course 
when attempting to bring about any worthy object 
are well-known to those who are acquainted with 
the histor}' of the State. He is a man who fully ap- 
preciates the value of a knowledge of. books and 
has accumulated a tine library. The Hon. Mr. 
Weadock was elected a member of Congress in 
1890, his majority in Bay County- being the 
largest ever given any Congressional candidate in 
that couiitj' viz: twenty-one hundred and forty- 
nine. He is associated with his youngest brother, 
John C. AVeadock, in the practice of law. 



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eAPr. GEORGE TURNER, one of the oldest 
Civil Engineers in the State of ISIicliigan, is 
now a resident of Bay City, where he is 
engaged in his profession, taking large contracts 
for paving, sewering and railroading. He was born 
in Clinton, Branch County, Mich., .January 29, 
18:35, and was reared in Detroit. His father was 
.James Turner a native of Nottinghamshire, Eng- 
land, and a miller and baker liy trade. The grand- 
father was an ollicer in the English arni^-. The 
father was a young .man when he came to America 
and was a journevman miller in iVIaryland and 
New York. .Vbout the year 18;3;5 he came to Clin- 
ton, Branch County, this State, and remained there 
until 1839 when he Ijoughtthe Dearborn ]Mills,ten 
miles west of Detroit, and operated tliein until 
1847. At the expiiation of tliis time he removed 
to Detroit and engaged in tlie merchandising busi- 
ness and worked at various pursuits until hisdeath 
in 1850. 

The mother of our subject bore the maiden name 
of Emily Knox, a native of ICngland. Slie came 
to America witii a lnother ;ui(l resided in Saginaw 
City, seventy-six \cars. She Imrc her husband six 
children. Our subject was educated in Detroit in 
a i)rivate school. When lil'teen years of age he 
became attached to the general department of the 
Ihiited States Survey and went with a party to the 
Northern I'eninsula in 1850 and assisted in the 



survey of that place and some of the Lower Pen- 
insula. This was all Government land then and 
deemed worthless by them. 

In the year 1856 our subject became Deputy 
United States .Surveyor and held that otlice for two 
years when he located in Midland County and was 
there County Surveyor and Registrar of Deeds for 
two years. He was re-elected to both otiices and 
held them until 1861, when in July he raised part 
of Compan}- B. of the Eighteenth Jliehigan In- 
fantry and enlisted as a private. In October he 
was appointed Second Lieutenant and went .South 
in the winter of 1861-62. In Jime, 1862 he be- 
came First Lieutenant; in November, 1863, was 
made Captain of Comi)any A, and in August, 1864, 
received the commission of Captain of the First 
United States Veteran Engineers. He participated 
in all the important battles with his regiment and 
was with some of the most noted Generals of the 
army. Ha was honorably mustered out at Nash- 
ville, in November, 1865, having served over four 
years and six months. He was s^lightly wounded 
at Stone River in the leg by a spent ball. After the 
close of the war Capt. Turner remained in the 
South and did surveying for a numberof difterent 
railroads. In 1871 he went to Arkansas .and bought 
a tract of land in Yell County, and while there 
was the United .States census taker of that county 
in 1879 and also served on the State Board of 
Commissioners which he held until 1881. 

In the last-named year Capt. 'I urner returned to 
Bay City, lie immediately went north to build a 
railroad of twenty miles for his brother in ,\rcnac 
County, in 1SS12 he was appointed city engineei- 
for nine years up to the spring of 1891 and he de- 
voted all his time to this position. He then located 
in the Pluenix Block with his son George E. and 
is now engaged in contracting and constructing 
sewers and pavements. 

Capt. Turner was married in Chattanooga, Teun., 
in 18('>6 to Jli-s Sophia Thompson, a native of 
(ieorgia. Three children have come to bless their 
home; George Edwin, who is associated with his 
father; Edith, j\Irs. Richardson of Midland; and 
Fannie who died in youth. Our subject is a mem- 
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Fellows and the Free and Accepted Masons. In 
Ills |)(ilitical views he is a Kepublican and never 
swerves from his party's principles. He is one of 
the leading members of the Loyal Legion. 



OUACK BEC'KEK, a wholesale dealer in 
l] grain, tloiir, feed and groceries has been 
establislied at P.ay City since 1889. and a 
ij^ resident liere since 1874. He was born near 
Detroit, Midi., February 0, 1833. His fatliei- was 
Garrett Becker, a native of New York State and the 
grandfatlier, Abraham, was also a native of New 
York. The father of our subject was twenty years 
old when he came to INIichigan and located on a 
farm nine niles west of Detroit, it consisting of 
one hundred and sixty acres and in 1888 removed 
to tlie city of Detroit. He was an Abolitionist and 
Republican in his iKJJitical views. The mother, 
Sarah Phillips, was horn in New York and died on 
the farm. She bore her husband seven children. 

Our sul)ject was reared cm the farm and received 
a common district-sciiool education. He remained 
at home until 1874, when he came to Baj- City and 
was employed in various ways. In the spring of 
1889, he started in business on his own account, 
engaging in the flour and feed business. 

Mr. Becker was married in Bay City to Emma 
Kunkil. a native of Tuscola County, N. Y., and 
their home has been blessed by the birth of two 
children, Ernest and Belle. Mr. Becker is a stanch 
Republican i)olitieally, and socially, is a memlierof 
the Ancient Order of United Workmen. His fine 
and commodious residence is situated on the corner 
of Second and North Sherman Sti'eets. 



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(|[ OIIN PIHLP, a retired machinist and prom- 
inent citizen of l>ay City, was born in Scot- 
land, February 10. 1827. His grandfather^ 
John, was a weaver in the lowlands of 
Scotland, and iiis father, Andrew, followed the 
same occui)ation, manufacturing d:iinask linen. 



woolen goods, and Paisley shawls. Mrs. JIary 
Pliilp, mother of our subject, was a daughter of an 
overseer in coal mines, and had a family of five 
children, three of whom are living. 

In the common sciiools of his native land our 
subject received his education, and at the age of 
fifteen was apprenticed to learn the trade of a ma- 
chinist, working in that way for five years. When 
twenty' years old, he commenced to work in Edin- 
burgh, and later followed his tiade in (^lasgow. 
In the spring of 18.")2 he left Liverpool on the 
sailing vessel "Aaron," and after a voyage of four 
weeks landed in New York, proceeding thence to 
Newark, N. J., and working as a machinist. For 
a time he w.as employed in Schenectady, N. Y., 
and from there returned to New York City, where 
he worked in the shops of the Hudson River Rail- 
road Company for eighteen months. 

Afterward Mr. Philp sojourned in Schenectady 
for a time and went from that city in 1854 to 
Kingston, Canada, then to Hamilton, and in 18o,'j 
came to Detroit, this State. After working there 
for one j^ear he came to Bay City, where for some 
time he was in the employ of others. Three years 
after coming here he started a small machine shop 
in partnership with a brother, but was compelled 
to abandon the business during the dull times of 
1859. He next engaged for himself in a black- 
smith shop on Water Street until 1866, when he 
organized the Bay City Iron Company Works, 
which was incorporated and soon became one of 
the most flourishing institutions of the city. 

Through the indefatigable industry of oiu- sub- 
ject this company was eminently successful, and 
he continued with it in the capacity of Su|)erin- 
tendent of the forging department until his re- 
tirement from business in 1882. He is still con- 
siderably interested in real estate and owns three 
houses in the city besides a number of valuable 
lots. In all his labors he has received the co- 
operation of his estimable wife, to whom he was 
married in 1849. She was Miss Catherine Hage, a 
native of Scotland, where she was reared to woman- 
hood. Mr. and Mrs. Philp are the parents of six 
chihlren. namely: Andrew, who was drowned in 
1871 ; Jlargaret, who is married .and resides in Bay 
City; ISIary, IMrs. Livingston, also a resident of 



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Bay City; Alex, who is machinist foreman in tlie 
Bay City Iron Company; Catherine, who is mar- 
ried and lives in Bay City; and John, a practical 
machinist. 

Mr. Philp has served four years as Alderman of 
the First Ward, and in liis political aHiliations is a 
Democrat. He has served as Cliairman and mem- 
ber of various important committees and as dele- 
gate to count}' and State conventions. He is 
identified with the Presbyterian Churcli and St. 
Andrew's Society of Bay City, and lias endeavored 
by everj- means in his power to advance the in- 
terests of his adopted home. 



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]I^ONALD MORRISON. The Saginaw Bus- 
I jjl iness College, at No. 522 Oenesee Avenue. 
^^^ is one of the flourishing institutions of the 
East Side. Its general plans and aims 
are such as to give it a fair name and an honored 
position among other institutions of learning. The 
college has always been remarkable for its pure 
tone and genial spirit, and students of good in- 
tentions, generous aspirations for cultivated 
thorougliness, have been attracted to this seat of 
learning, wliere they receive every possible oppor- 
tunity for the highest development of character 
and intellect. 

The proprietor of the college. Prof. Morrison, 
was born in Ontario, Canada, March 11, 18o4. Ills 
father, John, was a native of Scotland, and his 
mother, Maiy McCloud; was a Canadian. He was 
one of nine children, and was reared in his native 
place. In 1879 he accompanied his father to 
Michigan, remaining in Shiawassee County until 
his father's death, when he took a course of com- 
mercial studies. Upon coming to Saginaw he be- 
came connected with the Parsons' Business College, 
and upon the departure of Prof. Parsons for 
Duluth, became his successor. In December, 1889, 
he bought the institution, which he is now con- 
ducting under the name of the Saginaw Business 
College. 

Believing that the tendency of the times is 



toward a more practical, useful education for our 
l)oys and young men, the Professor is endeavoring 
ill every possible way to fit the students under iiis 
ciiarge for some profitable industry. His college 
teaches business on .active principles, liascd on 
actual business transactions, the student taking an 
active part, buying and selling and engaging in all 
the ramiliciitions of coinniercial life. In fact, it 
may be termed a miniature world of coininerce. 

The course of sliul\- emhr.aces book-keeping, 
penmanship, shorthand, tyi)ewriting. correspond- 
ence, language courses, accounts, and all various 
departments necessary for a thorough education. 
The rates of tuition are reasonal)le. and every con- 
venience has been brought into requisiticm for the 
comfort of the students. The faculty are gentle- 
men and ladies of [irogressive intelligence, who 
have adopted the very best features of the institu- 
tion and who thoroughly understand the reiiuire- 
meiits of students designed for business life. 









ff%] "'^^'^'^''■'^ ^^'- Ht)PivINS. Justice of the 
|l( _ Pe.ace at Chesaning, was born in Spring- 
^k^J field, this State, November 29. 185:3. He is 
the son of Har\cy J. and Sylvia (Taylor) Hop- 
kins, whose sketch api)ears elsewhere in this vol- 
ume. In his youth he received a coininon-school 
education, after which he engaged in teaching 
grammar and mental arithmetic for a time witiiout 
receiving any remuneration, however, for his ser- 
vices. After remaining on a farm until he was 
eighteen, lie began m 1872 to clerk in a general 
store, which he followed for aliout three years. 

-Vfterward Mr. Hopkins entered into partner- 
ship with his father, whom he later bouglit out 
and man.aged the liusiness alone about two 3'ears. 
His father again entered the firm, and Chester W., 
after continuing with him a short time, sold out 
iiis interest and went to Kansas, where he was in 
the boot and shoe business at Wellington for one 
year. Returning to Clie>aning. lie engaged in a 
saw-mill with Mr. ( iould for two years, and was 
also interested with him in the hardware business 
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Mr. Hopkins is now in partnership with his 
fathei- in tlie creamery business at Chesaning, and 
is conducting the enterprise witii conspicuous suc- 
cess. 

In liis political belief he is a I{ei)ublieau. He 
has served as Clerk for some time. Township 
Treasurer two years, Village Clerk a number of 
terms, Village Treasurer, and was elected Justice 
of the Peace in the spring of 1890. He is popular 
and etlicient in his ofHcial i)Osition,and no decision 
rendered liy him has ever been appealed. 

The marriage of Mr. Hopkins and Miss Sophia, 
daugliter of Robert H. and Susan Mason, of 
Chesaning, was celebrated there November- 30, 

1876, and they are the parents of one child. 
Maude, wlio was born in Chesaning Septemljer 8, 

1877. Mr. Hopkins is a prominent Knight 
Templar, has been Junior Deacon, and is now 
serving his third year as Master. 

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«l IMLLIAM M. SMITH. Among the most 
\rj/f prominent farmers of Saginaw County is 
^^^ this gentleman, who lives two and one- 
half miles west of .Saginaw t>n what is known as 
the "cross-road," on section 20, Saginaw Township. 
He was born on the farm wliieli is now Iiis home, 
December 8, 1840. His grandfather who was a 
farmer, died in 1820, when John M., father of our 
subject, was only four years old. The latter, who 
was a native of England, cinie to America when 
seventeen years old and remained for one season 
at Lockport, N. Y. He then journeyed to Buffalo, 
and from there to Detroit by boat, walking thence 
to Genesee County, where he stopped for a short 
time. 

Learning that the S.aginaw Kixer was large 
enough to be navigated by boats, John M. Smith 
concluded that Saginaw must eventually make a 
town of some consequence, as he had lived along 
navigable rivers in England. He walked to Sagi- 
naw, reaching the place Se|)tember 20, 1836, and 
on the day of his arrival he bought a copv of the 
Detroit Daily Free Press, which our subject now 



has in his possession. He m«mi liircd out by the 
month to clear a tr.actof land aud continued work- 
ing in that way for two years, when he took a job 
of clearing a road from Saginaw to Titlabawassee. 
The road is now known as the Cross Road and 
passes through our subject's farm. 

During that time Mr. Smith boarded himself and 
endured the hardships incident to settlement in a 
new country. In 1838 he bouglit forty acres of 
his present farm, and .settling upon it, commenced 
to clear the place. Indians were very numerous 
and he w.ason somewhat intimate terms with them. 
Deer and bears were also [ilentiful. Notwithstand- 
ing the fact that he ai-rived in Saginaw penniless, 
he prospered and at the time of his death in Sep- 
tember, 1876, owned three hundred and forty 
acres of fine and well-cultivated land. He was a 
man of strong mind and character, and in his re- 
ligious views inclined to the faith of the Episcopal 
Church, while politically he was a Democrat. 

The mother of our subject, Margaret Swarthout, 
was l)orn in New York State in 1810, and came 
with her parents to this county in 1835. She 
reared five children, namely: William M., George 
A., Mary II., Mrs. .McLellan; Ne.lie A., Mis. Der- 
mont, and Hudson K. She was a member of the 
Episcopal Church and died December 2.1861. The 
boyhood days of our subject were jiassed on tlie 
old homestead, where he aided his father in clear- 
ing the land until he was about twenty-live years 
old. He then went to Northern Wisconsin, thirty 
miles north of Black River Falls, .and worked <me 
year in the lumber wc)Ods. From there he pro- 
ceeded to Lawrence. Kan., and worked one year at 
bridge-building on the Kansas & Pacific Railroad. 

For one yeai' afterward IMr. .Smith was employed 
on the North Missouri Railroad, then building to 
Kansas City, and for three years was foreman of 
the bridge and liuildiiig department on the Mis- 
souri, Ft. Scott, and (^ulf Railroad. He then 
bought one hundred and sixt\- acres of raw laud 
in Crawford County, Kan., and improved it with 
good buildings, planting a fine orchard and groves 
of maple trees. In 1878 lie .-iold out and returning 
home, took possession of the jilace where he was 
born. 

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E. Palmer, who was born in Genesee County, this 
State, April 22, 1840. They have no children of 
their own but have adopted a daushter — Bessie, 
who is now (1892) six years old. Mr. Smitli has 
one hundred acres all under cultivation except a 
small tract of timber. His land is level and the 
farm is one of the finest in the county. His resi- 
dence was erected in 1885, while his two barns 
were built in 1880 and 1882. He makes a specialty 
of the dairy business, furnishing special customers 
with butter and also shipping a considerable amount 
to Philadelphia. 

In their religious belief, Jlr. and Mrs. .Smith are 
members of the Jlicliigan Avenue Methodist Epis- 
copal Church and he belongs to the Board of Di- 
rectors. ITntil after the election of President 
Cleveland, he was a Democrat, but since that time 
lias been a Prohibitionist, and in the campaign of 
1887 took a very active part. In 1890 he was 
nominated for Congress in the Eighth District on 
the Prohibition ticket and polled two thousand one 
hundred and six votes, a large increase over that 
of any previous election on the Prohibition ticket. 
A man of great energy and indomitable persever- 
ance, his success in life is the just reward of his 
arduous labors. 

^'OIIN A. GAVIT. The gentleman whose 
name is above is an attorney-at-law of ex- 
cellent reputation, and is also Justice of the 
Peace. His j)iaee of business, as well as 
residence, is in Saginaw. He was l)orn in Wal- 
singham, Ontario, August 19, 18(51. His father, 
Albert N. Oavit, is now a resident of Spalding 
Township, Saginaw County Ilis mother's maiden 
name was Bridget Highland. She was a native of 
Ireland and was married to our subject's father 
iu Canada, where he was horn. 

AVhen our subject was about ten years old the 
family removed to Michigan, locating in Oakland 
County, and four years later moved to Saginaw, 
where his father now resides. .lolm remained at 
home until twenty years of age, and meantime 
found sucli emi)loymont as he could. He worked 



upon the log booms along the river, in lumber 
camps as chopper, and engaged in similar work 
until finally he became cook for the lumber camj), 
and in the ^|)l•ing assisted in running logs. From 
his earnings he w.as enabled to attend school, 
which he did during th(^ winter seasons. At Flint 
he took in the Normal School what was known 
as the teachers' course, working his way through 
that institution, and succeeded in obtaining his 
diploma of graduation in the Class of '8.'). 

The young man had decided to become a law- 
yer and had read lil.ackstone and a few other legal 
standard works prior to graduation. He now be- 
came a devoted student of law in the office of 
Hicok & Russell, at Flint, and was admitted to 
|)ractice at the bar before .Judge ^'ewton at Flint 
in 1887. Lawyer (4avit began to practice at Flint 
and was chosen by his party (the Democratic) as 
Circuit Court Commissioner, but after the election 
of 1888. in which he suffered defeat, he came to 
Saginaw. 

In jNIarch, ISS'J. our subject entered a home- 
stead in Iron County, this State, on the line of 
the Ontonagon k Brule River Railroad. He re- 
mained there for eight months, proving up his 
claim, and then returned to resume his practice 
in this city. In the spring of 1890 he was elected 
Justice of the Peace. This, in connection wilh 
his practice, occuities his entire time, he having 
the majority of the justice cases in the city. (Jur 
subject's brother, F. M. Gavit. is also an attorney 
in Saginaw and one of the army of noble and 
self-made men who have made their way to a piec- 
ing degree of eminence in the face of great ditti- 
culties. He worked his way through the Val- 
paraiso (Ind.) Normal School and is regarded as 
a very bright light of the legal fraternity of the 
city. 

Our subject was married January 28, 189(1, to 
Miss Emma Campbell, of Flint. Her father was 
County Treasurer of Genesee County. She was 
educated in the Flint Normal School, and after 
graduating taught for .some years. .She is the 
mother of one bright boy, whose name is Elwin J. 
In his political liking Mr. Gavit is a Democrat, 
and while he was at Flint he was made ."Secretary 
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PORTRAIT AND LilOURArilltAL K'ICfDRD. 



lOl.i 



clubs at almost every schoolhonse in that county. 
He is of quick perception, and havina: a ready wit 
and fluent speecii, lie soon became a brilliant cam- 
paign orator and did most effective service for 
his party in that and subsequent cann)aigns. lie 
is considered one of the stanch supporters of the 
Democracy in this section and stands high in his 
party as an expounder of the Jacksonian doctrine. 
In his court cases Squire (iavit's decisions are 
marked bv common sense and logical conclusions 
drawn from able reasoning. His rulings are sel- 
dom reversed by superior courts. Socially Mr. 
(iavit is a stanch friend and his nature possesses 
no spark of jealousy or envy. He is a nierabor of 
the Maccabees and is prominent in the delibera- 
tion of that society's councils. 




^AMIEL L. BKKiHAM. It is frequently 
^^ remarked that Mr. lirighain is better known 
than any other man in 15ay County. Mis 
home is in West Bay City, where he is a 
])racticing attorney and also .Tustice of the Peace, 
his otticc being located in the Mosher Block on 
Midland Street. His i)opularit\- is sutticiently in- 
dicated by the fact that he has served .-is .Justice of 
the Peace since 1880 and lias tit the expiration of 
every term of oflice, been re-elected on the Repub- 
lican ticket by large majorities, although tlie place 
is Democratic. His legal erudition entitles liini to 
a position amonii: the most [irominent lawyers of 
this section of country and his opinicms on mat- 
ters of law is considered authoritative. 

^V native of this .State, Mr. Brigham was lioni in 
lladley, Lapeer County, December 2. 18;")(). His 
ancestors were early settlers in Massachusetts and 
Connecticut, and were people of sturdy integrity 
.and "blue blood." John Brigham, his father, was 
born in Lowville, Lewis County, N. Y., and when 
a young man accompanied his brother Aaron to 
Michigan, settling in (irand Blanc Township, Gen- 
esee County, in 183.3 and engaged in clearing a 
farm from the (jrimeval wilderness. Later he re- 
moved to Atlas Township and from there to Mad- 
ley Township, where he piuchased and improved a 



farm. A man nt powerful physique, he was pecu- 
liarly fitted to endure the hardships of pioneer life 
and aid in subduing the wild forest growtli. In 
his religious belief he was an active member of the 
Congregational Clun-ch and was one of four to or- 
ganize a clnnx-h in (ioodrich. 

(Ml ilie maternal side Mr. Brigham is descended 
from pioneer settlers of the village of Goodrich, 
(ienesee County. His nuithcr bore the maiden 
of Eliza S. Goodrich, and at a very early day her 
ancestors came to Michigan, locating in Genesee 
County in 1836, and it was in their lioimr tliat the 
village of (Toodrleh was named. Mrs. Eliza S. 
Biigliam, who w.as born in Clarence, Erie County, 
N. v., died on the old homestead in HadleyTown- 
shii). The father attained to the ripe old age of 
eighty years and his death w.as the result of an ac- 
cidental fall from a load of hay. he dying while 
visiting his sons in West Bay City. 

The youngest of five children, three of whom 
reached maturity, Mr. Brigham was reared on the 
old homestead and enjoyed the advant.ages of a 
good education. During a portion of one winter 
he was a student in the Flint High School, and 
later went to Ann Arbor and for two years was a 
pupil in the High School of that city. Afterward 
he entered the University of Michigan and from 
the law department was graduated in 1874 with the 
degree of LL. B. After completing his legal stud- 
ies he spent two years on his father's farm, and in 
187(5 located in West Bay City, where he has since 
been engaged in the practice of his profession. He 
is connected with several fraternal insurance coni- 
)ianies of this city. The Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows counts him one of its most active 
membei'S and he is also identified with Ihe Knights 
of Pythias. 



Richard E. GEDNEV, senior member of 
^ the firm of (Tedney Bros., is one of the most 
* prominent hardware mei-chanl-s of Bay City. 
The firm was originally known asGedney & 
Avery, (Tcorge II. .Vvery, now of Detroit, becom- 
ing a partner in December, 1880. That connection 



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continued for three years when it was changed to 

the iiiTsent iinn. After (iccu[)\ ing a store in tlie 
old Wcstover lilufk for four years, they removed 
to their present location, wheie they liave a large 
establishment, fronting on Center and Washington 
Avenue and one hunched and seventeen feet deep, 
with n lia-jeinent and three lloors. 

Within the establishment may be found a com- 
plete stock of everything in tiie line of hardware 
!is well as house-furnishing goods, stoves, furnaces 
and sporting goods. Seven men besides the mem- 
bers of the tirni are employed in the store and it is 
tlie constant aim of the jiroprietors to serve the 
best interests of their patrons Yty keeping on hand 
tlie latest styles of goods at reasonable prices. 

Mr. (iedney was horn in Connecticut, .July 21, 
IH;')", and is the son of Klislia and Nancy (Smith) 
Oedney, the former of whom died when his son 
was onl}- three months old. After receiving his 
education in public and pri\ate schools, our subject 
learned telegraphy and afterward entered the jew- 
elry business at lU-idgeport, Conn. On coming to 
Flint, Mich., he entered the hardware store of H. C. 
S]iencer, remaining in tiiat connection for three 
and one-half years, .\fter he acijuired a thorough 
knowledge of the business lie came to Bay City and 
became a member of the firm of Oedney it Avery. 
Mr. Spencer Ijeing a silent i)artner in the company. 

Marcli 24, 1881. Mr. (Jodney was married to 
.lessic B. Ames, of East Saginaw, and they are the 
parents of two children, Alice W. and Clarence S. 
Mr. and Mre. Gedney are members of the Congre- 
gational Church, and socially he is identified with 
Joppa Lodge, F. A' A. M.; Blanchard Cliapter and 
Bay Citv Commanderv. 



il[_^ ENHV C. HEINHAHDT. This gentleman, 
who is well and widely known throughout 
the county, is eiit;ai;c>d as a bl;icksmith and 
_ carriage and w.agon manufacturer in West 
Bay City, hi.s place of business being located on 
Henry Street near Midland. He was born in 
West Bay City, or Lower Saginaw as it was then 



called, November 25, 1857, and wa.s the son of 
Henry Reinhardt, a native of Germany, where he 
was rearid and followed tlic trade of a mason. 
The elder Mr. Reinhardt came to America when 
a young man and made his iiome in AVest B.ay 
City. 

Henry lieiuharilt on coming to this county pur- 
chased eighty acres of land which now adjoins 
West Bay City, which he improved and operated 
and'upon which he resides at present. At one 
time he was the possessor of one hundred and 
twenty acres hut disposed of all but eight acres, 
which is the home farm. Mr. Reinhardt is a very 
pleasant gentleman and in religious matters is a 
Lulheran. In politics he votes with the Demo- 
cratic party. His wife, the mother of our subject, 
was in her maiden days Miss Catherine Armbruster, 
who was born in Wurtemburg, German}', but met 
and married her husband in West Bay City. She 
died in West Bay City and was the mother of 
fourteen children, twelve of whom are yet living 
and of whom Henry C. of this sketch was the old- 
est but one. 

He of whom we write was reared on the home 
farm and was given a good education, lirst in the 
district and later in the High School of Bay City. 
When seventeen he was a])prenticed for three 
years to the bl.acksmith's trade in Frankenniuth, 
Saginaw County, and after mastering that business 
worked a twelvemonth for his instructor. In 1878 
Mr. Reinhardt came to West Bay City and for live 
months worked for .Toe ISIerrick. At the end of 
that time he purchased the business of his em- 
ployer and has since been successfully engaged in 
that line of work. In 1882 he enlarged his 
sho]) and engaged in the manufacture of 
carriages and wagons. His establishment is 
now 2r)x70 feet and has a wing 16x20 feet 
ill dimensions. It is two stories, the u|)per 
floor being used as the painting and tinishing de- 
partment. He is tlie oldest manufacturer in his 
line ill the i-ity and is respected as an honest and 
upright gentleman. 

Ml'. Heinhardt has a pleM>aiit home located at 
No. 306 Henry Street, and with his father owns 
]>roperty in the Fifth Ward. He was married De- 
cember 20, 1881, to ^liss Christine Wirth, who was 



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honi in Fiankenlu^t, and i.s the daughter of David 
AVirth, an old .settler in Frankenmutii Townslup. 
Our subject and his wife have five eliihlren. viz: 
Heury, IMaiy, Frederick. Alma and Herman. .Mr. 
Reinhardt was Aldeiman of the Third Ward from 
lKt<7 to IMiSl), at whicli time lie served as Chairman 
of the Street and .Sidewalk Committees and also on 
the Fire Department Committee. Sucially he is a 
member of the Arbeiter Society and in polities is a 
Democrat, serving his i)arty as deleojate to county 
conventions several times. He is a nn^mbcr of the 
Emanuel Lutheran Church at Bay City. 



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^^ HESBROUGH BROS. This firm consists of 

iv. IP ^' ^' *^^ ^^^ ^^^^'' ^' *^' ""'^' Aaron, of 
^^^^ Toledo, Ohio. They some years ago, about 

1878-79 and '80, had milling and lumber inter- 
ests in Bay City, establislied by the father, A. 
Che.shroiigh. They sold this place in 18,si and 
the firm went to the Upper Peninsula in Chippewa 
County, where they have large mills and a tract of 
pine land. 

F. P. Chesbrough resides in this city with 
his office here but the business is mainly conducted 
in the north. He came here with his jiarents in 
1869, .and in 1881 went north and looked .after the 
interests of the firm and there remained until 
1886, when he came to this city .again and has 
made a permanent home here. He was married to 
Miss Addie McCormick, a daugliter of W. R. Mc- 
Connick, one of the oldest settlers of this [)lace 
.and whose sketch will be found in another [lart of 
this volume. The Chesbrough l>ros. deserve the 
credit of opening up the lumber business at Emer- 
son, Chippewa County. They had to clear the 
timber awav so as to erect their mill, the first one 
on White Fish B.ay. There was not even a .settler 
there on their locating in that region and now 
(piite a town has sprung up. The firm has a fine 
mill with a capacity of one hundred thousand feet 
per day. They also conduct good stores and it is 
on account of the milling operations that the town 
is what it is to-dav. The mill is connected with the 



railroad and has telephone accommodations and 
the prospects are that their beginning will make 
quite a settled country. They own a tr.act of |iine 
land sulttcient to last for eight years to come. 






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?% ANIEL B.Vr.AKwXRTEN. For many years 
It/ this gentleman was prominently con- 
i^^ nected with the mercantile Interests of 
B.ay City, but is now living retired. He 
is a native of New York, and was born ten miles 
east of Buff.alo, Erie County, (October 23. 18.39. His 
father was born and reared in Alsace, Fi-ance, and 
served as an oflicer in the French army under Na- 
poleon Bonaparte. Emigrating to America he set- 
tled in Erie County, N. V., and engaged in farming 
there until his death in 186."). He was a man of 
great intelligence, and fiuent in the u.se of French 
and (Tcrman languages. Politically he was a 
Whig. 

The mother of our subject. Rosellia (i utter, was 
born in Als.ace, France and died in New York. Our 
subject, who w.as <me of the seven children in the 
family circle, was reared on a farm and attended 
the primitive schools of the district. In 18,')9he 
commenced in business with his brother, opening 
a general mercantile establishment in Williamsville 
and I'ontinuing thus engaged until 1869, when he 
came West. His first visit to Bay City was made 
in 1868, although it w.as not until the following 
year that he located heie iiermanently. 

I'pon settling in Bay City Mr. I'.aumgarten 
erected the store building on the corner of Cutler 
and Adams Streets, and embarked in the grocery 
business. .Success met his efforts and he soon lu- 
came known as the most prominent and i)opular 
merchant in the city. Through the superior qual- 
ity of his stock, as well as h'is genial disposition 
and fair dealing with all, he established an eiivi- 
ble reputation as a business man. He continued 
as a grocer until 189ti. when he sold the establish- 
ment to his two sons and they are now conducting 
the business with marked ability. 

In 1863, in Buffalo, Mr. Baumgarti-n and .Miss 
Mar\- Me\er, a native of Rochester, N. V. were 



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nuiU'd in marriage, and tiiey are the parents of 
two cliiitlren — Ciiarles M. and Edward, wlio are 
conductinii' the groeeiy estalilishnienl formerly 
owned by tlieir father. In his |)i)litieal atHliatioi\s, 
j\Ir. Uaumijarlen is a Democrat and lias aided, 
throiitrh personal labors and the inttiienee of his 
life, in the iirojjress of this citv. 







V llAULKS liAlU). liay Couuly has oieatly 
honored our siibjeet liy reposing; sueh con- 
fidence in his iiitesjrity and honor as to 
give him control of so ivsponsible a iiosition 
as Treasurer of the county. lie lias also been 
the city Treasurer of 15ay City, and has car 
ried on this business most eonseientiously and 
thoroughly in connection with his individual in- 
terests which center about the grocery business. 
Of the latter interest-s lie has two establishments, 
one located in ]!ay City and one in West IJay 
City. These are cai-ricd on under the tirm name of 
Charles I'.abo A' Sons, his partners being diaries 
A. and Augustus Babo. IVo trait is moie marked 
in the character of our subject than the purity of 
his IJepulilicanisin. 

iMr. IJabo, who h:is been a resident of i>;iy City 
since 181)3, was born in the city of Hastadt, Haden, 
(Jermany, October 1."). 1.^22. He is a son of Charles 
and Charlotte (Olsen) liabo. His lather was a 
(4overiiment ollieial in the customs service. He 
was the father (if six children; of the.se our subject 
w.as the third son. Charles attended the common 
schools and finished at the High .School in Hastadt, 
and at the age of eighteen years entered the Uni- 
versity of Freiliurg. He had been a student there 
but si.\ months when he was persuaded to take uji 
the study of pharmacy, to which be was an appren- 
tice for a short tiiiic, but was unable to continue in 
the business becau.se of his sen.sitivene.ssto the odor 
of the drugs. 

Dropi)ing ph;iriiiacy, our subject to<ik up the 
studyOf law in Freiburg and became a Notary 
Public. He then located in Baden, but, consider- 
ing that he had not seen enough of the world, he 
obtained a furlough of six months, and in 1H,')3 



left Havre, France, with his wife and two children. 
After a voyage of four weeks he landed in New 
York and becoming proprii tor of a drug store, he 
remained there for two years, thence going to Bos- 
ton, where he was in the drug business in iiartner- 
shii) with his brother for three years. In 18;')S he 
came tc> Michigan and located in Lansing. He was 
in business there for aliout five years and in the 
fall of 18(>3 located in Bay City, since which time 
lie has been engaged in the grocery business, and 
since 1870 has conducted a thriving business <ni 
the east side of the river, being the oldest grocer 
ill the city. 

In 1880 ^Ir. Babo was elected County Treasurer 
on the Republican ticket. He held the otKce for 
two years, and in .\pril. 1883, was elected city 
Treasurer and continued in that oflice until the 
fall of 1884 when he resigni'd to again accept the 
ollice of County Treasurer, of which position he 
was incumbent until January, 1887! Since that 
time he has confined his attention strictly to his 
private business. Our subject is the owner of a fine 
Itrick lilock at the corner of Third and Grand 
Streets. His residence, which adjoins this pro])- 
erty,is a beautiful pl.aceaud attractive and modern 
in every feature. I\Ir. Babo also owns a fine brick 
block in West Bay City, in which his store there is 
located. This block is at the corner of Lynn and 
^Midland Streets, and in ctmnection with the grocery 
business he hivs a large trade in crockery .and 
glassware. Aside from these properties spoken 
of. he has built several brick stores which 
he has sold, lie erected the Frazier Block, at the 
corner of Water and Mfth Streets, in company 
with Mr. Wilour and Keiser. He also built the 
brick store on Water Street now owned by John 
AVelsh. 

The niarriage of our subject took pl.ice in Ger- 
niany in October, 1850, his bride being Miss Ste- 
phania Holzer, who was born in Litchtenthal, 
Baden. This union has been graced by the coming 
of eight children into the family, viz: Marie, 
Mrs. I. Moravitz. who resides in JNIilwaukee, Wis.; 
Alice, who w.as a teacher of high repute and who 
died at the age of thirty-two; Charles A., is his fa- 
ther's partner; Augustus, also in partnership with 
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seven; Amy, Ida and Clara. Socially Mr. Babo is 
a Mason and also belongs to the Royal Arcanum. 
He has frequeully been cliosen by his party to 
represent it at tlic county and State conventions. 
He is a genial and wliolesouled man and tlic effer- 
vescence of Ills wit and liuinor is oil upon the trou- 
bled waters of soci.al or political life. 



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ON. ALBERT MILLER, a prominent pion- 
eer of the Saginaw N'alley, settled on the 
east side of the Saginaw River, at the 
junction of tlie Shiawassee and Tittal)awas- 
sec and bought the laud near wiiere Portsmouth 
now stands, laving out the town and commencing 
to improve it. That was in .Tuly, 183(5. During the 
following winter he l>uilt the second steam saw- 
mill ever erected iu the Saginaw Valley. When 
Saginaw County was organized he received a 
commission as Probate .ludge and .lustice of the 
Peace from Oovernor Mason, and held the position 
for many years. 

In the meantime .ludgc Miller continued in the 
mercantile Itusmess until the panic of 18;{7 caused 
temporary embarrassment and forced him to re- 
tire. He commenced anew in 184."j and continued 
until 18.")'2,and while merchandising also conducted 
farming opirations on the Tittabawassee River. 
He exchanged forty acre? now in S.aginaw for ;i 
sixty-acre farm on that river. In 1847 he i-epre- 
sented the county in the Legislature during the 
last session in Detroit, and was a strong advocate 
for the removal of the ca[)ital to Lansing, his idea 
being that in all proliability there wo\ild be di- 
rect communication hetween the two cities through 
the wilderness. 

After 18.52 .ludge INIiller was principally en- 
gaged in imi)roving and disposing of Portsmouth 
property until 1871 when he removed to BavCity. 
He served as Supervisor of Saginaw. Hampton and 
Portsmouth, and as President of the X'illagc of 
Portsmouth. He was Director of the first railroad 
company that Iniilt a railroad to I}ay City and was 
one of its active promoters. He was a stockholder 



and Director of the first salt nianulacturing com- 
pany at tliis end of the river, and the second in 
the valley, it l)eing known as The Portsmouth 
Salt Manufacturing Company. He was also a 
stockholder and Director in the Second Nati(jnal 
Bank of B.ay City. 

One of the fiist to devote his attention to re- 
claiming prairie lands, tlnonuli f.-uling iiealtli he 
was compelled to relin(iuish his labors before tiie}' 
were brought to perfection. Uefore the formation 
of the Repuliiican party he was a Democrat, but 
since that time has been identilied with the Re- 
publicans, lie has been a member of the School 
Board. Toward the organization of tlie State 
Pioneer and Historical Society in 1874. he con- 
tributed his best efforts, was its first President, and 
has been a member of its Executive Committee 
since its formation. Up to t!ie present time (1892) 
the .society has ])iiblisiied sixteen volumes of pion- 
eer and historical collections, many of which 
have been contributed liy the .ludge. 

Judge Miller is a native of \'ermont and was 
born in Hartland, Windsor County, M.ay Id, 1810. 
For twent3' ■ years he continued to reside iu his 
native town, and then, in .Septeiiilier. 1830, started 
for Michigan, arriving in Detroit on the 22d of 
that month, when the city contained a population 
of two thousand two hundred twenty. He taught 
the second term of school that w.as ever taught 
north of Oakland County and also taught the first 
schf)f)l in the Saginaw \'allcy in the winter of 
1834. He enjoys the distinction of being the old- 
est resident of the country liclwecn I'4int and the 
Straits of Mackinaw. 

The wintei' of 1831-32 .ludge .Miller passed in 
Flint, which then contained only two families. 
Later he bouglit a farm in (Jrand Blanc and re- 
mained there until 1833, when he came to .Saginaw. 
February 6, 1838, he was married to Miss Mary 
Ann Daglish. a native of KnghuuL and they be- 
came the |)arents of six children, four of whom 
died in infancv: Emily married William Daglish, 
and died in 1871. .Sarah married C. L.Collins, 
and became the mother of two children. 

In 183it oursubject and his wife united with the 
First Presbyterian Church of Saginaw, which was 
the first Prote.>tanl organization between Flint 



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Hiver and the Straits. When the First Presbyterian 
(Imrcli (if liay ("ity was (irsranized, .hidge 3Iiller 
and a man in lii;< enii)l<)v were tiie only men 
among the eiffjit members constituting the cliurch. 
Ill \Hi)S he was elected one of the first Elders of 
tlie church, which iKisilioii he lias since held and 
has alwa\'s taken a vciv acUvc pait in the sujiport 
of tliat bodv. 



EMIL F. FLl'ES, niaiHifacturcr of guns and 
rifles, carries on a flourishing and lucrative 
business at No. 823 Water Street, Ba^' City. 

He transacts a retail business of considerable mag- 
nitude and has in stock a com|)lete line of sporting 
goods, making his establishment the favorite hcad- 
(|uartcrs for sportsmen, lie is a native of this State 
and was born in lUumfield, Saginaw County. 
August 7, 18()1. His father, Francis, was born in 
Prussia, where Urandfather Flues was engaged in 
business as a brewer and distiller, being in the em- 
ploy of the (Tovernment foi' some time. 

The father of our subject look part in the Re- 
bellion of 1848, after which, being compelled to 
llee for his life, he emigrated to America and pro- 
ceeded West to Saginaw County, lie was one of 
the first settlers in Wumlield Township, where he 
hunted for three years. A line shot, he killed 
ninety -si.x deer in four weeks and other game in 
large quantities fell beneath his uneriing rifle. 
After three years thus spent he located in Saginaw 
and for ten years worked as a contractor and 
luiilder. He then bought a farm in ISlumtield 
Township, fourteen inile> from Saginaw, and there 
cleared and imprtived one liundied and twenty 
acres. At present his home is on that place, and 
at the age of sixty-seven he is still (piite active. 

Mary (Shingler) Flues, mother of our subject, 
was born in Haden ISadeii, (iermany, and emigrated 
to America when a young huly. Fight of her leii 
children are now living and she also survives at 
the age of tifty-two. Finil F. Flues received a 
common-school educali<in and when f<iiiiteen was 
apprenticed to leai'n the trade of a gunsmith. In 
1882 he entered the employ of Messrs. llibbard, 



Spencer, Bartlett <fe Co., Chicago, where he was 
foreman in the gunshop for one year. Afterward 
he worked for a short time in Kansas City, Mo., 
from which place he proceeded on a hunting expe- 
dition through Kansas, Texas, New Mexico, Indian 
Territory, Colorado, Dakota. Montana, Nebraska, 
and Minnesota. 

In .lune, 1886. Mr. Flues located in l>a\- Cit^', 
wliere he is engaged in the manufacture and re- 
pairing of guns. At present his trade is exclusively 
retail, although he intends soon to manufacture 
for the wholesale trade as well. He was married in 
Saginaw, October 2, 1888, to ^li.ss Maggie Merritt, 
who was born in Hamilton. Canada, but reared in 
Saginaw. They are the parent,s of one child and 
occupy a prominent position among the people of 
BayCit}'. Socially, Mr. Flues is identifled with the 
Independent t)rder of Odd Fellows, the Modem 
Woodmen of .Vmerica, and is influential in the 
ranks of the Republican party. 









OSEPH WIHTINO, passenger and ticket 
agent of the Michigan Central Railroad for 
Bay City, was liorn in Chicago, April 25, 
1854, his parents being Ezra and Sarah 
((iardner) AVhiting. His father was one of the 
oldest contraclois in Chicago and erected the old 
Adams House and many of the prominent build- 
ings of the city before the fire. He was a native 
of England and emigrated to this country, settling 
in Chicago about 1845. At the time petroleum 
w.'is discovered at Both well, Canada, he w.as one of 
the first .Vmericans to eng.age in the oil business 
there and made it his home until his death. 

Our subject received his education in the graded 
and High Schools of Chicago, and Bryant ck Strat- 
ton's Business College at Toronto, Canada. Soon 
after completing his education be began railroad- 
ing, and having learned telegraphy became the first 
agent on the Great AVestern Railroad in Canada. 
He was promoted from one position to another 
until he entered the p.assenger department of the 
Michigan Central Railwa3' Company, locating in 
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to Bay City to succeed Mr. Byron. lie has held 
his present position since 1884,and as it is tlie load- 
ing olHce of the State ontside of Detroit, his efti- 
eient discharge of tlie duties connected with it re- 
flects great credit upon his ability. 

Aside from his otlicial duties JNIr. Whiting has 
been considerably interested in real estate and 
owns some valuable property in IJay City. His res- 
idence, which he erected, is pleasantly located on 
Center Avenue and is presided over )ty his estim- 
able and retined wife to whom he was married 
October 2;j, IHlri. Mrs. Whiting w.as known in 
maidenhood as Anna Lunn and resided in Ijoth- 
well, Canada. The\' are the parents of two chil- 
dren — Mamie and Edna. In his i)olitical atlili.a- 
tions Mr. Whiting is a strong adherent to the prin- 
ciples of the Republican party and favors every 
measure calculated to advance the interests of the 
communitv. 



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^ATIIAN KXKaiT. This universally es- 
teemed citizen of Bay County was born in 
I^M, Otisfleld, Me., July 14, 1818, and died De- 
cember 28, 188(i. He was one in a family of nine 
children, all of whom grew to mature years. The 
parents, Ebenezer and Sarah Knight, were natives 
of Maine and came to Michigan about 1836, be- 
coming very early settlers of Oakland County. 
There our subject passed his childhood years and 
there in his early manhood he was married to Har- 
riet, daughtei- of Benjamin Stevens, a pioneer of 
Oakland County. 

In 1854 Mr. Knight came to Bay County, locat- 
ing east of Bay City and remaining there two 
years. He then removed to Bay City and engaged 
in the practice of law which he had studied in Oak- 
land County. He followed his profession until 
1861 when he returned to his farm east of Bay 
City and resided tiiere until the time of his death. 
During his residence in this county he served as 
Supervisor of Hampton Townsiiip for eighteen 
consecutive years, retiring from the otlice during 
the spring previous to his death. Politically he 
was a stanch Democrat and was held in high esteem 



not only in political circles but by all with whom 
Inisiness or social relations brouuht him in contact. 

Tlic marriage of .Mr. and Mrs. Kuiglil was l)le.ssed 
by the bii'th of three children, only one of wliom, 
Birdsey, grew to mature years. Uirdsey Knight 
was born in Avon Township, Oakland County, in 
18;")2, but gi'ew to manho(i(l iu liny County, where 
he received a good education. He has ever been 
actively interested in the advancement of the 
county and clost'ly identified with its best inter- 
ests. In 1887 lie was elected Supervisor of Hamp- 
ton Township, which position he has since held. 
He was elected to the State Legislatuic in the fall 
of 1890 and as the r(';jresentative of the people, 
h.as ever been careful of their liest interests and 
devoted to their wi'lfare. His father, our subject, 
filled the same position with great etliciency in 
1869-71, and .as an active and useful citizen was 
lughl\' esteemed. 

Hon. Birdsey Knigiit was married in 1878 to 
Miss Eren A. llilliker and they have two daugh- 
ters, Bessie I. and(!ale II. Tlie members of the 
family are widely known and highly esteemed for 
social qualities of a high order as well as generosity 
of heart and lilieial sui)port of all measures which 
are calculated to advance the public good. 



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/^ARDNER K. (UiOUT was liorn at Fairfax, 
i[ Franklin County, Vt.. September ;50, 18:57. 

*\i;I|Jj He is a son of Elijah K. and Sophronia 
M. (Meeker) (irout, lioth born in our subject's 
native State. His father wa-i a I'.aptist min- 
ister, and imbued with tlie missiiuiary spirit emi- 
grated to Michigan in 1838. Our subject's pater- 
nal grandfather, .losiah (riout, was the owner of a 
very large tr.aet of land, and was a lhigadiei-(ien- 
eral of \'erniont .Militia, and took part in the 
battle of Plattsburg in 1812. 

Dr. .John (irout came to .Vinericn fioni England 
in 163(1; he located in Massachusetts, and was in- 
timately identilied with the development of that 
colony and of \'erniont, and was the originator of 
the family in this country. The Hon. William 
Grout, cousin o( our subject, is a member of Con- 



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gress from the Tliiirl \i'ii)i(mt Di^stiiet. and has 
held tliat position for several terms. 

Oui- suljjeefs father was ordained to the Baptist 
niinistrv of ^Iioliii;aii. .-md located at Leslie, 
Ingham County, where lie iireaehed for seven 
years. He was later at .Maiine City for nine 
years, thence "oinif hack to Leslie, where he re- 
mained until liis deatli. which occurred in 1878, at 
the age of sixty-seven years. Ilis widow survived 
iiini for some time, passing away in Saginaw, 
where she made her iiome witii her daughter, Mrs. 
Aniasa Hnst. Marcii 18. l«iM. at the age of eighty- 
five years. 

Cardner K. is tlie tliird in order of birth of a 
family of si.\ children, there being three boys and 
tliree girls, and of these four are now living, two 
of whom reside in Saginaw. \'allorous H. lives at 
Leslie; Henriette. wife of the IJev. William Taylor, 
a Metliodist minister, lives .-it Lilierty, Jackson 
Countv; Ida, who became Airs. (Jurdon Corning, 
died at Saginaw about 18()8; .losiali died at Marine 
City, in childhood. 

Our subject attended the district school at Les- 
lie, and at the academy at Marine City. At the 
age of eighteen years he began to teach, and de- 
voted himself to that work for foui- winters. 
When nineteen years of age he entered Kalamazoo 
College, paying his own way along until the close 
of his junior year, and .Vpril. 1X01. enlisted in the 
Second Michigan Infantry. .Vfter lieing in camp 
thirty days at Detroit, and no more thirty-day 
men being accepted, he re-enlisted in Company 
K., .Second Michigan Infantry, under •■ Fighting 
Dick " Hichardson. The regiment was .sent to 
Washington in June, soon after the Haltimore riot. 
Expecting trouble in I'.-dtimore. the regiment 
marched from one station to llie otlier in a solid 
body, and were attacked upon the train as they 
were leaving for Washington, and thf)se standing 
on the rear end of the train lired upon the moli. 
killing two of the men. 

After this initial experience oui' subject was en- 
gaged in much of the serious conflict of the war. 
He was in the first l)attle of Bull Run, July 18. 
1861. Although he escaped tlie heavy light, he 
took active part in the retreat. The regiment es- 
caped and canii)ed at .Vrlington. N'a. That summer 



(uir subject was placed on |)ieket duty at Munson 
Hill, and wintered at Arlington. During the re- 
organization the next spring his regiment was at 
Fortress Monroe, just after the battle between the 
" !Merrimac " and •• Monitor," so that he there saw 
the wicck of the boats. The regiment was then 
sent up the Penninsula to Yorktown, where the 
rebels were entrenched, and on their retreating 
followed them to Williamsburg, where an engage- 
ment took i)l.ace May (!. 18(52, the regiment losing 
a large number of men, and the rebels moving on 
to Richmond. He was also in the battle of Fair 
()aks.;nid letreated to the James River, taking part 
in the engagenients at Charles City Cross Roads. 
Malvern Hill. 

Taken sick, our subject was sent to the Balti- 
more Hosi)ital. where he lay from .July to October. 
18()2. Not being fully recovered he was discharged, 
and retu)ning to his home, Leslie, waj an invalid 
for some time. In December, 181)2, he came to 
Saginaw, and soon after he entered the law otlice 
of Sutlierland it Miller. In October, 18C4, he was 
appointed Assistant Assessor of United States 
Internal Revenue, which position he held for 
seven years, meantime continuing to read law. He 
was admitted to the bar in 1807, before Judge 
Sutherland, and then entered into partnershii> 
with Mr. William Miller. Air. Miller two years 
later entered the banking Imsiness, and Mr. (irout 
w.as associated witli Hon. Dan. P. Footc. this i)art- 
iiership lasting for two or three years, since which 
he has lieen aione. 

Attoi-ney (irout "s practice is nearly all in the 
civil courts, and he gives his attention fully to his 
practice. He is a stanch Republican, and has 
served as Chairman upon the city and county 
committees. 

Septendier 18, 18()7, Mv. Grout was married to 
Miss Mary T. Harrison, of S.aginaw, an adopted 
daughter of Mr. William Miller, whose name is 
before referred to. She was educated in a young 
ladies" seminary m Chicago, and is an accom- 
|ilishcd lady of most pleasing address. They have 
a family of four children, whose names are: llattie 
E., Louise E.. (ierald and Mary. The eldest 
daughter is a musician of jji-onounced talent, for 
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ton. Miss Louise is atteiidino- the Ilaivaid Kin- 
dergarten School, t'liicago. 

Mrs. Grout is a nieiiil)p!- of the Kpisc'o|)al C'hiirrli, 
ill whieli she is an active worlcei', and in the Sun- 
day-school. Slie is identified with the ladies who 
organized the Saginaw llosintal. and is at present 
one of the Board of Trustees. The liome of tliis 
family is located at No. 303 N. Michigan Street. 
Mrs. Grout is connected with the Ladies' Lil)rary 
Society, and as long as lier healtli permitted was 
one of its most active workers. 



eAPT. HAKRY IIENKY KHNEST PHILIP 
DITZEL. This gentleman, whose portrait 
appears on the opposite page, is, althougli 
young, an cxpericncefl captain on the lakes, hav- 
ing followed that occupation since a bc>v. His 
grandfather, Samuel Ditzel, was born in Saxony 
and was a man of great wealth, owning many mills 
and large landed estates in his native country. He 
determined to come to America and establish a saw 
and grist mill in Texas, but Ijef ore embarking he died 
while making a journey in ai stage coach in Eng- 
land. His family carried out his wisiies and came 
to the United States, making their home in Buffalo 
where the older children supported the mother and 
the younger members of the family. 

Capt. Ernest H. Ditzel, the father of our subject, 
was a native of Saxony, (Jermany and was the 
second youngest of nine children. He accompanied 
his mother to America when a lad of six 
years. He had alvva^'s been fond of the water and 
when a bo.y went on board a sailing vessel as engi- 
neer. He soon, however, purchased the "Hattie 
Brown," a pleasure boat, which he ran two years 
on the Niagara River, and in 1869 brought lier to 
Bay City. Two jears later the family also came 
west and located in this city. 

The "Hattie Brown" was run as a passenger 
boat between Third Street and Banks for some 
years. Mr. Ditzel Sr. then built the "J. G. Hubbard" 
which he ran between Essexville and Bay City_ 
Later he purchased the "Hubbard," but disposed 

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of it in 1881 and built the "Cora K. D." which 
was named in honor of his daughter, and which he 
ran between Bay City and Banks as a passenger 
boat. During the same year he also bought the 
tug "Harley" in Buffalo, which he brought to Bay 
Cily and gave in charge of our suliject. Father 
and son were thus engaged in business together 
until the death of the former, which occurred in 
188;j, at Banks, aged forty-five years and six months. 
He was a member of the Episcopal Church and a 
Republican in politics. 

Our subject's inotlier bore the maiden name of 
Christina Shepherd. She was born in Hesse-Darm- 
stadt, Germany, and was tlie daughter of Jacob 
She[)herd, also a native of the Fatherland. His 
father, the grandfather of Mrs. Ditzel and great- 
grandfather of our subject, was a manufacturer of 
all kinds of nails and was in the Russian campaign 
under Napoleon. 

Capt. Ditzel was of one a family of six children, 
namely; Anna M., who resides at home; .lames W., 
who is employed on a vessel as engineer also re- 
sides at home; .lohn CJ. who was drowned in the 
Saginaw River, in 187;"), when six years of age; 
Cora K. I), and Arthur L. Our subject was born 
in Buffalo, N. Y., November lU, 1H()3. He received 
a coinnKm-school education in his native place and 
in 1870 was brought on a i)leasure trip by his 
father to Banks, this State. He almost always ac- 
companied his father on his trips during the sum- 
mer, but attended school winters until reaching 
his majority. In Bay City he took a business 
course, but feeling that he would prefer to follow 
in his father's footsteps as regards an occupation 
he gave up all thoughts of a mercantile life and 
engaged in the lakes. He has gradually drifted 
into his present business, when oiil.y ten years of 
he accompanied his fatlier on a trip as wheelman 
and when thirteen made several trips as wheelman 
alone. 

In 1881 our subject became captain of the tug 
"Harlev" which he continued to run after the 
death of his father until his mother sold the vessel 
in 1887. The "Cora" iiad been sold the previous 
year to Gillingham Bros., of North Island. In 
1888 Capt. Ditzel .sailed the "Witch of the AVest" 
for Gordon cV Sliarp. Tlie following year they 



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built at Buffalo the harbor tug "Arthur D," named 
for the younger brotlicr of our subject, which 
they sold to Churchill Ar Comstock after having 
run her one year. In 18i)l be became master of the 
"Waldo Avery" in the employ of the Michigan 
Towing Company, with which he remained Init 
a short time when he went to Duluth and in the 
employ of the Inman Line l)eciime master o! the 
"Efiie L." and engaged in towing until tlie close of 
the season. 

Miss Minnie Walrath became the wife of Capt. 
Ditzel in 1885. She was the daughter of Henry 
Walrath, a native of Seymour, Wis. and was born 
in Banks, April 2, 1869. By her union with our 
subject she lias become the mother of two interest- 
ing children — Edward and Ilarley. Socially Capt. 
Ditzel is an Odd Fellow, belonging to Ba^' City 
Lodge; he is also connected with the Knights of the 
Maccabees, and the Excelsior Maiine Benevolent 
Society, Excelsior Lodge, No. 5. He is a member 
of the Episco{)al Church in which body he takes 
an active interest. In politics he is a true-blue 
Republican. His beautiful home is located at No. 
1404 Washington Street, West Bay City, where a 
generous hospitality is dispensed. 



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JOHN H. BLOMSHIELD, Engineer of West 
Bay City, is one of the finest and most ex- 
pert surveyors of the Saginaw Valley, and 
has his office on the corner of Centre and 
Michigan Streets. He makes a specialty of trespass 
and disputed lines, and as City lingineer devotes 
considerable attention to sewerage and water works 
while he is also engaged to a certain extent in rail- 
way engineering. His birthplace v/as in that beau- 
tiful valley of Norway where King Guldbrand 
reigned supreme for many years and was the last 
of all the Norwegian Kings to surrender to Harold, 
the Fair-haired, when he conquered Norway. 

The parents of our subject, Hans and Lena 
Blomshield, were worthy people of Norway and 
sincere Christians, identified with the Lutheran 
Church. The father, who was a farmer, died in 
1879 at the age of sixt\--six years. John H. was 



bom December 20, 1856, and was a student in the 
district school until he was fifteen, when for three 
years following he studied under private teachers. 
He then entered a military school where he re- 
mained for four years, graduatiog in 1878. Heafter- 
ward began the practice of civil engineering, of 
which he liad made a special studj' while in school. 

Until 1880 our subject was employed as assistant 
engineer of the Norwegian Topographical Associa- 
tion in Christiana, but on November (ith of that 
year he left Norway, taking a steamer to Hambuiu 
and spending one week in the principal cities of 
Germany. Taking passage at Bremer Haven on the 
steamer "Oder" he landed in New York December 
3, from which plave he proceeded to Bay City. He 
had a ticket for Chicago, hut was advised Ity some 
one whom he met in Bremer Haven not to go to 
that city, but to locate in Northern Wisconsin or 
^Michigan. He took up a map and seeing Bay City 
marked upon it, concluded to come hither, which 
he did, reaching the ])lace December 6, 1880. 

For a few months following his arrival Mr. 
Blomshield devoted his time to the sludj- of the 
English language, which he now uses fluently. In 
the spring he secured employment as a surve_yor 
for three or four months, after which he took a trip 
through other parts of the State, but returned to 
Bay Cit3', satisfied to make it his permanent home. 
For two years he was in the employ of E. S. Van 
Liew, after which he commenced in l)usiness for 
himself. He was soon elected City Engineer which 
position he resigned after holding it three years, in 
order that he might devote his attention exclusively 
to his railroad practice. In April, 1891 he was 
elected City Engineer on the Democratic ticket 
and is now filling the jjositiou with commendable 
energj' and success. 

So accurate are all the surveys made In" Mr. 
Blomshield that they are aecei)ted without any 
changes and are always satisfactory. He has had 
charge of many important and responsible surveys 
and has gained the reputation of being painstaking 
and reliable. June 18, 1891, he was appointed by 
Gov. Winans local State Drainage Commissioner 
and is also special commissioner for the extension 
of the Centre Avenue State Road. A strong Dem- 
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gate to county conventions and has been cit.y and 
ward commissionei-. He is identified witli the 
Lutheran ('luireh, and is C'liairnian of the Board 
of Trustees. 

October 1, 1884, Mr. Blomsliield was married to 
Miss Minnie Carlson, who was born and reared in 
Sweden. They are the parents of two children: 
Iljalmar L. and Agnes L., and tlieir position in 
social circles is the hiahest. 




?}EORGE BOARDMAN. who is at tlie head 
of the Saginaw Conservatory of Music, is 
a resident of Saginaw and was born in 
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, June 9, 185!t. His 
parents were (ieorge and Emma (Hunter) ISoard- 
man. The father was tlie second son of Charles 
Boardman and was a silii manufacturer. He died 
in 1876 in his fiftieth year. 

Our subject is the seventh of eleven cliildren, 
all of whom ai'e still living, deorge attended 
school in Yorkshire, England, and later in Lon- 
don. He started out for himself and spent several 
years working in shops. On the "2oth of February, 
1882, he sailed for the United States and landed at 
New York City. He then journe\ed to Boston 
where he entered the enii)loy of (Teorge Chicker- 
ing, the great piano manufacturer, as concert pian- 
ist, having acquired a good knowledge of music 
before leaving London. He remained witii Cliick- 
eiing a few months and was then employed liy the 
New England Conservatory of ^lusic as mus- 
ical director and was sent by the company to 
St. Clair, Mich., taking charge of the school at 
tliat place until 188-1 and remaining tme year. 
He then went to Port Huron where he established 
a conservatory of music and remained there three 
years. In 1887 he came to this place and estab- 
lished the Saginaw Conservatory of Mu.sic on the 
West Side in what is known as the Hoardman's 
Concert Hall. To this he gives his whole time and 
attention and in the past four years he has had ov.er 
six hundred students. He is the author and com- 
poser of several po|>ular songs, ballads and waltzes, 
among which is the popular song" .Marguerite." 



Mr. Boardman was married to Miss Lucy J. Jenk- 
enson of England, and they are the parents of four 
children. Their fine and comfortable residence is 
located at No. (!1;> South Jefferson Street. 



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f 'i OHN A. F.LAJOLE is proprietor of the 
extensive boiler works in Bay City and do- 
ing an immense business. Ill' was born in 
La Crosse. Wis., June 1 1, 1863. and is the 
son of John Flajole, who was born in Montreal, 
Canada. The father was left an orphan when an 
infant and spent the first fourteen years of his life 
in Montreal. He then came to United States and 
in New York went to work in the Syracuse Salt 
Works. Later he went to Troy and was engaged 
as driver on the canal. 

Our subject's father learned the trade of a 
blacksmith and after coming West acted as pilot on 
rafts and steamboats on the Mississippi River. He 
made his home in La Crosse, AVis.. where he was 
married. He came to Bay City Jlay 25, 1866, and 
began working at his trade of a blacksmith. He 
later learned the boilermaker's trade, being in the 
employ of one man for fifteen years. At that 
time our subject became interested in the National 
Boiler Works, but is now the proprietor of the 
Marine Boiler Works. The Elder Mr. Flajole is a 
Democrat in politics and a Catholic in religion. His 
father, the grandfather of our subject, was born in 
France and died after coming to Montreal, Can- 
ada. 

The mother of our suliject was known in her 
maidenhood as Ellen (Uiertin and w.as born in 
Burlington, Vt. She was the daughter of David 
Guertin, who was born in France and came to 
Vermont where he passed his last days. His wife 
and family then moved to La Crosse, AVis., going 
overland with ox-teams and locating in Sugar 
Creek, Hostwick's \'alle.\'. The mother of our 
subject was but five years of age at that time. Two 
of her brothers were members of a Wisconsin reg- 
iment during the late war. Samuel wa.s wounded 
at Memphis, Tenn., and Francis G., after the war 
was appointed as cadet at Annapolis, Md., by 



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Washburn. He was in the navy from 1865 until 
1888 and when resigning located in Alaska, where 
he is a general merchant. 

The parents of our subject are respectively 
fifty-five and forty-flve years of age and became 
the parents of a large family of fifteen children, 
eleven of whom are yet living, and of whom our 
subject is the eldest. John A. Flajole was reared 
in Baj' City from the age of two years and was 
given a common and High School education. jVt 
the early age of thirteen he went to work during 
the summer on a farm and the two years following 
clerked in a grocery store. He then ai)prenticed 
himself to learn the boiler maker's trade under 
John McKennon, and was so employed fen- four 
years. 

In 1889 our subject made a tour through the 
Southern States, looking for a good location for his 
business in either Keutuckj', Louisiana, Georgia, 
Mississippi, Texas or Tennessee. He also visited 
Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and New York. He 
concluded however, to make his permanent abid- 
ing place in Ba3' City and returning, engaged in 
jobbing until the si)ring of 1891 when he built the 
Marine Boiler Works, which are located on the 
corner of Second and Saginaw Streets. He manu- 
factures all kinds of boilers and will manufacture 
the improved steam heating a|>aratus in the near 
future. 

Mr. Flajole was married in Bay City October 20, 
1891, to Miss Emma M. Francis, who was born in 
Marine City and is the daughter of Capt. G. 
Francis. Our subject is a well-educated gentle- 
man, speaking both the French and the English 
languages. With his wife he is a member of St. 
James Catholic Church and in politics is a Demo- 
crat. 



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SAHEL C. BRADDOCK. who is one of two 
only surviving representatives of the 
Braddock family, which was among the 
earl^' pioneers of Bay City, in the 'oOs, 
has done much for the welfare of this city and is 
now Deputy Salt Inspector for Bay County. He 
was born in Essex, Conn., July, 1818, and his fa- 



ther, Henry Braddock, wAs a native of Norwich, 
the same State, and died in his native State. 

The Braddocks are of English descent, and the 
father of our subject was a sail manufacturer and 
located in the old town of Sayb.'ook. which is now 
Essex, in Connecticut. In thj days when the 
British burned the vessels at that port the sails 
were saved and secreted in his house. He reached 
the advanced age of ciglity-eight years, as did also 
his wife, whose naidc n name was Eunice Tucker. 
Her father was a ship carpenter and the son of a 
Revolutionary soldier, and the Tucker family were 
eai'ly settlers of Connecticut and of English origin. 
Henry Braddock was an Episcopalian in his early 
days, but later both he and his wife were members 
of the Baptist Church. 

The parents of our subject had six sons and one 
daughter: Mary A. and William F. died in Con- 
necticut: H. D., who followed his father's business, 
came to Bay City about 1857; his son, II. A., 
came with him and engaged in l)usiness with his 
father and established a sawmill and built the brig 
'•Bay City" and the schooner "Essex", both of 
which he operated on the lakes. He was the first 
Postmaster of Portsmouth, and was an active citi- 
zen, but before his death returned to Essex. His 
son, H. A. Braddock was County Clerk of Bay 
County for some eight years. 

Through the influence of H. D. and J. M. Brad- 
dock the First Baptist Chinch was organized here, 
and of its original fourteen memliers, seven were 
Braddocks. Jesse N. Braddock was a sail manu- 
facturer and sea captain for many years, and in 
1859 came to Bay City, and joined with his brother, 
II. D., in the lumber business and died here in 
18U8; John M. who was a sail maker, removed in 
1842 to De Kalb County, 111., where he farmed 
until he became a Baptist missionary, and spent 
the remainder of his days in the Prairie State; 
Edward E. was a sail manufacturer, but has now 
r( tired from business.and lives at the age of eighty 
in Denver, Colo., and is the only brother now liv- 
ing except our subject. 

Asahel C. Braddock received in Essex a common 
and High School education, and at the age of four- 
teen learned the sail-making trade, in which he 
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the exception of two years. During 1838 and 1839 
lie went to sea to coniidete liis apprentieeship as a 
sail manufacturer, licing- a sailor before the mast. 
In 1842 he licgan tlie business of nianufacturin'j' 
sails and rigging in Essex and continued there 
until 18(J1, when he sold out to his brotiiei-, W. F., 
and came to Bay City, where he entered upon the 
manufacture of salt, lie had been herein 1860, and 
after picking out a location returned East, and in 
New York City organized a company under the 
name of the New York Salt Works, of which he 
became Superintendent. In ISfil he bored a well 
and put up two salt kettle blocks and built up an 
excellent Inisiness. manufacturing from eighty to 
two hundred l)arrels [ler day. He spent much 
money in bringing the salt business to its jjreseut 
prosperous condition, and continued for fifteen 
years in the nianngenient of these works. In 1876 
he suspended operations and the comjiany was dis- 
solved. 

The manufacture of oars and sculls next engaged 
Mr. Braddcck's attenlif n and for four years he 
carried on this business heie until lumber became 
too scarce to allow of huge prcrfits, after which he 
w( nt to Breckenridge, (iratiot County, where he 
undertook the same business for a short time, when 
his mill was destroyed tiy Are. After this he en- 
gaged in Inlying pine and hardwood lumber and 
now spends his winters in Fernandino, Fla., where 
he is engaged in fishing operations, while during 
the summer he acts as Salt Inspector of this county, 
to which office he was oppointed in 1885. 

Our subject was married in Essex, in 1840, to 
Miss Eliza J. Tucker, who was lioin there December 
24, 1818, and their three children .'ire: Nile.s A., a 
lumberman of Manistee; Newton A., a machinist 
at Indianapolis; and (Jscar L., who is a pharmacist 
in Pasadena, Cal. One little son, S. L., died at the 
age of two and one-half years. Mrs. Braddock is a 
daughter of Capt. Noah Tucker, who was engaged 
in the coasting trade, and whose father, Philip 
Tucker, was a Revolutionary hero. 

Mr. Braddock has been a member both of the 
Board of Aldermen and the Board of Education, 
and was at one time Supervisor of Portsmouth. 
Since 1846, he has been a member of the IMasonic 
order, and a charter member of the Ptntsmouth 



Lodge. In the Baptist Church he has been both 
Trustee and Deacon for many years, and for eight- 
een years has superintended their Sunday-school. 
His Democratic tendenci(!S are strong, and he has 
been a delegate to county and State conventions 
of that party. Every movement looking toward 
the welfare and progress of Bay City lias been ever 
dear to his heart, and of each of sucli efforts he 
has been an active promoter. 



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IIARLES G. FISCHER, a successful farmer 
, of Bay County, and the owner and occupant 
/' of a fine estate on section 11, Monitor 
Townshiji, was born in Wnrteniberg, Germany, in 
1836. He i)assed his youthful da.\s in his native 
land, whence at the age of twenty-three years he 
emigrated to the country. For about six months 
he remained in the vicinity of Buffalo, and from 
three proceeded to Cincinnati in the fall of 1859, 
working in that citj' until the following spring. 
He then went on the river in the capacity of fire- 
man on a boat, but when the war liroke out, re- 
turned to Buffalo, where he worked in a brewery. 

In 1861, Mr. Fischer enlisted in Company B, 
Forty-ninth New York Infantry, which became a 
part of the Army of the Potomac. He (lartieipated 
in the battle of Antietam, where he was severely 
wounded; also in the engagements at Williams- 
burg, South Mountain, Fair Oaks, Chickamauga, 
the second b.attle of Bull Bun and the Maryland 
campaign. He was mustered out Jlarch 31, 1863 
as Sergeant, and returned to Buffalo, from which 
place he came to Bay City, May 1, 1864. For two 
years he was employed on the docks and during 
the ten years following engaged in the lumber 
yards. 

On visiting Monitor Township in 1877, Mr. 
Fischer purchased the farm, where he now lives. It 
comprises two hundred acres, of which one hun- 
dred and ten have been placed under good cultiva- 
tion. He cleared the land and embellished it with 
a first-class set of buildings, erecting a commodi- 
ous residence in 1877 and building the necessary 
structures for the accommodation of his stock and 



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the storage of grain. As a general farmer and stock- 
raiser lifi has met with more than ordinary success 
and occupies a place among the most prosperous 
farmers of the community. 

During a furlough from the arin>- in 1862, Mr. 
Fisher was married to Annie Steggle, wlio is of 
German parentage and came to Bay County in 
1857. They are the parents of four sons — Fred, 
Louis, who is in AVest Bay City; Edward and Will- 
iam. 

Politically, Mr. Fisher is a Demcjcrat and for 
nine years served as a member of the Board of 
Supervisors. He was also Township Clerk four 
years and has occupied other offices of local im- 
portance. In his social connections he is a mem- 
ber of the Order of Maccabees and Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows, having held all the oflices 
in regular succession in the last-named organiza- 
tion. 




,ENJAMIN FOX, the successful wholesale 
^ oyster dealer of Bay City, is one of the 
('^■D))); really enterprising men of the Saginaw 
Valley and does the largest business as a 
wholesaler of oysters, game and ice cream of any 
man in the valley. He was born on the Ft. Gratiot 
road, four miles out of Detroit, a spot now included 
within the corporate limits of the city. February 
15, 1838. and lived on that place until he reached 
the age of eighteen. His father. Henry Fox, was 
a native of London, England, aud his grandfather, 
Alsa Fox, wasa brick manufacturer there who never 
left his native liome. 

The father of our subject came to America at 
the age of twenty-five and was married in Toronto, 
after which he came to Detroit and established the 
F'ox brickyard. He did an extensive business and 
became wealthy and later returned to Canada, 
where he carried on a brick business in Chatliam. 
He wasa power in Detroit, and is well remembered 
by the men of his day. Thiee years previous to 
his death, which took place in 1871. he came to 
Bay City, and there spent the remainder of bis 
days. He was a member of the Episcopal Church 



and in his political views was first a Wiiig, and 
afterwnrd a Republican. 

The mother of our suliject was Ann, daughter of 
William Langham, a former resident of Toronto. 
She was born in Leicestershire,England, and died in 
Bay City. Four of lier six children are still living. 
Our suliject had his early training in Detroit, and 
attended first the log .schoolhouse and later the 
more jirogressivc district schools. From his boy- 
hood u)) he understood the brick business and went 
to Canada with his father, becoming a partner in 
the concern and continuing thus until he reached 
the age of twenty-six. The lady to whom he 
was united in Chatham, Canada, was Miss Emily 
Purcer,a native of Kent, England. After marriage 
they came to Bay City, in 1864, and our subject 
here engaged in the manufacture of brick on the 
Tittabawassee River for some two years, being lo- 
cated above Saginaw. 

In 1856 Mr. Fox located his brick works on the 
iSIidland road, six miles out of Bay City, and he 
also farmed one hundred and twenty acres of land. 
He carried on those works for three years and 
made the first brick which was used in Bay City. 
During the time he was operating it his brick yard 
was the largest and most successful in this part of 
the country, but in 186;> he sold his yard and farm 
and removed to the city. 

Our subject was made Chief of Police and Mar- 
shal of tiie city, and held that position for two 
years, and later had another term of one year. He 
then entered into the fish and poultry business in 
1877, and soon took up the oyster trade, shipping 
them from the coast in bulk and canning them. 
He is building up an extensive trade and goes on 
the road securing custom in various directions. 
His business occupies two floors and he makes a 
speciality of game. 

The residence of Mr. Fox is on Center Avenue. 
His seven children are: Rose, now Mrs. Gordon, of 
Wallaceburg, Ontario; Hattie, who is at home; 
James A., who is a graduate of the Business Col- 
lege and is now with his father; and May, Alsa, 
Emily and Orriii. To all of his children he has 
given the iiest scliot)l advantages to be had in the 
city. He was Alderman of the ICleventh Ward 
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belongs to the orders of the Odd Fellows, the Mac- 
cabcs, the United Workmen and Order of the Iron 
Hall. His religious belief inclines him to the 
Episcopal Church, which is tlie church of his fore- 
fathers. 

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^j^EORGE BOUCHARD, Alderman from the 
Second Ward in AVest Bay City, is also 
J^l foreman in the ship yards of F. W. 
Wheeler. He is a native of Canada, having been 
born in (Quebec, October 17, 1853, and wliile yet 
a young man has carved out for himself a name 
which is well known throughout this section, as an 
intelligent and upright gentleman and a thorough 
business man. 

Peter Bouchard, the father of our subject, was 
of French descent. He was a ship carpenter, 
building and finishing tlie cabins. He came to 
West Bay City, where at the age of seventy-five 
years he is living retired from active work of any 
kind and full}' enjoying Ihe rest which his busy 
and industrious life so well merits. His wife, the 
mother of (4eorge, was Adelaide Allard, a native 
of Quebec, Canada, where she died in 1857, when 
our subject was a lad of four years. Of her union 
with Mr. Bouchard a large family- were born — thir- 
teen in number — only five of whom lived to ma- 
ture years and all of whom are living. 

George Bouchard was the youngest of tlie par- 
ental household and remained in (Quebec until six- 
teen years old, receiving a thorough eduaction in 
the French schools of that locality. He then be- 
gan work with his father as a ship carpenter and 
when (juite j'oung came to Pennsylvania, where he 
remained for six months and then returned to 
Ottawa, Canada, where he was engaged in different 
lines of work until October, 1877, the date of his 
coming to West Bay City. l'i)on lo(?ating here 
he engaged the fiist winter in the lumber camps 
and returning to the city was employed as a ship 
carjientcr and is at present foreman in the A\'hecler 
Ship Yards. He superintentled the rejiairing of 
the steamer ''Metropolis" in 18y0-91 and also the 
rebuilding of the "Lora" tlie next year. During 



summer seasons when work was scarce in the yards 
he took contracts and bnill houses, many of the 
pleasant residences in tlie city l)eiiig the work of 
his hands. 

Our subject was married in Ottawa City, in 
1874, to Miss Kate iSIcGregoiy, a native of that 
city, whose birth occurred in 1848. Their union 
has been blessed by the birth of four children, who 
bear the names of (ieorge, Albert, Louisa and an 
infant not yet named. In 1890, Mr. Bouchard was 
elected on the Democratic ticket as Alderman of 
the Second Ward and is serving his constituents 
in a most satisfactory manner. Since being a 
niemlier of the Council he has been on the Com- 
mittee on Water Works and Chairman of the Com- 
mittee on Streets and Sidewalks. Socially he is a 
member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen 
and religiously is connected with St. Mary's Catho- 
lic Church. His residence is at the corner of Hart 
and Walnut Streets, where he lias been located for 
two years. 



^RANK II. SHEARER. The sparkle of prec- 
S' ious metals and the glitter of jewels proves 
/is every man and woman to be a child, inso- 
much as they are fascinated by the gleam and glit- 
ter. One of the most attractive windows on Centre 
Avenue is that which is filled with the jeweler's 
work, and which belongs to the firm of F. II. Shearer 
& Co., of Bay City. It is located at No. 205 Center 
Avenue, and admirably placed to invite the at- 
tention of purchasers. Our subject is a native of 
Bay City, having been liorn here March 13, 1868. 
He is a son of George H. and Laura (Herbut) 
Shearer, of whom n more extended biographical 
sketch may be found in another portion of this 
book. 

The young man received his education in this 
city and was graduated from the High School in 
188(). After that he devoted himself for a time 
learning the business of watciimaking and engrav- 
ing. After having become proficient in these 
specialties, he established himself in business in 



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this city November 20, 1889, at the same place 
where he is now located. His stock includes the 
choicest and most elegant display of silverware, 
jewelry, diamonds, bric-a-brac and bronzes, and he 
has by far the finest store in the city and, indeed, 
in Nortliern ^Michigan. 

Commanding the best trade of a ricli country, 
it is necessary that our subject should cany a fine 
stock of goods, and he has constantly on hand a 
stock that varies in value from $30,000 to $50,000. 
Thus far he has done a very successful business, 
and as his judgment and taste are perfect in his 
chosen line of business, he cannot but continue to 
grow in popularity. He has niucli liusiness abil- 
ity, and although still a young man, his foresight 
and acuteness is worthy of many an older and 
more experienced business man. 

Socially Mr. Shearer belongs to the Masonic fra- 
ternity, being a member of Bay Cit}' Lodge, No. 
129, Blanchard Chapter, No. 59, and Bay City 
Council, No. 53, R. & S. M. He belongs also to 
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He re- 
sides at the home of iiis father. No. 1101 Fifth 
Avenue. 



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W/OSEPH TROMBLE. The name and mem- 
ory of this esteemed pioneer will be licld in 
fond recollection as long as the citizens of 
^jfJ West Bay Cit}' shall take pride in its growth 
and foster its leading enterprise. Mr. Tromblc 
was one of the very first settlers ^yilo located per- 
manently in Lower Saginaw, where he remained 
until his death April 21, 1882. He was born in 
1809 in what was then the little hamlet of Detroit 
and as scliool advantages were meager, his educa- 
tion was self-acquired, entitling him to the honor 
of the title "a self-made m.an." 

AVhile still ver_y young Mr. Tromble went out 
among the Indians as a trader, soon acquiring a 
knowledge of the Indian language and also gain- 
ing the confidence of the i-ed men. One time when 
he went to Detroit he found among the Indians 
assembled two chiefs, with whom the whites were 
tr_ying to negotiate for some land and who were 



crying at the time of his arrival. Upon seeing 
him, however, tbej' immediately became cheerful, 
for they relied upon him tf) advise them as to what 
was right. 

Wiien Mr. Tromhle first came to Saginaw \'alley 
in 182M ttie primeval forests had remained un- 
touched liy the axe of the advancing civilization 
and Indians were numerous. as well as wild animals. 
Mr. Tromhle was in the eini>loy of the American 
Fur Company, buyingand trading in furs, through 
Northern Michigan making liis journeys on foot 
tlirough tlie wilderness with furs packed on his back. 
During tlie eai'ly part of his connection with tlie 
company lie bought some land in what is now Bay 
City, and in .July. 1K35. settled upon the place. 

Al)Out the same time Mi'. Tiomlile purch.ased 
some goods in Detroit, which were shipped on the 
old '-Savage"" to the Saginaw Valley, and about 
the same time his brother brought some stoek from 
the same city. The brothers built a log store, 
I 24x30, and engaged in trading with the Indians. 
In 1837 they erected the first frame building in the 
county, known first .as the "Big House" and later 
as the "Center House'" and located near the corner 
I of Water and Twenty-fourth Streets, wliere it still 
stands. 

About 1847 Mr. Tromble purchased a tract com- 
prising two thousand .acres of land in Bangor 
Township, a portion of which is now the First and 
Second Wards of AVest Bay City. A good hunter 
and trapper, he made considerable money in that 
way, and in connection with fanning also had 
the first store in what is now West Bay City. Some 
years after locating here he platted the village of 
Bangor, which he named after the township. It 
has later received the name of Banks from the 
post-olficc established here. Subsequently he laid 
out .Joseph Tromble's secfuid additifui to Bangor 
or AVest Bay City. 

Mr. Tromble improved aboiU two thousand 
acres along the river and in 1872 erected the large 
brick residence which stands on the corner of Sophia 
and AVashington Streets, and is now the home of 
his son David. He was married in Detroit to Miss 
Sophia, daughter of Eustace Chapaton, an early 
settler of Detroit. .Airs. Tromble died in 1879, at 
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five grew to maturity, as follows: JoscpIiM., James 
M., Adeline, (Mrs. Beebe) Tlieudori' and David, 
all of whom are represented elsewhere in this vol- 
nnie. 

Althonoii by no means an ottice seeker. Mi'. 
Tromlile was a strong Repiihlican and religiously 
was a menilier of the Catholic Chni'ch. The Tromhle 
family is undoul)tedly the hest known of any in 
the comity and its niemhers are universally es- 
teemed for their labors in the development of 
the communitv. 



^^EUH(4P: K. HAMMOND, tlic present popu. 
(|[ (__ lar and efficient Treasurer of ISiich Run 
^^^! Township, whose pleasant home is situated 
oil section 2, iSaginaw County, is a native son of 
this count}', and was born .lanuarv 21), \H^)9. Ilis 
parents, Erastas and Clementine (Allen) Hammond, 
are natives of New York. The father wlio is now 
deceased, brought his family to Michigan in 1852 
and that time settled in Birch Run Township. 
They settled right down in the woods in a log 
shanty and later built a better edifice of the same 
material and with cheerfulness and courage en- 
dured the hardships and the laborious life of pio- 
neers. The father's death occurred July 12, 1887, 
and the mother makes her home with our subject. 

The brothers and sisters of oursuliject are Mary, 
wise of Charles Bowns; Clarissa. Mrs. Russell 
Bowns; Caroline, who married William linker; 
Charles and Lillie, wife of Frank Dean. The 
father was a public spirited and enterprising citi- 
zen and a Democrat in his political views. His 
widow, who is considered in the liglit of a repres- 
entative pioneer woman, is enjoying excellent 
health and activity although now past her three- 
score and ten years. 

The education, which was given to our subject 
in his boyhood, was such as could be secured in the 
common schools of the township. His lirst mar- 
riage took place, August 22, 1878 and he was then 
united with Susan Rundlet. .\fter her death he 
took to wife Mary E. Servis, who became the mo- 
ther of one son, Richard. 



Mr. Hammond is now serving his third term as 

Treasurer of the township and his re-election 
proved the confidence with which he is regarded 
l)y the community. His jioliticial allilialioiis are 
with the Democratic party iiut he is heartily en- 
dorsed by many of other parties. He is a member 
of the Knights of the ^I:ural)ees and stands liigli in 
that order. His line farm of one hundred and 
twenty-six acies is in an excellent condition and 
its thrift and iiroductiveness attest his abilities and 
thoroughness as a farmer. 

Frederick Servis, the father of Mrs. Hammond, 
who resides on section 12. Birch Kun Township, 
Saginaw County, is a native of Xew York and was 
born Novemher 10. 183.'). He is a son of Frederick 
and Charlotte Servis and after receiving a cfun- 
mon-school education wah reared to manhood in 
his native home. In the '.")0s he came to Michi- 
gan and settled in the woods among the Indians 
and wild animals in Birch Run Township. lie 
married Charlotte Hammond by whom he had six 
children, namely: Frederick. Mary, wife of G. E. 
Hammond; Lansing H., Charles W., Adelliert and 
Bertha B. The mother of these children died in 
.fune, 18H8. The political sentiments of 'Slv. Servis 
bring him into co-operation with the Repnlilican 
l)arty. 



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-y.if'NDREW .1. MILLER. This gentleman is 
(@0! a member of the firm of Miller ]5ros.. his 
'i' l' partners being Albert and James Miller. 
K^ Tliese prominent lumbermen have their 

mills loi'ated on what is known .as the Middle 
(iround at Twenty-third Street, and are tliei-e car- 
ryiiii; on a prosperous liusiness. ( )ur subject was 
born in what is now Bloomfield Township, Oak- 
land County, this State. .Inly 3. 1«2(;, and is a son 
of Silas .Miller, a native of Onondaga County, 
N. Y., who came with his father, James, and the 
other members of the family to Detniit in l«t)il. 
The grandfather died in IHl.'i. and the family re- 
mained at the new home. Silas Miller grew to 
maturity at Detroit and Grosse Point, and subse- 
quentlv came to St. Claii-. and there married Mi.ss 



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Agnes McDonald. She came to this country from 
Glasgow, .Scotland, in i803, l>einf>: then three years 
old. 

Silas Miller had three farms on the St. Clair 
Hiver. and one of them is still in the family and 
is under the management of our subject's brother, 
Albert. The father also engaged in farming in 
Oakland County for some three years, hut his 
home was in St. Clair, where the McDonalds made 
their home, and he remained with his father-in- 
law until the death uf that pai'ent, nlicn he re- 
ceived from him the farm on Strumlas Island, now 
owned Ity Don Dickenson, of Detroit, as a sul)- 
urban home and stock farm. Silas Jliller lived 
upon his own farm on the St. Clair Ki\er until 
his death in 18;").?, and his good wife died in 1873. 
Eight of the nine children of this worthy couple 
grew to maturity and one, .Sdas, died at the age 
of six years. .Tames, Andrew and AUiert live in 
this city; Angus is now deceased: Eliza is the wife 
of Charles Owen; Nancy married .lohn Webber; 
.\bram is not married. Our subject received his 
education at St. Claii- and Algonac, St. Clair 
County, and then entered the em|iloy of lumber- 
men until the lumber was all gone in that region. 
In 18G.S Andrew Miller came to Bay City to 
make his permanent residence here, ;dtliougli he 
had visited it some eleven years |)revious, at which 
time he could have bought the finest logs in the 
creek at ^li a thousand. He built a mill, of which 
he became the manager, and tiie business was car- 
ried on under the linn name of Huroson iVr Milkr, 
the firm consisting of .Mbcrt Miller and David 
Kuroson. The latter was bought out by our suli- 
ject after two years, and the brothers put in a 
gang and irn|)roved the mill in various ways, car- 
rying it on until 1878, when they sold it. In 1881 
the\- built the large mill on the .Middle Ground, 
and i)iit in gang and circular saws aiul the neces- 
sary edgeis, lath and shingle machinery, thus 
making it a lirst-class mill of eighteen inillitm 
feet i)er year. They have made a great success of 
this business as they have devoted themselves in- 
cessantly to building it up. and are thoroughly- 
familiar w;th ever.N' detail of the business. 

Andrew .1. Miller was married at Detroit, No- 
vember 11, 18.') I, to .lane, daughter of Robert and 



Isabella Smith. She was horn in New Jei-sey, .\pril 
17, 1830, and when a small child went to Canada. 
The parents were of Scottish liirth and the father 
while in Scotland was a bankei-, but became a 
farmer after coming here. To Mr. and Mrs. IMiller 
have been born three'children — .Silas, Dougl.asand 
Jennie, wife of Cieorge L. Dunning. The famil\- 
attends and supi)orts the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, of which Mrs. Miller is a memlier. Their 
delightful and commodious home was built by 
them in 186.3, and it is located at the corner of 
Thirtieth and Taylor Streets. This was the sec- 
ond liands(.)me residence to be erected in l*>ay City, 
Albeit Miller's being the lir.st. (_)ur subject has 
taken an active part in matters of municipal inter- 
est, .and has been a member of the Water Board as 
well as being placed in other positions of trust 
and responsil)ility. 



,^=^EOKGE TURNBULL. Among the quiet, 
'Ij — yet successful farmers of Tittabawassee 
VjjAi Township. Saginaw County, who make no 

stir in political life but devote themselves with 
enterpi'ise and industry to the eultiv.ation of their 
farms and to the prosperity of the farming com- 
munity we may numbei Mr. Turnbull. He has 
eighty .acres of line land on section 27, and forty 
acres on section "i.'J. He is a son of David and 
Margaret (Jeffrey ) Turnlmll. both of whom were 
born in Roxbiiiyshire Scotland, where their son, 
CTCorge, also first saw the light Noveml)er 12. 1H2(). 
His eailv training was upon a farm, l)ul when he 
was only ten years old the jjarents left their native 
home and crossing the ocean took up their abode 
in New lirunswick and he there bad his later train- 
ing and education, remaining with his father until 
he reached the age or twenty-two. 

U|)on leaving home this young man went to 
Upper Canada, where he worked for three years at 
luml)ering and teaming and in the fall of 18r)0 he 
came to the United States .and located in Saginaw 
County, Mich., taking emi)loyment in the lumber 
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had formed the acquaintance of the estimable lady 
who later became liis wife. Her maiden 'name was 
Jane Thomson, and her parents, like his own, were 
natives of Scotland, being born in Perthshire, 
where Mrs. Turnbull was also liorn, March 17, 
182'.*, about ten miles from Dundee, When she 
was about eight years old her patents, ,lohn and 
Jane (Murray) Thomson, migrated to America, 
and located in Sngiuaw County, making their set- 
tlement in the wilderness on Christmas Day, 1837. 
The Thomsons traveled from Detroit to Saginaw 
County by the aid of an ox-team, and the father 
had all his worldly possessions, including his wife 
and two children — John and Jane — on the c.irt 
which rolled over those rough roads behind the 
slow teair/. Here he took up ninety-foui acres of 
Government land and proceeded to clear and cnl- 
tivate the soil. They endured great hardships and 
severe privations in the settlement of this new 
country, as they were one of the three first fami- 
lies in what is now Tittabawassee Township. 

Our subject and his worthy wife were united in 
marriage September 8, 18r)2, and they have now 
passed together almost forty years of a happy and 
nnited life. Nine children have blessed their 
home, namely: David S., born November 3, 1853, 
and now married to Eva Wilson; John Stewart, 
born May 13, 1856, and now united in marriage 
with Annie liuek; George W,, who was born May 
23, 1858, and took to wife Mary C, Finnegan, and 
is now residing in Saginaw City; Susan J,, born 
April il, 18()(), now Mrs, David T, Arnold; Almina 
L.. born April 3, 18(;3, who married Joseph Med- 
calf and died February 21. 1887; Thomas, born 
October 5. 18(55, who resides at home and assists 
his father in conducting the farm; Sarah K., born 
September 23, 1867, and Theodore H., born De- 
cember 16, 1869, both making their home wiMi 
their parents; and Annie M„ liorii Novemlier 8, 
1873, who died November i, 1878. 

The forty years of married life of these worthy 
parents have all l>een spent upon the farm where 
they now reside and in this neighboihood they 
have built up for themselves a reputation for in- 
tegrity, genuine neighborliness and true Christian 
chai'acter which is worth more than great wealth. 
In politics Mr. Turnbull is a Repui)lican Init con- 



tents himself with the discharge of his duties as a 
citizen and doe-; not aspire to office. The relig- 
ious sympathies of the family have been with the 
Presbyterian body but they are now expecting to 
connect themselves with the Congregational 
Ciuu-rh. 



,^?=^EORGK A. SCHAEFER. It is not necessary 

[|| (— — , to visit our large cities in order to find ex- 
■^l^i;^! amjyles of zeal in |)rosecution of business, 
faithful performance of duty, oi' bonoralileconduct 
as a citizen, for in Frankenmutl!, Saginaw County, 
are many wlio answer this de criptioii. Ovu- sub- 
ject is a blacksmith, residing in tlie ai)ove-n:inied 
village, and is the son of (ieorge M. Schaefer, who 
was liorn in liavaria, Germany, September 4, 1817. 
The father came to America in 1S47. and after 
trying his fortunes in various pl.aces, located in 
FrankenmuLh iu 1852. where he has since resided 
and is now living a retired life, his sons snccess- 
fiiUv carrying on his business. The mother of our 
subject was Mi>s Maggie Hoffman, also a native of 
Bavana. For a fuller histoi-y of the p.-irental fam- 
ily the reader is referred to tlie sketch of George 
M. Schaefer. 

Our su)iji'i't was born in Fi-:inkenninth. May I. 
1862, where hi^ received a cinnmon school educa- 
tion. He learned the trade which he is now fol- 
lowing of his brother Chai'lcs, who was residing in 
Saginaw. He followed that occu|)ation Cor three 
and a lialf years, when he came to Frankeiunuth, 
where he has -iince remained and wiic-rc he is mak- 
ing a success of his calling a-- a lilacksmith. 

(ieorge A. Schaefer was married in Fi-anken- 
inuth, ^lav 111. 1885, liis bride being Mi.-s Paulina 
r.lock, Tliey iiave become the parents of two 
^-liildien — Emma and Walter, ^Mr. Schaefer is a 
tliorouglily honest and upright man and his esti- 
mable ehar.acter lias given him an important place 
among the civic officials of liis tdwnslni). He has 
represented Ids county in the ollice of Constable, 
and i)roved himself well qiialilied for that position 
by tlie able way in which he dischargeil the duties 
of his ollic<'. Politically he gives his vole and in- 



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fluence in behalf of the Republican party. In re- 
ligious matters Mr. Scliaefer is an attendant at the 
Lutheran Church, of which body he is also a mem- 
her. He is a peaceable and law-abiding citizen, 
intelligent and industrious and is dul^y respected 
bv those by whom he is known. 



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one of the 



f( oldest merchants in the city, lieing tlie sen- 

^^''' ior member of the liardwarc firm of .Tenni- 
son & Son, besides being engaged in t!ie real estate 
business. He was born in Baton Houi^e. La., .Inly 
.5, 1829, and his father, William .lennison, was a 
native of Boston and a merchant of New York. 
The grandfatlier, William, was of English descent, 
and belonged to an old New England family, which 
was founded by two brothers, Robert and William, 
who came together from England on the siiip Ara- 
bella. The grandfather was a jiarticipant in the 
Revolutionary War, in both army and navy, and 
was wounded at Bunker Hill. He was a literary 
man who compiled a numlier of educational 
works. 

The father of our subject, wlio is a member of 
the New York firm of Mackey, Oakley iV .lennison, 
in the iron business, was a merchant at Danville, 
Pa., and at Baton Rouge. While in Pennsylvania 
he operated the Monitor Iron Works, and after re- 
tiring from business spent the last five years of his 
life in Philadelphia. His firm started in Saginaw 
City in 1837 as a speculation, employing Norman 
.1. Little as their agent. The financial crisis of 
1837 put a stop to growtli here, and it was not un- 
til 1843, that Saginaw again showed signs of life. 
The father was a Whig in his political views and a 
man of influence. His wife, whose maiden name 
was Maria Antoinette Fowler, was born in West 
Karnis, N. Y., .and was the daughter of an English 
oflicer. She died in Philadelphia at an advanced 
age. 

Of the children of this family, Mary is deceased; 
William was Circuit Judge for six years in De- 
troit, and is now an attorney there; Henry 
W. died in Bay City; Rev. .Joseph F. is a minister 



in Baltimore; Maria A., is the widow of the late 
Maj.-tien. David B. Biriiey. of Philadelphia, 
and resides in that city; and .1. Morgan lives 
at Cape May. The education of our subject was 
largely received in the Danville High School and 
academy, and in ])]■. Slieddon's boarding school at 
Ewensfield. Pa. In 18.5(1 he came to Micliigan 
when Lower Saginaw was then only a few shanties 
in the woods, with a population of one hundred 
and twenty-five jKople. and he here entered into 
partnersliii) with .lames Eraser in the general mer- 
chandise business. The firm of .lennison A- Fra.ser 
continued for eighteen months, when our subject 
bought (Hit the interest of his partner and ran an 
independent business until hi-- brother came West 
in 1854 and jciined him under the firm name of 
C. E. .lennison it Bro.. continuing thus for ten 
years until the death of Henry W. 

In 1871 the brick block now occupied by jMr. 
.lennison tt Son, was put up by him to accommo- 
date his extensive hardware business which he had 
began in 18|j,t. The building is three stores and 
basement, and comprises four stories, two of which 
are used for hardware. He is aKo interested with Mr. 
Eastman of Saginaw, in the barge "Nirvana" and 
the steamer •'\Vilhelm." 

Mr. Jennison married Miss Florence Birney, who 
was a daughter of .lames (J. Hirney. the first 
candidate- for President of the Lihi-rty party. 
This distinguished statesman w.as born in Danville, 
Ky.. and graduated at Princton College in IXld, 
and after studying law practiced his profession at 
his nativ( home, and afterward at Iluntsville, Ala., 
where he was elected Solicitor-fieneral of the State. 
In 1828 he was made I'lesidential Elector of the 
Whig party of that State and soon after this had 
his mind awakened to the enormities of human 
slavery; and after manumitting his own slaves be- 
came one of the foremost advocates of human free- 
dom. 

In lt<40 .lames (i. Hirney visited England, as 
one of the vice-presidents of the World's Conven- 
tion and in iSIay of that year was nominated for 
the ['residency of the United States bj^ the Liberty 
party and received seven thousand votes. His 
second nomination gave him sixty-two thousand 
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Lower Saginaw, now Bay Cit3^, and there i-esided 
for many years. He was Trustee of the Saginaw 
Baj' Company, and was prominent in the early his- 
tory of this ^'alley, where liis son .Tames became a 
very prominent man, serving in the State Senate 
and becoming Lieutenant Governor of the State, 
and one of the Circuit Judges. From 187G to 
1882, he w!is United States Minister to Hague, 
Holland. The father died in 1857 at Eaglewood, 
N. .J., and tlie son jjassed away in Bay City in 
1888. 

Six children have blessed the home of our sub- 
ject, namely: Elizabetli, who is Mrs. F. L.Gilbert; 
Charles M., who is a member of the Medical De- 
partment of the University of Michigan; George 
B., who is a commission merchant in Chicago; 
William F., who is witii his father in the hardware 
business, and Secretary of the Riverside Storage 
Company, which he organized in 1889; Dudley, 
who lives in Seattle, Wash.; and Agatha, who at- 
tends school in Fhihuleliihia. To all of these the 
parents have given excellent advantages in every 
way, and they have ever taken an active interest 
in educational matters and all public movements. 
They are Episcopalians and arc stanch Republicans 
in politics. 



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EN.JAMIX FR.\XKLIN RAY, President of 
the Bay City Iron Co., and a member of 

I) 1 the Board of Water Works, is a very prom- 
inent and poi)ular man in the cit.y. He 
was born in Bangor, Me., and is the sou of Col. 
Matthew R.ay, who was also born in the Pine Tree 
State. He was a lilacksmith by occupation, and 
served in the War of 1812, being Colonel of the 
State militia. 

The maiden name of the mother of our subject 
was Harriet Hinckley, who was born in Blue Hill, 
Me. Mr. Ray was a member of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church, while his wife was connected 
with the Congregational. In politics he was a 
Republican, and became the father of a family of 
eleven children, lienjamin Franklin Ray was 
born .Lanuarv !•'>. 18;53, and was reared in Penob- 



.seot, where he received a common school educa- 
tion. He made a survey of the Atlantic co.ast 
when a boy of thirteen or fourteen. He was appren- 
ticed for three years to learn the trade of a ma- 
chinist. He later eng.aged as engineer in a saw- 
mill, and continued thus occupied nnlil.Iuly, 18(;."). 
when he came to Bay Citj-. 

i\Ir. Ray ran the lirst steam Are engine in Bay 
City, and in 1872, when the waterworks were put 
in, assisted greatly in the erecticn of the ma- 
chinery. That same year he was made Chief 
Engineer of the Fire Department, and held that 
responsible position for eight years. In 187.'? he 
became a partner in the Bay Citylron Comp.any, and 
performed his duties in that connection at the 
time of holding the above-named position. He 
has been President of the company since joining 
it, and up to 1883 was Superintendent of the 
workshops. They manuf.acture propeller wheels 
and machinery for steamboats, etc. The firms give 
employment to from thirty-five to sixty men. and 
do .an immense busine.ss in their line. 

The original of this sketch was married in 
Bangor, Me., in 1858, to Miss Vesta Burnett, who 
was born in Newport, Me. They make their home 
in the Ninth Ward, at No. 619 Madison Avenue. 
He is now serving his second term as Water Com- 
missioner. Socially, he is a Free and Accepted 
Mason, and a Royal Arch Mason. He is a mem 
ber of the National Association of Fire Engineers, 
and ill politics is a Democrat. 



% AVID TROMBLEY is residing in West Ba.\ 
City and is engaged as a fisherman, lie is 
the son of Joseph Trombley,one of the early 
.settlers in the Siiginaw Valley, who.se sketch ap- 
pears elsewhere in this volume. Our subject was 
born on block 4, of Trombley's Addition to West 
Bay City, or Bangor, February 29, 1848. He was 
reared there and is the oldest native-born resident 
of Banks, or the First Ward of West Bay City. 

Our subject in early boyhood engaged in fishing 
with his father and brother and could sail a boat, 



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swiin, etc., with the best of them. For eiglit or 
nine years lie was engaoed in lishinu in tlie sail- 
boat "Eagle" wilh |)(ind nets. Jn 1.h7:5 Mr. 
Tromhley began fi>hing for himself, continuing 
thus employed until 1887 when he disposed of his 
boats, etc., to his brother Joseph M. During that 
time he had used about three miles of jjond nets. 
Since 1887 he has been engaged in fishing in the 
river and bay with small .sailboats. 

In addition to the above-named occupation our 
subject is intere.sted in lea! estate, owning ten 
houses in the First AVard. lie also owns a farm of 
twenty-five acres within the corporate limit;* of the 
city which he will jjlat next summer. Mr. Tromhley 
was engaged in nicrehandise business for about 
four years in AVest Bay City and in all the differ- 
ent occupations in which he has been engaged he 
has been successful. 

In 1873 our subject and Miss May, daughter of 
.1. K. Pierce of Ray City were united in marriage. 
Four children have been born to them: Charles E. 
died when thirteen years of age; Iv^' M., Nellie D. 
and David W. Mr. Tromhley hasalw.ays refused to 
serve in oiticial jxisitions until accepting the office 
of School Director, in 181)ii. The school in is!*! 
was named the Trombley School in honor of our 
subject. Socially he belongs to the Knights of the 
Maccabees and in religious matters is a membei' of 
St. Mary's Catholic Chui-ch. He casts his vote with 
the Republican party and is greatly respected in 
his commnnity. 



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1-7,, KAMv ANTHONY LINK. Tiiis enterpris- 
— ino farmer devotes his attention to the 




•ultivation of his line fai'in. wliieli is lo- 
cated on section 10, M(]Mitor Township. IS.ay 
County. He was born in Ityrnc, Germany in 1824, 
and after passing his youth in his native country, 
emigrated to the (nited Stales in May, 18,")ij. He 
came directly West to .Michigan, settling in St. 
Clair Covmty, whcic he rciiiaineil I'l^ht years. In 
1863, he came to ll.ay County and located in Kaw- 
kawlin Township, but two yeai's later came to 
Monitor Township and settled on unc hundred and 
forty acres of school land. 



In 18.')5, Mr. Link was married to Mrs. Barbara 
Heart and they are the parents of three children, 
namely: Caroline, who is the wife of L. Trovost; 
Frank, who lives (m the old homestead and oper- 
ates the farm; Joseph, who also remains at home. 
Our subject has not only cleared his place from its 
primeval surroundings but through indefatigable 
labor, has brought it to a high state of cultivation. 
He owns one hundred and forty acres on section 
16 and one hundred acres on section 1.5, and is 
interested both as a general farmer and stock-raiser. 
His commodious residence was erected under his 
personal supervision about 1877 and other build- 
ings have been added as they seemed necessary. 
He has made a specialty of drainage, which to a 
great extent accounts for his success. 

In his religious belief Mr. Link is a member of 
the Catholic Church and politically casts his ballot 
for the principles and candidates of the Republican 
party. .\s one of the earliest settlers of the town- 
ship, he is well known and his self-sacrificing- 
efforts for the advancements of the interests of his 
fellow'-citizens have won for him the respect of all. 
When he came here, Indians were numerous and 
were the best friends the family had for many 
years. Wild animals also were plentiful and game 
abundant. Xo roads had been opened, and to 
reach his land Mr. Link found it necessai-y to open 
a road three-fourths of a mile. 



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\Y]0HN W. THOMPSON is one of the largest 
and most successful I'ontractors and builders 
in Bay City. He is very |)rogressive and 
enterprising and is rapidly taking the lead 
in his line of work in this locality. He was born 
in Westminster, Canada, near New London, March 
•2-1, 1816, and was the son of John Thomjjson, a 
native of Kdinluirg, Scotland. There the father 
was reared on a farm and when thirty years of age 
came to America, and locating near Westminster, 
Canada, engaged in laiiniiig. He died in 18.'i;"), 
firm in the fnilh of the Catholic Church. 

The maiden name of our subject's motlier was 
Ellen jVIuidock, who was born in Scotland. She 
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in Detroit and is seventy-tiiree years of age. Jolm 
W. lived on the farm in Canada until 1856 when 
he came to (irosse Isle, where he was given a com- 
mon-school education. In 18,') 2 Mr. Thompson 
enlisted in the Union army as a teamster and was 
sent South, serving until Lee's surrender. He was 
discharged at Little Rock, Ark., as a part of the 
Army of the West. 

At the close of the war, returning to (irosse Isle, 
Mr. Thompson learned the trade of a mason. In 
1868 he came to Ba\' City and worked at that bus- 
iness for a number of years. In 1879 he went to 
California and worked at his trade in San Fran- 
cisco for a twelvemonth, and returning to j\Iiehi- 
gan engaged in contracting and building in cora- 
[)any with IMr. Leighton, the firm being Leighton 
& Thompson. Tliey continued thus together lor 
live yeais, since winch time our subject has oper- 
ated alone. Ho lias built many of the prominent 
business houses of the city, and also some of the 
finest residences to be found within its limits. He 
is engaged in real estate to some extent, owning 
and renting about ten houses. He has a beautiful 
residence which bears all the modern comfoi ts and 
conveniences. 

Miss ISIay, daughter of Patrick Carney, became 
the wife of our suliject, their marriage being cele- 
Itrated in li.ay City. Mis. Thompson was born in 
England and by her marriage with our subject has 
become the mother of tlie following-named chil- 
dren: William, Avho died in 1891, aged eighteen 
years, Kate, Nellie, AValto, Edward, George and 
Jessie. He of whom we write is a member of the 
Bay City Club and the Bay City Bussiness men's 
Association. He belongs to the Knights of the 
Maccabees and the CatlKjIir Mutual Benevolent 
Association. He is connected with the St. .lames 
Catholic Church, in which he is trustee of the 
building committee. In politics he is a stanch Re- 
publican. 



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ellADWICK CURTIS. Our subject is a na- 
tive of Canada. He was born iVugust 17, 
1843, in the town of Lansdown, County of 
Leeds and Greenville. Canada. He is a son of 



William and Caroline (Milks) Curtis, natives of 
^'el•mont and Pennsylvania respectively. Our sub- 
ject's paternal grandsire, David Allen Curtis, who 
was of English origin, leared four sons, whose- 
names are: Clark, Wil lard, Lewis and William, and 
three daughters. He early removed to Canada, 
where he was one of the first settlers in the locality 
which he chose as his place of residence. 

Our subject's father w.as a farmer, who came to 
Michigan about 1868 and settled on Sw.an Creek, 
where he entered and improved fifty acres of land. 
In earl^- days he was much interested in the lum- 
ber business. He afterward went to Canada and 
died there in 1876. He was a devout man and an 
able worker in the Jlethodist Episcopal Church. 
He was the father of live children, whose names 
are: Chadwick, Tiberius W., Alvira, Caroline and 
Ruth E. Our subject's mother, who is the daugh- 
ter of David Milks, still survives. 

Chadwick Curtis received a comiiion-scliool eilii- 
cation. On reacliing his majority, like many of 
the young men in this portion of the country, the 
quickest road to fortune seemed to him to be 
through the lumber woods, lie engaged in that 
business in Ontario and in the fall of 1868 came 
j to Saginaw and at once commenced work in the 
! lumber camps. For twenty-three winters he w.is 
employed by the month and in taking contracts for 
various parties in the lumber woods. In 1871 he 
puirhased forty acres of land on section 22, Branl 
Township. Latei he added one hundred and sixty 
acres. All of this he has cleared and improved, 
but from it he li.as presented his son with eighty 
acres. 

Outside of his lumliering interests and in con- 
nection with farming, Mr. Curtis is particularly iu- 
terested in breeding thorough-bred horses. Of 
Percheron stock he has -Blue Hiiil" and "Bonny 
Scotland." He has been thus interested for the 
past fifteen years, being the tirst to introduce the 
stock into the c(mimiiinty. He takes a great inter- 
est in the general breeding of fine stock and is one 
of the best known hoisemen in this part of the 
county. The animals to be found on his farm are 
pre-eminently of the highest grade of stock in this 
region. 

April 4, 186:), our subject was married to Miss 



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Minerva, a daughter of Alexander and Sarah (Rob- 
inson) Sheldon. They are the parent.^ of four 
children: William; ^Minnie, Mrs. Thomas Sweeney'; 
Sarah, and David A. While our subject is himself 
broad in his religious ideas, he greatly respects the 
various denominations and especially that to which 
his wife l)fclongs. which is the Methodist Episcopal 
Church. He is a member of the Farmers' Alliance. 
In politics he is a Democrat. 



W?AMES FERDINAND ADAMS. This pres- 
ent well-to-do citizen of Saginaw, is a son 
of Ephraim Adams, a jjliysician who was 
born in Vermont and whose parents were 
natives of Massachusetts. The father came to 
Michigan in 182.5 and died in 1SS74. He practiced 
at Monroe for fifty years and was one of the early 
physicians of the State. Ills good wife was ]\Iary 
Ann Paddock and ten of her thirteen children 
grew to mature years. Of these three sons and two 
daughters are living. The father was a very char- 
itable man and did a gieat deal to help the poor 
and unfoi'tunate along. 

Our subject had his birth at ^lonroe, Mich., 
April 5, 1836. He attended the common schools 
and began to teach when sixteen and after four 
years in this profession only taught during the 
winter months, working on the farm during the 
summers. The gentleman of whom we write en- 
listed in the late war in Company F, F'ifteenth 
Michigan Infantry as Second Lieutenant having 
assisted in organizing the company. He took part 
in many prominent engagements and received a 
wound at the battle of Corinth. He was sent home 
on a furlough and after jjartially regaining his 
health, joined his command at (irand Junction in 
the spring of 1863. Being still unfit for active ser- 
vice he decided to resign his command. March 4, 
1863, Mr. Adams returned home and engaged in 
running an hotel, buying the old Webster House. 
He acted as "mine host" for six mouths and later 
established in the grocery business on the West 
Side. He continued thus employed until 1876, 
building up a large wholesale and retail trade. 



In 1876 he of whom we write was elected Sheriff 
on the l^emocratic ticket, and his term expiring he 
was re-elected to that responsible position. So well 
did he fulfill the oftlees of public trust that he was 
appointed on the Board of Water Commissioners 
of Saginaw City. He instituted many improve- 
ments in the water works and remained a member 
of the Boajd until engaging in business on the 
East Side, where he is carrying on a profitable 
business. He has a pleasant home in the city where 
he is held in high esteem. Mr. Adams wasa mem- 
ber of the East Saginaw Council for two years and 
appointed Chief of Police in 1882, serving only 
about six months, when he was remembered by the 
force V)v being presented with a handsome gold 
ring. 

November 1, 1855, Mr. Adams was married in 
IMonroe, this State to Miss Susan Caldwell. She 
w.as a daughter of Thomas and Nancy (LaSalle) 
Caldwell, the father being a Major in the English 
jir.ny. He was a very wealthy gentleman and 
owned about three thousand acres of land in one 
body. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Adams are 
named respectively: James A., Edwaid E. and 
Harry G. Socially jMr. Adams is a Grand Army 
man. In 1889 he was made Superintendent of the 
Saginaw In ion Stieet Railway Company, is Mce- 
Presidcnt of the com])any .and also one of its Di- 
rectors. 



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OHN E. HE.\TLEV is a member of the 
firm of Brigham, Ames & Heatle.y, dealers 
in real estate and loans and also perfectors 
of abstracts, having their place of business 
at Nos. 302-307 Pha-nix Block, Bay City. They 
have a perfct title of history and record of files 
of all land and surveys of all villages and city 
plats. They have the best facilities for tracing 
and perfecting titles through deeds of any abstract 
ottice in the city and do the largest business. 

Our subject was born in County Antrim, Ire- 
land, August 17, 1854, and is the son of John E. 
Heatley, who was a farmer of Scotch descent. The 
mother, Margaret Jenkins, was also born in County 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



Antrim. They were Episcopalians in religion and 
reared a family of seven children, of whom our 
subject was the eldest. lie was given an excellent 
education, entering Trinity College, at Dublin, 
when fifteen years of age, taking a four years' 
course. He was graduated therefrom with the de- 
gree of Doctor of Medicine. 

In July, 1872, Mr. Heatley determined to come 
to America and landed in Halifax. He soon after- 
ward went to Canada and in the spring of 1876 
came to Bay City, where for a year he studied 
law. He later left Bay City and engaged in tiie 
general merchandise business, continuing in that 
line until August, 1884, when he returned to Bay 
City, where he became clerk for Beard, Brigham 
& Co., dealers in real estate and perfectoi-s of ab- 
stracts. Mr. Beard disposing of his interest in the 
firm in 1887, Mr. Heatley was taken in, and they 
now operate under tlie style of l?righam, Ames 
& Ileatle}^ 

In 1884 Miss Margaret liradley l)ecame the 
wife of our subject. She was b[)rn in Prince Ed- 
ward Island, and by her union witli Mr. Heatle\- 

has become the mother of two children (Jeorge 

and Mabel. He has made three tiijis to his native 
country, where he spent some months in visiting 
friends and relatives. In church matters he is a 
member of the Episcopal Church and in poh'tics is 
a true-blue Republican, having been a deleoate to 
different conventions of that hodv. 



If^^^ ATHEW LAMONT, who is the largest and 
most extensive contractor and builder in 
Bay City, also runs the largest planing 
mill and sash and door factory in the 
place. He is a business man from the word '-go" 
audhe also owns a lumberv.ird. He is prominent 
in Blasonic circles and is Aldei-man of the Fourth 
Ward. 

Mr. Lamont was born in Ayreshire, Scotland, 
October 1, 1832, and is the son of William La- 
mont, a native of the same shire as was his son. 
His father died in his native country aged eighty- 
seven years. The mother of our subject, a Miss 
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Murdock, was also a native of Scotland, where she 
died in 1832. Her father was a contractor and 
builder in that country, and passed away from this 
life wlien seventy-five years of age. 

Our subject was the youngest of the parental 
family of five children, all of whom are living, 
the two eldest making their homes in Scotland.' 
Robert lives in Detroit and Janet is married and 
makes her home in Jsova Scotia. He, of whom we 
write was reared in his native country, where he 
attended the subscription schools. At an early 
age he was apprenticed to learn the carpenter's 
trade under his uncle, Robert Murdock, with whom 
he remained five years and then went to Glasgow 
and worked in large shops there. 

Determining to come to the United States, Mr. 
Lamont left Glasgow in the spring of 1854 and 
after a live weeks' voyage landed in Boston. He 
then took a steamer for St. Johns, Nova Scotia, 
then to St. Marys, where he was employed in iron 
works as a joiner to fix uji machinery. One year 
later he went to Hamilton, Canada, where he re- 
mained a twelvemonth and then removed to Strat- 
ford, where he was engaged in contracting for a 
time. In 18.')7 he went to Shakespere and was 
also engaged .as a contractor and builder there for 
ten years, erecting some of the best buildings in 
that place. 

In 18(56 our subject went to Bothwell and pur- 
chased an interest in an oil well, but seeing his 
mistake he sold out his share and that year came 
to Detroit; where he remained for two summers 
jobbing. April 3, 1868 he came to Bay City, and 
has been engaged in contracting and building 
since that time. In 1876 he erected his planing 
mill, which is now one of the paying industries in 
the manufacturing portion of the city. Three years 
later he suffered a great loss by the burning of his 
factory which was not insured. Pie soon rebuilt, 
however, and in three months' time had it in full 
operation. He does an immense business, furnish- 
ing the factory work for all the principal build- 
ings and blocks in the city, having on hand from 
fifteen to twenty contracts, amounting to over 
816,000. His building is 56x18.5 feet in dimen- 
sions and three stories. He will soon remove to 
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Adams aud Twelfth Streets. His mill bears all the 
modern improvements, containing fiftj-six differ- 
ent maciiines. 

Mr. Lamont of tliis sketch owns considerable 
real estate in Bay City and West Bay City. He 
is also the possessor of propej-ty left him by his 
mother. Mr. Lamont occupies a fine home on tlie 
corner of Eleventh and Washington Streets. He 
was married in Canada to Mary Thompson, who 
was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, and came to 
Canada when three yeaisof age. The live childien 
horn to our subject and his wife are William, .lane, 
Elizabeth, Goven and John. 

In 1891 the original of this sketch went to 
Europe with the Knights Templar, making a visit 
of tliree months. He left the company in Scot- 
land and visited his old home. Our subject was 
Supervisor one year, and for three years served on 
the Board of State Building Inspectors. He is Al- 
derman from the Fourth Ward and serving his scc- 
on<l term. Socially, he is a Free and Accepted 
Mason, a Royal Arch IMason and a Knight Tem- 
plar. He is connected with the Presbyterian 
Church and in iiolitics is a true-blue Republican. 



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OLIVER PHELPS BARBER, M. D., one of 
the prominent and iiitliiential physicians of 
Saginaw City, had his l)iith in Canandai- 
gua, N. Y., in 1841). His parents were Zacheusand 
Hannah (Martin) Barber, natives of New York. 
Our subject is the second born of their six ciiil- 
dren, four of whom are now living. He was 
reared in the city and entered tlie Normal School 
at Canandaigua in 1860, and then taught in the 
High School as Assistant Su])erintendent. He was 
his father's bookkeeper for tliiee years, his business 
being shipping fruit, wool, stock, etc. In 18(55 he 
entered the University of Michigan, and took a 
literary course, when he entered the olHce of Dr. 
Harvey Jenett, at Canandaigua, N. Y., and after- 
ward entered the Bellevue Medical College, grad- 
uating in the Class of '70. He came to Saginaw 
with an uncle, Spencer Martin, and liecame con- 



nected with Drs. White and Bliss, remaining with 
them live years. 

Having spent many months in a quarantine at 
New York, Dr. Barber had a great deal of experi- 
ence with smallpox, and in 1871, when the 
epidemic broke out in Saginaw, he, in connection 
with Byron Hanchett, established a quarantine on 
the site of Saginaw Hospital, and at one time there 
were sixty-five patients confined in it. It was 
something dreadful here, and one of the most ter- 
rible times Saginaw has ever known. Our subject 
has been Health Officer and on the Board of Health 
ever since that time. 

After remaining with White tt Bliss for five 
years, he started in practice for himself, and has 
since continued to do so, having a large and lucra- 
tive practice. He l)ecame a member of the St. 
Mary's Hospital staff as surgeon. The institute 
attends to all the injured lumbermen. He served 
for fifteen years as surgeon for the IMichigaii Cen- 
tral Railwa3', and also for a like number of years as 
President of tiie Pension Examining Board, which 
was composed of Drs. Kitchen, ^\'ilkie and Barber. 

When the Saginaw Hospital was organized by 
the ladies of the city, Dr. Barber was made Presi- 
dent of the Staff for two years. He is at present 
lecturing in tlie Nurses' Training School. 

The .Saginaw \'alley Medical Club, of which he 
is an influential member, have their meetings each 
three months, and is assisted by some of the best 
men in tlie State Medical Society. Our subject 
has done a great deal of journalistic work, and has 
a reputation all over the county by his articles on 
burns and scalds, for which is a very simple 
remedj- of carbolic acid and rubber tissues. He 
has attended the National Convention as a dele- 
gate, and is also a member of tlie National Railway 
Surgeons' A.ssociation. 

Dr. Baiber was married December .'50, 1881, in 
Saginaw, to iliss Sarah W. Townsend, daughter of 
Charles and Lucy Tt)wnsend, of Saginaw. 

Politically, the Doctor is a stanch Repul)lican, 
and in 18^fl ran for Mayor against Arthur Hill, 
who defeated liiin by only four votes. He is quite 
a political speaker, and constantly receives invita- 
tions to siieak. He is also a popular singer. Dr. 
Barber and liis estimible wife have one child. 



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Zacheus Charles, born November 10, 188.5. He there. After a lapse ot tlav, uhi> lie ivUuned 

belougs to the Sajriuaw Valley Masonic Lodge, | to liis native home and in 1873 came to 15ay City 

and is a charter member of the Apollo, in which j and remained with a plumbing firm seven years, 

he has i)a.ssed all tlie chairs. He also belongs to .He then formed a partnersiiip with a Mr. Sullivan, 




the Knights of the Maccabees. 

The gentleman of whom we write resides in a 
beautiful home at No. 402 North Michigan Ave- 
nue, which was erected by himself, and he has one 
of the most expensive libiaries in the city. At 
tlte State Press Association held at Saginaw, Dr. 
Barber was made toast-master, the duties of which 
he performed satisfactorily and pleasingly. Mrs. 
Barber is a conscientious and consistent member of 
the Episcopal Church. 



REDERICK C. FINN, of the firm of Finn (fe 
Fischer,of Bay City,who do plumbing, steam 
and gas fitting, and deal in all kinds of 
plumbei's' supplies, was born in Oswego, N.B., -July 
3, 1852. The father, Thomas, was born in Ports- 
mouth, England, and was a carpenter by trade, 
and was a soldier in the English army. He came 
to the United States and took part in the War of 
1812. He then located in Canada, where he re- 
mained some time engaged at his trade. Some 
time later he located in Oswego, N. Y., and con- 
tinued contracting and building and became well- 
to-do. He reared a family of fourteen children 
and died in 1862. He was a stanch Republican in 
politics and quite a politician. The mother was 
Sarah Finn, a native of England, and she passed 
away in 1888, at the age r)f eighty-nine years. She 
and her honored husband were members of the 
Baptist Church. 

Our suliject is the second youngest of his par- 
ents' large family. Two of his brothers fought in 
the late war — Albert and Henry, the former of 
whom starved to death in Andersonville Prison. 
Frederick Finn was reared in Oswego, and when 
eleven years old began making liis own way in 
the world. When fourteen he apprenticed him- 
self to the plumber's trade and served four years 
with T. R. Garrity. He was then alone as a jour- 
neyman and went to Lowell, Mass., where he 
worked for his former employer, who had moved 



under the style of Sullivan it Finn, which lasted 
two ye.ars. After this he returned to liis former 
employers and took charge of their business four 
years. 

Mr. Finn has engaged in partnership with dif- 
ferent persons many times and in 1889 formed his 
present connection with F. Fred Fischer. Their 
business is located at No. 514 Washington Avenue, 
and they carry on an immense trade, being the 
largest in the city, and they are called on to do 
work nearly all over the State. They kee|) in their 
employ from ten to fifteen men and have done the 
plumbing for some of the finest buildings in the 
city, such as the Polish Catholic Church, the Ma- 
sonic Temple and the Crapo Block. 

Mr. Finn was married in this city in 1876 to 
Miss Maggie Doman, a native of this place. They 
have had eight children born to them: Robby,Annie, 
.lennie, .lessie, Margary Bessie, Freddie and Will- 
iam. Their residence is situated at No. 243 Adams 
Street, and they are members of the Catholic 
Church. In i)olitics Mr. Finn is a Democrat and 
is always a delegate to county. State and Congress- 
ional Conventions. He is a member of the City 
Council and also one of the Countj' Commissioners. 



OL. AARON T. BLISS. Among the prom- 
inent and representative men of the Sagi- 
naw Valley, few, if any, are more widely 
known than Col. Bliss in both business and politi- 
ical cirlcs. He was born in Madison County, N. 
Y., May 22, 1837, to Lyman and Anna M. (Chaffee) 
Bliss. His father was a native of New York and 
his grandfather of Massachusetts, and they are de- 
scended from a long line of English ancestry. 

Born on a farm our subject was early inured to 
the hard work and toil incident to farm life. The 
rudiments of his education were obtained in the 
district schools, and with the industrious traits 
characteristic of the boy and man his leisure hours 
have been spent in reading and research until now 



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we find him to be a man of intelligence and a 
broad grasp of the questions of the day. 

On the breaking out of the late Rebellion our 
subject was among the first to respond to the call 
of our imperiled country. He enlisted October 1, 
1861, in the Tenth New York Cavalry Regiment 
as a private. On the organization of the regiment 
at Elmira he was elected Lieutenant, and for a 
time the regiment formed a part of Kilpatrick's 
Brigade. Ordered to the front and joining the 
Army of the Potomac, he participated in the second 
battle of Bull Run,comnianding the detailed squad- 
ron from Washington, and after that liattle lie was 
made Captain. He participated in the battles of Bull 
Run, Fredricksburg, tlie Wilderness, Petersburg, 
Ground-squirrel Churcli, Stony Creek, South 
Mountain, Falls Church, Warrenton. On Gen. Wil- 
son's raid near Richmond, after they had been 
out eight days, he was captured on the morning of 
the ninth day on their return, and incarcerated in 
Saulsbury, (N. C.) prison, thence taken to Colum- 
bia, Andersonville, Macon, and was one of the six 
hundred officers pl.aced under the Union fire at 
Charleston, R. C. He suffered the usual discom- 
forts and privations of prison life, and was subse- 
quently sent to Columbia. From there he made 
his escape and after eighteen days and nights on 
the road- reached Sherman's army at the time 
of the capture of Ft. McAlister. Soon afterward 
he joined his regiment, via New York. 

The war ended our subject received an honora- 
ble discharge, having served tliree years and six 
months, six months of the time a prisoner of war. 
He returned to his home and in 186.5, removed to 
Saginaw City, Mich., where he resided with his 
brother, Dr. Lyman AV. Bliss, a leading physician 
of the cit3'. 

The principal liusincss of the Saginaw \'alle\ 
was the lumber interests. Tlic two brotiiers be- 
gan then to lay the foundation for one of the 
most successful industries in that line in all that 
region; ditticulties were bravely met and overcome. 
Fire would destroy their sawmills, but with theii' 
sturdy pluck they were enabled to build their fu- 
ture mills stronger and better. 

Col. Bliss is regarded by his associates as a very 
level-headed business man, capable of grasping 
large enterprises and carrying tliem through to suc- 
cessful conclusions. He is an extensive lumlier- 
man, a practical farmer and strong in the bankino' 
institutions of .S.aginaw. 

Politically, our suliject is a stanch Republican. 
He w.as a member of the city government of Sag- 
inaw for four years, likewise a member of the 
Board of Supervisors. In the fall of 1882 lie was 
elected to the Stale Senate of Michigan, and 
proved to be a practical and hard-working luem- 



ber. He was largely instrumental in getting the 
bill and appropriation through the Legislature for 
the establishment and maintenance of the Sol- 
diers" Home at (iiand Hainds. The bill, however, 
was not passed during the session of which he was 
a member, but Col. Bliss took a great interest in 
the measiiic and helped secure its passage. The 
Home was built at large expense, and is now in 
successful operation. On the election of (ieu. 
Alger (ioNcriior of Michigan, he ap[)ointed ('apt. 
Bliss a member f)f his staff, with the rank of 
( 'olonel. 

In l88iS our Mibjecl was elected a member of 
Congress, and proved to be an infiuential and use- 
ful member. An old friend, speaking of liiin, 
says in illustration of his tact and determination: 
■' He offered a bill in Congress asking for an ap- 
l^ropriation of i»e200,00(i for a public building in 
Saginaw. The bill jiassed both houses the last d.ay 
in the afternoon, was sent to the President, who 
refused to sign it, as being too much, but inti- 
mated that hewould sign it for *1()0,()()0. Col. 
Bliss i^roinptly had the bill remodeled, and in the 
great hurly-burly of the last day of the session he 
caught the Speaker's eye, was recognized, the bill 
offered, passed, and was signed the same day. Col. 
Bliss taking the bill himself to the President, who 
laughingly signed and presented the Colonel the 
pen." 

So 10 the energy of this indefatigable worker 
Saginaw owes her new jjublic building. Mr. 
Speaker Reed has said that probably no other man 
in the house could have, under the circumstances, 
engineered the bill successfully through. 

Col. Bliss also caused a bill to be i)assed appro- 
priating ^2."),()00 for an Indian school at Mt. Pleas- 
ant, Mich., which is now lieing constructed. He 
is a strong political worker, and lays his plans on 
a broad scale, and carries them through success- 
fully. He has always had the warm political and 
business friendship of such men as (ien. Alger. 
His inrtuence in the ranks of the Republican party 
in Michigan and the Northwest has for years been 
recognized as strong and potential. 

In 18(;8 C'ol. r.liss was married to Miss ,\llaseba 
M. Phelps, of Solsville, Madison County, N. Y., 
daughter of .Vmbrose Phelps. Mrs. Bliss is a 
lady of culture and refinement, and at their hand- 
some home dispenses an elegant and graceful hos- 
pitality. 

It may be said of Col. Bliss that he is recognized 
as a verj- benevolent man. He aided in the build- 
ing of tlie Bliss Hospital, and is one of the main 
supports of the Home of the Friendless. He is 
lilieral with the schools and churches, and any and 
all enterprises calculated to i)romote the public 
sjood. 



BIOGF{p^r)I(gp]j. 



5»siM{i>-^€sE 



Aohard. A. W SOO 

Adams, Gregory '-'HI 

Adams, J. F 1(M0 

Adams, John 23 

Adams, John Q 39 

Alden, C. W., M. D SW 

Alger, D.B !180 

Alger, Russell A 17;! 

Allen, E.G 172 

Allen, F.W 7.'iS 

Allen, G. A 401 

Allen, H.B '»1 

Ames, G. W 277 

Andrus, R. W 521 

Anneke, Hon. E .5«1 

Antisdel, J. F 'J31 

Armstrong, Jacob 672 

Armstrong, John ., — 702 

Armstrong, S. B., M. D ,7»0 

Armstrong, W. A 849 

Arnold, A. J :)6K 

Arthur, Chester A 99 

Aselton, M IJ80 

Austin, A. M 1189 

Austin & Gove 2'I5 

Avery, Sewell fl.'i2 

Azure, George H Oofi 



B 



Babcoc-k, E. V ;i7i; 

Babo, Charles 1018 

Batlgley, B. S 892 

Badgley,D.O '-Wi 

Bagley , John J iri7 

Bailey, A. L., M. D 901 

Baird, T. A., M. D W2 

Baker, Anson H 945 

Baker, J. H 839 

Baldwin, Henry P 153 



Ballard, R. W 817 

Barber, J. B 922 

Barber, O. P 1042 

Barclay, Sarah A 9:ifi 

Barie, Angustus 337 

Baric, George 351 

Barker, Harvey 312 

Barker, Rev. H. A 627 

Barr, John (ill 

Barry, John D 870 

Barry, John S 113 

Baskins, Capt. Zachariah ...0^0 

Bate, A 491 

Bateman. F. L 12(1 

Bauer, George V 363 

Baurn, William B. 5.')1 

Bauinsrarten, D 1017 

Baxniann, Charles 9(11 

Beach,Mrs. C. F 240 

Beach, E.L 291 

Beach, M.S 712 

Beaudette, L. B (i72 

Becker,H 1011 

Becker, Mathias 795 

Becker.J. H 2«6 

Beebe, Mrs. A 727 

Beeman, R. VV 987 

Begole, Josiah W I(i9 

Behmlander, J. A 310 

Belfry, O. M., M. D 9115 

Bell, VV.H 59S 

Benham. W. L 801 

Bennett, Capt. H (>.'>7 

Bennett, E.T 296 

Bentley, George W 950 

Berber, 0.,M.D 919 

Bernard, Bernard 802 

Bettis, Otis 965 

Beut«l, August F 274 

Beutel,C. F. W 465 

Beutel, Robert :«7 

Bierd, Joseph 211 

Bingham. C. L 468 

Bingham, Kinsley S 137 

Birchard, S. R 738 

Bissell, A. G., M. D 955 

BisselhT. E 973 

Blackmore, Joshua 878 

Blan-, Austin 145 

Bliss, F. H 6,55 

Bliss, Ron. A. T 1043 

Bliss, L. W., M.D 871 



Blom.shield, John H 102(> 

Boardman, George 1027 

Boston, John 167 

Bouchard, George 1031 

Boughton, Col. J. C 801 

Bousfleld, A. E 969 

Bousfleld, C. J 6''4 

Bousfleld. R. E 8,-i7 

Boutell, Capt. B 966 

Bow, Dennis 499 

Bowers, Arthur 258 

Braddock, A. C 1028 

Brashaw, Joseph 293 

Bremner, James 02>S 

Brenner, C. E 861 

Brigham, B. L 1015 

Brock, M. W ,3a5 

Broughton. A 251 

Brownlie, A 1008 

Brown, A. R 991 

Brown, John C 924 

Brown, R J 875 

Buchanan, James 75 

Buchanan, J. G 690 

Buckley, F. J 403 

Burgess. William W 951 

Burnham, Capt. S. E :583 

Burroughs, E. E 915 

Burrows, L., M. D 900 

Burton, Baptiste 612 

Buzzard, J. L :M5 



Callam, William 293 

Campbell, H. M 739 

Campbell, R. J ?66 

Campbell, T. D 559 

Cantwell. A 901 

Caiitwell. John 1007 

Carney, Thomas 475 

Carson, Rev. George W KM 

Carson, S. S 751 

Caughlin.J. \V.,M. D 119 

Chapin, O. D I'M 

Chapman, Rev. L. W 250 

Chapman, Wellington 855 

Chapman, W.H. H 815 



Chatfield. C B ffiij 

Chesbrough, Bros ioi7 

Church, F. S .^ji 

Church, Sauuiel 7,^18 

Clark, J. W. . 215 

Clark, Louis K 914 

Clark, W, A 4.55 

Clark, VV. B sui 

Clark, W.H »-2B 

Cleveland, S. Grover 103 

Cobb, Hon. (iejrge P 'J()I 

Cole, F. P ...soi: 

Cole, William D 457 

Cole, W. A XC, 

Coleman, II fi3:^ 

Colon, M. J 850 

Colvin, Benjamin 911 

Confer, E 822 

Connor, Hon. Rowland 618 

Conroy, William E., M.D 460 

Cook, William L 118 

Cooper, L. H. , M. U 2C7 

Copeland. R, S., M. D 409 

Cornwell, (ieorge A 514 

Coryell, B. G 809 

Coryeon, John 511 

Crampton, William 990 

Cranage, Thomas .589 

Crane, Perry 8.58 

Crane, W. A 471 

Crapo, Henry H 149 

Creen, James 893 

Croswell, Charles M 161 

Crump, R. 891 

Cubbage. W. B., M.D 507 

Cunningham, W., M. D 408 

Cupit, John W 815 

Curtis, C 1039 

Curtis. Liborus W 817 



D 



Danforth, James t' 743 

Danskin. Rev. Alexander 781 

Davis, E. W..M. D 916 

Davis, Frank H 911 

Deegau, Mrs. Ellen 278 

Defoe, Joseph 3C7 



INDEX. 



Degraw, Z. W 353 

I)e Land, M. B 625 

Dell, Joseph 'W8 

Denfeld, William F 780 

Dioey, George. 9*12 

Ditzcl, Capt. H. E 1025 

Itoan. Josepli HT^ 

Dodge, M.T 900 

Dork, J. F :«* 

Downing, George H 581 

Drake, John Ml 

Drake, John C, M. D iSG 

Dunbar, E. L 75B 

Dunham, F. W 321 

Dunk, A. A 239 

Dunnigan, William J 6.<5 

Dunning, Alon/.o 772 

Durand, Hon. L. T 699 



E 



Eastman, L. H 233 

Eastwood , Joseph 309 

Eberhardt, Rev. U. L 244 

Eddy.t'.K 205 

Eddy, James 973 

Edelmann, F. W., M. D 279 

Edehnann, John G 652 

Edin borough, L. B ...417 

Eilis, Daniel 413 

Emery, J. T 724 

English, Frank 218 

Erwin, Robert W., M.D 217 

Essex, John T 3C8 

Estabrook. Hon. J. S 93!) 



Fancher, ('. R 3% 

Feige, Henry 7i4 

Felch, Alpheus 117 

Fenton, Henry 299 

Fifield, Eugene 739 

Fillmore, Millard 67 

Finauer, John M 236 

Finn,F.C 1043 

Fi.soher, Charles G 1029 

Fish, W. T 980 

Fisher, Adam 532 

Fisk, L. H :84 

Filing, A. <■ 671 

Fitzhugh, Charles, Jr 112.') 

Flajole, John A 1027 

Floeter, P. C .558 

Florentine, F. B., M. D 715 

Flues, E. F 1020 

Foote, Hon. Dan P 8«5 

Foi-dney, J. W 910 

Fordon, John A 882 

Forrest, HA 595 

Forsyth , O. F 206 

Foss,E.B... 583 

Fowler, W. N., M. D 967 



Fox, Ben 1030 

Francis, John C 362 

Eraser, Donald 445 

Eraser, J. J "52 

Frazee, W 531 

Fuerbringer, Rev. L M9 

Furman, L 837 



G 



Gatfney, William ?4fi 

Oalarno, William 262 

Gale, H.M., M.D 585 

Gallagher, D 218 

Garber, J.B 316 

Garfield, James A 95 

Garland, M 285 

Gavit, John A 1014 

Gedney, R. E 1015 

Gilbert. Harvey, M. D .5.52 

Gilbert, N. R., M. D.^ 4.37 

Glaser, Charles 746 

Glazier, William 614 

Goddard, E. G 774 

Goddard.S. T W9 

Goetz. John B 708 

Golden, John :501 

Goodman,T. H., M. D 402 

Gould, E, F 192 

Graham, James 604 

Graham, Hon. J. W 265 

Granger. G. H., M. D 513 

Grant, Hon. Charles W 547 

Grant, Ulysses S 87 

Green, Hon. S. M 569 

Green, William M 197 

Greenly, William L 121 

Griffln,"B 488 

Grohniann, A 43'i 

Grohmann, A. * Sons 824 

Grout, G. K 1021 

Gugel,J. M 478 

Gunterniann, H 762 

Gustin.S. E.,M. D 472 

G.vde, E. A 661 



H 



Hadsall, Milton 977 

Hagarty, M 2r8 

Hall. J. R 909 

Hamilton, C. R., M. D 765 

Hammond, George E 1033 

Hankin,R. W .506 

Harding, Rev. B 305 

Harding, Thomas K 582 

Harper, Capt. George 417 

Harris, A. J., M. D 333 

Harris, M. M 733 

Harrison, Benjamin 107 

Harrison, William Henry — 51 
Hartwig, Jens 903 



Hawkins, J. W 415 

Hawley, Col. C. R. . : 7.57 

Hay. James 369 

Hayes, Rutherford B 91 

Hcatley , John E 1C40 

Heinzinann, C 3(6 

Heitzig, VVilliani 323 

Helliard. James 427 

Helmreich, John G., Jr . .334 

Helmreich, J. M 911 

Hemmeter, J. M 759 

Hemstreet, George A U8 

Henry, Samuel 8- "2 

Hess,"A.H 428 

Hess, Henry 340 

Hess, Joseph 39il 

Heumann, Charles C :i01 

Hill, Seymour 548 

Hine, Gustavus 300 

Hodgman,L 4.50 

Hofruian,S. F 690 

Holcomb, D. C 9!I3 

Holland, L 723 

Holmes, Mrs. D. P 844 

Holmes, Harry 916 

Holmes, John H 943 

Holt, Capt. I. F 750 

Hood. Francis 639 

Hood, George F 890 

Hopkins, C. W 1012 

Hopkins, Hon. H J 877 

Hopler, Henry W 385 

Hopp. Ferdinand 959 

Hopper, A. B 876 

Hopper, Edward 716 

Horst, Prof. C. E !'33 

Houghton, W. C 425 

Hovey, W. F.,M D 910 

Howell, C. A 335 

Hoyt , Hon . Jesse 197 

Hubbard, T. T 500 

Hnbinger.J.G 929 

Huekins, J. D 364 

Huekins, 1, S 894 

Hudson, Joseph 404 

Huff, S. A '»i 

Hugo, Amand 372 

Humphrey, John C 414 

Hutschenreilther, O 513 



Jennings, Edward 395 

Jennings, John 790 

Jennison, C. E 1036 

Jerome, David H 165 

Jerome, H .586 

Johnson, Andrew 83 

Johnson, Levi 8.57 - 

Johnson, S 999 

Johnston, J. M 767 

Jordan. CaiJt. John W 719 

Joslyn, Lee E 651 

Judd, Hon. E. T 283 



K 



Kain, P 804 

Keeler, E. A 364 

Kelley , William M 252 

Kennedy. D. J 828 

Kent.O. A 916 

Kern. Anthony J 374 

Ketchum, V 714 

Kottler, William C 902 

Kidney, John 8t9 

Kiesel, Gottlieb 796 

Kimball, Caleb W :{81 

King, Alfred M 923 

King, Capt , G. W 4;« 

King, Wi I liam W" 438 

I Kinnane,J. E 975 

Kinney, F. E 619 

Kinney, M 421 

Kinney, Thomas 972 

Kitchen, M.C.L.,M,D 169 

Kitchen, Samuel, M. D 935 

Knapp, E. K., M D .573 

Knickerbocker, W 696 

Knight, Nathan 11^21 

Knoblauch, Jacob 598 

Kohler, John 337 

Kolb, Adam STO 

Kolb Bros 4.53 

Kremer, William 392 

Krupp, Benjamin S 372 



Ippel.J. W 702 

Irwin, R. W 936 



Jackson, Andrew 43 

Jackson, George D 941 

Jackson, John L 782 

Jaissle, William 971 

Jelferson, Thomas 27 

Jeffrey, Frank 985 



LaCroix, J. J 403 

La France, Napoleon 744 

Lamont . Matthew 1011 

Landau, Rev. W 407 

Lang,G.P 374 

Laracey , John 796 

Larkin, Edward C 302 

Larkin, W. E 983 

Leach, H.M., M.D 7!I9 

Leasia, Peter 451 

LeBel, E. A., M. D 931 

Lee, N. D..M. D 617 

Leidlein, John 469 

Leidlein, Capt. John 4:4 

Leidlein, Michael 512 



INDEX. 



Leinberger, A 858 

Leinbergfer, J. A 202 

Leiig^, Hon. Robert 410 

Lennoii, W. U 553 

LeRoux.J.P 722 

Lester, Capt. Thomas G 903 

Lewis, Griff 214 

Lewis, Hon. George 44-i 

Lewis, Rev. J . H 222 

Lewis, R. M.,M. D 930 

Like, Capt . James E 705 

Liiieoln , Abraham 79 

Lindner, Henry 203 

Link.F.A 1038 

Liskow, Louis 273 

Little, George J 815 

Lloyd, D.S.,M.D 398 

Loeffler,E.T 992 

Logan, J. E 210 

Loose, William A Son 375 

Loveland, AVilliam J 700 

Luce, Cyrus Gray 177 

Lyle, Rev. W. W 832 



M 



Mac Queary, Rev. H 730 

Madison, James J ■ 

Malt, Solomon 801 

Mangan, Daniel 573 

Mannion, Martin .'liS 

Man well. Henry A 542 

Martin, B.H OBI 

Martin, Jira S 507 

Martin. Hon. W. J 899 

Mason , Stephen T 105 

Massey, James *"l»0 

Mather, E. L 430 

Mathewson, Joseph 715 

Maucotel, A., M. D 935 

Maurir, John B 330 

Maxon. C. VV 4.'8 

Maxson, William 346 

Maxwell. Hon. A. C 673 

McBralnie, Rev. C 591 

McCartliy, C. C 1005 

Mc'-'arty, Sophia 817 

McClelland, Robert 129 

McCormick, J. CM. D 8S3 

McDermott, Hon. John 837 

McDonell, I). A 371 

McDowell, J. A , M. D 439 

McGregor, James 238 

McGregor, Peter 423 

McKellar. Duncan 567 

McKinnon, Jolin D 590 

McLaughlin. D 968 

McLean, Capt. A. C 219 

McLean, John 600 

McLellan, Charles 695 

McLennan, John 289 

McLurg, John, M. D !I20 

McMahon, M'illiam 351 

McMann, F 227 

McMath , J udge J. W 508 

McMeekin, James W 903 



McMillan, A 601 

McMullen, J. S 485 

McTavish, D. A., M. D 403 

Medler, Capt. R.J 728 

Meed. George A 393 

Meister, Samuel 252 

Melze, A. C oil 

Menkensen. C. A 318 

Mente, Edward 550 

Merrill, Capt. H. P 574 

Merrill, William 6.56 

Merntt, N 333 

Miesel.H 4:« 

Millar, Rev. W. H 869 

Miller. Albert 1019 

Miller, A. J 10;« 

Miller, J. J •. 478 

Miller, J. M 181 

Miller, Peter 4.33 

Miller, Willis 745 

Moeller. Henry 387 

Moeller, Louis .360 

Moll.F. C 240 

Moll, William 981 

Monosmith, T. B 524 

Monroe, James 35 

Moore. B. & Son 714 

Morgan, S E., M. D 485 

Morin, William 537 

Moritz, J. B 554 

Moritz, Louis 641 

Morrison, D ". 1012 

Morrison, Frank 816 

Morse, W.F 679 

Moulthrop, Clark 327 

Moulthrop, H. C .518 

Moulton, George 560 

Mulholland, John 610 

Munger, James A., M. D 221 

Hunger, J. D 230 

Munn, Thomas 6,83 

Munro, Daniel 1000 

Munshaw, William H 170 

Munsie, William 579 

Munson. Lewis L 091 

Murphy. James 723 



Neimann, William L 699 

Nelles, N 760 

Nesbitt, John 373 

Neunieyer, John 370 

Neumeyer, Martui 430 

Newkirk, C. T., M. D 710 

Nickless, W. H 713 j 

Nolan, John E 922 1 

Northwood, Hon. J 783 I 

Nottingham. J. C. . .M. D 629 



o 



Obenauer, H. G 067 

O'Donnell, D. J 5ai 

Oeder, John .393 

O'Keefe.J. F 2t0 



Pacaud, H. A 977 

Park, Edwin 636 

Parker, Thomas 7.30 

Partenfelder, Rev. J. H. P. ..707 

Parsons. Andrew 133 

Passmore, James 711 

Pausch, O. M 538 

Pearsall, J. D 718 

Pease, Capt. E. S 489 

Peek,W. L 773 

Peirsion, F. D 649 

Pelkey, Louis A 356 

Pelletier, L. M., M. D 809 

Peltier, Etlwin 212 

Perkins, A. B 4.58 

Perkins, S. S 950 

Pero, Joseph 840 

Peterson, Peter 931 

Pfannas, Joseph 340 

Pt'und, Henry 329 

Phillips. A.J 514 

Phillips, T.C 3.59 

Phillips, W.H 450 

Philp John 1011 

Pierce, Capt. B. F 677 

Pierce, Capt. D. M 625 

Pierce, Franklin 71 

Pierce, R. M 987 

Pierce, Capt. William E 793 

Platte, A. W 609 

Ploof , Philip 878 

Plummer, Hon. S. A 701 

Polk, James K .59 

Pomeroy, C. H 871 

Prendergast, John 942 

Pricur, Fred H 686 

Prybeski, W. V 528 

Purtell, James .371 



R 



Racette, Charles 1003 

Racine, Louis P 810 

Randall, LE.,M. D 978 

Randall, S.S 3:i9 

Ransom, Epaphroditus 125 

Ray,B. F 1037 

Reid, Capt. William H 912 

Reilly, George 457 

Reinhardt, H. C 1016 

Reis. Rev. .Joseph 443 

Remington, Thomas A 454 

Ressler, Prof. J. M 994 

Reutter, Christof 322 

Rhodes, S. D.. M. D 242 

Richardson, J. J :<65 

Richardson, R.J 316 

Riegel, M 7.55 

Riker,E 541 

Rimmele, Charlea 868 

Robin.son, George H 974 



Robinson, Hon. H. W 221 

Robinson, P. P ...539 

Rodwell.T. F..M. D 779 

Roe.ser, William 094 

Rooiakers, Henry .302 

Root.C. E 444 

Root, Henry L 8)9 

Root, William E 988 

Ross,F. C. 607 

Ross, William 920 

Rossman, Frank 280 

Rouech, A.N 961 

Roundsville, L .502 

Rouse, J. S., M. D HO 

Ruch, Flora H, M. D 821 

Ruelle,! 968 

Rundell,F. D 063 

Rusling. F.0 603 

Russell, Alexander 477 

Russell, A. G 926 

Ruttle. Charles S 982 

Ryan. Michael 831 

Rvdberg. Rev. S. E 9«l7 



Sangle. George 181 

Sanson, Rev. J. G 761 

Sarle, Charles H 580 

Saunders, James E 284 

Savage, H. W 959 

Saylor, Col. Thomas .548 

See, W. E 222 

Seitz, Otto H 538 

Sempliner. A 930 

Shaefer, George A 1035 

Schaefer. George M 476 

Scbemm. John G 6a5 

Scheurmann, R 620 

Schick, M. F. , H. D. 267 

Schindehette, O. H 479 

Schlickum, Charles 407 

Schmidt, George 332 

Schmidt, Rev. Martin J 487 

Schoencberg. E 452 

Schuett.F. J J 692 

Schultz, George A 317 

Schwab, John 901 

Scott, J. A 490 

Shakes, Henry .527 

Shannon, I. A 520 

Shattuck, S. N 848 

Shaw, Humphrey .564 

Shearer, C.H 6.30 

Shearer. F. H 1031 

Shearer, G. H 271 

Shearer, Hon. G. H 255 

Shearer, Hon. James 211 

Shepherd, J 533 

Shook, Harvey 343 

Shuler, H. F 330 

Shuttler, George 1007 

Silvernale. James B 315 

Siuioneau, L 976 

Simons, L. M ,.4.59 

Simons, William A 400 

Smith, Arthur T 498 



INDEX. 



Smith, Edward 706 

Rmitli.H.K Sil 

Hmitli, H. P Itoi 

Smith, James (>7H 

Smith, Capt. P. C ;lfll 

Smith, Pet«r S8a 

Smith, William M T1 

Smith, William, Jr B8t 

Snow, Hon. B. A (J(S 

Southwick. S. W., M. I) 4!«j 

Squire, Josiah 528 

Stacey, Andrew 508 

Starkweather, E. F 711 

Staudaoher, B :\5'2 

Staudacher, Ct. A 351 

Stearns, Charles T :U4 

Stephens, Ellas 8*28 

Stevens, . I. K 752 

Stevens, M. C all 

Slewart, A, L .45(> 

Stoddard, fJeorge 48ii 

Stone, D. F.,M.D 4BI 

Stone. F. W (134 

Stone, S. S., D. S R02 

Stone, William 517 

Sullivan, VV. H BIB 

Sutherland, C SI04 

Sutton. M. V.V 0:12 

Swart, Ira E 32:! 

Swart hoiit, ,Iames N 80."' 

Swart hout, I.,ewis HIS 

Swarthout, N. R ii.Hl 

Switzer, A. M 1120 

Svring, William 404 



Tace.v, Prosper 311 

Tapert, William E r>li2 

Tarsney , Hon. T. E 777 

Ta.sehner, F. A 618 

Ta.sker. R. C 942 

Taylor, R.B 825 

Taylor, Zachary (>3 

Teflt. Charles B 811 

Tenuant, .lohn .522 



Tennant, John MO 

Teibush, Mrs. E. O. J 31!) 

Thatcher, O. A .500 

The Crump's Manu'lg Co 884 

The Sage Library 7BS 

Thompson, Daniel 7.S5 

Thomp.son , H. C 263 

Thompson, Miss H. L 532 

Thompson, J. W 1038 

Thomson. Andrew 576 

Thomson. A. 1 650 

Thomson, William S 416 

Thorn, Charles U 529 

Thome, B. F 120 

Tierney, H.J 503 

Tierney, Peter 482 

Tivy, A. U 782 

Tracy, B. B 921 

Travis. N 883 

Tremble, T 478 

Tromble, Joseph 10:H 

Tromble, M 510 

Tronibley, David 1037 

Trombley, D. H 723 

Troinbley, J. J, 3H7 

Trombley, J. M 243 

Troinbley, Jo,seph M .521 

Trombley, Theodore *Vi7 

Turnbull, (ieorge in:{4 

Turner, Capt. George 1010 

Tyler, John .55 



u 



Ueben-oth, C. H 537 

Ure, John 895 

Ure, Robert ; 905 



Van Buren, Martin 17 

Vandusen, Alonzo 611 

Van Enister, F. H, J 210 



Van Kleeek, Hon. James 501 

Van Liew. E. S. .5a5 

Verney, Charles F 913 

Villaire, Alexander 869 

Voith. Joseph 771 

Volz, Christian 5:i0 

Von Boerable, F. H 975 

Vo.ss, Christian :;31 



w 



Waldbauer, Mrs. George 223 

Wallace, George A 812 

Wallace, H. J 579 

Walther, A 391 

Walton, Hon. A 419 

Walz, Jacob F 480 

Walz, .John Si6 

Wands, W. R 1001 

Ward, George, Sr 827 

Warner, W. H 557 

Warren, Rev. George F -287 

Washer, John 307 

Washington, George 19 

Washington, Hon. George. ..&)S 

Waste. Lewis S 388 

Watrous, A, W 4ifi 

Watson, Cornelius. M. D. . . .881 

V\atz, Constantit,e 581 

Weadock. Hon. G. W 787 

Weadock, Hon . J. C 129 

Weadock, Hon. T. A. E 10<'S 

Weaver. James A 227 

Webb, David J 023 

Webber, Hon. William L. . . .191 

Weber, Fred 188 

Webster, B. F 6S0 

Webster, S. H 693 

Wegener, Henry ,361 

Wegst, Adam 598 

VVerntz. Peter (IKS 

Westfall, Elihu 308 

Whipple, Williani 531 

Whitbeck, A 518 

White, John B., M. D 823 

Whitehouse, J. H., M. D 421 



Whiteside, Robert 990 

Whiting, .Toseph 1020 

Whitney, Ira H 616 

Wickes, Bros 6I.S 

Wiggins, S. L UVt 

Wilder, W. A 328 

Wiley, Robert S 286 

Willcox, Maj. L. G 788 

Williams, G. A., M. D 372 

WilliamS: George F 249 

Williams, Hector E (.23 

Williamson, William 949 

Wilson, David 5.30 

Wilson, James D 670 

Wilson, Robert 360 

Wilson, S. C 10O4 

Wilton. George L 408 

Wiltse, John 597 

Winans, Edwin B 181 

Wisner, Moses HI 

Wispeintiier, .1 338 

^^ oo<ibridge, William 109 

Woolson, Capt. J. 813 

Wurtzel, C. F. W 921 

Wyman, A. D 220 

Wyss, Rev. .John G 115 



Y 



Youmans, Hon. H. M. . 
Young, W, D 



.951 
..272 



Zabst, E 562 

Zabst, W.E 195 

Zagelmeyer, Hon. A 778 

Zoeller, Charles F 721 

Zuckermandel, George 128 




iqWs. 



Badgley, U. S 886 

Bay Cit.v Brewing Co .5.55 

CMryeon, John 515 

Crump Manufacturing Co. ..886 

Goetz, John B 709 

Helmreich, J. G 335 

Henry. Samuel 86;! 



Hudson , Joseph 405 

Kennedy, D.J 829 

Kiesel, Gottlieb 797 

Kimball, C. W 886 

Knoblauch, Jacob 599 

Kohler, John 3;15 

Kolb Bros 153 



Laracey, John 797 

McGregor, Peter 829 

Miller, Peter 131 

Neumeyer, M 431 

Parker, Thomas 731 

Passmore, James 709 



Phillips, A. J 51.5 

Scheurmann, R 021 

Syring, William 405 

Ueberroth & Co ,535 

Waldron, E. C 922 

Whipple, Mrs. >\'illiam 535 



f 



INDEX. 




-H-»-f=^^4^-4- 



A.ilaius, John *>■> 

Adams,John Q 38 

Alger, Russell A 172 

Allen, George A 40« 

Ames, G. W U76 

Arthur, Chester A !)S 

Austin, A. W (ix« 

Bagley. John J lot: 

Baldwin, Henry P I.i2 

Barry, John S 11*2 

Beebe, Mrs. A 72l> 

Begole, Josiah W IKS 

Berber, Oliver, M. D 1118 

Beutel, William 4(m 

Beutel Mrs. W 4fil 

Bingh.ani, Kinsley S \'Mi 

Blaii', Austin 114 

Bliss, Prof. F. H KH 

Brown, R.J S74 

Buchanan, James 74 

Uallani, William 2!I2 

Carney, Thomas 474 

Chapman, VVellingUjii S">S 

Chapman, Mrs. VV 8.^2 

Cleveland, S. Grovvr 102 

Cobb, Hon. George P 2IJI 

(>oleman, H (KVJ 

Cranage, Thomas .'iS.'^ 

Crapo, Henry H 148 

Croswell, Charles M KKl 

Cupit, ,Iohn W 814 

Danforth, James C 712 

l)il-/el. ('apt. H. K UI2I 



Dunham, F. W ,S20 

Dunk, A. A 2.18 

Durand, Hon. L. T 698 

Eastman, L. H 232 

Eddy, Charles K 204 

Ellis, Daniel 412 

Erwin, R. W., M. D 216 

Estabrook, Hon. J. S n38 

Felch. Alphens IKi 

Feuton, Henry 298 

Fillmore, Millard rfi 

Forrest, Herbert A .191 

Furman, L S36 

Garfield, J. A 91 

Grant, Hon. C. W .i4fi 

Grant, U. S 8(1 

Green, S. iM ,'jfi8 

Greenly, William L 120 

Gyde, E. A dfio 

Hall, Jerry R 9('8 

Hamilton, Dr. C. R 76t 

Harding, Rev. B 3ii4 

Harrison, Benjannn. lOIJ 

Harrison, W. H .10 

Hay, James 3f»S 

Hayes, R.B !I0 

Hood. Francis .-.fills 

Hopp, Ferdinand 958 

Hubinger. J. G 928 

Jackson, Andrew 42 

JelTerson, Thomas 2(1 

Jerome, Dav id H 164 

Joltnson, .-Vntlrew 82 



Jordan, Capt. John W 748 

Joslyn, LeeE liSO 

Judd, E. T 2S2 

Kimball, C. W .'i7fl 

Kimball, Mrs. C. W 378 

Lee, N. D., M. D fild 

Like, James 704 

Lincoln, Abraham 78 

Luce, Cyrus Gray 176 

Madi.son. James ;jo 

Mangan. Daniel .572 

Martin, Hon. W. J 8H8 

Mason , Stephen T 101 

McClelland, Robert 128 

McGregor, Peter 421 

McGregor, Mrs. P 422 

McKellar. Mrs. l.sabella m- 

Meize, A. C ,'jlO 

Monroe, James 30 

Morgan, S. E., M. D 481 

Moulthrop. Clark 32il 

Munn, Thomas 682 

Obenauer. H. (i 666 

Parsons, Andrew 132 

Polletier, L. M.. M. D S(;8 

Phillips, T.C 3.18 

Pierce, Capt. Benjamin F (17i> 

Pierce, Franklin 70 

Pierce, William E 792 

Polk, J. K .-is 

Ransom, Epaphroditus 121 

Reis, Rev. Joseph 112 

Riegel, Mich.iel 7.->[ 



Ruch. Mi-s. I>r. K. H 820 

Shakes, H -jao 

Shearer, George H 254 

Shearer, G. Henry 270 

Shearer, Hon. James 210 

Shook, Harvey 34-2 

Silvernale. James B 314 

Smith, Capt. PC .ho 

Tarsney, T. E 77,5 

Taylor, Z;ichary 62 

Tei'bush. Mrs. E. O. J .3(8 

Tyler, John ji 

Van Buren, Martin ih 

V^andusen, Alonzo gm 

Van Liew, E. S .-,04 

Voith, Joseph 770 

Wallace, Henry J ."78 

Walton, Hon. Andrew 4(s 

VVashingt^in, George ]?J 

Watson, Cornelius, M. D 880 

Weadock, George W 78fi 

Weaver, James A 22(5 

Webber. Hon. William L IWl 

Wiggins, S. L &|.( 

Williatns. George F 248 

Williamson. Williatn H4,'^ 

Winans, Edwin B 180 

Wisner, Moses mj 

Woodbridge, William 108 

Woolson, Capt . .1. 842 

Zabst. W. E 49< 

Zoi-llcr. C. F 73 










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